Rainy_Day

This, to be quite honest. I have no intention on voting yes for this currently.

Snoop Dog & David Guetta - Sweat

Worried about you all, I am.

Hello, Gentlemen.

So this is the secret stash of Jimmy's fanclub.. I thought I annihilated you all long ago. I have work to do, to the bat cave..

Jimmy is a man who just finished serving a life sentence for aggravated burglary. IS HE STILL YOUR HERO?

You fail so hard.

I'm English, will be having a BBQ on my day off, and most certainly not watching it.

Are you serious?... :blink: Yeah, beer adds a lot of flavor to food, you have to try it. This man has a point.

Probably because it's a fairly poinless part of the forum. If you really want to know someone's status, then you can simply visit their profile as opposed to seeing everyone's. :thumbup:

30 Seconds to Mars - Hurricane

Congratulations, my good sir.

I see no need for transparency. If users wish to disclose that they've been warned or banned, that's up to them, but we choose to protect people's privacy and not inform every member of this forum that someone has been banned or warned for something. If we did that, there would be a lot of messages each day regarding the various warnings and odd ban we give out. Moderating a forum of this size is no easy task, and we do not wish to name and shame people, as much as it seems you want that. Unfortunately whether or not you trust that is not the problem in my eyes, you should simply know that if someone breaks the rules and we feel it necessary to ban them, then that action will be taken. If a user wishes to appeal that ban, then they can take the necessary route. But I don't feel it is appropriate for members to discuss other people's bans, or have a forum that anyone can read to discuss bans. Plus when you are banned from tip.it, it includs PM/other functions, so that your account simply cannot be used, instead of giving them the option to still do various other bits which could void the ban's affect. And we're to accept that users mistrust our bans, when users were confronted with inappropriate images from those who were banned? Those who were unfortunately subject to these images can see how justified our approach was. Would a wrongly banned person seeking change evade and post such content to the users they so want to help? :mellow:

Oh, so you are not happy with people being selective about what they tell about bans? It's not us that do everything to keep the system as secret as possible, so i don't think it's fair for any of the admins to complain about it- people have been wanting a more open system for a while. It's not being secretive, but all bans given were fair/deserved at the time of being handed out. We can't be to blame when those banned make up various excuses for their actions to make it seem as though it was "unfair" or "bogus".

Inb4removed because it's too constructive. The situation 2 days ago really showed some weaknesses in the current system- instead of working on removing the obviously bogus ban, the moderation decided to ban users talking about the situation, therefor escalating it to a whole nother level, not to mention, they also failed us in trying to remove the guide. Instead of being open about it and discuss their position, they tried to play hide and seek which obviously didn't go too well either. This really calls for more openness in the system, something of which we don't see at all. I'm getting a little bored of the people who were banned not telling the truth as to their bans, or being too blind to see that their bans were deserved, considering the amount of spam, harassment, etc that they were posting. So no, we were not banning people simply for discussing the situation, we banned people who broke our rules repetitively.

I can write a million things to make this post look so stupid but he does have a point. :-w I'm curious as to why your IP is the same as Star_Fox's. Just saying. :mellow:

Well, it seems a chosen few are set in your ways, so I'll leave you all with this: The Above goes for everybody. Tip.it staff have on numerous occasions said that if you have a problem with moderation, you are more than welcome to bring them up in the appropriate channels. This is: Pm an Administrator/moderator with your problem Post in the following thread which has been left open specifically for users to give feedback on moderation http://forum.tip.it/topic/291488-tif-is-bit-overermoderrated/page__view__getnewpost In-line with the forum rules, posts talking about moderator actions outside of these areas will be removed. We will give you all the respect you deserve if you approach us by the correct channels. Considering the above, any further posts talking about moderator actions in this thread will lead to actions being taken against accounts. Enough warnings have been given. Unlocking this now.

Unfortunately, regardless of how people can be at times, we're not going to allow people to remain in the community if they are constantly disrupting it (whether they provide good advice and guides or not) and ruining the experience for other users who do follow the rules and aren't trying their best to disrupt it. I wonder which was more disruptive- xpx teasing ancient on this thread, or the delete spam and temporary locking. It seems you forgot about the barrage of posts insulting staff/posting about staff decisions which we said to stop. How do they help a topic? (Rhetorical question).

Unfortunately, regardless of how people can be at times, we're not going to allow people to remain in the community if they are constantly disrupting it (whether they provide good advice and guides or not) and ruining the experience for other users who do follow the rules and aren't trying their best to disrupt it.

A new fansite you say? Feel free to take advantage of google and search "Runescape fansite". Rainy_Day, here to help.

We normally give our users a sufficient amount of warnings before we resort to banning, unless they've done something severe (posting malicious links/indecent images). So any bans placed would have had prior contact before the ban, linking them to rules/informing them of the error.

Not that I wish to be dragged too much into this, but every user, no matter how long they have been here, must follow the rules. It's unfair to ban a member for something who has been here for a month, and not ban a member for the same thing who has been here for a year. The rules apply to everyone, which some people don't seem to be understanding. Edit: All further posts discussing another person's ban will be removed (then again it's only a couple doing this anyway).

I'm not altogether sure why people are posting in regards to other banned users here. This isn't the topic. Plus goading the forum staff in every post? The phrase "Grow up" comes to mind. If we are to take some of the "loudest" users seriously, they could take a leaf out of most member's books by posting properly. If people wish to make a difference, make meaningful posts with detail, instead of insulting one another, or insulting the forum staff.

This topic isn't for discussing other members bans, especially when you do not know the entire facts.

Upon secondary inspection, it does sort of look like a bra. :razz: