Question answered, thread closed. = New Rule

[The Evil Within]

Originally Posted by Mykel

It isn't exactly that thread in specific. It has been done over and over again. It's the rule (or lack thereof) in general that we're talking about. That thread just happens the be the latest and most blatant example.

The thing is, its been stated that you guys get off topic after the question in a thread is answered. If you want to have an off-topic conversation about something then why not create a topic about what you want to talk about in the non-graal related section of the forums? What they are saying is that the question was stated, that is what the topic was made for, to get an answer to a question. Then later in the thread the question was answered, in which case there is no more purpose to the thread. It really doesn't hurt TOO terribly much to let off-topic chatter go on, but the point is that in their opinion, they believe it would be better for the thread to be closed so that in the future when somebody has a similar problem/question and they find that thread it would be better to have the thread ended somewhere around the point of where the question was answered so that there's not 10 pages to sift through when somebody wants to find an answer to their question.

I said before I really don't want to take either side, you guys are right for wanting to be able to uphold conversation, and there is also the fact that they should be trying to make an enviornment that pleases their paying customers, but you are not paying for the forums alone, the forums are just part of what you get by paying for Graal and there are rules to these forums just as there are rules in the game client, but Darlene has stated several times that all she is doing is her job, and all you guys are saying is that because the rule isn't written down that she has no right to lock the topic, but the fact is that the rule is written down. There is to be no spam on the forums, what is spam? Well not only is spam random posts, but it is off-topic conversation, and that is exactly what she has closed these threads for: Off-topic conversation.

If you want to go to forums with a more lax set of rules then like I said before: either make your own Graal related forums, or you can visit the Delteria forums or some other Graal servers forums, although I'm pretty sure that the other servers forums are pretty inactive.

its not so much that you warned them its that you warned them for something thats not in the written rules.

That is what warnings are for, to let somebody know that they are breaking a rule.

[zim5354]

Originally Posted by The Evil Within

That is what warnings are for, to let somebody know that they are breaking a rule.

Yes if they break a written rule warn them not one thats made up as you go.

[The Evil Within]

Originally Posted by zim5354

Yes if they break a written rule warn them not one thats made up as you go.

You are acting as if the rules are the 10 commandments and adding onto them is blasphomous. There are certain things that weren't written down because they weren't thought about at the time the rules were being written. There's also the fact that there are some things that are just implied due to the fact that they are in so close relation to what the written rules are.

You guys are trying to get around breaking the rules by saying that it isn't exactly written to how you think it should be written. Get over it. If it's been happening for so long you guys obviously know that according to the people who run these forums what you are doing is against the rules. What this means is that you know that you are breaking rules, weather these rules be written or not. I don't know how to break it down any simpler for you, it's not that hard to comprehend, and I'm sure that every one of you understands this. You guys just want to make life hard for the people who are running these boards, understand that they are LOW LOW LOW LOW payed volonteers, helping out in their spare time. They are following the rules that their bosses tell them to follow, not listening to their bosses could mean termination for them in which case you would have somebody different, who may be less patient than Darlene (If it was me I would have closed this topic when I first saw it) is that what you really want?

Yes it is annoying that you can't carry out an off-topic conversation, but oh well, thats how these forums go, you aren't allowed to carry on off-topic convos, this is something that has been apparantly told to you several times over again, why does it need to be written out for you to understand that it is against the rules if it has been told to you so many times? Are you that low on the evolutionary change that if something isn't written down for you to refer to every day that you won't remember it? I don't mean to insult any of you, I'm sorry for doing so, but you guys are making yourselves out to look very very stupid, and this is coming from the view of an outsider who knows some of you very well, and knows that you guys aren't as stupid as you are making yourselves out to look.

You guys who know me, know that if I think something is bull****, I'll come right out and say it, why not take a step back and realize that you are not being too bright right now, maybe even appologize to Darlene for giving her such a hard time for doing her job?

I'm done as of now though, I'm sorry I got myself involved in this, this is my last post on this subject, I hope that maybe I convinced some of you that you're being a little childish about this, but I highly doubt it.

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side note: One of you (not giving any names) has recently posted a very vulgar picture on the Delterian forums and decided to call the moderater there (Alex Stravier) corrupt for deleting that extremely disgusting picture. I see no difference, you broke an unwritten rule there, and decide to call people corrupt for enforcing this rule which should be obvious to you, and now here you are calling a different moderater corrupt for enforcing an unwritten rule that has been made obvious to you as being a rule.

I'll say again, just because a rule isn't written doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. It has been made apparant to all of you that this is a rule, try and follow this rule, and stop your inevidible argument against the forum admins trying to get them to let you do whatever you want. They will enforce the rules that they are hired to enforce, and that is not going to change.