While We Wait: Writer's Block & Other Lame Excuses
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Darksaber1
Secret Emperor
I registered. Don't been I'm gone, just sampling.
Daftpanzer
canonically ambiguous
Iggy just made me realise this is all my fault for the WWW: Happy Edition thread drawing in more moderator attention to the forum, things spiralled from there.
I am truly sorry, everyone
I am truly sorry, everyone
erez87
Lord of Random
That's not true. You aren't to be faulted with any of this. Sure your silly thread was silly and technically spam, granted, but the reason for the whole problem is in no way you, and you have done nothing to cause it. Seriously, nothing at all is on you in this.Iggy just made me realise this is all my fault for the WWW: Happy Edition thread drawing in more moderator attention to the forum, things spiralled from there.
I am truly sorry, everyone
No, there's only one man who is to blame for this.
Thanks Obama.
Thanks Obama.
Quisani
Gaming Person
As a relative outsider who doesn't pay a ton of attention to things, what's the short version of what happened?
erez87
Lord of Random
Things happened
Seon
Not An Evil Liar
Something happened and a lot of NESers accused another NESer of criminal intentions based on what he said and then something happened and a lot of NESers got banned.
Quisani
Gaming Person
Alright, I've been brought up to speed. Excuse me while I go find comfort foods while I process this turn of events.
Quisani
Gaming Person
Well, I'm sorry to hear that. That sounds unpleasant for all parties involved.
Lord_Herobrine
Back in the Saddle
I have been silently watching over the preceding events and still can not understand why anyone would want to leave. Sure, a few people may feel hostile toward the moderators over something they said, but in general the forum is fine. There have been little to no issues in the NESes themselves, only in WWW and over #nes.
Just putting in my $0.02, but I think a lot of the high tensions could be eased if WWW became a OT thread in the Mod's eyes, as most NESers view it so anyways, and NES nominated a viable candidate for a self-elected Mod (Primarily someone that is widely respected and often online).
The majority of the forum I feel has no issue with Moderation, but is simply following what seems to be a minority of highly active people that do not often actually contribute to NESes. This minority, although not alone, began several long and heated debates through WWW that escalated to the point where the general public was exhausted of the daily arguments, which culminated to Daft creating the "Happy Edition" (Not laying any blame on you, BTW). Because of the thread spam that began after that, I feel that the increased Moderator presence has stepped on some toes of the aforementioned minority.
Also I have been to the Frontier to check out their forums. The forum width is hideous and the theme makes my eyes hurt.
Just putting in my $0.02, but I think a lot of the high tensions could be eased if WWW became a OT thread in the Mod's eyes, as most NESers view it so anyways, and NES nominated a viable candidate for a self-elected Mod (Primarily someone that is widely respected and often online).
The majority of the forum I feel has no issue with Moderation, but is simply following what seems to be a minority of highly active people that do not often actually contribute to NESes. This minority, although not alone, began several long and heated debates through WWW that escalated to the point where the general public was exhausted of the daily arguments, which culminated to Daft creating the "Happy Edition" (Not laying any blame on you, BTW). Because of the thread spam that began after that, I feel that the increased Moderator presence has stepped on some toes of the aforementioned minority.
Also I have been to the Frontier to check out their forums. The forum width is hideous and the theme makes my eyes hurt.
Iggy just made me realise this is all my fault for the WWW: Happy Edition thread drawing in more moderator attention to the forum, things spiralled from there.
I am truly sorry, everyone
Don't be, it was a fairly innocuous action that just happened to (I think) lead to other things getting out of control. You weren't responsible for any of that. When I posted that, it was mostly because I'd been doing a PM cleanup, and found our discussion- I thought that it had become very interesting with the benefit of hindsight.
Daftpanzer
canonically ambiguous
I was kinda not serious, but also think it was an element in this. If the WWW thread spamming hadn't happened, I think we could've delayed the showdown for maybe a week or two? 
I have been silently watching over the preceding events and still can not understand why anyone would want to leave. Sure, a few people may feel hostile toward the moderators over something they said, but in general the forum is fine. There have been little to no issues in the NESes themselves, only in WWW and over #nes.
Just putting in my $0.02, but I think a lot of the high tensions could be eased if WWW became a OT thread in the Mod's eyes, as most NESers view it so anyways, and NES nominated a viable candidate for a self-elected Mod (Primarily someone that is widely respected and often online).
The majority of the forum I feel has no issue with Moderation, but is simply following what seems to be a minority of highly active people that do not often actually contribute to NESes. This minority, although not alone, began several long and heated debates through WWW that escalated to the point where the general public was exhausted of the daily arguments, which culminated to Daft creating the "Happy Edition" (Not laying any blame on you, BTW). Because of the thread spam that began after that, I feel that the increased Moderator presence has stepped on some toes of the aforementioned minority.
Also I have been to the Frontier to check out their forums. The forum width is hideous and the theme makes my eyes hurt.
symph, iggy, daft, nk, jehoshua, luckymoose, and crezth all agree on something
that's pretty much all I need to know, if I hadn't been following this myself
Golden1Knight
Emperor
Honestly, EoE is the only reason I have registered myself on the Frontier. I do not feel at home there, but I think this will not be a problem, since everything should return to normal once they calm down.
Daftpanzer
canonically ambiguous
Jason The King
Deity
Also I have been to the Frontier to check out their forums. The forum width is hideous and the theme makes my eyes hurt.
Glad I'm not the only one! The white text on black is enough to keep me away, though admittedly I haven't invested much more than a few seconds going through the settings to find out if it can be changed.
erez87
Lord of Random
If anyone wants to know why, at least some of those who want to leave, want to leave, are welcome to read the following post, or more correctly, read into the following post:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13451716&postcount=154
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=13451716&postcount=154
Shadowbound
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I am treating this whole thing as a tantrum and recusing myself from the forum until it's done.
Gem Hound
Deity
I think you mean excuse, recuse sort of means "challenge"
Recuse:
challenge (a judge, prosecutor, or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
"a motion to recuse the prosecutor"
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