[Dev] Upcoming Version Update Announcement

What the hell is wrong with the mods here? I post a picture of "What the ***" Picard, it gets removed in under an hour.

This dude has a link to a video of inter.. brand? robot sex ... still on a day later. What the ***?

Hey guys, hope I can have your attention for a moment.

As anyone who's been around here for awhile probably knows, I'm a pretty lenient admin.

The forum rules are more like subjective guidelines. We're perhaps overly-forgiving in our disciplinary measures, choosing to slowly escalate issues from private warnings, un-indexing topics from the main page, topic bans, temp bans, etc. We work through problems in private, out of respect for user privacy. The number of people actually permanently banned from the site is surprisingly few: no more than a few dozen over 4 years.

Well, we have a problem.

You may have noticed that the number of ads, etc, on the site has been on the decline. Today, Google pulled their ads off the site entirely, citing that the amount of sheer profanity, nastiness, and other behavior exhibited on the forums was so bad, they no longer want to be associated with our brand. In other words, the behavior of our forum users has now put the future of the site itself at actual, tangible risk.

The blame here is shared. On one hand, it's our users' fault -- particularly a handful of regulars -- who have repeatedly refused to act with even a modicum of decency. But on the other hand, it's our fault for being too vague, too lenient, and failing to clearly delineate where the line is and take consistent, public action when it's been crossed.

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So, some changes are coming.

I'm still working out exactly what they will be, but you can expect a lot less leniency towards posts that are profane, hostile, indecent, or target certain people or groups.

Flame Core may be going away. "Player Warnings" may be as well. We're tossing around the possibility of a global profanity filter. We don't know yet. But we will be less lenient in our disciplinary system, relying far more heavily on permanent site bans than we have in the past. And we will be far more pro-active in communicating precisely what the rules are and our process for dealing with infractions.

For site regulars who feel their prolific participation has previously entitled them to push the boundaries of the rules, I suggest you adjust your expectations accordingly, because our sponsors have been quite clear that you make up the bulk of the problem. On the other hand, we will need your help in fixing the immediate issue, and your continued participation is equally important to the health of the site.

But we can't mess around with this stuff, or there will no longer be a forum for any of you to participate in.

Thanks for your time, and your understanding. More specific info will be forthcoming.

I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol.

I still find it funny considering the kind of sites google has their ads on, lol.

yes.. because the word '***' is far less socially acceptable than some weird *** futanarish appliance sex...


tbh, i was just kinda trying to make a quick joke out of the situation, but this is being taken way to serious by you guys. Vapid ignorance in the last two replies makes the *** side of me want to keep punching this [Removed to avoid deletion] just to see how far you guys would go.

yes.. because the word '***' is far less socially acceptable than some weird *** futanarish appliance sex...

And to be honest I see way more racism & sexysm on BG... To be more accurate, only thing that I came across and which can be considered as racist is the SS of the GTA africa game, which was removed a long while ago.

As for BG you see way more racism, swearing and sexysm then here. So I'm really confused now O.o

The main thing I'm curious about is who dictates what they focus on for developments, is it solely matsui?

Probably him, but everything gets delayed because it's only 6 of them and they never finish projects in time.

Ftfy.

You can also get people from cross server to do events so that makes things a lot easier to do larger man stuff.