If you didn't know, MCGamer does demote staff members. This includes staff members who are completely inactive, abuse their ranks, or for any other serious matter. Think someone isn't doing their job as a Moderator? Report them, problem solved. I have no idea what you mean by revamping. If you mean having every moderator reapply I guarantee you more than 75% of the mods will apply back, including me.
And regarding MCGamer going downhill: I have been a mod here for over a year now, and a player almost since the beginning of the server. Even though the community thinks that since I'm a mod I gotta be nice about the server blah blah blah, I still have my own opinion, and I think that these changes in MCGamer are different, not uphill or downhill, but different. I mean features that the community liked, MCGamer has kept. And features the community disliked, MCGamer has either improvised them or removed them.
For example, let's see the status of MCGamer 1-1 1/2 years ago. This was when there were very perks and features, but a lot of hackers. Now in the present, we have more features(some that community members do not like), but fewer hackers. What would you call this, downhill or uphill? That's what makes these changes different.
Now regarding GoldEllipse, I haven't watched the video yet, but looking at everyone else's opinions it looks like another one of those "let's get more views and subs by making a rant video". I mean literally, he broke the rules, he got his rank removed. He should be happy he didn't get banned. It's a shame how hungry some of these youtubers get for fame.