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you know i hate stickies ;)

I do agree with tripsis that standards do need to be maintained for content in outgoing links in signatures. I do - from my limited knowledge as a user (after getting both sides stories) think both sides could of handled it better. Neither side is perfect imo.

it passed the "das would sleep would it test. Every woman posted so far on this page does.

You know as well as I do how close of a line it is to walk, personally I felt admitting rulebreaking should apply to achievement threads and not be used as ammunition to warn/punish/remove posts, whatever has been, or might be done to curtail intelligent discussion. Part of the problem though is people never see whats removed so to some users, various levels of quality posts were removed. I've been following this for awhile out of sheer interest and haven't personally seen much groundbreaking thought removed, then again, I've got no way to doublecheck that. That blew my mind too, and is one factor I'm thrilled to not touch anymore, i'd say we got 2 or 3 fraudulent info requests we had to deny weekly. lol I gotta admit I can't see the posts removed (this user business is rough) I have to admit there were some posts I meant to reply too that have been removed, it's annoying for me as a user

I used to hold that view until i realized jagex doesn't care - why should I? I got my personal honor that fuels my pride and satisfactions of my personal goals. thats all i need.

Yes because a single thing I say in a whole paragraph sums the whole thing up. Yes, it gives me an idea about the kind of person they are. I like to have friends who I can trust to play in the same vein as me, with the same general likes and dislikes. Cheating is a big dislike for me. Some people may condone it but it is nothing short of cheating to me. Cheating = bad. I won't delete somebody just because they may do something in the future, but it does come into the equation. People have no end of reasons why they may like/dislike people. Not everybody is the same. Just like how now i would have deleted you for belittling somebodies opinion with a pointless post, making you look like you do not care at all for opinions, on a topic which is almost completely about personal opinion. In a gamestate where the creators don't seem to give two flying F-bombs about cheating- why should you? i'm 100% legit but Judging someone's character based on how they play a game that's apathetically ran is laughable at best. While I don't know anyone currently botting - I knew quite a few people who have partaken in RWT and I don't consider them bad people or worth cutting ties from.

well i'm honored. Otherwise i still maintain an eagle scout with marksman ability would fare well.

what the piss do I have to do with zombies asides my ability slaughter them? ;)

Either way they are trite replacements for people who can't earn a skillcape. In july i've played for 10 years, who cares? I played Classic? I actually have bunny ears and a scythe to prove i played and didn't just log in on rs2. 10 years of members in feb 2012....at $600, Jagex should just make me a lifetime member. xD

Sorry, as someone with alot more DG xp than you , can't say i've noticed getting any LESS XP from not killing them, so i'm inclined to believe Jagex that ignoring them does nothing. ~Das

Mirrorforced summed up my reply to racheya almost perfectly. I do think the staff needs more transparency with the users, but will concede, I have no clue how to begin to start it in a manner that isn't a slippery slope

Perspective. I've always maintained the viewpoint that every post a moderator or administrator makes IS in essence Moderation. You're posting on behalf of the site you work for and represent and thus are moderating without using your tools. A moderator is a leader, a user of influence who has tools to help guide and lead discussion. Locking/Warning are strictly tools a moderator has to make the boards smoother, not what actually makes you a moderator. You can moderate a thread often without ever having to use a tool

Holy hell, you're not dumb enough to think PMOD reports get processed instantly are you? As a Pmod since the second or third wave, I can tell you from experience as a pmod (half a decade plus of it) - that it's not an instant process, specially when it comes to macro detection I'd bet you 50 bucks I could go report every ess miner on every world and not one would log out ANYTIME in the next 3-4 hours or longer. The Pmod system is flawed and those poor bastards chosen for it are cuckolded to a facade of power, respect and hope of a better game. Jagex doesn't really seem to give a [bleep] about stopping macros though, it's evident from playtime.

I think it's a horrible idea for the community at large to discuss temporary bans. I obviously don't say that as staff either. Allow me to elaborate as an educated user that is familiar with the ban process in entirety. Temp bans can be quick in terms of length - 3 or 5 days often isn't enough time for a consensus to be reached - one could be done hastily, but the actual post history is reviewed and not just the bad stuff, and that takes time - lots of time, more time than I wanted to spare - I put in an average of 2-4 hours of research per appeal - Considering people took the time to counter any arguements I had (either for keeping the ban or unbanning) with other post examples - pretty sure I wasn't alone in how much time I spent researching . The majority of temp ban's are fairly cut and dry and actually boring. there wouldn't be much to discuss for a vast majority of them. Then some appeals could be interesting - but people choose to write crap like "[bleep] you guys, I didn't deserve it becaue i got 9k posts or something yada yada yada " - and thats a quick no. banned people put surprisingly little effort into appeals here For Perm Ban's - I think this idea could have merit actually but the problem is most offensive posts are whisked away to a private forum as soon as they occur and the majority of the public never sees them giving the user thats banned a better reputation then they deserve with their posting style. I'd argue the users only see the "Good side" of the users and would just as biased as those who they accuse of being biased due to only seeing the "bad side of them." I'd suggest instead perhaps having a community watch - maybe giving 5 or 10 users a chance to contribute to the ban appeals monthly and see how it's done. I do think Tip.it is overmoderated, I also think almost every single collectible forum I visit is (Multiple ones for sports cards, Action figures and autographs). The irony is - unless we're talking about /b/ - almost any forum will have moderation complaints. it's unavoidable. I mean, one of the most lax forums I use (where I have had an oversized avatar by 2 MB for a year lax) - Has had accusations of biased bans and crap. So it's everywhere I think the difference is Tip.it seems to genuinely care about making the board a better place overall for it's users. I don't think anyone's perfect, and certainly I could issue a laundry list of improvements for tip.it, but I think the heart of the staff is in the right place. And Change isn't going to happen if both sides (users as much as staff) are hellbent on calling each other stupid and attacking everything each other says. ~Das

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I say that as a Pmod of an equal or greater timeframe - I don't remember how long I've been one, but my feelings and sentiments come from my pent up frustration of what you just said. It's nice to know i'm not alone.

You don't see me disagreeing. I'm just saying since people seem to be bickering about pmod's - the system is flawed, outdated and doing nothing more than cuckolding players with false hopes of a better game.

Pretty much what I was trying to say. xD you know I love my friends <3 ~Das

The Player Moderator system is nothing more than cuckolding the chosen players to some symbolical facade of power that has waned in importance, power and usefulness. In my opinion Jagex views Pmod's as nothing more than fancy status symbols for the community. The systems, flawed, outdated and badly in need of a revamp. It's a system that is only effective in muting players who commit certain types of offenses. If I thought Jagex could handle criticism, I'd elaborate, but i'm pretty sure they can't. It doesn't take a [bleep]ing rocket scientist to walk to essence mines, sorcerers garden <insert spot here> and see that the game is over-run with macro's - nor does it take a player to detect one. The games flawed in macro detection, and as a player since july 2001, I'm pretty sure that anyone on this thread who actually plays the game knows deep down that we are infested with macro's and jagex has no real desire or drive to fix it.

I'd like to think a select few friendships i've made in runescape and tip.it will exist beyond runescapes existence - without a doubt, I'll concede It's a lasting effect of playing runescape, but it's not mutually exclusive to runescape. However I still wouldn't compare it to a job. The average person requires a job to well, survive in the world. Not the same with runescape. You can make friends through hobbies/other games. I wouldn't trade the friends I made on runescape for ANYTHING - but realistically you could write the "run escape" article about any video game with a chat function from Black Ops, Secondlife, Wow to everquest. You could write it about any collecting hobby. I can state i've made some good friendships that have transcended the game. but I can also say If I never logged on to runescape again for my own enjoyment (but say for 99 parties etc for friends) I'm fairly confident i'd keep these friendships as they are not codependent with me playing

Anyone can make anything an outlet for tension and stress. Hobbies/Sports/other games/etc. Runescape won't be around forever, and to think it will have a lasting effect after Jagex shuts it down will be hard to quantify for your average player.

Comparing runescape to a job, is to me - ignorant and misguided at best. A job provides money to buy wasteful things (more on this in a second), provide needs for yourself and perhaps make purchases that have a lasting effect on your life (a car, a mortgage?). Runescape is nothing more than a timewaste, it cannot provide a source of income (unless you are breaking rules), provide a positive material influence in your life. Runescapes a wasteful thing that is a byproduct of perhaps a job. You can say friends and Clanmates keep everyone here, but take my former position here at tip.it. I worked here with a great crew of people I enjoyed talking too for the most part, comparable to your same reasons of why I should stick around runescape - the fact is - My reasons for leaving outweighed my awesome staff I enjoyed chatting with. We live in a digital age. I can text my old coworkers from over 6 years ago and keep up with them, I can skype with the staff i liked here. I can chat with my old runescape friends on a messenger. Contact is easier than ever. I'd to think Sir_Squab hit part of the nail on the head, the other part being the new daily/weekly events. with penguins/assisting/circus - it's easy to get small chunks of xp in no time and log on and do a quick routine that takes no real dedication and doing so becomes a habit.

Warden and Punkbuster are installed knowingly by the person thus they are not spyware - however I frown upon both services because anyone who has ever spent time in those games knows how damn useless they are. They really don't improve their communities and do nothing but eat up resources - a minimal amount on todays machines, but still it's an extra feature that doesn't really serve it's purpose.

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