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The_Yoda on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
The_Yoda said:
Ah the moderator thread, when there is nothing else good left to read this is where I turn.

BTW what ever happened to the thread from a while back where anything goes? From what i read of it it was pretty tame but I don't know that I finished it...

It's in your own best interest to have my back on this one. Cast a pro-transparency vote while you are here.

It took me a bit to respond because I had to think about it.  "Having your back" implies that right or wrong I will side with you and back you up.  This isn't one of those situations. 

That said,  I do side with transparency, talking straight and being specific should allow us to bypass any misconceptions about which users or which wording a poster used that someone took issue with.  When it is left to a third party to try and get into the head of the person complaining and figure out who or what they took issue with that only opens up misconception and can waste time. Simple what I find offensive, someone else may not. Being specific should save the mods time.



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The_Yoda on 28 February 2018
Carl2291 said:
RolStoppable said:

Carl, you need to turn on signatures again. You still have the "So lifelike" GIF in your sig, so what you just said comes with a lot of unintentional irony.

I've never had to ask or ever been told that the gif is pushing any kind of boundary, despite having it there over the space of 4 or 5 years.

Nooo! don't remove your sig.  Although admittedly I thought the same thing but I like the sig so I planned to say nothing until I saw Rol's response.



Carl on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:

I have nothing against your GIF, but it might be part of the reason why people aren't sure what's okay and what's going too far. There's of course a significant difference between avatars and signatures (the latter can be turned off in profile settings), but reasoning we take for granted isn't always self-evident to others.

EDIT: I suppose I should elaborate why I even responded in the first place. You came across as dismissive by saying that you hadn't even looked at the linked picture, and that was in response to VGPolyglot. My mental coach who seriously feels bad about his moderation where he said some harsh words to a troll. I simply can't believe that that guy would act out of malice, and believe me, I tried to coach him in return.

Sure, fair point. Maybe it's time to retire Cthulhu.

I wasn't being dismissive, it had already been handled by Bristow and CGI. As this isn't his first time asking about avatars in this thread, I was more trying to show VGP (or whoever else may be reading) how it looks when a user has to ask if they can use a specific avatar. The chances are that the avatar in question is borderline or plain OTT, and if that's the case then the user should be looking for something where they don't feel like they should have to ask if it's suitable.



                            

VGPolyglot on 28 February 2018
Carl2291 said:
RolStoppable said:

I have nothing against your GIF, but it might be part of the reason why people aren't sure what's okay and what's going too far. There's of course a significant difference between avatars and signatures (the latter can be turned off in profile settings), but reasoning we take for granted isn't always self-evident to others.

EDIT: I suppose I should elaborate why I even responded in the first place. You came across as dismissive by saying that you hadn't even looked at the linked picture, and that was in response to VGPolyglot. My mental coach who seriously feels bad about his moderation where he said some harsh words to a troll. I simply can't believe that that guy would act out of malice, and believe me, I tried to coach him in return.

Sure, fair point. Maybe it's time to retire Cthulhu.

I wasn't being dismissive, it had already been handled by Bristow and CGI. As this isn't his first time asking about avatars in this thread, I was more trying to show VGP (or whoever else may be reading) how it looks when a user has to ask if they can use a specific avatar. The chances are that the avatar in question is borderline or plain OTT, and if that's the case then the user should be looking for something where they don't feel like they should have to ask if it's suitable.

Sorry, I know it may have seemed like I was provoking you guys, but I wanted to avoid situations that happened in the past where beforehand I had an avatar but then was made aware afterwards that some people didn't want it, whereas at least for this it would be determined before I even made it my avy. Now, I guess I should have just went without a borderline avatar in the first place, but at least if I know for that it will be easier for me to know in the future when going with another avatar.



kirby007 on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
Miguel_Zorro said:

(...)

 

axumblade said:
(...)

axum, Miguel... I have pondered over this for a while, but I'd like to be a moderator. You know that I am an honorable person and my last moderation dates already more than a month back.

Of course it's clear that I cannot be a moderator just like any other one, so I repeat the special conditions I proposed to the two of you over a year ago.

I get no leeway. The first instance I make the mod team look bad, I'll be removed from the team. Naturally, this raises the question how this is defined. It's obviously a gray zone, so you'd have to state your terms, but an example I can give on my own is StarOcean's behavior where he flamed people and said outright disgusting things. While the mod team did give StarOcean a few opportunities to clean up his act, I would be gone on the first instance of such behavior. Other more obvious examples would be waving my mod powers in front of people to make them kiss my boots, or editing posts to make people look bad or insert moderation-worthy material to moderate them.

My proposal is about conditions that greatly stack the odds in the mod team's favor, so any real damage I could do would be minimal because it couldn't be more than a single instance. A side effect in case that I fail is that my failure could be used against me every time that I bring up wishes to be a moderator again.

Can you work with others?

All i read is : what i propose what i want i i i i not us 



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VGPolyglot on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
kirby007 said:

Can you work with others?

All i read is : what i propose what i want i i i i not us 

I gave birth to Captain_Yuri.

As in the name, or the account itself?



kirby007 on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
kirby007 said:

Can you work with others?

All i read is : what i propose what i want i i i i not us 

I gave birth to Captain_Yuri.

Seems to reinforce my point, dont make me unname you manly man



 "I think people should define the word crap" - Kirby007

Join the Prediction League http://www.vgchartz.com/predictions

Instead of seeking to convince others, we can be open to changing our own minds, and seek out information that contradicts our own steadfast point of view. Maybe it’ll turn out that those who disagree with you actually have a solid grasp of the facts. There’s a slight possibility that, after all, you’re the one who’s wrong.

kirby007 on 28 February 2018
RolStoppable said:
kirby007 said:

Seems to reinforce my point, dont make me unname you manly man

I can work with people, that's all that matters.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=197469

Why didnt anyone think of piss_beard fml...



 "I think people should define the word crap" - Kirby007

Join the Prediction League http://www.vgchartz.com/predictions

Instead of seeking to convince others, we can be open to changing our own minds, and seek out information that contradicts our own steadfast point of view. Maybe it’ll turn out that those who disagree with you actually have a solid grasp of the facts. There’s a slight possibility that, after all, you’re the one who’s wrong.

quickrick on 28 February 2018
kirby007 said:
RolStoppable said:

 

axum, Miguel... I have pondered over this for a while, but I'd like to be a moderator. You know that I am an honorable person and my last moderation dates already more than a month back.

Of course it's clear that I cannot be a moderator just like any other one, so I repeat the special conditions I proposed to the two of you over a year ago.

I get no leeway. The first instance I make the mod team look bad, I'll be removed from the team. Naturally, this raises the question how this is defined. It's obviously a gray zone, so you'd have to state your terms, but an example I can give on my own is StarOcean's behavior where he flamed people and said outright disgusting things. While the mod team did give StarOcean a few opportunities to clean up his act, I would be gone on the first instance of such behavior. Other more obvious examples would be waving my mod powers in front of people to make them kiss my boots, or editing posts to make people look bad or insert moderation-worthy material to moderate them.

My proposal is about conditions that greatly stack the odds in the mod team's favor, so any real damage I could do would be minimal because it couldn't be more than a single instance. A side effect in case that I fail is that my failure could be used against me every time that I bring up wishes to be a moderator again.

Can you work with others?

All i read is : what i propose what i want i i i i not us 

This.



VGPolyglot on 04 March 2018

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/114974/cosmicsex/

Why was he banned, when we have other users who post things like this yet are still allowed on the site?

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8214985

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8741204 (and here's this post for more context on that: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8304278)