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Shoutout to Balrog
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Idk about that. There's an endless stream of people who join and come in hot with super biased one-liners and you can tell they're not gonna last long. You can be biased, because just about everyone is, even the 50/50 players, you just have to occasionally say something worthwhile or constructive. You can't be all spice all the time.
But I agree there are a select few who've been so extremely hostile and unpleasant that I have no idea how they lasted. Those are the real mysteries.
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What a thread to walk in on... While I don't know the exact rules here I feel like anything that can be perceived as negative will get you banned and even then there is Cherry picking moments. Idk if it's a specific mod or just a new standard there enforcing.
I definitely expect OP is gonna get banned and possibly any of the rest of us to get banned for just speaking against the ban or they'll just shut the thread down
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I dunno, there's a lot of nuance when it comes to nepotism & the human nature that proliferates it. I'm not sure the ideal of completely crushing nepotism is an ideal worth striving toward. A company totally invested in weeding out any signs of nepotism and catering to fairness/professionalism sounds like a horribly drab and uninspiring place to work for. I have a sneaking suspicion that BHVR has started to go that direction in recent years, and that's part of the reason why DbD is going the way it is.
And I'm certainly not going to spend much of my time caring all that much and holding grudges about the mixing of the professional & personal lives of BHVR employees. It's just kinda weird to care about it after a certain point.
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I'll be entirely honest, I have no idea who UndeddJester is because I'm not very active on here anymore, but hearing that they were apparently banned unfairly does not surprise me. I've had many friends unjustly banned and warned before. In my opinion there is a serious problem with the moderation on this forum.
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If I should fall, so be it. But I have a feeling they won't because now too many people know. All it will do is prove our point
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Some of the rules are pretty vague and, honestly, I can think of few regular posters, even the very mild ones, who havent pushed the boundaries on some of them.
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This is a good point, and I'm not just saying this as someone who had thousands of posts myself lol I feel like there's a huge difference between someone with, say, 50 posts and a couple of them are rule breaking, and someone with like 10k posts and a couple of them are rule breaking. People have bad days, they might say something harsher than they intended. Or they might not have even been intending for something to be harsh, tone is difficult to get across in text. But regardless, it shouldn't negate their previous contributions. I'm not sure what the warning and banning system is on the forum (I've had posts removed and had a warning, no ban as yet), but I think perhaps there can be some leeway. Jester not only contributed alot, many of their contributions were incredibly well thought out and put together. It showed they cared.
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I have been fortunate with my resume and that for the most part even walking in to ask for an interview in-person I was able to get one on-the-spot.
But I am biased in the sense that I see value in nearly all positions. Office jobs are not the end-all-be-all. And trades are sure to make even more of a comeback than they have already.
None-the-less people skills are a great thing in nearly any environment. A moderation position with glowing recommendations isn't something to scoff at either. Able to work with people and discuss problems works wonders.
But back on topic, since moderation cannot be discussed, it's a black box where we (average/avid forum users) only see punishment, not its context, and the executioner is nearly always painted in a bad light, since problems never get discussed in the open. (Although I don't know if the reason for this is due to legality).
Forums seem ripe for no shared learning of mistakes, since moderation is discussed personally, with offending material scrubbed, and the ramifications are little if burner accounts can then be created, and too final depending on the charge(s).
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R.I.P. UndeddJester.
And R.I.P any others who were or will be unjustly banned too.
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I dont know if it is still that way and I dont know if it is still somewhere on the Forums, but it at least used to be like this (and I think it still applies):
First Warning —> Just a Warning
Second Warning —> First escalation and you cannot open Threads and you can only post on a Cooldown
Third Warning —> Second escalation and you are banned for 30 days
Fourth Warning —> Third escalation and permanently banned
This is the usual process. This only really applies to the regular uses tho, if you are ban evading you get a perma ban immediatly. If you are only on the Forums to flame and insult and created an account just for that, this account is also gone very soon. And if you say some especially nasty things, you can also jump a few steps. Which is overall fine I would say.
Personally I dont agree with some things done by the moderation here, because I have seen people getting banned for posts which I would not really deem problematic. Because in the end, discussions can get heated and as long as it is not too bad (e.g. slurs are used), I would not see such a big issue with it. Especially if, as you said, previous contributions are also counted in. I dont think that someone who might get rude after being nice and helpful for several months in multiple topics should immediatly be warned (at least not if this would mean an escalation), if they get rude in an heated discussion. IF their way of expressing themselves is an issue, the mods can also write a message and dont issue a Warning point and then only issue a Warning point if it continues.
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Be careful what you wish for. Just commenting here might put us in danger xD
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Surprised this thread is still up tbh. I know it's a weekend during the holiday break, but it's been like two entire days and it doesn't look like anyone associated with BHVR has viewed the top thread.
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If they ban us all, this forum becomes a desolate waste.
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Balrog was active yesterday. Mandy was active before yesterday. ThatRyanB was active 3 days ago. Rizzo 10 days ago. Balrog must have seen this thread or maybe he was gone just before this thread posted.
I'm certain one of them will be online tomorrow or maybe even today if they feel like it. Here are a few options what will happen: We get or get no explanation, lots of forum members getting banned here, they remove it all or hide it, or they keep this thread up which is the most surprising choice. It's almost respectable if they choose the last option. I'm interested what choice they'll make.
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Cheers to all the great posts and posters here. Lets share a drink together. 🍻
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Fully agree. Perma-banning people who are regular good-faith contributors does nothing but reduce the quality of content and discussion on the forum. Pretty soon all that will be left is a cesspool of back-and-forth arguments about whether the devs hate the killer side or survivor side more.
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