Hey guys..
If you're an admin on an LFS server, and there's someone who repeatedly wrecks at T1, and just won't slow down, and won't chill, and calls everyone else names, says that the game's gay and yadayada.. when other people start getting agitated by him, what do you do?
The guy has a time-out. I'll probably shorten the duration (possibly in a drunken stupour, some time over Christmas). I usually do shorten ban durations. I don't often ban people, and I don't do it without thinking about it, but I decided that this guy's behaviour on the forum wasn't acceptable. It was just too infantile. Jaq lists a selection of people of the same age group, and I absolutely concur.. perhaps having got to know these guys, and having a tremendous respect for them and their thoughts/opinions, my expectations of others of the same age are higher than they should be.. but it's not about age. It's about, what I call, "angle of attack".
Everyone is welcome on the forum, and nobody is REQUIRED to contribute positively. When someone is determined to only post NEGATIVELY, though, I'll take action. It's not permanent (at this point) and it's just intended as an opportunity for Falcon140 to sort out his attitude. I fully expect that Falcon will reflect on the reason he was banned, and when he returns he will be a valuable and positive contributor to the forum