A few notes and thoughts from Grumpy

[YinYin]

Though the rule should include an exception (may not necessary, as it's the admin's job to decide how to use/interpret rules either way) in case an trollspammer signs up to massively spam the forum for the sole purpouse of annoying people.

actually i dont think so - i didnt rule out short term bans - a few days for the extreme
that surely allows one to calm down and rethink
if that doesnt work the first time round the hammer can hit again cant it - until the jesters privilege time runs out

[Divisor]

Indeed, like Alblaka said...when interpreting this idea, you have to bear in mind the intention of the poster.
If he does it with a clear intent (trolls, bots) then the rule should not apply.

@YinYin
Well, that's what forums are made for...debating, not simply agreeing with the members that have higher postcount/rep than you. Some things can only be solved after a brief exchange of words between people. And it's nothing personal nor against Phil or Marshall of anyone else. I respect moderators for what they do and acknowledge their work, but that doesn't mean I always agree with them.

@Public mod thread thing
Some more insight in moderator's job might prove useful...it will make you seem less detached from the rest of the community.


EDIT:
Meeh, it's not THAT bad...you know how it goes, every government has to have an opposition. If everyone would always agree, then you would be dictators :P
And stop editing my posts, it makes replying to them so much harder >

The Lost Global Mod edited this post 02-01-2011 10:38 PM because:

always is rather lol-worthy. Sometimes I feel like chaging your usertitle to "Phil's personal oppostion"

[Marshall]

@YinYin
yes, quite the opposite of what I wished for really, but your half meant apology is still accepted and I was wondering when you would give your input.

About the open discussion... I think it's best leave it till some sort of internal agreement is reached. For example, the recent forum rule discussion and implementation was first internally discussed, then subject to community scrutiny and discussion, then finalised to meet the cravings of the masses.

@Phil below
I'll leave the mind rape for you

You're always leaving the bad work to me :P ~ Phil
erm... since when? ~ Marshall

The Lost Global Mod edited this post 02-01-2011 11:00 PM because:

beat me to it! I'm about to post another internal discussion thread which will screw our minds.

[Boop]

@YinYin
yes, quite the opposite of what I wished for really, but your half meant apology is still accepted and I was wondering when you would give your input.

About the open discussion... I think it's best leave it till some sort of internal agreement is reached. For example, the recent forum rule discussion and implementation was first internally discussed, then subject to community scrutiny and discussion, then finalised to meet the cravings of the masses.

It turned into a rule-discussion thread due to the fact that the elitism manifested it's self through people telling others to read the rules etc. Like I said in my earlier post, I can't remember any instance when someone just went "You're sprite is sh*t lolol, go away noob". I think now that everyone has reached an understanding of: if newbies break the rules, repost/ignore them - elitism will become even less visible than it is now.

I honestly don't think elitism is such a big problem on LFE :\.

would indeed be good if people can just learn to ignore and just press the report button ~ Marshall