I am getting PMs from several people about these forums and I am reading through a lot of the posts. Here is what has to happen and what has to be understood so I don't have to suspend a lot of people.
First of all, people can start threads about their own team. Even 3 or 4 threads about a particular team is not totally out of the question. If you find the Czech Yourself guys and Prince Darius annoying that is your right, but none of his threads have started out particularly antagonistic, certainly not on a personal level. Starting a thread saying basically "My team is awesome and we are going to wipe the floor with all of you" is perfectly allowed as long as he does not come out and attack one particular user (not team). Right now I do not see that Czech has started a ridiculous amount of threads. 1 a day would be too much but 3 or 4 total is fine.
Second, these threads are devolving into personal attacks very quickly. I understand that you have a history with each other, but one person posting about his team should not quickly turn into expletive-laden personal attacks. If you do not think you are mature enough to read some trash talking without flying into a rage and calling people all sorts of names, then may I remind you that these forums are optional and you can avoid them if you want.
In other words, we try to encourage debate, but we do not guarantee that the forums will always be a warm, sunny place where everything you read is pleasing, no one ever disagrees with you, no one ever says anything rude to you or disparages your team. There is a very big distinction here.
If you want the forums to be something other than they are, then as John Legend says, You can be the change that you want to see. If you want more power rankings and polls, and things of that nature, then make them yourself and people will discuss them if they are interested. If certain users troll these then we will go from there, but trolling by definition is excessive and I think my definition of excessive is a lot different than some of yours.
Of course posting any build that is closed any time for any reason is not allowed. If you copied a build when it was open and now it is closed, feel free to PM it or post it in a private forum but do not post it publicly since if the person wanted everyone to have access to it at that moment, they would have left it open.
In sum, play nice and consider this your warning.
First of all, people can start threads about their own team. Even 3 or 4 threads about a particular team is not totally out of the question. If you find the Czech Yourself guys and Prince Darius annoying that is your right, but none of his threads have started out particularly antagonistic, certainly not on a personal level. Starting a thread saying basically "My team is awesome and we are going to wipe the floor with all of you" is perfectly allowed as long as he does not come out and attack one particular user (not team). Right now I do not see that Czech has started a ridiculous amount of threads. 1 a day would be too much but 3 or 4 total is fine.
Second, these threads are devolving into personal attacks very quickly. I understand that you have a history with each other, but one person posting about his team should not quickly turn into expletive-laden personal attacks. If you do not think you are mature enough to read some trash talking without flying into a rage and calling people all sorts of names, then may I remind you that these forums are optional and you can avoid them if you want.
In other words, we try to encourage debate, but we do not guarantee that the forums will always be a warm, sunny place where everything you read is pleasing, no one ever disagrees with you, no one ever says anything rude to you or disparages your team. There is a very big distinction here.
If you want the forums to be something other than they are, then as John Legend says, You can be the change that you want to see. If you want more power rankings and polls, and things of that nature, then make them yourself and people will discuss them if they are interested. If certain users troll these then we will go from there, but trolling by definition is excessive and I think my definition of excessive is a lot different than some of yours.
Of course posting any build that is closed any time for any reason is not allowed. If you copied a build when it was open and now it is closed, feel free to PM it or post it in a private forum but do not post it publicly since if the person wanted everyone to have access to it at that moment, they would have left it open.
In sum, play nice and consider this your warning.
Last edited Mar 28, 2009 22:20:37
