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**Frazzled**

dietrich wrote:
BrookM wrote:So being a DCM isn't like holding a get away with anything card as GBF has been showing all the time?

Honestly, I have no idea. To the best of my recollection, I've never gotten a warning. I'd like to continue that streak. I don't worry about what GBF does. I don't worry about what other posters do either. It's beyond my control, and I'm not responsible for either their actions or cleaning up any mess that they make. I have better things to do with my time than worry about someone inflating their post count. Short of a personal attack (even a veiled personal attack), which is against forum rules, how does what one poster does affect you? It doesn't. If they inflate their post count, so what? There's posters on here with a limited post count, that I respect a lot. There's posters on here with a lot of posts that I ignore. And there's posters here that I ignore all the non-sense from, but then analyze their tactics because they have the record to back up their play.

I don't know if the Mods have ever taken action against GBF or anyone else (except for Stelek who did get the lifetime ban). And I don't care if they do or do not take action against a user, because it doesn't affect me.

As far as I know, being a DCM is not a 'get out of jail for free' card. I sent Yakface some cash this year to become a DCM, because I've been around BBS (that's Bulletin Board System) since about 1990 when you had - gasp - multiple phone lines! Sometimes, the BBS didn't even have a hunt group, so if the first line was busy, you had to try the second one, etc. It's not cheap to maintain a website or BBS. And I doubt that the advertising helps yak turn a profit (and if it does, good for him). I donated because I was hanging out here enough (too much at times), that I wanted to help support the board. Plus, I had money sitting in my paypal account from a trade, so it was 'free money' to me and that didn't hurt either.

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With a lot of things in life, don't worry about what someone else is doing. Worry about what you are doing.

Modquisition on:
As a moderator, we have and do take action where appropriate. Posters, or even MODs may not agree with the action taken or not taken (cough ***nurgling allowed to live***cough

) but we do take action.

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Speaking of that: lets maintain a polite attitdue and not attack other posters, including unsolicted attacks on GWAR and GBF, please or else disciplinary action may occur.

**dietrich**

Frazzled wrote:Modquisition on:
As a moderator, we have and do take action where appropriate. Posters, or even MODs may not agree with the action taken or not taken (cough ***nurgling allowed to live***cough ) but we do take action.

Just to clarify my earlier statements, I know that the Mods have taken actions at times. I don't know the specifics. I don't know if User X or Y has been suspended (except for Stelek). If they don't post for a week or two, I'm unlikely to notice. But, it really doesn't affect me, so I don't care if they do. If I don't like someone's posts, I ignore them. That's part of the whole notion of Freedom of Speech. You can say what you want, but I don't have to listen either.

**Polonius**

Frazzled wrote:
Speaking of that: lets maintain a polite attitdue and not attack other posters, including unsolicted attacks on GWAR and GBF, please or else disciplinary action may occur.

Dakka's new rule #1: Be nice to trolls. they're fragile flowers, and being mean to them is the WORST THING EVER.

**Grignard**

Is it possible that if the DCMs are getting called out less, it is because they are violating the rules less? I think most people who send in their hard earned cash would do that because they have a geniuine interest in participating in the community. I don't know about you, but I'm not going to spend real money to get "cussing priviliges" on an internet miniatures gaming forum even if that was being offered.

**Gwar!**

Grignard wrote: Is it possible that if the DCMs are getting called out less, it is because they are violating the rules less?

The previously offered examples (no names mentioned, take that Frazz

) show this is quite far from the truth.

**Frazzled**

Modquisition on:

This thread is closed.

**Polonius**

Gwar! wrote:
Grignard wrote: Is it possible that if the DCMs are getting called out less, it is because they are violating the rules less?
The previously offered examples (no names mentioned, take that Frazz ) show this is quite far from the truth.

but that's only true because you still mistakenly believe that you are not in violation of forum rules. For a RAW guy, you seem incapable of actually following fairly simple rules.

**Grignard**

Gwar! wrote:
Grignard wrote: Is it possible that if the DCMs are getting called out less, it is because they are violating the rules less?
The previously offered examples (no names mentioned, take that Frazz ) show this is quite far from the truth.

Gwar, you don't know if someone is going to get penalized or not. I don't think it is ethical for the mods to discuss punative actions against posters with other posters.

**Gwar!**

Frazzled wrote:Modquisition on:

This thread is closed.

No it's not!

**Grignard**

I got in before the thread closure!

**Gwar!**

Grignard wrote:
Gwar! wrote:
Grignard wrote: Is it possible that if the DCMs are getting called out less, it is because they are violating the rules less?
The previously offered examples (no names mentioned, take that Frazz ) show this is quite far from the truth.

Gwar, you don't know if someone is going to get penalized or not. I don't think it is ethical for the mods to discuss punative actions against posters with other posters.

A good point, I admit that.

Lol it seems Frazzled has lost his keys

**Grignard**

Find the keys Fraz, quick!!! The thread is still leaking!

**Kilkrazy**

I will lock the thread in a moment.

First, though, I would like to point out that no-one except the Mods knows how many times a user has been warned or suspended. Forum policy is to not discuss individual punishments.