Quality of new posters? - Page 9

On June 08 2005 22:05 ihatett wrote:


I should probably expand on that.

I assume that you don't like me is because of politics. Is this correct?

On June 08 2005 22:04 Liquid`Drone wrote:
1 : bloodbath was very close to being banned in the past. I didn't bother though and thought "next time". also, when he first started posting his posts DID have value, because there were threads dedicated to bloodbath, and apparently that's something he knows.

2 : it's not what you post. it's how you post. moltke is among my favourite posters. I adore him. however, I also disagree with him very often. but when it comes to general posting quality, I can't think of anyone I like more than him.

3 : if I were going to be an elitist and ban more often, amusingly enough, some of the people who have complained about how lax we are would be gone.

4 : there's one problem ; I try to avoid banning people in disagreement with me. this because I absolutely do not want a reputation as someone who bans FOR disagreeing with me. and this is a problem in one way, because I generally only notice stupidity when the stupidity is in disagreement with myself. for this reason, the people I recognize as idiots avoid getting banned because well, they're disagreeing with me and people should not be afraid of showing their disagreement towards me just because I'm a moderator. they shouldn't be afraid to flame me either, if I deserve it.

On June 08 2005 14:55 SickofLife wrote:
Normally I wouldn't make this thread, and it's probably going to get closed, but what do you people think about the quality of the new posters that have been coming here?

One that comes to mind is BloodBath, who's a fucking twatt, and a spammer. I can't figure out why the dumbass is still here.

I'm fucking sick of seeing all these idiots running around the forum, and not being banned. The reason this forum was so good is because dumb people who did nothing but post inane comments were banned within a week, unless they were really funny. Now, all that comes here are fucking pre-pubescent 12 year olds, who want to spam the forums with stupid comments. MvP[eV], and all those [eV] guys, along with BloodBath and a few others. They all SUCK. Why are the mods allowing them to stay here?

So, any comments before this is closed?

On June 08 2005 20:06 SickofLife wrote:


You're right. You come off as a real dick online, but I don't care, because you make quality posts. I would never ban you, unless you REALLY pissed me off, and that'd only be a temp thing, because you're a good poster.

On June 08 2005 23:42 FrEaK[S.sIR] wrote:


<3

On June 08 2005 23:13 Orlandu wrote:
A lot of the controversy about a new poster's opinion vs an old poster's opinion occurs because the old posters know how to express themselves and convey their opinions in a much more civil and clear way. While this isn't true in all cases, many "new posters" will often just write horribly. This can be in some cases due to a lack of understanding of the English language, but in many cases it's just laziness or something similar. It gets very frustrating and annoying to carry on a conversation, let alone a debate, with a person that cannot convey their opinions and ideas well. Throw in the sometimes added ingredient of arrogance, and things can get old quite fast.

On June 09 2005 00:33 Resonate wrote:
I think ppl should be banned commenting in the strategy forum unless they have 1000+ posts or have been given special permission.

On June 08 2005 22:04 Liquid`Drone wrote:
4 : there's one problem ; I try to avoid banning people in disagreement with me. this because I absolutely do not want a reputation as someone who bans FOR disagreeing with me. and this is a problem in one way, because I generally only notice stupidity when the stupidity is in disagreement with myself. for this reason, the people I recognize as idiots avoid getting banned because well, they're disagreeing with me and people should not be afraid of showing their disagreement towards me just because I'm a moderator. they shouldn't be afraid to flame me either, if I deserve it.

On June 09 2005 00:33 Resonate wrote:
I think ppl should be banned commenting in the strategy forum unless they have 1000+ posts or have been given special permission.

On June 08 2005 20:52 MPXMX wrote:
My take: lack of care for starcraft, which once was something that bound us all, is leading to the degeneration of this forum.

The forum still is good and will continue to be, for an indefinite amount of time. Maybe some new, good, known broodwar players should step up (or be allowed to step up) to work here, to bring more content, to give the site more authority in subject matter, to take initiative for improvement. Or maybe this site should shift focus or divide focus between starcraft and... probably poker. Without interesting features, that give the moderators/admins incentive to keep shit afloat, without some kind of glue that unifies the forumers ... shit's bound to fall apart.

But posting 30-40 straight posts with the obvious intent of pissing everyone off is reason to be banned.

On June 08 2005 17:35 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I ban more people than anyone else actually, but I can't do it on my own now that Rekrul is slacking

BloodBath got a warning few days ago, I haven't seen him post since but he has to be very careful when he does I guarantee you

On June 08 2005 16:28 LegendaryDreams wrote:
BloodBath is mean. He stretched the screen to a thread and it hurt my virgin eyes.

If you have actually read all of my posts, then I applaud you. I'd wager that about 75% of my posts are not total garbage, and are completely relevant to the topic. Just as this post here is relevant to the topic I started.

On June 08 2005 19:37 rpf289 wrote:
Making a thread about how much new posters suck is like saying "I'm on here so much I notice how much people suck and so naturally I feel the need to make a thread about it because I'm so insecure about my posting quality and I'm gonna put them down so that I'm the coolest again."

wtf dude

I wouldn't even make a thread like this, and my posts suck. Seriously... you're just as bad.

On June 08 2005 14:59 camooT wrote:
bloodbath really gets on my nerves, but please don't bash the eV guys. i used to be in it ;O.

On June 08 2005 15:40 SickofLife wrote:


Agreed.



I've actually been reading this forum for a long time and didn't start posting untill I saw shit loads of bad advice (strategy forum) and easy to answer question threads came up where I try and help out.



Thanks? Yea, I guess I did spam alot, sorry. At least I try and use correct grammar ,spelling, and sentence structure.

somuchbetter-


So what are you saying? There is no problem with me but some of my posts are annoying? I usually only make lame posts in lame threads and I try and make quality posts in quality threads or when I see someone being midirected (strategy forum).

eternalbliss-


Agreed.

liquid drone-


Thank you.

chibi-


Yes, I thought thats how it should be but here at TL.net its not true.

QUOTE]On June 09 2005 01:19 {88}iNcontroL wrote:


Posts have nothing to do with knowledge that can contribute to the strategy forum. I dont have 1000 posts yet ive been playing for 7 years and the majority of which with the best foreigners o-O i have shit to share regarding strategy!

Whats REALLY taken a beating is the strategy forum...woah so much fucking shit advice as well as the useless threads, grot youre not being harsh enough you need to close a thread once it gets filled with more than 50% wrong advice. This section sucks now because the idiots who know nothing outnumber people willing to post correct advice 10:1, also too many pople giving advice for every matchup they see, unless youre a random gosu you dont know the details of EVERY matchup...whatever thats my opinion on the issue