Four posts later Drule in fact said YOU ARE GAY and went unpunished, but Drule isn't a mod, admin, or staff member, and the topic was in fact pretty gay so there goes your point.

Anyone else posting a one - three word reply would have been warned, no matter how bad the thread may or may not have been. At the risk of sounding biased, I remember one instance in which I replied to a two line thread "No" about a year ago and getting warned for it.

The fact that he was not a moderator or anything of the sort has no relevance either, as he's a veteran member and is good friends with staffers; if my memory serves me well.

Wherever you go there's always gonna be "back-talking", that's just how society works. Besides, this is online and you really don't know each other. So I don't understand why everyone cares so much on GW. But then again, for some internet is their life, so... >.>

I probably get "back-talked" a lot too, but eh.

So I don't understand why everyone cares so much on GW

BLASPHEMY!!1

Actually, I kind of like GW. No, I don't fit in at all, but that's mainly because my posts suck. I'm sure if I were snide, argumentative, and swung my post count around like the internet-penis that it is, I could totally fit in.

MY Post count internet penis > yours

...Oh yeah? Fine. Well my join-date = EARLIER.

that's not true at all. did you readt he thread? it was written in 1900s philosophy INTENTIONALLY. yeah no one would have gotten warned for that.

... I don't even really know how to reply to this, so I think it's best I just stop.

Looking at the title of the thread, I probably shouldn't have even bothered looking. Sorry everyone.

fyi any post older than like five months is pretty much guaranteed to be gone at this point

but ya i would say you are pretty much 100% wrong and i don't know if you just REFUSE TO ADMIT IT or if you really do not pay attention at all but i see it on a somewhat regular basis even now, although it definitely occurred more in the past, so ya.  i can't believe you'd actually deny that a double standard for enforcing rules exists and that NO ONE is more tolerant of some members than they are of others.

i'm not totally sure mog is even trolling because i think that requires some amount of thought put into the act itself which seems out of character for him!

I am at 0% warns because I am not a douchebag on the forums! It is pretty easy to achieve this goal! I think the majority of "backtalking" complaints actually come from #G&D rather than #gamingw, to be honest; I know for awhile it certainly seemed like the gang over there had nothing better to do than get their jollies by insulting certain members (most notably BlindMind, Nightblade, MOG and myself) repeatedly, and several times it seeped into the forums, which is where it became a problem for me.

I have honestly never seen anything close to what went on in that channel (#G&D) in #gamingw (I have rarely seen anything that seemed like more than friendly jibes or mild insults) but pretty much everything MOG and Nightblade described seems like a perfect detailing of the internet politics that went on there.

Steel, I have seen you say things like "don't hold a grudge blah blah" a lot (OK, it was only like two times I think!), and while I agree holding internet grudges is pretty stupid it seems more like people take personal offence to you due to the incredible ratio of antagonizing posts:friendly posts you have (or seem to have, I don't visit all the forums). Obviously there is uncalled for shit like "hey cancer nice jorb pal hope u fall off a bridge" but I honestly don't see how you are confused by people seeming to single you out in arguments and stuff! I am not saying there is anything wrong with not being all "hey great job being a racist" and having e-convictions or whatever, but there is no denying it is a good way to not make friends with the people you argue with.

It doesn't help people warm up to you when many other members of GW join in on it (regardless of how right you are!). Honestly I think there are a lot of people afraid to say things that counter what you say for fear of your harsh words.

edit: this is in no way a jibe at steel, I am just explaining that people view confrontations with him as a life or death struggle for their internet reputation sometimes!