Abusive moderation on this site

Jaxel said:
Papy... again, I dont see the issue. Mods are closing the threads because there are already a dozen other threads that are the EXACT same thing and are still ACTIVE. Now if those other threads were inactive, that would be one thing. But they aren't. Quit bitching.
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No at all. Mods are closing a thread that's been opened for days when a question arises and the discussion is still active and pending. And I chose to post in this thread BECAUSE it was the one active !

MAILBOXARSON99: you stopped reading too early. The enumeration of the moves making Algol strong was not my main point, I was simply replying to someone about it.

Anyways, this is a thread about moderation and I'm stating what I call abusive: arbitrary closing of active threads of which content is still relevant to some members of the forum.

Neopopulous said:
if someone starts a new thread for a topic that already exists and has a valid reason to do so then it is a mods duty to point that person towards that thread, give them time to see the already existing thread and then delete it.
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Neo that's exactly what should have happened, and this is also why I think the closings of the aforementioned threads have not been motivated by the mods' "professionalism".
 
Papy_Danone said:
No at all. Mods are closing a thread that's been opened for days when a question arises and the discussion is still active and pending. And I chose to post in this thread BECAUSE it was the one active !

MAILBOXARSON99: you stopped reading too early. The enumeration of the moves making Algol strong was not my main point, I was simply replying to someone about it.

Anyways, this is a thread about moderation and I'm stating what I call abusive: arbitrary closing of active threads of which content is still relevant to some members of the forum.



Neo that's exactly what should have happened, and this is also why I think the closings of the aforementioned threads have not been motivated by the mods' "professionalism".
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papy - just let this game go to where SC3 went...thats when the real fun begins



Fuzion - "don't we have rules like the 3-second rule in basketball, traveling, backcourt violations, offsides in soccer, no biting or eye gouging in UFC, pass interference in football, etc. etc. for a reason? Were those rules implemented just to appease a "bunch of whiners" too? After all, you have teeth in the octagon, so it's part of the game. Why ban biting? I've got 2 arms so why dribble when I can just carry the ball whenever I want. "Just play the game!" right? I think some people have a problem admitting that adding rules and restrictions to a competition in the right places ENHANCES the game.."
 
I didn't play SC3 competitively but based on what I've heard, I'd really hate for SC4 to end up like that. At the moment there are clearly issues but it's completely understandable that characters cant be banned or unbanned since regionals have started. But it really isn't too late have slight rule changes in hope of balancing the competition without hadicaping players.

Leaving things as they are could damage the community. I mean even if there's a patch after Nats and Evo that completely balances the game or a rule change that pleases everyone it still can't repair the damage caused by letting issues go on too long. Even if most who leave are "scrubs" it's better to have a community of 2000 players but only 500 good players then a community that has 400 players and 200 good players. Numbers are a good thing for competitive gaming.

I actually think that members being told to move the discussion to a pre-existing thread is the right thing to do. And even though banning characters is out for now, slight rule changes should still be on the table and we should be allowed to talk about it.
 
I want to chime in that I also find the moderators generally abusive. They lock valid discussions as soon as one troll intrudes, and they always post their own sanctimonious last word.
 
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