"fixed, because that series rocks"

Thanks, dude. I always forget how to spell his name.

 Very true, however, I cannot control what others do and that does not take away from my specified intent, which was to openly discuss this spam rule.

I just ask that others do not derail my thread into a mod bash. I only pulled weezy's recent experience as an example of why we need a more defined approach to this.

 I hope ioi,  dkii and the other high counsel mods can appreciate that and present a more concrete answer besides what is already vaguely mentioned.

I understand that many of you do not like this spam rule but realize that ssj didn't make the rule, DKII did. And we have to listen to what DKII tells us to do. We're not nomadic gunslingers here, we fuck up and there is a chain of command to keep us in line.

My point is that taking issues like this public is not the way to accomplish the intended goal. When forced into a corner, a group of people (in this case, the moderators) will group together and defend each other, even if some in the group think the stance might be wrong. It's human nature.

Like I said, if you have a problem with this stuff, PM the person you have a specific problem with. If you don't get the response you desire, go over his/her head and to one of the super mods. That's why things are organized the way they are. Public bashing isn't going to win over the hearts and minds of the people in charge. 

I agree, If it becomes obvious that someone is posting mindless babble to increase post count than give him a VERBAL warning. Then do a 1 day ban, if it persist make each ban a tad longer. But, however is someone typically is a good poster, they should not be run off.... I am sure ioi does not want the people dedicated to his site to be banned for stupid stuff.

If someone is just trying to pad their post count and you warn them, then lower their post count and approporiate amount. If you make spamming counter productive less people will do it.

I hate to sound rude but this isn't a democracy. This is ioi's domain and he can do whatever he pleases with it. If ioi says "jump", we jump. Same goes for DK, stof, and ben (and you bastards better not come in here and tell me to jump). 

I think getting banned for just putting up a picture is ridiculous. The Mods seem to do a good job, but isn't that a little harsh. If it was relavant to the thread, He definatly should not have been banned. I think a new set of rules from ioi should be devised and approved by all mods, and the majority of the community here at vgchartz. Then enforce them.

(I know ioi is usually busy, but should definatly think about it)

Only other thing I want to say about this, coming from someone who hates spam and I like all the Mods here at VGC it is a very good gaming community, basically if you can have a forum talking about spam and spammers and bring that problem up openly, we should also be able to voice our opinions on a spam rule, both types of posts lead to the "who did it" subject as usually posts on spammers leads to people like Leo-j with high post counts and pointless posts, when you talk about rules it leads to mods, the ones that create/enforce the rule in question, there is no helping that.

@ RocketPig.
Too bad you can't put in the "everybody jump" song unto the site :P

I'm saddened at how long this thread has gotten. Public embarassments of the mods, like rocketpig said, is not the way to go about it, Private messanging the mods is what people should do to get their problems sorted out. This only makes the mods look worse than they already do, due to the repeated bashing of them over the last week. Seriously, if you have a problem or whatever with the mods, you E-mail admin@vgchartz(dot)com, not ridicule the mods for doing thier job, for FREE.