Media Central is now totally unenjoyable.

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  1. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    It seems like there is no moderation whatsoever anymore. The amount of trolling and flaming and off-topic rabbit trails to harass individuals that gets tolerated is ridiculous. A thread will go along nice, then there's a six page flame/ troll war between the usual suspects.

    Mods, fix it! Ban someone! I can give you a list of suitable candidates. ;)

    Cheers.
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  2. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Okay, let's see the list. :ban:
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  3. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    Dayton and Chup, mainly. Also Chad. Probably Diacanu. But I like him for some strange reason, so give him a pass.
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  4. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    I'm pretty sure Diacanu is actually the moderator of that forum.
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  5. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    If I were, you'd be on month vacation.
    :)
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  6. Amaris

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    Is it bad like "I have to report this" bad, or bad like "I wish you people would find somewhere else to argue" kind of bad? If it's not bad enough to report, and doesn't break rules, there's really not much to be done about it. If it's really bad enough to be reported, then you should do so, and then the mods will look into it, and if they don't you can always take it up with an Admin. Still, if you have specifics, that would be best.
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  7. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    You will be after you flip out over a certain movie tanking. :)
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  8. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    That's too bad that you like Diacanu, but we can't play favorites. I'm afraid we'll have to ban all of them if your allegations prove true. Other than the Ghostbusters thread which seems back on track, have these folks invaded other MC threads with their trolling ways?
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  9. K.

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    I agree with Sean. MC seems less fun recently. All of those threads would be fine in the Red Room, but it was kind of nice to have a place to talk about unimportant entertainment without the flame wars.

    IMO, it's less individually blamable posts but a gradual slip downhill for each affected thread. It's slow escalation. I'd say a few more friendly warnings to remind all of us which forum we're in might be more useful than individual punishment.
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  10. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Well, I'm not in the Dayton stalkers club, and I'm not going to take the bait on the Ghostbusters stuff anymore, so you won't have me to worry about.
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  11. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Yeah, this seems like the right approach. It seems we do not actually have a media central moderator, so the admins/super mods will need to take more action.

    That said, we probably should have a mod for that room. If anybody is interested, contact me, and I'll bring it up with the others.
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  12. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Just to be safe we should ban Packard.

    I think that's something we can all agree on.
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  13. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    I'm sure Sean is talking about how every Star Trek thread turns into Dayton bashing when he opens his trap about wanting a male only crew that trounces all their enemies and are generally blank slates at characters.

    I'd be lying if I said I don't tire of reading the same shit over and over again from both parties, but as long as it's kept on his opinions and not Dayton himself , its considered on topic and we're not gonna ban people for it. :shrug:
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    I have to admit that I almost posted something along the lines of "can't you take that shit to the Red Room" until I'd read further down and saw that the thread was starting to actually get back on topic. It'd be nice if some people didn't take every opportunity to derail a perfectly good thread for a cheap "gotcha" on Dayton. :jayzus:
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  15. Amaris

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    Yeah, I get tired of the constant Dayton sniping, too. There comes a point where if you really don't like a person that much, either ignore them, or address it in the forum where it's allowed.
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  16. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    I agree. We should stop responding to Dayton's obvious trolling.
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  17. El Chup

    El Chup Fuck Trump Deceased Member Git

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    Many, many years ago when I was briefly a mod I took a lot of Dayton's Trek threads and merged them into one. I got universally criticised for it. Now the OP is bitching because he's tired of reading multiple threads like that? :lol:

    I suggest a new idea. The Dayton Kitchens Star Trek thread. If Dayton is content to keep trolling Star Trek threads, well how about having one dedicated thread where he is asked to post his Star Trek ideas and opinions (sort of like a MC version of his greatest hits thread)? That leaves MC clear for others, and if Dayton starts trolling in other threads in MC on Star Trek, the posts get cut out and moved over to the Dayton Trek Thread.

    Just an idea.

    Or perhaps we can have a pinned Star Trek thread in the Red Room and Dayton is requested to post his Trek comments in there?
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  18. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Respectfully, I don't think that was @Sean the Puritan's complaint. Dayton hasn't started multiple Trek threads recently. And the one he did start was based on a fairly valid observation IMO. The issue is the sniping in threads regardless of whether Dayton is a participant. In other words, it's not a Dayton issue at all.
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  19. El Chup

    El Chup Fuck Trump Deceased Member Git

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    Yeah, not a Dayton issue at all. Posting shit like "I don't want to see women on TV" isn't remotely inflammatory. :dayton:
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    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    And it's fine to say he's living in a fantasy world or even to question how the lack of diversity would even qualify to be called Star Trek. What isn't okay is to drag up his every other comment on women and throw the incident with his wife into an MC thread.
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  21. El Chup

    El Chup Fuck Trump Deceased Member Git

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    Who said anything about his wife beating? :unsure:
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  22. Phoenix

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    MC would much, much more pleasant if both Dayton & Chup were just banned from that forum. Dayton knows fully well that his remarks will get a negative reaction, and does it just to troll. Chup seems completely unable to have any sort of conversation without resorting to baiting.
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    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    Not I that particular thread, but it's happened in the past.
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  24. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    I agree. It's like beating a dead horse.
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  25. Dayton Kitchens

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    And once again, I NEVER said that. NEVER. Hell one of my favorite comedies is "Golden Girls". Currently I enjoy "Madame Secretary".

    Where do you get "I don't want to see women on TV"?
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  26. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    Probably from the words you have typed on this board.
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  27. Dayton Kitchens

    Dayton Kitchens Banned

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    Once again, El Chup is claiming things I NEVER said or typed on this board.
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  28. El Chup

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    He is saying that from your declaration that Star Trek should be all male I drew the inference that you didn't like seeing women on screen. I don't think it's an unreasonable assumption to draw from such a comment. He's therefore suggesting you should think about what you say a little more.
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  29. Captain X

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    Uh, it isn't. It's another example of Dayton being Dayton. There's no need for anyone to do anything other than laugh to themselves when he posts something like that in a MC thread. Or if you simply must comment, start a thread in RR. :shrug:
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    What Captain X said.

    And on that note: :clang:
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