Why I've decided not to buy, or own, SH5 (and I hope Ubi reads this)

[John Channing]

You are spouting absolute nonsense. What Subsim is (or should be) is very adequatley summed up here (from the Subsim FAQ)...

The Radio Room forum is not the place for flaming, spewing, or otherwise mouthing off. We do not allow posts where people are called idiots, morons, etc. We respect your freedom of speech, we ask that you respect our rules. You are welcome to express your opinion about games and other subjects. We do not want SUBSIM Review and the Radio Room forums to degenerate into a collection of *This game sux!!!!* and other immature rants. Like something or dislike something about a game, express your thoughts in reasoned and responsible terms. There are any number of forums which allow unbridled idiocy to reign, we want the Radio Room to be a civil, mature forum for discussions about naval and subsims, tactics, mods, playing tips, troubleshooting, and submarine topics in general.

Now, if you are incapable of posting in a mature fashion then that is going to be a problem. Other than that knock yourself out.

JCC

[Méo]

Originally Posted by John Channing

You are spouting absolute nonsense. What Subsim is (or should be) is very adequatley summed up here (from the Subsim FAQ)...

Now, if you are incapable of posting in a mature fashion then that is going to be a problem. Other than that knock yourself out.

JCC

Thanks.

Seems like few members here forgot that.

[NefariousKoel]

Originally Posted by John Channing

You are spouting absolute nonsense. What Subsim is (or should be) is very adequatley summed up here (from the Subsim FAQ)...



Now, if you are incapable of posting in a mature fashion then that is going to be a problem. Other than that knock yourself out.

JCC

I think he's put forth a relatively reasonable and mature view on what he perceives around here.

He doesn't need intervention, warnings, or chastising. While he's correct about mods being rather one-sided around here, you guys have exercised restraint more than some would when faced by the angry villagers with pitchforks and torches. I believe Neal has some thanks due for keeping everyone level-headed (including mods) during the backlash, judging by a comment of yours awhile back:

Originally Posted by John Channing

We seem to have a lot of new people here who don't know how to, or are incapable of, carrying on a civil discussion. Neal seems to want to allow this for the time being... so be it. But that doesn't mean that people who disagree with the anti-Ubisoft posts have to hide away and let the ranters run wild, does it? Or are they the only ones now allowed to express their opinions?

(my bold)

It does tend to give the impression that the metaphoric itchy finger was on the trigger at some point and you don't seem to be the only one. I try to be empathetic as to mods having to read too much stuff they don't care, don't agree with, or don't want to read while trying to stay somewhat impartial and sane. Considering that, all has gone fairly well even though sentiment and opinion has been involved from everyone and, perhaps, further measures were desired.

Being moderators who are willing to state their opinions on same message boards will always result in some who disagree with them feeling as if they're walking a thin line.

I've not seen anyone kicked for stating their opinion without large amounts of cursing, yet, so it's all good.