RMRK in trouble?

[haloOfTheSun]

Apparently due to using a proxy.

[modern algebra]

proxy = bad?

[haloOfTheSun]

Don't ask me, I didn't place the ban.

[Kokowam]

How can you tell? And I'm wondering like Nightwolf... Why was he banned??

[Roph]

When you load RMRK the forum looks up and stores your IP, hostname, referrer etc.

Dupe accounts aren't allowed (sup nexridia) and it's impossible to tell using a proxy.

[Nightwolf]

Blizzard sure is a good actor. Nexridia was so immaturey kiddish and all. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED

[Holkeye]

RMRK's in trouble alright...  trouble with a capital HOLKEYE.

[maia]

2) Too many mods, too few rules.

The number of mods here is wildly disproportionate to the number and activity of the users here, and they are given free reign to lock, unlock, move, and delete anything they like. Second-guessing is common and the only real rule on RMRK is "Be a suck-up". This leads to problem #3:

--- I'm not a MOD. I don't care to be.

3) Sycophants and groupthink.

Almost everyone here is sucking up to someone else, and dissent is treated harshly. A handful of people sit at the top of the heap and decides everyone's opinions of things. A good example of this is how HaloOfTheSun worked to ostracize SexualBubblegum by constantly remarking on how unfunny SBG had become; other members quickly picked up on this change in policy and cast SBG out of the community.

--- I could care less about how groups think. I am an individual, and a dislikable ego centric person. Plus I just work on games.


4) Isn't this forum about RPG maker?

This forum is supposed to be about the RPG maker program, but lmost no one seems to care about this aspect of the forum. Some mods have admitted that the forum has drifted and now has no real purpose. Attempts to revitalize the forum by including new features and new subforums have failed because there aren't enough people to use them. There are better alternative forums out there for all the non-RPG stuff but the mods are reluctant to eliminate all the extra forums and give up control over their cliques. These silent forums are just so much dead weight which is slowly dragging the site down.

--- I just work on games, I don't talk.

[Nightwolf]

RMRK's in trouble alright...  trouble with a capital HOLKEYE.

LOL boys without brains.

maia, you missed a point. Maybe by purpose @_@




Blizzard was here, he read this topic, he knows i know he's Nexridia, he hasn't come on chat since you said that Silverline.

[maia]

Yeah I did it on purpose :-) My rank has dropped by two since that post.

[Holkeye]

Why would she lose rep for speaking her mind?

[maia]

Why would she lose rep for speaking her mind?

Because people are idiots. Let me elaborate, before anyone affects my rep... yet again :-) Go to amazon.com. Go see CD reviews... People will rate a CD 5 stars cause it has one song that people like or they will rate a CD 1 star, just because they hate metal or they will give a CD 1 star because the musician says something in an interview that offends the reviewer. People will give DVDs a 5 star review, because the movie has a sex scene or a cameo from Tom Hanks.

In other words, one little thing greatly sways people's judgements about the overall, or in this case 4 little things sway someone's judgement of the forum overall.

[SirJackRex]

Why would she lose rep for speaking her mind?

Because people are idiots. Let me elaborate, before anyone affects my rep... yet again :-) Go to amazon.com. Go see CD reviews... People will rate a CD 5 stars cause it has one song that people like or they will rate a CD 1 star, just because they hate metal or they will give a CD 1 star because the musician says something in an interview that offends the reviewer. People will give DVDs a 5 star review, because the movie has a sex scene or a cameo from Tom Hanks.

In other words, one little thing greatly sways people's judgements about the overall, or in this case 4 little things sway someone's judgement of the forum overall.

That's called an opinion if you didn't already know that.

And more so, back to subject.
When I joined Nintendo Power forum or whatever it is, a few years back. (I think 2003)
They let you edit your posts, they let you have signatures, now, you have to have like 1300 posts just to have the above and more normal stuff like posting links, images, and other stuff like that. It's retarded, people barely ever get banned, and the post rate for a member is usually high, and that means they can now edit their posts, but I have seen so many double (triple) posters on that forum, it's crazy. Also, in order to get over 1000 posts, you'd have to go on a spam rage! What the hell? I tried editing my post one time, and I searched like a billion times to find it, it's not there....  Damn nintendo....
Really, who is going to actually post 1000 posts on Nintendo Forum? I don't think you would. What's there to do, and you can get warned for general talking in the forum that's for general chat. I think it's the power on one...(I haven't, but I heard of some...)

[Roph]

When I joined Nintendo Power forum or whatever it is, a few years back. (I think 2003)
They let you edit your posts, they let you have signatures, now, you have to have like 1300 posts just to have the above and more normal stuff like posting links, images, and other stuff like that. It's retarded, people barely ever get banned, and the post rate for a member is usually high, and that means they can now edit their posts, but I have seen so many double (triple) posters on that forum, it's crazy. Also, in order to get over 1000 posts, you'd have to go on a spam rage! What the hell? I tried editing my post one time, and I searched like a billion times to find it, it's not there....  Damn nintendo....
Really, who is going to actually post 1000 posts on Nintendo Forum? I don't think you would. What's there to do, and you can get warned for general talking in the forum that's for general chat. I think it's the power on one...(I haven't, but I heard of some...)

That's exactly the kind of stuff I hate, and so don't do on RMRK =o. Why limit stuff like inbox size (well there IS a limit, but it's in the thousands =p) or editing privelages =x

A downside is that (unlike hbgames.org) since everybody gets everything anyway there's no incentive to donate, but efhg =p

[haloOfTheSun]

Why would she lose rep for speaking her mind?

Because apparently some members think it's a big deal to derep someone, and when you say something that they don't like, they can't help but click on that minus button. It's pretty silly, but whatever they think works.