Mephisto

primitive · #1 August 18th, 2004, 04:27 PM

Why the censorship Mephisto ? New forum rules or what ?

If so; Good bye everybody. It's been fun.

Fyron · #2 August 18th, 2004, 04:34 PM

Did not Richard resolve the OT threads issue by stating that Shrapnel's policy on them had not changed, and would not be changing?

geoschmo · #3 August 18th, 2004, 05:26 PM

It's technically not censorship, since the thread hasn't been locked or deleted. It's simply been moved to a "free speech zone".

Fyron · #4 August 18th, 2004, 05:45 PM

Still a large change of policy...

Atrocities · #5 August 18th, 2004, 05:54 PM

Not really. Just a change in location.

primitive · #6 August 18th, 2004, 06:04 PM

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geoschmo said:
It's technically not censorship, since the thread hasn't been locked or deleted. It's simply been moved to a "free speech zone".

LOL, more like a view-free zone.

It's kinda ironic that a tread taking up minor details like freedom should be censored.

Anyway, I liked the mix of Posts in the forum. Some game related, some pure fun and some serious. Taking away the serious threads makes this forum much less interesting. If someone is bored of a topic, just skip reading it. Easy as a Drushoka filly during mating season

Fyron · #7 August 18th, 2004, 07:20 PM

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Atrocities said:
Not really. Just a change in location.

Yes really. It is a radical change from the policy of leaving OT threads where they were created and not interfering (unless things go sour), irregardless of the number of times such a topic was discussed in the past (Iraq war threads, anyone?).

The thread creator did not want to discuss the issue with the small number of Users that visit the Shrapnel General Category, but with the people that visit the SE4 Category. In the past, such wishes were respected.

Captain Kwok · #8 August 18th, 2004, 07:30 PM

It's not a problem for me. Most OT threads belong in a general Category anyways - and on 99% of forums they are.

Fyron · #9 August 18th, 2004, 07:36 PM

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Captain Kwok said:
It's not a problem for me. Most OT threads belong in a general Category anyways - and on 99% of forums they are.

The problem with that is that by the very nature of these forums, each Category tends to be an entirely separate community... Often, people only wish to discuss an issue with members of a particular community, not everyone that browses Shrapnel Intel Forums. Most people just set a particular Category as their bookmark, and skip the rest of the forums entirely. This is why the Shrapnel General Category is very rarely used...

Captain Kwok · #10 August 18th, 2004, 07:49 PM

That's likely true Fyron...

I'm just saying that there is nothing wrong with them wanting to move true OT threads to a general forum. I'd do the same if I had a set of forums. I think Shrapnel was just lax about it in the past, and if they want to keep on top of it more now then that's their perogitive.

If those topics interested you, just drop by the general forum from time to time.