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So, your argument that your post, containing multiple gifs and a little bit of snark directed towards users posting something you didn't like is digging up old posts (seriously, one is from 2007), each with a single image, many which are somewhat related to the topic at hand (seriously, one is referencing the importance of Wii Fit in the industry and shows a giant group of people going crazy over Wii/Wii Fit...) and only one of which is in any way snarky towards another user (and in that case, I think it was more disbelief over the fact it was reported in the first place)?

I'm out.  If this is the argument being made, I'm out.

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Poop.

Cheep-Chomp.

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NWR Feedback / Re: Post of the Month Contest - win $10 eShop Credit
« on: May 23, 2015, 11:09:31 AM »
I was merely attempting to show a parallel of past occasions involving you and other forum members [...] I'm just noting what looks like a pattern of behavior with you from my eyes which you may not realize or see.

You mean to say that the one person who has been an active moderator (and not just active, but, for the most part, one of 2-3 people) of the same forum for something like ten years (and didn't even get a cake) seems to have a couple of run-ins with forum members?

Speaking of things that may not be seen, again, I'm not the only one who took official moderator actions in all three of these cases.  You know it's bad when someone besides me takes action. ;)

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Just because most forum users usually agree with me doesn't make me think I speak for them all.

[...]

I have no problem referencing "forum users" as being on my side because, of the forum users that have spoken up or talked about this, there seem to be way more on my side than ones that agree with you.

Three quick things:

A.) It's not about a numbers game.  Majority rules isn't the game here.  As an aside from that, merely seeing what is posted on the forum doesn't give you access to PMs or messages sent by the "Report to Moderator" link.

B.) There were several people who posted in support of discipline, but didn't agree with the length of the ban (as you pointed out).  None of these people have access to Lucario's moderation history and none were aware that he was told the last time he received a 3-Day ban that the next ban would be for 30 days.  That ban was issued on March 23rd (again, for that one insult he'd already been warned for three other times)  The recent ban was issued on April 28th - roughly a month later.  If it had been three years down the road or something, I may have been inclined to go more lenient on his ban - but a month?

C.) As I posted at the time, I would not have objected if any other moderator had chose to go in and lower the length of the ban.  Neither one of the more-active moderators who posted in the thread it was being discussed at the time seemed inclined to take action - and they also have the ability to see his entire moderation history.

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I'll be the first to admit that the forum rules need a major overhaul (for example, if I really just wanted to hand-wave off your criticism, I could pull this one:
* For posts including images, be aware that images over 100k and 640 pixels wide are not permitted except in threads marked for giant images in the thread title. Using bandwidth that is not your own without permission is not permitted. Images must be safe to view at school, work, and in front of grandma.

but since it's no longer 1993 and we're not using AOL dial-up...)

In addition, posts that are deemed inappropriate or detrimental to discussion may be removed at staff discretion. This may occur even if such posts do not warrant disciplinary action, especially to keep the conversation smooth in Talkback threads.

It's not often it comes up, but as Shaymin said, Talkback has always been a little special because the posts there show up on the main site.  The rule is already formalized, although it is a little hard to miss.

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NWR Feedback / Re: Post of the Month Contest - win $10 eShop Credit
« on: May 23, 2015, 04:00:49 AM »
[...]they all had an Anti-Khushrenada bias, (Though, let's be serious. You'll never find enough people against me for it)
Maybe we should get Anti-Khushrenada or one of the other twelve alts. ;)

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Thus, it brings me back to the point about how you seem to be more trigger happy and strict with your moderating lately because of moments like this.
Man, it seems like it was just yesterday that a group of people left because the forums were too lax in their moderation.  Now, we're too trigger happy.  Because of 2 or 3 things.

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I've heard rumors that there is a special moderator forum where moderators can see deleted posts and threads. If that is the case, I invite you to retrieve that post and copy or paste here and show it for other users because I'd love to see how many people think it is against the "Talkback spirit". Heck, explain your belief of how "wrong" it is. I'd re-post it but I can't exactly remember what I wrote and it actually took a long time to find the image links to get that post just right in my eyes and can't even recall exactly which I ended up using. In this case, I don't want to get the details wrong because my counter-argument is strong enough to defend what exactly it was I posted.

It's not some clandestine forum or something like it seems you're making it out to be - it's just the default forum where a post goes when you hit "delete".  No big deal, it's even called the "Recycle Bin".

Complaining about Amiibo Supply Issues is still a thing?!?



Yes. Time to do the Harlem Shake!





So here, not only is your post without any real relation to the OP of the thread, but it's just a couple of meme gifs and a dash of insult towards another poster that posted something you don't like.  You could have posted this in the "Off Topic Replies" thread.

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And I don't want that either. I'm just trying to point out to you that you might be starting to head that way and not realize it yourself.

Because of a temp-ban for a single user who was spamming the forums?

Well, I guess we all have to start somewhere. :D

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In the case of Lucariofan99's ban, it was Shaymin taking the heat before you filled everyone in on the details so it's not like you are the number one suspect all the time when people are upset about an action. Forum users didn't know which moderator it was, we just didn't like the action taken no matter who had done it. It just seems to have struck many people as the wrong actions taken which I would think would then make you pause and maybe re-think about why you felt the need to take the action against him you did but you've stuck with it.
I don't think it's fair that you keep referencing "forum users" as if you're one voice.  Several forum members actually replied that they agreed Lucariofan had taken things too far.

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TJ Spyke wasn't the most beloved member of these forums and yet, at one point, other forum members were on his side and defending him against you because they viewed posts you made in the funhouse and directed at him to be past a certain moral line and into bullying. It was too much piling on.
I'll say it again, TJSpyke made a claim and I gave him ample opportunity to back up his claim.  As much as you try to be the forum lawyer, you'd think you'd *want* him to bring some kind of evidence to the table to support his post.  I suppose I should have just posted a bunch of meme gifs and made fun of him instead of giving him a chance to back up his own claims.

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With Oblivion
You keep trying to pull the rest of the forum in here.  I've discussed Oblivion at length with Oblivion and see no reason to get into that discussion again - but I'd like to point out, Oblivion was banned because he requested to be banned.  When he came back under a different account, no action was taken against the new account in spite of the fact that we all knew it was him and I even posted, publicly, to that extent.  He's been a great poster (now and, for the most part, before) and sincerely seems to want to put the past in the past.  It seems rather uncouth for you to dig it up and try to drag him into more forum drama.

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NWR Feedback / Re: Post of the Month Contest - win $10 eShop Credit
« on: May 23, 2015, 02:10:36 AM »
You are, of course, welcome to state your opinions.  And if the forums deem it time for me to step down, I will do so without hesitation.

The two things I'd like to say, though:

A.) The deleted post in Talkback wasn't about the quality - it was about the content.  A bunch of meme images in a Talkback thread isn't what Talkback is about.

B.) Lucariofan has had several warnings (not all issued by myself - I'm not the only moderator on this forum who takes actions) - including a previous warning for SPAMming the forums (again, not a warning I gave out.  I'm sorry that you disagree with the decision, but, again, I had to move around two dozen posts from multiple parts of the forum to clean up after him.  And the expansion of his ban is pretty much set by precedence by the last member who evaded a temp-ban by creating an alternate account (which was not my action either).  By all rights, he was already on life support as it was, having used a particular slur - and getting official warnings for it - THREE different times.

I don't want this to be a site like NeoGAF, with crazy-strict over moderation, where if you look at a post from a year ago, there's likely to be three banned members on every page of that post - There's been so few banned members on this site (not counting clear-cut SPAMBots) - and some who had previously received life-time bans that I've gone in and revoked.

I like users to participate - but, it seems the few times I do actually step in and ask someone(s) to behave, it's like I'm Stalin marching slaves into the Gulag or something.

As for this contest I attempted to run, it was supposed to be fun and encourage posting outside of the Funhouse - but was never about any perceived level of quality that *I* was attempting to achieve - if you re-read the initial post, fellow members (yourself included) get to nominate posts and the staff members (of which I am not one of) would get a chance to vote on their favorites.  Sure, in the off chance that there's a tie, I'd break it - but I didn't really expect there to be much of a tie.

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Koopa Troopa.

If I die now, I'm fine - I've kept my final-four streak alive. :D

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NWR Feedback / Re: Post of the Month Contest - win $10 eShop Credit
« on: May 22, 2015, 09:26:07 AM »
I assume you'll be donating the $10 eShop credit then? :D

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You've avoided them for now, and make your way into the final four (most likely).

It wouldn't be Safe Words without me in the final four. ;)

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Holy crap, what the hell happened here.  So many bits of bodies.

Cheep-Chomp

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen
« on: May 20, 2015, 07:31:39 PM »
I don't like the way they handled time travel in this episode.


Eddie kills himself and ends his bloodline.
Wells disappears on the spot.

Okay...

...but shouldn't Wells have never existed?
...no going back in time to kill Barry's mother.
...no killing the real Wells.
...no particle accelerator.
...no making Barry the Flash.
(...incidentally, no Eddie killing himself... which means Wells existed... which means....)

Why did *only* wells disappear, and why at *that* exact moment?  Not even the moment Eddie died - just about the same time he shot himself.

Gr.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo World Championships 2015: Nothing But Luck
« on: May 20, 2015, 04:35:11 PM »
But StreetPasses! :D

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Well, my issue in this case is that Nintendo promised a restock that clearly either hasn't happened (still no sign of that alleged Marth Amiibo restock they've been promising for months) or has been so woefully miniscule that it doesn't justify Nintendo hyping it. If you can't supply, don't pretend that you can. It just makes you look even more incompetent than you've already proven to be.

I think most stores are holding their restocks for May 29th.

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It's clearly just a typo. If anything, it's another excuse to pile on Khushrenada for ruining TalkBack for everyone (except us mods, who are above the law, and the staff, who can't figure out how to make a simple edit to a post without causing the complete annihilation of the entire thread.).

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I think most stores are holding their restocks for May 29th.

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Mouser.

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You guys do realise that, regardless of what the name suggests, the Nintendo World Championship is not a legitimate event but rather a glorified PR exhibition for Nintendo products, right?

I'm pretty sure I'll be going to the Schumburg event.  wheee!

And yes, I quoted that post on purpose.

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Birdo

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TalkBack / Super Mario Dog Tags Coming Soon
« on: May 15, 2015, 02:51:17 PM »

Not something you should wear in combat.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/40227/super-mario-dog-tags-coming-soon

Enterplay will soon be shipping a new series of Super Mario Dog tags to retailers in a variety of formats.

The full set will include 24 standard dog tags, 6 gold dog tags, 4 mini dog tags, 6 deluxe dog tags, 30 trading cards, 12 decals, 2 lunchbox tins, and a binder. These collectables will be available in a variety of formats.

The main way to get these will be in blind bags that will cost around $3 to $5 a pack. The blind bag will include one standard dog tag, a card, a decal, and a checklist. Approximately one in eight of these blind bags will come with a gold dog tag instead of the standard one.

Enterplay will be selling the deluxe dog tags for between $8 and $10. These deluxe packs come with a deluxe dog tag and one mini tag each and are not blind packaged.

Finally, the lunchbox tins will cost around $15 to $20.

All of these collectables should be hitting retail shelves in the coming months. So stay on the lookout.


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Not going to defend Kid Icarus.  Very bitter.

Toad amiibo isn't hard to find.  Saw him in two out of four stores where I looked at amibo.

But man, claiming you're not buying Captain Toad because of the amiibo?  How long was that game out before they announced the update that added amiibo support?  Were you planning to buy it before, then decided against because they added more content for free that you never have to worry about?

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General Gaming / Re: What is your most recent gaming purchase?
« on: May 15, 2015, 02:02:57 PM »
I didn't need them, but I bit anyway.

Walmart.com has a crazy deal (and it keeps going in-and-out of stock) - seven different Giants (all the non-variants that don't come in the starter pack) for Skylanders for $20, new-in-box.

http://www.walmart.com/msharbor/ip/Skylanders-Giants-7-Character-Figure-Bundle-Universal/44786548?u1=skim33330X1169095X036b9b2387d1538e5898e25a4f74c41f&oid=183959.1&wmlspartner=TnL5HPStwNw&sourceid=04678866581721456596&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

Crazy deal.

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The Animal Crossing cards were pretty easy to find (and were even sold on N's webstore for quite a while.)

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Nintendo needs to fix this problem before people leave to Microsoft or Sony.  You may in short term keep loyal fans but in long term screwing over your faithful will have dire circumstances in the future.


The kind of people that want a Robin amiibo aren't the people who are just going to stop being Nintendo fans all of a sudden.

I dunno man.  I may gut the innards out of my Popeye cabinet and see if I can't mount an XBox One in there.

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Just put DC movies and television together...it will be easier.

That's a totally stupid idea.  Why would anyone do that? :p

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Announces E3 Plans
« on: May 14, 2015, 01:29:05 AM »
Given that amiibo is the only reason Nintendo turned a profit recently. I'd say get ready for a whole bunch more amiibo ****

How'd they make a profit when they only shipped three? :D

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