[nirvAnA]

In light of the recent drama that has surfaced, I feel there is no better time to introduce a basic set of rules on SC2SEA. It would avoid problems in the future and it could have avoided ALOT of problems we had in the past with the way some members were treating the admins and mods on this site because there were no "official rules" in place and as such certain people felt we were obligated to serve them in certain ways.

I personally wanted to keep this whole issue private bearing in mind all the potential negativity that could arise, with sponsors staying away not wanting to touch our tournaments resulting in no more tournaments no more SEACLs etc and frankly this whole thing has been very embarrassing for SEA. deth did not agree with my decision that was discussed with Rossi in private and went ahead to air it for TL to decide. (Only for alot of them to tell us it should be discussed privately).

This post was made by Mezza on TL.

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Mezza said:

I refer to the TL rules from which the humble admins/mods of sc2sea who are fully respectful of this website and everything that it has done and as a result, draw inspiration and guidance from.

TL's 10 Commandments

In particular, I believe these in particular (and probably more) apply in some form or another to you, deth. (Read abovementioned link for full explanations of each)

1. THIS IS OUR HOUSE
2. THOU SHALL OBSERVE FORUM ETIQUETTE
3. THOU SHALL THINK BEFORE POSTING
6. THOU SHALL RESPECT FORUM VETERANS
10. THOU SHALL HAVE FUN - in particular, the bit about "Enjoy it. Make others happy. Be happy. Avoid being negative."

All things being considered, "evidence", or rather, smatterings of conversations which could easily have been posted out of context isn't much to go by on a forum.

Honestly deth, this tournament will go on, with or without you, and this tournament is something awesome nirvana and his team put together, and you're not doing TL/sc2sea/the sc2 community any good by your actions. So man up and take the ban, keep playing SC2 and have fun, or at the very least, don't stop other people from having theirs, or rather, wasting everyone's time. So let's just get the tournament on, shall we?

p.s. Dissing nirvana about him making a living off the site is quite a low (and inaccurate) blow. I'd imagine nirvana makes a shitload more working at his previous day job than at this current "job" and honestly its not like he's making a killing off his site. So even if he does owe the community "shit", you alone don't exactly constitute "the community".

p.p.s. My apologies to the rest of the forum members who have to put up with this.

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These 5 rules are now the first official 5 rules of SC2SEA

They are exact carbon copies of TL's rules whom we have always drawn inspiration from which will set the precedent for now and be adapted as time passes by.

1. THIS IS OUR HOUSE

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You are our guests. We will make all attempts to treat everyone with due respect and to accommodate everyone's wishes as far as reasonably possible. But, this is a private site. We are not a "for profit" enterprise. We are not funded by any governments. This means we run the site the way we see fit. We are not obligated to observe anyone's notions of "free speech" or even "fairness." We try of course, and that's why we're consistently considered one of the best gaming sites on the web, and you are always free to give us suggestions. But, we have our limits. If we don't like you, we simply ban you.

2. THOU SHALL OBSERVE FORUM ETIQUETTE

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Common sense, people, common sense. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (And if you happen to be into masochism, then you're at the wrong site, anyway.)

This doesn't mean you can't get verbally medieval on someone's ass every once in a while. We don't run the place like a monastery. But, flames are generally discouraged and we expect people to have a damn good reason for resorting to harsh language in the forums. This means gratuitous swearing is a no-no. Generic trolling will get you banned. If you must flame, be smart or creative about it, and make sure the flame was warranted to begin with. Generally, you'll never go wrong by being nice, polite and mature. All just common sense, people.

3. THOU SHALL THINK BEFORE POSTING

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Remember, there's a reason why we do things around here. Our Moderators are not power hungry, unreasonable people with agendas against specific users. If they ban someone, there was probably a very good reason for it. If you believe a certain ban was a mistake, you can contact a Mod through PM or in our IRC channel, but please be respectful about it. Do not take things into your own hands by posting "Ban?" or telling users they will be banned. You PM Moderators to let them know about specific posts or threads, but let them handle it after that.

4. THOU SHALL RESPECT FORUM VETERANS

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All other things being equal, we will give preferential treatment to site members who have been with us longer (as reflected in their post count + length of time with us as a registered member). It's a simple recognition of the quality of these people. Longevity and contribution are prized commodities around here.

5. THOU SHALL HAVE FUN - in particular, the bit about "Enjoy it. Make others happy. Be happy. Avoid being negative."

Lastly, this is not a thread for the deth vs nirvana argument to spill over and all efforts to turn that into it will be infracted.

It is about the new rules we have implemented, which have being used by TL to great success. Surely you can't find fault with TL for coming up with theirs and if you do, let them know. If you still have issues kindly take it up privately or post it on TL (if they haven't closed the thread yet).

SEAL will happen and it will be amazing, lets not forget that and look forward towards the league that all of us have been working our ass off to make happen. I would also recommend checking out deL's post below which has an amazing preview of the championship league.

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