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Transparency Mass Ban - 2026-02-04

Hello all,

This is not a post I've wanted to make at all. I have made this thread to discuss the recent exodus and malicious behaviour of several (now ex) staff.
My patience has finally run out. I have tried to just let this run its course, and let things handle themselves but my hand has been forced
The events of the past 6 months along with myself being made homeless for several months has pushed me to my breaking point.

For context: 8 years ago, Jon (aka Serafeline, Screwdriver, Frosty Scales, Tailbait, koopa516 etc) drove me and a friend called Pansy apart. He dared me to message her while drunk for his amusement last April. She had been gone from my life for years. This event put us back in contact with one another and she has been supporting me throughout.

The goings-on about Pansy controlling me is, for lack of a better term, complete and utter horseshit. If anything, I've been the one controlling her. She gave me the confidence to stand up for myself and say the magic word: no. I've had to stop her from posting edgy jokes and snippy comments before. She has a rough sense of humour (that also applies to herself) but she does care about people. This person dropped everything and helped me get back on my feet at the lowest point in my life so far, and I'm made out to be mentally ill and told to "seek help"? Go fuck yourself. I owe her my life, because if she hadn't I'd be dead from hypothermia from sleeping on the streets.

Anyone attempting to stir shit in relation to this will be banned without mercy, because I am done with your shit. I want to sit down for at least a day and not have to worry about people stirring yet more bullshit, causing yet more ill health I could go without, because frankly I would rather be feeding ducks at the pond with my friend and watching House. Instead I've had to constantly react and defend myself against a serial control freak, narcissist and liar who's been wreaking havoc on what little social groups I've had until recently for about a decade.

Red Sun has skeletons in the closet. Jon is the skeleton in the closet. He has been attached to every single major drama this community has had in its nearly 11 years, from its inception in 2015. I wanted him gone and this is the thanks I get. Life's great, eh?

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Onto the next part now, the major offenders.

Jon/Screwdriver will stay banned. I do not want him back in my life, at all. The amount of pain and suffering I've been through because of his actions is incalculable. Jon, why the fuck do you think I want you to talk to me? After what you've done, stay out of my life. I wouldn't even piss on you if you were on fire.

Suisolder has been removed from his role. I have received word that he is intentionally staying on instruction of one of Jon's goons. Just go, stop having someone behave like a minder because you all behave like jealous exes, voraciously checking over every letter I type as well as constantly F5ing the homepage to check if you've finally been hit with a ban. Don't bother checking anymore, you're all banned.

Literail will not be allowed back without good reason for repeated concern trolling of applicants/staff. I see this as a bad faith attempt to dissuade people from volunteering to keep things under control. I have been sent evidence of this and frankly I am not happy. You have not been banned for "talking about the staff exodus", you have been banned for repeated malicious behaviour.

42 will not be allowed back without good reason for repeated smearing of myself and Mikusch, and for promoting what I can only call "we'll make our own redsun with blackjack and hookers". His hyper-tribalism and no desire to listen to any other side of the story, has earned him a place on this wall of shame.

For the record, there are a fair few more users here who have not been named. They have also been banned, and can reach out should they have any questions.
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In addition, I have deputized known responsible and experienced users and accepted some permanent moderators back onto the team. They will be cleaning up and handling the goons who attempt to cause harm to others, this community, or my own health and wellbeing. They have been instructed to crack down hard on certain topics and to keep the peace. In short, just go about your day. Tell anyone who brings up drama to fuck off. Talk about baking or ducks or some shit.

Attempting to turn this place into an alt-right haven, progressive "woke" utopia or any other sort of political base will get you and anyone associated with you removed. This is a community for a game. That's all it is.

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All I wanted was to get rid of an abuser in my life. Instead I've been framed as some sort of horrendous bipolar monster being manipulated by the devil, being painted as a bigot, therefore I'm "evil", therefore it's justified to do anything you want against me. Wanting a safe place to be is not the same thing as wanting a hugbox.

I am done with all of this drama and bullshit. I just want to live my life in peace.
Now then, I'm off to eat some pancakes she's made me.
 
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not going to write much, but ill get out what i can. screenshot as this will likely get nuked.

this is not intended as a response to you, tohru. i want people to actually hear and atleast understand that this forum post is an intentional misrepresentation of the situation.

not only did tohru not address the multitude of actual reasons the staff team left, he had been actively ignoring an almost entire staff consensus on how we should handle X topic or Y situation. The attempt to imply that the staff exodus was some sort of plot is another disingenuous lie, we had all come to our own conclusions based on the information and behaviors that were available to us.

i will not speak for the other users banned, but as for myself, the attempt to claim i was "trolling" by informing people of what behaviors tohru is allowing on the server is hilarious. people aren't even allowed to disagree with tohru's decisions without it being painted as "bad faith."

i wish that the community did not have to go through this, but it is what it is. i am still happy that I've met so many wonderful people here, you know where to find me if you wish.
 
intentional misrepresentation of the situation.
sorry, intentional? As in, "he isn't doing what I want"?

not only did tohru not address the multitude of actual reasons the staff team left, he had been actively ignoring an almost entire staff consensus on how we should handle X topic or Y situation. The attempt to imply that the staff exodus was some sort of plot is another disingenuous lie, we had all come to our own conclusions based on the information and behaviors that were available to us.
"multitude of actual reasons" because I didn't roll over like you all wanted?


i will not speak for the other users banned, but as for myself, the attempt to claim i was "trolling" by informing people of what behaviors tohru is allowing on the server is hilarious. people aren't even allowed to disagree with tohru's decisions without it being painted as "bad faith."
I literally have screenshots of you repeatedly telling users/volunteers it was not a good idea to be on the team. This caused people to pull out based on your actions, which I have had to assuade fears of.
 
It's clear that there's bias on both sides and trying to argue for/against either is a waste of time, so since I've always been a fan of being fully transparent in these matters, here it is: The last records in the staff chat leading up to what happened right before Mikusch decided to call it quits, and what inevitably led to others calling it as well.

Read it and make your own conclusion.
 

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I'm very confused on what this is all about tbh I'm too employed for this have fun with uh whatever this is ig
don't worry about it, just go to sleep like i'm trying to

I fail to see how this makes you look good.

Either way I am tired of all this. I want to sleep for a long, long time.
 
I'm really confused why this caused people to quit? Am I missing something?
 
Dude... Shit, man, I uh... I dunno what to say. I'm sorry you're going through this, I really am.
 
You know Tohru, I had really hoped after all the talks we'd had over the last week that we were getting somewhere. You acknowledged some of your mistakes in communication with the mod team to me in private, and I was hopeful. Then, after I send you an emotive 7 minute long voice note addressing everything about your confusion as to why your own team began to lose faith in you, you admit to enabling and ordering Quag's transphobic remarks to get Macie out of the discord.

I do not deny that what Macie said to you was cruel and unnecessary at the time. It was something I felt bad for. But resorting to the usage of weaponising some form of phobia againt someone just to make them leave runs in an antithetical and contradictory way to the "changes" you've said you're trying to produce within the community, because if you actually would have stuck to those standards, weaponising someones identity and associated traits should never have been on the cards, yet here we are.

I really thought you were better than this. I really thought that maybe after 6 months of me being here for you during and after PAX, during which time I tried to be here for you, talked you out of an attempt, gave you an ear when you thought no one was listening and more would have stopped you from resorting to such behavior, but here I am, being proved terribly and painfully wrong.

I don't know the full goings on within your team, I've only been given context clues and screenshots, but I stand by the fact that objectively, from a third party POV, I think the wool has been pulled over your eyes and some hopeful part of me wants you to get out of here still. However, this is where I draw the line. All of the care I've given to help this situation has resulted in nothing but loss to me personally of friends and a place to be with them, and I can't fucking cope with being part of it anymore.

Thanks for everything, Redsun. I'm done.
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I guess I should add that this doesn't make much sense anymore since the OP was edited to not include mikusch's post about how the chat ending up like that was his last straw.

Also jesus christ @Serrt's post above me
 
You really did take that out of context.

Just to clarify, I told quag he could be a dick and figured it would get some more of the more sensitive shit-stirring problem users out. I did not order any transphobia, nor do I think he has been overtly or intentionally transphobic.
 


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