Why can't people be balanced?

How in the world could worrying have stopped the English? Doing something helps, worrying does nothing.

But yes, you should worry, BTW, and do something about it. As in, YOU. The rules have be voted upon, rewritten and altered so many times, they are what stops this forum from turning into one big ball of chaos. And I also see no reason to alter them at this time. How about you try to adapt a little to the rules and the authorities of this forum instead of demanding that the entire system be based upon your needs? Grow up.

And I'm very sorry, but I don't listen to people because I "have to". I don't respect people because I "have to". You don't gain my respect because you're older, you have to earn it. And you've done everything but that. At least give some arguments instead of using your age as some sort of source of ultimate power and wisdom. My grandfather's 72, and he probably knows crud about how to run a forum.

Also, 1st you talk about fighting oppression, and how we are the 21th century, then you start talking about out-dated rules and ancient family stereotypes. Know whether you want to be progressive or conservative before you start discussing something, geez.
 
So tell me ttarisgodzilla. Imagine you are, say, 35. And you get a job where your supervisor is, oh, lets say 25. Will you then demand his respect for being older as well?
 
Okay guys, a lot of you are just continually dragging on partially the same idea towards this on both pages. Is there really any need to continue getting down on this guy if you have made your point. After that, dragging on pointless remarks gets nobody anywhere. So if you really want to show him that your more mature than he his you wont play on with his little game and you'll ignore his foolishness. xD

And for the godzilla person, for goodness sakes man it's a pokemon forum and most of the members here are in their teens. I think it's cool that a bunch of staff is in the same age limit; and in a forum age has no value or importance whatsoever. The mods here are mature and know what they are doing and in overall that's all that really matters. YOU need to respect THEM equally as they respect you, age isn't going to give you special treatment if thats what your looking for.

Please, show us that your the 24 year old and know when it's time to stop. If you have such a big problem with authoirity being younger than you are, then they are totally right...just leave before you humiliate yourself any further.
 
Man, reading this thread again, and all the pointless comments you made has just made my day.

First off, you're complaining about one stupid warning, that somebody gave you and then saying that we're immature, when if you just look at yourself, you'll see you're the one being immature.

Secondly, look at all the people who have 80-90% warnings. Do you see them complaining about it? I think not. So why do you have constantly complain about it. I mean grow up. It's a warning on a website for gosh sakes. Just accept it and move on. It's actually quite said how much of a fuss you are putting on about this.

If you don't like the way this forum runs, or who it is run by, then leave rather than causing so much drama.
 
Our mods are fair.

When I get a warning, I don't fight because I know it's fair.

Our mods/super mods/admins are awesome.

So stop raving on and on and on poinlessly.
 
I'm strongly considering locking this topic because it is pointless. We mods enforce the rules that are given to us. If we did not do that then what use would we be? Using you're age as a "leg" for arguments is largely irrelevant because age does not completely reflect maturity. You claim for respect, yet you post this as to make a "scene" deliberately insulting staff members? Respect is something that is earned, not given. You should have thought more clearly when posting this. Better yet, you should have done this through PMs as not to make a fool of yourself.
 
Now guys, let's analyze this. What this guy is saying is interesting, albeit somewhat flawed.
 
I gave this member 40% warning when he posted something inflammatory in one of the Deck Garage threads and sent him a PM warning. He replied saying that he was just joking, and it was unfair that he was warned because other people were doing the same thing to him, and nobody spoke up. I replied that he needs to talk to us when something is going wrong, and that I was warning him because even though he was joking, his post appeared offensive to other members. I mentioned that it is my job to help improve communications and to explain to him that is post is offensive so that other people do not get upset at him. I also slashed his 40% warning in half, because based on the context of his situation, it was no longer warranted.

Here is my thing; age has no meaning here. Anybody can claim to be a certain age whether it is true or not, because everyone is anonymous. I believe that people should make their best attempt to communicate on these forums in a mature manner. In his case, lashing out at other members who wronged him, or he perceived to have wronged him, is not mature. He talks about justice in an "eye for an eye" manner, when that is not the right way to go about things. We are here to enforce the rules for the benefit of the community and to resolve situations as they come up. So yeah, he is overreacting a bit.

I think it is extremely important that we are professional in what we do and serve as examples for the community to follow. Otherwise, members will not trust our authority, and will leave. I also think we need to be in general agreement as to how we enforce the rules. Everybody has different styles of moderation, and that is fine, but when members complain that they are given warnings for something that they do not believe they should be warned for, then we really need to pay attention to what is going on. I do not want to give a warning to a member and receive complaints from them because nobody else is warning them or notifying them about their behavior for the same thing. If that happens, how am I supposed to explain to them that my warning to them is justified?

I think we need make sure that the junior mods understand that they need to treat other members with respect and enforce the rules equally. Lou Cypher's, Taylor45's, and TofU's comments strike me as being insensitive, and considering that they effectively have power to moderate parts of the forum (by being able to give warnings), that worries me. They may have been offended with what ttarisgodzilla said, but they still need to act professional in this kind of situation.
 
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