i was never banned, i dropped all teams in protest. seble was going to make me move one team for having teams in different divisions that were within 1000 miles, even though that was always allowed until his recent change, and it was only not allowed after a confusing and unexplained change to the fair play guidelines, which we were informed of with "hey, the multi page fair play guidlines was updated" (which happened often enough and with no indication of the changes to make it pretty annoying to read). although, i read it, obviously, and recognized that section changed, and felt it was ambiguous, but never wanted to follow up because there was an age-old unspoken rule, which was actually explicitly spoken by old admin, but not seble, that they didn't care about multiple teams unless you abused it. you didn't push the issue, and neither did they - its always been like that. hell, its even like that now.
so, i just ignored it, like we all had for many years prior. partly because old admin specifically said he didn't care, partly because new admin had went years without addressing the situation. plus, i picked up the second of those two teams before the rule change, so its not even like i picked up the 2nd team in violation. seble is the idiot who doesn't realize teams in different divisions were explicitly allowed regardless of distance - he actually still disagrees with me that was ever the case, even though everyone around a long time knows it was. so, its not like even *he* knew he changed the rule on that front. you don't just change something like that without telling people, and without offering some guidance on how to reconcile the situation for people who have put a great deal of time and money into those two teams. seble is also the idiot who doesn't realize how wide spread he was, a fact he readily admits - tons of the longest time and/or most engaged coaches, had multiple teams in a world, especially tark (as it was the only new world, and only 2/day world, for a very long time). should i have moved anyway? maybe, but a hundred other coaches were in the same situation, and none of them did. if seble had actually indicated he gave a crap, and had changed the rules openly with a discussion how to reconcile, i would have moved, of course. but he didn't, so i didn't. its a for-fun game, when a rule comes about to placate a couple whiners, and its not enforced, do you really expect everyone to pay attention? specifically, when the rule came out on multiple teams in the first place, it was specifically said (in slightly different words) that the rule was simply to placate a couple whiners. maybe you expect people rush to follow these kinds of "whiner rules", but it doesn't really work like that... in any game like this... anywhere. ever. to me, 99.9% of the blame is on seble, and 0.1% blame on the hundred coaches who had teams picked up in compliance who just ignored the rule change, which was par for the course. half of them are still in violation. if seble REALLY cared, do you think he would abide that? no. he was just doing the minimum to be able to pretend he cared, and not one iota more - just like it has been for a decade. the one thing i wish i recognized is how many coaches actually care about multiple teams, because i really had no idea about that. there were theoretical discussions all the time, and people would weigh in, but i never got the impression people were actually upset about it.
i think a small % of the coaches do hold it against me that i had multiple teams (since i started playing, even though it was allowed then and even with conditions which i met up to the latest rule change), but i really don't care, everyone who is not a total retard understands it was a complex situation. nobody has ever brought forth anything like, i abused the situation, or anything like that. the simple reality is, with who i am, if i ever colluded with people, that would have definitely come out. plus, i was open about having multiple teams in the same world since i picked up my 2nd team a good 6 years ago, never hid it, often engaged in forum discussions with explicit statements about how i had multiple teams in the same state even (those were d3 and d1 in that case), and why, from my personal experience, i thought that was ok (with names gillispie and gillispie1 coaching those teams, it was never a secret to start with). if i had anything to hide, why would i do that? so, you can think what you want - but i've been a vocal proponent of fair play for 5 years, and just because one day the whole multiple team thing blew up, for the first time, and i was the obvious one affected (less than 5 of the 100 offenders in all were affected in that instance), it doesn't change that at all. i think most consider my opinions on this valid, in spite of that situation. you are perfectly welcome to consider my opinions invalid though, like you already do on every other subject...