[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by wellard: quote: Originally posted by Zuvio: No, lets definitely not open that can of worms again, its depressing and absolutely unwanted. People come here for fun and relaxation and to read about what you need to do to get banned or whatever, it's pretty self-explanatory. We really don't want a repetition of the flamewars of last year.

Next week I will have been here a year but I do not remember any flame wars.

LINK what a great post, good on you [img]graemlins/awesomework.gif[/img]

About feeding the troll. A few months ago we had an Australian member who went off the rails and started the slippy ride into oblivion. I tried to talk to him and get him to stop and rethink, hopeing because it was night time in USA the board was quiet and he may have been able to delete his posts and go and cool off, all to no avail. Should you try to talk to them or let them burn out like a candle? Maybe I was feeding him? I had only chatted to him a few times before but felt as though I should try something. Advice please

edit spelling [/QUOTE]I've been here 2 years now, Wellard, and I don't remember any flamewars from last year either. During my tenure here, I've seen some flamefests occur between individual members in a heated debate, but the Mods are always quick to step in and remind everyone to cool down and debate the issue, not the individual. If repeated warnings are necessary, suspensions will sometimes be handed out.

As for the trolls mentioned so far, it reads like a veritable Hall of Shame. I remember most of them. Istaron was a bit before my time, but I heard about his offensive posts to Lioness. I particularly remember vixen because she took it upon herself to challenge (and insult) Cloudy's Cafe with her first few posts. She insisted this place was too childish and we should have an "adult oriented" cafe' also. Sorry, but the are other forums out there with "Adult Only" sections if that's what floats your boat. She was also extremely rude and insulting towards the Mods and even Ziroc directly. I believe she even basically threatened to hack the IW code because she considered herself a top-notch programmer.

Needless to say, threatening Ironworks directly is an absolute certain way to get yourself banned permanently.

As for your attempt to talk to the Australian troll (whoever that may have been), there is certainly nothing wrong with at least trying. Some new members here come in with the wrong attitude because of experiences they have had on other forums. I have also tried sending PM's to newer members that I felt were just getting off on the wrong foot.

It is usually easy to tell who is just making an unintentional faux pas and who is deliberately being a troll. There is certainly nothing wrong with trying to help a new member understand why certain types of posts or attitudes are not permitted here. If they are genuinely interested in staying, they will consider the advice given and try to change their ways (this just happened with another new member in the last week AAMOF). If they are not willing to change their ways and insist on continuing their behavior - at least you tried. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]