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Originally Posted by haradrel

I'm putting a huuuge Jeeze Louise stamp on this one.
Seriously people, look at other boards - ANY other board, forum or whatever and you will see here that this place is a 9,999999 out of a perfect 10 when it comes to politeness, seriousness and people being adult about things, stepping up to the plate and admitting they were wrong.

I'm not certain that 9,999999 out of 10 is really that accurate. People are people and many have a problem admitting to their own mistakes. It does not matter who these people are; lurker, poster, blogger or moderator. Many of the other sites I'm a member of have a lot more controls in place. There is a lot less freedom to express opinions and exchange ideas on these sites either because of the moderations or simply because of the layout.

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People will be people and go about things their way, I actually never caught on to stuff that had happened internally basically because I am to Young a member.
I do however feel I had to say something since I am partially to blame about the whole religion post, I think it was me that first mentioned it at all in the first place.
So I am sorry to everybody that it ever came up, but some good did come out of it, we now have clear guidelines about it (Tho shalt not speak of OT religion etc), which is good!

Honestly, Haradrel, if it had not been this thread it would have been another. No personal comment toward General Scarlett, because there are subjects that inflame each of us. Religion, Politics etc. are fundamental to our character. These subjects are dangerous because they a very personal to each person. They can bring out the most savage reactions.

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I also have to mention that I had no personal beef against GS, she was an upstanding girl and treated me fairly - I saw she was quick to nip things in the buds, but I figured that was just her way of moderating and took that into account when doing stuff. Personally I liked her as a mod, but then again I haven't been here for that long, so I feel like even though I am part of the community I have little or no say towards this.

You are a member of the community. Of course you have a say in the matter. Whether you choose to voice an opinion is you prerogative. But should you voice that opinion, you should, with a few mutually understood rules of conduct, be allowed to. The point is however, that those mutually understood rules of conduct be in place.

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My point (I think I had one at some point...) is simply that we need a moderator, we really do, if not to just remove the spam and keep things civil. Even with self policing things get out of hand because well we're human (except for 5th, I'm pretty sure he is an alien of some kind - his work is just to darn good ;) ).

It is true...we need a moderator. Every site needs a moderator. We are all in essence grown 10 year olds who play with toys. The simple fact is this is a hobby that we each derive some pleasure out of. I can only say that when there is an arguement on this site that reduces our enjoyment of the hobby, it needs to either be taken off line or settled without resorting to the kind of difficulties that these issues have become.

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To the people that chose to leave - (and this is going to be immature) Sux to be you! - you will never find a place as amazing as joedios ever again. If I had such strong opinions about something that I loved I would rather take a break and come back instead of leaving it immediately once there was something that looked like a problem, these things do sort themselves out (as I feel this has, since everybody that wanted to have had their say, and things have been cleared up, apologies have been made where they should and generally everything has been checked, re-checked and made certain of).

I fully agree with this. There is no reason to invest the amount of time and money that this hobby requires and then throw it all away when there is a hiccup on one of the forums out on the web. While I like this site more than any of the others I've encountered, I would leave the site alone for several weeks if a conflict arose rather than leave the community altogether. And if the issue was so severe that a mere break wasn't good enough, then leave the site permanently.

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Can we get back to posting cool shots of our action figures now please? I need my daily dose of visceral action shots! (I'm a visceral junkie). :)

Abso-freaking-lutely!!!!!!!