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Re: The Joys of Overzealous Mods

Darn, I was hoping this was a thread discussing Dominions mods that were excessive (1 gold ettins, conj 5 Tartarians, that kind of thing :)

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Forums that are moderated in this manner make it extremely unlikely that I will choose to purchase future games that are affiliated with shrapnel or recommend them to others. Your customers deserve to be treated with more respect than this.

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How come it's ok for people to be misinforming passive aggressive arrogant doubletounged selfimportant douchebags, but not ok for Calahan to call them out for it?

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I think it says something about shrapnel that they're more interested in banning people who are irreverent as opposed to people who actively spread misinformation about the game.

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This is not right.

Yes, it's your business alright but if you start throwing customers out like this w/ no explanation and no visible justification it doesn't look good.
In-fact it makes me not want to step into your business anymore.

parone : "i have always found callahan to be honest, insightful and helpful." - Yes, yes and yes. He can be brutally blunt but bottom line he's one of the most helpful players, as in generous w/ his free time and advice and help.

I am posting here for many years but now I'm seriously considering to move completely to http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods once the games I admin. are through.

BTW - FWIW the only ppl you're hurting are the dom fan community.

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I doubt the mods are reading this people.

Also, it could have just been a mistake. Somebody reporting him, and a mod throwing the banhammer at him.

It is annoying that we just don't know what happend and where the line is we shouldn't cross. Sure Calahan could be annoying at times. An wordy... But he also tried to help people out a lot.

I hope he just got a warning before he was banned.

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BANS AND WARNINGS

Banning will be done via a point system listed below, but may be tailored on a case by case basis.
Warning by moderator/administrator may be given in some circumstances, but most infractions will result in infraction points. Your level of infraction points will determine how close you are to a ban.
Your first ban will be a 'time-out' ban that will consist of 24 hours. This typically is used as a 'cooling-off' period.
The next temporary ban will last one week.
Following the previous two bans, if a user continues to violate policy, they will be permanently banned.
Following private discussion, some permanently banned users will be allotted the right to return to the community under a different username in the future. However this is very restrictive and in the event that they continue to misbehave, their account will be permanently banned with no prior warnings or temp bans. While we reserve the right to allow certain users re-admittance, do not expect to be given a second chance if you have been permanently banned.
A permanent ban can be applied for any reason and at any time if the Admins determine it is warranted to promote the harmony of the community.
Bans and warnings are not to be discussed on the forums. Any inquiries or comments on bans are to be sent in private messages or via email. A moderator/administrator may choose to publicly inform the participants of a forum about bans and warnings if this is in the interest of the forum.
We hate to have to ban members and rarely do so-don't give us a reason to have to!

cool ignoring of your own rules dudes

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I looked at the rules and this was clearly in bold on the first page

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Originally Posted by Forum Rules

People who bait or bash members or mods may be banned without notice.

Sry, I don't want to stir. I only have an idle interest in this matter.

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people aren't really arguing that it's a 'legal' problem but a moral one. Those are the rules yes,but they should not be. Also plenty of people on here are rude but only certain ones seem to get banned.

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Well, I don't want to acuse you of "spreading disinformation" and I'll not hurl insults at you for it but you just changed your tune drastically. Its hard to know what in this thread is realistic complaint.

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Originally Posted by Admiral_Aorta (Post 807645)

people aren't really arguing that it's a 'legal' problem but a moral one. Those are the rules yes,but they should not be.

You think people should be allowed to bash others at will?

Ofc, I understand there is a demand for this kind of community but surely you understand there are those who prefer a more civil discussion (not sure what words to use.. you know what I mean). It seems there is room for 2 forums.