The Banhammer and You: A User's Guide to the Forums

[Ben Legend]

very useful, thanks for that.

 

[Dragon Zero]

Thank you, this was a great help!

 

[Lord Krunk]

UPDATE: Included 'BB Code Abuse' point under the 'Probations' subtopic. Thanks to scotth266 for the idea.

Krunk.. i distinctly remember getting banned after 1000 posts or so.... ban time running out, making more posts and then getting the badge...

I think I've worked out what it is.

You must have gotten 100 posts before the badges appeared, right? Considering the fact that you've been around almost as long as me.

If you made 100 posts without getting banned beforehand, you would have automatically achieved Trinity upon its release, no matter if you got banned after those first 100 posts.

Would explain why you haven't got Morpheus as well.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Just to point out that your banned post example, the infamous 'Eggo's Lol What?' post was one that had many people asking what he was banned for.

After all, it certainly isn't obvious. Maybe putting a more definitive example would make it clearer to the readers of this most excellent thread?

 

[Liverandbacon]

Just to point out that your banned post example, the infamous 'Eggo's Lol What?' post was one that had many people asking what he was banned for.

After all, it certainly isn't obvious. Maybe putting a more definitive example would make it clearer to the readers of this most excellent thread?

Didn't the mods clarify by editing the post to explain that it wasn't the "lol wut" that got him banned, it was the huge amounts of complaints they had received regarding him? Or was that Richard Groovy Pants' ban? As to the Neo badge, I think the whole point of it is to be hard to obtain. I really do love the fact that the badges require a lack of moderator wrath, since it makes them a far more accurate barometer of someone's contribution to the forums than post count alone.

 

[purplegothchick]

Thankyou, I found this very useful. I haven't been a member for a very long time, so it's nice to have the rules laid out with examples to clarify them for everyone. Great work

 

[scotth266]

Whoohoo! I didn't realize that this had been stickied till just now. I is one happy panda!

Seriously: Good work Krunk. It's not every day that a thread is so good it gets the sticky treatment!

 

[Sparrow]

Helpful, but I'm still willing to bet that hardly anybody's going to read it.

i did >.>

Anyone serious about the forums will (i.e. myself, you). Badge miners and postcounting freaks probably won't, or give it a skim at best.

Good. I hope they don't. It'll make it just that much easier for us to notice them and weed them out. We're not really interested in keeping postcount whores as part of our community.

Well you shouldn't tempt them with shiny badges then Susan

 

[NewClassic_v1legacy]

Helpful, but I'm still willing to bet that hardly anybody's going to read it.

i did >.>

Anyone serious about the forums will (i.e. myself, you). Badge miners and postcounting freaks probably won't, or give it a skim at best.

Good. I hope they don't. It'll make it just that much easier for us to notice them and weed them out. We're not really interested in keeping postcount whores as part of our community.

Well you shouldn't tempt them with shiny badges then Susan

And punish us for their really bad behavior? I'd rather not.

 

[new_age_reject]

Haha, I was having an 'off day' and I said something really stupid so fair dos lol.

Not .. Supposed .. To .. Post while influe.. Ah, what the hell. I probably won't get moderator wraith for this anyway.

How .. Off day? Like pissed, or not so natural feelings?
How really stupid? Like not very clever to say, or really stupid?
Come on, you'll be helpoing out fellow Escapists to know what side alleys not to enter in favor of Neo!

I was having an angry day.
Which means I tend to snap at people when they haven't even done anything to irritate me.
I got all up my own ass about the whole valentines day thing and I slated the whole love hearts thing we got for no reason which was out of place.

 

[Daye.04]

I was having an angry day.
Which means I tend to snap at people when they haven't even done anything to irritate me.
I got all up my own ass about the whole valentines day thing and I slated the whole love hearts thing we got for no reason which was out of place.

Ah. I guess it was kinda fair, then =P
This is exactly the reason I try to avoid posting if I'm up late ..

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

An excellent post, Krunk.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Just to point out that your banned post example, the infamous 'Eggo's Lol What?' post was one that had many people asking what he was banned for.

After all, it certainly isn't obvious. Maybe putting a more definitive example would make it clearer to the readers of this most excellent thread?

I'll seriously consider it; I was hoping people would categorise his post under 'Tier 1 Repeat Offenses', but it seems a few didn't.

 

[Ajna]

[li]Repeat Threads: I?m sure that many users (particularly the newer ones) are sick of the term ?use the Search Button? being flung around on their new thread. Well, there?s a good reason for that: your thread isn?t the first of its kind, and it certainly won?t be the last. On these forums, it is unspoken law that Thread Necroing > Repeat Threads, but many new users don?t know that and put up whatever was in the back of their heads. Some repeat threads do get past the bar, however, but my advice would still be to search for a thread resembling your idea first (between you and me, use Google; the Escapist?s search feature is renowned for not being as great as it should be).[/li]

Actually... I was curious about that point myself, a while back, and made a poll regarding it. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.110411] The consensus was that people would prefer to see a repeat thread rather than a 3-4 month old one be resurrected. Naturally, different people had different lines (I don't recall anyone saying less than a month before they'd prefer a repeat), but for the most part, that statement is incorrect.

Though, the poll was relatively close, to be sure. I can't blame you for saying that. Just a touch of factual inaccuracy...

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

Ahh, that was very nice to read, very good Krunk.
I tend to stick to the rule of "Don't piss of the moderators." Believe it or not but I was a troll on a different site, but then I saw the light.
It's never fun seeing people getting banned, suspended, or put on probation. But if they break the rules the mods stick to their guns and take them down, and I respect that.
Well that was my 2 cents on that subject.
Cheers!

 

[GodsOneMistake]

Very helpful but wait does that mean i wont get the Morphius badge :'(

 

[Revolver 1412]

You guys know how to manage a forum.

 

[Kuliani]

Note that the Probation color has changed.

 

[Sparrow]

Note that the Probation color has changed.

I was suprised when this happened. (Yes, it was a slow day)

It just seems a bit pointless to me, any reason why it was changed?

 

[Lord Krunk]

(between you and me, use Google; the Escapist's search feature is renowned for not being as great as it should be).
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needs an update here. they changed it (finally), it is now a damned good search function. hooray!!! ​

I'll give it a good look when I get the chance.

Note that the Probation color has changed.

Thanks for the info, the OP has been updated to suit this.

I would have preferred differing colours between the Suspension and Ban notices, but that's just me.

Very helpful but wait does that mean i wont get the Morphius badge :'(

If you got on probation/suspended before your 1000th post, then you will not be able to receive either Morpheus or Neo.​