Discussion over moderation of spam (moved)

[Foot]

watch out about the constructive criticism thing, it is not very welcome by this forum or the EB team. that's why so many people get flamed for it.

Show me somewhere where we have flamed someone who has given genuine constructive criticism of the mod. Back up your statement, retract it, or leave.

Foot

Edit by bovi: This post and its responses are moved here from this thread.

[Pontius Pilate]

Show me somewhere where we have flamed someone who has given genuine constructive criticism of the mod. Back up your statement, retract it, or leave.

Foot

that's the thing, anything I would consider genuine criticism, you would consider spam. so no matter what I put up you would find in some way, to say that it is not genuine. you do have to admit that when people second guess EB, like when they ask if Pannonian cavalry will be in the game, you respond quite harshly. also, if someone were to say that they would like to have unique marching sounds for the Romans in EB II, it would also be a little harsh for an EB team member to respond with cursing and vulgar in his post.


also, when you say "leave", you mean leave the thread right? I surely don’t hope you are suggesting to me or other moderators that I should permanently leave the EB forum and the Org. right? because if this is the case, well I have to say I am not intimidated one bit.

[johnhughthom]

also, if someone were to say that they would like to have unique marching sounds for the Romans in EB II, it would also be a little harsh for an EB team member to respond with cursing and vulgar in his post.

A thread closed by Foot where he told ALL parties to cool down, hardly a good example.

[Aemilius Paulus]

like when they ask if Pannonian cavalry will be in the game, you respond quite harshly.

Check out Rastapopoulos's history of posts and threads. He is the one who made that thread about Pannonian Cavalry. He also made something like 10 other threads asking if each individual unit was going to be in EB II. 99.9% of his posts are those of a troll. He is a troll. He either baits people or posts wildly irrelevant and immature statements. Foot is actually being nice by not banning him altogether for the many bad things Rastapopoulos has done. He even tried to impersonate General Appo once.

[Foot]

also, when you say "leave", you mean leave the thread right? I surely don’t hope you are suggesting to me or other moderators that I should permanently leave the EB forum and the Org. right? because if this is the case, well I have to say I am not intimidated one bit.

All I'm asking for is for you to put forward some solid cases where you think we have been unfair to genuine constructive criticism. If you cannot then I would suggest you retract your statement otherwise it is part of the problem not part of the solution, spreading poison against the EB team which we cannot respond to. Its creates an impression of the EB team that is unfair and something that we cannot respond to or rectify. Eventually we get a reputation that is undeserved and we have to close up shop because of the poison being spewed on our forums.

If you do neither of the above then I suggest that you leave, because all you are doing with your above statement is spreading poison against EB, something that I would consider to be trolling.

I hope you understand my position.

Foot

[a completely inoffensive name]

Everyone calm down. You are all arguing on the internet in a video game forum. When people say "The Internet is Serious Business!" they are joking. Kind of a disappointment to see this on the same day when 1.2 came out.

[Pontius Pilate]

All I'm asking for is for you to put forward some solid cases where you think we have been unfair to genuine constructive criticism. If you cannot then I would suggest you retract your statement otherwise it is part of the problem not part of the solution, spreading poison against the EB team which we cannot respond to. Its creates an impression of the EB team that is unfair and something that we cannot respond to or rectify. Eventually we get a reputation that is undeserved and we have to close up shop because of the poison being spewed on our forums.

If you do neither of the above then I suggest that you leave, because all you are doing with your above statement is spreading poison against EB, something that I would consider to be trolling.

I hope you understand my position.

Foot

yes I understand where you're trying to get at, and I am really not trying to put an end to the EB team, trust me, I love the game as much as anyone else. I think we all can agree that everyone on this forum has no sinister intents to end EB, that is just ridiculous. But to point out that I am the main perpetrator who would posion the EB team is also wrong and complete nonsense. I think we all misunderstood each other here. but sometimes this forum can be a little too harsh to posters and what they say. Like when somebody said they would like to have "the sound of Romans marching in EBII" which is more like a coment then criticism, someone instantly started cursing him out with the F word. that to me sounds a bit extreme.


anyway I have said all that I want to say in this thread so I am done with it. if I offended the EB team, or any other Orgers than you have my apologies.(especially the EB team, if they were offended), but if I didn't offend you then you don't have my apologies. and since I have said all that I want to say I am not going to post in this thread anymore, unless someone seriously starts to flame me. I am also not leaving the forum/Org.

[blitzkrieg80]

i think you confuse Foot and others' politeness for backing down in a contest of alpha spam. There is no winner in a contest of alpha spam.

but if I didn't offend you then you don't have my apologies.

what is this suppose to mean? (rhetorical - don't answer!)