Post by MysteryMan on Oct 3, 2010 0:55:47 GMT -5
I want to preface this by saying as a host there are two things that I hate doing . 1 is having to sit through a player self voting and 2 is removing someone from the game.
It was brought to my attention that certain threads that should have been private were actually visible when searched on google or if you were to go check my last 200 posts on the board. Some of these posts included Portals I didnt end up using or modified due to the number of houseguests I cast changing from 19 to 18. MORE importantly some challenges such as Head of Household competitions as well as there answers were visible.
Ray had confided in another houseguest information regarding a portal that thankfully was not going to be used in this game. Although I have no proof that Ray did see anything else including competitions and potential answers- Ray did not come forth with this information to me and it looks shady. I don't want to expel Ray but it is a big deal. I cant prove that he did, I cant prove that he didn't. All I can go off is knowing he failed to tell me what knowledge he had obtained and went to another with this information. Its an ethical situation that could have been avoided and because Ray didn't come to me with this knowledge I cant assume he is telling the truth and it's left me wondering about how it could have effected competitions. I do want to assert that I am not accusing Ray of cheating when it comes to competitions but based on the situation that has occurred I cant take what he says at face value.
I deeply regret having to expel Ray because I don't want to remove anyone and this is the first time In my hosting career that I have been placed in a situation where I have to remove someone.
Also unfortunately (or maybe not depending on your preference) all Portals that were planned out for the rest of the game now have to be canceled.
I am also going to have to change a lot of the competitions that I had planned for the end game.