How are we supposed to warn people?

[Crime City Mark]

Ban me now.

OK forum Fig has retired from the forum.

Okay, sure. Since you asked so politely.

[Swifty]

@Fig Oni

Please reconsider. You have many friends on the forum that will greatly miss you.

[Crime City Mark]

So if I'm not mistaking Mark only CC has rights and we have to listen otherwise we get banned ?!?

I don't have special rights. I have authority as the person who administrates the forums. You, as users of this free service has access. You also have policy that you are asked to abide by. Should you not abide by the policy it is within our purview to amend or revoke (temporarily or permanently) access to the service. You have rights as citizens of your respective countries that protect you from illegal activity, which isn't going on here.

[499Rat]

So if I'm not mistaking Mark only CC has rights and we have to listen otherwise we get banned ?!?

Yes, this is correct. They are a private business and you are on their forums. You have no rights.

You are also playing their game, and the agreement that you didn't read and accepted says that they can refuse to serve you at their will as well.

Edit: Damnit...Mark stole my thunder.

[Crime City Mark]

In before the lock. :-)

I miss the good old days of IBTL. No, I'm not locking this thread. I may split it into another thread about discussing what can and can't happen on the forums, since it seems like a lot of people are confused / mistaken. If people want to have a polite discussion about the state of the forums, that's cool. I'm down. If people want to freak out and rail about bans and why we haven't banned X person they hate or go on about their own bans, I'll kill the thread.

[Dr BoneCrusher]

Let's all cool down a bit and let civility and maturity take over here.

[Crime City Mark]

Let's all cool down a bit and let civility and maturity take over here.

Sounds like a really good plan to me.

[Gaming Will]

And so are "The Days of our Lives".

[Swingle007]

Polite thread about what is allowed to be discussed on the forums without fear of locks, deletes, or bans sounds like a great idea CCM. Wasn't sure if IBTL would be understood by all...lol guess now it'll be GTCBL (glad this can't be locked). :-)

Name changes, impersonations, etc can create serious in-game consequences for many of us. Hopefully CC devs and admins can recognize that and institute some penalties for those who try to manipulate the system to create havoc.

[xenoke]

I don't have special rights. I have authority as the person who administrates the forums. You, as users of this free service has access. You also have policy that you are asked to abide by. Should you not abide by the policy it is within our purview to amend or revoke (temporarily or permanently) access to the service. You have rights as citizens of your respective countries that protect you from illegal activity, which isn't going on here.

In your last few msgs, it sure looked like you have a lot of rights or maybe you like the power nobody has in this game.....it has to stay normal....when you can't ask a question or the answer is "one more time and I'll ban your account" I looks like a Nazi move....

[koralene]

Ahhh Fig

[Crime City Mark]

So, go ahead. Ask away. I'll give you a basic primer:

Your rights:

Inalienable: Anything your government gives to protect you, as citizens.
Granted by us: Posting, viewing access.

Our rights:

Inalienable: Anything granted by the US Constitution.
Other: Complete ownership of the forums, all content on the forums, and all accounts on the forums.

[Crime City Mark]

In your last few msgs, it sure looked like you have a lot of rights or maybe you like the power nobody has in this game.....it has to stay normal....when you can't ask a question or the answer is "one more time and I'll ban your account" I looks like a Nazi move....

Godwins Law. Don't play the Nazi card unless you've found evidence of me committing ethnic genocide, thanks. If someone makes a post in violation of our posting guidelines and I tell them that if they do it again they'll get a ban, that's a warning. That's me being nice instead of just straight away banning them for violating the rules.

You're welcome to ask me anything you want as long as it doesn't violate the posting guidelines. Since it seems like some people need a reminder, here is the stuff that is taboo (Pertinent ones in bold):

Advertise any product and / or service
Discuss locked threads or staff / moderator disciplinary actions
Discuss unreleased or Staging content that has not been posted or previewed
Engage in religious or political discussion
Flame, Troll, or otherwise be a nuisance
Go off topic
Hijack, Spam, or Necro a thread
Insult or deride any player or staff member
POST ALL IN CAPS
Post any content or engage in discussion about non-Funzio games
Post any form of nudity or sexual content
Post any form or racist or discriminatory content
Reveal your or anyone else's personal information
Swear or use any obscenities

[koralene]

Mark half of those are done by so many players everyday. Don't you think we need a full time moderator to monitor the forum.

[Joeycool]

You're welcome to ask me anything you want as long as it doesn't violate the posting guidelines.

Is there any chance of you spending a bit of time with us when you get a quieter day for an AMA?

That was the best thing that you have ever done on the forum.