Swearing

[Andres]

I think it's good to keep in mind that the somehow strict policy is for the Gameroom.

Playing games is fun and even more if you're involved and really going for it. But people sometimes lose control when playing games. It happens to everybody and for several reasons, usually because one is losing or because one thinks his team members are making a big mistake.

Expletives, no matter how mild in common usage, have the potential to make posts sound more aggressive. If one responds in kind, threads become inflammatory rapidly.

That's probably why my colleagues at the Gameroom decided to have a zero-tolerance policy on "strong language".

The Gameroom is an environment where one can have lots of fun, but because of its' nature, threads can go ugly very quick.

With that in mind, the zero tolerance in the Gameroom is perfectly understandable.

Just like the Gameroom, the BR, because of the nature of its' topics, also has the potential to have threads going from interesting to really ugly in no time and sometimes it just takes nothing more than one post which could be perceived as aggressive.

Also, don't forget that when you post on an internet forum, there's no body language and it's impossible for a moderator to know if you're joking, serious or deliberately trying to derail a thread in a flame war when you post something that sounds a bit aggressive or "stronger than usual".

As a member, when writing on an internetforum, you have all the time to think about your post, write it, review it, change it and then finally decide to post or not to post it.

The only thing we ask is that you do exactly that before posting: take your time and make sure the post says what you want to say without having the potential to offend or to make a thread going "downhill". Don't get personal. Don't post in an "I know it all" condescending or patronising way. And don't post aggressive. Adding a word like "damn" (which, as a word, in itself may not be so bad on its' own), can make a post just that extra bit aggressive which can be enough to ruin a thread.

I know it's not exact science, but being a bit careful when you post, makes the lifes of your moderators, who have to read all your posts and have to take into account all this stuff while doing so, easier.

So please, respect etiquette at all times. I know that probably means that you'll have to be more civilised, friendly and polite than you ever are in RL, but so be it. This is an internetforum where we communicate with written text and written text alone, this is not real life.

You don't like me very much, do you Ser Clegane? :P

That's a really unfair statement, Vuk.