As I cannot post this in this thread, I’m posting it here.

CD RULES
1) The rule states that posting “personal insults, unconstructive criticism/suggestions/answers” is bannable. This is extremely vague, some detailed guidelines should be given on what is considered trolling. Personal insults are obvious, but “unconstructive criticism” is extremely vague. Is unconstructive criticism even bannable? Has anyone ever been banned for this? Or is it just an excuse that the mods can use to ban a player that they don’t really like? It’s been joked about that you’re not allowed to joke in CD, but we’re frequently warned from going offtopic. Are we allowed to be sarcastic to a moderator anymore? Are these rules in place simply to ban someone that has been annoying mods as of late?

RP RULES
1) “Shock” is much too general in it’s current state, there needs to be a sort of detailed description of what is or is not considered shock, feel free to include body parts, body functions, et cetera. See the examples below on how vague the difference between the pictures are.
Examples:
*Shock
*Not Shock
*Not Shock
What would be ideal is a detailed description on what is, and what is not considered shock.
MC Banhammer said it best “Shock is SUBJECTIVE”, however there are 7 mods, and all of them have different definitions. There must be a better way than “If you don’t want to risk it, then don’t risk it.” Regarding FAIL’s recent ban, it shows how something that is not seemingly close to shock (in 21st century North American society), some very close minded moderators have found milk to be coming out of a mans bum, or semen dripping from one womans woman's genitals into another womans mouth, to be shocking. This should be addressed in a comprehensive list of actions and body parts which may be considered shocking. And, if you don’t want community outrage, slap on a “these are guidelines and it is at the discretion of the mod if it is shock or not….et cetera”. Why is the “I am not offended easily” clause, only used in certain cirgreat timesstance?

2) “No off-topic in stickied threads in the Camwhore any RP forum”. I am in complete agreement with this rule, if the thread was made by a moderator. The rules pages and stuff I understand, but if someone posts a thread in RP, they are aware that this thread can be trolled, and if they do not want it to be trolled, they should request a move to Ayn Rands, with a “NSFW” line on top (if applicable). But for mods to designate certain threads as being more important than others, and thus “untrollable” goes against the very foundation of RP.
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Those are the only problems I have with any of the current rules, and I accept that people can get away with stuff in this forum, that they wouldn’t be able to anywhere else, and that the mods are very lenient when it comes to the few rules we do have; let’s try to keep it that way, and not have militant, neo-nazi mods and such.

It is slightly heartbreaking that I can no longer post anything about the rules in any CD forum, but I hope that my voice can still be heard.
-MLF- edited this message on 05/05/2009 6:12PM