The point I'm going to make is, while a member like Chip can require a little more moderating than other members... surely the value of his knowledge and technical help he brings to the forum far outweigh the extra time he requires on the rare occasion that a Moderator has to PM him about a comment he's made?
Do any of the other moderators not thing that banning him for what went on in the Mojangles Pistons thread is a bit excessive??
I've used Tank Mikes quote from his thread because he seems to have outlined the sequence of events pretty well:
Originally Posted by Tank Mike
Chip asked a valid question, eagle got wrong end of stick and bitched at chip.
Half a dozen people pointed out there was no need for it.
Pretty sure some of the moderator team agree with this, personally I don't see why there was an issue with Chip's question... given that Mr Mojangles has solidly and numerously gone on about how wonderful his T4 turbo is and how he loves how lag-less it is.
Maybe because Eagle isn't a regular user on here, he isn't aware of this and completely picked up the wrong end of the stick??
Originally Posted by Tank Mike
Chip told him to wind his neck in.
Rightly or wrongly, it's hardly the end of the world... people say far worse things on here without any repercussions??
Originally Posted by Tank Mike
Eagle infracted chip.
In post 79 on the pistons thread eagle then said chip didn't get points for telling him to wind his neck in.
Chip asked why he did get them then.
Eagle refused to answer and said he was 'playing chip'
Chip started a thread commenting that eagle was being a prick (which he'd already pretty much said himself by saying he was deliberately 'playing' a member) and asking for an explanation.
Eagle Replied to that saying it was for telling him to wind his neck in he got infracted. Despite eagle saying earlier it wasn't.
Ridiculous moderating IMO... if someone intentionally winds you up, then you're going to react aren't you? That's no different in real life or the internet.
I think there needs to be serious questions asked in private moderatorland, because if this style of moderating continues then this place will go down the tubes and the only people left will be retarded fuckwits who have nothing valuable to add to the community.
Cheers,
Grant