The Fall of L'Crime Time Chat

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For the matter-of-fact version of this article, visit The End of Offline Chat.

The Fall of L'Crime Time Chat is a major defeat suffered by the Regulars of the Wilbur Soot Offline chat, perpetrated by the Moderators. It resulted in a forcible migration of the community, and kick-started the official second manifestation of the Crime Time legacy.

History
Despite the general respect for the moderation team, tensions between offliners and the mods began to rise in the wake of a series of unwanted raids. Though the regulars were not to blame for any of the rulebreaking, the moderators began to grow wary of the chat, leading to a heightened tense situation in which the Operation: Blind Justice movement blossomed.

Multiple raids were withstood in the chat, with allegations being thrown around as to who caused them. The true perpetrators remain unknown, though the consequences still damned the reputation of the community around the chat.

Events
A final raid in the offline chat led to a stand-off between the moderation team and the Regulars. The Mods had come to the conclusion that the chat may need to be shut down (placed in offline-only mode for an indefinite period). Though the regulars countered arguments, enlisted moderator help from elsewhere, and asked other offline chats to help them, they ultimately failed to change the mind of their moderators, leading to the impromptu cancellation of the chat.

The offline chat was placed into emote only mode, rendering it unusable.

Consequences
The Crime Timers migrated to their Discord chat, and the offline chats of their allies - the scammers, and the royals. A significant amount of them decided to stay there, and continue the spirit of Operation: Blind Justice, and a few more took the initiative to make an external twitch chat. The regulars hope to eventually sway their moderators' opinions.

Trivia

 * This situation is similar to the L'Manberg Exile arc from Season One of the Dream SMP, which doesn't bode well for the commander of Blind Justice... or offline chat.
 * The offliners still respect the moderators, even if we aren't too happy with them.
 * It'll take more than the loss of our chat to break up our community. We aren't done yet.