Dear Dojo...
I would like to take you back to the time when the forum first split and nearly everyone went to 'Ryo's Place'. Aside from Hellraiser, the only veteran members who remained with the Dojo was me, St. Elmo's Fire, Khien and a few others. Everyone who went to 'Ryo's Place' said the Dojo was finished, dead and that Ryo's Place would be the future. And for a time it looked like it might be true. There was very few posts per day in here, even less than you get now. Many of the RP members reviled and ridiculed us for staying, and even more so if we defended the Dojo. In fact some of them were trolling this forum to try to finish this place off once and for all. At its very lowest point, on the brink of death, we stayed loyal and kept this forum alive...
A year later everyone came back to the Dojo and Ryo's Place no longer exists.
Today one of those three has disappeared, the other rarely posts and now you want to exile the third one--me.
8 years I've been away from here. 5 posts, banned in less than 24 hours. I was banned because of an 8 year old reputation. Disinformation, half-truths and lies are what fuels it. A reputation that one person in particular continues to perpetuate. To that person I say this: you may have gotten territorial over this forum by now but the forum is meant to be shared by everyone. This isn't your personal livejournal page. No matter how much you 'scent' every topic, this forum will never be yours alone. You have to accept that people you don't like will be posting here.
And if that reputation was warranted, then at any time during those 8 years I could have came back whenever I wanted to and wreaked havoc. Why would I want to do that if I was one of the few who initially kept this place alive?
If one of those 5 posts offended someone so greatly, then all it would have taken was one word to let me know. One warning if you wanted. 30 seconds of your time to tell me. All I got was "fu ban". Even Whiteshadow always let me know first when he didn't like something I posted.
Don't judge me based on 5 posts. Don't judge me based on what others have said. All it would take is for you to talk to me to see the real me. And maybe then you might find you actually like who you're talking to once you get to know me.
If I done it once before I can do it again... Grant me a fair chance and I'll help keep this forum alive again.
Love,
TEEPO™