I'm not suprised to see that none of the kissass pack have posted condolences in the farewell thread.
And apparently VoiceofIsaac is no longer a mod either, although he's still mod enough you can't ignore list him (not that I wanted to, I just wanted to see if it was possible).

Quote from: JimBobOz"that's bullshit, mate." Since those words are practically the fucking motto of therpgsite, he might not be comfortable here.

If I was better with photoshop, I'd create a banner for TheRPGSite with that as the motto. It'd have Steve Irwin wrestling a pipe-smoking crocodile saying "Strewth! This Pundit's a bit stroppy!" whilst the croc responds "That's bullshit, mate!"

Quote from: David RI thought out motto was "Go Fuck Yourself" and we had a nice symbol and everything.

No, that's Animalball forums.

Curt was too confrontational to be a Mod.

Then again, so are most of the Moderators over at rpg.net.  Darren's a particularly low-hanging fruit, from where I'm sitting.

Why is it just Curt?  I don't usually buy Pundit's insane conspiracy theory rants, but it really does seem like a sacrificial lamb scenario to me.

Appropos of nothing:  I remember Marion, though I don't remember his moderation style.  Also, what happened to Levi (here)?  Did he just vanish entirely off to his own theory site?  I miss the lil' turtle.

Quote from: HinterWeltAll I can say, and I do not stalk mods anywhere, is that the only ones who seemed to have serious problems doing their mod job is/was Curt and Darren.

That's pretty much it.

I should note that despite RPGPundit's claims that Curt was removed as a mod after we revealed outside rpg.net what Curt had said, the mods removed him first. RPGPundit would like to claim Curt as a little skull on his Swine War GM screen, but they removed him before we publicly noted what he'd said.

It's not a score against the rpg.net mods, RPGPundit. It was an own goal. They don't care what we think of them. We're irrelevant.

I know it will distress those who reflexively kiss rpg.net mod arse, or who are tight in the non-gaming Tangency cliques, but most of us here at therpgsite know we're irrelevant to them... and don't care. I am irrelevant to the people in the next suburb, and barely relevant to the people in my own suburb, yet we all still happily live our lives.

We don't have to be important or score goals against others. There is no war. There are just a few bad moderators here and there, a few not-so-good rpg forums - and a few good ones, too.

Quote from: RedFoxWhy is it just Curt?

Deep-seated homophobia.

Quote from: droogDeep-seated homophobia.

Truly?  Why do you think that?

Quote from: RedFoxWhy is it just Curt?  I don't usually buy Pundit's insane conspiracy theory rants, but it really does seem like a sacrificial lamb scenario to me.

Well, he rather blatantly called gamers mostly morons, and someone's mother "a cum-guzzling whore." The other mods are more subtle about it like Eric Brennan, at least funny like Darren MacLennan, or don't do it at all like Cessna or Nina. It's the blatant stuff they can't tolerate.

Quote from: RedFoxAlso, what happened to Levi (here)?  Did he just vanish entirely off to his own theory site?  I miss the lil' turtle.

He doesn't post much to his own forums, either. I think he's busy with travian

Quote from: RedFoxTruly?  Why do you think that?

It's obvious, isn't it? They're not sacking Darren, who's just as rude.

Or I might just be trying to start a rumour....

Quote from: JimBobOzWell, he rather blatantly called gamers mostly morons, and someone's mother "a cum-guzzling whore." The other mods are more subtle about it like Eric Brennan, at least funny like Darren MacLennan, or don't do it at all like Cessna or Nina. It's the blatant stuff they can't tolerate.

Perhaps.  I don't see why being an ass "humorously" allows one to get away with it, but that's SOP.

Quote from: RedFoxPerhaps.  I don't see why being an ass "humorously" allows one to get away with it, but that's SOP.

Well fucked if I know, mate. I got banned for nothing anyone could actually point to, they just didn't like my tone. So I don't expect it to make sense, really.

Being blatantly abusive will definitely get you banned or removed as a mod. Being subtle and/or humorous about it may get you banned or removed as a mod, or alternately made a mod or at least a member of one of the Tangency cliques.

The rules for acceptable, unacceptable and praiseworthy behaviour on rpg.net are inconsistent, confusing and arbitrary. Just like the rules in real life. Gamers often think of their game discussion boards as like a roleplaying game - it has rules, is more or less consistent, etc. But they're more like rather gossipy and bitchy office workplaces.

I wonder if Curt's big issue was race not sexuality, would folks be as gung ho about sayin' some of the stuff they say about him now ?

Regards,
David R

Well, in america you can get away with saying "faggot" like Anne Coulter does, but if your'e white and say "nigger" you're career and possibly life is over.

So I guess america is more tolerant of gaybashing than racism. Maybe the plops on the pruple toilet ar ethe same.

Quote from: David RI wonder if Curt's big issue was race not sexuality, would folks be as gung ho about sayin' some of the stuff they say about him now ?

Why not? El Blanco Amado certainly got dissed a lot.

There's enough real bigotry, both blatant Nox-style stuff, and more subtle stuff like John Kim's so good at pointing out, that no-one needs to see any where it's not there. In #rpgnet I once made a comment about Curt thinking so-and-so was homophobic. Dan Davenport said, "Curt thinks Richard Simmons is homophobic." Of course, that was before they made him a mod, but still

Enough real prejudice around. Why do people have to see phantoms of it?

In any case, the real issue with Curt is envy. Curt got to tell people they were cunts and didn't get banned, or got "perma"-banned, then brought back and made a mod. While dickheads like me were never even one-tenth as deliberately offensive, and we really are permanently banned, and sure as shit will never be made mods there.

It's not that he's gay, or paranoid about being gay, it's just that we envy him being able to get away with a lot of shit. :hehe:

Also, he nicely epitomises our reasons for resentment towards rpg.net moderation. He blatantly broke their rules and rarely talked rpgs; we subtly or didn't break their rules and talked lots about rpgs. Yet which of us gets banned? His particular case is like the distilled essence of all the things which are wrong with rpg.net moderation, while displaying none of the things which are right about it.

You know, I always wanted to like Curt. But I was never really able to. >.>

Really, I should be a mod on Rpg.net. Go over there and check my avatar, it's perfect for the job.

Where can I fill in an application?