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Ydiss · 04-01-2003, 05:10 AM

I'm not being funny and I'm rarely one to bother involving myself in these arguments, but I've seen threads locked recently that have absolutely no reference to those rules posted earlier.

I mean, by now I should have been warned and banned because I've posted over 4-5 messages in a row, but that's because of the lack of the edit button refered to in the rules.

I've seen threads about cheats locked simply because they've been discussed before so many times. Well, not for the new user who posted about it.

They haven't posted to boost their post count (it's 1-10 in most cases), they haven't gone off topic as cheating is a valid topic for the forum I've seen them posting on, and the topic makes sense.

So, by these rules they should not be locked, but they are.

There should be a new rule subsection:

e) If your topic has been discussed before then it will be locked at the moderators' discretion.

How silly would that be? The general forum would have about 5 pages of discussion if this were the case.

I understand having to keep the forum clean of spam, especially needless spam that will clog this already creaking server, but this is supposed to be a public forum for discussion about the game.

If threads are to be locked for repetition then the mods could at least close the thread with a link to the latest thread with the same topic so the creator of the topic should be able to continue their discussion.

In this case I'd imagine there's a topic of similar (if not exact same) vein on the same page of topics so this shouldn't be too hard.

Otherwise all you're doing is saying "Come post on our forum, but if you dare talk about something that has been said before we will stop you from talking about it."

I really don't think using the search tool on a forum as vast and clogged as this one is a viable option, so the easiest way for a newbie to the board to get info that they need is to post a topic asking for it.

If the answer is only a few posts down then lock the thread and point the poor bugger to the right place.

That's my suggestion and it's a serious one.

A person who has posted here almost 10,000 times is much more likely to find any topic old and boring, compared to someone who's only just bought the game, but does that mean the newbie doesn't have the right to discuss it?

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Ydiss is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,377 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Nottingham, England	04-01-2003, 05:10 AM I'm not being funny and I'm rarely one to bother involving myself in these arguments, but I've seen threads locked recently that have absolutely no reference to those rules posted earlier. I mean, by now I should have been warned and banned because I've posted over 4-5 messages in a row, but that's because of the lack of the edit button refered to in the rules. I've seen threads about cheats locked simply because they've been discussed before so many times. Well, not for the new user who posted about it. They haven't posted to boost their post count (it's 1-10 in most cases), they haven't gone off topic as cheating is a valid topic for the forum I've seen them posting on, and the topic makes sense. So, by these rules they should not be locked, but they are. There should be a new rule subsection: e) If your topic has been discussed before then it will be locked at the moderators' discretion. How silly would that be? The general forum would have about 5 pages of discussion if this were the case. I understand having to keep the forum clean of spam, especially needless spam that will clog this already creaking server, but this is supposed to be a public forum for discussion about the game. If threads are to be locked for repetition then the mods could at least close the thread with a link to the latest thread with the same topic so the creator of the topic should be able to continue their discussion. In this case I'd imagine there's a topic of similar (if not exact same) vein on the same page of topics so this shouldn't be too hard. Otherwise all you're doing is saying "Come post on our forum, but if you dare talk about something that has been said before we will stop you from talking about it." I really don't think using the search tool on a forum as vast and clogged as this one is a viable option, so the easiest way for a newbie to the board to get info that they need is to post a topic asking for it. If the answer is only a few posts down then lock the thread and point the poor bugger to the right place. That's my suggestion and it's a serious one. A person who has posted here almost 10,000 times is much more likely to find any topic old and boring, compared to someone who's only just bought the game, but does that mean the newbie doesn't have the right to discuss it?