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On April 10 2011 23:05 DarkJirachi wrote:
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO please read my post. I am only talking about the tone he is using in this thread to reply other members. He is treating them like trash, I was simply suggesting that he could put is forward in a more polite albeit strict way, but not using such attitudes and tones that insult people throughly. You can be soft and condescending and insulting but you could also be strict and polite. See the difference?

EDIT: added a few more 'no's to emphasise my point
EDIT2: this is a 30second response. should i get banned for posting it?

On April 08 2011 11:11 Saracen wrote:

• If your post pisses me off or is just inappropriate, you will be BANNED.

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EDIT: Some Clarification
Ok, let's settle this once and for all. I don't give a flying shit whether you're bronze league or masters league or wooden toy soldier league or ultra fantastic Justice league. If your OP sucks, it's gonna be closed, and you're gonna suffer the consequences. If Mr. wooden toy soldier league needs help with his gameplay and can't for the life of him figure out what he's doing wrong, then he should be all means post a thread analyzing his gameplay and asking for help. And if Mr. grandmaster superhero posts a two line help thread going "omfg wtf happened how did I looooze?!!?!?" he's going to get his ass banned.
If Mr. Top 200 in the US posts a discussion about a new strategy, of course it's going to have more credibility if Joe Bronze league posts a discussion about the same strategy. But if Mr. Top 200's OP sucks, it's gonna get closed, and if Joe Bronze league's OP is amazing, then it's going to be left open. Believe it or not, I trust that people in Bronze league can make just as good of OPs as any other league. We want threads to be relevant. It doesn't matter who's posting them, as long as people can get some benefit out of them.
To be honest, I don't give half a shit about how elitest you think I'm being. The bottom line is we want our Strategy Forum to be the place to go to get the highest quality information and advice. That's what separates us from other forums that you may or may not frequent. That means we can't have random bullshit posted 24-7 here, and that means we need strict moderation. If you want everybody to live in magical-unicorn-pony-shooting-rainbows-and-theorycrafting-bullshit-out-of-our-asses, then there's a site just for you. If you want real advice that you can trust is 100% correct; if you want to actually improve your gameplay; if you actually want to learn something worth learning, then come here.

On April 10 2011 23:44 Perscienter wrote:
I recommend making some tweaks to the software so that everyone will be forced to chose a tag from a drop-down list. That should be easy to implement. I'd also apply other colours to sticky threads, so it becomes more clear that it is mandatory to look through them. Currently there is only a purple symbol showing that they are permanent.

But I have some advice for you, too:

Your spelling is bad. Improve it or use spell-checking in the browser.
Talking about grammar and spell-checking, I suggest moderators also to look for correct spelling and grammar, too. Generally the typeface should restricted to a subtle one in the whole forum. It really hurts if I can't understand postings because someone didn't bother using language properly.

On April 10 2011 22:45 DarkJirachi wrote:
I think you can stop the holier-than-thou attitude Mr Saracen. We are humans, not the stray-dogs/cats you see on the streets. Perhaps you can put your words and thoughts across in a nicer manner? And not going I-DONT-CARE-OF-WHAT-YOU-THINK-COS-U-CAN-GTFO-IF-U-DONT-LIKE-IT attitude and use a mutually exclusive tone. Being a mod has its responsibilities and its authority, please use it in a more proper way if you will, using condescending tones to members dont make you more respected. Making sense in your post and treating others politely and respecting others do. I am not disagree-ing with your actions, but it could be put across in a more proper manner

EDIT: spelling

On April 08 2011 11:11 Saracen wrote:
If I watch your replay and there are obvious flaws (macro, micro, etc.) in your game that contribute to your loss, you will be BANNED (Hint: read the Analyzing Replays thread and the How to Improve thread). Why? Because if you care enough about your gameplay to clutter up the Strategy Forum with another [H] thread, then you care enough to spend time by yourself to actually improve. Basically, this is if I feel you are being lazy and having others do work for you when you have put in minimal effort yourself.

On April 11 2011 04:51 MementoMori wrote:


Please take this as constructive criticism, but I mean.. That's the case for almost everybody who could post on here, including pros. Idra could post a game and a trained eye could probably find some flaws with his macro (granted those flaws would not classify as obvious flaws, but where is the line drawn). Plus this would pretty much eliminate everyone in lower leagues from ever posting a help thread, since certainly there are obvious macro/micro problems which led to the loss.

I understand the sentiment of the rule and I agree that there should be a rule to make sure that at least the player was playing to the best of their ability. Also, I know that you cleared this up somewhat in the rest of the thread. I still think that this is going to scare off some people who might have a good contribution though (because they're the ones who are actually going to read the rules and get worried about it). My suggestion would just be to make this rule a bit clearer in terms of what you're looking for.

Totally support the initiative and I do hope the strategy forums benefit.