admin on power trip...
 

I am going to finish posting for today, then I am pretty sure I am quitting this forum, the people here are civil and enjoyable to debate/converse with through the forum...

But after Krylo just closed a topic that had NO reason to be closed except for the fact he is looking for a chance to use his admin power, even when he has to make up reasons to close it... I dont care if this topic gets closed or if I get banned, if the admin cant take the fact that at least (might be more) one of them should not have access to the powers that they have...

You dont close a topic when people have yet to ONCE make a comment to show an argument is going to happen, because there was NO sign of an argument happening.. I didnt see one cross word in either page directed at another person, in fact the closest we got was picking on individual voice actors for the poor vocal acting jobs the do...

This is the 2nd topic that was closed, the 1st one was explained to me and that one I dont care about, I did not understand why but now I do, this one there is no explanation for except for an admin wants to use his 'special' powers, and it has actually completely ruined an otherwise enjoyable forum for me...

Krylo explained the reasons for closing the thread at least three times -- I'm sorry you don't seem to want to understand that, but it tends to make claims that a mod is on some Frankensteinian power binge ring just a little hollow. I would've done the same thing he did, only with less patient explaining and more verbal kicking and slapping. Be thankful for small mercies, y'know?

Also keep in mind that maybe the reason you didn't see an argument starting to brew up is that you're really pretty new here. Krylo's been here since god was a boy, and it's one of the many reasons he got made a mod -- he knows the character of our forums, and can guess pretty easily the direction a discussion's going to take. This allows him to cut off any trouble well before it begins. And maybe that does look a lot like jumping the gun to someone who isn't as familiar with the board's tendencies toward certain problems, but that doesn't necessarily make it so, especially when the situation is as clearly and patiently explained as krylo made it.

You don't have to like our rules, or even understand them -- although I think they're clear enough, especially after krylo pointed out that he'd gotten in trouble himself through breaking this one before -- but you do have to accept that they're there, that they're going to be enforced, and that you're not always going to agree 100% with the way that happens. I'd bet that most of our forum kids think this way. You can stamp your foot and let one little decision you disagree with ruin an entire community for you, of course, but it'd be a shame when everyone else here seems to cope with it just fine.

Relax, take a couple days off from this place, see how strongly you feel about it then. I'm betting it won't seem like such a big deal if you just try to think about it from our side.

Ive done my best not to break any rules, but if you are telling me that any forum messages that the admin choose to close can use the excuse "because it could end up being a fight" is unfair, you can not judge 1 forum over past experiences, nor can you judge users. If people can not hold a mature conversation close the topic, but why even bother to post in a forum where if the mods THINK it could end up going the wrong way everything gets closed on us... Its one thing to break the rules its another to have the mods step in when rules are not even BROKEN yet...

Then again, the internet is not democratic, the moderators word is law and there is nothing that can change that, but I personally do not feel the necessity to try to hold conversations on a forum where people just close topics with no good reason except for something in the past ended up being a fight over something...

You have to understand the moderator's job. They aren't there to please you. Krylo could have closed the thread, and given no explination at all. The fact that he did just shows a little bit of niceness on his part.

They are here to keep these boards civil. Beleive it or not, if it caused an bad arguement with lots of flaming before, it is most likely going to happen agian. This is simply b/c there are the exact same people here now that got pissed back then (and even more like them). You may be right, it might stay civil, but chances are agianst it. Heavily agianst it. So in order to prevent the unpleasentness of reading through all the flames, and dealing out punishments, its better to just close it.

And seriously, one topic being closed makes you not want to post here? Seems kind of sort sighted, considering all the other stuff around here. Why must you talk about that here? *shrugs* Just seems... trivial to me.

Think of the moderators as fire marshals. Part of the job entails recognizing potentially volatile situations and defusing them before a massive fire erupts, consuming all that dare stand near and causing irreparable damage to your priceless Van Gogh.

Not something; everything. Believe the moderators when told that the direction the discussion was heading was south, and only south. There's been thread after thread before this particular one, and they all ended the same way. The day there's an exception is the day I walk into a Panera's without buying anything. And we know that'll never happen.

Please listen to Mashirosen and take a few days off to cool down. This really isn't what you're making it out to be, and I'm sorry that you think it is. This isn't about massive corruption in the System, or Phase 2 of The Moderators' Plan for Forum Genocide. This is about knowledge acquired through experience, and a moderator acting wisely upon that experience.

The thing about mods is that they have expierience. That is why they're chosen in the first place. They know what threads will or will not work based on past events. To put it simply, they're streetwise when it comes to their particular forum. So if a moderator does something you don't agree with, just remember that they've probably been on this forum alot longer than you and know what does or doesn't work...

And plus, if Krylo didn't close the thread, there very well could have been flaming, and flaming results in ban. So what would you want? A closed thread, or a banned member?

(In truth it's Phase 3.)

If we were such jerks would I have sent you a PM the other day explicitly commending your manners? That doesn't sound power hungry to me. What planet are you from?

I've found that usually, when someone cries "Help, help, we're being repressed, we're being repressed", they're usually wrong. At least, on forums.
Especially since you haven't been here long enough to know how topics usually go. I mean, I won't call myself an active member who knows either, but I tend to trust the mods.

The thing is, while some people might have learned from a part experience with an argument or understood a rule, not everyone would have. You admit you are new and therefore the people like you who didn't see the way things were handled before will be the ones who end up starting the arguments.

I'm not saying you specifically would have gotten out of control, but someone like you, who hasn't been on the boards since thelast blow up, would be the one. In many ways, I agree with some of the things you are stating and would like a few changes to the rules as well. But at the same time, I could see that the thread was turning into one of those 'Well I think Subs/Dubs are better cuz of (insert petty already widely heald reason)'. It just happened to be going much slower than normal. This is also why I opted out of the thread before anything happened, cuz I simply didn't want to do all that again.

For your info, I am the major reason that the rules on sub vs dub debates have been created. And as you will find on this forum, most of the people here are those who watch dubs. If you really can't handle one side or the other, then you might need to leave to keep from starting something. Dispite my being totally against Dubs and everything, I have kept myself here because in other areas, I enjoy the people and discussions on this forum. If you want to try to stick it out, go ahead. But just like in that thread, there are a couple things people are just not allowed to talk about on this forum, even dispite the fact that many of them that were the leading cause of concern in the past would now probably be able to have quite a controlled and civil debate about it.

Its just something they don't want and you're gonna have to accept it. And Hunter, I don't agree with that view....but this isn't the place to go into it.