[READ OR BAN] Spam Alert

[Bad Mofo]

^ i agree

hah! trust me that shall be my first and last spam message.

nice one though radd. you sure you wanna be an accountant?

[Nomad]

Kindly declare another type of post as spam where people ask

"Is game XYZ available, tell me NOW."

This becomes spamming specially when the person asking the question does not even own the console for which the game is released.


As far as "I agree" type of post is concerned, sometimes a thread starter asks for a sort of vote (this happens when he wants to make a choice between two things). He counts replies in favor of both and then decides (there are many new members who do not know how to start a vote). In those situations "I agree" is basically a form of vote for item A or B. However, I will try to avoid these words.

[devilscallmedad]

Johnnyb15613 here. new to the forum. look forward to lots of posts

In a weird ironic sort of way that cracked me up and then i banned him.

[ASKnASK]

What about 'TROLLING' and 'SMART-ASSERY'?

[Shyber]

What about 'TROLLING' and 'SMART-ASSERY'?

Have already been dubbed bannable offenses.

[iNF3RN0]

^

Umm... And are those rules followed?

I know where you are pointing at, now don't screw up this announcement by bringing up your old issues here..We already made a announcement to deal with trolling, flaming and fanboyism and we actually bring down these thing to quite some extent. So instead of asking stupid sacarsm-mixed questions like "Are those rules followed" blah blah, please make yourself a bit more useful and report any such cases to Desolator or me directly.

@everyone: Just don't post your replies like "I will follow", "I am agree" etc here, just read the damn announcement carefully, it's quite clear and easy to understand.

Thanks,

[radd]

thanks for reading, i hope that isnt the end of it though.

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

this is the spam name and shame thread.

starting with, buttgee extra. banned for 7 days for excessive spamming.

NEW RULE - NO MARKETPLACE TALK IN THE SHOUTBOX EVER. if you want to sell something, go to the section and make a thread.

[Chandoo]

Not to discourage the regular members, this doesn't mean that you guys are under the axe all the time, of course these new rules also apply to all the staff of PG as well.

If you guys see a super moderator, moderator or a SV breaking a rule please contact either Desolator or Inferno and the perpetrators will be dealt with accordingly.

And just a nod to the PG staff, please follow our internal rules that we've established as well if you expect the regular members to follow theirs



sub-section rule motion
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Using arguments like "ps3 has no piracy" or "who would pay 4000 for a game" to try to belittle any ps3 owner should be considered a bannable offence. These people have spent their hard earned money to buy a console, the last thing they want is for people to try and discourage them. All PS3 expense related smart assery should be considered bannable.

in fact i feel that using hardware issues as an excuse to belittle 360 owners, or discourage potential 360 owners in a jokingly or a trollish manner should be a ban-on-sight offense as well.

[mugen1990]

There should be official spaming thread for spamers. I think most ppl spam to increase their activity. I also did this month ago but it became boring so i gave up on it.

[Chandoo]

the chit chat section gets a lot of potential spam topics anyway, if you want to increase your activity post creative, smart and original replies in the topics that get posted there, no need to be a mindless post drone.

and don't look at my post count while reading this, just don't.