I'm new here, this will be my first season in the league, and I've never been on these forums at all until last week. So on the one hand "Get out of here new guy, you don't know what you're talking about". But possibly, on the other hand, I'm new and don't know anyone, and I have no dog in the fight. "Adam Who? He's done important things for the community? Who cares? Stef? Who's that, is he supposed to be a big deal? Who knows?". I exaggerate a bit, but I have read through this thread (why is some new guy bothering to read this whole thing? - it's fascinating, that's why), and have been forming my opinions as I go, not reading anything through a lens of already existing opinions or biases.
I would usually advise against posting PM's, unless both parties agree to it. It seems like all the moderators have given a "go-ahead, post my PM's" (I could be wrong, I don't know who they all are); someone mentioned this already, but it seems to me that if the PM's were as bad as Adam says, we would have seen them by now. We haven't seen them yet and probably never will at this rate.
It's mentioned by Adam that he's been "shut out" of participation. I'm assuming if he wanted to play in the league, he could. It doesn't seem like that's important to him though, just the commentating. Stef said that despite everything he still put Adam's name forward for the S12 championship, which I guess could be taken as he-said he-said thing if DXV hadn't already put out there that your name was among the options, and he picked someone else. Is that the real problem here? That someone else was picked (and someone that I've gathered Adam is not a fan of) and he missed this cool chance? Adam mentioned he felt like he deserved it; that seemed strange to me but what do I know, maybe commentating Dominion matches is a high honour and not a service to the community. Maybe that's what being forgetten here; the commentator is serving the community, not the other way around. It seems clear that that was once his goal, but not right now.
And the poll? That doesn't give you any legs to stand on. You created a poll that said "hey everyone, who should commentate? cough cough I've commentated in the past cough". Obviously you're going to get a high number of votes just from people who just like voting, and yours is the obvious answer. You got the most votes, but did not get a majority, only 20ish% IIRC. Given the way the poll was set up (mostly that it was set up by you yourself, and not by a third party), I'm actually surprised you didn't get more. Sure you got more than any one person, but you could just as easily look at the pool and say "80% of people voted against him and want someone else. They don't know who, just someone else". What would the poll look like if it was run again today? The support here for your commentating still seems strong, but then it seems you've burned some bridges as well. Not knowing anything about who's best at this sort of thing, if I voted today I would not vote for you, based on nothing but what I've been reading here (I do plan to watch a few of the past championship matches to improve my own game, maybe I'll change my mind).
You mentioned that you have no tools to fix the conflict? That is incorrect. You could apologize and move on. Give it some time, and you'd probably be welcomed back in. I find most times you actually apologize (and I'm not talking about an I'm sorry, but, I'm talking about an I'm sorry.), you receive one in return. Are you interested in taking this road? Probably not. It's hard. If not for this thread it probably would've been much easier. I could be wrong, it could be impossible now. Maybe you'd apologize and they'd still never let you back in. Wouldn't that prove you right about their attitude though?