But fine. Will do.

hS

Again: my only actions in this incident habe been to unblock the IP - expressly extending that benefit of the doubt - a comment clarifying how this was done, and now posting their own email to me and offering you more information to make your own judgment on. I have not done any of the things you claim, and the fact that you used global language in a post replying to me strongly suggests you feel I have.

I was prepared to believe Mythcreant was a separate person. I did not speak up on this thread for two reasons: first, that I did not want to be attacked for doing so, and second, because Mythcreant's words amd actions were setting off all the Zdimensoa flags before anyone said anything.

It is worth remembering that several of the people you are concerned about were aware of the possibility before Tomash posted. In the interests of transparency: 'Mythcreant' mentioned Tomash in her email, so I emailled Tomash to check if he was aware of the possibility of her being Zdimensia, and whether he had reason to think she wasn't. I received an unsolicited email from Delta Juliette after Mythcreant posted to the Board, expressing the same concern; since that email contained information about events on the Discord, I quoted it (with permission) to Neshomeh, who had previously identified Zdimensia as Makkara.

I do not know who else had already gone through the process of giving her the benefit of the doubt, but being convinced by the weight of evidemce that she was Zdimensia (or acting as what Wikipedia terms a 'meat-puppet' for her, which amounts to the same thing). But you need to be aware that people have indeed done so.

hS

Because at the moment it looks like you, and other people are looking at this as 'guilty until proven innocent'. While I'm looking at it as 'innocent until proven guilty'. And like I said, I see a lot of hypotheticals and potentials, but no definite proof. I'm not meaning this as an attack or anything, I'm just saying that's what it looks like from my Point of View.

I haven't had any conversation with Mythcreant about this, I can't claim to be speaking the exact truth, or saying what they want me to say. But what I can say is what I see and why I don't think it means that Mythcreant is Zdimensia.

First up, the formatting. We're not the only community on the internet, and so just because what we see as unusual formatting here, does not mean that it is a mark of a specific user, heck if I actually knew how to do it on here, I'd be using that bar a lot more too. Why? Because I know of several communities I am in, or have been in where the use of that bar is not only not unusual, but seen as perfectly normal. Mythcreant could have come from one of those communities, or another one like them that uses the bar like that and just used it in their posts.

Secondly the IP address, which has been covered by other people. It doesn't offer any proof, only that Zdimensia posted from the same building/area as Mythcreant on one of their accounts.

Thirdly, the logs. So first of all, with respect to the whole Name of the Wind opinion thing, I decided to look up Name of the Wind reviews on Google, and I found this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/305264406 which, I think you'll find does indeed correspond with a lot of what Mythcreant is saying about the book, and the main character in particular. I haven't read all of the comments on the blog, so the only thing that I can't find is where someone says Kvothe is based off a D&D character, but at the same time from reading the review I could see where it was coming from.

With the introduction and the questionings of what Bram did I see an inquisitive newbie who's just asking because they want to know, and this is then further matched when they say about bits of PPC knowledge that aren't common knowledge, after all what's wrong with a bit of wiki diving? I know I do it from time to time too. The comments on Zdimensia being autistic and that potentially being the reason for the communication troubles is not a opinion held by a small group of people, it's a widely accepted fact that people who are on the autism spectrum can have problems with communicating, so what is wrong with going "oh they're autistic, that could be why they had trouble communicating" when it is a commonly held view and fact. Just because Zdimensia's alts said it doesn't mean that everybody who says it is one of Zdimensia's alts.

Now with respect to the changing stories of how well Mythcreant knew Zdimensia, if you knew someone who'd been banned or barred from a community would you openly mention it to them when you first came in and wanted them to accept you? I know I certainly wouldn't. From how I would act in a situation like that, what Mythcreant did, is perfectly normal, as people keep digging and digging reveal more and more of the truth to try and keep them happy and to let them know the truth, because Mythcreant could have easily lied and said "No I don't know her, it's just unlucky." But they don't, they reveal the truth because in the end they feel like they need to. And as to Zdimensia being more and more of a problem with Mythcreant as a mediator, well we've seen what happens otherwise, how many times has Zdimensia tried to get around the ban while hiding behind falsehoods and lies? How many other failed attempts do we not know about? How do we know that Zdimensia won't try and try again, whether we block Mythcreant or not? I'll say this. Mythcreant has provided a credible story with enough back up and support if you look for it, which is not something that Zdimensia has ever done in the past that I am aware of.

I accept that a lot of the above does not offer definite proof, but I am also aware that it, for the most part, can provide an alternate point of view when it comes to Mythcreant and their actions. Even in the best case scenario it is an unfortunate amount of coincidences and similarities between a banned user and a newbie, that could under a certain light been seen as the newbie being the banner user trying to get around said ban. If more evidence comes to light that could change my view on this case, then obviously I will review it and potentially change my status from there. But with all the evidence that we have at this moment, after I have looked through it, and done my research on it, I would say that we do not have enough evidence to say that Mythcreant is Zdimensia, and so the ban that was placed upon them is both unfair and unjust. I am not saying that they are definitely innocent, merely that we do not have enough evidence to definitely say they are guilty. And, if we are a community that can deliver justice, as I and others believed we should be, then that lack of evidence would mean that Mythcreant is innocent until proven guilty.

Novastorme

It may mean any of the following:

• zdimensia used Mythcreant’s computer while she stayed with her.
  
• zdimensia brought her own computer, but used Mythcreant’s router/modem to connect to the internet (what we see is the router’s address, not a specific device within the local network).
  
• While pretending to be "Makarra", zdimensia used a public internet access point different from all access points she used before that, and she now uses the same access point pretending to be "Mythcreant".
  
• Before she became "Makarra", zdimensia switched to a different provider to get a new IP address, and she is still using that.
  
• Something I don’t think of.

This is an oddly specific formatting that set off flags. Note the divider.

Mythcreant: http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=199610;article=314792;title=PPC%20Posting%20Board
Bram (relayed by Tomash): http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=199610;article=310971;title=PPC%20Posting%20Board

-Ozzielot

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Or do. It'll be funny."

I'm sorry. But am I the only person here who feels like this was uncalled for?

That's even richer than banning Bram for having autism.

To quote Maxewelle: There was the talking about "oh, they're autistic, what if we're just having a communication disconnect," and we eventually decided with some input from other autistic borders that this was not the case.

I'd like to know a little bit about the other autistic boarders and how well they can judge... Did they even acknowledge that all autistic people are different?

To put it more reasonably: We don’t want a mediator. The situation is resolved as far as the community is concerned, and Zdemensia returning can easily be settled by banhammer. At this point, there are no valid excuses for their behavior, and there is too much bad blood for a friendly result to moderation.

1. (optional) People pointed out the possible ban evasion to me.
   1. Once I had suspicions, I checked with someone else whose opinions I trusted (it probably would've been several people if some of them hadn't already pointed it out to me first) to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
   2. I called it. The community enforces the Constitution, after all.
   
   - Tomash