AD is dead...

if people keep abusing these very public forums, we have to take things seriously. Nothing boring about a well-kept website; this is not one of the other gazillion console sites where anything goes, that are usually started up ....by people who get kicked off sites such as this; seems every kid with a console has his own site these days, but most of the ones i've lurked on are horrendously bad, due to the very immaturity of the people who start up those sites; but hey ho, that's not our problem here, they can act how they want on their own sites.

i can speak for myself and other mods when i say people do get warned; but of course we choose to take harsher action for those rulebreakers who go out of their way to inflict their unwanted misbehaviour on this site; as i say, a gazillion other sites are run the way you would obviously prefer them to be, i don't think the Admins of this site would want their site to be like those kind of sites

you're surely not serious ??? ... respect from the kids who can't type with maturity or contribute to forums without all their teenage angst ?... somehow i think we'll cope without such peoples' respect (or lack thereof), in fact the reason people such as yourself complain about the mods on this site is that as we're one of the most popular sites out there, thus we attract half the internet, and unfortunately not all the kind of people such oldies like me would want to see on any site, never mind this site; i'm a respected member on some work-related forums where the only thing that (rarely) happens (that shouldn't) are the odd multipost. Here we have far too many youngsters running amok and making the site look bad (just think of all the pages of closed posts, we should really hide them instead of just closing them but it'd take years)

well 'fraid myself and the other mods would strongly disagree with you there

just how us mature people like it; plus we're obviously doing our job here as the Admins would want us to

one of the classic downsides of forums, it's a symptom of the internet, everyone and his best mate are far too lazy to learn anything for themselves, they want it all laid out for them; needless to say i myself use the internet in my job as a research tool, not as some lazy place to get other people to do everything for me, my job requires i be able to solve anything at the drop of a hat; the internet and forums make things so much easier, but what i do is use information i find to add to what i already know, i don't expect people to earn my wages for me

- again, unsurprisingly, this mature person/mod doesn't like the kind of immaturity to the extent you would love to see here; this is all down to the people doing the posting, we do indeed have some very respected members, it's not them we have a problem with, just those that can't act 'maturely'

Rules are only there for those who would break them; also, popularity is different things to different people, this oldie grew up before the internet thus knows how to behave correctly online and when i read thru a thread and cringe then i imagine what other 'mature' people must think when they read such tripe. Now i'm out of breath and have some stuff to tweak on my xbox; i've been getting all my xbox know-how here at AD in fact, from 'mature' threads

edit- just the kind of poster you would rather see and us mods wouldn't - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/593330
Case closed methinks

 

Don't talk to creaky like that *spank, spank*



( BTW, I know you weren't talking about creaky)


I for one am done with warnings, from here on out ban first and ask questions later 'cause it's banhammer time...




There should really be no need for warnings anyway as the rules are right there for everyone to see in black and white...the same rules which every single member of this site agreed to obey when they created their account. Sr. members and Addicts should help be a part of the solution instead of being a part of the problem. Like creaky said, this is one of the most successful "tech" websites around so for everyone who gets banned there are 10 more ready to step into their shoes and carry on with normal forum behavior.

 

in the consol section, mods have free reign to ban idiots 1st & ask questions later. that is direct from drd himself so if you don't like it then leave as it is your choice.

 

Glad we're at least providing you and your friends with entertainment Gerry, unintentional or otherwise. Had thought that things with yourself would have calmed down over the last few weeks, seems not.

 

CrisKahn2, the 1st amendment only counts in the states, not other countries like finland where this site is located or canada where i'm located.

 

closed