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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: badcow on August 27, 2005, 09:56:33 PM
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Tah Tah
DmdMax
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never heard of you
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<21 screendoor..SALUTE!>:D
Making an "I hate you all and everything sucks" fairwell post
is sure to have the response you wanted..so DUH!
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Adios, can't say that I'll miss ya though or even know who you are but adios all the same.
ack-ack
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Buh bye. :aok Cant say I know ya but apparently its not much of a loss. You obviously havent
A) Made any real attempt at integrating into the community
and
B) Have a really bad attitude anyway
so
C) ya later. :D
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IN before it get's locked!
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Thought he is gone Ill gurantee he will be posting within the next 24 hours
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Although I never knew you, Hope you find what your looking for in another game.
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Just a quick post here, not to the original poster specifically but to everyone on this issue. While adults may seem offended by having their conversations censored surely the necessity of this can be appreciated. I have been muted more times than I can count, sometimes justified, in my opinion, sometimes not. But realize this, the act of making those calls is like those any referee would have to make in any sport, subjective and therefore somewhat flawed and inconsistant by nature.
The whole point of the censorship is to make this product fit for the non-adults. Some let their kids play on their account, some kids themselves play on their own. The fact is if we collectively create an environment unsuitable for all ages the future of AH goes down the tubes. Those 10-15 year olds today will be 18-23 in 8 years. I don't know about you guys but I sure plan on being here in 8 years and I'd sure like to have their 15$ a month from now until then contributing to the development of the game in the meantime. Just think about it, and try to have a sense of humor about it, 10 minutes in the 'corner' isn't the end of the world.
Zazen
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In my experience with the in-game mods you can get away with dang near anything if it is cleverly mispelled. If you type the naughty word correctly you get muzzled. So perhaps what seems to be bias is in fact them cutting some slack for the misspellars, or maybe the mod isn't a human, maybe it is a bot that looks for keywords and takes action when it sees it...they can't coad for every permutation of a the male genitalia you know.
:D
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Originally posted by Edbert
In my experience with the in-game mods you can get away with dang near anything if it is cleverly mispelled. If you type the naughty word correctly you get muzzled. So perhaps what seems to be bias is in fact them cutting some slack for the misspellars, or maybe the mod isn't a human, maybe it is a bot that looks for keywords and takes action when it sees it...they can't coad for every permutation of a the male genitalia you know.
:D
Mods are humans I promise you that. ;)
Zazen
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If only he weren't such a d*** about it. Geez. :eek:
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I agrre with the moderator that there is no reason to refer to the male reproductive organs in game.
But I also agree with you that some people get prefferential treatment in game and on BBS.
Guess it's 1 to 1 :D
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HAHA IN before the lock.
BYE BYE...
Oh and bye the way, I R TEH SUPREME COMMANDER!!!!
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See Rule #4, #5
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See Rule #4, #5
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I have gas. Smelly bean gas.
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Originally posted by badcow
See Rule #4, #5
I understand what you are talking about, in the heat of the moment the mod's comments can seem almost like a personal attack unto itself. But, the alternative is simply a message, "You have been muted for ten minutes", with no explanation whatsoever. That would stick in people's craws just as much or more than their lil' comment I'd wager.
Personally, I prefer the occasionally snide remark from the mod that lets me know what it was specifically that incurred the mute bat to the other option, a mute with no explanation at all. It's the lesser of two evils. In most instances emotions are high when the verbal fur is flying and no matter what the mod said a person is apt to be miffed when in that frame of mind. Obviously, a mod should make an effort to be as diplomatic as possible, but it is likely not always possible when applying the mute bat.
Zazen
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See Rule #4, #5
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See Rule #4, #5
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Badcow, there is a bot who singles out bad words, that is why people have taken to add their little * and 0's in their words to fool the bot. There is where the Mods come into play (and are needed). Also, there are far more ways to use profanity then to say bad words.
The other day on knit team there was a guy screaming out profainty and then got muted for 10. Unfortunatly he didn't give a damn once he was unmuted. Unfortunatly again the mod had obviously left again and there was noone to mute him again. Mods are needed. Maybe more of them then there are now.
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I would suggest emailing HT about this issue. He is able to review logs and such to determine what precipitated you getting muted as well as the Mod's remark to you. I'm sure if he thinks there was something inappropriate in this particular instance he will rectify the situation. I would encourage you from letting one negative experience or facet of the game remove you from the game and the community. For $15 a month this is the best entertainment for your dollar if you are an enthusiast of the subject. Just know there are other recourses besides simply quitting altogether. Try emailing HT, you may end up making things better for not only yourself but the rest of us as well, who knows...
Zazen
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See Rule #4, #5
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this can be summarised in two words:
boo hoo
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i'd say i just have a sense of humour
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WEll, had I been a Mod and you would have called me Speech nazi I would have muted you right away, no warning and for more then 10 minutes. Unaccatpable IMO.
However, and unfortunatly, I believe there are mods who mute some people they might not like if those people say even the slightest bad thing. Remember being muted my self even though I just arrived in the arena after saying hello on open channel. Was surprised to say the least.
This is very rare though and the majority of the moderators are good guys and usually give you a warning first.
Second, Mods are players. Not HTC staff so the you're not really the moderators customer.