[Melusine]

I disagree. I've seen things become just as heated in General Discussions, and I don't think it's the existance of the Current Events forum that causes the recent frequency with which things get out of hand. I cannot say with any certainty what could be causing the problem then, but I have to say there are a few people posting here whom I remember to have been debating in a much more palatable way in the past. Add to that the fact that in the "old days", and I'm talking at least two years ago now, many of the members who now post in CE weren't yet members or WERE members but only posted in the gaming forums. So there's simply a wider scope of opinions from a bigger group of people. Saying that the situation has become worse since the creation of CE is fine, but don't turn around cause and effect. I don't think the creation sparked off the increase in heated posts; if anything it's the other way around.