I actually don't like the "permabanned" avatar swap

[Pinkamena]

I am happy with these turn of events. Let's get some love for the Ron Swanson of felines!

 

[Frission]

Another necro?
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1043776/thumbs/o-GRUMPY-CAT-VAN-GOGH-570.jpg?6

You disappoint me

 

[Silvanus]

In truth, I'm torn. The "Banned...Permabanned!" avatar did (and still does) make me laugh; I can't deny that. But, it makes people harder to recognise once they've been struck by the hammer. I tend to recognise people by their avatars more than their names.

 

[Infernal Lawyer]

I'm not against changing avatars per say for reasons stated above (i.e. you broke the rules so you deserve it; you won't notice it unless the bans are recent or you go through the archives, etc), but I think the actual image is really, really crass. I mean, am I supposed to find a clip showing a kid in a hospital bed punched in the face, twice no less, amusing?

Also guys, whether or not you care about the banned person's feelings over having their avatar changed is really irrelevant here. Sure, who cares, they're banned and they probably deserve it... But I just don't think that the .gif is really appropriate for use in the, threads especially by the mods who would usually give out warnings for such content.

 

[shrekfan246]

I am appoint that this thread is still sporting Grumpy Cat.

I wonder if it'll be locked due to the new regime now, though.

I'm not against changing avatars per say for reasons stated above (i.e. you broke the rules so you deserve it; you won't notice it unless the bans are recent or you go through the archives, etc), but I think the actual image is really, really crass. I mean, am I supposed to find a clip showing a kid in a hospital bed punched in the face, twice no less, amusing?

I highly doubt the intended reaction is supposed to be laughter.

Especially considering that in order to receive said image on your posts, you have to break the rules, often many, many times.

 

[Infernal Lawyer]

I'm not against changing avatars per say for reasons stated above (i.e. you broke the rules so you deserve it; you won't notice it unless the bans are recent or you go through the archives, etc), but I think the actual image is really, really crass. I mean, am I supposed to find a clip showing a kid in a hospital bed punched in the face, twice no less, amusing?

I highly doubt the intended reaction is supposed to be laughter.

Especially considering that in order to receive said image on your posts, you have to break the rules, often many, many times.

I was more talking about the average person reading the threads. Like I said, it really doesn't matter if the banned person likes it or not because, you know, they probably deserved it, and I'm sure the mods aren't expecting said person to find it amusing nor do they care.

I'm sorry, but I find it amusing how many people are ignoring the point of the OP and going on a tangent about how much they don't give a shit about the feelings of people who get banned. I wouldn't have thought it would be hard to understand he was talking about how it was an inappropriate .gif to see on the threads for the average person, much less put there by the mods who are supposed to be the role models of the community.

I'll get off my high horse now.

 

[shrekfan246]

I'm sorry, but I find it amusing how many people are ignoring the point of the OP and going on a tangent about how much they don't give a shit about the feelings of people who get banned. I wouldn't have thought it would be hard to understand he was talking about how it was an inappropriate .gif to see on the threads for the average person, much less put there by the mods who are supposed to be the role models of the community.

How is it inappropriate? It's a gif from a television show, used to signify that someone who has repeatedly broken the rules has been slapped down.

For the sake of consistency I hope you would also find the scene of Gavroche being shot in Les Miserables inappropriate, or anything ever related to violent video games inappropriate.

As has been evidenced also in this very thread, users posting the gif doesn't generally draw any punishment from the moderators either. It's like saying this is an offensive image that shouldn't be allowed on forums:

Besides, does this -

guy on the left look like a "child", anyway? Same guy, same show.

 

[Infernal Lawyer]

I'm sorry, but I find it amusing how many people are ignoring the point of the OP and going on a tangent about how much they don't give a shit about the feelings of people who get banned. I wouldn't have thought it would be hard to understand he was talking about how it was an inappropriate .gif to see on the threads for the average person, much less put there by the mods who are supposed to be the role models of the community.

How is it inappropriate? It's a gif from a television show, used to signify that someone who has repeatedly broken the rules has been slapped down.

And the OP's point is that it's a poor, immature way to do so.

For the sake of consistency I hope you would also find the scene of Gavroche being shot in Les Miserables inappropriate, or anything ever related to violent video games inappropriate.

As has been evidenced also in this very thread, users posting the gif doesn't generally draw any punishment from the moderators either. It's like saying this is an offensive image that shouldn't be allowed on forums:
[snipped for space]

Legal (or w/e) =/= appropriate, especially in the sense of context. For example, I don't think you'd appreciate it if I only posted this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azm20l97V_A] as my entire response, even if there isn't anything explicitly inappropriate in the content. And as for your examples, I think I draw the line at 1. the content or user supplying the content implying that something violent is happening to another user, and 2. that I'm supposed to find that amusing. "Lol, guy tried to take on the mods and got his face impaled with a pencil, lol".

I just think that it's a crude way of showing that someone's been banned and that there's probably a better way of doing it, and at no point did I suggest the banhammar needed to be pulled out. No, it's not the end of the world or even remotely important, but then again neither are manners, and since when was asking for a little more class from those in charge a bad thing?

But maybe I'm just sore that I got a warning for an incredibly trivial statement while the moderators get to openly mock people. Meh.

Besides, does this -[pic snipped again]
guy on the left look like a "child", anyway? Same guy, same show.

And I was supposed to know that from the .gif... How, exactly? He looks like a kid on the .gif, and I don't think it's unfair to say that most people aren't going to do any research to find out otherwise.

 

[IceForce]

My only beef with the permabanned avatar is that the mods are inconsistent with it. They slap it on SOME people, but not others.

Do they only slap it on people they don't like? Regardless, it's inconsistent.

 

[SweetShark]

Don't see a problem with the permabanned avatar. But I will admit, I would preferred to see a new one and not the same over and over again.

Maybe a Sad Grumpy Cat would do?

EDIT:
I just realized it is an old Thread...

 

[IceForce]

But maybe I'm just sore that I got a warning for an incredibly trivial statement while the moderators get to openly mock people. Meh.

On another forum I frequent, the mods there don't actually have to follow the rules themselves. It's a "perk of the job" they say.

This permabanned avatar seems a bit like that.

 

[IceForce]

The site was called the Dead Horse Interchange, it's still up but the forums are down because their coder is a monkey or lost interest. Funnily enough though the archives weren't made out of butthurt or rage, they were mostly made because the Escapist was a fairly good source of conversation material. I mean come on, the boards here are moderated in such a way that topics can be hidden from public scrutiny if they go along a line that the mods really don't like and the moderation was scattershot at best. But yeah, it really wasn't compiled as an exercise in rage, it was compiled for the fun of a group project. In fact if a user got way too obsessed they'd be asked to knock it off.

Interestingly, the Dead Horse Interchange forums are up again under a different domain name.

http://deadhorseinterchangeable.freeforums.org/

They don't talk so much about the Escapist anymore though.

 

[Queen Michael]

I'm not against changing avatars per say for reasons stated above (i.e. you broke the rules so you deserve it; you won't notice it unless the bans are recent or you go through the archives, etc), but I think the actual image is really, really crass. I mean, am I supposed to find a clip showing a kid in a hospital bed punched in the face, twice no less, amusing?

Also guys, whether or not you care about the banned person's feelings over having their avatar changed is really irrelevant here. Sure, who cares, they're banned and they probably deserve it... But I just don't think that the .gif is really appropriate for use in the, threads especially by the mods who would usually give out warnings for such content.

See, what you did just now is known as "necroing." That's when you revive a thread that's been dead pretty darn long. It's considered uncouth.