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I'll take racists and haters anyday, especially when most of it's just a make-believe circle jerk to keep PC, as demonstrated by OP, at bay as can be observed by those of high intelligence (eg. me. I don't follow their daily antics, yet I know they aren't really such haters and racists as you slander about), over blandly ordinary insecure social rejects seeking confirmation from their peers in a thread like this, which is pathetic, even <R-word> (trademarked by Sarah Palin. PC FTW).

You registered just to post that?
 
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I'll take racists and haters anyday, especially when most of it's just a make-believe circle jerk to keep PC, as demonstrated by OP, at bay as can be observed by those of high intelligence (eg. me. I don't follow their daily antics, yet I know they aren't really such haters and racists as you slander about), over blandly ordinary insecure social rejects seeking confirmation from their peers in a thread like this, which is pathetic, even <R-word> (trademarked by Sarah Palin. PC FTW).

A post written by an exponent of high intelligence indeed...:lol:
 
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A post written by an exponent of high intelligence indeed…:lol:

An exquisite demonstration and confirmation of my point. Thank you. Men of lesser intellect never fail to disappoint in certain regards.

Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that you're stupid.

You registered just to post that?

Of course not. See, I was led to an interracial transsexual porn video link from RPGCodex. Watching that video gave me the idea.
 
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An exquisite demonstration and confirmation of my point. Thank you. Men of lesser intellect never fail to disappoint in certain regards.

Your writing style reminds me very closely of someone I had analysed in detail some time ago.

Your posts contain the same style of expressing arrogance, down to a point where this arrogance - in tone, not in character - is used as a tool to shift yourself above others, meanwhile putting everyone else under you.

Your posts are nothing but a tool to ignite emotional reactions within the readers, very special reactions: Thos if feelings of inferiority, and feelings of being hurt.

Your posts act as a scalpel to dissect people, and you seem to find something in it, or otherwise you would use a different style.

In my analysis a time ago I even had the impression that the use of this arrogant writing style with the goal to let others feel inferior was used to fulfill a desire or a lust for feeling superior, meanwhile watching down at the reactions of others how they might behave like little ants one could just stomp upon with no thought at all.

To me, this behaviour is unhealthy.


So, as a conclusion, you are back again. You cannot let this forum go, because you have an inner drive or desire to try it again, to try out and watch how people react if you hurt them with your faked arrogant writing style.

You cannot let go, and thus we will see you again and again and again and again
Or/and others similar to you, it doesn't matter much at all …
 
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Moderation is a form of censorship. The Codex is probably a bit extreme in some ways, but its lack of censorship promotes the stimulation of ideas and debate that could never take place, for instance, on this forum. Do I care to read all of the debate? No way. Still, it's leaps and bounds above many places for this reason alone. *cough* TESF *cough*

Not to mention, in the cloud of shenanigans at the Codex, there are serious discussions that take place. While some people will troll you, discussion is rarely hinder by such people simply because the norm of posters are used to such tactics. It's an example of things simply running there course.

As for the porn links and over the top racism, from time to time, it can definitely be a drag, but these posters are merely a loud minority.

In terms of the idea of censorship, many forums will fall pray to dissonance of facts and confirmation bias. Moderation, especially over moderation, is the segway for such problems. There has to be dissonance, troll tactics, and rhetoric that is above and beyond. Without these things, one cannot form an accurate opinion about the weight of what someone says. For example, people who post in such ways carry less weight with their message. The Codex understands this.

And yes, I was lurking and followed a link. Hello ;P
 
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Meh, I like it over there. There's a certain purity to the codex, like the way the aliens from Aliens are pure killing machines, and the way some games are pure crap.

Of course, I like it here too. If every site were the same, we'd only need one for the whole internet.
 
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The Codex is like some rough biker bar, while RPGwatch is more like some mellow coffee house or something. And that's fine, they both cater to a certain crowd with different tastes. You'll find dickheads and cool cats wherever you go.

There's no reason to go where you dont like the atmosphere, and certainly no reason to start knocking bikes over in front of the joint just for the sake of stirring shit up.
 
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Well… I have certain ideas about the site myself - but then, I don't go there very often and I see some value in their disposition, even if I consider it extreme and one-sided.

Still, it's nice to have a few extremes "the other way" instead of the endless commercial/marketing-route support sites everywhere - like QT3, for instance.

^ This ^

I still go there on occasion, though time limits the sites I can frequent, so mostly I am here and a few other places for RPG stuff ...
 
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In the parlance of our times:


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Moderation is a form of censorship. The Codex is probably a bit extreme in some ways, but its lack of censorship promotes the stimulation of ideas and debate that could never take place, for instance, on this forum. Do I care to read all of the debate? No way. Still, it's leaps and bounds above many places for this reason alone. *cough* TESF *cough*

Not to mention, in the cloud of shenanigans at the Codex, there are serious discussions that take place. While some people will troll you, discussion is rarely hinder by such people simply because the norm of posters are used to such tactics. It's an example of things simply running there course.

As for the porn links and over the top racism, from time to time, it can definitely be a drag, but these posters are merely a loud minority.

In terms of the idea of censorship, many forums will fall pray to dissonance of facts and confirmation bias. Moderation, especially over moderation, is the segway for such problems. There has to be dissonance, troll tactics, and rhetoric that is above and beyond. Without these things, one cannot form an accurate opinion about the weight of what someone says. For example, people who post in such ways carry less weight with their message. The Codex understands this.

And yes, I was lurking and followed a link. Hello ;P

Censorship, to a degree, is required for safety. Yelling out "fire" in a crowded theater will get you arrested, and that is a form of censorship. Same for threatening to end someone's life, or harm them in some fashion. Both are censorship.

Basically, if you don't want your son or daughter either being seen in it or saying it, don't post it.

It's also a requirement to deal with spam bots, though that has little bearing on this discussion.

I'm of the opinion that anything with bearing on the discussion at hand, be it views of a game, or what have you, is fine, so long as it doesn't start a mess that hides the actual discussion. I've moderated a forum successfully, based on this principle. Short of threatening someone, I generally will just tell the two to take it to the PMs and get it out of general discussion.

Only once have I had issue with a non-porn, non-threatening post, and it was a picture of what was left of a man after having been struck with a .50 BMG round in the head. I felt that it was not warranted to keep on the forums as there were children reading them. So I deleted the link to the pic, left the post.

There is no reason that moderating a forum should have an effect on the accuracy or quality of the posts dealing with whatever the forum's subject is. Having to wade through random pictures of boobs and links to virus-laden porn sites, does affect the overall quality of the visit to the forum.

And welcome.
 
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Aside from Spammers and the P&R forum :) there is very little moderation here at the Watch!!
 
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