System Wars Lounge V47: The 60FPS 1080P Edition

If you are mostly gaming there's no point in getting a 4790k

Granted some people in that thread are being assholes, I still don't think they should be banned just for voicing their opinion. Besides, I've seen much worse stuff not get moderated in my years here.

Still waiting for a gamespot is doomed thread.

Freedom of speech on the gamespot forums is clearly frowned upon it seems.

Also,is it just for me or that thread doesn´t seem to be updating?

It's not just you. I saw that too. I think mods are pre-approving posts before they show up.

That's why I agree with you. Did anyone band Jankarcop when he made fun of console gamers for "being poor?" Did XboxDone74 AmazonAngry get banned even though that user has said racist and sexist comments multiple times? I see people here laughing at developers for getting fired and losing their jobs. None of these people get banned. Either you're going to ban people for being assholes all the time, or you don't do it at all. They shouldn't be picking-and-choosing situations where being a dick is unacceptable.

I triple dog dare you! :P

Well for one thing, you don't actually have freedom of speech on the GS forums. They have every right to moderate the content

But I'm going to imagine this stems from when Carolyn reviewed GTA V and people got really bad, personally attacking her and her gender identity (?). I'd imagine they're trying to stop any of that before it gets started

Well I think jankar was finally given a vacation (probably suspended) recently for some of comments. I am surprised AmazonAngry is still here, but I guess just saying you don't want racial minorities and women in gaming isn't enough to get banned. But have they actually banned anyone from that thread, or just deleted their posts?

It seems like you have to do something explicitly awful these days to actually get outright banned.

You must comply. No backsies in a triple dog dare.

Name your price. I might consider it....

The mod with the Okami avatar is saying he will ban people for making rude comments. I'm not sure if there is a way to find out if a user is banned. I know going to their profile doesn't work anymore.

I wonder what JankarCop said to finally get the boot. Must have been worse than making fun of poor people and admitting he date-raped a girl, lol.

And in other news, I still can't fucking post my review of Spyro 2. God damn it, GameSpot...

I think it was partly that he was using the term "rape" inappropriately and for making threats. I would link it but I think the posts got deleted

As far as I know there's no way to see if someone actually got banned

Ah, I see what you're talking about: "Fair warning: I will not tolerate anyone -- and I mean anyone -- being assholes here. I see even one of you expressing joy at people having just lost their jobs, I won't hesitate to suspend or ban. I'm not in the mood for dealing with any such behavior. Don't. Be. A. Dick"

Not sure why they have a non-SW mod on it. If his level for banning people is "Don't be a dick" or expressing joy at others misfortune, then most of SW (along with like all of OT) would be pretty fucked.

lol, JankarCop. Well, I'm glad he's gone. Now we won't see him proposing incest as a fun activity to be enjoyed.

Well if he does come back, he did admit to not having a PC. So even if he wasn't serious, we can annoy him with that for a while

http://a.pomf.se/qpvjmz.webm

lmfao

I kind of want to ask for their justification of this, but don't think it's too bright to poke the bear about what is obviously a sensitive subject for GS

Broke down and bought one

To be clear that thread doesn't really belong in SW and it would've been better kept in OT. Where people would be expected to be moderated. SW is is a place where people can hate on consoles and pic for whatever reason.

Not only that but many of the people pointing out how we should be stricter on everything would also probably get moderated.

Not that people who only visit SW understand though. Moderation is stricter in other forums. The fact that SW even exists is cherry picking.

Bothered me a lot more than it probably should have, especially because I don't believe I'm at any risk of having non-tolerable behavior to him. It didn't help calling people scum a couple posts later, regardless of what that other person was doing. If anything, I would imagine a mod should be a bit more civil and level-headed, not letting emotion get in the way when it comes to banning/locking stuff.

Maybe I have the wrong perception of how things should be, though.

Also wtf I'm gone for like 3.5 hours and shyt goes down!?!? what the hell

Ah, good ol' chance time, the great equalizer in any Mario Party game.

You brought the apocalypse when you purchased that PS4! Repent!!!

The best part is that the two stars that Brad lost he had originally stolen from Drew.

I mean I warned you guys it was going to be a heavily monitored thread. What else am I gonna do? This site runs under a corporation with a loose ToU. Pretty much from the start the motto was don't be a dick and we had to make some sacrifices with that motto because if we followed that as a guideline for SW I'm pretty sure 50% of the posts in here would be deleted.

I'm not trying to be mean but if you guys wanted the same treatment you'll get it and you won't enjoy it either.

Quick, everyone flag BallroomPirate for bringing Armageddon upon System Wars!

That game destroys friendships. :(

I see that. Hope you don't get banned for that.

No regrets, plus Tom and Carloyn are gone so basically I would be the savior :P, don't know about any of the other people who got fired so can't comment on that.

A pink vita wallpaper exclusively made for you? ... or other vita trash related goods?

I can't read minds. oh, well... whatevs. :P

The ps4 awaits me.

SW just does not handle threats very well. Also, i think many decent users feel there is a seeming lack of consistency in what is allowed.

I doubt Desmonic is going to get banned. I wouldn't ban someone if they responded to me like that.

Yeah, I can't see him getting banned for that post. If he did, that would be insane.

That's true I can understand that.

Yeah that is also true. I've only been here for this one because it was a big event. I mean you can express being discontent with the reviewer in mind and give your reasons, that's always been the case.

I'm pretty helpless here because I'm conflicted between going all out on you guys or just laying back because SW has been kind of pampered since the new ToU. In other forums if you were being a dick you'd be moderated but here its a little different. The thread we're talking about is kind of universal in the sense that not only is SW is affected but other users from other different forums as well. I think it might be better suited to have different threads for each forum and have moderators familiar with that forum settle in the thread.

But with lack of communication today between the moderators makes this frustrating and hard and there's only a few of us on right now. I don't hate you guys though, I won't ever hate you guys. I have a great time posting here.

What I have learned from this though is that I will be stricter on forum trolls in SW though. I think you guys did give some good feedback. I have to comply to certain rules as a moderator since this is a corporation but I'll try to be more flexible in the future.

@Desmonic: I have to agree, it honestly is gonna back fire if GS mods and staff try to white knight this shyt, but ignored every other thread about people getting fired in the past whether it was that persons fault or not. Also lets face it Tom and Carolyn were on borrowed time for the shyt they were doing or did everyone forget Carolyns bs twitter a few days ago?, I wouldn't be surprised if that one staff member who created that one thread awhile back trying to make his point across in all capital letters for flag abuse also got fired.

I'd like to thank you for your transparency with it. Many times, those of us regular forum posters don't get to understand what is going on with the moderations in a particular instance. Your communication here is certainly a good thing, so thanks for that! :)