To clarify I wasn't kicked. So don't put Lode's fault on this. I just left quietly while waiting for Lexi to announce things on Saturday. I don't know what's the deal with Lodeclaw, haven't spoken to him for a while nor seen him much nor do I know what's his position in the clan right now. He's probably busy with moving back to Canada and Spore.

I spoken to a few people regarding my reasons for leaving and basically Tomato and I don't gel ever since the initial argument I had with him when I requested for LYN++ to contribute some minimal payment to the server rental when at one point I was not meeting my running costs through the server rental (I offered them RM70.00/mo for a 24 slot server plus admin access to any public TF2 servers I maintained). I was accused of wanting to profit from LYN++.

From there on it was also all downhill as well when Tomato continued to want to have a final say in membership despite him not contributing a single bit to the clan (it was Lexi/Lode and the other captains running the show). I had respected him as a founder but otherwise, if he has no desire to be a part of the clan's daily life, he shouldn't profess to know what's best for the clan. That's just my humble opinion.

Lex made me stay after the first argument on the understanding that I wouldn't ever have to deal with Tomato as Lexi will be the person with the final say. However this didn't seem to come to be and with Lexi leaving, I didn't want to have anything to do with a clan that is run by a guy that is more idle than Pak Lah and wishes to avoid his clan in real life (he almost tried to hide from LYN++ members during the Orange Box match till Lexi dragged him out). As long people choose to pander to Tomato as the leader then I don't see any future in a clan with an immature kid who is probably socially retarded at its helm.

There are other reasons as well mostly the time wasting and the lack of leadership and drive in the clan. I'm a working guy so I don't enjoy messing around for an hour waiting for people to show up on time only to have training cancelled early because of some people needing to go suddenly. I don't think I need to go into the other issues as well.

So, I understand if you wish to brand me as a traitor or someone who has given up but I think I have given enough of my time, money and patience for LYN++ and especially to a leader whom I absolutely have 0 respect for. I've been to almost all trainings that I can until the last week where I was reconsidering my position. I think not many people can say the same.

This post has been edited by Reuben: Sep 21 2008, 03:17 PM

Lexi was the lynchpin for many of us and provided the leadership that Tomato didn't. With Lexi out of the picture and no clear candidate to step up to the plate, many of us felt that it wouldn't be the same without him. There's a lot of background story on what happened but I don't think that needs to be elaborated here.

On why Lexi left I'll leave it to him to explain but I think the whole first restructuring (when the team leaders were appointed) was a huge failure and seeing no clear way forward especially with Tomato continuing to exercise his discretion to add more and more players without any background check, it was just natural that Lexi was frustrated and exhausted with having to answer to a founder and manage a rag tag band of members that although were huge in number, only a small minority were dedicated.

The training itself was also a bit of a let down with sub par teams fighting off each other and especially starting late. It's not to say that the members themselves are sub par but there's always a new member to talk to and integrate, always a mix match of teams and generally it's two handicapped teams fighting among themselves.

Well said