EPTOn April 06 2013 08:53 SKC wrote:
Because the increase in traffic, and the stricter rules necessary because of it, were not limited to those two forums. Users that joined because of SC2 use the general forum as well.
That said, that would make sense if that was a policy that started soon after SC2 was released. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember puns being punished before unless they were done in a very insensitive way in threads that should be taken seriously. The death of puns isn't exactly a huge loss, but I personally found it a little odd that other silly comments that were equally not productive received no action, be it in that or other threads in general.
Because the increase in traffic, and the stricter rules necessary because of it, were not limited to those two forums. Users that joined because of SC2 use the general forum as well.
That said, that would make sense if that was a policy that started soon after SC2 was released. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember puns being punished before unless they were done in a very insensitive way in threads that should be taken seriously. The death of puns isn't exactly a huge loss, but I personally found it a little odd that other silly comments that were equally not productive received no action, be it in that or other threads in general.
Yeah, basically this. I don't think pun exchanges have been banned since the sc2 influx came, so maybe they just now decided to do it. Anyway, as skc explains, yes it does make sense (re: prae)
