Look, I'm not mad or anything, I've really kept quiet about this whole discussion. And although my join date is relatively new, I'm very, very active. I know the Link boards in and out, i.e. how they feel about stuff, who's nice, who's not, who's respected, etc.
Right now, it's pretty chaotic. Normally we're a pretty nice bunch, but for us to fight against not one, but two mods...well that's pretty bad shape. However, I have a strong, strong hunch that if you reopen the Tier List thread (Wafflez's, not Ray_Kalm's), peace will be restored. In fact, I can almost guarantee the situation will calm down if that happens.
With all that being said, if it's really, really not possible (you can't bend the rules just this once?), then at least thanks for listening to this post, and what happened as a result of the closing of the initial tier list is just unfortunate.