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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
Cerek, NO, what it does it lead to speculation and arguing by some members who feel they have the correct answer and have the right to question Z's rules on his own forum. We've seen this erupt into flaming and outright disrespect for Z and his moderators. Ziroc, himself made the rule to pm or email any questions/disagreements instead of posting. It often leads to someone posting something offensive and rather than deal with it, Z says do such things off board.
The reason this is such an issue, is many people here will tell you of other places that went up in flames and ended up closing because of the horrendous atmosphere (troll haven!) that can occur when too much of that 'questioning' and outright defying of the rules happens. Z is strict because he wants to keep IW a comfortable, fun and useful place for all it's members. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Cloudy
OK, Fair Enough. I didn't think about how a legitimate - and seemingly harmless - question could still potentially lead to flaming of the Mods.
Thank you for the explanation.