A Possible Change In The Rules - RatSkep tangent

[Warren Dew]

There are quick-mod tools at the bottom, it only takes one click.

I think Gertie was addressing starr, who presumably does not have access to the quick mod tools here.

[leo-rcc]

There are quick-mod tools at the bottom, it only takes one click.

I think Gertie was addressing starr, who presumably does not have access to the quick mod tools here.

I know, I was more referring to the fact that neither Starr nor I need to go to any menu to do those mod things if she were a mod here. It was a bit tongue in cheek and not a good joke I admit. But thats why I'm a mod and not a stand up comedian.

[devogue]

I'm a mod and not a stand up comedian.

[Bella Fortuna]

This is totally the Doctor McCoy of threads... needs more Shatner.

[leo-rcc]

I'm a mod and not a stand up comedian.

[Tigger]

This is totally the Doctor McCoy of threads... needs more Shatner.

You have a choice:

or

[Bella Fortuna]

I revise my previous statement - we clearly need more Tig.

[starr]

It seems that Rationalia Style TM reponses are only viewed as clever and funny and an attempt to diffuse drama when they are employed by clique members.

Obviously I am not in the clique because my posts are being perceived as passive aggressive and there seems to be an opinion by some members that I'm just here to upset people and cause trouble. That is not the intention behind my posts in this thread and I am sorry if I have upset anybody. I was under the impression that Ratz can laugh at themselves and that Ratz encourages free speech ... especially satire... although I'm now wondering whether satire directed towards the Rationalia Style TM is not encouraged.

I'm sure someone said here in this thread that whoever is here is Ratz now. I'm here aren't I? In fact, I've been a member here for over a year now.

I am also a member at RatSkep and it is my preferred forum of the two. That doesn't mean one is better and one is worse. They are just different.

There is a small number of very vocal Ratz members who seem to have not yet recovered from the 2008 RDF schism. This vocal minority of Ratz members seem to foster and encourage dissent about RatSkep here at Rationalia. They seem to want to keep fighting RDF and they see RatSkep as the next best thing.

I have nothing against anyone who felt/feels aggrieved by RatSkep moderation. I am disappointed by the rationalia members who have spent little, if any, time at RatSkep and yet seem to think they know how I operate, how the RatSkep staff operate, and how the forum operates.

You can keep making your snide remarks that 'people have to come here to complain about RatSkep because at RatSkep they do not listen to member complaints about moderation'. Those remarks are unfounded and untrue. I am not responding to issues about RatSkep moderation here at Rationalia because I respond to issues about RatSkep moderation at RatSkep. That is the appropriate venue and, contrary to some of the ill-informed opinions in this thread, the RatSkep staff do listen and we do care about the members and the forum. We also continually reassess our practices and 'take a good hard look at ourselves'. Yes our moderation style is different to the Rationalia style of moderation. You like it your way and we like it our way. My impression is that both styles, although different, are coming from an underlying desire to create and foster a strong community and to be fair to all members.

[Trolldor]

This 'ratz' style, I'm unfamiliar with it.

[Feck]

Wow Lamont, every post you make is full of shit, no matter how hard you try to do otherwise.

A personal attack is a personal attack, irrespective of whether it's true or not:

For example,
It is a fact that anyone who signs off with the phrase 'The Shadow knows' needs to leave his parent's basement and realise that dungeons dragons was never cool.

That is a group attack on D&D players .... what has the 'shadow ' got to do with D&d ?

[Gallstones]

Obviously I am not in the clique because my posts are being perceived as passive overtly aggressive and there seems to be an opinion by some members that I'm just here to upset people and cause trouble.

Fuck, there is something very familiar about this.........Hmmmm, I wonder why that is.

I have nothing against anyone who felt/feels aggrieved by RatSkep moderation.

Why did you publicly humiliate me then? Why did you tell the whole board that I was being treated "special", And then chastise me for not being gracious enough to be contrite for a favor I never asked for and had no idea was in play?

I am disappointed by the rationalia members who have spent little, if any, time at RatSkep and yet seem to think they know how I operate, how the RatSkep staff operate, and how the forum operates.

I don't fit this definition, and I'm the star malcontent. I do know how things operate--remember?

You can keep making your snide remarks that 'people have to come here to complain about RatSkep because at RatSkep they do not listen to member complaints about moderation'. Those remarks are unfounded and untrue.

Have you actually read the threads at ratskep, the ones you and I created--I by starting them, you by splitting mine.

I've been called a malcontent. Which is no big deal except it has been enabled and allowed to persist by ratskep moderation. A clear contradiction of not only the FUA wording, but precedent as well.

I am particularly amused by the "counter" thread singing the praises of ratskep mods that NIneOneFour started today. Someone should tell him he has something on his nose.


Question: are moderators entitled to respect and gratitude? Key word there is entitled.

If not, then what's the problem with criticism?




I hope this doesn't cross over and interfere with or ruin the current Mafia game play.

[Bella Fortuna]

Wow Lamont, every post you make is full of shit, no matter how hard you try to do otherwise.

A personal attack is a personal attack, irrespective of whether it's true or not:

For example,
It is a fact that anyone who signs off with the phrase 'The Shadow knows' needs to leave his parent's basement and realise that dungeons dragons was never cool.

That is a group attack on D&D players .... what has the 'shadow ' got to do with D&d ?

Does the young 'un not realise it's from an old radio show?

[Trolldor]

Actually, this young 'un plays a fair few games on t3h interwebz, and 'roleplayers' tend to use phrases like that a fucking lot, under the presumption it makes them seem more refined.
Which it doesn't.

[LaMont Cranston]

The Mad Hatter, The character known as "The Shadow" has been around for decades in books, radio shows, movies and other places. Along with the likes of Superman, Batman, Spiderman and many others, "The Shadow," who had the secret identity of LaMont Cranston, is part of American cultural history and folklore. I like a lot of those other heroes, but, by me, "The Shadow" has always been the coolest. It's too bad that the movie that was made a few years back with Alec Baldwin as "The Shadow" was such a piece of shit, because he deserves better.

"The Shadow" had a number of classic lines, including "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." The line "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit" also comes from this great heroic figure. By the way, "The Shadow" also had a very hot girlfriend named Margo Lane.

Only an idiot would think that "The Shadow" had anything to do with anything like Dungeons and Dragons, but, then, idiots think a lot of things.

The Shadow knows...

[LaMont Cranston]

starr, I'm hardly an insider or a member of any clique that might exist on this forum. What we all know to be true is that a number of people have been treated in very shabby ways by those who assumed power as mods at ratskep after the meltdown at RDF, and some of the weaker types hide behind the old "they were just doing their best to enforce the FUAs" excuse to justify their mean-spirited behavior.

Regardless of whatever problems it might have had, RDF was pretty cool, and I even made it to over 2000 posts on that forum. Those members of ratskep who have come over here to state their case and "set the record straight" have made asses of themselves, and those uptight folks who can't handle the level of silliness, nonsense and satire that goes on among the members here deserve to have their butts kicked without any apologies. They deserve it because it's not about what what anybody, including myself, have said about any of them; the offenses they taken and the hurt little feelings they have are self-predicated. If you or some of those others are looking for a show of sympathy because you can't handle the flak, maybe you can go back to that forum you prefer and find that sympathy there. Or, some of y'all could get lives...