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[rose]

[Wolf]

I was going to rehash the old "if you're inexperienced, listen to/ask the old-timer PMs for advice" and "launch" discussions here, but they're covered here, here,here, and here, among other places in the "Meta" forum.

[Cortana]

[ScarpeGrosse]

Guys, please don't make me branch this off into yet ANOTHER meta forum on the whos whys whens and hows of community and PM relations. We've been over it many times (such as Wolf kindly points out above).

If you care to continue a discussion on what behooves us all as good, kind, sweet people, then please, continue it over there in yonder Meta section where it actually belongs and let this thing die a pleasant natural death like it wants to.

[krystyn]

Ja, sorry for the derail.

[Phaedra]

[Dorkmaster]

I think (and this is how I avoid being off-topic hehe) that THIS game, specifically, continues in the face of blatant disrespect (due to the disrespect shown by it's PMs to the processes set by the owners and proprietors of this site) and due to this, humiliation is more necessary than a simple warning.

Let's be honest. This person had no other idea on how to start his/her game. They figured "well, I'll break the rules. What can they do? They'll say "you shouldnta dunnit" and then move on, right?" Well, while that may be true, the fact that you post as a player, and then, instead of posting as yourself to say "sorry, I'm new, ignore that, and please forgive my guffaw" you CONTINUE to post in character.

This blatant disregard of convention and standards set up NOT by the "powers that be" but by the players themselves, and the user community... well, I have no problem lambasting that in front of the world. It's idiotic, and even if this was a good game with a bad rabbithole, I'd still blast it.

Typically, on first infraction, I'd ignore the game, and allow the thread to die.

However, in light of the multiple breakdowns of, well, for lack of better words, observance of the community's wishes, there's no problem with fighting fire with gianormous flames to destroy the fuel quicker than the smaller fire can consume.

Anyway, yeah that's a rant, fully... But while I don't claim to be the ARG police, nor would I want to be... this is a SIMPLE TO FOLLOW RULE. And after seeing the reaction, the decision is made to CONTINUE to break the rules... well, that's just lame in all the lamest ways to be a lame-o. Lame. Fo'Shizzle, My Nizzle.

[addlepated]

There's a real mob mentality around here occasionally. How about just locking the thread if it breaks rules, rather than grabbing torches and pitchforks? Dogpiles will give this community a reputation for snobbery and cliquishness.

[Screwball]

when i posted saying that I was closing the game I was NOT in character!!!

[Atrophied]

I was just wondering, I've now seen you post under 5 different pseudonyms (Screwball, Rod, maxfranz, gazdemon and PM Anon). Two of those are registered accounts, so why not log in and post from one of those?

Just curious

~Atrophied

[HarryBo]

[Wolf]

Mods--feel free to delete if this blows your seekrit weapon:

phpBB forums let you view the IP number of registered users as well as guests, whether they post or not. Unregistered peoples' IPs are just as visible to admins as registered/logged in users' IPs are.

Which is one reason I LOVE using php for my forum, too.

[gazdemon]

hmmm

[Phaedra]

Re: hmmm

[ItWasntMeISwear]

Wait... so you know where I live?

/me starts running around in circles trying to find a place to hide. Realizing that his intentions are futile, he just curls up in the fetal position and starts to suck his thumb nervously.