I come back to EoFF after a short absense, and all Hell breaks loose!

[eestlinc]

http://shinraonline.com/board/index.php

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None of you stick-up-your-ass types were even around for April Fools, were you.

[eestlinc]

yea, we could do a lot worse.

[Raistlin]

if anyone else had tried that they would have been banned. examples need to be set.

I've done some pretty spammy before, and not been banned. Like myself and a few others spamming up the Squeenix forum with Xenogears threads. And getting people to use Unne avatars to piss off Unne. And my various campaigns(RSL for Admin, Yams is the best, etc.). The staff will lighten up if they find your joke/prank entertaining, basically.

[Psychotic]

it's not about that at all mecakane and do try to tone down the language a little.

You just broke EoFF rule #6. So how about we let the staff off in exchange for letting you off?

The only forums affected were - as far as I know - GC and Feedback.

I made a thread in FFVII and I have no idea what happened to it as I was banned. 9 times.

[Reles]

I think the banned people had fun too, not just the staff. I was banned and I thought it was hilarious. People really need to stop having a bug up their ass, it's harmless fun. No one was permenantly banned, no one (besides BoB) was "abused" (if you can even call it that) and he was one of the people who started the joke. I'd say the banned people had just as much fun as the staff did, with their second accounts.

How were you affected by it, anyway? You scarcely leave the EoTW forum and you weren't banned in the joke?

I have the same view as Rye. I found it rather amusing and it kept me laughing from time to time. I knew it was a joke because after hearing Neel and Rye and others were banned for nothing at all I really didn't care that I was banned for half an hour. It was nice to experience some chaos around here instead of the threads being completely sane all the time. I think it helped a lot of us stay interested in eoff, I've even seen #eoff busier because of it. I think the whole experience brought me closer to some of the eoff locals.

EDIT: errors. :x

[Cloud No.9]

well psychotic since i was banned for ignoring someone else ignoring that rule. i say no.

my eotw ban was scarewed up for a while enabling me to post but not to create new topics. and now i can read the forum and warn people. so it affected beyond those two forums.

and mecakane proofs exactly why i oppose the swear filter. but that is another thing entirely.

[XxSephirothxX]

It's always been my opinion that message boards such as EoFF are more than places to share your opinions. They're communities, and doing something every once in a while to lighten the mood, laugh a little, and have a fun afternoon is a breath of fresh air. Sure, maybe it could have been "better," but it was pretty funny and quite enjoyable.

[Resha]

Majority wins! ^_^ Let's be democratical about this.

[Cloud No.9]

there are two replies to that.

either you are agreeing with me in the fact that it was a minority decision.

or if you are disagreeing i'll bring eotw outdoors. democracy sucks cos most people are stupid.

[Psychotic]

well psychotic since i was banned for ignoring someone else ignoring that rule. i say no.

...you got an EoEO for ignoring rule-breaking? By this logic I should have been banned from EoFF a long time ago.

[Cloud No.9]

yep. to quote eestlinc "it does in that specific thread because of the topic and the repeated requests not to do so." i trolled (don't get me started on why i didn't) and another member said not to, i was skimming the thread anyway and frankly i ignore such modwhoring. and here i am.

but this will be the last wor on the matter i don't want a big discussion on it.

[Yamaneko]

You seem to be of an even smaller minority who didn't find this in any way amusing.

[Lenna]

I think the banned people had fun too, not just the staff. I was banned and I thought it was hilarious. People really need to stop having a bug up their ass, it's harmless fun. No one was permenantly banned, no one (besides BoB) was "abused" (if you can even call it that) and he was one of the people who started the joke. I'd say the banned people had just as much fun as the staff did, with their second accounts.

How were you affected by it, anyway? You scarcely leave the EoTW forum and you weren't banned in the joke?

I was affected in a different way, but BoB already knows this.

I wasn't amused by "me" being banned, but that's because of previous experiences with abuse of power. Especially after a 4 and a half hour journey travelling home I didn't really want it.

I'm not saying stop it, by all means if everyone else enjoys it then let them enjoy it. I'm not stopping a bit of fun .

I'd just have prefered if BoB hadn't gotten me banned, especially since he knew I wasn't keen on power abuse due to ffchat affairs too.

But yeah, if you didn't like it Cloud9 you could have just left EoFF for a few hours like I did.

I was really annoyed by the whole fact I was banned but like I said, I wasn't really affected by everyone else because I knew they were having a laugh. It's just previous experiences for me have made me sick and tired of this sort of thing and I'd just rather not be part of it.

[udsuna]

I was here for the April Fools gag. Almost left this place for that. My opinion of most of the mods involved STILL hasn't recovered.

As for this little gag... it didn't really affect me, and I'm still thoroughly disgusted. The "we were just having fun" excuse is pathetic, at best. That's the thing about having power... it comes with a responsibility to use that power responsibly. Which isn't supposed to be fun.

Mods were trusted to protect the forums from stupid bull**** (who exactly choses these people, anyways?) When they start creating that kind of chaos for no reason other than a cheap laugh... there is no excuse.

There.... I've completed my rant... I've been hunting for a place to do that.