In a nest of larva, Rogret was the skeeviest, plumpest grub. Unlike others who we rip on here, he had little to no redeeming qualities. His claim to fame was that he put out the highest number of articles. This is like celebrating someone for farting the most often. The only thing he wrote that was of worth was the History of the Universe. The rest of his articles were mediocre and his brand recognition hoisted them more than anything else, the more talented authors essentially tolerating them out of respect for him being there when some shit went down. The most common reaction to a Roget article was toe-curling pity, the sort you say “cool” to so that you don’t offend someone who is very sensitive.
In a professional capacity, he was known for bringing up suggestions on O5 without going through the proper channels or ignoring the chain of command, or flat out enacting them with no real approval and pissing everyone off who had to clean the mess up. He always had a bit of a troublesome reputation with fellow staff, who grew wary of his shenanigans on more than one occasion. Examples include his proposal for how groups of interest should function, and the incessant push for an official Discord, and the unauthorized creation of an “official” Discord server for The Wanderer’s Library. He was like the Jar Jar of the staff.
He once tried to chastise the site by (correctly) pointing out that it had turned into a circle jerk of flattery and lost its ability to perform meaningful surgery on writing by way of flabby critique. No one took him seriously, as it was too little, too late.
He was censured for abusing his power; he ran to mommy when daddy told him he couldn’t create two sock puppet accounts to cold post two articles; he defended this by saying he didn’t realize his superior told him “no”, and tried to pass it off as a bold and brave experiment in the name of site science (upvotes). Despite the impulsiveness and clear lack of forethought, he somehow became and remained an administrator for some time.
With his authority and stature, the self-proclaimed “Administrator Extraordinaire” openly advocated that opinions contrary to the staff’s self-delivered public image should be censored. He considered vocalizing free thoughts a privilege granted by the rulers of the site, not a guaranteed or inalienable right. He did not see how free speech is a prerequisite to the vibrancy and health of a creative writing site, and so was not an advocate of human rights in this regard. He prioritized the site’s popularity and reputation over the means by which the site achieved both.
He was much worse to his enemies. He contributed to the resignation of the first RPC admin by toying with him out of spite and insecurity, attempting to ruin his psychology by emotional manipulation. Publicly, he routinely vocalized RPC as morally lesser than SCP for the fact of breaking their monopoly on the writing format, but adopted a “live and let live” mentality. Privately however, he colluded, then absconded with the interim admin of that rival site in an attempt to sink it; the actions contradicting his public words.
This little shit created the Internet Outreach team, which is literally the infiltrative arm of control for the site’s reputation. Very fitting for a product of his creation, IO involves itself in snooping, ratting (or weaseling, if you prefer), tattling, and censoring site users, and in general covert harassment and similar ops. He is responsible for the lolFoundation. It’s because of his lionizing the style that we have shit entries all the way up to Kaktus’s 5k article.
He is the latest to demonstrate just how mentally corrosive the community is, and how its cult of quantity has hopelessly eclipsed writing for the sake of itself. He came out undoing all he ever was noted for, burning it with a self-righteous melodrama fitting of a 10 year old who has just watched Twilight. He has finally popped and all the pus is leaking out, pus we have been calling out for years.
Just look at the sheer measure of confusion here. These are all the revisions on the comment his disciplinary thread references:
