There were quite a few users who did that during that brief sale. They knew the rules and ran the numbers, and they used that to their advantage. I approved of their thrift (now if only they used those smarts to PvP better so they wouldn't need that reset in the first place...).
There will always be fear of worst-case scenarios, but just remind yourself that the probability of worst-case scenarios happening is, by definition, quite low. You're fine.
That does bring up the point that people claim that they'll reset
Gravey4rd's stats. I laugh when people threaten to do that, usually right before I ban them. So far, 0 successful attempts.
It's pretty well documented that the moderators are granted perks to thank them for their service; it's an incentive to keep them sane in a pretty insane position. From priority joining to weighted votes, Mods basically have all of the perks available for players to earn. The important distinction (and likely those "prizes" the Sr. Staff member was referring to) was that they don't get any non-moderation perks that players wouldn't otherwise be able to gain; they will not get any perks that players cannot earn themselves, so long as those perks are not meant for moderation purposes.
It was also Chad's decision. If you want to argue with him, go ahead.
But if you want to earn a stats reset by going through a multi-week application process with a ~5% acceptance rate followed by training and a strict regimen of public service which requires high levels of responsibility and confrontation... be my guest; I'd rather just pay the $5.
Nope, your Premium rank will not be touched. Why you'd want to spend money to remove something you already spent even more money for is beyond me.
