Blood Spectre

Possibly. That's not really the discussion at hand, however.

Yes, that is the sort of thing that I would expect a moderator to do. Not merely severely curtail forum use for everyone, because that is easier than punishing individual infractions.

Once again, the Goat is the voice of reason. I'd up rep you for it, but you wouldn't be able to see it, so what would be the point?

je_saist,

I apreciate you taking the time to carefully and thoughtfully adress my points, even when I am basically just being a stubborn a-hole. I'm aware that my position is not a popular one, and that I am not exactly being open minded in my defense of it either. That would be the "stubborn a-hole" thing I mentioned earlier rearing up. So, to your points;

Mr No Pants may have been right, that the number of truly guilty parties would have been too many to really censure. But, as I said, it's not really neccissary to punish every infraction. If the mods can see who is leaving what comments, then it is a simple matter to find the violations that are left by some of the most prolific posters. You make an announcement that personal attacks will not be tolerated, and that several posters have been sanctioned for this, but you don't have to name names. The word Banned after their name in their user profile should get the message across. Once people know for sure that there are consequences, then the remaining number of infractions can easily be handled by use of the report post option already baked into the forums.

People are only brazen in their attacks because they believe that there are no consequences for doing so. Anonymity is only partly to blame here. The other half of the blamesicle is pure frozen failure to act on the part of our mods. I know I have been attacked through reputation several times. Twice in this very thread. So far anyway. And this thread is full of accounts from users who have had flagrant violations of the terms of service leveled against them. Yet none of these violators has ever been punished, as far as I can tell. And that, more than anonymity by far, is the real source of these sorts of comments. By refusing to punish them, as the EULA promises, the mods are in essence, giving the attacks their blessings. And they will continue under the current botching of the system.

The same flaws the rep haters are railing against are still very much present for those of us who LIKE the rep system. It can still be used to say hateful, degrading things with perfect anonymity. And that's why you guys think the change is good right? So you don't have to see the attacks people launch at you if you don't even like the rep system anyway. Only now, the same attacks are still occuring, and they are only seen by the people who care enough about their rep to look after it. Or, from another perspective, the only posters who can see the attacks are the ones most likely to be bothered by them. I think a reasonable mind would see why that might not be an ideal solution.

If they had ever done their job of punishing the violations in the first place, it would have severely curtailed the abuses down to a managable level.

Forget it, you can't reason with these people. It doesn't matter to them how many people found it useful or enjoyable, all that matters to them is that they personally don't like it, so nobody else should be allowed to have it either.

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!

Well, I guess it was easier than doing their job and leveling punishment against those violations.

Lay-zee!

My favorite pizza is thin crust, double pepperoni and cheese, and my favorite RP is top knotch, subtle and doesn't come at the cost of a player's ability to win battles.

We're not married. She has SOME self respect. But we have been dating for 6 years now. So take from that what you will.

Also, stay away from my girlfriend!

no u!

Your MOM is perfectly fine with this!

Truth

linkphail

It's not good enough to replace a travel power, IMO. And, as you point out, neither is Mission TP. Although, with the detoggle bug, I've managed to TP to multiple missions in a row. Even then, even with the general cheapening of travel powers in general in this game, I don't see this replacing anything except, maybe, Sprint, and even that is unlikely.

Mission Teleport. A power I bought, and can no longer imagine myself playing with out.

Point. Your serve.

I don't get tennis analogies.

I disagree with the first part of your statement so hard.

Even so, good work, in general, as always BABs.

Edit- Hawtdayum, first post after a red name!