k, I finally read the whole topic.
I had a great laugh at the expense of the people who listed what Wade has done for the site. I can assure you that those people are a part of the very short list of users who knew those facts, so I doubt anyone idolizes him for that.
People simply idolize Wade for one reason; Red. Text. People only find him amazing because he has power. They enjoy when he threatens others because it gives them a quick laugh. They love for him to campaign the destruction of a group that's simply found a loophole in the voting system because he feels it's unfair and blah-blah-blah, only because people want to see him chew someone out. They feel that his opinion is always correct because he has bold text and a big-ass picture to go with it.
I would like to issue a proclaimation to Wade; make an alt account for a month or so. Use your account as any normal person would; post, review, etc. I'd like to see how people treat you as a normal person. I know you have an account with the name RedDakota or some shit like that; just change the name, and go for a while as just a normal person. I'd love to see if you'd be treated any different, or if you treat others any different.
I'm not saying that it's "uncool" to like Wade; I just feel it's pointless to idolize a person who does Wade's job. What is there to idolize about a man who basically has the job of an internet babysitter (other than he hasn't blown his brains out yet)? I just choose not to like him myself because he can be an asshole, even if he claims that they deserve it (because of course that's a great thing for a person in power to say about their site's source of attention). So go ahead and call me a "thorn in the side of the NG staff" again, ban me for a month for refusing to agree with you, and tell me to leave; I'm not that useful to the site anyway as I simply use up the BBS database and block ads on the site anyway, so I have nothing to offer to your time or wallet.