About the situation on the EB forums as of late

[Aemilius Paulus]

We don't have to agree to anything. You people seem to assume that you have some part in how the EB Team decides to run its fora. You don't, and it is as simple as that.

I personally agree with this. Whether it is my authoritarianism or my innate wish for order in life, I wish the EB Team would exercise more authority, when it can find the time to do so. I am immensely relieved this thread came up and hopefully will put an end to this madness.

I have nothing against anti-Roman posts and absolutely nothing against the people of that group, such as Maion and Satalexton, but when it clutters up these forums is when I cringe, although not at the people, but at the idea of the group itself. Romani-hating is perfectly fine, just as long as it is confined to the Social Group. Such as the EB Tavern and our off-topic discussions that got us Taverners in trouble. Taverners, namely Meth and ACIN used to be the past Romaioktonoi of the forums, a great bane. Then we turned to Social Groups, and what a wonder! Until the recent but brief ACIN resurgence, the EB Tavern has contained its off-topic material in its own group, and we became the most active single place AFAIK on .Org, with now about 13-14k posts.

I believe the Romaioktonoi should take this as an example, and create their own rich but contained community inside their SG. And now, more than ever, with the newly implemented SG thread system (may Tosa's name be forever praised!) the possibility for a splendid and vibrant community inside a SG is better than ever. EB Forums are for EB, and anything that interferes with EB, such as Romaioktonoi off-topic veering and/or spam is counter-productive, and thus should be banished. No reason, however, why it cannot exists in a SG. From my EB Tavern experience, the Romaioktonoi SG should be a marvellous place, as nothing beats your own SG.

Can the EB team agree to this?
If so we will stop our spam and only express our views and opinions in a rule-abiding manner, through artwork, poetry, screenshot competitions (we have one almost ready), tactical guides, AARs...etc.
What do you guys think, that will be a great relief for the fora. Agreed?

I also disagree. Because the manner in which this anti-Roman material is mentioned is provocative, it is incensive, it will generate some sort of comment, and no matter what will be the nature of that comment, threads will derail. If I posted anti-Greek/Hellenic comments, you people would surely post something in defence, clarification, discussion, query, arguments, etc, etc. Same with your comments, which can provoke response.

I am an atheist, but if I mentioned some bits of it here, it would perhaps evoke responses from other people, or at least quiet dissension/anger/annoyance. Thus, I do not mention my atheism here, and you should not mention your Romaioktonoi, and someoen else should not mention FYROM. All three cause controversy. All three lead to thread lockage. Whether you post it in "rule-abiding manner" is irrelevant. The result is the same.

Just take your stuff to your group, and everyone will experience "great relief". Especially your group, just like the EB Taverners did.