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klem
01-27-2012, 04:36 PM
Would it be possible to give some threads, like the BlackSix update threads, a special status? Particularly the 1C information threads.

These threads would be heavily moderated to delete anything that isn't a question or answer relating specifically to the original post content. This would help us find On Topic material that is interesting, informative, etc.

For example in the latest update thread
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=29368
- incidentally drowned by 226 posts/23 pages in just 10 hours - there are questions relating to the aircraft info released in the OP ("will it have this type of gun", "what software is used", etc.), that are perfectly reasonable. But all the rest - love, hate, even thanks and gratitude - just make it difficult to find sensible questions and the answers.

These 'Official Announcements' are just that, they are not the usual threads where people ask, answer, help, condemn, praise or scream at eachother/1C. To be effective and useful they need to be kept super-clean.

There are more than enough existing heavy 'discussion' threads and more than enough new ones that would be made, where members can vent their spleen away from the real information so that we don't get buried under them, or have to read through the same old bile and counter-bile all the time.

So could these Threads be heavily moderated, perhaps carrying a clear message in the first Post, such as

THIS IS A FORMAL 1C INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
THERE ARE STRICT LIMITS ON THE NATURE OF RESPONSES PERMITTED WITHIN THIS THREAD
For the special rules that apply see [URL ]......[/URL ]

JG52Krupi
01-27-2012, 05:07 PM
+1 and apologies for my part in derailing the thread.

BaronBonBaron
01-27-2012, 06:01 PM
+2

ACE-OF-ACES
01-27-2012, 06:13 PM
These threads would be heavily moderated to delete anything that isn't a question or answer relating specifically to the original post content. This would help us find On Topic material that is interesting, informative, etc.
Agreed 100%

smink1701
01-27-2012, 06:43 PM
Yes please.

SG1_Lud
01-27-2012, 07:00 PM
Fully support this, but I am more radical, i would lock the future official updates, if we ever have any more....

Comments could still be made in the pilots lounge. The people looking for useful information would lose nothing with respect to the current situation, as it would be the same pain to find something worth in the pile of bs, but at least we could save to the developers (and to some of us the shame) the sad spectacle of seeing some insolent answers we have seen today.

Sorry if I hurt someone, but imo we aren't yet as a whole mature enough to receive updates, much less to receive "interactive ones".

philip.ed
01-27-2012, 07:08 PM
Could there not just be a seperate topic, perhaps even posted by B6 himself to show some tangible relation to the team, for the whining and arguing?

It's a silly measure to impose, but when adults are presented with a magical computer which lowers their age to that of a small child (I am talking about everyone here) it may just keep the original posting informative.

(this applies to those who continue to harass the devs, those that continue to harass the whiners, and those that harass the whiners by complaining to the other whiner-harassers that the whiners are whining and seemingly uneduacted in their process of whining (without presenting anything palpable themselves)).

Pudfark
01-27-2012, 07:09 PM
Fully support this, but I am more radical, i would lock the future official updates, if we ever have any more....

Comments could still be made in the pilots lounge. The people looking for useful information would lose nothing with respect to the current situation, as it would be the same pain to find something worth in the pile of bs, but at least we could save to the developers (and to some of us the shame) the sad spectacle of seeing some insolent answers we have seen today.

Sorry if I hurt someone, but imo we aren't yet as a whole mature enough to receive updates, much less to receive "interactive ones".

I agree completely...ROF...;)









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LcSummers
01-27-2012, 07:31 PM
Yeah this would be nice +1

jimbop
01-27-2012, 07:59 PM
+1

A related discussion thread will no doubt start within a nanosecond but the actual information and relevant responses would be easy to find.

klem
01-27-2012, 08:00 PM
Could there not just be a seperate topic, perhaps even posted by B6 himself to show some tangible relation to the team, for the whining and arguing?

It's a silly measure to impose, but when adults are presented with a magical computer which lowers their age to that of a small child (I am talking about everyone here) it may just keep the original posting informative.

(this applies to those who continue to harass the devs, those that continue to harass the whiners, and those that harass the whiners by complaining to the other whiner-harassers that the whiners are whining and seemingly uneduacted in their process of whining (without presenting anything palpable themselves)).

It occurred to me after posting that BlackSix could post a link in the header titled "Discussion Thread here [URL ].... [/URL ]". He could just kick it off with an opening post and let the rants roll on. I wouldn't expect him to monitor it though, anything sensible would be posted in the update thread under the eyes of the moderators.

jg27_mc
01-27-2012, 09:30 PM
+1

6BL Bird-Dog
01-27-2012, 09:32 PM
+1

philip.ed
01-27-2012, 09:37 PM
It occurred to me after posting that BlackSix could post a link in the header titled "Discussion Thread here [URL ].... [/URL ]". He could just kick it off with an opening post and let the rants roll on. I wouldn't expect him to monitor it though, anything sensible would be posted in the update thread under the eyes of the moderators.

Exactly what I was thinking mate.

Hood
01-27-2012, 10:07 PM
Hehe my own suggestion about such a locked update thread led to 60 deleted posts and it being locked.

It's the way to go.

Hood

Force10
01-28-2012, 02:54 AM
I would think that a seperation of COD and BOM would be helpful at some point. If the new pics of the BOM planes were in a seperate thread from the Dev update for COD, there would be less wading through OT stuff.

jcenzano
01-28-2012, 03:11 AM
Fully support this, but I am more radical, i would lock the future official updates, if we ever have any more....

Comments could still be made in the pilots lounge. The people looking for useful information would lose nothing with respect to the current situation, as it would be the same pain to find something worth in the pile of bs, but at least we could save to the developers (and to some of us the shame) the sad spectacle of seeing some insolent answers we have seen today.

Sorry if I hurt someone, but imo we aren't yet as a whole mature enough to receive updates, much less to receive "interactive ones".

+1

theOden
01-28-2012, 06:30 AM
I'm not sure I understand the goal here.

All cheers and happiness in the update thread and all critizism and the unhappy customers in a seperate thread held away in some sub forum to to be seen by potentially new customers?

Will possibly "sensible" posts be screened by you and then, if approved, moved up to the update thread?

If this one doesn't remind me of news from East Germany and Soviet Russia back when I was young, I guess nothing would.

Feel free to censor me, I'm starting to get the picture how things are done in here. Seen how people like Tree and furbs putting up hard questions aren't getting answered but rather moderated away this suggestion of post #1 would not surprise me to be seen put into action.

Maybe extend the forum beyond "moderator" and denote some memebers as "Political Commisar", like Klem and maybe that odd Ace-man?

klem
01-28-2012, 07:08 AM
I'm not sure I understand the goal here.

All cheers and happiness in the update thread and all critizism and the unhappy customers in a seperate thread held away in some sub forum to to be seen by potentially new customers?

Will possibly "sensible" posts be screened by you and then, if approved, moved up to the update thread?

If this one doesn't remind me of news from East Germany and Soviet Russia back when I was young, I guess nothing would.

Feel free to censor me, I'm starting to get the picture how things are done in here. Seen how people like Tree and furbs putting up hard questions aren't getting answered but rather moderated away this suggestion of post #1 would not surprise me to be seen put into action.

Maybe extend the forum beyond "moderator" and denote some memebers as "Political Commisar", like Klem and maybe that odd Ace-man?

The goal is to obtain clear information from the developers and to provide the opportunity to ask or to see clear questions specifically on the update information and find the devs answers.

There are no sinister intentions here. Don't confuse suppressive censorship with trying to keep important Threads meaningful, on topic and free of Trolls.

I am a forum user just like you but I get sick of wading through a pile of vitriol and often childish arguments when what I want from an update thread is to easily find the information it gives and to see relevant questions and answers. There are plenty of threads where people can argue themselves blue in the face and hurl insults at eachother if they want.

I think you must see that many posts in the last update thread were just a battle of personalised vitriol and repeated complaints that we've all seen so many times before and that do not specifically reference the update information. Its not that some of the complaints aren't valid and I understand that more recent purchasers of CoD will want to come here and register their point of view but that isn't what the update threads are for. Do we really have to wade through all of that every time to find the useful information? My suggestion is simply that certain Threads be given a special status that keeps them useful.

As for members that get a ban, some of them seem to enjoy only being deliberately and boringly provocative on the same old subjects, again and again and again and again, questions that have already been answered, again and again and again. It reduces them to Trolls and personally I'm glad the moderators are taking a stronger line. I come here to find useful information and help if I can, not to wade through a pile of nonsense that wouldn't be tolerated in a kids classroom.

Osprey
01-28-2012, 09:06 AM
Thank you klem for another sensible and reasonable suggestion.

I am sick to death of the whiners. I respect that people have opinions but I find it all so massively destructive and damaging therefore worthy of removal.

The internet is a very easy place to make a nasty comment and hide, I imagine not one of these people would dare go to 'support' their favourite sports team, stand in the crowd each week and launch a volley of abuse for the whole game. There is no anonymity to hide into. Cowards, all of them.

zapatista
01-28-2012, 09:24 AM
Seen how people like Tree and furbs putting up hard questions aren't getting answered but rather moderated away this suggestion of post #1 would not surprise me to be seen put into action.

you'r making a major error if you are trying to hold up tree as an example of anything good in this forum in the last few years. for anybody who has seen him in action here over the last few years ( presming the observer has an IQ over 100), tree was the extreme example of a petulant perpetual whiner who's sole purpose was to put a negative slant on everything, and he did so frequently and with the sole aim to deliberatly misrepresenting facts and mislead people

aside from that lapse in your reference material, i'd agree with your main point: strictly censoring posters to try and remove people reporting problems is no solution.

some of the old timer posters in this thread seem to have a short memory however. previous moderators when dealing with similar problems already repeatedly stated that (unless outright flame wars) they stop reading the thread for feedback after the first few pages

we've been there before folks. those ignoring history are doomed to repeat it, err, who said that again ?

theOden
01-28-2012, 11:49 AM
Error or not I do find him amusing in the spicy questions he delivers at times (yes, he do cross the line at times - but aren't we all human?).

But fine, I might be of lesser IQ.

zapatista
01-28-2012, 12:44 PM
Error or not I do find him amusing in the spicy questions he delivers at times (yes, he do cross the line at times - but aren't we all human?).

But fine, I might be of lesser IQ.

oden,

the IQ dig wasnt directed at you, and looking at your joining date you havnt been able to observe tree's behaviour over the last 5 or 6 years. since he probably will have been banned repeatedly for extended periods since you joined here, i dont think you have seen him enough in action to see him for what he is/was.

ever since oleg postponed the original BoB release in 2004 (iirc), tree has been acted like the ugly prom date which has been stood up on the big night, and from then on has had a fixation to keep whining about all things il2/BoB. as a result tree has trawled the main il2 forums ever since, with a perpetual petulant behaviour that only sprouts negative nonsense, and he has done so deliberatly. since even a broken clock looks right 2x per day, it occasionally seems tree might say something that comes true, but its not down to any of his wisdom, just a statistical lielyhood based on the high volume of nonsense he sprouts.

FS~Phat
01-28-2012, 12:58 PM
Guys its a good Idea and I will discuss with Blacksix and the other mods.

We dont want to sensor peoples opinions but unfortunately sometimes people go a little over board as has been quite evident in the last 48hrs.

Don't get me wrong, Im highly critical of what was released and how it was handled too, but unlike a lot of others here I decided to get positively involved.

After playing IL2 for 10 years and being in one of the longest serving squads which has a long history with IL2 and a couple of long running permanent game servers, I can tell you I wasnt impressed by what was released. And Im still critical like a lot of you about the CTD/memory leak bug and some of the playability issues, but I actually accepted long ago that it was what it was, and it is what it is today...... I want to enjoy this sim for another ten years so im not going to try and bury it ten feet under with constant criticism and childish remarks.

I am also however, not in denial that it needs a lot of work. But as we have seen the guys are working on it and it is HARD WORK. So I just enjoy it as it is, and it is still quite magical despite some of the current clunkiness.

Some of you commented about .net and the complexity of the aircraft. They are basically flying blueprints pretty much down to the last rivet. Thats painstaking work. Not only that but the damage models are so much more complex now because of all the extra detail beneath the skin. Thats not even taking into account the skinning and graphical detail. So have a little respect when Luthier says it takes a year, thats what it takes. Why would he make that up knowing that you lot want to lynch him? ;)

Osprey
01-28-2012, 05:16 PM
Yes nm but that is not the point of this thread old boy. As klem says, there are plenty of whinebuckets for people to bleat into, but it would nice to have one thread which isn't totally polluted. Thanks :)

nearmiss
01-28-2012, 05:25 PM
The topic is directed at moderators, so I didn't miss the point. However, I decided it's best to let members run the course and I'll stay out of the fray.

SlipBall
01-28-2012, 05:28 PM
The topic is directed at moderators, so I didn't miss the point. However, I decided it's best to let members run the course and I'll stay out of the fray.


That post of yours nailed it nearmiss, I was just about to respond to it...oh well

nearmiss
01-28-2012, 05:42 PM
Thanks for the vote of confidence... LOL

Osprey
01-28-2012, 05:48 PM
I've just replied to a post of yours which you've since removed from this thread and that changes the context of what I'd written entirely. How the thread now reads is that I mention you before you've even posted! Please don't do that, or it may undermine my confidence in moderators.....;)

nearmiss
01-28-2012, 06:21 PM
i've just replied to a post of yours which you've since removed from this thread and that changes the context of what i'd written entirely. How the thread now reads is that i mention you before you've even posted! Please don't do that, or it may undermine my confidence in moderators.....;)

lol

JG52Uther
01-28-2012, 06:48 PM
I've just replied to a post of yours which you've since removed from this thread and that changes the context of what I'd written entirely. How the thread now reads is that I mention you before you've even posted! Please don't do that, or it may undermine my confidence in moderators.....;)

Thats sig worthy! :)

kendo65
01-28-2012, 09:12 PM
I'd be in favour of Klem's suggestion. Suggested something similar over a year ago - a tightly moderated official update thread with only comments/questions specifically related to the announcement, along with a separate 'Discussion / thrashing' thread where people can indulge themselves in the usual 'debate' over what it all means.

Can foresee difficulty for the mods in enforcing the line - people can get pretty slippery and/or aggrieved. I also doubt whether people have the necessary discipline or patience to make it work.

Which is a good place to say sorry for my own little outburst in the update thread. Not averse to the red mists at times. Feel pretty stupid afterwards though. Silly to let it get to me like that, but could not believe the reaction to what I thought was a decent update.

SlipBall
01-28-2012, 10:08 PM
Since so much of the clutter is from just a few individuals. It would be nice if the software could limit your post to 4 entries in the update thread...heck, in all of the threads would be better:grin:

6BL Bird-Dog
01-28-2012, 11:19 PM
The goal is to obtain clear information from the developers and to provide the opportunity to ask or to see clear questions specifically on the update information and find the devs answers.

There are no sinister intentions here. Don't confuse suppressive censorship with trying to keep important Threads meaningful, on topic and free of Trolls.

I am a forum user just like you but I get sick of wading through a pile of vitriol and often childish arguments when what I want from an update thread is to easily find the information it gives and to see relevant questions and answers. There are plenty of threads where people can argue themselves blue in the face and hurl insults at eachother if they want.

I think you must see that many posts in the last update thread were just a battle of personalised vitriol and repeated complaints that we've all seen so many times before and that do not specifically reference the update information. Its not that some of the complaints aren't valid and I understand that more recent purchasers of CoD will want to come here and register their point of view but that isn't what the update threads are for. Do we really have to wade through all of that every time to find the useful information? My suggestion is simply that certain Threads be given a special status that keeps them useful.

As for members that get a ban, some of them seem to enjoy only being deliberately and boringly provocative on the same old subjects, again and again and again and again, questions that have already been answered, again and again and again. It reduces them to Trolls and personally I'm glad the moderators are taking a stronger line. I come here to find useful information and help if I can, not to wade through a pile of nonsense that wouldn't be tolerated in a kids classroom.

+1

Ribbs67
01-29-2012, 12:03 AM
Sorry 6BL Birddog.... That im requsting this right after your post.. but while were on the topic of keeping the update thread clean, I wish we could get rid of all the "quoted" + 1... And +100000 posts also. I find them very redundant, and not needed. I feel like they clog up the thread just as much as the Trolling thats going on. I read the update by Luthier and BlackSix and thought it was a decent update, but it took about 5-6 posts for the negativity to start flowing in. 30+ pages in like 10hrs of being posted.. ridiculous. The moderators cant be around 24-7 to ensure the thread dosent become poluted.. I see the only option would be to have the update thread locked from the beginning and have a seperate discussion thead all together. That way people cant say they are being censored... Just redirected..... ;)

jimbop
01-29-2012, 12:29 AM
Sorry 6BL Birddog.... That im requsting this right after your post.. but while were on the topic of keeping the update thread clean, I wish we could get rid of all the "quoted" + 1... And +100000 posts also. I find them very redundant, and not needed. I feel like they clog up the thread just as much as the Trolling thats going on.

+1

Sorry, couldn't resist! :)

Ribbs67
01-29-2012, 12:59 AM
Haha... it just takes Sooo long to scroll through with my smartphone.. My legs fall asleep sitting on the throne! :grin:

In all seriousness ..I feel if your going to throw up another post and use a quote from someone.. add something viable to it, and dont just throw in a +1..just to pad your post count..;)

jimbop
01-29-2012, 01:16 AM
Yes, agree with the sentiment and lol at the location!

nearmiss
01-29-2012, 01:35 AM
The goal is to obtain clear information from the developers and to provide the opportunity to ask or to see clear questions specifically on the update information and find the devs answers.

There are no sinister intentions here. Don't confuse suppressive censorship with trying to keep important Threads meaningful, on topic and free of Trolls.

I am a forum user just like you but I get sick of wading through a pile of vitriol and often childish arguments when what I want from an update thread is to easily find the information it gives and to see relevant questions and answers. There are plenty of threads where people can argue themselves blue in the face and hurl insults at eachother if they want.

I think you must see that many posts in the last update thread were just a battle of personalised vitriol and repeated complaints that we've all seen so many times before and that do not specifically reference the update information. Its not that some of the complaints aren't valid and I understand that more recent purchasers of CoD will want to come here and register their point of view but that isn't what the update threads are for. Do we really have to wade through all of that every time to find the useful information? My suggestion is simply that certain Threads be given a special status that keeps them useful.

As for members that get a ban, some of them seem to enjoy only being deliberately and boringly provocative on the same old subjects, again and again and again and again, questions that have already been answered, again and again and again. It reduces them to Trolls and personally I'm glad the moderators are taking a stronger line. I come here to find useful information and help if I can, not to wade through a pile of nonsense that wouldn't be tolerated in a kids classroom.

I have been active member on these boards for over 5 years, most of the time as a lone moderator. I've learned to respect the members and opinions. Yes we have errant posters, which will always be the case.

This thread created by you is evidence of moderator tolerance. The forums rules prohibit criticism of moderators. Our moderators know that all update threads eventually become a venue for negative posters. Go back and review some of them. Moderators would prefer negative posters be contained on that thread, than extend their transgression range into the rest of the forums.

I respect the fact you are a veteran poster here and you are being accorded some slack. Don't tell us how to moderate or make accusations. This is the busiest IL2 and COD forums on the internet. We have an excellent team of experienced, intelligent and tolerant moderators.

The tone of your posting indicates your frustration. I suggest you might want to think to spend time on another forums where you will be more comfortable. Drop back in every now and then to get the latest COD news.

Ribbs67
01-29-2012, 03:39 AM
I have been active member on these boards for over 5 years, most of the time as a lone moderator. I've learned to respect the members and opinions. Yes we have errant posters, which will always be the case.

This thread created by you is evidence of moderator tolerance. The forums rules prohibit criticism of moderators. Our moderators know that all update threads eventually become a venue for negative posters. Go back and review some of them. Moderators would prefer negative posters be contained on that thread, than extend their transgression range into the rest of the forums.

I respect the fact you are a veteran poster here and you are being accorded some slack. Don't tell us how to moderate or make accusations. This is the busiest IL2 and COD forums on the internet. We have an excellent team of experienced, intelligent and tolerant moderators.

The tone of your posting indicates your frustration. I suggest you might want to think to spend time on another forums where you will be more comfortable. Drop back in every now and then to get the latest COD news.


Nearmiss...I really don't think that was his intentions at all with this thread. He is frustrated as we all are of the way the threads spiral out of control with in hours of Luthier and BlackSix posting. We all realize that there isn't always a moderator present at all times, and you are right about how busy these forums are.(there could be atleast 5-10 pages of banter before a moderator makes it in)... You guys do the best job you can, trying to keep things civil around here.. but its a vicious and never ending battle. Klem is one of the most helpful guys out there when it comes to offering to help people in need of getting there game running. He wasn't attacking you, nor telling you how to do your job.. he was offering up a suggestion. I respect your position of authority, but I feel that response was a bit unwarranted....He definitely is a voice of reason, and does what he can to help make this sim succeed.... S!

I will humbly accept my ban now...:(

nearmiss
01-29-2012, 04:19 AM
Ribbs67

Moderating is a volunteer job. We get email notification of reported postings, which is the best way to get our attention.

Most of the time we don't have time to "relate" with members personally.

When members consistently maintain a sensible demeanor and do not cause trouble they are often overlooked... as you reminded me of a helpful poster.

When you become a moderator it is like becoming a linesman for a soccer/football match. You miss the match, because you have to watch and flag infractions.

Moderators generally do not have time to participate in forums discussions...or "watch the match"

VO101_Tom
01-29-2012, 08:14 AM
The goal is to obtain clear information from the developers and to provide the opportunity to ask or to see clear questions specifically on the update information and find the devs answers.
...

+1

Since a lot of rubbish here, it is difficult to read the important infos http://www.pumaszallas.hu/forum/images/smilies/tok-tok.gif. I'm doing it to open Luthier and BlackSix members-page (statistics - find all post), I look there, what they said (not only announcements), so I read the important things, the rest of the forum only if I have time :rolleyes:

klem
01-29-2012, 08:46 AM
I have been active member on these boards for over 5 years, most of the time as a lone moderator. I've learned to respect the members and opinions. Yes we have errant posters, which will always be the case.

This thread created by you is evidence of moderator tolerance. The forums rules prohibit criticism of moderators. Our moderators know that all update threads eventually become a venue for negative posters. Go back and review some of them. Moderators would prefer negative posters be contained on that thread, than extend their transgression range into the rest of the forums.

I respect the fact you are a veteran poster here and you are being accorded some slack. Don't tell us how to moderate or make accusations. This is the busiest IL2 and COD forums on the internet. We have an excellent team of experienced, intelligent and tolerant moderators.

The tone of your posting indicates your frustration. I suggest you might want to think to spend time on another forums where you will be more comfortable. Drop back in every now and then to get the latest COD news.

nearmiss, I'm a bit confused. Perhaps I didn't explain myself properly.
I am not criticising the moderators or trying to tell them how to do their job. I was asking for help in what are, to me at least, important communications from 1C/BlackSix/Luthier etc.. I don't mean the run of the mill Threads.

Please let me explain that I don't think it's making accusations to say that some threads get buried under a lot of rubbish or that some posters seem to have a self-indulgent agenda. If I have developed the view that some posts are vitriol or some posters are deliberately provocative its because thats how they seem to me but none of my posts in this thread accuse any individual, its a general observation. Many moderators agree the problem exists. I don't care about that as long as it doesn't bury the company's useful information. That's what this request is about.

Spending time somewhere else and only dropping back every now and then is precisely what I don't want to do for two reasons. One, I want to keep as up to date as possible and two, if I don't visit the forums regularly how am I ever going to find the useful information under the pile of rubbish that accumulates on top of it?

You say I can report posts but what happens if I report 225 posts as 'Off Topic' or 'offensive' or 'obstructive' to me because thay prevent me finding Blacksix's answers withput spending two hours trawling through them all?

Perhaps one answer is to ignore anything past page 3 (I cant say "after 3 days" because in just 2 days there are already 330+ posts to get through).

Anyway, if the moderator's position (I don't know how you arrive at a decision) is that the request can't be granted, there's nothing I can do about it but I have to say the important threads are being made useless by the amount of rubbish that piles onto them.

Just to be clear, are the moderators saying the request can't be granted?

SG1_Lud
01-29-2012, 09:42 AM
I dont see in this thread any critic to the moderator's job, specially I re read klem's and I don't think that is the intention.

The thread's title says it all. Is a request, not a critic. I dont know if there are enough users who share in more or less degree the request of the OP, I even don't know if my own proposal somewhere here is a valid one ( to lock the official updates) because if I think of it in a cold manner, I could get the same effect moderating myself to read only the first post, or using the filters to read only BS or Luthier's post.

What I feel is that is a fact that some users are really concerned about the way that the official updates is cluttered with posts that fall in one of the following categories: irrespectful or insulting to the artist, offtopic, or arguing with other users about x and effectively derailing the thread.... To name the most important ones that come to my head.

Not all opinions are acceptable in a official thread, which is one of the few places where we interact with the developers, if not the only, it is like if I am invited to an public presentation of any kind, lets say a book, and I start to critic the organization, the food, the flowers, and I even express loud out so every one, including the host, that I feel cheated having bought the book and that some other known writer does it 100 times better, and you should learnt of him. Sorry but this would be an opinion, but not an acceptable one. I have some other places to express that opinion, right?. But dont confuse freedom of speech with lack of common sense.


Now to put some examples, what I like to find in an official thread is an interaction with the OP, like

Expressing gratefulness to the developer.
Asking the developer (Asking how many poligons has the model X to the developer. Asking if that or that model of the plane will be simulates....)
Sharing important info with the developer.....

Yes all share in common the developer, because imo, this is the official thread where we intereact directly with them.

And what opinions I dont like to see in the officials thread, independently if their correctness and how much right we have to express our feelings:

Expressing how awful is the art or the artist or their methods and how much help they need. ( can be done elsewhere)
Expressing frustation for having wasted xxx bucks
Arguing with other users to win a particular contest of who's the better of both (forum dogfights that is)
Yelling that I am leaving to play X that is better.

Is that ones that I for one request to be considered by the mods to be moderated.

But as I said atthe begining I dont know if there are too many sharing this to even be discussed by the mods, anyway whatever it happens the world will continue turning.

I think thisis my longest post lol. Good sunday to all.