I bet it’s about the thread about the durr increase, with the poll.
How did Ninja manage to get himself banned? There looks like there is a story to this.
Oh, OK.
Yeah, we’re not going have to that oldfag vs newfag bullshit anymore.
We’re not going to have threads dedicated to bitching about noobs or expressing outrage that users are no longer allowed to troll or gang-flame noobs or anyone else. We don’t need anymore shit-stirring about this. It’s over. It’s done.
Here are the rules:
https://forums.blackmesasource.com/announcement.php?f=2&a=3
You have two options here:
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grow-up and accept that the forums have changed from what they were before, and follow the forum rules and the directions of the mods/admins.
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voluntarily stop participating in the forums
If you don’t like it, you can show yourself out. And if you can’t see yourself out, let me know, and I’ll be happy to show you the door.
In the future, if anyone has any concerns about the rules or the moderating, you need to communicate to those us. Don’t complain about the rules or mods/admins in any thread, including this one.
Settle down man. Jokerine was just saying her guess as what ODB was talking about.
I can appreciate both trains of thought here though. With the mod going global, the site really does need to be on “good” behavior, that’s necessary and I accept and agree with it. On the other hand, it’s no hidden fact that the general intelligence of your average internet user is deteriorating at an alarming rate. It was nice knowing there was one place you could go where obvious stupidity was not tolerated.
Anyways, the ladies club has mostly been void of retardation (I’m not talking differing opinions here either, I’m talking 100% unadulterated idiocy from concentrate) so there is no need to bring either the elite vs noobs cult or the fourth reich in here right now.
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrama!
That wasn’t directed at Jokerine. She already knew that.
Some of you have it backwards: the oldfag culture wasn’t elite: it was all pretty stupid. Zim’s comment in that thread was dead-on, IMO. That’s why I stopped the thread there. It was going to be locked anyway, but his comment summed up the entire thread/issue well. (Bur’s was also pretty good.)
A lot of “oldfags” have moved on to constructive pursuits or never were involved in the negative behavior in the first place. Some others are way behind the curve and seem to want to perpetuate the Us vs Them mentality. That thread is nothing more than organizational rhetoric, a troll, shit-stirring. Half of the people in that thread aren’t even oldfags. The idea of organizing users to ‘not tolerate stupidity’ which, by my experience means ‘any outsider’, isn’t going to happen.
For people who have made friends here and enjoy using their time to socialize in Ladies Club, have at it, that’s why it’s here. But you don’t own it. It’s open to any member. And older members organizing to ‘not tolerate stupidity’ via the mechanic of trolling, gang-flaming, shitting-up threads,etc, isn’t going to happen. The Ladies Club isn’t moderated like the rest of the forums, but that doesn’t mean that you can perpetuate this Lord of the Flies bullshit in these threads either. Some people seem to think that certain behavior is still allowed in Ladies Club - it’s not. Ladies Club is obviously not moderated like the rest of the forums, but organized trolling, intentionally shitting-up threads, flaming, etc, isn’t included in that leniency. The same rules apply in here - The Ladies club is for socializing and off-topic stuff - it’s not the Secret Oldfag Clubhouse. Oldfaggery is over, and it’s not going to re-organize with new membership.
Serious business.
Dude what the fuck? I’m on your “side” here, did you miss that part of my post?
When I say elite vs noobs, I mean elitist(you know that term that Raminator used to mean “asshole”?) Just delete/ban the bullshit when and where it happens, this is a non-issue.
It’s not directed at you.
It’s a general communication for a few remaining people that keep bringing this shit up. Some people aren’t happy about this new forum paradigm.
We’ve discussed this. We don’t this want kind of shit anymore. End of story. But some people (obviously) keep picking at it. It’s over. We can’t troll. We can’t flame. We can’t gang-up on noobs or anyone else. Ladies Club is for everyone. etc. Most people get that and are cool with that. some others are pissed and resentful, and wish to perpetuate or re-animate elements of the old forums. We don’t want that. And I personally don’t want to see the shit-stirred anymore in this thread or any other thread. After that thread was started , people from that thread went into, IIRC, In-Game issues and shit it up.
You said “Just delete/ban the bullshit when and where it happens.”, that’s not what we want to do. It’s more effective to avoid that stuff in the first place. We don’t want to ban people, we want people to not do this stuff to begin with. That thread and the other shit-stirring about this issue are sending mixed messages to people. I would rather communicate this clearly, because some people seem to think it’s OK. It’s not.
ODB called me out ITT accusing me of acting inappropriately, and instructing me as to what the rules are regarding moderating. He’s incorrect. And my response is to make clear that he and others are incorrect, and to communicate that if there is some issue regarding moderating, that it should be communicated to the admins, rather than used as a troll in the chat thread, and to be clear to him and others as to what Ladies Club is and what it is not, what is acceptable behavior and what is not, and to be clear that any attempts to revert to a toxic forum through organizing against noobs or whatever aren’t going to fly.
FWIW I didn’t take it that way either.
Zen has gone mad with power.
I think Zen is going to eclipse Ram’s ban count at this rate XP
So anyone here get snow?
There’s a new sheriff in town :terror:
And where are you ?
I’m pretty open to what goes in here in the Ladies Club, but name calling anywhere isn’t tolerated.
Didn’t see all that transpired here, but I did see that part.
Serious mod business.
In other news I turned 30 this week. I’m spending $250 on a present for myself. Any suggestions?
new monitor? or a Tent, airsoft gun, …camera?
Depends. I’d say buy something you want but that’s pretty obvious.
Graphics card? Fancy shirts? 20 music albums?