What can I talk about?

[Furore]

Yeah, I partially left due to a post getting censored by a mod for no reason against forum rules 4 or so months back.

I figure if the mod team aren't taking the rules seriously, why should anyone else be expected to? And I also consider Block an asset to these forums as well as the type who won't take mod crap. For a troll, he's one hell of a guy.

[Meier Link]

I figure if the mod team aren't taking the rules seriously, why should anyone else be expected to?

Who says we don't take the rules seriously?? If we are lax on the rules, we get bitched at. If we turn into rule Nazi's, we get bitched at. There is no happy medium. I guess we could just be stuck up dicks all the time.

Just because we don't catch everything or you don't see everything that happens does not mean we don't take the rules seriously.

It's a loose / loose situation and most of the staff gets that. We know we can't please all the people all the time. In my opinion; we do what we need to when needed. We issue punishment as we deem fit and where deserved.

Beleive it or not, we are not of one sound mind. We each have our own way of going about things and each staffer has different opinions on things and in reality this makes things more fair for the forum goers.

Now on to the topic of Block. Personally I find his threads entertaining. Should half of them still be open? Probably not. Thats not my call (at the moment because he hasnt posted anything really in my sections).

I am glad he is around because he is bringing some diversity to these forums. And we know where I stand on diversity and confrontation.

[bahamuts heir]

im pro block for these reasons:
1)theres been a lot less traffic here and more posts =more people,more people=more fun
2)his threads and posts are great and he puts up good points in most threads
3)what would life be without a little diversity
even as a newbe i have seen a lot of good posts from block and i think he should get to keep on posting as he has.

[Furore]

Who says we don't take the rules seriously??

Your actions, and I mean that in general rather than individually as some staff seem either fair or cool, either I'm fine with.

If we are lax on the rules, we get bitched at. If we turn into rule Nazi's, we get bitched at. There is no happy medium. I guess we could just be stuck up dicks all the time.

My bitching is because usually you're (general sense once again) really lax about shit but occasionally someone just gets jumped on even if their behaviour isn't all that bad. Either be completely ****ing lax with everyone (I'd prefer that) or be Nazis to everyone. And then there's the occasional censorship to suit a mod's agenda rather than the the forum rules, while rarer it is pretty lame.

Just because we don't catch everything or you don't see everything that happens does not mean we don't take the rules seriously.

It's a loose / loose situation and most of the staff gets that. We know we can't please all the people all the time. In my opinion; we do what we need to when needed. We issue punishment as we deem fit and where deserved.

Actions speak louder to me than words and by extenstion excuses. I've said it before elsewhere, but there's a reason I don't try to become a mod/admin and that's because I think I too might follow my own agenda from time to time which isn't cool when in power.

Taco, I think the word you were looking for is hypocritical. But most of us get that way at times anyways so whatevs.

As I think I read someone say, Block = Traffic/Activity/Whatever and is therefore good for the forums. You don't need to be a master of mathematics to work that one out.

[SOLDIER #819]

What is it about forum drama that makes it so irresistible even after all these years, I wonder?