should BU mods have the power to come into NC and ban/RO people?
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Sir_Brizz said:
We don't have the ability to Ban/RO as Twrecks said. Or if we do, I am unaware of that ability. Admins are the only ones with that ability, which are generally only from BU itself.
this has nothing to do with the Fuzz incident.
i understand that admins can do whatever they want, but when it comes to NC, i feel that NC should be out on its own.
everyone here has been posting here for at least 1.5 years. with the majority hitting the 6 year mark (myself included, why my correct join date is not displayed i have no idea)
NC does not recive new posters on a daily basis like BU and other large forums.
i know a few posters who need to do this
i understand that admins can do whatever they want, but when it comes to NC, i feel that NC should be out on its own.
everyone here has been posting here for at least 1.5 years. with the majority hitting the 6 year mark (myself included, why my correct join date is not displayed i have no idea)
NC does not recive new posters on a daily basis like BU and other large forums.
Cat_Fuzz said:
i know a few posters who need to do this
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Actually, I come quite regularly here for the dick and fart jokes.
If I hadn't found this place I wouldn't have ended up one drunken night in Minnesota in bed with both MPP and Oosyxxx.
If I hadn't found this place I wouldn't have ended up one drunken night in Minnesota in bed with both MPP and Oosyxxx.
I don’t know if this is exactly correct or not (translation: I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about), but didn’t QAPete ask BU to host NC? If so, it seems to me that BU could decide they didn’t want to host NC any longer. In other words, it’s not like we are a stand-alone site, but are part of a bigger site.
If that’s the case, I don’t see how we could demand separation. We’d have to live by the overall rules. To take an example to the extreme to prove my point: what if QAPete decided he wanted to spice up NC by introducing a pr0n forum featuring hotties such as Rosie O'Donnell and Bea Arthur? Then he wants to go a step further and starts selling plutonium to diabolical countries to assist with their efforts of world domination.
I could see how BU wouldn’t want to be associated with this new lineup. Why shouldn’t they have the right to so no?
Somewhere between my extreme example and whatever happened is the truth, but the fact remains that we don’t really have the right to call the shots. It’s just like a user agreement with AOL or some other company. If they don’t allow you to run a pr0n web site, then what can you say?
Now, if some admin went too far, that’s another issue. That just means the rules may have been enforced incorrectly. But if the question is a general, overall question about whether BU has the right to enforce rules onto NC, then that should be obvious.
If that’s the case, I don’t see how we could demand separation. We’d have to live by the overall rules. To take an example to the extreme to prove my point: what if QAPete decided he wanted to spice up NC by introducing a pr0n forum featuring hotties such as Rosie O'Donnell and Bea Arthur? Then he wants to go a step further and starts selling plutonium to diabolical countries to assist with their efforts of world domination.
I could see how BU wouldn’t want to be associated with this new lineup. Why shouldn’t they have the right to so no?
Somewhere between my extreme example and whatever happened is the truth, but the fact remains that we don’t really have the right to call the shots. It’s just like a user agreement with AOL or some other company. If they don’t allow you to run a pr0n web site, then what can you say?
Now, if some admin went too far, that’s another issue. That just means the rules may have been enforced incorrectly. But if the question is a general, overall question about whether BU has the right to enforce rules onto NC, then that should be obvious.
Cat Fuzz
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oosyxxx said:
Yes, your right. My secret agenda is to enslave all the mods into my cyborg army of Super Robo-evangelists. Resistance is futile.
QUALTHWAR said:
Right, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. NC is more like a part of BU than a hosted site. Since QAPete founded BU and NC, we're a rather special case cause the site is Pete's in a sense. However, other than hosting, BU isn't providing any support for NC. So we walk the line.
Cat Fuzz
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Kid Chaos said:Hey, welcome back Cat Fuzz. Now haven't we warned you about playing around with strange Tools. There's just no telling where they've been.
Anyway as you know, an important part of "walking the walk" is knowing when to let stuff go. If I thought "verbally bitch slapping tool around " would do him any good, I'd probably be in line waiting for my turn at it, but it doesn't help. If anything, it makes him look like a martyr in the eyes of some and " he don't learns nothin' ".
If someone closes a thread, why not just "shake the dust of it off of your feet" er..keyboard. In the end, is getting ticked off about someone using the power they were given to govern a free to use gaming forum really worth the aggro? If no rules were broken, then you should be able to (calmy and politely) take it up with the Mod team and inquire "What up wit dat man!!"
Sometimes though, it's best to just say "meh whatever" and move onto some other topic.
In general, I'm not too fond of predefined secular structures of authority (I'm wise enough to set my own standard in every area of life with God's guidance) but where those structures do exist, I try not to run a foul of them if I can help it.
You know what I'm saying, sometimes it's best just to play it cool.
In the 5 or so years I've been here, as you know, I've been in a...ahem..few..cough...heated threads that have been closed and I use to be all "Yo,man! What up wit lockin the thread man. I was ownagein' dem heathens, word. Buncha Nazis man, don't wanna hear the truth that's all! Fight da powah!!" In the end though, there was just no point to all that angst. It didn't help me and it didn't strenghen the points I was trying to get across. Sometimes it's all about how you say, rather than what you say.
These days, if I see a thread (Buf OT in particular) that has degenerated into a poo flinging contest or has the usual pyromaniacs in it, I typically stay clear of it. If I feel that I should comment on the actual topic, then I say my peace. If the few pyros of the forum want to flame on about my comments and act like jerks, I figure there's no point in continuing at that time. Maybe another thread at another time with different people will be worth pursuing. There's always tomorrow after all.
Nice one Brizz. Shine on :tup:
Yes, yes. You're right. /he said through gritted teeth....
Cat Fuzz
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Eh. I know nothing about this, but i've noticed more than once that certain moderators, and i couldn't even begin to say who, even if i recalled, do seem to view RO/ban as a blanket cure-all response.
Or at least, that's an impression i have been left with, however rightly or wrongly.
Case in point, there's a good chance Catfuzz would have stayed gone, if the temp read only lasted till the originally intended date.
*shrugs*
Or at least, that's an impression i have been left with, however rightly or wrongly.
Case in point, there's a good chance Catfuzz would have stayed gone, if the temp read only lasted till the originally intended date.
*shrugs*