Should non-moderators have rights to lock threads?

[[Krogoth86]]

It's not about me wanting to misinterpret those ad-lines at all costs but some general rules of advertising. When you just present a single text line to someone totally new to everything you just can't write such things as how the hell should you know if it's meant humorous or is arrogance?

That's also the reason why you won't find something like "We're better than other OS because we have something none of them has: Screensavers!" from Apple or "Want to see the best that the Source engine offers? Play Portal!"...

Just look what SA did, all their advertising was emotional ..

Well where did I say that this something just CA does? Or generally said: If someone does something bad is it's ok then if you do too? No - it isn't and with that said my points also are meant towards those SA examples...

See? Humor is very risky in advertising. Some jerks always misinterpret it

As said - you cannot distunguish between humorous and not when your ad consists of a single text line and so you should be more careful about it. Indirectly calling me a jerk won't help too...

[Teutooni]

Sorry Krogoth86. I'm just tired of all this whining.

[[Krogoth86]]

Sorry Krogoth86. I'm just tired of all this whining.

Allright...

[tombom]

i think less people would care less if it was spread over more people so it looks less like it's just one person who cares

[Licho]

Im tired too, I spend more time "defending" than acutally developing content..

2 threads about CA mentioned in topic,
2 threads about CA advertising,
constant whining in #main by a small group of people,
moderator threatening not to include cadownloader in installer,
this community seems to give greater voice and powers to whiners than to people who actually do something usefull.

Moderators should clearly say that advertising is ok and stfu to whiners, or this wont end.
If I stop having fun working on stuff for spring I will just leave, I didnt come to boost my ego, or fight in forums, I come to expand and create stuff. This environment is making it harder and harder.

[[Krogoth86]]

Well I usually join discussions like this when I think that at some points there is some truth in it. In this case it's about humour in ads you cannot clearly identify as humour and might insult others and as you want to attract new players and not want to make friend with some guys who share the same sense of humour this is something you might change. That should be something discussable imo...

[manored]

Indeed some of those comic ads would need you to have a good idea of the current situation of spring, and thus could be interpreted as offenses...

[Otherside]

if the "offensive" adlines get removed will people stop baawing over this..

or will the double standards continue...

[manored]

Well maybe complaining against advertising will stop, but flames from stupid people wont :) unleash we hire peet to watch over the forums and main all day :)

[[Krogoth86]]

unleash we hire peet to watch over the forums and main all day :)

I already see the threads asking for some paypal donations to pay some guys to sit in front of their PCs 24/7 staring at #main...

[TradeMark]

If you made just few good ads, it wouldnt be so annoying than reading 100 different ones every day. I could quickly just ignore those few ads, because i get used to them fast. IF they changes too much, i dont get used to them, and they starts getting on my nerves.

Just make few good and short ads. Then i will stop whining

Awh, dont leave, Licho. you have done good stuff *thumbs up*.

[Otherside]

CA will make ads that dont change

so your eyes dont have to deal with text variation O_o

that is the most lol comment ive ever heard

[tombom]

Otherside is the only reason I don't like the ads because he's made me hate CA and its community so much. He does so much shit with such regularity and I've never met anybody who likes him.

[Otherside]

mhm and u make the spring community look like complete ***holes

i have the ability to be nice to people who deserve it. YOU!! are not one of them

*points at the hole*

go crawl please

ontopic changing adlines grab attention thats the whole point :]

[tombom]

I've never seen you be nice to anyone Otherside.

[11:04:10] <[GG]Otherside[CA]> lol zomg insult my grammar on the inet
[11:04:18] <[GG]Otherside[CA]> and admit to losing luls u never beat me
[11:04:23] <tombom> w/e
[11:04:27] <tombom> i have a replay
[11:04:33] <[GG]Otherside[CA]> ur just a prick go die in a hole tombom no1 would care if u did and the world would be a better place
[11:04:57] <tombom> wow thanks
[11:04:58] <tombom> :\

[10:42:33] <tombom> licho, did it _ever_ occur to you that constantly spamming is stupid behaviour for a mod?
[10:43:33] <[GG]Otherside[CA]> tombom did it ever occur to u that ur an asshole

in #main

[Machiosabre]

oh otherside you so crazy.

I'd post a log from the other day but it has enough cursing to choke godzilla.

[Neddie]

Hey, let's not get off topic. If you want to discuss otherside's methods, make a thread in off-topic.

[Machiosabre]

well, it's sort of related, since it's reverse advertising. In a way it balances out very nicely.

[manored]

I already met otherside several times and never saw him being mean, anyway...

Ads arent just to call attention of people who never heard of CA, but also to convince people who rejected it before to play with new features or balances or etc... so they need to variate :)

Beside, I prefer new adds than the same ever day...

[Hobo Joe]

Call me stupid, but I think ALL the spam should stop.

In some forms, it's ok. Like Krogoths ad's for MA, he only does it occasionally, and he only does it when he's got a game running.

Like 'Anyone want to join my MA game *link*'. That's fine.

But constant, random, all-day-long spam is retarded. All the people who play Spring at this point know about CA. So: Telling them about it more isn't going to change anything. And it's just annoying to everyone else in main.