New Boards?!

I am with llama4president on this. I know that US cops are pretty funny guys (well, at least some of them) who can cast a 「fluffernutter」 every now and then, play GTA and kill cops there, call each other that strangely feared American *N* word and 「wee-wee」 around during their free time with friends and family around.

Which, however, NEVER allow them to behave like this in general public and\or while wearing uniform.

So I don't see how fooling around with personal account (abiding the rules, of course) can be of harm.
More than that, it even would allow Mod account to be less personal, less "alive" and less prone to emotions\unneded discussions.

N/A Sangria paired with tacos al pastor

Now, where's my micdrop gif?

I *was* gonna say Cherry Dr. Pepper kicks Cherry Coke AND Cherry Pepsi's 「bum-bum」... but the drink convo has digressed to such a point that I think I'm gonna have to just stop reading this thread. Clamato Picante pfffft!

Alright people listen up!

"Coke is the real thing"

Enough said, I rest my case!

On a case of - FIREBALL!


I digress, like this thread.
Put it to bed
Let it rest


SoCal


I dont do sugar - I have to settle for Jack & Coke Zero

Here in Thailand they actually had Mango Fanta.

Regarding the mod discussion, the difference between that and real life folks is that people are already hiding under nicknames and pseudonyms here. It would be like wearing a mask on top of a mask in many cases.

And whether you like it or not, humans are emotional beings. If someone couldn't stop saying profanity while in his normal persona or being sarcastic for example, how is he to be trusted to do the same in his mod persona? Human beings don't change just because of a tag or a job. Especially this kind of job. And if they did change that much, they would either be schizo or hypocrites.

The job here requires integrity and if you require multiple hats just to give the mods more "voice" or to be more "detached", then that saddens me. I guess it boils down to the current paradigm of this generation where things are only official if it's tagged, labelled or posted online. Real life including forums are a little more holistic and complicated than that. It's not as cut and dry as posting a "In a relationship" status on FB.

Upon reading this.. I can't help but think of this..


As for the using foul language, I know there can be safe places to express yourself how you would normally talk. And some places you wouldn't. That's just life in general. This forum is not one of those places because it's like going to your grandma's house with the grandkids on a holiday. Be on your best behavior. And that's fine. But it's nice to come home or to your buddies house drink a few beers and firetruck it off once in a while too. Just because you do it once place but not the other dosen't make people crazy. Or maybe I am crazy.. Well hell.

Sooo I can't put my sex to "Female" in Diablo without being hypocrite?
I just don't get the idea behind your statement :\

My original post was not about the profanity, it was about trying to be different person. I think that _EVERY_ person is a complex being, and sometimes it's fun to try to behave differently.

You see, it's like using different robots\weapons in game. Now you are sniper, minutes later you are a jumpy Rog, and then you are stealth killer Carnage.

Same with different persona. You are being movie hero, playing different roles, and not "just your typical role".

Unless we have now become an RPG place?  Mods here are not meant to be dealing with your made up fantasy personas.  You don't come here posting as a Carnage one moment and then posting as a Butch the next.  

If a mod cant mod and yet still be fun, then that's just as sad.  I think Dredd77 has been an excellent example of being able to be both most of the times.

Ur right, it's fun to behave differently.  But we have had enough instances of mods being condemned for "having fun" or being sarcastic. And as long as folks knew that both that persona and the mod were the same person, the mod would still be crucified. 

As much as it sucks, it do think that Admins and Mods do have no choice but to sacrifice certain rights when they take on the job.  Even in a cop's private time, there are some things that would get him in trouble even if not illegal, or call his integrity into question. It's sad, but that's why I appreciate every single mod and admin and protect them as ferociously as I can.

With regards to the comment about fowl language (sorry, I couldn't resist), I do agree that the use of it doesn't make you a bad or good person.  I also agree that there are various places where it can be allowed and should not be allowed.  No argument from me about that.  And that's why I welcome places like Discord which I also use and am part of various clans channels.

I think my only contention would be the paradigm of some that profanity equates to maturity.  I know u guys here in the discussion are awesome, but we here in the forum (and in the old incarnation of this forum) have had so many incidents of folks condemning us for not allowing "mature" topics and insulting us for wanting a PG environment.  It just made me scratch my head cos between other forums, FB, LINE, Discord, there are so many War Robots community portals that allow "mature" language and they keep insisting and trying to make us change our stance.

i know this stance has been debatable and I truly appreciate everyone of you for the effort you have all taken make this community what it is today.  Please know that I also appreciate any other community that gives other avenues of expression.

I'm also glad Battle Angel is there administrating because as much as I wanna give folks the benefit of doubt, having Blastronaut as a Mod terrifies the living daylights out of me after the headaches he gave my team here.  LOL 

I work in contact with customers, and when i'm on the frontdesk, my behaviour isn't exactly the same as when i'm with friends.
My tone of voice changes, my way of talking is very different. Everytime i try to show that i'm in control of the situation,
because that's the best and fastest way to deal with a customer requesting something.

About the anonimity, it's not about the distinction of roles just so one can firetruck while your main account, and be polite
while being in a responsibility role.
It's about the detachment, it's about the players not getting TOO close with ppl in charge of some place.
It's to help the mod not to receive "personal" and "emotional" messages directly tied to them (please do me this favour,
please close an eye, et cetera).
If i never know which mod did what, i will address the whole community of mods (staff account or such).
Certainly if i'm speaking to a group, or to an unidentifiable person, i wouldn't go to personally address him,
and i have to talk more generally, considering i don't know who will be picking up on the "phone".
Same thing otherwise, sometime embarassing situations can happen, where someone on a responsibility role talks
about a matter on the forum, and you , as user, might feel not to answer in tone in case of provocations.
And things like these are inevitable to happen, you can select ppl for their high standards, but the day will
come when everything went south in your life and you will be missing the patience to speak in the normal
responsible way.

About the mask and the double mask. I can get attached and have fun to the virtual friends i am meeting here, on discord.
But we must understand that apart exceptionally rare cases, we are all Felicias to each other.
It's already inevitable, the way internet works is based on that first kind of anonimity.
I can try to make a general idea of some person over the net, but what i will see is what they write, how the write it,
and not much else.

I think that leaving the personal "attachment" to responsibility roles just adds a burden to them (to behave above normal,
not being able to join a flame without overwhemingly influence the outcome, to be criticized in a personal form,
to have a history and a past.)

but well, i'm not asking anything, it was just a suggestion for the new forum while it's still in the embryonic form.

About here, it isn't likely that a change toward that direction would be ever possible considering that the "persona" form
is already fully established.

I wrote really big answer here, but decided it's offtopic and pointless. So I just say that you and SuperHero completely missed my point and fallen under impression I was advocating for use of a swear words.
I am not. Words are just words. While if you are NOT using many words - you are limiting your vocabulary; it is also true that if you use same word (being an F word or any other one) all the time you are limiting your vocabulary.

But actually it's offtopic so I remove myself from the conversation once again.

I always have a high skepticism threshold when the suggestion of one person is for a different person to have to do more work.

I'm not saying it's immediately discounted. But it can't just be a good idea. It has to be a great idea.

And I do not feel that "mod accounts" is a great idea.

We've come this far just fine. Play on.

For whatever it is worth, I still have high hopes for the new board. It should grow on its own though, without popping over here to trade pot shots. I dont like that this thread was started here, and i don't like that this thread quotes a thread over there. The users and admin team of the wiki forum are certainly justified in their posts and various lines of attack. But it won't help the new board if we see another 5 pages of shade at the new board here, even if it always comes with the obligatory "but I wish them well".

Cheers to all. Peace and love to all forumites, Tarans and death to all red mechs.

Honestly, my only response to the mod account thing is that I'm too lazy to constantly switch accounts, lol.