I still don't see why we cannot have both.very_bad_soldier wrote:There should be a decision first if this place is meant to be a serious game development forum or a trolls playground you visit to read some flames when you are bored. Those aims obviously clash with each other (e.g. people complain when trolls get banned because there is no more "fun").
Here is what I proposed a while back in a nutshell:
Have general status:
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trusted
- engine devs, lua devs etc. . anyone who needs to actively develop here.
- can post in all forums
^ when behaves ^
v when misbehaves v
General user
- people who are just here to chat.
- think of it as a neutral status
- can post in all forums
^ when behaves ^
v when misbehaves v
general user DEMOTED
- can only post in general forums
v when misbehaves v
BYE
I thin the forum should be split with the demoted users only able to post in the general forums which would be at the bottom. they can still read the development forums but if their behavior is too wild, they are relegated
the forums would be split into development sections and general community sections.
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Development areas
_STRICTER RULES FOR POSTING
- content dev
- maps models lua etc
- engine dev
community areas
- general discussion
- game subforums(game/mod devs responsible for their section including rules and behaviors)
- offtopic gets less restrictive rules
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that way people can be a community but not readily troll it up in the development areas