Sleepy Cat wrote:Might I suggest a new rule? If you rush or be rude to the mods constantly, you should be banned from playing for a week, or permanently depending on how rude/pushy they are. This is directed at a certain person who cursed. Even if they blocked it out, it's a kids game... They were also rushing the mods. In order not to be TOO rude, I won't say the person's username. What do you guys think?
(I saw this and started writing before there were any replies. Wow, it's either that I'm slow or that this is (WARNING) an extremely long message.
It's both.)A bit off-topic here, but your suggestion reminded me of the time I had to debate about police protection for a class. Don't mind it; just a little connection I made, haha.
Anyways, back to this. I have been noticing about this starting from the recent round Art hosted. I've been hesitant to say something because:
1. I'm not a mod and don't want to be called out for mini-modding (especially towards something that got heated up). I've mini-modded before, not going to lie, and the other side ended up being those who were just joking around, so I stopped.
2. My opinion would make the mods who had to play bad cop look like harmless flowers instead.
I'm going to be criticized by many for this, but if I want to speak my mind, better do it now, right?
I understand that the behavior of the individual has been immature at times. There was one part of a comment they made that nearly triggered me to comment back--
not because it was rude, but because it was a fallacious argument and it bothered me as someone who debated and had to avoid cherry-picked evidence to use for cases. Leave it to me to be fussing over something unrelated.
However, looking back, I can't say for certain that it would've still blown up to be like this if people acted differently. Just to clarify, I'm not putting the blame on the hosts who weren't able to start rounds immediately. They all have some reason for it, and the least we can do is to not force it upon them. (Of course, it would be better if a host knows there won't be anything getting in the way before deciding to host a round; this would at least reduce the amount of complaints.)
There's been a couple of users, not just this one, who said things along the lines of "when will the round start / can someone host?" None of them meant harm; they were obviously excited for a round to start/get started. What made this one different from the others (which didn't grow to be anything nasty) was the number of replies. The previous ones each had a reply, and they got the message. Similarly, this user probably learned not to be impatient, but did they really need three replies to understand? I get that there are people are genuinely want to help resolve it despite not being a mod, but having many people telling the user to stop probably annoyed them further.
I don't think many people thought much of this, but there was one response someone made that had something completely unnecessary to add. I was tempted to bring it up then, but I decided against it because the last thing I wanted was a conflict to come out. Turns out that it happened anyways, so I'm bringing it up now.Next, the user's response to those who replied to the CS-inappropriate comment. The main reason the user said this (as much as the comment bothered me, see above 4th paragraph) was because no one answered their question (yes, I'm aware that his question came pretty late, as he was referring to the round before the one going on at the time). It took one person to answer afterwards, and that was resolved. Yes, the user later expressed their sentiment towards it, but considering that the user didn't notice it and that it took a while to figure out why that was the case, we honestly should've expected that to come? Especially since the user's been pretty vocal with their thoughts.
(And lastly, don't reply to the user if the original comment was from the page before. Let it die. Don't add more salt to the wound. //I type slowly and its a long response, hence the time gap between this and the comment above.//)
As another disclaimer, I'm not trying to say that the user did nothing wrong. What I'm trying to get at is that there's probably a reason for the user's negative attitude, so we should at least take notice. I think a slight part of it is due to mini-modding? There were times when users tried to help out when a mod already commented, and things worsened. I've always seen it as against the rules in other threads, but I never quite understood what was wrong about it. Looks like this may have answered my own question.
And this, everyone, is why I am not fitted to be a mod! Adding fuel to flames since the day I started getting active on the internet.
