I'm not sure what has gotten into people lately, but we've had an outbreak of trolling and flame wars on here. I'm not entirely sure why this is happening, but understand that it stops now.
I want all of our members to have a pleasant experience on these forums, and if you want to get your kicks by picking on a bunch of kids, then I recommend you find another forum to do so. If anyone is caught trolling or starting a flame war, we will issue a warning for the first time, and after that we will suspend your account. If you try and make another account to get around the suspension, that account will be deleted and your main account will be given an extra week.
I want all of our members to be aware that we will not be tolerating this, and that if anyone tries to start a flame war or trolling, I want you to report their post so that we can take action.
However, you should also be aware that if you participate in a flame war, and argue with the person who started it, then you will be held just as responsible as them.
Agree, but i haven't seen any flaming wars lately, so... o3o
I approve! I know it's hard to not try and stop a flame war :/ I really try not to get into them but that's not to say I haven't been in them before (regardless of here or elsewhere online, but usually elsewhere lol ;; ). It's tempting to tell the person to stop being an idiot, but hopefully with the new trolling rule it'll be easier to stop them by reporting them to the mods and letting them break it up.
Lmao I was about to shout some campaign catchphrase like "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!" but that totally makes no sense XD;
People should be behaving... I dislike seeing such stuff, this is supposed to be a place we love and get along. Not a place we come to fight, it makes no sense to me. In the end, we are all the same red blood. Are we not? I see everyone as family here in some form, it is disheartening to see anyone quarrel.
I only know of one troll and haven't seen a FW in forever, but okay.
(11-12-2010 04:01 PM)T-yo Wrote: [ -> ]I only know of one troll and haven't seen a FW in forever, but okay.
As quoted from Raku.
"Where have you been?"
But seriously, guys. We won't be as laid back as we once were with drama, flaming.etc So, try to cool it. Don't worry, we won't be corny and ban someone for starting a simple fight (ex. debate) and whatnot, but try to watch it.
Like who?
There's only one active(barely) troll on these forums. Unless you can prove me wrong via citation?
And since when has there been a flame war? O:
You've been totally oblivious to what has been happening lately, T-Yo. It's kind of sad.
Anyways, enough of that. Just listen to what the thread has to say, and try to clean up your act (applies to everyone).
Well, that's good to know mods are monitoring the forums a bit more. Of course, I tried not to troll at all (though, I may have by mistake cause of my emotions getting out of control thanks to stress). Only just joking around a bit :/. And yet, people don't get it at times and take things too seriously. But this is the internet. It's kind of hard to interpret what the person is actually trying to imply or whatever because you can't hear sarcasm or jokish or the accent of people's voices.
As for myself... I will be extra careful in the future. I don't really want to start anything or lower someone's self esteem because of what I say. And if I have offended you with anything... sorry if I hurt you. I tend to like using my freedom of speech at times (but I am a bit careful with it of course). It's also what my grandfather went to war for. So I'll try my best not to offend anyone from now on. And if necessary, I'll even be the dull emotionless guy who acts like a robot from when I first joined the forums. (Not joking here. I'm actually being serious to how far I will go to actually keep out of conflicts)
Hoshi, I understand what you're saying; however, some people can identify sarcasm on the internet. Some people can, some can't. [:
TROLLS SUCK. hurray for, like, strictness. ~