Unban Istvaan Shogaatsu

I feel I must let you in on a little occurance that has recently taken place, and in the event this is deleted you may still find it through www.eve-search.com cache. The reason my post is titled so is because another corporate mate of mine has already had his posts on the same subject deleted from rather inocuous library (who reads the library, right?) threads and even though I may very well be banned for this but cannot idly stand by in the face of such actions.













Earlier today Istvaan "Hellgremlin" Shogaatsu has been permanently banned from eve forums and subsequently canceled his account. This may not matter all that much to the casual reader, but perhaps it should because istvaan has contributed to the game over the past five or so years in an amount that both deserves and has in the past received acknowledgement, both due to his contributions to the game's design with ideas since the beta forum days, his stories for Eve Chronicles on this website, his written material for eon magazine, his participation in the UQS heist saga, which has brought many new players into the game and raised the game's profile as the final frontier in uninhibited social interaction within a MMOG. Indeed, to many people out there Istvaan Shogaatsu may very well be the only thing they know about eve.













This, on behalf of ISD, is not just 'shooting yourself in the foot' but 'blowing the whole damn leg off', and if I'm banned for stating this out loud, at least I'll go out with a clear conscience.













--Uuve Savisaalo













I, Dark Shikari, agree with this man. Banning Istvaan is like banning SirMolle. Please, ISD, at least reconsider this action you have taken.