This board...

[Lavindathar]

well its the way I see it, me and my bro (beau) have said it before.

Even got to a point where we thought it would be fun to see who could get banned the quickest, so the board was actualy worth reading. We never went ahead as a) we reckon we could get banned within 5 mins, and b) once banned we couldn't read the aftermath.

The board has turned into a kiddies playground......you can't do anything without a bollocking. The last religious thread is a perfect example, with that nib who was trolling, ruining it for everyone else. And everyone else felt the mods wraths because they were telling him to piss off.

And general discussion is just filled with random spam threads + the odd interesting thread regarding someone going on in the world.

Only reason I still come on here is to read the MMO forum, and check if there is anything interesting. I don't think ive ever posted in the cafe thread, as its pointless. I tried the question thread "just to join in" and got bored within 5 minutes. And if a topic is started my Bungleau i just don't bother to click on it (which is shame, as on the rare occasion we do get a debate going, he's actually very interesting to read).

[Lavindathar]

Re: Stratos post.

I orginally joined on here years ago for the BG forum. I stopped BG years ago, but stayed for the debates in GD. Why I'm still here I don't know, as the debates have long left.

But most of the old members also left when the interesting debates/discussions stopped.

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Lavindathar Ironworks has been dead for years. Want it to go back to how it was 5 years ago. It was far better then, before all this political corrctness and moderating of posts. Back when you could have an opinion and say it, not anymore. You can't say anything without offending someone and some moderator jumping down with pm warnings. Should be an anything goes forum, as long as it has a point. And if people get offended, tough. Bring back the old posters, all the cool peeps got fed up and left. Posts like The question thread, and cloudys cafe, are impo, threads that just make me not want to read this forum. bring back proper debates. Stop spamming yahoo weird news. If we want to read it, we can go read yahoo weird news.

Wondering when you'd show up with your trademark tact. I agree with you, this board has changed so much in recent years. All my favourite posters have buggered off at some point. Caleb, Azure, Exxon, Velkyn - the list is pretty big, I can't even remember half of them any more.

I think people just need to stop worrying about what may or may not offend different people and get something interesting going.


So... Abortion, eh?

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Lavindathar well its the way I see it, me and my bro (beau) have said it before. Even got to a point where we thought it would be fun to see who could get banned the quickest, so the board was actualy worth reading. We never went ahead as a) we reckon we could get banned within 5 mins, and b) once banned we couldn't read the aftermath..

Haha, I remember that. So damn tempted.....

[Stratos]

Originally Posted by Lavindathar Re: Stratos post. I orginally joined on here years ago for the BG forum. I stopped BG years ago, but stayed for the debates in GD. Why I'm still here I don't know, as the debates have long left. But most of the old members also left when the interesting debates/discussions stopped.

This is my story as well, although I came for BG II tips.

[Stratos]

As I see it, there's two parts of IW; the genuine game discussions, and the more general discussions and debates. Both of these have diminished in compared to 2003 when I joined.

[SpiritWarrior]

Originally Posted by Lavindathar Ironworks has been dead for years. Want it to go back to how it was 5 years ago. It was far better then, before all this political corrctness and moderating of posts. Back when you could have an opinion and say it, not anymore. You can't say anything without offending someone and some moderator jumping down with pm warnings. Should be an anything goes forum, as long as it has a point. And if people get offended, tough. Bring back the old posters, all the cool peeps got fed up and left. Posts like The question thread, and cloudys cafe, are impo, threads that just make me not want to read this forum. bring back proper debates. Stop spamming yahoo weird news. If we want to read it, we can go read yahoo weird news.

Have to agree with alot of this. I remember when things were different too.

[Stratos]

Hahaha, the "things-were-better-before" post of yours fits well with your avatar, SpiritWarrior.

[Lavindathar]

Could it be my "trademark tact" is actually not gonna get flamed for once?

Lolz.

I vote for the removal of all moderators, and let free for all commence!!!!!

Btw, Pro-abortion ftw.

[Stratos]

See, this thread is growing already.