Remove Hoch Petition

 A Petition Brought forth by the DSB Community

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/removehoch/

We, the players of SSCU Death Star Battle hereby humbly request the SubSpace Council to remove hoch as owner of SSCU Death Star Battle. Hoch has been appointed as sysop to look after the well being of DSB when loops & chy decided to move on. It has become obvious he longer has the well being of DSB at heart, when he, without consulting the community, decided to kill DSB prematurely. As such it is the obligation of every DSB player to take measures to remove hoch and appoint new leadership.

Sysops are appointed to look after the well being of the community, the development of the zone and the appointment of staff. Hoch has shown no interest in upholding these obligations, and therefore, we the players appeal to SSC to remove him.

Upper DSB staff consists of beer hunter, liito and angelu$. None of these players have shown any initiative to improve DSB the past year(s), or do anything but the bare minimum one might expect from a member of upper staff. Under hoch's guide the pro-active members of staff have one by one departed. This trend has been going on for years starting with staffers like mozart or wicked angel in '04/'05, and ending with the_snake past month. Now none are left.

The development of DSB has been structurally obstructed by hoch. Every effort to move to ASSS and exploit the possibilities of this server software has been shot down. Every effort to modernise league has met similar deaf ears. The marginal changes to pub have been poorly implemented by upper staff's unwillingness to co-operate. Is it strange then, that the zone stagnates?

Signals from the community have been long neglected by hoch's administration. By a refusal to make regular appearances on the zone and talk to players, he has more than shown his disdain for the community he hosts. An absent host is no host at all.

Steps have been made to secure a new server for DSB, and this clone stands ready. Should worst come to worst, we are ready to host a new DSB once the present one is disconnected from billing. We hope it does not come to this and that hoch departs peacefully, handing over the zone in tact.

For these reasons and more we request of the SubSpace Council to remove hoch as legitimate sysop of DSB, so that new leadership might take his place. We propose that the_snake will be appointed as new head sysop, so that he might appoint new sysops for league, development and moderation. Under his administration we hope that DSB might flourish once more.

Sincerely,

the undersigned.

Some Notable comments on the Petition

JEDI O2L

I signed this petition coz i wasnt registered on the DSB forum and cannot find anyone who will help. if hoch passes the baton to someone else who can keep it going then that would be nice. we need a game for our great grandchildren to play in space year . 2073. oppressed2long@yahoo.co.uk

 Audrey

I support this petition. The zone shouldnt be shut down unless it hit under 5 active players ingame. There it could be considered dead. It is definitely not the case yet.

Sever

I support this petition. Power tripping must be stopped. He has no right to decide for everyone what will happen, he is here to run the zone, not destroy it just because he feels it\'s time for it to be destroyed.

Johnny

 I support this petition. Hoch never spends time in pub and doesnt know how close everyone is. I personally have a new squad with over 30 members learning and enjoying DSB...now all of a sudden Hoch wants it down? This madness needs to stop.

More Information about the zone shut down, and views on the situation can be found on the SSforum Topic