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Shadow Cypher
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On a forum I commonly go to (the Flood, an off topic forum) the head "Ninja" (Mod) has made a statement, and everyone's is P-I-S-S-E-D!!
It goes a little like this:
This forum has lately been showing more and more of a blatant disregard for Rule Number Three of the Code of Conduct: "Play Nice". Even the MLG vs casual threads in the Halo 3 forums are more civil to each other. This mostly appears to be due to a specific subculture of those that frequent this forum, you know who you are.
The first solution we thought of was to shut the forum down. While that approach does have some appeal, we're going to try a conventional approach before going nuclear.
So, starting now:
1) Minimum ban for anything in the Flood is 14 days. Period.
2) The Play Nice rule will be strictly enforced. If you're a jerk, the mods will ban you. Report posts that violate this. If you don't, then see item number 4 below. The flood is not a blog, it isn't 4chan, it isn't for whatever the hell you want to post: it a general place for people of the Bungie community to talk about stuff other than Bungie games.
3) People who whine about this get 14 day bans. Groups are available for un-moderated discussion, go there if you want to avoid us being heavy handed.
4) The nuclear option, shutting down the Flood, is still on the table, and the Bungie Community team reserves the right to close the forum if they feel it serves no constructive purpose. Consider yourselves on notice. I'm tired of putting up with this forum's attitude, and you're a configuration switch away from being shut down.
09.24.2008 5:40 PM PDT
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Wow, I guess I should be happy that my ban is only a 7-dayer.
It goes a little like this:
This forum has lately been showing more and more of a blatant disregard for Rule Number Three of the Code of Conduct: "Play Nice". Even the MLG vs casual threads in the Halo 3 forums are more civil to each other. This mostly appears to be due to a specific subculture of those that frequent this forum, you know who you are.
The first solution we thought of was to shut the forum down. While that approach does have some appeal, we're going to try a conventional approach before going nuclear.
So, starting now:
1) Minimum ban for anything in the Flood is 14 days. Period.
2) The Play Nice rule will be strictly enforced. If you're a jerk, the mods will ban you. Report posts that violate this. If you don't, then see item number 4 below. The flood is not a blog, it isn't 4chan, it isn't for whatever the hell you want to post: it a general place for people of the Bungie community to talk about stuff other than Bungie games.
3) People who whine about this get 14 day bans. Groups are available for un-moderated discussion, go there if you want to avoid us being heavy handed.
4) The nuclear option, shutting down the Flood, is still on the table, and the Bungie Community team reserves the right to close the forum if they feel it serves no constructive purpose. Consider yourselves on notice. I'm tired of putting up with this forum's attitude, and you're a configuration switch away from being shut down.
09.24.2008 5:40 PM PDT
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Wow, I guess I should be happy that my ban is only a 7-dayer.
