Has anyone been to totalwar.com recently

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Well said Odin. And you did it in less the three pages like I tried to! hehe :) Now I can go back to my old, spammy ways.

Old Celt: You will find, once you able to get to know some of the .com mods better, that most of them are very decent individuals. There will always be a few who rub patrons the wrong way, but it is more difference of personalities between the participants than a blatant attempt at silencing everyone. Of course, you will run into a mod, every now and then, having an extremely bad night, who may not act in the most level-headed manner. Ahem! . . I remember having one patron get under my skin once by challenging my ability to stop him from spamming and cursing in the forum, so I deleted every post he ever made in the .com forum, and then deleted his username and banned his entire IP range for a night (Unfortunately, when you range IP ban someone, it can also ban the innocent patrons of the forum too who just so happen to have connected to the internet with one of the ranges.) From this, I learned not to go overboard and especially do not do any mod commands when I am feeling emotional (Though it DID get rid of whomever it was, until he could calm down.) hehe In the end, we are all human and subject to the whims of our emotions, except for maybe Killemall (He IS a lawyer in real-life after all!)

***Don't get me wrong, I like Killemall as an online friend, but I do not always agree with his aggressive style of moderating. I must admit it DOES get the job done though, but sometimes at the expense of alienating some patrons who were just blowing off steam and would normally obey the forum rules. I mark it off as a difference of moderating style. I am sure he feels the same about me sometimes as well. ***

I keep in touch with a lot of the old mod squad over at the .com and if some of you would like, I would be willing to ask one of them "why?" when you feel you may have been subject to a harsh penalty. I can at least find out why you were banned or had your posts edited. (Turbo: What was your username over at the .com? Nobody I spoke of could see where you were banned or even remember a Turbo username. If you would like an explanation of why you may have been banned, PM me with your username and I will get back to you in the same manner.) You will find it is better for everyone involved to settle things privately through PMs than to publicly go into the forum and post there. As long as I don't flood the .com moderators with PMs or emails, I am sure they will be more than happy to give me the information for anyone. I was always happy to give second chances and to unban patrons who had let their emotions get the best of 'em, as I am sure most of the current mods are. No reason for everyone to be getting angry at the wrong people. Save it for CA. hehe