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Caprila
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It occurs to me, that while users have a forum to talk to the moderators directly, we moderators do not have one to talk to users ;) Seeing as I seem to get a lot of pm's/posts asking about my actions, thoughts both on forum and ingame, I thought I'd just give you an opportunity to do.. clear the air so to speak, and ask.

So while I may regret this, go ahead and ask whatever you like, whether it's about previous ingame alliances, wars, players, tournaments, moderation etc.. or totally random things like favourite colour of jello ;)

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.1. Questions about IRL may be ignored
.2. Questions about the moderator forum / internal matters can't always be answered ( I'm subject to rules too you know)
.3. This topic won't be moderated for spam, but swearing/masking/etc won't be tolerated.
.4. If you don't like my answer, that's up to you. However, asking it again won't give you a different one.
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I heard you randomly ban people when feel sad, is this true? :razz:
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Sol wrote:It's not going to destroy your life :P
Really?
I think this is sig worthy in fact.
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Sol wrote:I heard you randomly ban people when feel sad, is this true? :razz:
I do not ban randomly.

There is always a reason

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Caprila wrote:
Sol wrote:I heard you randomly ban people when feel sad, is this true? :razz:
I do not ban randomly.

There is always a reason

:smt025
Why don't you allow more leniency in your warnings? :P We all want to slap someone over the internet, but surely once or twice doesn't hurt xD
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Sol wrote:It's not going to destroy your life :P
Really?
I think this is sig worthy in fact.
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Do you consider letting a user know that something was done in a smaller section of the forums?
We all understand that main isn't a place a mod can let them know they moved this or removed that.
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Is it true that you're secretly having an affair with Juliette?
Ya'll acting like you know what monster is
Me have 25 years in the monster biz
All monsters think you can fuss with this
Well you can talk to me Snuffleupagus
Me sneak into your house, me leave before dawn
Your daughters will be pregnant and your cookies will be gone
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Jack wrote:Is it true that Im secretly having an affair with Juliette?
yes
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SJ MENTAL "I have no idea why they would ban you cc you add so much to the community at large"

[9:28:51 PM] robert_paul97: cc is the best

Teesdale: ive been farming all day and havent repaired MS
so CCs little cant blew through my shields (worry)
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Caprila wrote:
Sol wrote:I heard you randomly ban people when feel sad, is this true? :razz:
I do not ban randomly.

There is always a reason

:smt025
the reason is your biased No u say LIes we say
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SJ MENTAL "I have no idea why they would ban you cc you add so much to the community at large"

[9:28:51 PM] robert_paul97: cc is the best

Teesdale: ive been farming all day and havent repaired MS
so CCs little cant blew through my shields (worry)
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Sol wrote: Why don't you allow more leniency in your warnings? :P We all want to slap someone over the internet, but surely once or twice doesn't hurt xD
Hmm. This is difficult to pin down, so I'm going to use an analogy.

The forum rules regarding masking are explicit. According to the forum rules, (outside GC), every single example of masking must be given a warning point. There is no verbal warning to be given, it is the stated consequence, decided on by the Admins for this forum.

You could, feasibly, use that as a 'guideline', and use your personal judgement as to when you believe masking was 'meant' to be offensive, or wasn't accidental. In some cases, you could issue verbal warnings, and in others, full warnings.

One of the first complaints from users upon receiving a warning is i) Why was I warned for X, when another user wasn't? Given the different personalities, backgrounds and styles among the moderators, you would likely find some would given warnings, and some wouldn't, for the same example.

This is, I think, why the consequences are there. Whether they are right or wrong, to provide a consistency among the forum staff. And so, I keep to the forum rules, and their stated consequences, as closely as possible. Sometimes, this is seen as harsh, and sometimes its seen as biased. But, there are two sides, or more to every argument. Leniant to one, is unfair to another. Harsh to one, is 'just' to another.
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TheLost wrote:Do you consider letting a user know that something was done in a smaller section of the forums?
We all understand that main isn't a place a mod can let them know they moved this or removed that.
In most cases, users will be messaged, or at least notified that a change has taken place within the topic. Sometimes this will take the form of a personal message. Others, it will be green writing within the topic, for all to read. ( Consider the logistics of personal messaging each individual, when you split 40 posts off a topic ).

The moderator writing in a topic is there for two purposes. Both to notify users of the change, and 'mark', who made the change. In many sections, there are multiple moderators (and their SH) present. Marking who made the change allows any users who have questions, queries or issues to personal message the right person.
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Jack wrote:Is it true that you're secretly having an affair with Juliette?
No...

I wouldn't want to step on your toes :smt043
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EbilCC wrote:the reason is your biased No u say LIes we say
I'm not seeing a question here.
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how come you get your own special colour? ie one not in the colour legend down the bottom? are you really Zeratul? :-"
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Re: Q & A

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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fem fatale wrote:how come you get your own special colour? ie one not in the colour legend down the bottom? are you really Zeratul? :-"
Green shows up in the legend on the bottom of my forum. Perhaps its the forum skin you use, I don't know.

Green is used by the 3 Freeroam Moderators ( those that have 'blue' funtionality for all sections ), Buck, Agapooka and myself.

I don't have enough personalities to be Zeratul :smt060
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