We've got a major problem...

Paedantic Basterd · 08-18-2013, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Rez

I made like 3 posts saying just that. People have the right to complain as much as they want...if they contribute themselves.

Right, that is what I'm talking about (the posts we both refer to) when I say that people think they're responding appropriately in a situation when they're actually just prolonging drama. When you sense you're not getting through to someone, drop the subject. I just can't grasp this need for people to get the last word into an argument.

Dr_Rez · 08-18-2013, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Right, that is what I'm talking about (the posts we both refer to) when I say that people think they're responding appropriately in a situation when they're actually just prolonging drama. When you sense you're not getting through to someone, drop the subject. I just can't grasp this need for people to get the last word into an argument.

I was just annoyed because I think this thread is great, and allowing him to babble on just continuously derails it and prevents any real progress we were making.

Guybrush · 08-19-2013, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Rez

I was just annoyed because I think this thread is great, and allowing him to babble on just continuously derails it and prevents any real progress we were making.

Rez, I don't agree with everything this guy writes and I wish he was more diplomatic and not so uncompromising with his posts, but as for what derails the thread, take a look at the last couple of pages now. You'll see posts like this :

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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

Don't forget though Rez - The forum will be amazing once he starts contributing - he just refuses to do so until the forum is changed according to "his vision".

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Maybe he senses that he's gone too far and will never be taken seriously again because he's established a reputation that will be nearly impossible to shake without more effort and patience on his part than he is capable of exercising.

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Yet he is still putting an enormous amount of time and energy into this particular thread. Again, what is the point of that?

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Getting a rise out of people because he's bitter. It's working. What we should do is ignore him until he makes a positive effort.

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Maybe if he comes up with a five year plan to implement his Orwellian vision of this site he would be taken more seriously.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

You make too much sense. Get out of this thread.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Rez

I made like 3 posts saying just that. People have the right to complain as much as they want...if they contribute themselves.

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Right, that is what I'm talking about (the posts we both refer to) when I say that people think they're responding appropriately in a situation when they're actually just prolonging drama. When you sense you're not getting through to someone, drop the subject. I just can't grasp this need for people to get the last word into an argument.

Now, I love you guys and I understand your irritation, but all these posts contribute to derailing the thread. And it's you guys who make them. If, instead of voicing your opinion every time you get annoyed, you guys could just avoid expressing that annoyance or mentally ignore the annoying post - or actually put the guy on ignore, that would help keep the thread on topic.

If we all gotta make an effort to keep the forums friendly and less hostile, can't we start now?

Dr_Rez · 08-19-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

Rez, I don't agree with everything this guy writes and I wish he was more diplomatic and not so uncompromising with his posts, but as for what derails the thread, take a look at the last couple of pages now. You'll see posts like this :

Now, I love you guys and I understand your irritation, but all these posts contribute to derailing the thread. And it's you guys who make them. If, instead of voicing your opinion every time you get annoyed, you guys could just avoid expressing that annoyance or mentally ignore the annoying post - or actually put the guy on ignore, that would help keep the thread on topic.

If we all gotta make an effort to keep the forums friendly and less hostile, can't we start now?

Maybe because we did voice our opinion, several times...yet he continued to ignore everything we said and continue to waste space with these complaints. I understand you are a diplomatic person but come on...this guy is clearly beyond getting any respect from me or anyone else.

GuitarBizarre · 08-19-2013, 08:30 AM

Tore, All you're proving here is that people are frustrated with sopsych. Their rationale for being frustrated is sound and their response frankly proportionate. Come down from the clouds.

This whole mess could have been solved long ago, when sopsych responded to the thread split with direct threats to the mods. The fact he wasn't immediately banned at that point mystifies me, because there was and is absolutely no call for such petulant, childish threats and he had already clearly stated his lack of intention to actually contribute by that time.

Maybe I'm wrong about how good our mods are. Maybe that was simply an example of a fragmented, ****ed up mod team that needs a serious reality check on when and where to draw lines. Whatever it is, an approach so incredibly passive shouldn't have been taken at that point. He should have been immediately banned. Potentially permanently.

TheBig3 · 08-19-2013, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

Tore, All you're proving here is that people are frustrated with sopsych. Their rationale for being frustrated is sound and their response frankly proportionate. Come down from the clouds.

This whole mess could have been solved long ago, when sopsych responded to the thread split with direct threats to the mods. The fact he wasn't immediately banned at that point mystifies me, because there was and is absolutely no call for such petulant, childish threats and he had already clearly stated his lack of intention to actually contribute by that time.

Maybe I'm wrong about how good our mods are. Maybe that was simply an example of a fragmented, ****ed up mod team that needs a serious reality check on when and where to draw lines. Whatever it is, an approach so incredibly passive shouldn't have been taken at that point. He should have been immediately banned. Potentially permanently.

I agree with this except for the permanently part. Tell him to take it to the other thread, stop posting period, or be banned. 3 days sends the message.

Then again, I've said he was a troll for a week now and no one listened to me. I'm like Churchill warning against the rise of Hitler. You all think I'm some crazy looney in the corner until sopsych invades Poland.

Then we'll see.