Deleting membership.
 

Well, for the first time since having the internet and being a member of various forums, I have just sent my first email requesting my account (with another, infinitely more hostile forum) be deleted permanently along with any contact or personal details/information.

By comparison our beloved Subsim is the most relaxed place indeed.
The difference in general attitude here shared by so many diverse members is something quite special - one may not have expected as such because of the number and scattered background of the forum member base, and the fact it revolves primarily around all things naval/military.

Conversely, the forum in question, being all about shooting sports in the UK, is possibly the most belligerent and aggressively parochial representative that such advocacy for sporting shooting in this country could do without. That the majority of the members are my fellow countrymen makes me ashamed and dispirited. None of them can hold a candle to the community here. Is it any wonder Britain is no-longer preceded by 'Great'?

So, you were cordially invited to go screw yourself. Aren't people grand!!!! I have seen some really whacked forums before. Granted we are a loony bin at SS, we keep it cool by using prescription medication. :smug:

:rotfl: Those must be powerful drugs.:yep:

I joined a loony bin! :o

Are nuts. :damn:

And there was I thinking I joined the Communist Party. :roll:

I need a very stiff drink or two. :lol:

They sure do look pretty crazy from the commercials. "This medicine is to make you happier, but side effects may include suicide." :dead:

Back on topic, SubSim is very tame considering it has a loosely moderated GT forum. All the other sim forums I go to have tried that and had them shut down pretty quick. Guess we naval simmers are just more easy going, and enjoy taking a few hours updating our solutions before actually pulling the trigger.

PD

Back in the old Navy ... the cooks would put it in the mashed potato's.

Just to give you guys the gist of things, I made some comments about this and meandered through thoughts comparing army attitudes today, with the days of Sir Richard Burton in the early 1900's. Somewhat obliquely, I agreed with the fact that attitudes today are far removed from how they are remembered from Burton's day - All handlebar-mustachios and glorious cavalry charges and all of that General Melchett (blackadder 4th) foolery. Whereas now everyone treads on eggshells and talks in double-speak, lest they reveal so much reality that it clouds their long-term political goals. At least in the past we made no excuses for blatant empire building and heroic personal aggrandizement; 'death or glory' if you will.

This was predictably misinterpreted by the local old boys as a fiendish attack on our armed forces and the sacrifices they continue to make in far flung places of the world. The result of which I was called some most insulting things, then the thread was deleted by the moderators and I was denied access to that section of the board, whilst those with the foulest mouths I've encountered from so-called 'elders & betters' are chatting away as usual.
It didn't take very long to decide to cut loose the useless baggage and leave. When there's no benefit or gain from a partnership, the only right thing to do is leave.

You can read the original telegraph interview here

Any group of people willing to spend time listening to propellers, struggling with applied
geometry and aqua physics for fun aren't going to be much of an angry rabble. ;)

It used to be Great, and it could be again, but I really think you guys need to go through some form of Dark ages to weed out the Socialistic attitudes that seem to be the majority over there. People don't seem to get it that when a government makes a people weak in the name of control, the entire country is put into a weakened state. I think STEED is one of the last guys over there that has any clue left. The rest are sheep.

Just my two cents.

-S

I am the last of the few who can see what is coming while the rest sleepwalk over the cliff.

I tend to beleive the reason the tone is above average at SubSim is closely linked to the average age of the members. Sure, there are polite and intelligent young `uns here, but I play Counter Strike from time to time, and oh man ...

:roll:

I've had my share of forums full of stupid and offensive people

I think listening to merchants and plotting firing solutions has driven us insane, I mean really, what would you be more upset about, having your screen fried or having your earphones broken?

I came into this thread wondering what I said to Jumpy to make him leave. Thankfully, this had nothing to do with what was being discussed. Anyway, GT can be loosely moderated because the SubSim membership's decorum allows for it to be so. I think that a lot of this has to do with the fact that almost everyone keeps in mind the truth that we're really here to discuss, anticipate and modify naval combat simulators. This perspective tends to keep things from flying out of control, and allows most of the heated political and religious discussions to flicker without moderator intervention. This, in turn, allows the moderators to be, for the most part, invisible, which is much nicer than having them breathe down the member's necks all of the time. Who would want to be involved in such a forum?

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OOOooooohhh look!! a moderator posted...
OPEN SEASON ON DA MODERATOR!!!

j/k Tak.. :)

The secret to having a pleasant strife free forum is......Just make sure to NEVER take ANYTHING seriously!

Thats the biggest pile of hog wash ever, and I am writing a letter of complaint to the lead singer of Echo and the Bunny men. :lol: