I have been chosen to deliver this message because of my record of blunt, honest dialogue on the website. Here is the message:
After some long thought and conference, the current standing GMs of Nepleslia elect to submit a vote of
No Confidence in Gunhand as FM of Nepleslia.
This decision is nothing short of offensive after he's reviewed candidates like Cadet, Legix, and a bevy of others, some of whom are just as qualified as Ametheliana and all of whom are sincerely more experienced - Cadet is also an NSTE mod with a longer and more consistent track record. None of us can fathom why Ametheliana was in the running for this position. He did not consult any of his GMs, and didn't even bother to include her in the vote that he made earlier this year. Further, he has passed up every GM in his faction to settle on someone who has no experience writing Nepleslia, and although we've talked at length privately, although we've discussed various ways of coming to agreements, after conference we cannot avoid the opinion that this is the decision of someone inexperienced who may simply not understand what he's doing, or has done.
Therefore, it is my present understanding that Acewing, Cadetnewb, and Edto, the GMs of
every front page Nepleslian plot, are united with me in this declaration of No Confidence. We demand that Gunhand immediately resign FMship. In solidarity, Arieg, one of the primary artists for ship artwork and a large mover and shaker in the fleet reorganization right alongside Legix, has stated that he will stop supplying Nepleslia with his DOGA artwork, and will no longer be supplying NPCs to Nepleslia for its upcoming war plot, as a result of this decision. Further, we have conferred with the majority of our players, such that can be conferred with on short notice, and have received a majority consensus on this unfortunate course of action.
This is, as I understand it, more than just a controlling share of Nepleslia - we constitute the core of its current roleplaying community, and at present, we are uniform in our mistrust of Ametheliana and do not wish to be led, as a faction, by her. The political deafness that this decision displays is, similarly, of extreme concern, and has led us to this agreement and course of action. Frankly, this surprises me; I have not seen this sort of coup in years. But, there it is.
I apologize to Ametheliana for this, as I'm sure that she had no idea she would be walking into an immediate response such as this. However, having discussed this communally with the other GMs, we've unfortunately decided unanimously to pursue this immediate course of action. We apologize for Gunhand's lack of foresight and for your appointment stemming from it, but we cannot accept you as a Co-FM and in fact refuse to do so.
We have chosen to suggest, and accept,
@CadetNewb as the new full FM, and have together agreed to pause all of our plots and withhold creative input to Nepleslia until this is accomplished. We do not feel this position is negotiable, and sincerely apologize to our players who are temporarily inconvenienced by this decision. We ask that they be patient for a little while, so that this issue can be resolved.