The Chat Thread (rules included in the opening post)

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

I dunno about that. I've been trying to cancel you for months/years, to little to no avail

He's still around . Hey, if I'm still here after 17 years on Total War, then anything is possible.

[Akar]

I dunno about that. I've been trying to cancel you for months/years, to little to no avail

I didn't mean I should have to face consequences, to be clear.

[Inkie]

Nah, it's not illegal to post a bunch of wubs, so long as you don't bypass the censor.

No, but it definitely includes things that would at face value be insulting/threatening or possibly promote illegal activities. Damn it, now it seems like I'm trying to get the post infracted.

My moderation, because of my modding background, was also robotic in the early days and I think it was also due to me being a non-native English speaker. But that soon changed within a span of few months primarily due to mentoring done by Darth Red, Garb, imb, Noble Savage & Jom.
Secondly the main credit goes to TD members themselves. Back then the forum activity was pretty crazy and the only way to get things more friendly and less chaotic was by direct interaction and befriending rule breakers and spammers rather than stomp authority for every other ToS violation. Because in the end, no one really wanted to hurt the site or any other member.

Things can never work until there are positive actions taken from both sides.

In all seriousness though I do respect it. I can understand, especially with Islam and many mods being ESL, maybe at times not getting the tone of something being said and having to take a hard stance on it just because it allows a precedent for actual TOS breaking behavior to slip through and create toxicity. It’s a delicate balance between enforcing rules and creating a good environment for everyone and also being so heavy handed you kill enthusiasm and the fun posting atmosphere entirely. The TD and it’s members have grown up and pretty much everyone here has known everyone a long time so it’s easier to really just have a chill environment than maybe a decade ago when everything was legitimately crazy and you still had a ton of noobs funneling in. I think the balance it has arrived at is pretty nice, and certainly different than what is necessary in the D&D sub

Both posts make good points. It was the wild west here sometimes. While you (Ishan) credit a lot of people for your methods though, 'on the street' you were the face of more reasonable policing, you definitely put in the ground work. Those of us who were around still appreciate that.

Au contraire mon ami, it has always been Cahoma

And here we have it, you reveal yourself to not recognise any of the legitimately elected leaders of Thema Devia since the Restoration of 2017. Although I'd expect nothing less from a Republican!

[ggggtotalwarrior]

I don’t recognize “legitimate” elections, only military coups

[Akar]

A military coup is inherently legitimate

[ggggtotalwarrior]

That is why Africa is the most based of continents

[Derpy Hooves]

And here we have it, you reveal yourself to not recognise any of the legitimately elected leaders of Thema Devia since the Restoration of 2017. Although I'd expect nothing less from a Republican!

Is the legitimacy of the governate derived from the governed? Neigh, it is derived from a specially carved honeydew melon!

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

A military coup is inherently legitimate

So if you lose, will you lead your Akarland forces in a uprising?



Asia seemed to have their fair share of coups too.

[Inkie]

The Middle-East, Latin America...Europe in the past. America in the present. Hmm, almost as if it's unfair to always belittle one continent

Is the legitimacy of the governate derived from the governed? Neigh, it is derived from a specially carved honeydew melon!

[ggggtotalwarrior]

Pssshhh Inkie get out of here with your political correctness and facts in this post thread. This is a fact free zone

[Inkie]

Wouldn't their being facts make their correctness apolitical?

Alright alright fine {placeholder post}

[Akar]

Is the legitimacy of the governate derived from the governed? Neigh, it is derived from a specially carved honeydew melon!

Why bother with a mandate of the people when you can have the mandate of the melon?

[Inkie]

But where is the current evidence of melonly sanction?

[Akar]

Wow, that's pretty disrespectful. Would you ask the pope for evidence of holy sanction?

[ggggtotalwarrior]

Yes. Absolutely. Produce the evidence Francis, you old .

[Derpy Hooves]

Why bother with a mandate of the people when you can have the mandate of the melon?

But where is the current evidence of melonly sanction?

Akar, I don’t know what to say but, he can’t see the obvious. It’s right in front of you Inkie

[Akar]

I am mandate manifest

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

Are smoothies made out of melons banned?

[Akar]

Its fine as long as you fill out the proper forms

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

And if I don’t? Is it death by melons?