Friday Update, February 24, 2012

I doubt we will see a patch tomorrow, it would be nice though a year after release to finally get this game running correctly.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I doubt we will see a patch tomorrow, it would be nice though a year after release to finally get this game running correctly.

Amen to that. Whenever the patch does come I'm expecting a much more stable sim and really hoping they've made some real progress in the AI / Command department. Atleast that would go along way in getting the off line crowd playing.

They were all set to release the patch tomorrow , but some rivets were missing from the Tiger moth so they are looking into fixing it before next weeked.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by machoo

They will release a video in the coming days showing a new train model they have been working on with the ability to climb in and out of them and also to put in coal ect ect.

Originally Posted by machoo

They were all set to release the patch tomorrow , but some rivets were missing from the Tiger moth so they are looking into fixing it before next weeked.

They were making nothing but smarty-pants comments with the potential to inflame or drag the thread off-topic and gain infraction points too.

Oh wait, that's not them, it's you

On a serious note guys, control your temper and if you can't, take a walk out in the sun and calm down. The are new rules about off-topic posting coming soon so that the update threads are about the update content and don't devolve into 40 pages of users fighting out anymore. That means a change of posting habits for some, with the aim of making the threads useful for all of us.

Just a friendly heads-up here, all i'm saying is get in the habit of exercising some self-control over what you post, because under the upcoming rules some will need it to avoid getting automatic bans within the first 10 pages of every Friday update post.

[Orpheus]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

The are new rules about off-topic posting coming soon so that the update threads are about the update content and don't devolve into 40 pages of users fighting out anymore. That means a change of posting habits for some, with the aim of making the threads useful for all of us.

Just a friendly heads-up here, all i'm saying is get in the habit of exercising some self-control over what you post, because under the upcoming rules some will need it to avoid getting automatic bans within the first 10 pages of every Friday update post.

You can't be serious, surely? Ban those who make off-topic posts? At this rate there'll barely be a forum left, and if there is it'll only be populated with kool-aid drinking fanboys.

This place, the 1c Company and Maddox Games disappoint me more every time I visit. Just a 'friendly heads up' here, but this forum is already half-dead thanks to the excessive moderation - if you make the posting rules any more draconian, I'd be surprised if anyone comes back here at all.

[furbs]

The problem is there is nothing happening with the sim until the various problems get fixed, so nothing to talk about.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by furbs

The problem is there is nothing happening with the sim until the various problems get fixed, so nothing to talk about.

Nothing happening? Oh I don't know, there are several servers like ATAG that have a fare amout of people flying every night of the week and more on the weekneds.. I wouldn't call that nothing

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Orpheus

You can't be serious, surely? Ban those who make off-topic posts? At this rate there'll barely be a forum left, and if there is it'll only be populated with kool-aid drinking fanboys.

This place, the 1c Company and Maddox Games disappoint me more every time I visit. Just a 'friendly heads up' here, but this forum is already half-dead thanks to the excessive moderation - if you make the posting rules any more draconian, I'd be surprised if anyone comes back here at all.

Of course i am, every forum in the world has off topic rules.
You should see some other forums and the kind of moderation they have, people get banned simply for posting in the wrong section, and these are not even official forums but usually community maintained ones. Now that is excessive moderation, what we have here is not really.
Our situations is simply a few people not willing to change their habits of "i do whatever i want". Their call, the rules are very simple and will be enforced.

This is an official forum with enough sections for everyone to post to their heart's content. I can tell someone to post in the right section, i can offer to move their posts there, etc etc. It's just that certain people don't want that and are not happy having their own thread, instead they want to have their stand in the spotlight and derail threads that should be community service/public announcement in nature, like this one.

So, these people will get off-topic points because i have other things to do that try to sweet talk them into cooperating and have them ignore me every time.

The rules are simple: update threads are about the update, not trying to prove each other wrong, which is what a lot of people do here. You should see the kind of reported posts we get too: it's more or less the same 2-3 "duelists" who fight it out here, reporting each other's posts.

Like i always say, i don't mind opinions of whatever kind. But they WILL respect the right of any other forum member to be able to come to an update thread and find information about the update, instead of watching the same 2-3 adults verbally assaulting each other week in, week out

This is nobody's private playground, it's a community service platform and quite honestly, the only people who will have a problem adjusting to the new rules are those that can't stomach the fact that they are not more important than the rest. Everybody's freedom ends where the other guy's freedom starts, it's dead simple. That's what we are trying to do here and it's not exactly easy, we make mistakes too like every other human being, but we want to keep going at it, correcting them as we go.

If you have any better ideas, by all means you're welcome to apply for a moderator position and spend your free time managing the forum instead of flying

[theOden]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

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You should see some other forums and the kind of moderation they have, people get banned simply for posting in the wrong section..

You sure visit way different forums than I do as over the years I've never ever heard of or seen anyhting like this you describe.

I'm pretty much with Orpheus on this one.

All that being said though Blackdog it does seem that anyone who is considered a 'whiner' (I prefer the term disgruntled customer) seem to get the bans/infractions whilst the 'defend the dev's at all cost crew' appear to have an easier time. I see everyday in these forums posts that would either cost myself a ban or an infraction getting overlooked, however that maybe just my perception. All that being said I do appreciate the difficult tasks the mods have to undertake its just a shame that there arn't a few disgruntled customers amongst the mods to even things out a little.