Hello everyone,
As you may all know the last 2 days since the announcement of the World Cup there was an issue brought to public regarding me doing some wintrading about a year ago during Season 4 which put into question my position as co host of this years World Cup.
I've since explained the situation to my co host as well as the council members and I've managed to have a private chat with @EYL and @Unnefable where I apologized to them both for my previous actions. At the time I didn't really think or consider how my actions could hurt other people and I was just helping out a friend. After that I was banned for a week by the PokeMMO staff and was made aware of problems that my actions caused. I haven't done it since and to be honest given the time passed I didn't even remember to mention this to my co host. For this I have already apologized to him as well and now I'd like to apologize to the community as a whole. I never intended to bring drama into this event or to dishonor it in anyway.
My only goal is to help make this the best World Cup ever for the community and the participants. I've been working behind the scenes to make this possible and I will continue to do so regardless of the outcome of the council's decision. I made a mistake, I learnt my lesson and I won't do that kind of thing again. I'm fully committed to helping the community by co hosting this World Cup.
Thank you for your consideration.
WilliamHE