Originally Posted by EdReed20
WARNING!!!
I feel like it's my DUTY to inform people how the NUEBL is run.
Without going too far into detail, the league is in its dying breaths, largely thanks to "leadership" that is way in over their head (im saying 'their' because a family of 3 plus a 'stepbrother' are co-commishing), and the most talented GMs having either been removed unilaterally by "leadership" for purely private reasons, or are so disgusted with the four (dubbed "The Four Horsemen" by many in the league) "leaders" that they stopped being actively involved in the league, and simply do no more than get their exports in.
What used to be a great league with lots of great, truly active and dedicated GMs is now a hell hole, one in which any dissenting opinion from that of the Four Horsemen immediately leads to removal from the league or a forum ban.
Established rules are broken IF it helps the Four Horsemen, and enforced if the Four Horsemen arent involved.
Promises of the Four Horsemen cannot be taken for granted. For example, one of the non-family members and genuine good guys in the league was supposed to become co-commish a few months ago (after there was an uproar over the abuse of power on behalf of the Four Horsemen) to balance the power/influence a bit. Only after severe pressure was put on the family did they agree to it. BUT: turns out that they never answered any of the supposed new co-commishes inquiries about either the password or info on how and when to sim. Behind closed doors, in short, the family made sure that no one would curb their power, despite publicly claiming the opposite.
On top, the Four Horsemen recently decided to put to a vote whether to remove a pesky GM who dared to question how things were being run, and who dared make constructive points as to how to improve the league. They put it to a league vote whether to remove said pesky GM, and failed 13-8 (really, 13-4 if you dont count their own biased votes). Yet, they naturally removed him anyways.
To sum it up: IF you're interested in not being able to speak your mind, IF you're interested in risking removal from the league or a forum ban for being too constructive, IF you're interested in being a pawn in a league featuring 4 kings and 26 pawns...well, then the NuEBL is for you. If you're a dedicated GM with skill and someone that values communication, especially constructive communication, well: sorry, the NuEBL simply isnt for you.
Overall, the league is broken, thanks to the catastrophic "leadership" of the Esh.... family and their lackey Adam E. I strongly recommend you not waste your time on people like this. If you want info regarding those 4 people (I did not feel like giving the whole names in public), feel free to PM me. Because you don't want to have anything to do with these people in the OOTP universe.
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