Parole

[StarSock64]

Yes i am pretty simple, but when you think about it, its simplicity thats incredibly complex. That however, is a seperate discussion.

Wow your edgy 6th grade-level philosophy sure showed me

See the thing is the decision has already been made. Why not just accept the mod/admin judgement? Petie already explained that there was more than meets the eye in general. 

Sometimes bad decisions deserve criticism. Particularly when those bad decisions are made countless times over a course of years.

Do you think it's "nice" to notice that someone is making decisions that are against their own best interests without realizing it, and then do nothing to point it out to them? Ohh but your brand of complacency is taking the high road because at least you didn't say mean things :]

The second point of my post was how you were bringing your point across, but its pretty obvious you dont care about that part.

When I first posted, I believed that it was the staff as a group that came to this decision.

And in that case, it was so much of a joke that I really didn't owe it to anyone to be polite, because it would just be way too pathetic if they repeated the cycle when they know exactly what would most likely happen. I mean come on dude, if you stress yourself out by making a bad call then that's an understandable mistake, but if you refuse to learn your lesson and make the same call every single time, even years later, then someone ought to just smack you.

What I found out instead was that it was Petie who made the decision, and he wasn't as involved/didn't remember a lot of the stuff that happened in this cycle in the past, and I feel kind of bad for being so harsh because in that case his decision is at least somewhat understandable.

But if the staff had made that decision as a group then I'd have no remorse for my tone at all lol

I'm pretty sure that mods would also talk to petie about it if they see that his decision was incorrect as well.

A mod did actually pop in here and say he disapproved, for what it's worth

I consulted nobody else in making it as I wanted to try to address a recurring problem in a new way.

Also the mods literally didn't have a say in it.

Btw me accepting the idea of chances /=/ admins needing to pander/answer to me... or anyone. Their decision is their decision. Period. I dont have a say in it.

Yeah I don't think so either, but in my experience they usually want to be fair to everyone and take other peoples' input seriously, and it hinders their ability to make decisions when they have to take into consideration the opinions of people who only have a shallow understanding of what it means to be kind and others who will demonize the staff for banning their precious troll friend

plus sometimes the staff team themselves don't even seem to pay attention to what's happening, and then they disagree among themselves because half of the team thinks the ultra defense squad is being reasonable or wants to avoid disappointing them, and the other half of the team was actually paying attention to the covert flaming missions going on.

Y'know I mean I hope that doesn't happen this time, but it sure doesn't hurt to point out this history to everyone on the board in preparation for the inevitable "but they're not doing anything wrong" hot topics

Boy you're really trying to drive the point home huh? Pretty hell bent on getting it to the staff that they really gone and done it this time.

Yeah

Wouldnt PMs be more effective instead of wasting your time insulting a simpleton like me, or just being a dick to the people around you? I mean you want to see a change in how the staff handle things around here so it makes more sense to PM them directly about it.

I think a years-long problem is worthy of a massive wake-up call, and honestly if the defense squad forms again then I hope people can just quote these posts and shortcut the process of having to explain everything to the people who don't pay attention lol

Calling attention to this crap was LONG overdue