What's with all the complaining/locking?
What's with all the complaining/locking?
I have only been on here a few short months, and i constantly see issues that keep popping up - a serious discussion going off-topic very fast, and then being locked by the moderators to keep things in check. I dont play the game much, but i didnt realize how fractured this community is. On one side you have the trolls racists etc, and on the other side you have PC progressive complainers arguing about politicians and shit. This is a gaming forum, not a political science forum!!!! I would much rather prefer if the politicians discussed would be pooled from the in game politicians (exiled prince, etc). Chill out people!
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
There are a lot of people who do it, and continue to do it because they can get away with it.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
lejend wrote:Nobody really knows who they are. Especially these days. That is why people are drawn towards political ideologies, cults, drugs, promiscuity, etc. Instead of being themselves, they instead "let go" and give themselves up to a group. It's much easier to be a cog in a machine than to be free and independent.
There's a great book about this called "The True Believer" by Eric Hoffer.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
bigsmoke wrote:There are a lot of people who do it, and continue to do it because they can get away with it.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
What rules? The only consistently enforced rules ever applied are cheating accusations. Moderating is pretty lax across the board.
Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
bigsmoke wrote:There are a lot of people who do it, and continue to do it because they can get away with it.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
Okay, then what justifies the fact that you're still here?
Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
Yes I’ve been struggling with if we have too much political discourse in general. Regardless of side it certainly isn’t bringing us together.
Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
Iv been saying this for years, its people like jerom who want to ban anyone who makes topics he doesnt find interesting.lejend wrote:It's really befuddling that we have to have this discussion every single week. This is the OFF-TOPIC forum of an AoE forum. By definition, the topics here won't be related to AoE. Why people deliberately enter an expressly off-topic forum, and then complain about the topics there being off-topic, is truly beyond me. This is a community - as in, actual people; not everyone wants to discuss nothing but games all day long with their buddies. If you don't like off-topic, you can just avoid it or the specific threads you dislike.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
yuck, shux when logic dictatesh u must agree with the likesh of lejenda and gibshona
Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
The tighter the community, the more drama. And I have to agree with lejend as well... This is the off-topic forum and it's called that for a reason.
Isn't it? I think that's debatable. Getting to know each other's points of view and debating them does bring people together. If politics is what people want to discuss, they should be able to. If not, they will find a place where they are able to. I for one would not be here if political discussion wasn't allowed. And if I wasn't here, I would not know about AoE3 events, would stop hosting betting, and would get disconnected from the community altogether. The off topic forum is a place to keep people engaged who aren't necessarily interested in discussion about the game, but do have the potential to eventually come back to the game or contribute to the community in other ways. You significantly hurt your chances of ever seeing those people again if you remove or actively censor this forum._H2O wrote:Yes I’ve been struggling with if we have too much political discourse in general. Regardless of side it certainly isn’t bringing us together.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
well said Kami, goodie, gibs, umeå and lejend. True story; I prolly would not bother visiting Esoc community, very often, if there where no off topic.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
iwillspankyou wrote:well said Kami, goodie, gibs, umeå and lejend. True story; I prolly would not bother visiting Esoc community, very often, if there where no off topic.
Yes same!
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
you tell em clementine!
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
Ashvin wrote:bigsmoke wrote:There are a lot of people who do it, and continue to do it because they can get away with it.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
Okay, then what justifies the fact that you're still here?
Not gonna lie I'm part of the problem
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
bigsmoke wrote:Ashvin wrote:bigsmoke wrote:There are a lot of people who do it, and continue to do it because they can get away with it.
Turns out if ur buds with the mods the rules don't seem to apply to you. Those people know who they are.
Okay, then what justifies the fact that you're still here?
Not gonna lie I'm part of the problem
I'd say they give people chances, like they did to many but it doesn't come out in public. This problem is at its lowest now tbh, was worse in past.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
Ashvin wrote:bigsmoke wrote:Show hidden quotes
Not gonna lie I'm part of the problem
I'd say they give people chances, like they did to many but it doesn't come out in public. This problem is at its lowest now tbh, was worse in past.
I think its a different problem than the thread is talking about, but it is a cause.
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
kami_ryu wrote:bigsmoke wrote:Show hidden quotes
Not gonna lie I'm part of the problem
No.
The problem aren't the topics. The problem are people who are extremely belligerent in threads for no reason whatsoever. People resort to personal attacks way too quickly. I don't care that this is an AOE3 forum, that doesn't matter. The off topic section is called "off topic" for the reason that it has nothing to do with AOE3 content.
lol this isn't rocket science
we're talking about something different bud
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
In order to appease people who think there shouldn't be an off topic let's rename it something ridiculous like "the water cooler"
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
I'm guilty, nothing more I enjoy than being instagatory by calling someone names!kami_ryu wrote:bigsmoke wrote:Show hidden quotes
Not gonna lie I'm part of the problem
No.
The problem aren't the topics. The problem are people who are extremely belligerent in threads for no reason whatsoever. People resort to personal attacks way too quickly. I don't care that this is an AOE3 forum, that doesn't matter. The off topic section is called "off topic" for the reason that it has nothing to do with AOE3 content.
lol this isn't rocket science
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
Shut up poo face!gibson wrote:I'm guilty, nothing more I enjoy than being instagatory by calling someone names!kami_ryu wrote:Show hidden quotes
No.
The problem aren't the topics. The problem are people who are extremely belligerent in threads for no reason whatsoever. People resort to personal attacks way too quickly. I don't care that this is an AOE3 forum, that doesn't matter. The off topic section is called "off topic" for the reason that it has nothing to do with AOE3 content.
lol this isn't rocket science
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Re: What's with all the complaining/locking?
People just need to stop the damn trolling
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