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Hitman · 02-02-10, 02:36 PM

OK, I'm back now. Please do not convert this new thread I had to open (The previous one is locked for good) into anything dramatic, but I think I owe some people here at least an explanation.

-First of all, when I posted in the other thread I was in a hurry and had only some minutes more before having to leave home, so I had to make quick decissions.

-Second, the thread start was absolutely insane and ridiculous, a very bad thing in these forums that had not happened before (AFAIK). It is as moderator my duty to care not just for subsim rules being followed, but also for the public clean image that makes this forum so great.

In that regard, I understood that *any* new or recently registered user (And with SH5 there are a lot of them) who comes here for news about the game he is interested in, and sees in the first page such a thread, would be inmediately pissed off and have the most negative image of this site.

The problem is that moderators here have powers to ban/give infractions to anyone (That allows us to inmediately eliminate spambots and such), but not to lock threads in all forums. So I could not close the thread in SH5, and the only thing I could do was to post there requesting it to stop -which is effectively the same as locking it, but the only thing I can do-

I knew also that making a more civilized post would result in people keeping posting, but I had to go and I know that all SH5 moderators are in US time and would not be available to stop this stupid thing. Hence I went for a more stiff action.

Unfortunately, it seems that not many people knew that I'm also a moderator, and in those who knew it has triggered a response that was not what I expected -colaboration in putting an end to this damaging thread- but the opposite. I don't blame anyone, and I understand you might have seen otherwise, so no harm done and I will be reversing the infractions I had given. But please so do I request that you guys understand my position. Having as moderator a compromise with subsim, with Neal and indirectly with all of you to keep the forum as we like it means I had to do something. I might have done the right or wrong thing, but I wasn't by any means going to look elsewhere and let that silly stuff stay in the main page of the SH5 while everyone in there was feeding the troll.

Thanks

Hitman

02-02-10, 02:36 PM	#1
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	@ Members who posted in the thread about brigging the General OK, I'm back now. Please do not convert this new thread I had to open (The previous one is locked for good) into anything dramatic, but I think I owe some people here at least an explanation. -First of all, when I posted in the other thread I was in a hurry and had only some minutes more before having to leave home, so I had to make quick decissions. -Second, the thread start was absolutely insane and ridiculous, a very bad thing in these forums that had not happened before (AFAIK). It is as moderator my duty to care not just for subsim rules being followed, but also for the public clean image that makes this forum so great. In that regard, I understood that any new or recently registered user (And with SH5 there are a lot of them) who comes here for news about the game he is interested in, and sees in the first page such a thread, would be inmediately pissed off and have the most negative image of this site. The problem is that moderators here have powers to ban/give infractions to anyone (That allows us to inmediately eliminate spambots and such), but not to lock threads in all forums. So I could not close the thread in SH5, and the only thing I could do was to post there requesting it to stop -which is effectively the same as locking it, but the only thing I can do- I knew also that making a more civilized post would result in people keeping posting, but I had to go and I know that all SH5 moderators are in US time and would not be available to stop this stupid thing. Hence I went for a more stiff action. Unfortunately, it seems that not many people knew that I'm also a moderator, and in those who knew it has triggered a response that was not what I expected -colaboration in putting an end to this damaging thread- but the opposite. I don't blame anyone, and I understand you might have seen otherwise, so no harm done and I will be reversing the infractions I had given. But please so do I request that you guys understand my position. Having as moderator a compromise with subsim, with Neal and indirectly with all of you to keep the forum as we like it means I had to do something. I might have done the right or wrong thing, but I wasn't by any means going to look elsewhere and let that silly stuff stay in the main page of the SH5 while everyone in there was feeding the troll. Thanks Hitman __________________ One day I will return to sea ...