No chance. This has been discussed at length and the consensus has been that this is an anything goes forum.

Nuff said.

Fuck off

Spyman +1, even though I disagree with that conclusion. The... well... trash in here is one of the main reasons I've stopped contributing for the most part.

That's a shame smiley. There are still lots of great discussions and people. You just have ignore the trash.

Or we could just not allow the trash to begin with. There's no reason to just attack people. None.

The mute button is an excellent solution to the troll problem.

Unfortunately, we can't mute mods who depth charge threads.

smiley I don't get the personal attacks either. Especially over topics like "who was the 7th most overrated US president." Why are some people so offended that someone else has a different opinion?

a ban on all obecene comments would fix the issues

@Diplomat - The mods are here to mod games, not the forum. They are volunteers and don't have time to mod the forums. And, as has been pointed out, one person's definition of obscene is another person's daily language.

The only banhammer on posting I support is for people who write universally recognized hate speech. There are a few here who do it, but I just have the asshole fucktards muted. As far as my own language, I was in the Corps and fuck, shit, and asshole are part of my language. If it offends you, tough shit. I don't give a fuck.

"If it offends you, tough shit. I don't give a fuck."
Draugnar +10

Okay.... so, let me see if I understand

* There exists the ability to mute people in the forums, which prevents you from seeing people you don't like
* You want ban people from posting things you don't like, which prevents you from seeing people you don't like.
* The first requires minimal effort on your part
* The second requires coding and upkeep, and affects everyone, not just you.

So, what you seem to be saying, Diplomat33, is that you are incapable of taking the initiative to mute people who say things you dislike, and would foist the task onto someone else, so you don't have to spend fifteen of your valuable seconds clicking 'mute'.

Is that right?

A "ban on obscene comments" would fix your issue. You not being a lazy bastard will also fix the issue.

I forseee a future in fast food for you, if you're unable to handle such a simple problem, with easy to use tools available, and instead prefer to whine that someone else do the work for you. Because that shit doesn't fly in the real world.

@stratagos +1

i do admit mute works, but i also think some players that may be muted may say something useful i might miss

It was just a suggestion. No harm in that.

So, Diplomat33, you would have them banned which would *also* mean they can't say "something useful [you] might miss". Don't be such a fucktard. One way you miss a comment. The other way they never get to fucking make it.

Diplomat, I'm positive the people I mute never say one thing that is worthwhile.

We have a hard enough time trying to keep up with the game moderation that happens. Forum moderation would be twice as difficult and require twice as many people and will cause ten times as much drama.

But I think there should be a limit and rules, and we've discussed them at length, but don't hold your breath. There is at least one person I'd really like to ban outright for his crap on the forum, but am unable to.

could he be mentioned in a Dr. Scholls Gel insoles commercial?

" twice as difficult"

more than twice, i think, otherwise i agree with my favorite mothafucka, fortknox

1) Kestas doesn't want us to
2) We don't want to
3) What does "obscene" mean?
4) We have a mute button

Or in the words of your fellow mods

"calling someone a racial slur MAY be interpreted as being disrespectful, but i doubt it."

Yeah, yeah, we get it. You don't like us. Take it up with the man upstairs. Our hands our tied with how we moderate the forum.

5) most of the forum doesn't want to

"i do admit mute works, but i also think some players that may be muted may say something useful i might miss "

Then I guess you'll just have to balance your aversion to profanity against your interest in what other people say. Again, seems like it's a problem that lies squarely in your own control, and one that doesn't involve inflicting your own biases on other people, or require effort on someone else's part to take action


"Yeah, yeah, we get it. You don't like us."

Actually, it's just you I don't like abge, but that has nothing to do with you being a mod *snerk*

"Actually, it's just you I don't like abge, but that has nothing to do with you being a mod *snerk*"

Oh no he di'n... *snap*

hehehe

lol

But seriously, kestas is currently working very hard with us to figure out some new policies for the forum and site in general. I don't suspect there will be major changes, but it should help to clarify some of our policies.

Fuck, the last thing we need is further regulation of this forum! We need more deregulation! Go ask TC, he knows all about the wonders of deregulation!