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A Forum Policy Announcement from "The Worst Mod Ever"
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Bone-Roller wrote
at 3:00 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT
The following public service announcement from "The Worst Mod Ever" is intended to provide clear, unambiguous clarification of policy regarding forum posting rules.
1) Don't create threads that are entitled in a profane, obscene, racist, or otherwise obviously obviously objectionable fashion. If posting such a thread would get you punished at home, school, or work, then you can expect that it will get you punished here. (This is my own policy and I will enforce it until and unless Ryan, Thrax, or a majority of the other mods advise me that it is unreasonable.) 2) If such a thread has been posted and a mod penalizes the poster, don't bump it. Especially do not bump it if the thread has fallen off the front page of the forums. (This is Skrum's policy and I will honor and enforce it until and unless Ryan, Thrax, or a majority of the other mods advise that it is unreasonable.) 3) When posting in threads, please try to use some sense of decorum. Posts that are simply profanity-laden rants, insults, or suggestions that other players perform biologically improbable, unsanitary, or unsavory acts may be held to be actionable. Again, if your post would get you punished by your parent, expelled/suspended/sent to the principal's office at school, or fired from work, it may achieve the same result here. Individual posts inside threads will receive more leeway than objectionably entitled threads themselves, but not much. (Again, this is my own policy and I will enforce it until and unless....) This is not intended to be a show of mod muscle flexing. It is intended to provide fair warning so that you don't get hammered due to ignorance. Let the ranting begin..... |
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the full monte wrote
at 3:13 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT "The Worst Mod Ever"? riiiiiiight. Okay, Trav/Jurg, please put a new poll up for the rights to the title "The Worst Mod Ever". I think we all know who will run away with that victory.
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the full monte wrote
at 3:17 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT okay, now that i've read the post, two things:
these forum post descriptions of what is/not bannable really should be filed away in a blog post, or the rules page. after things fall off of the front page, they are history until some bored-ass forum hog randomly digs them up on a lucky bump-search. there needs to be an exception to the rule such that the Kehoe: thread is allowed to continue without consequences. pretty sure thrax would be behind this. |
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 3:24 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT Common sense has to play a certain role in this. Some threads with borderline titles or profanity are meant in jest. I'm not gonna start modding the threads about "How to increase your TAPL score in the easy steps", followed by "fuck you muthafucka!!!!". That thread is simply meant to be a joke and doesn't have any hatred implied toward any party.
Common sense is always the rule of thumb and unfortunately some people's common sense is skewed. As always, it will take an object view from the set of mods in place to make a decision. |
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 3:25 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT *the = three
EDIT BUTTON... |
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 3:25 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT **object = objective
Damn I suck... |
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 3:35 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT And, for all of you that like to push the envelope on what is and is not OK, I'll simply say that I am VERY thick-skinned when it comes to chat and posting. People regularly curse at me, call me names, tell me to die in a fiero....etc. I usually shrug it off and chalk it up to the interwebs and free speech. Not everyone is thick-skinned though, so different mods may take comments differently.
This is similar to driving past a cop on the road. One day, you might drive by him at 12 MPH over the speed limit and not get pulled over. The next day, you might pass a different cop going 8 MPH over the speed limit and get a ticket. The rules are not black and white, so interpretation by whichever mod involved is very open. |
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Kehoe wrote
at 3:42 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT Worst Mods:
Grunvagr - Did this guy actually ever do anything? TCS - Pretty sure he's a run away winner. HH - If you're going to make up a story, atleast make it believeable. MysteryMan - I dislike Pat as much as the next person, but pornographic av was not even close. |
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Gurgi wrote
at 3:47 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT big words . . . .
decorum laden biologically improbable unsanitary unsavory leeway expelled |
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Kickapoo wrote
at 3:53 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT LMAO , you and your stupid rules are making this site worse than ever
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Gurgi wrote
at 3:54 PM, Monday August 23, 2010 EDT in other words, i agree with 1) and 2) and dont understand 3
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