I was visiting rpg codex yesterday, and saw some drama. If you don't care about drama, or rpg codex, then feel free to skip this thread. But if you are bored or enjoy drama, then this might be amusing for you.
I was reading a thread where a relatively new poster to their site was being as obnoxious as possible, in every post he made. They would throw out juvenile insults - some of it pretty low and scummy - at every turn. well, if you know or if you don't know, rpg codex has a sort of reputation for being very "loose" and free-wheelin' in their allowing just about any kind of content in their forums, in terms of offensive things.
So it was interesting as I read the thread to see what might happen. I mean, this poster was way, way over the top, and even started throwing out racial slurs. Along with stuff like you might see on some teenage boys MMO server, like "kill yourself!" and you "f-----" (gay slur)
Well, eventually one of the site "officials" said "That's enough" and banned the guy, straight away. lol
Just like that.
This was kinda shocking, knowing the codex reputation. Some rpg codex regulars then made some pretty good jokes about the incident. Stuff along the lines of just imagine how bad and obnoxious you have to be to get banned at rpg codex…
Here is the thread in question: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...game-reveal-at-the-game-awards.124984/page-13
It starts at around page 7, when this guy starts talking shit. It continues up to page 12 until he gets banned. (and when I scanned it last time for this thread, I couldn't find his posts with the racial slurs, so they might have scrubbed those posts, unless I overlooked them when I scanned it) Updated -- no they are still there. Go to page 12 for an example of his blatantly racist post.
Anyway, the drama continued with the site official (who banned the guy) being sanctioned by the lead guy in charge over there, and his admin powers removed, but that might have been a joke. I'm not sure.
My two cents - (finally) The poster in question totally deserved the banning. I say that as a guy who is a strong advocate for free speech, is very hard to become offended, and against censorship. That said, just read the guy's posts, he was making everyone miserable by his god-awful attitude and low insults. No one should have to put up with garbage like that, not even the barbarians and assorted low lifes at rpg codex…
(a rare defense of rpg codex and one of the admins (Infinitron) from me)
I was reading a thread where a relatively new poster to their site was being as obnoxious as possible, in every post he made. They would throw out juvenile insults - some of it pretty low and scummy - at every turn. well, if you know or if you don't know, rpg codex has a sort of reputation for being very "loose" and free-wheelin' in their allowing just about any kind of content in their forums, in terms of offensive things.
So it was interesting as I read the thread to see what might happen. I mean, this poster was way, way over the top, and even started throwing out racial slurs. Along with stuff like you might see on some teenage boys MMO server, like "kill yourself!" and you "f-----" (gay slur)
Well, eventually one of the site "officials" said "That's enough" and banned the guy, straight away. lol
Just like that. This was kinda shocking, knowing the codex reputation. Some rpg codex regulars then made some pretty good jokes about the incident. Stuff along the lines of just imagine how bad and obnoxious you have to be to get banned at rpg codex…
Here is the thread in question: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...game-reveal-at-the-game-awards.124984/page-13
It starts at around page 7, when this guy starts talking shit. It continues up to page 12 until he gets banned. (and when I scanned it last time for this thread, I couldn't find his posts with the racial slurs, so they might have scrubbed those posts, unless I overlooked them when I scanned it) Updated -- no they are still there. Go to page 12 for an example of his blatantly racist post.
Anyway, the drama continued with the site official (who banned the guy) being sanctioned by the lead guy in charge over there, and his admin powers removed, but that might have been a joke. I'm not sure.
My two cents - (finally) The poster in question totally deserved the banning. I say that as a guy who is a strong advocate for free speech, is very hard to become offended, and against censorship. That said, just read the guy's posts, he was making everyone miserable by his god-awful attitude and low insults. No one should have to put up with garbage like that, not even the barbarians and assorted low lifes at rpg codex…
(a rare defense of rpg codex and one of the admins (Infinitron) from me)
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