Master Of Darkness

Jul 24 2008, 09:05 AM

On a personal note(I'd like to add, these are my views and not necessarily those of the other =SB= staffers) :

I disagree with the insane amount of bans we've had over the last six months.

We've begun keeping records with regards to warn levels, something that needed to be done quite badly. In terms of actual bans, well we can usually back up why with a long list of verbal and actual warns. On this board, you have to be a serial spammer, poster of inappropriate material and create fake accounts, or just repeatedly break the rules. And if you're stupid enough to do something that warrants an insta-ban with your very first post, then you deserve to be on somewhere like MG.

As to why this shouldn't be a kids forum, well.... tough. Sonic was originally a kid's thing, it stayed a kid's thing and is still a kid's thing. The main problem is some people who've been a fan for years think the hedgehog should grow up with them - Sega have tried to work on this as best as possible whilst still attracting new players to the series. Hence some of the more wacky storylines coming up. I'm an older member - I'm 25 - and I have my views on this subject, that can be read elsewhere. I also have my views on the rules of this forum - I believe we should have a mature content section - but dammit, just because I don't agree 100% doesn't mean I won't obey them or enforce them.

Long and short of it - this isn't your forum to dictate what sort of member base we should be trying to attract. You want something for more mature peeps, with mature content such as bad language and suchlike? GO AWAY THEN, and find somewhere else.
Sonic Blast has become successful due in part to the way it's aimed towards potential members. We attract a lot of kids that can't fit in elsewhere.

If you want to break rules, if you wanna talk about "rude stuff" or other crap, if you really want something not directed towards a younger audience, then please, bugger off. This clearly is NOT the place for you, and just because a few of you have turned up out of the blue to wage war on our way of running a forum, it doesn't mean we're going to change.

BlizShadow

Jul 24 2008, 09:48 AM

MoD has probably just won the thread

BlizShadow

Jul 24 2008, 09:48 AM

Wile MoD has probably just won the thread

BLACK

Jul 23 2008, 02:32 PM

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For example, the thread Y HALO THAR made when he migrated from Sonic Turbine, to this location, turned from an inappropiate hello, to one of the most sexually worded conversations I have read on Sonic Blast.

Oh and Y HALO THAR is a woman! D:<

Tails Fanatic

Jul 23 2008, 02:06 PM

You know guys, there would be a simple way you all can help us, because we can't be everywhere at once and know what is going everywhere.


USE THE REPORT BUTTON!

it works on this board now, so USE IT!

BLACK

Jul 23 2008, 02:32 PM

Ray_the_Squirrel

Jul 23 2008, 01:40 PM

Yeah, I agree, this is the worst forum I have been to in terms of inappropiate language. Unfortunately, I'm not an admin or mod running it, they clearly allow it because I brought it up before and it hasn't stopped.

And what in turn happens? People yell at me instead...

Oh boy you should see Sonic Turbine. <3 They actually let us say the words that get bleeped here. Actually, we barely about Sonic over there ._. But personally, I still think this forum should not be a forum for little kids. Next, the forum will have a commercial, advertising to kids who watch Nickelodeon or Disney or something.

Oh and I still vote for a mature section but because of one person when everybody else agreed, we couldn't have it. But that one person is an admin so we didn't really stand a chance ;_;

H@!†#

Jul 23 2008, 02:32 PM

Ray_the_Squirrel

Jul 23 2008, 01:40 PM

Yeah, I agree, this is the worst forum I have been to in terms of inappropiate language. Unfortunately, I'm not an admin or mod running it, they clearly allow it because I brought it up before and it hasn't stopped.

And what in turn happens? People yell at me instead...

Oh boy you should see Sonic Turbine. <3 They actually let us say the words that get bleeped here. Actually, we barely about Sonic over there ._. But personally, I still think this forum should not be a forum for little kids. Next, the forum will have a commercial, advertising to kids who watch Nickelodeon or Disney or something.

Oh and I still vote for a mature section but because of one person when everybody else agreed, we couldn't have it. But that one person is an admin so we didn't really stand a chance ;_;

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For example, the thread Y HALO THAR made when he migrated from Sonic Turbine, to this location, turned from an inappropiate hello, to one of the most sexually worded conversations I have read on Sonic Blast.

Oh and Y HALO THAR is a woman! D:<