Seems rather reasonable. Anon’s Discord server was rife with bigots, racists, and outright Nazis, which, while undeniably deplorable, was initially none of CoG’s concern. However, when these undesirables began flooding the forums, creating a toxic environment and consuming an unreasonable amount of moderators’ time, action became necessary.
Since Anon refused to cooperate with the mod team despite multiple opportunities given to him, that left them no choice but to ban him and his game from this most esteemed forum.
An open-and-shut case.
Now, let me preface the next part by admitting I’ve only read through first two hundred posts in this thread, so if anything major has been posted since, then I might look like a complete tool, but…
One would assume that it wouldn’t be much of a problem for the mods to post some clear evidence of having to deal with multiple bad actors originating from AC thread/Discord in a short period of time. Since if the only thing they were forced to do was to ban a user or two once in a blue moon it would hardly justify the claim of excessive moderator burden.
Otherwise, the closest thing to that claim right now is that AC thread was overly “horny” to the point of some users posting smut fanfics there. But this was dealt with rather swiftly by simply creating a dedicated NSFW thread, once again undermining the claims made by the mods.
Sure, the general quality of the discussion in AC thread was rather low, but it doesn’t warrant purging the game and its author from the forums.
Furthermore, one would expect you to be able to provide some screenshots of mods approaching Anon and asking him to rein in his Discord server, offering him a chance to make amends, or warning him of potential consequences. This is particularly important given Anon’s recent claim that no one ever contacted him regarding these issues.
At present, the only “evidence” provided consists of screenshots of slurs being used with impunity on Anon’s server and him doing nothing to curb it, forcing me to call bullshit on all this. Sure, since the ban there were more “incriminating” things posted on that server - calling people pedos, insulting individual mods, but it’s hardly relevant to this ban.
Additionally, this whole “wasting moderators time” justification was most recently used against two regulars in the Politics thread, who received six-month bans from Bryce shortly after his close friend, Juan, openly announced that he will be flagging every post made by them (alright, it was only in regards to Ramses, but it’s safe to assume the other guy got the same treatment by him).
It’s safe to assume that the same thing has happened here – some chronically online people likely bombarded the mod team with complaints about Anon’s Discord or flagged posts in his thread they found objectionable. And since Anon is…well, an anon and those people are on the “”right” side of history”, the decision the mod team had to take was rather obvious.
I just wish you had been more transparent about it – “We disagree with the politics of this author and their fanbase, which conflict with our core values, and thus we are removing them from the forum.” See how simple that was?
Either way, assuming this post doesn’t get hidden or get me banned, my shift starts in less than two hours, therefore I’ll be replying at my own pace. Might not have time to reply till the weekend.
EDIT Being at work, I don’t really have time to proofread or to pretty it up, so from now on my post will be in quite a rough state.
@MadAdam
You are willfully disregarding facts and bringing the argument from A to B to C with no logical/factual connections
If you had possessed reasoning skills exceeding those of an average middle schooler, you would have no problem understanding the connection between A, B and C.
Bryce’s chronically online friend had proudly announced that he will be flagging every post made by a certain user for his continuous defence of Israeli policies, which Juan found unacceptable (A). The other guy who got banned has also been a staunch defender of Israel (and possibly an Israeli himself, but I’m not sure, nor does it really matter), so it is indeed safe to assume that Juan (and his ilk) have been mass flagging his posts too (B).
How is it relevant to this ban (C)?
Well, in the politics thread, Bryce, instead of banning those wasting his time with false reports, has banned two users who didn’t break any rules other than “taking too much of his time”. Something they couldn’t help since every post they were making would get flagged.
Ultimately, Bryce has resolved that situation that way because it was his friends on one side and people he didn’t personally agree with on the other.
The same situation has been repeated here - on one hand some “4chan weirdo and his incel fans”, on the other Bryce’s friends and allies. The choice was rather clear for someone who has shown a tendency towards nepotism before.
@apple
NGL I don’t know why this is a controversial ban reasoning
I made it rather clear in my post, no? Provide some evidence of bad actors from Anon’s server repeatedly attempting to pollute these forums with their chud ways (AKA “wasting moderators’ time”) and no more questions in regards to that will be asked. By me, at the very least.
I’ve somehow managed to survive on this forum for over a decade now just fine despite getting fairly heated
Because ultimately you align ideologically with the “locals”.
It is totally fine for the locally beloved author to literally call people refusing to cast their votes subhuman. Wish for Morgenthau plan against Trumpists or lamenting how the tens of millions of them can’t be lynched the same way some French mathematician was.
You can be as extreme in your views as you desire as long as you are a part of the in-group. Ultimately, all your sins will be forgiven.
@Think_Manner
Are you being serious?
Are you?
The burden of proof, ever heard of it? You can’t just accuse someone and then refuse to provide any evidence because it would be too bothersome to gather.
Nobody said anything about being horny or writing smut
Reading comprehension is strong in this one…
What was meant here is there were no mass rule-breaking going on there, unless one considers being “horny” to be that.
As for MC’s sister, those users were condemned by the author himself right when that was brought up. He made his stance opposing incest more than clear.
Do you really believe that? Does it make sense to you?
All the more reason why they should just release the screencaps of their DMs with Anon. That would be fairly humiliating for him to have his childish lies exposed like that. Would make him look like a complete idiot. Possibly even cost him a patron or two.
When you accuse someone of something, even in such an environment as a privately-owned forum, there’s absolutely no benefit in withholding evidence… assuming you possess it in the first place, that is.
cuz i just finished the update n i loved it and now it feels like cuz bros actions its not gonna grt finished
What a clown.
