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Who let butbutbuthurt fanboys to become coward mods here hiding behind "Mod Team"?

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Tschumi

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One of these days I'm going to make a thread accusing all the tidwaffles under my bed of kavooping with my bagnoodle excessively

It is absolutely insane that people are actually coming to this thread to express tacit approval of the OP lol, sense the feeling of the room guys jeez
 
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Loope

Member
If you were as "neutral" as you're acting now you would know why. That's very obviously not the case though.


Feel free to share a single CW post i made, ever.
I never seen him defend any console to be honest. You, i just remember your username from way before when i was just lurking.

AS for myself try to find a post of me shitting up a thread or going into Sony/Xbox/Nintendo specific threads to shit up anything. I give my opinion and clearly, for example i say plenty times Sony fanboys are the most insufferable on this forum, not that the other ones are better, but i do not enter a Sony exclusive game thread, for example, to talk shit about a game i didn't play.
 

Nikana

Go Go Neo Rangers!
I'm so afraid of posting anything anymore because I might get banned for it.
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LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
What people need to realize that the world isn't according to you. We have these civil forums (this place included) which I find fair and way more balanced than others that lean into the politically correct censorship of adult disagreement.

We have people in medical, technical, and food service among other hip sons of bitches (my class). We can come together like the bastards (or bitches) that we are and have a good laugh.

Now this TC which reminds of circa 2005-2010 console warrior over thinking of because his/her point of view isn't shared by others seems to find arbitrary and selective moments to prove their inability to handle that not everyone thinks like them.

I've been caught in that at times for lacking discipline (Kindergarten Cop voice). I've also tried to be as in the middle and understanding of other consoles as to not be too harsh despite my personal tastes. That's why you don't see me meddle in Switch threads because it's got the same vibe as their last few platforms barring some exclusives here and there. That was my take with the Wii. It was the worse market leader ever when lacking a massive amount of games on the other platforms.

Who cares about that though not should you be offended by my respectful take.

Again, never forget that we are all sons of bitches. Let us pray.
 
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Zathalus

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I'm so afraid of posting anything anymore because I might get banned for it.
Just don't post stupid low effort shit about any platform. I've never seen anyone get banned for legit criticism, or pointing on the difference between games on two different platforms.

If your post is needlessly antagonistic just don't bother with it.
 

fart town usa

Gold Member
Mods seem spot on these days.

Gaf used to be a gatekeeping nightmare. Surprised that someone who joined in 2009 felt the need to kamikaze himself.

And console wars...How is that still a thing? The current systems aren't even exciting enough to warrant consoles wars.

Let's just be nerds and laugh at dumb shit involving videogames.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Personally, I think the missing element is just a tiny bit of effort into post creation. Whether that is reading for spelling errors, good vocabulary and grammar, adding additional video / picture / links to supplement your points, or just putting effort into a well explained new idea - that's usually the best defense against getting moderated. Even if you skirt the line closely a few times, if you actually put some content into the post - it makes it a little more palatable.

People should go back and look at posts on this forum from 2015 and earlier. The conversation level was just at a higher reading level. More effort put into posts on average. More effort put into OPs in particular. More people post from their phones than computers now, so that makes it a little more challenging and things change. But the best way to protect yourself is to just try to be a better poster.

I think if more people did that, then hopefully moderation could also relax a bit and leave some room for jokes and occasional shitposts, which we all like to do from time to time. But people do have to try and clean up the front page a little bit with just better content.
Yup.

If more people tried making threads for discussion (I do my part here and there), there would be more content to discuss. As for perfect grammar and spelling thats not a big deal with me.

Problem with fan warriors is if you look at their posting history it's literally like 95%+ console fighting, list wars etc.... Some of them might even be 100%. There's lots of threads in GAF, and even a Community and Off Topic section, but they never go there either.

But let's say there's not much console warrioring going on that day or week, they have nothing to talk about.

So it shows what they do is skim GAF threads for those contentious content. If there is, they join in the fight. If there's nothing to fight about they skip posting.
 
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DGrayson

Mod Team and Bat Team
Staff Member
Neither. I point out flaws where I see them regardless of which system I personally prefer.

It all depends how you present your opinion.

I may think that a game looks like trash and the devs are lazy assholes. But hey that's just my opinion.

However that kind of opinion is not welcome here. Post your reasons why you dont like something in a rational manner without trying to stir the pot and you will see that all will be fine.
 

fart town usa

Gold Member
Scroll to the bottom of any page and you will see a little button that says “Bans”. Here is a link if you can’t find it.

"You were warned to not attempt being cute or subtle to console war. Enjoy the week."

'Enjoy the week' he says.
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phil_t98

#SonyToo
Didnt know they actually banned the biggest fanboy on here ... Bo Hazem

On a serious note its been great seeing full discussions on here that are kept civil from both sides, quality of threads has gone up

I don’t think he is to bad tbh, you have have a decent conversation with him though.

there are worse on here and I won’t name and names but it’s nice to see people staying out of certain threads to make sure they don’t get a ban. A few must be coming up for perms as they had a few in the past.

always good to have discussions but the jibes are always just eye rolling
 

Kappa

Member
I wonder how it must feel to know that the console you are fighting for is getting destroyed in all aspects by nintendos little kid handheld
 
The only reason I post here is because of free speech. The console warring here was/is insane but not sure if banning it will help. The rivalry is what makes it interesting too. Dunno. The obnoxious ones ruined threads, but nothing at all could neuter the forum.
Funny, I believe there's no free speech here. For example, If I say returnal is an indie game I get a warning, if I say demon's souls is a failure because it only sold 1.4 million in a year I get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like it's going to suck k get banned.

If I call cyberpunk "Cyberbug" I can't make threads for a year.

On the other hand if I say Returnal is a AAA game I don't get a warning

If I say Demon's Souls was a huge success I don't get a warning.

If I say Cyberpunk plays just fine and people are making drama I don't get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like a great game with spectacular visuals I don't get banned.
 
Is it that difficult to not post like a brain dead fanboy?
If you look at all the bans lately, sure some definitely were being fanboys. Others seemed to be just stating an opinion about a game, service, decision, etc.

It's a judgement call I guess, but it feels like their is a tendency to assume saying anything negative is console warring - or, in some cases, saying something GOOD about one platform, if the other platforms don't match it.
 
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It's a drive by. It's a snarky drive by. He did not add anything meaningful to the discussion other than an attempt at a quick gotcha. Last few months you would probably have seen how threads just devolve into flame wars and usually those would start with a similar snarky comment. Hence the mod warning. Maybe his comment would have been tolerated prior to the mod warning, but definitely it won't be now.
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Referring to past relevant discussion is not a drive by.
But then again I'm not a mod and have warnings of my own.
 

skneogaf

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Is there a way to have a MOD decision reviewed by more than one person or like numerous people? Everyone has a view and nobody is 100 percent neutral.
 
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Jeeves

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I love how you can tell who the biggest console warriors are by the fact that they can't help but see everyone else as a fanboy. Every facet of their experience with video games and their discussion is filtered through the lens of console wars. Tragic for a hobby that's supposed to be enjoyable.
 

Jaysen

Banned
If you look at all the bans lately, sure some definitely were being fanboys. Others seemed to be just stating an opinion about a game, service, decision, etc.

It's a judgement call I guess, but it feels like their is a tendency to assume saying anything negative is console warring - or, in some cases, saying something GOOD about one platform, if the other platforms don't match it.
There might be some friendly fire for sure, but if the end result is that there’s fewer and fewer moronic RAH RAH Corporations! posts, it’s probably worth it.
 
Funny, I believe there's no free speech here. For example, If I say returnal is an indie game I get a warning, if I say demon's souls is a failure because it only sold 1.4 million in a year I get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like it's going to suck k get banned.

If I call cyberpunk "Cyberbug" I can't make threads for a year.

On the other hand if I say Returnal is a AAA game I don't get a warning

If I say Demon's Souls was a huge success I don't get a warning.

If I say Cyberpunk plays just fine and people are making drama I don't get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like a great game with spectacular visuals I don't get banned.

I remember. You wouldn't shut up about Returnal being an indie game, which is wrong in and of itself, to talk constant shit about Sony's lineup. Sounds justified

It's no wonder i disowned you junior
 
I remember. You wouldn't shut up about Returnal being an indie game, which is wrong in and of itself, to talk constant shit about Sony's lineup. Sounds justified

It's no wonder i disowned you junior
Calling names seems a lot more deserved of being banned thant disagreeing on wether a game it's indie or AAA.

But here you are without being banned after your constant harassment.
 

Nikana

Go Go Neo Rangers!
Its all in presentation.
Exactly this.

I feel like people didn't read the sticky. A lot of people have been trying to be "cute" for awhile now with their crying face reactions followed by snarky baiting comments. Its gotten to the point where you literally can not decipher whats someones opinion and if they are being obtuse for the sake of a joke unless you follow someone's post history throughout the day.
 
If you look at all the bans lately, sure some definitely were being fanboys. Others seemed to be just stating an opinion about a game, service, decision, etc.

It's a judgement call I guess, but it feels like their is a tendency to assume saying anything negative is console warring - or, in some cases, saying something GOOD about one platform, if the other platforms don't match it.
Exactly. I can't critize a game because I get warning about console warring whatever that means. I own a PS5, I don't own an Xbox. I get warning when I say there's no games to play and I've been playing PS4 games for almost a year.
 

Topher

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Funny, I believe there's no free speech here. For example, If I say returnal is an indie game I get a warning, if I say demon's souls is a failure because it only sold 1.4 million in a year I get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like it's going to suck k get banned.

If I call cyberpunk "Cyberbug" I can't make threads for a year.

On the other hand if I say Returnal is a AAA game I don't get a warning

If I say Demon's Souls was a huge success I don't get a warning.

If I say Cyberpunk plays just fine and people are making drama I don't get a warning.

If I say Halo looks like a great game with spectacular visuals I don't get banned.

What? You think saying good things about games should be treated the same as obvious negative fanboy rhetoric?

Exactly. I can't critize a game because I get warning about console warring whatever that means. I own a PS5, I don't own an Xbox. I get warning when I say there's no games to play and I've been playing PS4 games for almost a year.

That's is more typical fanboy rhetoric. The infamous "Xbox has no games" line is derivative of the same factually inaccurate nonsense. Owning a console doesn't really mean a thing. It certainly doesn't give anyone a license to trash it with regurgitated fanboy lines.

As far as "free speech", this is a privately owned forum. "Free speech" doesn't apply.
 
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Spaceman292

Banned
I completely stand by you; this is a forum for discussion and people participating should be allowed to do so without constant arbitrary policing. It is sad to see how some other gaffers have ganged up on you and chastizing you for voicing your concern; this is truly disappointing to see. I think the mod who banned you should be banned for abusing his power and removing your post for no particular reason.
You people need help
 

Thaedolus

Gold Member
I completely stand by you; this is a forum for discussion and people participating should be allowed to do so without constant arbitrary policing. It is sad to see how some other gaffers have ganged up on you and chastizing you for voicing your concern; this is truly disappointing to see. I think the mod who banned you should be banned for abusing his power and removing your post for no particular reason.
Imagine having this much spare energy to waste on bitching about efforts to clean up retards shitting up actual discussions because they’re super insecure about which plastic box they chose to buy.

Anyway, I’m really excited for lunch today. What’re y’all having GAF? I’m thinking a burrito
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
I completely stand by you; this is a forum for discussion and people participating should be allowed to do so without constant arbitrary policing. It is sad to see how some other gaffers have ganged up on you and chastizing you for voicing your concern; this is truly disappointing to see. I think the mod who banned you should be banned for abusing his power and removing your post for no particular reason.
LOL.

If I was a mod, I would ban the guy simply for making this thread calling people butthurt hiding cowards.

He had a warning. Big deal. Many of us have gotten them. Just keep on the down low and the warning disappears.
 
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What? You think saying good things about games should be treated the same as obvious negative fanboy rhetoric?



That's is more typical fanboy rhetoric. The infamous "Xbox has no games" line is derivative of the same factually inaccurate nonsense. Owning a console doesn't really mean a thing. It certainly doesn't give anyone a license to trash it with regurgitated fanboy lines.

As far as "free speech", this is a privately owned forum. "Free speech" doesn't apply.
Yes, saying good things is the same as saying bad things about a game. What part of that you don't agree with and why?
 
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