By the way, I feel this is getting lost in the discussion: I can't say enough good things about Divinity. I would say a majority of the nicest, most helpful people I've met in game have been Divinity members. I don't believe this is a damning indictment of Divinity, or even of the individuals that may have acted inappropriately. In the end, everything was righted, and it was a sufficiently complex issue to at least excuse, if not condone, a bit of over-zealous loot-whoring.
I'm posting more in defense of the original poster than to say anything bad about anyone. I don't know Shewz, in fact I'd never even heard of him before this thread. But I think his only offense in this whole matter was bringing it to Rants and Flames after being allowed to roll, which should have brought the matter to closure IMO. I don't think he deserves to be crucified for all this when in reality, it seems like he was trying to do the right thing and was taken advantage of for it, to some degree.
The real shame is that the damn King spawned with a Mithril 2-hander, because 99% of the time, this exact situation wouldn't have even resulted in any hard feelings. But because this 1% involved a 10k sword, everyone -- from what seems like a nice guy (Shewz) to a group from a genuinely great guild -- is getting flamed for it.
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