I'm confused...

[The Infamous Scamola]

To moderators: please, lock this thread.

 

[Larenxis]

I agree that we don't have a good agreement around this. It seems to me that one should be able to necro whenever they please. New threads make it easier for people to read them, but they lose out on the progress that could've been made in the old one. If someone can find a policy written up about this I'd be all over that.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

P.S. I also find a 7 day suspension a bit eccessive seeing how I dont have a troublemakers past.

The Escapist & Warcrys moderation issues are famous all over the net, so really you should know what you are letting yourself in for when you sign up here. It is purely the luck of the draw if you are banned/suspended or if your thread is locked etc. While there are some great moderators here, one or two of them have a temper and very much fly by the seat of their pants.

Best thing to do is not actually take any such moderation personally. Just chalk it down to poor moderation and let it go.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

The Escapist & Warcrys moderation issues are famous all over the net, so really you should know what you are letting yourself in for when you sign up here. It is purely the luck of the draw if you are banned/suspended or if your thread is locked etc. While there are some great moderators here, one or two of them have a temper and very much fly by the seat of their pants.

Best thing to do is not actually take any such moderation personally. Just chalk it down to poor moderation and let it go.

It's just that it's not the first time that this has happened to me, I was once put on probation for 3 days for saying the RE5 Zero Punctuation review was "great".
And I'm just pissed off with all the mixed signals I keep getting about what I'm supposed to and what I'm not supposed to do.

I really love this site but I think the excessive moderating just ruins everything.

 

[oliveira8]

Depends on the necro really...if its a thread over 6 months old no point in bringing back...

 

[BlindTom]

*keeps his head thoroughly down*

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Depends on the necro really...if its a thread over 6 months old no point in bringing back...

First off it was on the front page of the forums, I mean how was I supposed to know the thread was dead? It's not like I look for the date. If I see a topic on the front page I assume that's because it's active.

Secondly, I actually read on this site that necroing a year old thread is actually preferable to creating a new one on the same topic.

Maybe it's just my fault for assuming the warcry regulations would be the same as the Escapists.

 

[Larenxis]

I really love this site but I think the excessive moderating just ruins everything.

I feel the exact opposite, funnily enough. I would love to see a cutting down on posts that just quote someone else and say "That" or ones in polls that include only the word "No". I do think they should be less whimsical (in the case of repeats vs. necros) but I can easily retract that if they brought back the yellow card and red card system. That was charming. I'd prefer if they would have all the rules written down, because it is unfair to enforce imaginary ones and expect people to understand, but it definitely hasn't grown to the point that I'd call them Draconian (that title is a tad dramatic, don't you think?), or even complain really.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

P.S. I also find a 7 day suspension a bit eccessive seeing how I dont have a troublemakers past.

The Escapist & Warcrys moderation issues are famous all over the net, so really you should know what you are letting yourself in for when you sign up here. It is purely the luck of the draw if you are banned/suspended or if your thread is locked etc. While there are some great moderators here, one or two of them have a temper and very much fly by the seat of their pants.

Best thing to do is not actually take any such moderation personally. Just chalk it down to poor moderation and let it go.

It's all in the wording, my deviant friend. Use at least a somewhat extended vocabulary, put an innocent spin on it, generally be apologetic, etc.

You gotta' work em' over

You get the idea. ; )

I apologize if this upsets anyone, I was only kidding. It's best not to take me seriously.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Lios]

If a topic is over 2 weeks dead, it's usually a bad idea to revive it. It's sort of a global rule in forum posting. Sure it's better to post in a thread that's already around instead of making a new one, but only if that thread is currently actively being posted in. If it's not, make a new one, and maybe add something a little different to it.

 

[DM.]

What would you prefer?

Idiotic posts everywhere or the odd probation for something silly?

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I really love this site but I think the excessive moderating just ruins everything.

I feel the exact opposite, funnily enough. I would love to see a cutting down on posts that just quote someone else and say "That" or ones in polls that include only the word "No". I do think they should be less whimsical (in the case of repeats vs. necros) but I can easily retract that if they brought back the yellow card and red card system. That was charming. I'd prefer if they would have all the rules written down, because it is unfair to enforce imaginary ones and expect people to understand, but it definitely hasn't grown to the point that I'd call them Draconian (that title is a tad dramatic, don't you think?), or even complain really.

I do think most of the mods make a fine job policing the site but sometimes they just give unfair punishments for non-existent infractions.

Also I wasnt satisfied with the first title.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

What would you prefer?

Idiotic posts everywhere or the odd probation for something silly?

Problem is it isnt a probation but a 7 day suspension.

 

[Erana]

P.S. I also find a 7 day suspension a bit eccessive seeing how I dont have a troublemakers past.

The Escapist & Warcrys moderation issues are famous all over the net, so really you should know what you are letting yourself in for when you sign up here. It is purely the luck of the draw if you are banned/suspended or if your thread is locked etc. While there are some great moderators here, one or two of them have a temper and very much fly by the seat of their pants.

Best thing to do is not actually take any such moderation personally. Just chalk it down to poor moderation and let it go.

We're famous?!
Sweet!

But yeah, I have to deal with idiots here, because I committed the heinous crime of coming to college early.
I just got a 4.0, I have a T.A. position, I am 17, and I just got grounded for the first time (in a college dorm) because I had the audacity to miss a 15-minute meeting that's... supposed to build rapport with my advisor person, I guess. They still won't give me an adequate reason for why these monthly meetings exist in the first place.
Oh, and they threatened to call my mother, whose buisy laughing at the stupidity of the whole thing.

I'm not going to continue ranting, but you get the idea.

 

[oliveira8]

Depends on the necro really...if its a thread over 6 months old no point in bringing back...

First off it was on the front page of the forums, I mean how was I supposed to know the thread was dead? It's not like I look for the date. If I see a topic on the front page I assume that's because it's active.

Secondly, I actually read on this site that necroing a year old thread is actually preferable to creating a new one on the same topic.

Maybe it's just my fault for assuming the warcry regulations would be the same as the Escapists.

Really 1 year? Thought it would be less.

 

[sneak_copter]

Well isn't Warcry pretty much the same forum as the escapist, albeit with changed topics and (slightly) worse patrons?

 

[DM.]

What would you prefer?

Idiotic posts everywhere or the odd probation for something silly?

Problem is it isnt a probation but a 7 day suspension.

Ah, I misread that. Now that is a little extreme.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

This always comes up and I say the same thing,

4500+ Posts and I have yet to piss off the mods. It REALLY can't be THAT hard to do.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

This always comes up and I say the same thing,

4500+ Posts and I have yet to piss off the mods. It REALLY can't be THAT hard to do.

Did you actually read the main post or just comment based upon the title?