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Originally posted by Fortune
Hey! Me and Kabuki were only trying to calm down people with the gizmo thing.
And I've just banned three members, which I don't think was so unnecessary, because they kept on flaming each others also here.
I don't want to question the work of the mods of that forum, because I wasn't mod there and I think SSSnake also posted several times threads to ask people to act in a wise and decent way. It's also up to members to be respectful. If they're not, it's not a fault of the mods.
It's the 50th time I tell the same thing: debating is ok, but not keeping on posting the same silly stuff just to prove others are idiots.
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Quite effectively calming, 'least for me. A good laugh does wonders.
Anyway.. with Funky, Hotshot, and pipetender gone, I think the problem was fixed two times over with the closing of the forum. Everybody do a dance now that they're gone! *does a jig*
Harry- The problem's been fixed twice over now.. (now that true exposure to the kind of stuff being tossed around on Other Consoles was brought to the surface), I think that if it were reopened at this point there would not be nearly as much trouble, but hey.. *shrugs* I'm just a forum goer, not Admin.
Sssnake- Chill, man. You were doing as good as you were able to do, if you had the power to ban posters, the problem would have been nipped in the bud, I believe, though. The point is moot now.
Your threads pleading for order were well recieved, just not by the ones who it was truly intended for, I respect you for trying to find a peaceful way out of there but I have to point out that there wasn't really one. Still, commendations just for putting up with that ****, it's more than I could have done. (as is readily apparent by my posts in reply to funky and hotshot's)
Spank- Calm down, bud. There's good spamming and bad spamming after all. Nobody is and indeed nobody could deny that you posted with open-mindedness and intelligence, as has been stated by many members, many times. I thought Dumbass of the Week was very funny and at times even disarmed the situation completely (as the Gizmo pic was intended to.. and did, 'least for me.). Banning members in this case was painfully necessary.. the ones that are now banned DID spam (bad kind) harrass, verbally abuse, and all that jazz. Sssnake didn't have the power do DELETE threads, which is what would have been needed, as the banned ones would have been just the kind of people to just make another thread same title after the other was closed. All he could do was close threads and plead for cooperation, which sadly he got very little of.
There are good and bad threads in every forum.. Debate is pretty much the point, as Spank said.. but alot of what was going on in Other Consoles was pointless flaming and bashing. I wasn't doing much to help the situation so I guess I shouldn't be talking, but still.
Editness: Fortune, hon.. I just looked through the threads again and the only "Shape up or we'll close it" type thread was posted by Carlito in like.. April. Kind of a longish interval between warnings. If there were others I can't see them. Guess I'm blind.. *stumbles about*