Ban Joking Posts Plz

[n00bonicPlague]

lol You'll still get PMs from Admins

[Blazur]

Unfortunately, I am. I've got one infraction from March. It says "SPAM" as the reason,
but I don't remember what it was I posted, as it is labeled "N/A" for some odd reason.

It was probably that thread which had 100 hide tags embedded together, with some silly video buried deep down in the center. That one seemed to cause a lot of strife

Infractions are pretty much pointless in this forum, aren't they? I mean do they really harm your account aside from the negative connotations they project upon your ego?

[LordofAscension]

If you get so many points (each infraction has its own value) you can either be temp or perma banned. Not to mention it serves as a history of behavior for our staff when deciding what to do about a specific trouble user.

~LoA

[n00bonicPlague]

It was probably that thread which had 100 hide tags embedded together, with some silly video buried deep down in the center. That one seemed to cause a lot of strife

Nah, I remember what it was. Shortly after this forum's beginnings, someone said that nothing would ever be posted in the Brood War section, and then in pure spite I made a thread with a title along the lines of "Starcraft: Broodwar is so awesome!!!" with the text body reading "YEAH!!!!!! " or something.

Very shortly after that, AJ gave me a temporary 5-point infraction, and the accompanying PM read something like, "Let's not start this forum off with a bunch of spam, K? " I can understand that I guess, but if the infraction is gonna be "temporary" shouldn't the entire notification go away? I still have the tag in my profile and in my User CP, even though it expired almost a half a year ago.

Infractions are pretty much pointless in this forum, aren't they? I mean do they really harm your account aside from the negative connotations they project upon your ego?

If you rack up enough points (30?) you get an automatic ban. However, I do believe that temporary infractions should disappear entirely. Sure, the points may be gone, but the tag is still there.

EDIT: looks like LoA beat me to it

[LordofAscension]

Nah, I remember what it was. Shortly after this forum's beginnings, someone said that nothing would ever be posted in the Brood War section, and then in pure spite I made a thread with a title along the lines of "Starcraft: Broodwar is so awesome!!!" with the text body reading "YEAH!!!!!! " or something.

Very shortly after that, AJ gave me a temporary 5-point infraction, and the accompanying PM read something like, "Let's not start this forum off with a bunch of spam, K? " I can understand that I guess, but if the infraction is gonna be "temporary" shouldn't the entire notification go away? I still have the tag in my profile and in my User CP, even though it expired almost a half a year ago.


If you rack up enough points (30?) you get an automatic ban. However, I do believe that temporary infractions should disappear entirely. Sure, the points may be gone, but the tag is still there.

EDIT: looks like LoA beat me to it

Why would we want them to disappear - the staff wants to know the history of a user - the points are what makes it temporary but we want to know if a user is just skating under the radar to avoid a ban and then racking them back up when they expire.

~LoA

[n00bonicPlague]

Eh, good point......

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[Zabimaru]

All of this must mean I’m an Angel.
An Angel of Death.

[hyde]

It should be common sense not to be posting falsified information, but since this is the first big case of it happening, it should serve as a learning experience for everyone. Like Norfindel commented, it's far more effective to report the post than start a flame war about it.

And the staff is dealing with Gladius. He'll no longer be a problem.


As for the slow news right now, give it some time. Once the beta starts, I can guarantee that there will be more topics than ever to discuss, and it'll most likely continue on until the release of Wings of Liberty. I've received no word about even an approximate beta release beyond what you know, but hopefully sooner than later.

Oh good, I thought Gladius mind controlled everyone at the Legacy network and was sent by Blizzforum's secret shadow government haha =*)

[DemolitionSquid]

I have a permanent infraction point on BlizzForums for racism. Its my pride and joy.

[n00bonicPlague]

Mr. Owl, how many infraction points does it take to get to the center of a DemolitionSquid?