Godammit. What the hell happened to OWF?
I remember there was a day when if somebody said something funny or cool, they gained happy points, and if they said something stupid or spammy, they were warned or otherwise punished. That's how it should be.
This is quite a parallel to the oh-so-many threads there have been on corruption in the US and UK governments. Hysterically ironic, if I do say so myself. But in other ways, it's sad. Mods should do their fucking jobs, and police the forums. No special treatment, just justice.
Why can't the forums go back to the way they used to be? When we could have fun according to the rules, and nobody questioned it. No one got off for breaking the rules, but no one did (aside from the occasional shitty member), and the forums operated themselves. Those were the golden days.
Remember what these forums are for? Oh yeah, fun. Discussion of Oddworld, but, seeing as how there are no real Oddworld-related anythings anymore, it's about the discussion of whatever the hell needs discussing. We are voluntarily visiting these board. We are not paid, we do it of our own volition. We do it to enjoy ourselves. And to me, this thread (not meant to rag on Dino) is bringing to the foreground that which should not even have to be considered.
So my proposal is that we let this thread die, and whoever has been offended, wrongly punished, or not punished at all should just forget about this whole thing and the events that led up to it, the mods can actually start doing what they were elected to do, and the public can enjoy themselves once again.
Let the forums be restored. Please.
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