Locking threads and not being able to speak our minds

[The Overfiend]

Scoot you know me well enough to know if I had to address you I'd tell you and only you. Not name call you like a girlie on the playground.

[~cheeky~]

?????

i didnt even know anyone had called me a cunt, i was reffering to Mark's text where he says he recieves pm's and indicated in some that mod's were calling people cunts... if that was u then i feel sorry for u more than anything because thats lower than any comments given in the latest threads, and if it was u, then im surprised also as i thought u were better than that tony

i really hope this gives you an insight into this. this is, at the end of the day, my little baby. i haven't got time to read every post, i really haven't. i never thought when i set this up that this would develop into this. it's a full time job that i haven't got, but even though i had to trust ppl with mod jobs, i still care so much about this place. when i come on here, have a pm from someone telling me xxx is a cunt and i need to check out xxx post, then i have to sort it. the sven post was really depressing, as he is a good guy at the end of the day, and he was getting the backlash of the schranz haters. i feel i have to do something. but i haven't got time to argue to the hill about it so what do i do? i lock it.

where does it say a mod called anyone a cunt and who says it was you being called it????????? Paranoia!!!

grown men getting their knickers in a twist thou :lol:

sorry to poke my nose in.

*runs back off to general*

[eyes without a face]

well ur nose poking hasnt really worked as because

when i come on here, have a pm from someone telling me xxx is a cunt

Mark clearly states that people do pm him saying that xxx is a cunt, and by the logic of elimination i deem that this can either be an ordinary board member, or one of the mod's... i shud of said this earlier, not that it matters, because Mark has said that people do pm him calling other people cunt's...

also, i never once thought or said on here that it was me being called a cunt, so not sure how you've come to that conclusion

with no offence intended but what keeps these threads going on and on is people who have nothing to do with, or have not even yet contributed constructively to the thread, posting with maybe not the best of intentions

;)

[tocsin]

Hehe. I'm still really amused at the shift in posturing. Seriously, despite what a number of people here will say long after the fact, it' obvious to a number of us what was being done. So, just drop the act. It's why I agree with the "say it to their face" point. It seems rather obvious, given what has transpired here, that this would never occur. I'm usually not a fan of heavy moderation in forums. However, I don't see that happen here very much. So, a thread got locked where a bunch of people were talking trash who specifically didn't like a certain genre. So ****ing what? It's not like anyone got banned as a result.

[eyes without a face]

Hehe. I'm still really amused at the shift in posturing. Seriously, despite what a number of people here will say long after the fact, it' obvious to a number of us what was being done. So, just drop the act. It's why I agree with the "say it to their face" point. It seems rather obvious, given what has transpired here, that this would never occur. I'm usually not a fan of heavy moderation in forums. However, I don't see that happen here very much. So, a thread got locked where a bunch of people were talking trash who specifically didn't like a certain genre. So **** what? It's not like anyone got banned as a result.

:?:

youve lost me

[tocsin]

It doesn't matter. In the end, the third reich has not seized control of this forum. Rather, somone needed to come in and act like a parent to deal with some children who were acting up.

[eyes without a face]

children? dont be so condascending dude, people were giving their opinions, no matter how strong they may have been or if u agreed on them or not

;)

[MARKEG]

how did that post get above there???

[eyes without a face]

thats bizarre, happened to one of my posts the other day too

a bug?

[Will]

The one thing I don't get is that you can't say the f word, but you can say cunt! Seems a bit strange to me, I'd have thought people would find cunt more offensive if anything, I think there's even a title based on how many posts you've made with the word cunt in it! I'd be interested to know why this is!

It's useful being able to call cunts like Roy Keane a cunt in the Sports hall though, haha.

More on the topic at hand, I think respect is a good word, people might have poured their heart and soul into a tune for all we know, which might not be to our tastes, but I don't think it'd be very heartening if they found 10 pages of people saying it's awful, whether they backed it up or not!

I'm sure in most cases it was something they knocked up in no time at all, so I might agree with some of the comments, to an extent, but I disagree with posting loads about how awful it is more strongly than any point they might be making and chances are their point will be lost and it'll be dismissed as slagging if it's not constructive... And most of it isn't, just disecting a tune isn't contructive at all, is it?

Saying what they could of done better next time would be better and why post criticism repeatedly when you could have backed up your point in the first place and left it at that? That's what I don't get. I don't think you should change the positive nature you're trying to create Mark!!

Anyway, this thread is going round in circles now, may as well lock it I reckon. :lol:

[Will]

I forgot to say, it's not like posts have been deleted (to my knowledge) just threads getting locked, so it doesn't affect freedom of speech, more like breaking up a fight or steering the discussion towards something more productive...

[eyes without a face]

this was done with, your only reiterating whats been said mate... its good to get involved yeah but u cud kinda see it was dying down so lets not fuel the fire hey

if i can move on then surely everyone else can, pm's have been exchanged and everyones happy so we should kinda leave it at that now, mark and i have come to an understanding and thats good enough for me

but re the swear filter yeah how strange we cant say the f word but cunt is no bother haha

u cunts ;) :lol:

[The Overfiend]

Can we all play nice now or what?

[eyes without a face]

im playing nice.... ;)

[The Overfiend]

Yeah, I'll play you nice allright Scotty :lol: ;)

[eyes without a face]

:lol:

[MARKEG]

hahaha 'kin ell sam

[DJAmok]

are you still arguing about this? :roll:






you folks got too much time on yer hands

[eyes without a face]

err no if ud of read the post up until were u posted ud see that we are not arguing about it, there was no argument in the first place.

merely a heated debate

[BRADLEE]

err no if ud of read the post up until were u posted ud see that we are not arguing about it, there was no argument in the first place.

merely a heated debate

Why don't you guys go on Jepardy. That will prove who is really king shit of useless info :lol: