Poll: New forum rules - Yay or Nay?

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Meh.

The area about effort and communication seems very subjective, but "don't be a jerk" seems pretty standard, as do all other issues addressed.

 

[Klarinette]

You go on permanent probation now? Yeesh =/ Things seem a little harsh... mind you, I've never even gotten so much as a warning for anything, but still. Warnings for things like low post content, those add up, and can eventually lead to a ban, the same way that flame war people and trolls are dealt with? That's... not really cool. I guess it's just some hardcore cracking-down. Hopefully it doesn't affect the actual decent conversations that come out of this place, though; I'd be sad if I had to try to find another forum worth posting in.

 

[SlayerN]

Rules are rules, in a month or two we'll have ten more to tack on.

 

[AbstractStream]

The new rules don't seem that bad, but if past infractions affect you now...I'm not too sure on that. I'll try and be good I guess.

 

[Royas]

I don't like the fact that you can never have offenses forgiven now, but I suppose that's their right. Their forum, their rules.

I do have a real problem with ad blockers being lumped in with illegal and adult materials. They are in no way illegal in any jurisdiction I know of, and they certainly aren't adult in nature. Calling them either isn't just silly, it's flat out wrong. It's one thing to say "hey, we don't want you talking about these things" (again, their forums, their rules) it's another to put up false information.

Not advocating anything here, don't use ad blockers myself (unless you count not letting Firefox open popups) but I would like to see some accuracy in the rules.

 

[The Night Shade]

They are ok but the punishment is too much they should lighten them up

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I may quit the forums for a bit. This is a little too much for me.

 

[Amondren]

It makes sense but I could see in some situations it could be seen as bad.

 

[Harry Mason]

I originally thought it would be just fine. Just don't act like a jerk, and everything will be OK, right? Then I looked at my "health bar" (cute name, by the way) and saw that I had one point. I was like "where's that from?" looked back at my history, and found out that it was from calling someone a "poopy-head."

I now have a point from calling someone a "poopy-head," and it will never go away? I'll be haunted by "you're a poopy-head" until the end of my Escapist days?
Poppycock! Codswallop! Shenanigans! Bullshit! Other words that express disbelief!
RAWR!

Seriously though, I really don't mind at all. It may keep the idiocy down a bit. Now, if there were legible captchas, this would be the PERFECT FORUM!

How do I type Japanese characters, Mr. Captcha? How?!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

How do I type Japanese characters, Mr. Captcha? How?!

You can always refresh the Captcha with the little button if Inglip is in a bad mood.

I've had a chat with Spinwhiz already and, as long as you're polite, he'll try and bring you up to speed - but he will have over 500 letters in his mailbox tomorrow, so try and be polite.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Don't care about the punishments but one thing that I see commonly on this website is people being told off for low content posts. Why not just set a lower limit for the number of characters in a post? Then that's one less thing the mods have to worry about and everyone's happy.

Good question. In regards to the other sites I frequent, most people just fill the extra character spaces with crap. We have no doubt members of The Escapist have lots to say, as most of the debates I see are spectacular and most opinions are well thought out and helpful.

Still, sometimes there's not much to say. What counts as low content?

I'm probably waay too late for this, as I said earlier, it's really busy right now and I try to read through this entire thread and answer all of your questions. But it's all in context. There's a huge difference IMO of what constitutes a low content post in R&P in relation to RP&games.

And really, the mods aren't perfect. If one gives you a stupid sentencing that they then refuse to revoke even though you see it as unfair, as does everyone else in the thread, then that gets counted against you forever.

And that's why there's an appeal system.

the appeal system doesn't work. i got put on probation for mentioning i pirated a game that i was going to pay for later even though (on the same day) Steve Butts mentioned that he pirated MULTIPLE games that he paid for later.

hypocrisy much?

This goes back to the report and move on rule, just cuz someone else breaks the rules doesn't give you the right to do the same thing. Did you report Steve Butts? Besides, they handle that kind of stuff internally, so just cuz you don't see him getting punished doesn't mean he's getting off for free.

still. mentioning a foray into piracy counts as advocating piracy? if i say i jaywalked once to get to school on time as a lad does that mean i advocate it? it makes no sense to punish someone for mentioning they did something in the past and then accuse me of ADVOCATING what i did.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

So now when you're on probation, you're forever on probation? Aw guys, come the fuck on! Loosen up, eh?

 

[Lim3]

A user on page 4 got a warning for strongly disagreeing. Is this a new form of censorship? Online censorship? I can see the escapist user base dropping if it keeps up.BTW I'm going to make a stand and post this!

Edit: I found it funny that they say CAPS are against their policy and then I AGREE was in CAPS.

Also low content posts? Can someone please issue a general escapist posting principle (GEPP) on how many words constitutes a low content post?

 

[Estarc]

I can't say I care. I've never been warned myself, nor do I expect I ever will be. It isn't that hard to keep your posts within the rules, so I don't have any problem with the new health bar system.

 

[The Hungry Samurai]

As someone who just got his first warning 2 days ago, not realizing the low content rule (or that he was breaking it by being the first on these forums to post a link about Anon "vets" accusing other Anon members of the PSN debacle.) I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this Scarlet Letter of a Health Bar.

Had I known my "offense" was going on my permanent record for all to see I would have probably fought it.

 

[Trolldor]

I lol'd.

Worst possible way to go about a forum already modded arbitrarily based on what an individual thinks is or is not acceptable.

All but one of my probations have been for things I never said nor implied, at least the "don't be a jerk" rule is a little better defined, but I doubt it's going to stop people for being warned because a moderator doesn't like what they read - whether what they've read is the correct interpretation or not.