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Site Support / Feedback / Re: Ban Appeal on the Discord - What Gives?

« Last post by lordhood117 on February 14, 2026, 01:13:46 am »

In all my years in this community (though many of those years were filled with silence from me), I have never seen such an overreaction followed by what seems like desperate attempts at saving face.
Please, just… stop.  Mods, admins… I’m not going to point fingers here, but whoever made this judgement call needs to reread the rules and make this right for Fusion and, by extension, the community (because, let’s be honest here: this situation sets a very bad precedent for site management).

Now, considering how long this argument has been going on without any clear moderation action, it seems to me that this point is either being argued behind closed doors or just not being handled by those with the power to do so for reasons I’m not even privy to.  Either way, Fusion has been wronged because someone overstepped their authority under HLP rules, and little to nothing is being said or done to rectify it by those with the authority to act here.


Look, please just fix this so everyone involved can move on.  We can discuss the underlying issues in another thread at another time, but as it stands, someone is still facing injustice, and that needs to change quick.

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Nightly Builds / Nightly: 14 February 2026 - Revision b341e85e5

« Last post by SirKnightly on February 14, 2026, 01:04:18 am »

Here is the nightly for 14 February 2026 - Revision b341e85e5



Group: Linux-arm64
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-Linux-arm64.tar.gz (Mirror)


Group: Linux-x86_64
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz (Mirror)


Group: MacOSX-arm64
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-Mac-arm64.tar.gz (Mirror)


Group: MacOSX-x86_64
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-Mac-x86_64.tar.gz (Mirror)


Group: Win32-SSE2
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-Win32-SSE2.zip (Mirror)


Group: Win64-SSE2
nightly_20260214_b341e85e5-builds-x64-SSE2.zip (Mirror)

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commit b341e85e5
Author: Goober5000
Commit: GitHub

    fix a few SEXP tree problems with variables and containers (#7203)
 fred2/sexp_tree.cpp                 | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 qtfred/src/ui/widgets/sexp_tree.cpp | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)


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Mission & Campaign Releases / Re: RELEASE: Blue Planet: Chanticleer

« Last post by qweqwe321 on February 13, 2026, 10:59:58 pm »

Chanticleer 4.2.1 is now out.

It includes...

- more bug fixes
- a new Terran Command for missions where you're based off the Chanticleer; Chanticleer's actress sounds deliberately junior and less experienced than the smooth FS2 Command, and that's deliberate.
- all-new support ship and extra randomly generated wingmen.  Again, it felt weird using FS2's existing wingman voices.

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Fate of the Galaxy / Re: [FotG Update] Winter 2026

« Last post by Colonol Dekker on February 13, 2026, 03:22:32 pm »

We're all patient enough to wait  as long as it takes:)

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Fate of the Galaxy / Re: [FotG] Current Shipset

« Last post by Colonol Dekker on February 13, 2026, 03:21:17 pm »

Ground units....whaaaaaaat? :0

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Blue Planet / Re: RELEASE: Blue Planet: Chanticleer

« Last post by qweqwe321 on February 13, 2026, 03:01:12 pm »

Chanticleer 4.2.1 is now out.

It includes...

- more bug fixes
- a new Terran Command for missions where you're based off the Chanticleer; it felt weird to use FS2 command, and her actress sounds deliberately junior and less experienced.
- all-new support ship and extra randomly generated wingmen.  Again, it felt weird using FS2's existing wingman voices.

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Site Support / Feedback / Re: Ban Appeal on the Discord - What Gives?

« Last post by Fusion on February 13, 2026, 02:10:49 pm »

I guess if I need to make an argument against the ban from the rules side of things as listed at the top of this board, and not just "what the hell, I didn't ban evade":

1: I didn't violate rules 1-5 by coming back on the backup account. There was no "user behaviour that runs contrary to" the community being "open and accommodating," no "discrimination" or "toxic or sanctionable behaviour," nothing "rude," no "personal attacks," etc.

2: Per rule 6:

Moderators will attempt to use the least serious moderation tool available to correct behaviour.

If the issue is that the backup account didn't have the preexisting restriction role on it, the "least serious moderation tool" would simply be giving the account the role, which is what happened. The "behavior" (not having said role) was corrected, ergo there was no reason to ban me as "correction" was already administered and it was well past the "least serious moderation tool" needed to rectify things. Honestly, when I saw that the role had been given, I shrugged and said "huh, cool" and figured any issues had already been resolved.

3: This is further reinforced by Rule 8, stating that

...no user will be removed or sanctioned for minor correctable issues...

I genuinely don't see how this wasn't a "minor correctable issue" - I didn't have the role, someone gave me the role, issue was corrected, so there was no reason to have me "removed or sanctioned" from the Discord as a result.

4: The rules as listed here say nothing about "if you had a Discord account banned in the past, you can't be a member of the Discord." The very precedent of my having had a Discord account banned over a year before the 2021 issue and no one having an issue with it then, or over the half-decade since, also supports that this doesn't seem to be a valid argument to justify a ban.

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Fate of the Galaxy / Re: [FotG] Current Shipset

« Last post by wookieejedi on February 13, 2026, 01:52:43 pm »

Updated with the newest addition, the All Terrain Armored Transport from Dark Visor!

The overall potency of the AT-AT also makes it one the few ground vehicles to be occasionally positioned on larger orbital installations, either to augment defensive firepower or support offensive boarding operations.

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FreeSpace Discussion / Re: Props to Passionate Community + Shameless Stream Plugging

« Last post by Shivan Hunter on February 13, 2026, 09:53:39 am »

This should be your waiting music for the Morrowind stream lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-K2rUP86M

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Site Support / Feedback / Re: Ban Appeal on the Discord - What Gives?

« Last post by Grizzly on February 13, 2026, 06:43:10 am »

All I'm doing here, now, is pointing out that

1. Fusion's pattern of behaviour is likely to get him into further trouble with Discord because its in direct violation of their rules.
And since i said that, I've
2. Clarified that this is not a position held by the moderation team based on their statement, which i then reposted for clarity.

I don't think Fusion is a 'controversial debate opponent'. But more importantly, the Discord moderation clearly doesn't feel that way either so if you want to argue for Fusion's return, you should engage with their stated reasons for banning him and not get mad at me for trying to remind you what those reasons are when things are going off-track.