I never said the mods have no common sense, though it would help me help you if you pointed out where and how I did.

Also, you have deemed those people to have an intent, that is not a necessary component of the moderation, only the rule is, so feel free to stop talking about people like that.

I'll in turn take everything you've said into consideration. And thanks for your input Rol, it was illuminating. I will not, as I had resolved before, turn around and start reporting everything I take issue with. However, I will still keep that record I was talking about and only increase reporting where I see it becoming an issue.

yea don't think Jaywoods ban wasn't purposely done. he can correct me if i'm wrong when he gets back. but we did talk about him taking a break.

the bold in the second sentence, i'm not buying. sometime it's trolling that creates the ability to drive discussion, as does derailment of a thread. it's all about taking the bait.

These recent bannings have been great. I hope they steer rational and less trollish discussion on the boards. Nothing wrong with a little trolling some times but when a guy has to preemptively ask that no one trolls a thread because he knows it's coming, there's an issue. That kind of behavior would go without saying on a board like GAF.

I guess if I get something positive out of this it's this: If we have a Sony thread talking about a certain sales milestone and MS fans come and start talking about Sony's financial situation, I can report them and fully expect them to get warned or banned.

Depends on the venom spewed in the posts.

I mean, you surely can't think arguing about GOTY (which is a collection of opinions) is the same as entering a thread that is nothing more than a heads up for a deal just to crap on something they have no interest in.

I think he is refering to threads that say a game won GOTY, not who should win.  So basically if someone makes a thread about X winning GOTY, people can't come in and talk about its sales or that they like Y better.  Same goes with threads about the PS3 reaching 77M or passing the 360.

@ pezus

I hope it is consistent.  Otherwise, the mods are going to feel the wrath of the Playstation Nation.  Which equates to a lot of complaints and stern looks. 

Yeah I understand that's what he meant. The two situations are not the same. Nor are threads about sales accomplishments. You guys wanna find a comparable PS3 thread for future ban bickering, think of a PS+ thread or something. Like you post a thread about Red Dead Redemption finally being free on PS+. Someone replies saying "LOL its 2013 get with the times Steam does everything PS+ does for free" or "FREE LOL" or "anything more than $0 for this service is too much"... those are the type of stupid, irrelevant replies that got people banned in that thread.

Debating the merits of a GOTY award or the importance of some sales accomplishment are not the same thing. I think you guys will be sorely disappointed.

the problem is people don't get banned for those things despite being reported.

Hmm, I was overexaggerating. I don't really think these people intently want VGC to become a bad place, but I think that will be the result of such actions. That's why I agree with the bans. Also it might not be a bad place for discussion itself, you're right on this, but a bad placce for civil discussions.