Existing community members dislike X thing
X thing gets rejected
People who like X thing have no reason to go to tasvideos
Only people who dislike X thing show up on tasvideos
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[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
I noticed now there is a tab on the top of the page "Community", which I have to click on before I can click on "Forum". Can we please revert this so there is a direct link to the Forums. I'm sure it is said in many best practices guides for web design to allow site visitors to get to there destination page in as few clicks as possible. Yes, I can bookmark the forums, but I'm just saying, it is now more of a hassle to get to the forums from the front page.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
Separately, I'd also like to voice some concern about how trigger happy the Staff seems with the bans or at least with the threats of them. It feels like complaining about bad practices or handling of situations are considered insults to people, when they're not. If you're gonna equate complaining about your behavior to calling you names, i feel like you become incapable of receiving criticism. While I haven't been banned, i've felt like some could have abused this against me when i voiced my complaints. The worst part is not feeling safe to write this and having to constantly rewrite in the hopes of not angering someone for using the wrong expression.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
I specifically told him off at the time to not compliment me more than he knows me whereas with Maria, that was her only response to him. In 2020 he sent me more creepy messages.
A little while later, while talking with Maria, we found out that we were both harassed by the same user. Furious, I brought it up to staff-chat and went to confront kaan in discord dms. I also posted this on my personal twitter as #metoo was a big thing at the time and I wanted other speedrun communities he was in to be safe from him. kaan made a bunch of excuses and explained that we were the only two women on tasvideos he harassed as after all...
I requested him to publicly apologize in the tasvideos discord, which he did, but we did not ban him at that time. He then deleted his messages to me and Maria. Meanwhile Spikestuff reached out to the Crash Bandicoot community since they happened to be involved there already, and found out that kaan harassed people there too. The Crash community on the other hand, elected to ban him outright.
Instead of seeking to improve himself as I hoped, over the next year kaan tried to target spikestuff for their interactions with the Crash community and went to Noxxa to try to get them removed from staff, which spike was at that time.
We decided enough was enough and elected to ban kaan55 from TASVideos.
There were later sporadic appearances of him on the tasbot discord server where he complained about his ban on tasvideos in various ways, including trying to manipulate dwangoAC by criticizing his ability to moderate in 2023. Additionally he badmouthed tasvideos in this Classic Sonic Series RTA discord where a moderator reached out to me for info. The Classic Sonic Series RTA discord banned him. He simply left the TASBot discord.
2 years later, an account named AnonymousReaper surfaced in the apology and mission statement thread, making vague complaints about tasvideos and some prominent members such as, Spikestuff, Samsara, and myself. We initially thought this user was OtakuTAS, but we later realized that it could be kaan55. He then revealed this to us on December 16:
As Samsara was now preoccupied with personal matters, I took over and responded myself:
In full defense of the response I gave, I completely forgot just how manipulative kaan55 had gotten. I didn't realize just how completely and utterly delusional he had gotten and might in fact be beyond saving. I truly would have forgiven him if he had given tasvideos an earnest apology INSTEAD of doing the weird reaper stuff.
This reply of his is so extremely manipulative. It legit kinda hurts my faith in humanity a tad. He never exactly said what his screwups were. He continued to tell me how we should handle him, even though that's not remotely how bans work.
I was suffering from some bad sleep so I didn't respond that day, resulting in the following message from him:
I was flabbergasted. He assumed that the reason I hadn't responded was because I was conflicted. When I received his original response, I had actually already made up my mind, but this solidified things further. kaan is sounding like an evil vizier trying to usurp power from the monarch, except he had none of the actual power to do any of it.
This man is completely and utterly delusional, and therefore will remain permanently banned. We are hosting this evidence on the server because he is a safety concern and not to be trusted under any circumstance.[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
I feel like [3530] DS Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time by Migu in 3:21:09.92 could work as a separate "glitchless" branch, instead of having [3791] DS Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time by Migu in 1:52:56.29 obsolete it.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero