There are some silly moderators

[Chairboy]

This is too funny!  In the MA tonight, some love muffin swears up and down about Bishops, calling them a bunch of names that quite reasonably meet the definition of 'obscene', so I make a crack about how even though he said that stuff, he'll still have an active radio but the first time I say 'darnit' I'll get muted.

Seconds later, I get a popup saying 'Chairboy you got a problem with my rules, my game?'

Better yet, I post the text of this to the buffer, laughing about it, and get another message saying 'keep pushing, chairboy'

I've gotta wonder, where does HTC get these Napoleon complex moderators?  An effective moderator would be someone who takes care of business when he needs to, but is secure enough to not have to respond to every light hearted crack that he/she might think has been directed at them.

Warning someone that you're going to mute them because they imply that the moderation is uneven?  Sounds like a pretty insecure person to me.

[Pongo]

We have to survive an intensive training program..
keep it up and youll be off of here too...

[eddiek]

Best response to this "moderator" behavior I can think of is to screenshot the stiff you thought was over the line, plus what you got a warning for.  Let HT and Pyro decide if the moderators are playing favorites.
I've never gotten a popup message, so I really cannot say how I would react.  I would presume that filming the incident and then sending the parts you are describing might tip off HTC that they have given the moderators a bit too much power and prompt them to look into whoever was online at the time as a moderator and give them a good dressing down.
I too have seen language that went WAY over the line as far as I am concerned, yet the person(s) spewing out the trash continued on unabated.  I, after reading the numerous posts about the moderators, have begun to wonder just how biased they are, and why they "warn" someone for saying a small thing, yet allow obscene and oftentimes belligerent language to go on and on and on.....................
Maybe HTC could have the moderators keep a log of who they warned and why, provide screenshots or films of why they took the action they did and let HTC decide if there is bias in the stuff people get warned about, and why others are allowed to ramble freely without interference.

[sling322]

So how do you know that this other person wasnt warned or muted for what he said?  And why is it that you have to stick your nose in and try to piss off the moderator in the first place?

I honestly dont understand the thinking behind you guys that come here to squeak about warnings and what-not.  If someone gives you a warning, why not just shut up about it and get back to playing?  Why do you feel the need to mouth off to the moderator and make an issue out of something as trivial as a language warning or whatever?

[BlckMgk]

Sling if you were obeying the law, and driving perfectly with in the "laws" and a police officer pulls you over and gives you a ticket for something you obviously didn't do. You're going to shut up and take the ticket right?

Glad to have you follow, someone needs to.

-BlckMgk

[Yeager]

Srry CB.  Im all for moderators.  If you believe your being dragged beyong the line of sensibility you can realistically do one of two things:
1) Call HTC and complain
2) Quit and offer the moderators unfair interruption of your fun, which you are paying for the privalidge of.

Either way, the matter will have pressed far forward of where it will get just by being aired here.

[SOB]

So, what would be the point in squeaking out the cop?  I would:

A. Tell the cop he is wrong and I didn't do what he thinks I did.
B. Accept the ticket.
C. Go to court and plead Not Guilty.


SOB

...of course, in the cop scenario I'd be in a democracy.  In AH I am not.

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Chairboy


Seconds later, I get a popup saying 'Chairboy you got a problem with my rules, my game?'

 

Any moderator that comes out with that line should be stripped of his mojo powers.  It only enforces the belief that moderators act with bias and favoritism and don't follow the TOS guidelines set down by HiTech.  


Ack-Ack

[Chairboy]

Clarification, my beef is with moderators threatening to mute people for something other then swearing/insulting/etc.  

If I was swearing or personally insulting someone and got warned, it would be legit.  But when someone else uses really foul language and I joke that I'd probably be muted for saying 'darnit' and I get a mute warning, that's outta line.  Oh, and if the moderator is someone other then Hitech, the line 'my rules, my game' is pricelessly funny.  Seeing as how this anonymous person used that language, I have laughed quite loudly.  A clearer example of a Bonaparte syndrome would be difficult to find.

[SOB]

Of course, if the muter WAS HiTech, you're just pushing his buttons some more by this post.  So, what's wrong with just emailing HTC directly?


SOB

[sling322]

Apples and oranges Blckmgk.

I was online at the time that this happened.  What Sofaking said deserved a warning at least.  I just dont understand why people feel the urge to jump in and make cracks that are clearly designed to bait a moderator into taking action.  What did Chairboy accomplish by jumping in and making the comments that he did?

[Chairboy]

It couldn't have been Hitech, it is my understanding that the spelling/typing of the messages would have had...  irregularities.

[Chairboy]

Sling, what does anyone 'accomplish' by writing on channel 1?  It's a conversation channel.

[sling322]

Originally posted by sling322
So how do you know that this other person wasnt warned or muted for what he said?  And why is it that you have to stick your nose in and try to piss off the moderator in the first place?

 

So...lemme quote myself here for ya Chairboy.  How do you know Sofaking wasnt muted or warned?  Is it really that hard to keep your trap shut and let the moderators do what they are there to do without trying to make the situation worse?

[SOB]

LOL, touché!


SOB

PS...Sofaking is a whiney dipshit.