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[Wittmann]

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[brataccas]

i must say i found the pr'ing of brat to be a little harsh.

absaloutly.

i think with our community being its size (and also the thread in question) rules like the one mentioned can be turned a blind eye too aslong as they dont happen often.

I agree with this, I consider quite a lot of people here my actual friends because the joy of meeting people online means you can know a bit/lot about them and you may want to meet up, Ive actually met one person for real on ofp.info and plan to make it a second (bence from arma.eu) as he is coming to scotland) I havent met him for real but we know each well so when we meet it makes it easier to get to know even faster kinda thing, so the same rule applies to everyone here, If I got the chance to meet any of you I would do so. that PRing of me is like a group of people or friends ie the regulars in this forum, we have known each other for years online, biggles, witty, d@ve etc many others, even I consider witty a good m8 to talk to yet witty would rather PR me as if im some kinda spambot, so these stupid rules these mods have really ruin the forum

Perhaps brat deserved it as to the sheer cheekyness, however i dont feel the initial warning after pmasters post needed to really be made. it all seemed a bit....pointless. Its not asif pmaster did somthing that is a regular annoyance for the moderators (eg. posting a pic over 100kb). Its sort of like political correctness.

It was a bit cheeky ye but I was proving a point that its silly warning someone for posting a single smiley, I mean omg, I actually told a few of my friends this (reallife) and they were in stiches of laughter , assumed the ppl were weird geeks lol with literally nothing else to do in their short lives, but ye if you hadnt PRed me and let me be then you woudnt of got all this flak, its almost as though you were egging me on kinda thing, sad.

It's as much a rule as those preventing warez and porn being posted on these forums, adverts being made for commercial services, and as such it will be enforced. Just because some rules may look innocent, or there is no moderator around to enforce them, does not mean they don't have to be followed, if a rule was not needed then it would not exist, and like Wittmann already explained we are quite happy with the current set of rules, and have no plans to alter them.

thats really sad when you look at that, because its as if the forum is treating its members as though they need their hand held constantly, this is a peaceful forum, and the rules are way too strong, hence why this forum could of had a lot of members, and its prob the reason why so many left ofp.info aswell, (before arma release etc)

quote: "Everything was ok until Lthunter came back"

not my words but ye, "they" have a point.

Brattaccas made a mockery of the forum staff by doing exactly what had been asked not to do only a few posts above. As such this rule applied:
If you read this through, you will also see that discussing the moderators' decision like pMaster did is not allowed in the thread itself. Such things are preferably done by PM, or the Moderation Feedback Thread. It exists for a reason: to keep the other topics free of bickering

proving a point ye. to show up how bad the forum is, rules wise.

Ironic how you say free of bickering when you just created more "bickering" when you PRed me, so as I said if you just let it drop there would be less mess

and that is why i have posted here and not there. I just fear with such a smalll community heavy strict by the rail moderation could put alot of people off.

very true, this forum has a lot of potential if the staff werent so heavy handed, and happy trigger with the PR buttons It probably "coudnt" put people off it HAS done so

Lo folks,

I have to agree with Trev here. Were a small community of 20 regular posting 'mature' friends who chat amongst ourselves and provide a service to those who have problems. We all know each other by first name, we know where we all live and we've known each other for years. Too the letter moderation will only upset and alienate people. Were all equal here, we have to be with such low numbers. I talked about my kicking from BiForums last week in the community chatter thread. It was against the rules but it was topical. We had a chat about it and later witty reminded us that it wast really allowd and that was that. Moderators need to reactively enforce the rules. They need to be sensible, communicate and support people as they are the backbone of the community there to ensure the smooth running of the forum.

The results of a mod team going wrong on a forum can be seen on the BIForums.

Lets not end up there.
thanks, Carver

I agree with all that, everyone must think im an idiot or spamming noob but not anymore apart from arma.eu for other reasons... BI forums are a shithole, its minging, cold and downright unfriendly, my first impressions of this forum was good until now, it has a warm feel to it, ppl u know etc, only to be ruined by the moderators themselves, not cool.

Brat has got a 48 hour PR for posting outside moderation feedback again,

you are too kind, xmas come early?

Brat never liked JdB so I think this is the issue.

Ive never said that and I never will, plz dont bullshit

Dont make me turn this forum around...

maybe you should, it was much better that way.