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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 13, 2016 17:45:10 GMT -5
On the 30 of July, 2016, the countrysim forum eRegime experienced a dispute between members and the administrator, Ismail, over what the people of eRegime claim to be "Stalinistic Purges". The people of eRegime have accused Ismail of starting a ban war, planning a purge of all members on the forum, purging members on a regular basis, creating a cutthroat environment, tyranny, and holding back the success of the eRegime community. Ismail refutes these claims and still attempts to operate the old eRegime forum (http://eregime.org/index.php?) to this day. Most of the former members have moved to a new domain (http://forums.eregime.net/index/) and operate free of Ismail's administration, but still seek reparations. The people of eRegime have come to the Internet Court of Law to settle this dispute. Ismail is being charged with Tyranny, Member Purging, Internet Censorship, and Incompetent Leadership.
The lawyers that have been chosen to represent in this case are Lizardwizard (Who shall be representing the People of eRegime, the Plaintiff) and Luftwafer (Who shall be representing Ismail, the Defendant).
Because lawyers have been appointed, there is no Lawyer Selection Deadline.
The End of Discovery deadline is the 19 of August, 2016, at 0100 GMT. By this time, both lawyers must submit all the evidence they will be using to the "Evidence Locker" board on the case subforum. Evidence can be screenshots, chatlogs, links, etc.
The Judge would like to ask that the lawyers have their opening statements ready by the End of Discovery Deadline as well.
Good luck.
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 20, 2016 7:29:22 GMT -5
At this time, the ICL Mock Trial "People of eRegime v. Ismail" is to begin. I trust that all persons involved have posted their necessary evidence to the evidence locker, and have reviewed the details of the case thoroughly. At this time, I would like to ask that the Plaintiff gives their opening statement, followed by the defendant's opening statement. After this, questioning will begin.
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Post by lizardwizard on Aug 20, 2016 21:44:31 GMT -5
I am sure Ismail's bad reputation around internet forum communities precedes him, but I think it is important to repeat again and again, when you're dealing with this defendant, you're dealing with what is most likely a mentally-ill individual with a god complex. Not only has Ismail repeatedly purged big parts of his own communities, he also went over and harassed others, sometimes without any rationality behind it. In the course of this trial we'll bring forward enough evidence to point to his crimes and reveal the truth even to those who aren't quite sure. Ismail, aka Mrdie has been nothing but burden on eRegime with his alternate accounts, his little gang of tyrannical administrators and his constant banning and purging of anyone who would stand in the way of their metagaming. Their forum always held bad reputation outside the community, but has avoided mass rebellions inside, mainly due to the Stalinist nature of teh regime, supported by an ideological structure that managed to even brainwash some younger members. While we find these moves fascinating, we also know how dangerous they are and we must act now and punish this individual and his hostile gang for all their acts of evil.
Ismail is guilty, and we've got evidence to prove that over and over, and over again.
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 20, 2016 21:46:23 GMT -5
Thank you, Lizard. Would the defendant please rise and give their opening statement at this time?
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Post by luftwafer on Aug 21, 2016 5:12:11 GMT -5
The defendent contrary to the slanderous allegations of the plaintiff has no mental disorders or illnesses. He is a fully functional member of society with a healthy interest in history and a man who takes joy for hosting Internet forum games. Under Ismail's leadership EREGIME grew to its peak membership of over 1000 members. The defendant has committed no crime, and has only worked in the best interest of the community. I hope to be able to show you the terrible comments made by the plaintiff are false
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 21, 2016 20:10:52 GMT -5
Thank you, Luftwafer. At this time, I will begin with my questioning. The person who I ask the question will answer first, followed by any rebuttals from the other side if they have some.
First off, LizardWizard, you mentioned that Ismail was also known as Mridie. Do you have any evidence to prove he had made more than one account?
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Post by lizardwizard on Aug 26, 2016 2:30:26 GMT -5
Your honour, the defence doesn't have any physical evidence, but we do have a testimony of former eRegime administrator Kome, who did say and I quote: Full statement can be found here: forums.eregime.net/topic/8529850/1/#new |
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Post by luftwafer on Aug 26, 2016 3:59:11 GMT -5
Objection, there is no evidence that this Purge ever happened or ever was going to happen
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 27, 2016 8:26:52 GMT -5
Objection, there is no evidence that this Purge ever happened or ever was going to happen Overruled, the question isn't about this purge. It was about the multiple accounts. And it seems fair enough that he did have multiple accounts, provided many of them were from the same IP address. Lizard, I see a lot in here about harassing players, and the deletion of 400 players who weren't spambots particularly catches my attention. Do you have any chatlogs or testimonies to confirm this? And if so, I would like to give Luftwafer a chance to rebuke. |
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Post by luftwafer on Aug 27, 2016 8:37:46 GMT -5
I would like his comment of 'had abused their powers repeatedly trying to recreate a Stalinist purging system.' to be stricken of the record.
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 27, 2016 22:17:09 GMT -5
I would like his comment of 'had abused their powers repeatedly trying to recreate a Stalinist purging system.' to be stricken of the record. If he can't prove this statement, then it will be stricken from the record. Otherwise, the court can't just go around deleting lawyer's statements. Let him answer my previous question, please. |
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Post by lizardwizard on Aug 29, 2016 14:03:14 GMT -5
Again your honour, the only testimony of deletion happening comes from user Kome, admin of the new site.
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 29, 2016 19:03:17 GMT -5
I understand. Obviously, I would need more testimonies from other members of old eRegime high command to believe 400 deletions happened. But I am convinced of the multiple accounts. Luftwafer, I would like to ask what most of the userbase's most prominent users opinions were of Ismail before the accusations being discussed were made.
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Post by luftwafer on Aug 30, 2016 7:34:21 GMT -5
The important Users of EREGIME were incredibly supportive and positive towards Ismail, it was only after the Deletion of the forum by Kome that this ended, mainly due to the slanderous nature of the 'exposé' by LizardWizard
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Post by Judge Breakfast on Aug 30, 2016 11:00:11 GMT -5
And what was Kome's reason for deleting the forum?
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