Hey Echo,
Hope you're doing well. I'm sure this whole thing has been a stressful experience.
Please be better. Listen to what you're saying. "Were only strong if we work together as a team" and "Let's work this out. Together." In the 6 months I was apart of the forum team, this is all I ever wanted from you and I. All I ever wanted was to work with you to make the forums as good as the server. I never got that opportunity, and the only thing I think I ever managed to accomplish was being a thorn in yours and Life's side.
"I have not received a single question of "where have you been" "we need you online", "are you doing okay"" - If I had messaged you with any of these things, I don't think I would've gotten a response from you. I sent you ideas, suggestions, and lengthy messages and received zero response from you. I know I'm not alone on this either, others have told me of their experiences with you, or lack of. And because of that me and others have always chalked this up to being "The Echo Experience". You've never been someone people could rely on, and so you're asking why people have never asked you these things, and the answer is because we knew there wouldn't be a response.
In the list of things you've accomplished, you listed streaming. As far as I'm aware this isn't a responsibility staff members have, and it seems like this is more of a personal hobby. It's alarming to think you'd put this in the list of things you've accomplished, when you've started things and left them unused. Voter of the Month, what happened to that? You were so eager to bring this back, you announced it in mid-May and then nothing. June rolled by and nobody received Voter of the Month. What happened to Clubs? These could've been so good for the forums, instead they were dead on arrival, and have been dead ever since. Instead of trying to further projects you've started, you're streaming. Something seems wrong here.
"We need to move past it" - What's this "we"? Why do "we" have to most past it? This is something you have to resolve. You deflect things, you don't take responsibility, and you seemingly put forth no effort into anything you do. There is no "we" in this situation, there is only you. You need to be better. You need to handle situations better. You need to communicate with your team. You need to do more than the bare minimum, show some genuine interest in being apart of the team and making things better. This is an issue created by yourself that you need to resolve. "We" are upset, but this isn't something "we" can work on together. This is something you need to do.
In the 6 months I was on the team I never once felt that you rose to the occasion and worked with me. It always felt like I was pulling teeth just to get a response from you. That doesn't need to be the case going forward. Demonstrate to me and everyone else that you can be a better admin. Rise to the occasion and show us what you're capable of.
