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Subject: Forum copping
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Sure, people do what they do ("Forum Copping" or whatever else) for their own reasons. It's a forum, and so isn't it a place where everyone's views are taken into account? Sure, some aren't helpful, but I'm sure there are times when you feel like yelling at someone...

  • 11.30.2006 12:14 PM PDT
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SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

Usually, I try to be nice to those whom I'm attempting to correct. Usually its just a new member who posts a topic in the wrong forum. And usually I'll tell them to try the correct forum next time and welcome them to the Bungie community. Or someone will post a bloggish topic and I'll tell them to add a question or something to make it less of a blog.

Sometimes, I get angry with people who I believe are intentionally breaking the rules. Awhile ago a new user came into the Septagon and started posting Halo2 MM related topics. He was kindly asked by some Forum Cops to read the stickies. The tread was then moved to the correct forum. Later, he posted about 10 different threads into the
Septagon all again about Halo 2 matchmaking. He was warned by a mod, and most of the topics were locked. He then made another one, and I posted with the question, "Are you trying to get banned today?". Everyone then started flaming me for being mean, and then the thread was finally locked.

What I thought was funny about the situation was everyone was mad at me for being a mean forum cop, and they brushed off the multiple topics created by the new user. I didn't think that I had done anything wrong, but no one else did. I learned from that experience that the users on this site have little tolerance for a bad, or mean forum cop. So much so that they went after the forum cop behavior instead of the spam. Well, the past is the past and I learned a lesson from it.

Mabian and ICEMAN are correct. If you see some rule breaking, and rather than PM a mod about it post your correction, do it nicely and try to be helpful. Don't be mean or rude; try to show the rule breaker they're mistake and how to do it correctly. We'd all benefit from a little less hostile environment whenever possible.

That's all I have to say about that.

  • 11.30.2006 12:15 PM PDT
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I hate how people talk as if they were moderators.

Sorry, but this isn't allowed. This is going to have to be locked.

Or ignorance.

ZOMG LOCKED! YOUR BANT!!!11!

But I'm fine with advising, I find myself doing alot.

You shouldn't post this.

Wrong Forum.

You may be blacklisted. You should remove that.


  • 11.30.2006 12:32 PM PDT

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Forum cops arnt all bad.


I know of some mods who used to forum cop.

There is a line and if it isnt crossed then i dont have a problem.


As long as the cop treats the offender has an equal then its ok.

  • 11.30.2006 12:35 PM PDT
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Funniest things are hearing these so-called forum cops tell me to do something when they're not exactly model-citizens. It's such a joke.

I think some people do that because they want to be mods, since they look at TGP, other mods who used to forum cop and know they are mod, so they make the connection.

  • 11.30.2006 12:40 PM PDT

Tom Achronos
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

This thread is locked.

1. It is against the rules to impersonate, in name or in action, a moderator.
2. This includes suggesting a thread should be locked, or telling a person to shut up and post in the right forum (helpfully suggesting another forum is okay).
3. This ALSO includes people who are attempting to tell people that they should stop pretending to be a moderator. This means you don't get to decide if someone is being a "forum cop" - if the moderators think so, they'll take appropriate action.

Good lord, you people need to relax. The moderators will enforce the rules. Everybody else, stop trying to pretend you have authority you don't have. This includes the topic creator as well as those he is complaining about. If you have a problem with something someone posts, you PM/email a moderator. You don't make a silly thread about it. Common sense, people, common sense!

  • 11.30.2006 1:32 PM PDT

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