Magic
August 24th, 2011, 19:46
NOTE: I am not complaining about the infraction, but about the abuse. I could care less about the infraction. Also, I removed most of the quoted quotes (quotes inside quotes) just for space sake, nothing was changed.
Let me give you some insight on the situation. Buffaloboy was asking for a banner. The first post was someone saying "No, your gay" with a ton of others thanking it. I thought that that was pathetic, so I was going to help him, but not for free. So, I decided to make that thought into a joke.
What I said:
I would love to help, but I'm a good prostitute: I never work for free.
Not the worst of jokes. Better than not helping him simply because he is gay.
A few minutes later:
Dear Magic,
You have received a warning at RuneLocus.
Reason: Spamming
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Unnecessary.
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Keep in mind that this is a warning because you've broken a rule. Insulting the staff due to this doesn't make any sense, it's just helping you avoid a ban.
Original Post:
445480
I would love to help, but I'm a good prostitute: I never work for free.
All the best,
RuneLocus
I was kind of insulted by this for the simple reason that I was trying to help the guy, and felt my message was misunderstood. My reply:
Only the registered members can see the link.
I would like to point out the following:
The first people you infracted had chosen not to help him simple because the person was gay.
I said nothing about not helping him because of his sexuality.
I made a common joke whilst saying that I wouldn't do it for free.
Spamming Definition:
Verb
1. Send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet.
2. A message unrelated to the topic.
As you can see, it was only one small sentence, and therefore is far from spam. Also, it was related to the subject, was necessary to my opinions of such topic, and therefore was not spam.
Just to reassure, I'm not writing this out of anger or frustration. I'm simply trying to say that this is a misunderstanding, and I believe this infraction should be removed.
Best Regards,
Magic
And, acting as though he didn't even read the message, he replied simply:
If you didn't want to get in trouble, you should have worded it differently.
Now in all of my years of experience with forums, including staff, this is not how you should reply to any message. Therefore I began to get a little more frustrated:
Its not like it was the worst of jokes. Are you kidding me? You haven't given any recognition that this was a misunderstanding. This is ridiculous.
And as if he was God, he replied:
It wouldn't have been misunderstood if you had worded it differently. And now you're getting an attitude. Lose the attitude and I might consider reversing the infraction.
So, even if I was misunderstood, he could just keep it there because he now didn't like be for having an opinion.
Avoiding making matters worse for something that was so simple, I replied:
Just speaking my peace. Sorry.
This was all fine until I read this a few minutes ago in the chatbox:
Only the registered members can see the link.
So, if I understand this correctly, Mods can say one thing yet do another. He can tell me not to make a prostitute joke, but he can make penis jokes? Someone please explain to me how this is fair in anyway.
Let me give you some insight on the situation. Buffaloboy was asking for a banner. The first post was someone saying "No, your gay" with a ton of others thanking it. I thought that that was pathetic, so I was going to help him, but not for free. So, I decided to make that thought into a joke.
What I said:
I would love to help, but I'm a good prostitute: I never work for free.
Not the worst of jokes. Better than not helping him simply because he is gay.
A few minutes later:
Dear Magic,
You have received a warning at RuneLocus.
Reason: Spamming
-------
Unnecessary.
-------
Keep in mind that this is a warning because you've broken a rule. Insulting the staff due to this doesn't make any sense, it's just helping you avoid a ban.
Original Post:
445480
I would love to help, but I'm a good prostitute: I never work for free.
All the best,
RuneLocus
I was kind of insulted by this for the simple reason that I was trying to help the guy, and felt my message was misunderstood. My reply:
Only the registered members can see the link.
I would like to point out the following:
The first people you infracted had chosen not to help him simple because the person was gay.
I said nothing about not helping him because of his sexuality.
I made a common joke whilst saying that I wouldn't do it for free.
Spamming Definition:
Verb
1. Send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet.
2. A message unrelated to the topic.
As you can see, it was only one small sentence, and therefore is far from spam. Also, it was related to the subject, was necessary to my opinions of such topic, and therefore was not spam.
Just to reassure, I'm not writing this out of anger or frustration. I'm simply trying to say that this is a misunderstanding, and I believe this infraction should be removed.
Best Regards,
Magic
And, acting as though he didn't even read the message, he replied simply:
If you didn't want to get in trouble, you should have worded it differently.
Now in all of my years of experience with forums, including staff, this is not how you should reply to any message. Therefore I began to get a little more frustrated:
Its not like it was the worst of jokes. Are you kidding me? You haven't given any recognition that this was a misunderstanding. This is ridiculous.
And as if he was God, he replied:
It wouldn't have been misunderstood if you had worded it differently. And now you're getting an attitude. Lose the attitude and I might consider reversing the infraction.
So, even if I was misunderstood, he could just keep it there because he now didn't like be for having an opinion.
Avoiding making matters worse for something that was so simple, I replied:
Just speaking my peace. Sorry.
This was all fine until I read this a few minutes ago in the chatbox:
Only the registered members can see the link.
So, if I understand this correctly, Mods can say one thing yet do another. He can tell me not to make a prostitute joke, but he can make penis jokes? Someone please explain to me how this is fair in anyway.