TSP's forums are hosted on a private server owned by Tsunamy and managed by myself. A sliver of server space is used to host these forums, while the bulk of what Tsu will be paying for eventually is sitting empty. (Tsu will not be spending any money until the $100 credit on the account is depleted.)

Selene is a roleplaying community consisting almost entirely of TSP players. So an additional small sliver of space was allotted to host their forums. It makes sense to help out our own.

There has always been more than just TSP's forums on server, and on the last server we used. (Presumably that applies to Hileville's as well.) For instance, the last server held files not directly related to TSP for sharing purposes. Our current server hosts various scripting projects that are NS-related by not affiliated with TSP, either.

We have a lot of space, and it doesn't make much sense paying for a server that's 98% empty. If we can help other communities, why not? There have been talks before about helping out fledgling UCRs by hosting their forums, as a way to increase TSP's influence abroad. Selene isn't part of that, but I say that to show it's an idea that has been floated around.

Nothing was done in secret, or hidden in any way. There's never been an understanding that the Assembly must approve of every file hosted on the server. And there shouldn't be-- this server is owned by Tsu. It's up to him what goes on it. The Assembly isn't paying for anything. If Tsu doesn't want Selene's forums to be hosted on his server, then they won't be.

However, making some kind of political witch hunt about this is ridiculous. Selene's forums don't impact you. There is no good reason to cause controversy where none exist.


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