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Originally Posted by kristorf

Can't see any rule that says you can't criticise though.......

some element of common sense should be applied

under the rules it says

2. Whines, complaints, personal attacks, and other verbal nonsense postings may be deleted with no explanation and offending members may be banned.

and

The developers constantly post on this site. The members of this forums want good rapport with the developers.

Those of us who have been with IL2 for over 10+ years know with a sophisticated application as BOB COD it takes time to work through issues..............

.....If you cannot participate with our members with constructive discussions you definitely need to go somewhere else.

Rants and whines, and verbal blastings are cause for ban.

Our members want continued good discussion relationships with the developers and technically competent users.

Moderators serve and enforce what members expect to maintain these relationships.

and

10. Off topic discussion - in full or in part. Purposeful and/ or continuous off topic discussion. Threads that promote discussion of competitor game products is Off Topic discussion.

11. False Information - Dissemination of false information regardless of the poster's awareness.

these forums are not some skoolyard playground for people to moan and bitch claiming "its their right" to free speech, or for those having an over inflated sense of their own self importance, the forum is intended as a positive interaction environment with the developers.

complain once, complain twice, fair enough. but having the same childish cluster of repeat offenders prevent normal constructive interaction is another thing, and is not only unwanted and prohibited under the rules but also destructive to anybody trying to resolve problems and improve the game, particularly so since 80% of the previous complaints about gameplay have been addressed already in the last few months and the game is now running pretty well, the constant bitching and moaning is completely disproportionate to the less important residual issues that we still have to deal with. meanwhile on the positive side CoD is turning into what most of us have been waiting for for a very long time, and the whiners and trolls are only undermining further progress, not helping to improve anything !

if you once had a bad meal at a restaurant and feel cheesed off at the wasted money, do any of you moaners and whiners really camp out 24/7 in front of the restaurant for the next 5 years and completely neglect the rest of your life, i dont think so. keep things in proportion, have a look at the forums every 3 or 4 months and see if things have changed for the better, but ffs get over it already. isnt there some more worthwhile cause to put all that energy into, you know like man made climate change creating severe weather system disruption and the north pole now expected to be completely gone by 2020, the sheister bankers that just robbed us all blind and are laughing all the way to the bank with your hard earned money, or you personally financing the militarization of our next ww's opponent with your consumer spending etc..