I have looked and looked and looked... but I can't find EITHER of these references! Horse, what is the post you refer to "a few posts up"? Funfly, where did you find Horse's post to quote? I'm so lost...
What's more, I haven't been able to get past the solid blue screen of EI's pre-login window, so it's been days since I was able to get onto the island. We got home from DLR late last night and LilJungle was able to login for about five minutes, long enough to see that a mod and two players were in the marketplace and NObody was in any other rooms on the rooms list [doesn't include personal homes or minigame rooms]. Looked pretty quiet for a closing time..
The part where I said the link to Bugdozer's forum was a few posts up was my post quoted from another thread.
I support Bugdozer's decision to close the forum immediately. First, if she kept it open, it would only continue to support a game that is far from good these days. If I was in the same position, I would also cut all ties with that game.
It was clearly forbidden to exchange personal info on the forum, but both HOST-xxxxxx and child player xxxxxxxxxx chose to ignore that rule. EI is fully aware with all of the proof of HOST-xxxxxx contacting child player xxxxxxxxxx outside of the game. The HOST is still there and so is the player. EI is aware that IM contacts were exchanged, that the host helps the player win in host games, and that the HOST acts in an unprofessional and immature manner.
I have also seen the above named HOST tell a player recently during a giveaway "don't worry about bringing the rest of your accounts in, I've already put the item into all them". And this is fair how? And to who? More proof that she encourages cheating and abuses her position as HOST. Maybe this is her way of buying players so they go to her games and will turn a blind eye to what is going on.
Also, EI is fully aware of player xxxxxxxxx promoting evil, the fact that he is pretending to be a young girl, plays mind games with kids, and has a history of being banned from other games because of stalking and harassing. Many of us have seen him discussing taking his pain meds while a MOD can be right next to him and they don't do anything about it. I would hope they would tell him no longer to bring that up since we have a problem with prescription medicine and narcotic abuse among our youth. He tells players he'll accept them as his friend if they "do something evil, but don't get banned." He can continually harass players in a room with mods present and nothing gets done.
We recently had a discussion on EIFansite about taken now being allowed on EI. I think we were in complete agreement that it should not be. A player posted part of the chat log which showed MOD-Mocha agreeing with us that taken is not appropriate, and a short time after that she was fired.
Many of us had written on the forum, in game chat, and wrote to the "M" button, that promoting evil should not be allowed. Most hosts and mods looked the other way whenever somebody encouraged players to be mean to others. Lily did the right thing and took a stand against allowing evil, and now she is fired.
We were not given notice that EI was going to fire staff members who stood up for the right things. We were not given notice that EI would not protect children. Lily and Mocha were not given notice that they would be out of a job. We were not given notice that EI was going to stop listening to us when we asked them to not allow taken, to give us breaks between quests, to make it less competitive. We were not given notice that EI would allow promoting evil, instead of just good. I don't think getting notice that the forum was closing would have changed anything. We still could not give out personal info and I think if players knew it was closing they would have sent the personal info since a ban would not have meant anything.
Bugdozer, Ink, and all the forum staff had created an incredible forum. Anyone who has built or maintained a forum knows how time consuming it is. I have contacted Bug and know she is extremely upset with having to have made that decision and did not take it lightly. She is sickened over having to do it. She did not do it to hurt any of us. Also, the last day some rude individuals were posting non-G rated comments because they wanted to support EI. It probably would have turned very ugly if the forum remained open, so before it got any worse, she closed it. Bug did the right thing of no longer being associated with a game that makes poor decisions on a daily basis. It was a very different situation than when VMK closed.
Elf Island seemed like the most promising game I found since VMK closed. I liked that we could also help some great nonprofits while gaming. But, I have chosen to boycott Elf Island and others have as well. I have invested countless hours in that game to get to the point I was. It's not easy walking away from something where I spent every day since it opened with old and new friends. But I felt if I stayed there, I was being hypocritical. I believe in standing up for what is right. I hope eventually more will, too.