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#154603 cross-platform

Posted by AMAC on 31 December 2012 - 04:27 PM in Site News and Feedback

You could just have one thread for the game in either section if all versions were the same, or if the were big differences you could have separate threads. Do that solve the problem?

#154605 A sub-forum request.

Posted by AMAC on 31 December 2012 - 04:29 PM in Site News and Feedback

Retro gaming is covered by the General Gaming section and I haven't seen enough posts about retro games to warrant giving it a sub-forum. Thanks for the suggestion, but unless there's a large number of users who want this, I don't think there's much benefit.

#154727 Time to stop the spam and nonsense

Posted by AMAC on 01 January 2013 - 04:07 AM in Site News and Feedback

When ponies take quicker priority over personal slander and information leak, maybe it's time to listen to some of these complaints.

In what way are ponies taking priority over anything else?

#155271 Time to stop the spam and nonsense

Posted by AMAC on 02 January 2013 - 12:13 PM in Site News and Feedback

The pony spam is what I was referring to. The personal slander can refer to several things: one being what you mentioned, another being the onslaught of slander of several members via a personal chat on the users page, another being possible framing of other accounts, another being PM harassment. And the personal information leak refers to when the user who was involved with the personal slander posted detailed personal information they gathered via social network accounts (that the said user sought out themselves) of several users in chat.
The pony spam was met with VERY swift action and stern warnings... The latter incidents have been giving some users a headache over the lack of action from most mods.
I understand that most of the mods and admins have personal lives... but maybe they should choose a staff less busy.

I'd like to point out that when we warn members, we generally keep the warning/punishment between ourselves and the user(s) involved, so although it may not seem like we have done anything, we will have dealt with it, as long as it has been reported. The leaking of personal information case was dealt with shortly after it was reported, although some of the users here should consider being more careful about what personal information they put online. The link to the personal chat has also been removed from that users profile and we're currently looking at how best to deal with it, although we don't have much control over user's conduct on external sites.

#155344 Chatbox request: Spoilers.

Posted by AMAC on 02 January 2013 - 02:56 PM in Site News and Feedback

The problem with this suggestion I can't really ban users for discussing games. You could try asking them to go to a private chat, but if there are several users who have played the game then they should be allowed to discuss it, and there isn't an option for group private chats. I'd only give out warnings/chat bans if a user was posting spoilers for the sake of annoying others. It's not ideal, but the only real solutions I can think of would be to ask them nicely to refrain from posting spoilers or to leave the chat yourself for a while. If someone posts spoilers simply to annoy other users though, you can report them and I'll look into it.

#157247 Student finds a 'brain' his KFC chicken

Posted by AMAC on 07 January 2013 - 11:03 AM in The Café

The article says. It was actually a kidney, rather than a brain. If it happened to me. I'd be put off KFC for a while, but it probably wouldn't have caused him any harm if he had eaten part of it.

#157278 We need more of those little pictures that come with each rank

Posted by AMAC on 07 January 2013 - 12:37 PM in Site News and Feedback

If someone can make some more of these icons I'll be happy to add them to the ranks. I would make them, but Paint is the only image programme I know how to use, so they'd probably look rubbish. If any of you are prepared to make these, then please post some sample images, and if they're good enough, I'll add them. Please don't be offended if you make any and I don't use them though.

#157606 This is just UNACCEPTABLE!

Posted by AMAC on 08 January 2013 - 01:33 PM in Wii U Hardware Help

This thread has gone off-topic and has had several insulting posts, so it's being locked now.

#158544 We need more of those little pictures that come with each rank

Posted by AMAC on 11 January 2013 - 11:44 AM in Site News and Feedback

And make it so that we can choose the colour we want?

Unfortunately, I don't think that would be possible, and if it is, it would take a lot of work to implement. We'll just have blue icons, as it fits with the theme of the site.

#160231 Unban Ness/Nintendo Fanboy/Geno/Big Bird thread

Posted by AMAC on 17 January 2013 - 08:16 AM in Site News and Feedback

There are a few things I'd like to point out on this issue:
1) Warnings/punishments are an issue between the users involved and the moderating team. There isn't much need for a thread about an individual user's warnings.

2) Unbanning one user because of a thread like this would be unfair on the other users here who have been banned from the chat. I'm not saying Ness won't ever have his ban lifted, but doing so because of this threat would set a bad precedent.

3) I don't want to come across as being arrogant, but I have access to the chat logs and am able to see if users have been repeat offenders, which means that us moderators are in a better position to decide what would be fair punishments when warning users.

4) At the time of this incident, I don't recall any users contacting me to defend Ness. If you think any of the moderating team have been unfair on another user, let us know at the time, rather than several months later.

#162288 The Economist says China and Japan are going to war soon.

Posted by AMAC on 23 January 2013 - 02:52 PM in The Café

I can't see these two countries going to war. There'll be some more arguing over the coming months over who should profit from the oil that surrounds these islands and then it will most likely fizzle out. If there was a war, the chances are that the big western countries would support Japan. China's economy relies on exports, so it wouldn't risk damaging its trade links with markets like the US over this conflict.

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