Clarification of ratings and reactions

stock answers.

post reasons, evidence, pros, cons, etc.

What do you get when you cross mario, luigi, and a bad troll



Anyway, this whole rule change has basically started a ****storm among the rational side of mfgg, so the best course of action would be to lift it and forget it ever happened

Oh, and stop deleting posts you don't like, too

That part also bothers me

Agreed, things were fine before, then everyone just stopped being happy.

I blame Obama.

sometimes i wish we could go back to 2006.

Like the wonder son you'll never have, growing up to be a healthy and long-lived successful business man owner of six enterpreneuring companies with a beautiful wife and kids.

I have taken the liberty of creating a list of pros and cons

BANNING TROLL RATING / REACTION IMAGES

PROS

• About 5 people are happier
• People no longer have to live in fear of numbers and slashes ruining a quality topic

CONS

• ****storm created
• Freedom of speech abolished
• Everyone hates the mods now
• Real problems have been created by the mods trying to solve a false problem

yes i brought freedom of speech into this

what now

This post has been edited by Spritanium on Jul 28 2009, 02:14 AM

Nothin', we're just gonna roll with the snowball until our suitable plan to FIX EVERYTHING comes around.

This whole thing is just a pretty biased opinion on it all since you're one of the few making it a bigger mess than it has to be honestly, because you personally don't like the rules. You yourself have said "just allow trolling because it's only harmless fun" but not everyone agrees with that and what hurts and what doesn't isn't a universal fact, we just have to try govern it as best as we can.

And honestly, aside from a select few, everyone else is getting along with their lives just fine, so cheer up a little and make some good posts out there.

Actually Imma have to stop ya right there and say that at this point the only ones who disagree are you, about five members, and the rest of staff. Personally I think it's a LITTLE hurtful but if the members do fine with it (who we happen to mod for so we should try our best to actually LISTEN to them for once) then there isn't a real reason to kill a whale over it.

Granted, I'm talking about the CCC almost entirely so it should be fine if we can loosen up the screws on this one as far as the CCC goes alone - especially if we ever fix the broken trial member system.

By the way as far as everyone's concerned I'm swinging back and forth between member and mod opinions (yes it's true oh god, HOWEVER thank you me I have the balls to admit it), but believe me when I say that remaining arbitrarily neutral is a ****ING DIFFICULT task to accomplish when there's so many rule workarounds and so many members that continually wanna take a jab at us for not allowing them to do their FAVORITE THINGS ever.

This post has been edited by Tri on Jul 28 2009, 03:43 AM

seriously spritanium, what has been with you lately; you were a pretty nice member for a while but then suddenly everything kinda blew up. I don't understand why you're so angry about this -- it's a simple rule really, and it doesn't affect you at all because I've never really seen you use a reaction image to troll somebody. ever. it seems like you're trying to cause trouble and complain just because you can, which is rather silly.

just chillll, it's not the end of the world.

Does your sentence come in English flavour? Perhaps i'm just frazzled and can't understand your words today.

PERHAPS.


But the flavor of disagreement is inherently superior!


I'm not sure your tonsils are prepared for it though.

Eeh it's all gibberish to me but i'm sure there's plenty of times you've said the rules are fine and plenty you've said they're not so stick to one opinion before you come telling me i'm wrong =P

No reason to chain the members if it isn't particularly hurtful to leave them as is.

As far as everything stays in the CCC though. Anything outside, I agree with you.

What's with you taking such a PERSONAL stance anyhow? It isn't like anything I ever say particularly influences you or your decisions.

It's easy to say that but you can say that about almost anything. It's not even a tough rule, all i'm doing is giving some examples to make it clearer, we haven't banned anything outright, just stopping it being used in a negative or spammy way and trying to apologise for the mistakes we've made.

Because not more than 2 or 3 days ago you were saying in Forum 12 "we should strengthen the rules and start banning people and become more imposing" and now you're all "lets drop the rules and let 'em go, it's not hurting anyone"

In order to ensure an MFGG that more closely resembles the ideal that the mods and admins are aiming for, I think we should release a new set of rules entirely. I believe these points will suffice as a basic guide for this new set of rules:

• All non-Moderator and Administrator accounts will be shifted to a new usergroup called "Not Staff Members"
• Users in the "Not Staff Members" group have unlimited access to view the site (with the exception of Forum 12), but are not granted Posting, Editing, Private Messaging, or Quoting privileges
• Users in the "Not Staff Members" group will have to wait 2 months before earning the Happy Heart badge (or perhaps some new equivalent of it)
• The Happy Heart badge enables usage of the Avatar privilege; all members without Happy Heart badges will be given a default avatar until they receive this perk
• "Not Staff Members" do not get Member Title or Signature privileges
• Users not in the "Not Staff Members" group have access to all privileges and all forums, in addition to the ability to delete accounts and change avatars at will

With this new set of rules, I really do believe MFGG will be rid of trolling, flaming, and all other mean-spirited activities. It will truly become a peaceful, friendly community for new and old members alike.

I hope BS will seriously consider this new plan of action; it will be the best thing to have happened to MFGG in a long, long time.

This post has been edited by Mrs. Aforcer on Jul 28 2009, 04:50 AM

sounds like this'd solve all of mfgg's problems with cruddy posts!

I have a hard time telling if you're serious or not.

Surprisingly enough, I was thinking the same thing.

But I had a feeling if I said what I was thinking that she would try to call me out for trolling like every other damn time I interact with her.

This post has been edited by Mareegi on Jul 28 2009, 05:10 AM

I am. I really do think it would ensure an MFGG more suitable to the mod/admin team's ideals.

I think whether or not the actual userbase will like it or not is a moot point, though, seeing as very few of the other reforms were run by us beforehand, anyways.

I called you out, like, once. Calm down.

This post has been edited by Mrs. Aforcer on Jul 28 2009, 05:18 AM