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Originally Posted by fray`FLuX

Can returning people come back? I get the rules and why they're there, but the community has changed a lot since 2011. Lots of people have left, while others arrived or simply stayed behind, and these people are the staple of this community. This post is essentially calling for a change in how we, as a community, operate. For instance, insults/slander/general bad manner is pretty common now, and I think a lot of the people here enjoy that (correct me if I'm wrong people) because it's fun to poke and jab, and get jabbed and poked by others.

If you (all the mods, not just you) want to come back after years of inactivity and talk about banning and disciplining people from a site that they've frequented for such a long period of time, for essentially having their own culture, I fail to see how that is fair or just.

If you want to do an overhaul of how SC2SEA is run, may I suggest it start at the top and work its way down? Not everyone wants to see everyone else get banned for what is simply considered humour around here now.

I don't think a lot of the people enjoy. It takes one person with the same trollish attitude to bring in the others with trollish attitude, and that will leave out those who want peace. The community doesn't just consist of the outspoken ones who are trash-talking in the chat all the time, it also consists of people who sometimes come to the chat and just want to see a nice flowing conversation, instead of what has been frequently seen the past few days.

If you (everyone else, not just you) find insulting others enjoyable, we will not stop you from doing it to one another in private. This however, is a community site open to all people of all ages and races. Take for example you post a racist or sexual joke in the chat box, directed to your friend. How will it look to a potential sponsor or someone new to the site? As stated earlier, we do value our veteran members of the community, the ones that have stayed throughout. Hence, we issue warnings to such members, but ignoring warnings repeatedly will result in an infraction.

There's a difference between trolling and blatantly insulting someone else. One is when you have the intention of light and humorous banter, and at the same time the other person gets it. But when you say things with the intention to evoke certain emotions from the other person, and the other person doesn't like what you are saying, that's wrong. I hope we can all respect each other here.

I believe I can say that I'm a more "relevant" mod if you guys like to put it that way, and this is a decision that the relevant and non-relevant mods have come together and agreed on. This isn't a culture, this is just a passing moment because of recent events, because of people who want drama for the sake of drama, and not drama that happens naturally.

Originally Posted by Swarmstika

However most people understand where the line is with trolling and have enough self-discipline to stop.

I don't think so.

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