chaddd
Smash Lord
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- Feb 15, 2006
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Smashboards has recently become overrun with what I like to call 'Hall Monitor Syndrome' or better known as 'Corrupt Cop Syndrome'.
All of the mods are under the belief that anything they don't agree with is spam, and now enforcement has become strictly at their own discretion, regardless of rules. This isn't even close to fair, and it represents the foundation of a fascist regime.
Earlier this week I was banned for a week by 'Tom nom nom nom' for posting a thread that was viewed as spam. But for some reason I've seen multiple stickied threads posted by mods who stickied them themselves (Guess they've got the hook up on stickies, huh?), that I believe to have been along the same lines as spam, but since I'm not a mod I can't go all ban-happy because of it.
Today, I was given a 1 point infraction for a double post, and had my post edited for stating my distaste for Brawl. This, I strongly believe, has crossed the line.
SmashBoards was meant to be a place to connect fellow smashers and inform those who were unaware about events and tournaments, as well as keep communities together.
However at this point, the self righteousness of the current mods has become absolutely ridiculous. They no longer act as leaders of the community. At this point they act like people who were once bullied too much and now feel as though they should abuse their power. The status of enforcing the rules often goes hand in hand with being above the rules, but I believe that SmashBoards deserves better than that.
At this point, the enforcement of pointless rules has caused almost half the Pacific West forums to be banned, even some of the most influential smashers like Hugs.
My point? Either make me a mod so I can fairly enforce the rules, or do something about the renegade team of mods currently terrorizing the boards.
The board members did not want to be punished or banished for things as trivial as accidentally double posting 6 times. This has become absolutely ludicrous, and I for one don't feel that the boards are worth using if we are going to be targeted and banned at the discretion of who ever has their name in red. The board needs members to use it, the members do not need the boards. At some point this will go too far and you will lose a large amount of members due to the enforcement of pointless bureaucratic rules, once again at the discretion of those who have proven themselves to be unfair.
I don't believe personal accounts should be banned based on the uptightness or personal bias of the mod who did the banning.
None of this applies to Frames, who has just recently become a mod and who I believe will be a perfectly fair mod, and Mike G who has always been completely fair.
And please don't ban me for posting this and label it 'spam', further proving my point. This is an important issue and it's affecting how content I am with using these boards as a form of communication. I don't want to be part of a community if the Smash Hall Monitors are going to just show me how much "power" they have by editing all my posts and kicking me off for a week everytime I have a thought or opinion they don't agree with. Thanks for your time, everyone.
All of the mods are under the belief that anything they don't agree with is spam, and now enforcement has become strictly at their own discretion, regardless of rules. This isn't even close to fair, and it represents the foundation of a fascist regime.
Earlier this week I was banned for a week by 'Tom nom nom nom' for posting a thread that was viewed as spam. But for some reason I've seen multiple stickied threads posted by mods who stickied them themselves (Guess they've got the hook up on stickies, huh?), that I believe to have been along the same lines as spam, but since I'm not a mod I can't go all ban-happy because of it.
Today, I was given a 1 point infraction for a double post, and had my post edited for stating my distaste for Brawl. This, I strongly believe, has crossed the line.
SmashBoards was meant to be a place to connect fellow smashers and inform those who were unaware about events and tournaments, as well as keep communities together.
However at this point, the self righteousness of the current mods has become absolutely ridiculous. They no longer act as leaders of the community. At this point they act like people who were once bullied too much and now feel as though they should abuse their power. The status of enforcing the rules often goes hand in hand with being above the rules, but I believe that SmashBoards deserves better than that.
At this point, the enforcement of pointless rules has caused almost half the Pacific West forums to be banned, even some of the most influential smashers like Hugs.
My point? Either make me a mod so I can fairly enforce the rules, or do something about the renegade team of mods currently terrorizing the boards.
The board members did not want to be punished or banished for things as trivial as accidentally double posting 6 times. This has become absolutely ludicrous, and I for one don't feel that the boards are worth using if we are going to be targeted and banned at the discretion of who ever has their name in red. The board needs members to use it, the members do not need the boards. At some point this will go too far and you will lose a large amount of members due to the enforcement of pointless bureaucratic rules, once again at the discretion of those who have proven themselves to be unfair.
I don't believe personal accounts should be banned based on the uptightness or personal bias of the mod who did the banning.
None of this applies to Frames, who has just recently become a mod and who I believe will be a perfectly fair mod, and Mike G who has always been completely fair.
And please don't ban me for posting this and label it 'spam', further proving my point. This is an important issue and it's affecting how content I am with using these boards as a form of communication. I don't want to be part of a community if the Smash Hall Monitors are going to just show me how much "power" they have by editing all my posts and kicking me off for a week everytime I have a thought or opinion they don't agree with. Thanks for your time, everyone.
and to try and get my way"
