Mods Removed, Retired from Service...Burgess Unwillingly

Another shakeup at Gamefaqs following bovergate. What's it mean moving forward?

Full list here courtesy of Flintlock_Staff. Keep in mind that not every mod on that list was removed today, but it's been confirmed that over 10 mods were removed mostly for inactivity. The story broke when former mod Burgess called attention to how he has fallen from Mt. Olympus and now walks among us. Krystal confirmed that other mods were kicked for "Activity, behavior, modding habits, etc." while surviving mod Mike1494 said "We can't discuss details of individual mods. But I've seen quite a few mods who are really popular on boards but never actually modded any posts or entered the queue in my time." But many users wanted to know why Burgess was demodded, and when Krystal explained the loss of Math Murderer and others to inactivity but remained silent over Burgess, some assumed that he was one of the mods kicked for bad behavior. Burgess responded that the demodding was not his choice:

Since he didn't go further into details than that, users who asked what specifically got him demodded were met with this answer.

Some asked whether Krystal deserved credit (or blame) for removing users' favorite and/or least favorite mods, but others noted that this was a fairly routine housecleaning and Burgess didn't think it was Krystal's effort to remove him. Users also asked whether mods like Error, Raptor, or The Admiral would be demodded too. However, the demodding is now over and Krystal has said new mods and promotions would be decided over the course of this week. Maybe the new batch will be better.

To those who complained and said the mod they liked was a good poster: that's great. They haven't vanished off the face of the earth and can continue to be a good regular poster that you like. What concerns the staff is whether or not they were good mods.

Impressions: quite a few people were glad to see Burgess demodded and he had few defenders who made comments, although a poll about it was split. Math Murderer was widely seen as a good mod who was demodded for inactivity and will be missed.

User quotes after the jump.

CE reacts to Burgess demodding:

"Good." -BLAKUboy, SuperGamer5, DemonBuffet

"I never had any problem with Burgess but the way he actively antagonized users makes this for the best imo" -MC_BatCommander

"I never had a problem with Burgess but it's hard to argue that he didn't go around trying to troll people. The guy loved riling people up." -UnfairRepresent

^"Sounds like he followed the lead of our new admin." -I Like Toast

"The dude that should have been demodded ages ago. The mod that constantly flamed users and had a reputation for being 'the bad mod'." -weapon_d00d816

"fair, next...now if they get rid of raptor and error this place may be abuse free" -Andel

"he was a jerk sometimes but he was a hella funny jerk." -Ivynn

"Man I liked Burgess even though I think he was the one that modded me for some bulls*** several times." -freakofnature30

"I'm glad Burgess isn't mod anymore, although NES4EVERwas cool as hell." -Foo__Fighters

"It wasn't that he was a bad mod. He was just not a good person on the boards in general." -Veggeta X

"Burgess was kind of an ass, but NES4EVER was a bro." -XciteMe

"Will it be Error's turn soon as well?" -tremain07

"why burgess? Was it for acting like a dick towards everyone?" -HisBoyLondon

"Error and raptor have needed it for a long time." ---Zero-

"Good. Maybe this is a step forward to actually having good mods, and a good moderation system. Cautiously optimistic." -nexigrams

"I hope he was demodded well done." -Jagr_68

"Something is off, not necessarily in a bad way. But Burgess got away with a lot throughout the years and this never happened. So either it was REALLY bad or it has something to do with Krystal <_<" -weegee123457

"It's pretty obvious some mods shouldn't be mods." -MajorRage

"I honestly thought he had it coming. I never liked the [guy]" -deanshow

"Good. A troll has no place as a moderator. Harassment of other users and abuse of power are a few other things a mod should never do." -_Goggalor_

"He is a known prankster and vagabond. I recall an incident where he got sorely reprimanded for answering mod contests and signing as a different mod. While hilarious from a user pov, It's entirely likely that such hijinks caught up to him and he got demodded for it." -goatthief

"I stopped coming to gamefaqs for SIX MONTHS due to the harassment of certain mods. 50% of those reasons are gone now." -ROD

"Seriously though Burgess was an ass to a lot of people and got modded for flaming more than any other mod. Why exactly are people mad that he's no longer in charge" -Foo__Fighters

"About time Burgess got the boot." -Teh_Dr_Phil

"Demonoid Phenomenon was a terrible user all around. I didn't know he was a mod, but I'm glad to see he's not anymore." -ChromaticAngel

"GValko and xboxlover2 actually abused their modding on other boards so those were at least fair game. Not sure why raptor who does the same or error wasn't part of it." ---Zero-

"The running joke around here was how bad the modstaff was.... cleaning house is a good thing. +1 to admins" -MajorRage

"Glad to see the site cleaning up some of the garbage mods." -thelovefist, PowerUp84

Topic Title - "I'm surprised it took this long for Burgess to be demodded tbh...dude was a blatant flame-bating poster. he'd flat out insult people and troll and then mod people who responded. Error always looked the other way" -EmeralDragon23

"Too bad it wasn't also Error since he harasses users as well as Raptor...glad to know Krystal listens to us users" -PowerUp84

"more surprised that raptor is still a lead mod despite how frequently he just blatantly insults people without even trying to be being clever or informative" -SiIly

Topic Title - "the GREATEST day in CE and gamefaqs history...I'm literally giddy. Gamefaqs is such a better place now. 10/10 ." -ROD

Topic Title - "Burgess being demodded is the best thing to happen to this site this year" -Last_Wordz

Topic Title - "Burgess gets demodded but raptor doesnt?"

"Good. Dude's a dick to various posters." -Foo__Fighters

"Burgess was BAD." -man_ce

"I remember this topic. Except it was "Baseman gets demodded but Burgess doesn't?" -weapon_d00d816

"My faith in Krystal just went up a lot. +1" -Meter

"I think jerk is too light of a word for someone like Raptor." -Dardove

"Some guy was harassing me so i marked him and Raptor suspended my account. Said that i asked to be harassed and that i deserve it." -HesOurYou

Reaction to Math Murderer demodding:

"Why would you demod your best mod? Being MM" -I Like Toast

"MM was one of my favourite mods. Thats too bad." -CirocObama

"I guess MathMurderer would not be modding people to death with math anymore. Jokes aside, I liked that mod." -Kaliesto

"math murderer was one of the best doh :(" -smelyalata

"glad we finally dropped Bover and Burgess but MM was my boi" -Zembaphobia

"Damn, top 3 mod is gone now, RIP MM" -Nubcake13