Hey everyone WillTheYordle here,

We are honestly a bit reluctant and disappointed we have to make this post but out of the promised openness and transparency to our community we feel we need to inform you of an ongoing situation.

Many of you likely remember our former Nepgearmod /u/randoomguy666. Back in late April of this year members of the moderation team became aware of several conduct breaches by Randoom as well as signs of behavior that made him unfit to moderate a community in regards to an extreme obsession with the character influencing his treatment of users. Upon the rest of the team being informed and discussing it Randoom was asked to step down from his position. At the time we did our best to display sportsmanship by allowing a fellow team member save face upon his removal and let him leave on a positive note. Despite that, since that time Randoom has continued to emotionally harass members of both the moderation team as well as the community as a whole.

In light of this when the former head moderator of /r/nepgear stepped down, leaving him as their top moderator, the moderation team decided we were no longer comfortable /r/nepgear being promoted and informed their moderation team as such, not wanting to enable future negative behavior. Randoom then began messaging the mod team threatening suicide if the action was not reversed.

When a reversal was denied he forged a suicide note, requesting that his co-moderators at the time on /r/nepgear, /u/Nopani and /u/Edwin-of-northumbria, also post a prefabricated suicide message on our subreddit blaming us for his suicide. After realizing the suicide was faked and attempting to inform their community Randoom de-modded them in an attempt to cover up his actions.

Since that time we have received multiple reports of Randoom attempting to stir up conflict by trying to encourage harassment of this community and communities affiliated with it by going to people both inside and outside the fanbase.

Please understand we will not tolerate any attempts to attack, witch hunt, or any form of harassment against Randoom. We refuse to encourage the harassment of any community member, and if necessary we will intervene in any attempts to do so.

If you or anyone you know has been affected by all this, please do not hesitate to let us know. We’ll do everything within our power to assist the members of our community.

This is an issue that was likely to be brought up eventually, and as a mod team we felt it was necessary to be transparent. Thanks for reading and we’re here to answer any questions on this case. We know that Randoom’s modship was controversial, so please try to keep this civil as well. Additionally, crossposts and links to r/Nepgear for the time being will not be allowed on the subreddit.