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Subject: Stupidity Consumes New Mombasa

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This is not a flaming thread. This is not a deragatory thread. This is not an insulting thread. This is a thread to state the truth.

Is it just me, or is the intelligence rate of New Mombasa descending every day?

New Mombasa was never an exceptional thread to begin with, but when I first joined, it was at least enjoyable to go there. Granted, you had the occasional stupid thread in there, but it was usually taken care of pretty quickly.

Nowadays, it's not even pleasant anymore.

It has become overrun with spammers, flamers and trolls. People who randomly post a spam/derogatory thread in there, get blacklisted, create a new account, and the cycle repeats.

I support the rules. I endorse the rules. I think they are, for the most part, fair. And I obide them as well as I can (nobody is perfect). But the new New Mombasa regulars cannot stand people like me, evidently. If I see someone break a rule in a thread, I will correct them and warn them for future reference. It has earned me the reputation of being a "forum cop" around here, but I don't care.

The regulars can't stand me. Whenever I correct someone, they freak out. Flaming, swearing, dodging the -blam!- filter, it's insane.

Last night, two New Mombasa regulars who hate me got into a bunch of my groups and spammed the living hell out of them posting pages upon pages of derogatory, insulting and profane threads about me. So I had to undertake the wonderful task of weeding them out and deleting them for about an hour. Yay!

In one group, due to a weird glitch, they got some admin privileges and blacklisted all my members except for me, and deleted every single thread made there, including a sticky I had spent about twenty minutes on, corralling a bunch of interesting threads.

All because the New Mombasa regulars hate me.

I cannot stand New Mombasa nowadays. The idiots have taken over. I'd like to see something done about it, but there's probably a snowball's chance in Hell of that happening.

So, is it just me, or has New Mombasa grown increasingly stupid?

  • 11.27.2006 10:31 PM PDT
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I agree with you completely. Same with me. I have earned the nickname of "Forum Cop" as well. But then again, I don't know if the Moderators could/would take on something on such a scale as this. And it isn't just "New Mombasa". It's starting to seep into the "Halo 3 Forum" as well.

-Akjak

  • 11.27.2006 10:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: AkJak
I agree with you completely. Same with me. I have earned the nickname of "Forum Cop" as well. But then again, I don't know if the Moderators could/would take on something on such a scale as this. And it isn't just "New Mombasa". It's starting to seep into the "Halo 3 Forum" as well.

-Akjak


But it's mainly in New Mombasa.

This is one reason why I'd like to become a mod. No this isn't a "ZOMG MAKE ME A MODZ0RS!" statement, this is honesty. I'm on the forums very frequently, so quite often I catch these people doing this. So if I was, I could just take care of it right there, and I'd take care of a lot due to my common presence in the forums.

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Blame it on the release of Halo 2

Before Halo 2 came out I liked the place, one day after...well you know the story

  • 11.27.2006 10:46 PM PDT
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While I do agree that there should be more Moderators on these forums. I do not know who I would want to become a Moderator. Because we have very few members that actually qualify for the position that would not abuse the power or brag about it.

-Akjak

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  • 11.27.2006 11:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Logical Thinking
My suggestion... dont correct anyone. If you dont correct anyone they cant call you a forum cop, and there will be nobody interacting with them... with no interaction they will get bored and leave


I'm not going to change just to please them. Sorry, I'm not a bendy-straw. I do what I please, and people will accept me for who I am.

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We tell new people the rules so they don't make the same mistake twice. And if they aren't just all around jerks, they listen. We are encouraged to tell new people the rules. If they don't like it they don't have to be a part of this community.

And it's not like we flame them and throw forum rules in their faces.

-Akjak

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  • 11.27.2006 11:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
This is a thread to state the truth.

You can't handle the truth!

Yeah. New Mombasa has always been pretty damn crappy. Best thing to do is just ignore the bad things and create and encourage the good things. Rather than telling them they are off-topic (thus, being a hypocrite), just ignore it or report the thread (or spammers) and let nature take its course. If you do it right, they won't even know you exist (unless the mod is a squealer) and hence they won't have a vendetta against you.

As for your group problems, try using privacy settings.

Edit: Ok!

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  • 11.27.2006 11:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
This is a thread to state the truth.

You can't handle the truth!

Yeah. New Mombasa has always been pretty damn crappy. Best thing to do is just ignore the bad things and create and encourage the good things.

As for your group problem, try using privacy settings.


Done... and done.

I changed my groups' settings as soon as it happened.

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If you guys want an example, take a look at the 'Texas Clan' post in "The Underground". Although it may appear as if I am outright throttling him, I mean it in the nicest way. I really am only trying to help out around the forums. And new ones don't understand that. I know I didn't back when I first join the site about 3 1/2 years ago. But everyone was more respectable and decent back then. And I do generally try to be nice around here and help those who seek it, but there are those who need to be put in their place.

And while I do throw a sarcastic comment here and there, that's as far as I go. In general I try to follow the Moderators example because they seem to have it down.

-Akjak

  • 11.28.2006 12:01 AM PDT

This is why I like chapter forums.

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I'm sorry. It is just something I am inclined to do. You know, I help out 20 people just to hear that one "Thank you". I just like to help people, whether they see that's what I'm doing or not. It feels good to me. And that's probably selfish but as long as it doesn't hurt someone else, why not. I know that you are trying to help out, but I will probably continue to do what I do.

But I do think these forums could use a tad bit more attention.

-Akjak

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Posted by: Logical Thinking
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Posted by: Logical Thinking
My suggestion... dont correct anyone. If you dont correct anyone they cant call you a forum cop, and there will be nobody interacting with them... with no interaction they will get bored and leave


I'm not going to change just to please them. Sorry, I'm not a bendy-straw. I do what I please, and people will accept me for who I am.


Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. That being said,


Yeah, that being said, I believe the spammers would be considered insanse because they(Pillage and his followers) constantly flood the forums with new accounts and spam.

Logical, you contribute to the spam almost as much as those guys anyway. So why don't you stop posting in their threads, as we all should do.

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well, when they deleted zanzibar, the scum had to go SOMEWHERE...

but i agree, stupidity should be punishable by death by ninja.

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but i agree, stupidity should be punishable by death by ninja.


That's a bit over the top. Let's try to narrow it down to people who actually break the rules several times.

Stupidity, as we are calling it right now, is a problem on all of the forums to some degree or another. We should not be calling people that dislike your actions "stupid" simply because they dislike such actions. L.T. has a point in saying that humans don't like to be corrected. If you constantly correct them, they're going to vent that rage somewhere, and you're the most logical choice, since you're right there. However, I'm willing to believe that spammers and flamers are running rampant. Again, however, if someone is spamming or flaming another person, I hope you're reporting it to a mod and not trying to handle it yourself.

  • 11.28.2006 5:39 AM PDT

Don't post in the threads telling them that they are wrong. That's just spam. Let the moderators do their job, and let them enforce the rules, because they actually have authority and power. Report the threads to a moderator, and move on. It's the best thing you can do. Also, it's mainly just about five people in New Mombasa that keep getting new accounts and spam a topic, thus turning it off-topic, and others decide to join in the spam to "argue" with the spammer.

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  • 11.28.2006 7:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: AkJak
I agree with you completely. Same with me. I have earned the nickname of "Forum Cop" as well. But then again, I don't know if the Moderators could/would take on something on such a scale as this. And it isn't just "New Mombasa". It's starting to seep into the "Halo 3 Forum" as well.

-Akjak


LOL starting hell man Halo 3 forum is dead to me go look right now nothing there is worth reading it's all rubbish

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