Last night gigerth was banned for posting a non-shock pic of a dude peeing on another dude in a sticky thread in a role playing forum. Today was was banned for just a really random pics posted in a sticky.

These bans were due to the a new rule specific to the Whores Just Wanna Have Fun! forum. This is the only forum with this bonus arbitrary rule. A rule that makes no sense from a spam perspective since I can adblock whatever image I choose completely eliminating that spam, yet if someone wants to go into those same threads and post blank line spam or wall-of-text spam it is a-ok. This rule was implemented a month ago with absolutely zero fanfare anywhere. There was no blog note about it, no twitter update. Here is the edit that was posted to the WJWHF forum rules a month ago.

Oh, also? We like looking at ****s. We don’t so much like looking at non-****s. Posting any images in Sticky threads in this forum which do not directly apply to the subject of the thread is bannable.

MC Banhammer edited this message on 03/02/2009 4:05PM

As noted in the thread title: how often is one supposed to read the rules for specific forums? It is noted in the main rules that we should “Note that all forums may have rules particular to them, and these are in stickies in those forums. Read those before posting there; bumuming that this post has everything of pertinence is not a safe bumumption.” Ok, I did. I’ve always read every rule sticky in every forum before posting there for the first time. I don’t find that to be unreasonable. So, now am I supposed to recheck the rules every single time I post in every different forum area? And why isn’t there an announcement of some kind when these or any rules change? It is ridiculous to expect players to check for random crap every time they post.

Reality wise, I simply disagree with the rule itself. It is a role playing forum. If people have troll based characters and spamming it their thing, so be it.

– Is there a reason that when a rule that will obviously impact players is introduced, it isn’t announced?

– Is there a reason that we can’t have one set of rules to govern Flamebate?

– Is there a reason that there isn’t a set of all encompbuming rules posted as a formal thing (similar to the “about”, “blog”, “code of ethics” links that are displayed at the bottom of every page?

– In this specific situation – is there a reason that some pics that are off topic or not in keeping with the theme are allowed, while others are not? Looking through the stickies, the following posts should probably be edited to reflect the new rule.

http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/554976 - why was this ok and a vacuum cleaner wasn't?

From the short bangs:
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/554955 <- not short!
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/554976 <- not short!

Shoe on head:
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/500121 <- no shoe!
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/500124 <- quoting no shoe!
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/513984 <- clearly not on head!

male reproductive organ and Vag:
http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view_post/551149 <- spaghetti monster tentacle enjoy, not male reproductive organ or vag!

This post is really irrelevant to the actual game, and I believe you might be trolling the mods in some respects.

Agree with OP fully. Making new rules with no fanfare that are particular to a single forum is absolutely ridiculous.

Short answer: It’s expected that people who post in forums will see the forums. It is not expected that people who post in forums will see anything on twitter or the blog.

So rules which are added/modified/sometimes_deleted are updated in the pertinent rule thread(s). Rules stickies are stickied for a reason. You should make it a practice of checking if they’ve been updated. Hopefully the “new posts” will draw attention to them. An actual “show me all updated threads since my last visit” would serve better than “active posts”, but we make do with what we have.

And not all forums are created equal, so not all forums have the same rules.

Thank you for reporting those violations, we’ll look at them as time permits.

Largehardoncollider Posted:

This post is really irrelevant to the actual game, and I believe you might be trolling the mods in some respects.

minimod

Samildanach Posted:

a simple post from a mod in either the respective forum

We DO THAT ALREADY! And the post in question was made a month and a half ago. If they didn’t see that, they’re not going to have seen a temporary sticky thread.

Would it be that hard to change the title at the end of the rules thread that says “UPDATED MM/DD/YY”

It’s not complex. It’s effortless. You’re already editing the message anyway.

And don’t point out time stamps. Nobody looks at those. Ever.

The thread wasn’t even stickied when he started rightfully trolling it. He should have received a warning to stop because it’s a new rule, or more likely if you want to outlaw trolling move the thread to non-rp. He knows the rules when he makes a bannable post, just like I do and many others. He could have then made a choice to keep trolling it or stop.

CaptainDDL Posted:

Either a twitter (‘rules in RP forums have change, click here for more’ ), or making use of the black alert box

Please read all the other posts where it’s explained why this idea is not a practical one.

Only rules posts should be stickied in RP forums.