RULES & GUIDELINES - Let's agree to disagree!

[mew barios]

i think the rules are fine. even if everyone read them, it's unlikely they're going to 'get it' right away. just like most people who came to this board guns ablazing only to realize later they were actually stupid boring jerks barfing up the same tired crap as every other identical internet wad.

if some noob comes on here with their damn retarded threads and instantly gets into a shouting match with someone thats been around a while, they're gonna think that going around and posting stupid insults in random threads is HOW ITS DONE ROUND THESE PARTS. don't be a dickbag. unless its funny. 5 pages of you suck isnt funny.

rule for vetz: try leading by example

[Grislygus]

In my view, the biggest problem is that you guys want more people and a lot of the regulars want way more of the RIGHT kind of people, which we aren't going to get flooding in.


No idea what the actual solution is, that's up to you guys, but it seems like being nicer to greenhorns will probably be on a volunteer basis.

[Mockery]

Originally Posted by mew barios

rule for vetz: try leading by example

Mew is wise in the ways of the world.

We're not gonna tell people not to mock each other at all, we're just saying to do it with tact instead of the same tired shit that constantly goes on here. It doesn't make for an entertaining read, and it's certainly not bringing in new people. Part of the new site is that it's going to integrate the forums just about everywhere, so I'm expecting a bunch o' new people to join up.

[Durin]

Hmmm. I havn't been the most active guy on these here forums (at least in posting, I do check the site almost every day I can though) yet I have an idea.


As part of the registration process (if it isnt already like this) have a page where all of the rules are listed and at the bottom is a checkmark saying "yes, I read the damn rules". Hopefully this will at least give new people a better chance at seeing the rules.

As for other things, perhaps the conflicts that tend to arrive with new people could be better redirected if the mock-wars forum is more prominently advertised. Maybe even as a warning system (perhaps for first time offenders) an offending flame war thread (or one that degenerates into one) will be moved INTO said mock-war thread and the people responsible for the move would be given an e-mail and/or a pm saying "you fucked up, heres why, you do it again and you're in deep shit"

Thats all, for now.

[Blue Gularis]

Originally Posted by Mockery

Mew is wise in the ways of the world.

We're not gonna tell people not to mock each other at all, we're just saying to do it with tact instead of the same tired shit that constantly goes on here. It doesn't make for an entertaining read, and it's certainly not bringing in new people. Part of the new site is that it's going to integrate the forums just about everywhere, so I'm expecting a bunch o' new people to join up.

That sounds right to me. It definitely isn't bringing in new people, something the people talking all that shit have plainly stated they don't want anyway. I'd like to see you take your forum back and make it the place you intended it to be.

The rules you have are good it's just that no one is paying any attention to them, including the moderators. That's what's allowing this place to look like "I-Asshole" which is driving away your business. People see the fun features, then join the forum thinking they are 'joining IN the fun' only to find the little boy bitch club doesn't want them here- off they go to somewhere more welcoming.

I will add that if people want to play critic in 'make stuff' topics they should be required to make something themselves or shut the fuck up.