Conq's Presidential Promise



Conq's Presidential Promise was a joke made on the 26th of July, 2020 by Conq, stating that he would campaign for the legalisation for the n-word. Despite Conq's history with the word, controversy that surrounded this particular statement by Conq is generally considered to be a manufactured controversy intended to remove Conq from the server.

Background
Conq is a controversial figure in GS for a variety of reasons, namely accusations of racism and homophobia. In this case, Conq had just been unbanned from the server, and the link between him and the n-word was a very sensitive topic in GS. Conq was probably just bored or wanted to make a joke, resulting in the statement above.

Opposition to Conq
The backlash came mainly from people like Vadim, Psikhrangkur and Pat. It was pretty obvious to most that neither really cared what Conq said, but that they merely wanted Conq banned. Vadim in particular openly admitted that he only wanted Conq banned, and didn't care too much for what he had just said. Psi and Pat on the other hand looked at that image and argued that the joke was bad enough that Conq should be banned fr it. Psi himself was not particularly vocal during most of the argument, and made vague remarks that he would only ban Conq if "he pissed me off again". Meanwhile, Pat actively attempted to convince Chegg to ban Conq again.

Support for Conq
As a whole, support for Conq's ban was limited as many members such as even Delta1324 believed that it was stupid to drag on the argument again, especially when Conq had been relatively well behaved since his return. Chegg and Sharky were also skeptical of how genuine Pat was really being, believing that his main priority was simply ostracising or banning Conq. Several members stated that Pat and Psi in particular were more than willing to overlook the homophobia of other members but always vouched for massive punishments against Conq.

Poll
A compromise was decided by Chegg, where she would not immediately ban Conq, but would instead post a poll. Once it came out that the ban Conq poll had won in favour of Conq by a large margin, Pat and Aortic left the server while making unsubstantiated claims of poll manipulation and other shit. Pat also blocked Quartz and several other members of GS.

There were also widespread claims of vote deletion, which Chegg staunchly denied. She stated that the only votes that were removed was that of Pat and Aortic Aneurysm after they left the server. There were further claims that the "ban" vote was more popular than the "no ban" side initially, but GS members noted that it was irrelevant as the final vote came out in favour of Conq.

Aftermath
The elder mod was aflame with discussion after Psi and Pat left the server. Delta stated that the two were merely being opportunist in their attempts to get Conq banned. Mexican Cactus was also critical of them, stating that if the two were willing to drag out vendettas, then the server would be better off without them. While Quartz was somewhat angry at Conq over the incident, he toned down his anger once it became clear that most members supported Conq.

While still supportive of Conq, the drama of this incident forced Chegg to temporarily hand powers to Mexican Cactus due to fatigue. Mexican Cactus expressed his belief that banning people for not following "the spirit of the rules", such as how Koe was banned, was not legitimate, allowing Koe to return to GS after asking Mexican Cactus to unban him. While Aortic never came back to GS again, Pat would soon return, and the Pat-Conq feud would continue and culminate in the 2nd Postman Pat Incident.