Cludi Deciding to Leave

Originally posted by Mad Rook
It's just that they don't care until it bites them in the posterior. Then they care. People are often funny that way.

There you go, if you don't recognize the name complaining, good question to ask !! I agree with another poster though perhaps letting all subscribers know a vote was going on, might have been a good idea !

Then in the end, does it really matter, as the Site Owner/ Owners will decide on who the Game Mods will be anyways 😛

Originally posted by Kepler
They certainly don't seem to care who deals with the problem of engine use or how the problem of engine use is dealt with. Of course we know that about 300 people care very passionately about the matter but they are far too busy scoring points off each other to get the REAL majority involved in this!

If PMs had been sent advertising the vote like was done for other, more mundane matters, there would have been a lot more votes. Perhaps if more than three persons could have been voted for that would have helped turnout as well, as the vote now is lopsided for the first three spots. And your second premise is flawed as well; they care that whatever means that are used are effective. Perhaps you don't, but it's pretty obvious from reading the Public and Private Forums and from the PMs flying around, that most customers here want engine use eradicated if possible.

Originally posted by Kepler
They certainly don't seem to care who deals with the problem of engine use or how the problem of engine use is dealt with. Of course we know that about 300 people care very passionately about the matter but they are far too busy scoring points off each other to get the REAL majority involved in this!

about the ones who never read forums... well, how could they even know whom to vote for? where as the rest of us have a pretty good idea on who's to be trusted and who's not.

Originally posted by Very Rusty
There you go, if you don't recognize the name complaining, good question to ask !! I agree with another poster though perhaps letting all subscribers know a vote was going on, might have been a good idea !

Then in the end, does it really matter, as the Site Owner/ Owners will decide on who the Game Mods will be anyways 😛

Agreed, letting them know a vote was going on would probably have been a good idea - as long as they weren't forced to vote.

Edit - Oops, please pardon my dangling participle. 😲

Originally posted by no1marauder
If PMs had been sent advertising the vote like was done for other, more mundane matters, there would have been a lot more votes. Perhaps if more than three persons could have been voted for that would have helped turnout as well, as the vote now is lopsided for the first three spots. And your second premise is flawed as well; they care that whatever mean d from the PMs flying around, that most customers here want engine use eradicated if possible.

The only thing you can tell from reading the forums, public or private, is that an even smaller number care about this. I suspect that most users do indeed care a great deal, but you cannot infer that from the vocal and opinionated tiny minority who actually post in the forums. In fact, I suspect the vast majority of customers, paying or non-paying, are blissfully unaware of the whole mess!

Originally posted by Kepler
The only thing you can tell from reading the forums, public or private, is that an even smaller number care about this. I suspect that most users do indeed care a great deal, but you cannot infer that from the vocal and opinionated tiny minority who actually post in the forums.

I guess you can't have accurate polling on any issue unless EVERYBODY is asked. Is that your "argument"?

Originally posted by Arrakis
Ahem...
That "someone" was me. 🙂
But nobody has done anything about it yet. 🙁

Maybe I should just buy Russ out and take over this site! 😠

Arrakis

What a bloated tub of crap you are.

Originally posted by no1marauder
I guess you can't have accurate polling on any issue unless EVERYBODY is asked. Is that your "argument"?

I think that instead of squabbling among themselves those who supposedly care so much about engine use (especially those who wish to be voted for) should do more to publicise the matter to those who apparently know nothing about it!

I think the issue of whether engine use should or should not be allowed is a non-issue. The rules of the site clearly forbid it and most people will say they are against it even if they are actually an engine cheat, to do otherwise would be inviting attack and accusation. What we should be doing is dealing with the matter of how engine use is detected and dealt with. We have a vote for a reconstituted game mod teams but it is apparent that the vast majority of customers don't know about it.

Originally posted by Kepler
I think that instead of squabbling among themselves those who supposedly care so much about engine use (especially those who wish to be voted for) should do more to publicise the matter to those who apparently know nothing about it!

I think the issue of whether engine use should or should not be allowed is a non-issue. The rules of the site clearly forbid ...[text shortened]... uted game mod teams but it is apparent that the vast majority of customers don't know about it.

Since the Site Admins aren't bound by the vote anyway it's kind of pointless to tell the truth. The Site Admins didn't feel it necessary for whatever reason to publicize it. To some extent, I suspect the whole vote thing is a way to mark time and cool down the Forums. Obviously if that is a goal, then publicizing the vote would be counterproductive.

The only conclusion we can draw from the vote that I see is that those who have voted prefer to have high rated players here on the Game Mod team.

Originally posted by Kepler
It would be better than the constant cheating accusation codswallop. I think in stead of a game mod team we should have a Cheat Finder General. Sort of like a Witch Finder General but with a nicer hat.

Has anyone decided on the hat?

I'm thinking... a pointy one, maybe magenta (to impart a sense of eminence), done in velvet and brocade, but not too much gold.

Game moderators shall be made to wear this hat while performing their duties while another team of moderators ensures compliance by round the clock observation via webcam.

Originally posted by Green Paladin
Has anyone decided on the hat?

I'm thinking... a pointy one, maybe magenta (to impart a sense of eminence), done in velvet and brocade, but not too much gold.

Game moderators shall be made to wear this hat while performing their duties while another team of moderators ensures compliance by round the clock observation via webcam.

Don't forget the stinkin' badges.

Originally posted by Mad Rook
Don't forget the stinkin' badges.

Of course, it should be machine-washable.

Originally posted by Green Paladin
... while another team of moderators...

with shiny black top hats

Originally posted by wormwood
with shiny black top hats

black tinfoil

Originally posted by Nordlys
black tinfoil

oh yeah, to prevent space nazis from meddling with mind control rays.