Clarification of ratings and reactions

calling mfgg "4chan lite"

is like calling youtube "Something Awful lite"

just because mfgg has troll ratings and reactions images does not make it 4chan
just because youtube has Let's Play! does not make it Something Awful

stop hiding behind your "4chan lite" excuses

Troll ratings and reaction images didn't come from 4chan specifically. Most things people say on this board come from 4chan are actually just internet memes in general. 4chan is also not a bad place. Inb4 hurr durr /b/ is 4chan durp durp

I agree with the guy that said it's a lot of effort while ignoring the cause of the problem.

"Well what is the cause of the problem?" Kritter will probably ask.

You're the admins/mods, you find out. Or don't. Just keep banning people, because it's what you do best.




About Sprite: To be fair, he did call the mods idiots. That's flaming.

Toodles:

Lots of things serve a purpose that they were not originally created for. Cocaine was used as an analgesic. WD-40 is a water repellent, not a lubricant. Brass horns were originally used by hunters to signal their presence to others.

Similarly, the MFGG message board has evolved from just a sister site to the main MFGG website to an active community. I have little interest in fangames, so why do I come here? I come here for the people, and I'm sure many others would say the same thing. It's pretty funny that the fangaming part of the messageboard is the minority.

I think at this point the best thing to do would be to ignore the people who are trying to cause problems, listen to the people who are actually trying to make the community better, and move on with our lives. it's really silly that this is suddenly a big issue, when it really shouldn't be.

maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but it's really annoying when one person starts completely disagreeing with something the moderation team does (puts stuff in his signature, makes insulting posts, etc.) and other people jump into the bait and start freaking out. I know I've done this before actually, so that may have sounded a tad bit hypocritical, but the point still remains that the community is a less enjoyable place when the people around you are fighting and bickering all the time.

I don't really know what I'm trying to accomplish with this post. I guess I'm just a bit annoyed and slightly angered by the way you guys have been acting lately. (including my own attitude too. it hasn't been that great either, unfortunately.)

This post has been edited by Razz on Jul 28 2009, 06:41 PM

Posting this again because I'm afraid no one's gonna see it if I don't since it got stuck at the end of the last page.

I was just trying to make a little joke~~~ Please try not to take everything so srsly~~~

I'd like to say though that in my opinion the people on MFGG are becoming less enjoyable to be with :(

fair enough. it's difficult to understand since we're in a topic that should be taken seriously.

I'm sorry guys but despite the fact that you have your own opinions and have your own reasons to complain about such and such, blaming Spritanium's ban on "having an opinion" is redonkulous. Absolutely redonkulous. Members shouldn't flame the moderators of this forum any more than they should flame each other. If anything, you should avoid flaming moderators at all costs. It's common sense. But moderators are people too and shouldn't have to deal with being referred to as "idiots" because Spritanium wasn't happy with a decision of theirs!

It would be different if he would have left it at "incompetent", though still a slight bit insulting, it is in reference to their position as mods. "Idiots" is going too far to ignore.

This post has been edited by SonicProject on Jul 28 2009, 06:54 PM

I love this post. Seriously.

I agree so much, it's incredible. I think this has inspired me to concentrate MUCH more than I've been doing recently on the FGD, Arts Board, and main site.


I might try to make a carefully worded and tactful post later on to try to calm things down in here, but idk, maybe not. As Toodles said, fueling overdiscussion of forum politics is not really something to be desired on a board about Mario fangames.

So many people have different opinions and thoughts.
I just don't even want to reply to all of them and state mine.
I would just like to say that no matter how hard you will try to make this place better. There will always be a bad side to it.
No one can make a perfect place and people shouldn't put there full concentration to try and make it closely like a perfect place unless they want to waste there life into trying it.

The MFGG mod is pushing the users too fast; so much that we're toppling over. You guys have two options, really. Do what you (note that there are less mods/ads than users (I know it's obvious, but it gets overlooked a lot)) want - which is what a lot of people people don't want -, or roll back three or four months to the way things were, and what the users want. What is the best way? I don't know, but you're doing the former option oh so wrong. This is obvious by the amount of 'rebelling' you've got. Like I said, you're evolving faster than the users are. Standardise with us, or of course you're going to piss people off. Take things a little slower, instead of going at hyperspeed to this 'promised land' you're talking about.

This post has been edited by Starmang on Jul 29 2009, 09:58 AM

A possible suggestion might be: "Hey guys here is this new rule, we will start suspending you if you break it next week and after. Use the time until then to familiarize yourself with it and adjust."

Yeah, I guess that would work too.


Or maybe propose a rule, and see how MFGG takes it. Then if the users like it, enforce it. If people don't like it, listen to them, take it into account and then decide whether to use it or not.

This post has been edited by Starmang on Jul 29 2009, 10:39 AM

I'd just like to say that banning people for something as inconsequental as a fraction or a picture (which can be worth a thousand words!) is awfully petty, and these "clarifications" only show that it's entirely subjective. this is not the kind of ruling that helps anything.

also, will general members ever get to see the mods' "top-secret" discussions, or was that a lie? just curious.

This post has been edited by Lightning on Jul 29 2009, 02:06 PM

Apparently these pictures/fractions can be vewy hurtful, though

This post has been edited by Starmang on Jul 29 2009, 02:16 PM

words even more so.

Last time I checked, flaming isn't allowed either!

I can understand the prohibition of flaming, though.

what I'm getting at is that they're targeting symptoms, as ylle said.