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[mike_intellivision]

Akvod said:

KylieDog said:

I've played it, it is complete shit.

Was he really banned for this post? XD What a shit forum and shit moderation team. If I said something like "I've played it [HAZE, Final Fantasy XIV, etc], it is complete shit", I bet you I wouldn't get banned. 

My god, do we have to say like "I believed it was not adequate" or "I believe that the game was not up to my standards"? For christ sakes, if we think a game is shit, we think it's shit. If it's perfectly acceptable to say "I believe X game is brilliant/awesome", logically we should also be allowed to say the opposite. 

I don't know, I won't get into how we all define "trolling" or "flaming", but I believe that rules and forum moderation in general should take a minimalist approach. That is, we punish those that are undeniably and unquestionably out of line. I think it would have been better for KylieDog to elaborate on why he thought the game was shit, but lack of explanation doesn't change the fact that he believed and said the game was shit ("flaming" it). 

Look, we don't like fanboys, we don't like flame wars. But Jesus, the benefit gained from this anal retentive micromanagement to uphold a politically correct environment is totally offset by the cost of not letting people express themselves freely, making everyone sound sort of the same.  KylieDog is probably one of the least fanboyish persons I've known. When he finds something shitty, he says that he thinks it's shitty. He doesn't think everything on the PS3 is amazing like those weeaboo teenage PS3 fanboys that infest this site. Yet, he's fucking banned under this system?

I imagine that history has a lot to do with this.  This poster has often made negative comments about the Wii, in part because of his dislike for the type of games he likes. 

Plus, there is just a declarative statement, without any support. That is not advancing the conversation. That is trolling. If you noticed, the person who said the graphics were not up to snuff had no punitive action taken.

 

 

Mike from Morgantown