Selective moderating is stupid

[pockyD]

I'll probably get infracted but I don't care

This thread was recently locked by some random mod who probably looks in here once a month, citing that it is a post that belongs in the "pool room" or whatever. I disagree, since most of us don't actually care where "darkmarthslayer49" got their name; we are curious about the people in our own community; the people we are likely to encounter and even get to know in person. As such, I see no reason as to why this WOULDN'T be allowed in a regional board.

The bigger problem is that mods who don't actively patrol this forum shouldn't be taking the initiative to make judgments as far as whether a thread is "relevant" or not; given that we have our own set of real mods who know and understand the community, they should keep their noses out of it - obviously, exceptions can be made for explicit rule-breaking, like profanity, vulgarity, etc. that would be 'enforced' equally in every forum on smashboards, but something so community-centric should NOT be policed by the higher-ups.

I'm sure very few others actually care, and even I barely care about this specific instance, but random mods coming in to random forums and flexing their muscles whenever they feel like it has been a problem that has been bothering me for a LONG time, and they deserve to be called out

 

[DanteFox]

I wholeheartedly agree with this. The point of the topic was to hear how the people I see on here daily came up with, or got, their names. I couldn't care less about the etymology of the name of someone in the Pool room. No one had a problem with it and it was an interesting topic. It was even approved by Gimpyfish. ^_^

 

[kirbyraeg]

props to posting this, I agree completely.

 

[Celph]

i love how pocky always has to make clear how much he doesn't care about something even as he's in the process of caring about something

 

[pockyD]

I don't care about the thread specifically... I care what it represents

it just happens to be a platform

 

[ender]

gimpyfish approving means nothing.

but I saw nothing wrong with that thread either. I dont really know why it was locked but I cant go behind a non-pac west mod.

 

[Azua]

There is a thread EXACTLY LIKE THIS in the Pool Room. That's why.

If you have a problem with it, take it to forum disputes.

 

[Xsyven]

Guys, this is a Smash forum.

Go ahead, talk to each other about whatever in your respective regional threads, but don't go out of your way to make purely social threads in the regional zones-- this is why we have other forums in the first place. If you hadn't noticed, these are fitted in our 'Smash Tournament' forum group. Asking why anyone is named anything isn't really... smash tournament related... if you get my picture.

Also, you know why we have Super Mods, right? One of our responsibilities here is to keep the normal mods in check-- so in reality, you're complaining about the fact that we legitimately moderate your forums.

Sorry guys. It's just that if we allowed social threads in the regional zones, very little would get done in the community as a whole. Things would get harder to find, and new members wouldn't care to find tournaments in their area, because they'd have to swim through the spam. The "it makes us stronger as a community" argument is lame, and you know it. If you want to get stronger as a smash community, post more in your respective thread.

As for social discussion, just post in the PRoom. Tell your friends to post in the PRoom. It's there for a reason.




But that doesn't mean you can't have fun. Please, enjoy each other's companies in threads that do belong in these forums.