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Seems like there is a strong lacking of caring about others opinions in this situation with the good ol "My word is final cause im admin" treatment.
So I'd like to bring up some points here to question this.
1. Why even have committees when you can just overstep their decisions anyways, that literally does nothing and gives the illusion that community opinion matters when in reality you could care less.
2. Why were none of the people who defended noires alt asked for reasons why the defended it instead of just listening to what you want to hear. You talk about staff inconsistency but if all you do is surround yourself with yes men you are going to have the most biased, most anti-friendly staff team around.
3. Were is our training? you keep bringing it up to us but nothing has ever actually come of it despite it being literal months now.
4. Why is community opinion based on rank and the amount of hours one person logs a week? For those who are uninformed, there is a huge classiest type system in the staff ranks where lesser ranked staff are treated like they don't matter. Just because someone spends 40+ hours a week being mad and burnt out on this game doesn't mean they know better than someone who plays for years small amounts at a time.
5. There are claims of huge community changes and not to undercut any work Nicol has done, but where are the changes? All that has come out is Nicol is very vocal and actively trys to be a server dev. The server is still toxic, staff have no training, opinions are shunned, guests are instantly accused of hacking if they slightly breathe on a staff member the wrong way. We are no better than we were 1 year ago arguably worse because we don't have people such as fozzy or shwaggins keeping the chaotic groups down.
All this situation does is just show me we need someone who actively forwards the server and handles the technical end of things, and someone who manages the community side of things, but when you have only 1 admin doing both you get these situations. "My word is final" is the most bullshit, pride, and ego filled response you can hand out to anyone. The people responsible for causing this need to be the ones reprimanded, not the victims.

1. As I've mentioned multiple times, we don't have the full staff requirement for each committee to be full and active. This often means they function more as advisory boards more than anything and with decisions such as these, they tend to stay out of committees anyway. Not much I can specifically do concerning this as again, it's a numbers thing. I've been meaning to rework them more than I already have, but it's considered fairly low on the to-do list when it comes to other issues and requests. 
2. I will admit I could have done better of this and will strive to be better for my staff team. I try and listen to every staff members thoughts and opinions but it's impossible to go through every single one. 
3. Mentioned in my thread earlier today. I've admitted it needs work, and has needed work, for sometime even before I was Admin. Not sure what else I can really do except say I promise to work on it.
4. Not really sure where you're getting the notion I treat staff members of different ranks differently and I will vehemently deny this till I resign. I work to treat all staff members equally and with respect. Never have I ever wanted a TTT staff member to overwork themselves or play more than they wish to. I assume you only bring up the time thing due to your recent staff app. Of which I denied based on the promotion guidelines I did not make. Being upset about this is within your right I suppose but no reason to be upset at me over it.
5. Don't also know where you're getting this notion either. I've done as much as I can in the relatively short time I've been admin to help benefit the TTT server and general community. I've reworked and updated the TTT rules, reworked parts of the staff discord to better assist staff members, done plenty server-side that I'll just lump together as one point, and even discussed and helped Matt and Avi with their own goals of reworking the Forums and Discord. I'm honestly quite dumbfounded what else you expect me, the sole admin, to do more than I currently already am trying to do without tearing my hair out and resigning due to stress. 

While I understand you are frustrated and want to explain your reasoning, I do feel like some of this is anger directed solely at me for the sole fact that I am the admin, not because of what I've done. Personal attacks aren't the best, but I do understand and accept your reasoning for being upset. Nowhere have I ever stated my word is final, however as the admin there are times it needs to be as one of the leader of the community. And when it comes to deciding and issuing punishments, it is. Not really sure what you'd like me to do about this as that's kind of the entire job of an Admin and has been long before I've been here. I've never meant to be egotistical or prideful about any decision I make, but my apologies if it comes off as that way as I promise I never mean it.