Irontusk
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Hi,
I know you haven't seen moderation on this world for a little while but that shouldn't really be excuse for the flagrant disregard for the forum rules I've seen on here recently. I've been assigned this world as notice that someone IS actively watching here, and not just relying on reports.
On the most part, W74 is a pretty quiet world (last couple days aside). There are some bright posters here and the politics themselves don't seem to be especially catty, so I'm not anticipating many problems. The majority of you are actually pretty pleasant guys to read from.
That said, I have a few reminders I want to make clear now about specific rules that are particularly relevant here.
Personal insults
If you're bringing a poster's attributes into play - whether's that's age, sex, education, employment, nationality, whatever - you're being personally insulting. We have a very short tolerance for this on the TW forums, where pretty much the only 'acceptable' insults are game-related: cowardice, lack of integrity, hypocrisy, disloyalty, all fine. If you have to bring someone's intelligence into discussion, you're crossing the border. If it's the SOLE content of your post, you're likely to be punished more harshly than if you get a bit worked up in the context of a political assertion or rebuttal.
Inappropriate language
We're pretty PG here. Lots of kids play this game. I don't think anyone needs to be informed about the more colourful language we tend to resort to on the internet, but there's a couple I'm going to cover that may not be apparent. On the most part, these are contextual. If you target them harshly, it's probably not okay. If in doubt, use a less contentious word.
Shit - generally, okay. Your tribe is shit. You play like shit. That's a load of shit and you know it. These are passable (I still think they're a little unpleasant, though.) 'You're little more than shit on my boot' - too personal, don't do it.
Bitch - in a game-related context, we let it slide. People bitch about things they don't like. Tribe plays like bitches. That car is bitchin' (notice the lack of 'g'.) 'You're a bitch' - probably not okay.
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So, bearing that all in mind - the general procedure with rulebreaks is that we'll edit out anything that's not really a big deal without any punishment. We'll warn first for MOST rulebreaks, unless you've been particularly naughty. We infract if you have a past record and should really know better. You're only going to get a ban if you repeatedly break the rules in a short space of time. Most people these days have relatively clean records and it's easy to keep them that way, since we try not to hand out infractions like candy like the old days...
If you want to ask questions about what is and isn't acceptable, this is an appropriate thread to do so in. If it's about something someone else has posted, you should either PM me first, or report it and I'll get to it.
Also, for full disclosure: I played W74 a long time ago, in HOPE. I have no grudges to hold and, if anything, have pleasant experiences with most I do remember (dagan comes to mind!). I asked to be assigned W74 to handle it in a professional capacity, but if you do feel I'm being unfair to you, you should speak with Jirki or any other elder moderator about it, with any evidence.
Thanks
I know you haven't seen moderation on this world for a little while but that shouldn't really be excuse for the flagrant disregard for the forum rules I've seen on here recently. I've been assigned this world as notice that someone IS actively watching here, and not just relying on reports.
On the most part, W74 is a pretty quiet world (last couple days aside). There are some bright posters here and the politics themselves don't seem to be especially catty, so I'm not anticipating many problems. The majority of you are actually pretty pleasant guys to read from.
That said, I have a few reminders I want to make clear now about specific rules that are particularly relevant here.
Personal insults
If you're bringing a poster's attributes into play - whether's that's age, sex, education, employment, nationality, whatever - you're being personally insulting. We have a very short tolerance for this on the TW forums, where pretty much the only 'acceptable' insults are game-related: cowardice, lack of integrity, hypocrisy, disloyalty, all fine. If you have to bring someone's intelligence into discussion, you're crossing the border. If it's the SOLE content of your post, you're likely to be punished more harshly than if you get a bit worked up in the context of a political assertion or rebuttal.
Inappropriate language
We're pretty PG here. Lots of kids play this game. I don't think anyone needs to be informed about the more colourful language we tend to resort to on the internet, but there's a couple I'm going to cover that may not be apparent. On the most part, these are contextual. If you target them harshly, it's probably not okay. If in doubt, use a less contentious word.
Shit - generally, okay. Your tribe is shit. You play like shit. That's a load of shit and you know it. These are passable (I still think they're a little unpleasant, though.) 'You're little more than shit on my boot' - too personal, don't do it.
Bitch - in a game-related context, we let it slide. People bitch about things they don't like. Tribe plays like bitches. That car is bitchin' (notice the lack of 'g'.) 'You're a bitch' - probably not okay.
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So, bearing that all in mind - the general procedure with rulebreaks is that we'll edit out anything that's not really a big deal without any punishment. We'll warn first for MOST rulebreaks, unless you've been particularly naughty. We infract if you have a past record and should really know better. You're only going to get a ban if you repeatedly break the rules in a short space of time. Most people these days have relatively clean records and it's easy to keep them that way, since we try not to hand out infractions like candy like the old days...
If you want to ask questions about what is and isn't acceptable, this is an appropriate thread to do so in. If it's about something someone else has posted, you should either PM me first, or report it and I'll get to it.
Also, for full disclosure: I played W74 a long time ago, in HOPE. I have no grudges to hold and, if anything, have pleasant experiences with most I do remember (dagan comes to mind!). I asked to be assigned W74 to handle it in a professional capacity, but if you do feel I'm being unfair to you, you should speak with Jirki or any other elder moderator about it, with any evidence.
Thanks
If somebody can find Booza, maybe him too. 
