House keeping and reporting threads

[Kekvit Irae]

Reporting a post will send an email to all the moderators of that paticular forum, so when we (the moderators) are not currently at the forum, we will be able to see when trouble arises. However, to avoid report abuse, here are some one of the things you SHOULD report:

• Foul/Obscene Language
• Threads in the wrong forum
• Racial comments/slurs
• Anything violating The Org's policies

...and a list of what NOT to report:

• Asking to close/delete a thread for reasons other than the above
• Sigs higher than the forum limit (these can be corrected with a polite PM to the offender)

Remember, the Colosseum is a forum for discussion of the Single Player portion of Rome: Total War (and the expansion). As such, the follow threads should be reported so they can be moved to their proper location:

• Announcements and discussions of modifications (SPQR, RTR, EB, etc). These go into the RTW Modification forum. The exception, however, is modifications such as Bug Fixer, as they are more along the lines of "unofficial patches" rather than mods.
• Technical support. These go into the Apothocary.
• Storywriting. These go into the Mead Hall.
• Discussion about the forum itself. These go into the Watchtower.

[Catiline]

Quirites.

The quality of this forum has declined rapidly over the past couple of months. I have long held that I avoid closing or editing threads, yet I've done so more in the last month than in the prvious 6. That is not a happy state of affairs. I'm also in the happy position of having Nelson at my side and and assistant moderators to back us up. That I should be wielding the stick more often is, under these circumstances not a good thing.

Some things for you to bear in mind.

1) Trolling, flaming and baiting are verboten anywhere on .org. Some of the behaviour in here recently would shame the backroom - where one would expect a more rowdy atmosphere. All such behaviour will cease. If you cannot post in this forum on a subject directly pertaining to a game, then do not post. If you feel a question can only be answered by some iteration of 'Dude you're shit' then keep your opinion to yourself.

2) If you have a question then please provide enough information to enable other patrons to respond seperately' why do I keep losing/' is not gonig to help you. Treat this as a version of the apothecary. You can't be helped without full specs there.

3) Stay on topic, leave any vendettas at the door

4) There are undeniably some great mods out there. This is why they have their own forums - use them. Again the people posting there are better suited to help you with any issues, and they are the reevant part of .org. This is not the place for pissing contestests about which mod is better

5) Controlled and reasoned criticism of the game is fine, abuse of the developwers is not, and will not be tolerated.


I will edit, and I will warn for infringements until we've established some sort of order. I do not want to wield my moderating stick, but if the current situation continues I will feel no compunction in doing so. I have PMd this link to several of you who I feel might benefit from reading it.

Feel free to ask any questions. I'm sure Nelson will add some suggestions. All this really requires is an adult attitude and a modicum of fore thought. What a crazy experiment...

[Spartiate]

I was wondering Cataline as RTW seems to have more mods at this stage in it's existence than either MTW or STW did, with more on the way and being such an integral part of RTW single player mode if maybe it could be tolerated in this forum.I play many of these mods as do most of the members who frequent the forums and we enjoy discussing the merits, pros and cons of each mod, how we managed in them and learn of ones that other members have tried out.It also seems to be a case that these mods are mostly an improvement on the original game rather than mods in the sense that NTW was or even BKBs supermod which was a complete over-haul of the entire game and every unit there-in.
What i'm saying is that for us this IS RTW single-player we are discussing and i think the Colosseum will become a lot quieter if we cannot post about our experiences in various mods here and encourage members frustrated with the Vanilla game with tales of our exploits in said mod.
By the way i am in no way criticising your decision on the mod issue.Just wondering if the rules on it are set in stone and if they are not for some clarification on what we (i) can get away with.
Many thanks and appreciation for the great job you do here.

Sincerely
Spartiate

[Catiline]

It's more the - 'i'm using RTR version 6.7 and I've had this problem' or 'lets all play the same version and see what happens' threads. THere are other forums for those here at .org. i've no issues with people suggesting mods as solutions so long as it doesn't derail threads from there purpose.

[Nelson]

Conforming to the guidelines Catiline posted should not present a problem to any patron of good intent. Common sense and civility demand no less nor will we settle for less.

The Org staff is of one mind on this issue. We want our site to be the best that it can be. Help us to make it so.

[RomanCavalry]

are ANY threads related to CA removed? or just those of a negative nature?

this site seems to (recently) be following in the footsteps of totalwar.com in that it just convenienty shuts up anyone who discusses negative issues related to CA and the game.

obviously that wouldn't be "making the site the best you can".