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Can we revive the debate thread again????
It too kept the place lively and how things have been going.Like the whole Akantor HH with Terry and Yukiiko could have gone in there.

Thanx Machienzo
But by we I meant you Machi
I enjoyed the last debate we had bout the colored species.

The debate idea would be awesome! I am no trying to be rude but what is a caption contest? It sounds cool I just don't know what it is.

If I could make a suggestion,the custom set thread should really be stickied.It has helped alot for me personally.

And it can be linked to the Armor Wiki cuz it is great to be able to find it easier.

You don't know everything that goes on here. If you did, then you'd know that he's already been banned.

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The most I've seen done against that are locked topics or deleted messages. Nothing more.

What do you want, a big announcement whenever Xeros or Machi ban someone? Some things aren't announced, but that doesn't mean they haven't happened.

Ummm isn't that in the P3rd forum?

PACMAN EDIT:Yes,I thought so.Why are you making such a fuss about it Terry?It happened in another forum,I would be saying something too if it happened here but it happened in another forum.Like Aurora said,it was taken care of,no need to get worked up over something like this.

Just ignore the offending threads and read the ones that interest you. You quote rules yet break the 'don't tell a mod how to do his job' rule in your own post.

Nobody wants people getting banned without ample warnings; many young kids use the site and don't listen (as tends to be with kids). They need encouragement and a few slaps on the wrist, save bans for people who genuinely cause offence or persistently disrupt the forum.

In this case, I do see your frustration though.. it's very annoying.

Get ready for a wall of text

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Ok, there's something that seriously bothers and annoys me.

People like Evil Tyrannosaurs and the measures taken.

The case of a troll/spammer is a serious thing. Not reserved solely for Tyrannosaur's case, but for anyone willing to attempt to troll these boards in the future.

quote Aurora

I'm the only moderator for MHP3rd at the moment, which also means that this shouldn't be in here.

E.T.'s trolling has been on both Unite's and P3rd boards, therefore it's more than legit to put a discussion here.

Now personally, I agree with giving warnings to members breaking the rule, helpful reminders are always useful, but not taking action after the member still proceeds to troll clearly (water weapons for plessy anyone?) when reminders are clearly given is a bit worrisome.

I agree that banning should be a last resort, but a limit should be set before potential trolls take advantage of the in-actvity of the mods other than helpful reminders. It should also be established that E.T. was not some random joker giving random info for the sake of it where we can all have a good laugh, he was arguing his points clearly.

No, I'm not going to ignore it and just read other topics because I know several people on gamefaqs that have taken the advice of a clear troll before because they had no idea who was legit on the forums or not. Then they post a question a week later on the same thing saying "OMG it didn't work!". Not a good way to promote discussion IMO.

Oh yea and guess what? A friend of mine who was starting out actually took that water weapon on plessy seriously. He thought there was some hidden factor of the element that boosted damage. Thankfully I was there or else it would have been embarrassing for him to sign up to a board in the future and give that advice. True story, so I won't take this lightly.

I agree with Terry's points, not just for E.T., but for all potential trolls that continue spam activity. The ones that post once or twice and never seen again, I don't care as much about those.

Also, I'm wondering why it's bad for a member to politely remind people of the rules of this board. I doubt the mods can be here 24/7, and there's people that can be helped out fast for that problem with members who are online at the moment. Unless you guys are checking every topic, I don't see how it's wrong unless the reminder is a bit on the non-polite side. It saves you guys a lot of work, and a reminder can easily be placed in the same post after helpful info is given.

If i was in a mod's position though, I would be a bit reluctant to take action because we don't know the background of the potential spammer. I'm glad that he's banned after it was clear he was trolling seriously and wouldn't stop.

I'm not really questioning the competence of the mods, I'm just bringing light into an issue that needs serious thought.

Hopefully we won't have have a topic titled "Looking for a MH girlfriend" like on gamefaqs (shudders)

Edit: bustr please be nice to people on this forum, even if their choice of wording can make some people angry, because that was really low of you to say that.