According to Rule 9:

Explain and justify your opinions. If you have nothing to add to a topic, then don't post at all. Similarly, even if it's well defended, repeating your opinion multiple times is also spamming. Make your point and move on to your next idea or point.

You have repeated your opinion regarding Uncharted 4 and your discontent of its success (while simultaneously trying to undermine its success in other threads) a multitude of times:

- http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7958505
- http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7933389
- http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7933335

And that's just doing a quick scan of your last 2-3 weeks of activity.

As for your defense of Rule 10, you could've used a number of games. Doom, Overwatch, GTA V; All the product of the AAA machine you have an issue with. Furthermore, the point could have been made without singling out any game. The post you made earlier regarding Odin Sphere could have stood on its own merits, and that would've strengthened it given the community's perception of you.

The point you were trying to make may have been spawned by the sales results, but the point itself has little to do with sales. It has to do with the industry at large being unsupportive of niche titles that you believe deserve more attention. By that metric I deem your opinion in that post irrelevant to the topic. As Rule 10 states "If you want to discuss something other than the thread topic, make your own thread."

Given I hardly ever visit the site anymore, you can be sure we hold no previous rapport or history of personal issues. In fact, in the grand scheme of things I even agree with your opinion that Uncharted as a series is a poor example for the industry to follow and attempt to emulate. But that is an opinion that I'd make a thread of explaining why I believe so and have one grand discussion. I would not constantly bring it up in pseudo related threads because that effort is fruitless in getting across your point; even if it's a good one. It serves only to irritate, as you've no doubt observed. Yet you keep doing it despite being advised otherwise by people who aren't out to get you. As mods, we don't like getting our hammers dirty (well... not our ban hammers anyways). We just want to come here and hang out and discuss video games like the rest of you. But if peoples' jimmies are needlessly being rustled we have to step in.

So I advise you, not as an all powerful, hammer swinging overlord, but as a fellow fan of video games - Stop it. Attempt to discuss the points you're trying to make without constantly riling people up. Your point about Odin Sphere is a great one and one that does need to be discussed at large in the community. A and AA development are at an all time low but these are the games that go on to become AAA. Without them, the industry suffers. Do your part shining light on those games by making threads about them and showing their merits. You can totally do that WITHOUT attacking anything.

This mostly depends on quantity and history, though. Going off-topic isn't so much of a problem if it doesn't become a habit. Very much like presenting an opinion about a specific topic.

I wasn't talking about his post. It was in general.

In regards to me, the issue with his post wasn't about it being off-topic. Regarding the mod team, Trash already covered what the issue was there. 

So, let's all move on from the discussion, as everything that needed to be covered has been.

In that case, was it about flaming/trolling? If the Mazzy's post was trolling flaming, then almost all posts on the forum are also flaming. Is it just because his opinion is negative that he has to justify it a lot more than those posting a quick positive opinion like "Good to see Uncharted 4 doing well"?

I don't really agree that everything that needed to be covered has been covered. I mean, I'd love to take the discussion elsewhere, but there really isn't a place on VGC to do so after the mod thread was closed.

In regards to this topic, yes, everything has been covered. It's no longer about UK sales, but a post. That is why we can continue this discussion, but not here.

^ this.

Mario & sonic - Rio 2016 look really bad (imo) and shouldnt sell just because of their brand name power.

I much rather see a new IP like TMS, that actually looks like a great game, sell more.