Quite frankly, the leadership here is a joke. A pitiful, corrupt joke. There are admins and mods who should never have held any position of power, and on sites where I once served as a mod each and every one of those in question (they know who they are) would have lost mod status within a month of becoming a mod.
I was an active member of this community for SIX YEARS without ever having a problem. SIX YEARS. And in the past two months, I have been suspended twice. I'm sure I'm supposed to somehow believe this is all my fault, and nothing at all to do with the recent changes in leadership. Nevermind I can count on one hand how many infractions I got prior to these past two months - it's all my fault, not the leadership.
My first suspension was, according to the PM from admin who issued it, for breaking a rule that results in an instant suspension. After that suspension, I turned that rule around to be used against people who broke it against me. First time I cited this rule, I was told the rule doesn't exist and I was actually suspended for having three active infractions. So someone is lying there - either the admin who issued the infraction and posted my suspension notice in the Banned/Suspended users thread is lying, or a mod is lying because he doesn't want to enforce that rule against someone else.
My second suspension was for having two active infractions. Not three - two. Of course, the mods and admins insist that I had three active infractions. But the only things I could see on my infractions history (which only posts the five more recent infractions and warnings it seems, unless you did through the mess of a User CP this crappy forum software has) was two active infractions (including the one that got me suspended) and a reversed infraction.
I originally had a 10 page or so post typed up in Word to be copied and pasted here, and in it I called out all the scumbags in leadership on this forum. But I decided against posting that message, and only partially because I am sure the mods would have found some way to infract me for the same post a dozen items just to give me a goodbye suspension, and maybe even red text edit most of the post to take out the parts where I bare the truth of the leadership of this forum for all to see (including the prospective Curse purchasers). I have hope that if Curse does buy MTGS, they clean house and kick all the questionable mods and admins out of their positions. If that happens, I may return one day to this site - which was once a great source of knowledge for this game, but has devolved into petty bickering and people asking for budget versions of some $5 rare for their super secret tribal deck they want to play at FNM or a GP.
Some people will be relieved that I am gone - some users, but mostly leadership who will breathe a collective sigh of relief and be happy that this particularly vocal member of the community who was constantly calling out their shortcomings and corruption is gone. Others will realize that losing a member of the community because of the leadership is never a good thing.
Occasionally, I will check the mod lists to see if certain admins and mods are still in power. If I see most or all of the two admins and three mods I believe should never have held positions of leadership gone, I may decide to post again. I have not mentioned any names, but they know who they are. And I'm sure many people who will read this post all know exactly who they are.
It's been almost six years and two months since I made my very first post here on MTGS, and I am now making my last post for the foreseeable future. Maybe this site will become again what it was six years ago, or maybe it will become even more of a joke than it is right now. I don't know, and honestly don't care at this point.
This is Solaran_X signing out for the last time. MTGS is already off the homepage settings for every web browser I use for all my computers. If anyone sees me lurking on this forum again, it's probably because I am deleting my entire six year and two month posting history (aside from locked threads).
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I was driven from this once-great site by abusive mods and admins, who create rules out of thin air to punish people for breaking them (meaning the rule does not exist under forum rules) and selectively enforce the rules that are written on the forum rules. I am currently lurking while deleting 6 years and 2 months of posting history. I will return when ExpiredRascals, Teia Rabishu and Blinking Spirit are no longer in power.
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Mmm, I like how moderators are telling him to piss off by "thanking" his post.
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"The above post is the opinion of the poster and is not indicative of any stance taken by the President of the United States, Congress, the Department of Defense, the Pentagon, the Department of the Navy, or the United States Marine Corps."
Mmm, I like how moderators are telling him to piss off by "thanking" his post.
Oh the irony ..... yet due to being a moderator I am sure the posts won't be infracted for the spam they are.
What a wonderful shining example this sets when in the space of less than an hour or so the same mod points out 1 word posts are spam then makes one.
Double standards ?
Class (or recognizing irony/hyporcrisy) isn't their strongest point. Spam and likes like that made by other users would have been slapped with a red tag faster than you can blink.
Now watch them make excuses. "There was nothing else that could have been said, so a single word post was wholly appropriate" or some such.
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"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
Class (or recognizing irony/hyporcrisy) isn't their strongest point. Spam and likes like that made by other users would have been slapped with a red tag faster than you can blink.
Now watch them make excuses. "There was nothing else that could have been said, so a single word post was wholly appropriate" or some such.
As administrators and moderators have told us before, the rules are always at the discretion of the staff of MTGSalvation.
I better see some red cards, or I'm seriously going to consider this proof of what has been said since Day 1 over this drama.
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Good to see the 'lynch everyone' CI culture is still alive and well! People wonder why mods are dropping like flies.
I don't want to get into it, but I now understand what troll/ spam means.
Its spam because they are short messages that don't contribute to the thread.
Its trolling because the post is meant to be offensive/ dismissive/ cause a negative response.
For example the difference in Sene's resignation thread is the poster are thanking him, asking him not to resign, expressing respect. In SolaranX's thread, the messages are intended as dismissive.
For example the difference in Sene's resignation thread is the poster are thanking him, asking him not to resign, expressing respect. In SolaranX's thread, the messages are intended as dismissive.
Really? If the mods tried to infract a regular user for making a 'goodbye' post in this thread there would be an uproar.
Really? If the mods tried to infract a regular user for making a 'goodbye' post in this thread there would be an uproar.
And the difference being that regular users don't habitually tell people to follow the rules. Also, please provide specific posts, not an entire thread.
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I'm not allowed to tell someone goodbye when they post saying they're leaving?
I'm not trying to be insensitive; Solaran was a great poster, even if we disagreed, even if I suppose I was probably one of those moderators he hates. I'm sad to see him go.
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Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Your just as welcome as people posting to thank someone for doing something, i.e you can do it if it falls within the rules.
If your goodbye was genuine you probably would have had more than 2 words to say to the OP in which case it wouldn't have broken the spam rule.
Sometimes the most meaningful things can be said in the most concise manner. Or, in other words:
I'm sad to see you go solaran, although we did not always see eye to eye, I respect you for fighting for what you stood for, even if people didn't want to hear it.
I guess OP wants it to be 'keyworded' like "dies" was. What word would you replace ETB with though?
When Aegis Angel is born?
When Huntmaster of the Fells arrives?
When Kitchen Sphinx lands?
When Faerie Imposter busts in?
When Dread Cacodemon pops in?
When Malfegor shows up?
I'm not allowed to tell someone goodbye when they post saying they're leaving?
I'm not trying to be insensitive; Solaran was a great poster, even if we disagreed, even if I suppose I was probably one of those moderators he hates. I'm sad to see him go.
Here's the difference.
You haven't been habitually antagonistic towards him. You didn't "thank" the post where he said he was leaving. I truly believe that you are wishing him good luck wherever he goes. With that being said, yes. You violated the rules, and should be held to that standard.
As Teia told me previously, "Accidentally violating the rules is still violating the rules."
Now, what is in your favor is that you haven't been preaching that people need to follow every rule in the book.
Teia, however:
1.) "Thanked" the post.
2.) Gave a condescending (by the looks of it, given her history with Solaran and her thanking - because we're supposed to take a person's posting history into account now according to admins) "bye".
3.) Teia posted TODAY that a simple "thanks" post is spam. There is no difference between "thanks" and "bye"; both are short posts that contribute nothing, and considering how this site is trying to counter spam or whatever, she spammed. Simple as that.
Hold her to the same level that you guys habitually hold us to. Otherwise, you merely validate everything Solaran has said, and you validate that the drama over the past month or two was worth it.
You also prove my "us vs. them" posts where I point out the mentality, despite you guys saying it doesn't exist.
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"The above post is the opinion of the poster and is not indicative of any stance taken by the President of the United States, Congress, the Department of Defense, the Pentagon, the Department of the Navy, or the United States Marine Corps."
You haven't been habitually antagonistic towards him. You didn't "thank" the post where he said he was leaving. I truly believe that you are wishing him good luck wherever he goes. With that being said, yes. You violated the rules, and should be held to that standard.
As Teia told me previously, "Accidentally violating the rules is still violating the rules."
Now, what is in your favor is that you haven't been preaching that people need to follow every rule in the book.
Teia, however:
1.) "Thanked" the post.
2.) Gave a condescending (by the looks of it, given her history with Solaran and her thanking - because we're supposed to take a person's posting history into account now according to admins) "bye".
3.) Teia posted TODAY that a simple "thanks" post is spam. There is no difference between "thanks" and "bye"; both are short posts that contribute nothing, and considering how this site is trying to counter spam or whatever, she spammed. Simple as that.
Hold her to the same level that you guys habitually hold us to. Otherwise, you merely validate everything Solaran has said, and you validate that the drama over the past month or two was worth it.
You also prove my "us vs. them" posts where I point out the mentality, despite you guys saying it doesn't exist.
And I showed that we historically don't infract short posts saying goodbye and otherwise in CI. Nobody cared except when mods you don't like posted.
And I showed that we historically don't infract short posts saying goodbye and otherwise in CI. Nobody cared except when mods you don't like posted.
No. I care when mods who tell us to follow the rules break them. Apparently, you don't seem to get that. So stop white-knighting.
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"The above post is the opinion of the poster and is not indicative of any stance taken by the President of the United States, Congress, the Department of Defense, the Pentagon, the Department of the Navy, or the United States Marine Corps."
Okay. Except no rules have been broken since the posts in question have never been infracted.
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Spam
A spam post is any post that does not contribute an original thought, advance the discussion, or add on-topic content to a thread. Examples of spam posts include, but are not limited to: bumping a thread (other than a haves/wants trading list), discussing a topic that is not relevant to the thread it's posted in, and posting excessively short messages such as "thanks", "k", "QFT", "Oh god no", etc.
Get out.
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"The above post is the opinion of the poster and is not indicative of any stance taken by the President of the United States, Congress, the Department of Defense, the Pentagon, the Department of the Navy, or the United States Marine Corps."
Quite frankly, the leadership here is a joke. A pitiful, corrupt joke. There are admins and mods who should never have held any position of power, and on sites where I once served as a mod each and every one of those in question (they know who they are) would have lost mod status within a month of becoming a mod.
I was an active member of this community for SIX YEARS without ever having a problem. SIX YEARS. And in the past two months, I have been suspended twice. I'm sure I'm supposed to somehow believe this is all my fault, and nothing at all to do with the recent changes in leadership. Nevermind I can count on one hand how many infractions I got prior to these past two months - it's all my fault, not the leadership.
My first suspension was, according to the PM from admin who issued it, for breaking a rule that results in an instant suspension. After that suspension, I turned that rule around to be used against people who broke it against me. First time I cited this rule, I was told the rule doesn't exist and I was actually suspended for having three active infractions. So someone is lying there - either the admin who issued the infraction and posted my suspension notice in the Banned/Suspended users thread is lying, or a mod is lying because he doesn't want to enforce that rule against someone else.
My second suspension was for having two active infractions. Not three - two. Of course, the mods and admins insist that I had three active infractions. But the only things I could see on my infractions history (which only posts the five more recent infractions and warnings it seems, unless you did through the mess of a User CP this crappy forum software has) was two active infractions (including the one that got me suspended) and a reversed infraction.
I originally had a 10 page or so post typed up in Word to be copied and pasted here, and in it I called out all the scumbags in leadership on this forum. But I decided against posting that message, and only partially because I am sure the mods would have found some way to infract me for the same post a dozen items just to give me a goodbye suspension, and maybe even red text edit most of the post to take out the parts where I bare the truth of the leadership of this forum for all to see (including the prospective Curse purchasers). I have hope that if Curse does buy MTGS, they clean house and kick all the questionable mods and admins out of their positions. If that happens, I may return one day to this site - which was once a great source of knowledge for this game, but has devolved into petty bickering and people asking for budget versions of some $5 rare for their super secret tribal deck they want to play at FNM or a GP.
Some people will be relieved that I am gone - some users, but mostly leadership who will breathe a collective sigh of relief and be happy that this particularly vocal member of the community who was constantly calling out their shortcomings and corruption is gone. Others will realize that losing a member of the community because of the leadership is never a good thing.
Occasionally, I will check the mod lists to see if certain admins and mods are still in power. If I see most or all of the two admins and three mods I believe should never have held positions of leadership gone, I may decide to post again. I have not mentioned any names, but they know who they are. And I'm sure many people who will read this post all know exactly who they are.
It's been almost six years and two months since I made my very first post here on MTGS, and I am now making my last post for the foreseeable future. Maybe this site will become again what it was six years ago, or maybe it will become even more of a joke than it is right now. I don't know, and honestly don't care at this point.
This is Solaran_X signing out for the last time. MTGS is already off the homepage settings for every web browser I use for all my computers. If anyone sees me lurking on this forum again, it's probably because I am deleting my entire six year and two month posting history (aside from locked threads).
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Fracture: Israfiel (WBR), Wujal (URG), Valedon (GUB), Amduat (BGW), Paladris (RWU)
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Katingal: Plane of Chains
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
I like how the terrible mods are saying 'seeya a-hole' basically and not trying to discuss the problem.
www.diestoremoval.com
A truly great petition
Class (or recognizing irony/hyporcrisy) isn't their strongest point. Spam and likes like that made by other users would have been slapped with a red tag faster than you can blink.
Now watch them make excuses. "There was nothing else that could have been said, so a single word post was wholly appropriate" or some such.
"Sometimes, the situation is outracing a threat, sometimes it's ignoring it, and sometimes it involves sideboarding in 4x Hope//Pray." --Doug Linn
As administrators and moderators have told us before, the rules are always at the discretion of the staff of MTGSalvation.
I better see some red cards, or I'm seriously going to consider this proof of what has been said since Day 1 over this drama.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=449441
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=448807
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=443663
Good to see the 'lynch everyone' CI culture is still alive and well! People wonder why mods are dropping like flies.
I don't want to get into it, but I now understand what troll/ spam means.
Its spam because they are short messages that don't contribute to the thread.
Its trolling because the post is meant to be offensive/ dismissive/ cause a negative response.
For example the difference in Sene's resignation thread is the poster are thanking him, asking him not to resign, expressing respect. In SolaranX's thread, the messages are intended as dismissive.
Really? If the mods tried to infract a regular user for making a 'goodbye' post in this thread there would be an uproar.
And the difference being that regular users don't habitually tell people to follow the rules. Also, please provide specific posts, not an entire thread.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
I'm not trying to be insensitive; Solaran was a great poster, even if we disagreed, even if I suppose I was probably one of those moderators he hates. I'm sad to see him go.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
See you around.
Sometimes the most meaningful things can be said in the most concise manner. Or, in other words:
I'm sad to see you go solaran, although we did not always see eye to eye, I respect you for fighting for what you stood for, even if people didn't want to hear it.
Here's the difference.
You haven't been habitually antagonistic towards him. You didn't "thank" the post where he said he was leaving. I truly believe that you are wishing him good luck wherever he goes. With that being said, yes. You violated the rules, and should be held to that standard.
As Teia told me previously, "Accidentally violating the rules is still violating the rules."
Now, what is in your favor is that you haven't been preaching that people need to follow every rule in the book.
Teia, however:
1.) "Thanked" the post.
2.) Gave a condescending (by the looks of it, given her history with Solaran and her thanking - because we're supposed to take a person's posting history into account now according to admins) "bye".
3.) Teia posted TODAY that a simple "thanks" post is spam. There is no difference between "thanks" and "bye"; both are short posts that contribute nothing, and considering how this site is trying to counter spam or whatever, she spammed. Simple as that.
Hold her to the same level that you guys habitually hold us to. Otherwise, you merely validate everything Solaran has said, and you validate that the drama over the past month or two was worth it.
You also prove my "us vs. them" posts where I point out the mentality, despite you guys saying it doesn't exist.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
Good night and good luck
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And I showed that we historically don't infract short posts saying goodbye and otherwise in CI. Nobody cared except when mods you don't like posted.
No. I care when mods who tell us to follow the rules break them. Apparently, you don't seem to get that. So stop white-knighting.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
Get out.
Captain, United States Marines
"Peace through superior firepower."
5 seconds into one thread
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9071675&postcount=2
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9072797&postcount=21
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9075432&postcount=43
I think I'll stay :/