Its getting beyond silly at this point.
If mods are merely interested in playing babysitter and locking thread after thread, this community will soon die.
You don't have to lock an entire thread because a few people break TOS. Just delete the posts for goodness sake. Some of us may still want to discuss a valid topic that is already in progress.
Then the kicker of you locking thread, and politely (yeah, right) asking us to not make duplicate threads, because one already exists on topic...but guess what? It's locked too!
I've posted on probably way too many internet forums. Certainly enough to know that when forums are over moderated in this format, they die.
Please allow us to discuss the game, ask questions (even if they are controversial or hurt your feelings), and have an online community with respect to the game. Frankly, the only reason ppl havn't completely fled this place for the other forum(s) is that this place has the "gree" name attached to it. Therefore it has the impression of being an "official" site, and that we may get some real info here. If that isn't going to happen, and you are going to stifle all real conversation, then there isn't much point in even having this place, is there?
I've tried to keep this post within the TOS. But that list is so extensive and beyond reasonable, I'm sure "something" typed may be against it, and this thread may be locked
Even worse, I may be banned. I hope not.
You posted that you want to improve the community, and that change was coming -- it may be slow but it was coming. Well, you aren't helping by just throwing down the ban hammer every time you see a thread or post you don't like.
Just let us communicate, for goodness sake. If we swear, or post something offensive, DELETE IT. If there are multiple offenses by the same user, warn them. If that doesn't work THEN ban them. But you don't have to continue bullying us by locking thread after thread.