I don't see you as the "bad guy", it's just that you're criticizing someone who's well-respected on these forums without solid justification. Who cares how many people really joined SNF because of Lynx's FB post? What matters is the thought: he cared about the community and did his job out of passion and adoration. He was online on a daily basis (even during the weekends) and would answer everyone's concerns. I, for one, am not a too active community member, and yet he answered the two PMs I sent him almost instantly and with great sincerity. I realize that many of us might feel betrayed because the information that he provided us with turned out to be misleading and incorrect. However, you have to put yourself in THQ's and Relic's position to understand that even if their assertions regarding the Chapter 11 scenario weren't 100%, they felt confident enough to portray them so.
I made it very clear I am an active participant of the community, and as such, I was and still am on the GR fora as well. Next to that, the number of forum posts should not be a benchmark for a forum comment. To me, the "Lynx-for-community-manager" campaign seemed a nice initiative of his community friends, but hardly well deserved or a good representation of the combined feelings of the community. Given the overall agreement by the previous posters (mainly known CoH1 players and/or community friends of Lynx), I simply wanted to express the view of other, less vocal, players.
As noble as the deed may be, how can you express the view of less vocal players? Isn't that statement in itself quite oxymoronic? In all honestly, it seems that your truest concern with Lynx was his inability to completely eradicate map-hacking. Well, do you realize that map-hackers aren't banned by accusation alone? Someone in the fairplay forums has to watch the replay and observe obvious signs of map-hacking, which, needless to say, is actually very time consuming and difficult. So unfortunately map-hacking will be an issue for the remainder of coh1's life... Moreover, there's the issue that many players would rather label their opponent a cheat than admit defeat.
Lynx knew very well that map-hacking was a big issue, but realized that his energy and time would be better spent on COH2, which is/was nearing its release. And in that, he did a mighty fine job. Watch/read some of the Eurogamer footage, and you'll see how approachable and friendly the guy is. Like most on these forums, I'm of the sentiment that he's earned his state. You're entitled to your opinion, but make sure that you support it with proper, clear-cut evidence before you voice it, especially if it's so controversial.