The Arena
 

The Arena

I’ve been thinking: This forum is based around a war game where we shoot missiles and attempt to kill each other. I’m not really surprised there are arguments nearly on a daily basis. Then I see conversations get moderated; people are warned/banned for a brilliantly written post because they attacked another person’s character. Our members are repressed. They’re soldiers thrown into suits and then when they behave like themselves we ban them. So here’s the compromise. Make a thread. Call it The Arena. No pedo shit. No racism (except jew jokes. Those are fine). By posting in the arena you are stepping into a ring intended for death: hence you subject yourself to verbal attacks and you know what you are getting yourself into. If you get caught fighting outside The Arena, or you attack someone who hasn’t posted in it, then your ass is banned for a period of time. Consider it forum mulching. It is amazing.

Rules:
1. No pedo shit
2. No racist slurs (except jew jokes)
3. No server bashing

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read over practically every thread I've read in these forums. Good idea, let's promote trolling and flamers. You're a fucking genious.

Definite Nay. Useless.

So kinda like the Debates and Arguments forum but on a broader scale? I have a feeling it will get overrun with threads about O.T. being douche bags and TF2 being for pussies.

Could be fun!

-Icculus

Hahaha. You're missing the point. It's containing trolling/flaming. Thanks for the input though!

No.

It wouldn't do a damn thing. If the admins banned everyone who broke the rule, there'd be nobody left within a week.

And we all know the admins wouldn't ban anyone for it in the first place.

That's what D&A is for. You'll notice that there are posts in there that have not been moderated or given infractions. However, if they had been posted in General Discussion, I'd have done it in a heartbeat. If you want to make a "flaming" thread in there, go for it... but we don't need another area specifically for it.

As for posts being moderated and flagged for infractions.... it's been too long in coming. We, the moderators(yes, all of us), have been generally lax about flagging people for flaming... because contrary to popular belief, we don't want to ban people. Our community is small enough, and we want everyones input. That said, far too many threads have gotten out of hand. O-T has next to no presence here anymore, and they still have the most popular server going. Despite what many of you think, Scuzzy did a lot of good things for the game.

Bashing ANY server(or their policies) makes the community look bad. Doesn't matter if it's O-T, Ze's Palace, or Joey's Chaotic Corner(Ok, I made that one up, but you get the idea)... No matter if you like their policies or not, there's no justification to bash them for it. If you don't like a particular server(or their rules)... don't play there. Dividing such a small community only does more damage, and that's something we can ill afford at this point.

So... yes, we did crack down on the flaming. I've noticed that no infractions have been needed since. Everyone has gotten control of themselves, and that makes me happy. I don't mind when people disagree, that's fine.... as long as it stays civil(everywhere but D&A). That's all we ask.

i wouldnt mind stepping into the arena.. good idea these forums are boring as fawk fgtz

I understand.

I fawking agree.

D&A doesn't work like that, though, so why do people keep saying it does?

its not suppose to but trust me it does ive seen it quite a bit.

Doesn't work like what?

As described in OP

if people spent their time playing ff instead of arguing here on the forums ff would be a pretty busy game. :p

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JEW AND A PIZZA A PIZZA DOESNT SCREAM WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ahhhhhh...
Feels good, man.

-Joker

People argue the reasons why they don't want to play FF.

That was a totally legal move by Private_Joker. JackBauer on the other hand receives a 1 month ban for unnecessary usage of smiley face.

Moved to D&A.... have your fun.

Also, those rules are bullshit, except the pedo one. If it's supposed to be a no-censorship all-bullshit goes sub-forum, the racism and server-bashing rules need to go.

that's true, however discussions tend to become personal after a while. that's when the involved parties should meet on a server and settle the argument in an old fashioned manner.

Besides, next time I'm gonna put Majesty in chains and torment him as long till he admits his fav color is pink.

Haha thanks Iggy.


Oh shit, almost missed your post Jack. You're gonna put me in chains huh? Fag.