Seeing a lot of Banned users, is that normal?

[Hikari.EXE]

My account seems to have been deleted. When I swung by here just now I found that I was logged-off, and the site didn't recognize my log-in credentials. I was able to re-log in with the same username, and my previous posts list me as "Guest". Err...what?

...Huh. Is it the same account? Or did you... Make a new one?

 

[What's His Face]

...Huh. Is it the same account? Or did you... Make a new one?

This is a new account. I previously had around 80 comments. This is now #2.

 

[RageBurner]

Strange. It's probably a system error of some sort.

 

[MasterEn]

This is a new account. I previously had around 80 comments. This is now #2.

i tried looking up your name in the registered members section. it's showing you as a new member. i thought that there might have been a duplicate account, but nothing.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

This is a new account. I previously had around 80 comments. This is now #2.

Did you use a valid email upon signing up?

 

[What's His Face]

i tried looking up your name in the registered members section. it's showing you as a new member. i thought that there might have been a duplicate account, but nothing.

Not a clue. But here's one of my previous posts:

Even my avatar was straight-up deleted. My previous account seems to no longer exist.

 

[MasterEn]

Not a clue. But here's one of my previous posts:
View attachment 10612

what post is that?

 

[What's His Face]

Did you use a valid email upon signing up?

I don't recall which email I used, but I believe so. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten the notification code, right?

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what post is that?

It's from https://retrogametalk.com/threads/your-first-rpg-you-ever-played.2473/page-4

 

[MasterEn]

I don't recall which email I used, but I believe so. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten the notification code, right?

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It's from https://retrogametalk.com/threads/your-first-rpg-you-ever-played.2473/page-4

this is very strange. it's your user name on there, but it doesn't respond to the mouse, it says guest underneath a profile pic. it's almost like your previous profile got overwritten.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

I don't recall which email I used, but I believe so. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten the notification code, right?

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It's from https://retrogametalk.com/threads/your-first-rpg-you-ever-played.2473/page-4

Yeah I remember you even before all of this, why the fuck did your account get vaporized?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

We'll look into it ?

 

[Zemus]

Oh crap, all those philosophers drunk Clippy mentioned in the mental health thread are going to get me in hot water.

GODDAMN YOU DRUNK CLIPPY, YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE THIS

There's no rule that says you kant! Nothing wrong with fitting into a specialized nietzche instead of giving general advice. You're not the sartre person to get banned. I'm pretty sure...well, I think I am at least.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

There's no rule that says you kant! Nothing wrong with fitting into a specialized nietzche instead of giving general advice. You're not the sartre person to get banned. I'm pretty sure...well, I think I am at least.

I had to read it 3 times to understand the joke... I'm tired, I should go to bed...

 

[Gorse]

At the risk of starting another massive flame war... (I'm posting this because I want an answer that can be referred back to, not to troll.)

Others somehow think that it is ok to spew hate speech or incredibly outdated philosophies on this platform, an action for which we have zero tolerance.

Since you haven't defined what this means, I can only expect you'll be granting a certain deal of leniency to members that can be presumed to be posting in good faith, right? Because if you mods are just going to swing your weight around and immediately sack people for vague, unclear reasons ranging from legitimate harassment to using the W- or DEI- words when describing a modern video game, you might as well just permaban me now – I don't want to waste my time in that environment.

Keep in mind that I'll be linking back to any answer you give here in the future, so think long and hard before you hit "Post Reply". I'm personally of the opinion that intentionally low-quality posts are far more of a problem than "incredibly outdated philosophies" (i.e. posting something that you disagree with on an ideological level after you've seen a news headline that made you upset). And if you think I'm going to suck up to anyone, even mods I like, to prevent my own account from being banned – honey, you've got a big storm coming.

 

[Sackboy]

There's just something about this juvenile hobby that brings out the worst in people or... people don't follow the rules.

well im a sigma and sigmas dont abide by the norms
i break all the rules
i speed (10-20 miles over cuz i live in america and its literally safer to speed)
drive fast cars (my grandma's old hyundai santa fe till i can make enough money and buy a nissan 240 gaysex or 1998 civic type or 2003 civic ex)
and have a lot of SEX (go to therapy weekly to help with my once crippling sex addiction)

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

I remember one guy about a month ago, started off fine but then went on to post rants about Jews and Black people. Y'know, typical BS.

They must've been banned before I ever saw what they said.

@Gorse So people can't say the word woke on here and can't say that DEI absolutely doesn't belong in video games, which I'd say it honestly doesn't.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

These forums have some of the easiest rules to follow (basically boiling down to "don't be an arse"), yet some people can't even follow them. Others somehow think that it is ok to spew hate speech or incredibly outdated philosophies on this platform, an action for which we have zero tolerance.

I personally probably have quite outdated beliefs compared to yours, I'm guessing. Why don't we just keep both of our beliefs off of the retro video game site?

 

[χKai]

At the risk of starting another massive flame war... (I'm posting this because I want an answer that can be referred back to, not to troll.)

Since you haven't defined what this means, I can only expect you'll be granting a certain deal of leniency to members that can be presumed to be posting in good faith, right? Because if you mods are just going to swing your weight around and immediately sack people for vague, unclear reasons ranging from legitimate harassment to using the W- or DEI- words when describing a modern video game, you might as well just permaban me now – I don't want to waste my time in that environment.

Keep in mind that I'll be linking back to any answer you give here in the future, so think long and hard before you hit "Post Reply". I'm personally of the opinion that intentionally low-quality posts are far more of a problem than "incredibly outdated philosophies" (i.e. posting something that you disagree with on an ideological level after you've seen a news headline that made you upset). And if you think I'm going to suck up to anyone, even mods I like, to prevent my own account from being banned – honey, you've got a big storm coming.

Just my opinion here, but I have never seen any of the mods here throwing their weight around. I see it all over the internet in over half the communities across several platforms, but so far I haven't had any problems; which is saying a lot considering I like to voice my opinion openly and some people find that intimidating. Nevertheless; it seems like the mods here are actually really decent. ?

 

[Gorse]

Just my opinion here, but I have never seen any of the mods here throwing their weight around.

Neither have I... yet... but let's just nip this in the bud ASAP so that there aren't any misunderstandings. I'm someone who's put a lot of effing time and effort into this forum, and if it's going to become impossible to post legitimate opinions that the mod team doesn't agree with, I'm honestly just not going to bother.

There are enough hyper-left-wing (HEAR THAT, MODS? I SAID HYPER-LEFT-WING!) video gaming-related echo chambers on the internet, and essentially all of them are miserable, pathetic failures filled with angry, embittered 30+-year-olds, shitposts, and repeated catchphrases. (For example: r/gaming, NeoGAF, ResetEra, Something Awful, BlueSky...) Let's not make RGT another one, and I say that as someone's who been posting here regularly for longer than most mods have had accounts.

 

[RageBurner]

Echo chambers in general are bad. Everyone eventually becomes deaf inside them.

 

[What's His Face]

Echo chambers in general are bad. Everyone eventually becomes deaf inside them.

What?

 

[MasterEn]

What?

you lose the ability to be objective and listen to other's view points or opinion.
basically they become that scene between obi-wan and anakin form revenge of the sith on mustafar

 

[Gorse]

What?

Because when you're in an echo chamber, I'm screaming at you five inches from your face the whole time. YOU'LL LISTEN... YES, YOU'LL LISTEN INDEED

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

and if it's going to become impossible to post legitimate opinions that the mod team doesn't agree with, I'm honestly just not going to bother.

I don't know why you think that.

I have banned three people since I became a mod here... you know why? They all posted racist and xenophobic stuff (one, ever the bold one, as his "introduction"). That's the kind of stuff I don't agree with and will fight against.

I come here to write and talk about videogames, and if someone is going to sour that experience by being that unpleasant, then we are having trouble. If you wanna know my full stance, just check the site rules... that's what I was asked to enforce, not my own views.

 

[Boo Man]

WHAT! GORSE!

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man dont do that!