Why is Gamespot the most sensitive forum in the world?

Don't know where else to put this. So I've come to notice out of like a dozen forums I am a member of Gamespot is by far the most restricted. I've been a member of d2jsp.org since 2003; a Diablo forum and I've not got a single warning in 45,000 posts over a timespan of 7 years. But here, I get warnings every single week. AT D2jsp, I have the FREEDOM to swear all I want. I can be a hard troll all day long, I can insult any one I want I can even be a total psychopath behind the keyboaard to any user (except a moderator) And I don't get warned, because WELCOME TO THE REAL INTERWEBS PEOPLE. You don't have to be polite this isn't primary school. But here at Restrictspot, I guess if I said human genitals I would get a ban...

So am I bad person for being warned at Gamespot? No, not at all.

I've been warned for the most stupid reasons imaginable:

- Calling a console gamer with double standards a hypocrite. (Trolling)

- Saying PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming (Trolling)

- Saying that if you need a $3000 PC to be a PC gamer you need $3000 HDTV to be a console gamer (Trolling + suspsended for that comment Oh My I was such a mayham maker!!!!)

- Saying Cool story bro (Trolling, SERIOUSLY GAMEPSOT?)

- Making a joke about Halo, saying next game will be Halo Kart (Trolling)

- Telling some one his sarcasm detector failed (Flaming. REALLY GAMESPOT? YOU CALL THAT FLAMING?)

And so on.

So might I ask, why is gamespot so gosh darn sensitive? And why is everyone else he so sensitive? Are my arguements so strong that the only way to reply to me is report me?

Every time I participate in an argument in civil manner some one has to go and report my post as inapproriate for disagreeing with them and I get warned. Why?

inb4: sensitive people report this...

Am I flaming now btw? Cos it seems according to gamespot I am being a big bully right now!

It's different for starters.

It's different for starters.

mitu123

I can be a hard troll all day longhd5870corei7

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

It's different for starters.

hd5870corei7

are you doing this in the right forum?

like are you in system wars saying this about other peoples system and games they choose or are you for instance on the halo forums just there to harass and bash other peoples games just to make them angry?

i mean your posting this complaint thread in the off topic sooo...

[QUOTE="hd5870corei7"] I can be a hard troll all day longrawsavon

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="hd5870corei7"] I can be a hard troll all day longhd5870corei7

Its ok i got warned for this yesterday. I do wish I could swear though cuz thats how I really talk.

▲ I know how you feel OP. GS is notorious for this kind of stuff. ▲

Can't read your moderation details...

I hate feeling like I'm in prison. Why do gaming forums BOTHER hiding swear words from kids? I've seen 9 years with a more aggressive vernacular than Gamespot forces us to use. I understand that they do not like flaming like people calling others names or swear words or an illness or whatever.

But on Gamespot you are not even allowed to imply that are flaming like "Oh you are so silly"= instant warn here.

'cause this is where the "civilized" folk go.

edit - and I personally believe that some of the mods just don't like some of the users here, so they will mod you and suspend you all day for nothing...but I don't feel like that has happened to me, much.

- Calling a console gamer with double standards a hypocrite. (Trolling)

hd5870corei7

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

- Saying PC gaming is cheaper than console gaming (Trolling)

hd5870corei7

In which you called the person a hypocrite again.

- Saying that if you need a $3000 PC to be a PC gamer you need $3000 HDTV to be a console gamer (Trolling + suspsended for that comment Oh My I was such a mayham maker!!!!)

hd5870corei7

Followed by "Consolites reply: Bu bu bu bu but teh hdteevees are more than games :cry:!"

- Saying Cool story bro (Trolling, SERIOUSLY GAMEPSOT?)

hd5870corei7

Considering that the only effect of that would be to annoy the person who created the thread, yes, seriously.

- Making a joke about Halo, saying next game will be Halo Kart (Trolling)

hd5870corei7

What effect could your post possibly have had other than to inflame Halo fans?

- Telling some one his sarcasm detector failed (Flaming. REALLY GAMESPOT? YOU CALL THAT FLAMING?)

hd5870corei7

"S-s-s-sarcasm detection fail? :roll:That would beyou."

That's a bit more than what you described.

And so on.

So might I ask, why is gamespot so gosh darn sensitive? And why is everyone else he so sensitive? Are my arguements so strong that the only way to reply to me is report me?

Every time I participate in an argument in civil manner some one has to go and report my post as inapproriate for disagreeing with them and I get warned. Why?

inb4: sensitive people report this...

Am I flaming now btw? Cos it seems according to gamespot I am being a big bully right now!

hd5870corei7

It seems to me that you might first want to learn why you're being moderated before complaining about being moderated, given that in half of the above examples you didn't even list what you were actually moderated for.

Can't read your moderation details...

I hate feeling like I'm in prison. Why do gaming forums BOTHER hiding swear words from kids? I've seen 9 years with a more aggressive vernacular than Gamespot forces us to use. I understand that they do not like flaming like people calling others names or swear words or an illness or whatever.

But on Gamespot you are not even allowed to imply that are flaming like "Oh you are so silly"= instant warn here.

'cause this is where the "civilized" folk go.

tocklestein2005

▲ Hardly...especially last night. You guys made me feel like crap. Of which I reported, but of course when I report someone the mods ignore me. ▲

It's odd....I never get moderated for those things.

[spoiler] Totally jinxing myself [/spoiler]

Since there are about five zillion other sites that let you behave in as juvenile a fashion as you like, I don't see the point in hanging out here and complaining about how restricted you are.xaos

Indeed.

This is a PG-13 rated site, TC. If you don't like it, you have pretty much the WHOLE rest of the internet at your disposal, just like the OT Guidelines (or some guidelines in a sticky somewhere; I don't remember where I read that :P) say.

*certificate of pwnership*

GabuEx

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

GabuEx

[QUOTE="tocklestein2005"]

'cause this is where the "civilized" folk go.

▲ Hardly...especially last night. You guys made me feel like crap. Of which I reported, but of course when I report someone the mods ignore me. ▲

[QUOTE="tocklestein2005"]

'cause this is where the "civilized" folk go.

▲ Hardly...especially last night. You guys made me feel like crap. Of which I reported, but of course when I report someone the mods ignore me. ▲

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

Teenaged

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

[QUOTE="hd5870corei7"]

- Calling a console gamer with double standards a hypocrite. (Trolling)

GabuEx

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

▲ I disagree, saying someone is a hypocrite is not insulting them. ▲

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Loco_Live"]

▲ Hardly...especially last night. You guys made me feel like crap. Of which I reported, but of course when I report someone the mods ignore me. ▲

xaos

▲ And it begins. ▲

[QUOTE="hd5870corei7"]

What effect could your post possibly have had other than to inflame Halo fans?

[QUOTE="hd5870corei7"]

- Telling some one his sarcasm detector failed (Flaming. REALLY GAMESPOT? YOU CALL THAT FLAMING?)

GabuEx

"S-s-s-sarcasm detection fail? :roll:That would beyou."

That's a bit more than what you described.

And so on.

So might I ask, why is gamespot so gosh darn sensitive? And why is everyone else he so sensitive? Are my arguements so strong that the only way to reply to me is report me?

Every time I participate in an argument in civil manner some one has to go and report my post as inapproriate for disagreeing with them and I get warned. Why?

inb4: sensitive people report this...

Am I flaming now btw? Cos it seems according to gamespot I am being a big bully right now!

hd5870corei7

It seems to me that you might first want to learn why you're being moderated before complaining about being moderated, given that in half of the above examples you didn't even list what you were actually moderated for.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

It's different for starters.

mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

It's different for starters.

GHlegend77

Well, I will say the definition of trolling can be used quite loosely sometimes.

[QUOTE="hd5870corei7"][QUOTE="mitu123"]

It's different for starters.

mitu123

On topic, TC should avoid System Wars. As much fun as it is, its hard to not get modded every once in a while.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

GabuEx

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

SW is full of, "questionable"moderators.

I was once moddedfor quoting and posting (:lol: )to a funny non-modded post.

Really, WTF! SW!!!

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Yes, generally speaking insulting someone is textbook trolling. :?

GabuEx

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

Ah yes, the great ancient philosopher. His words of wisdom and insight ring true even to this day. :P

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]There are textbooks on trolling? :P

Teenaged

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

Well, I will say the definition of trolling can be used quite loosely sometimes.

DJ-Lafleur

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Why yes, The Art of Trolling, written by -Sun_Tzu-. :P

xaos

Links?

Citations?

Also I see you appeal to authority there, Gabu and xaos!!

Again, you're acting as if I told those users I wanted to kill their family and eat them. Calling some one with double standards a hypocrite is like calling the sky blue, And saying that some fails at detecting sarcasm really is not an insult. I doubt that person felt upset. hd5870corei7

Er, no, I'm acting as though you posted something that would annoy or inflame the person to whom you were replying, which you did.

If you told those users you wanted to kill their family and eat them, you'd receive a bit more than a moderation. :P

Mods are cool enough, members are sometimes too uptight.GazaAli

Proof of this?

Links?

Citations?

Also I see you appeal to authority there, Gabu and xaos!!

Teenaged

I cite myself.

And as proof of my authority, I cite myself again.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

Proof of this?

Links?

Citations?

Also I see you appeal to authority there, Gabu and xaos!!

GabuEx

I cite myself.

And as proof of my authority, I cite myself again.