Ban edition war baiting in sigs and status lines?

[Walking Dad]

"Someone is trying to impose unilateral censorship! Close the thread!"

Gotta love the irony.

I don't do. About 'crass' people, I think it a bit 'crass' to ask someone else to change his sig just because someone doesn't like it.

And '4e' itself has not much meaning. Shadowrun is in it's 4th edition, too, for example.

And what about the over way? The sig: "4e is the faultless!" could annoy people who don't like it flaws. Ban that too?

This is no attack vs HealTheSquad, "I just wanted to get a low level annoyance of my chest."

 

[HealTheSquad]

I don't do. About 'crass' people, I think it a bit 'crass' to ask someone else to change his sig just because someone doesn't like it.

OK.

And '4e' itself has not much meaning. Shadowrun is in it's 4th edition, too, for example.

I think you are being disingenuous here.

And what about the over way? The sig: "4e is the faultless!" could annoy people who don't like it flaws. Ban that too?

It would indeed annoy me as I dislike pigeon English.

It shouldn't be necessary to repeat this again, but I was proposing banning edition war sniping in sigs, from both sides. It just so happens that all the sniping I have seen is anti-4E.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Can we please close this thread now?

The suggestion to impose unilateral censorship is unrealistic and insulting. This entire discussion does seem like an attempt to troll, and there's nothing positive that's going to come out of further discussion.

Some guy dislikes signatures. Okay, we all know that now. I'll file that with other things I'm not that concerned about. Time to move on!

Thanks.

This.

 

[Umbran]

I think you are being disingenuous here.

Your complaint about sigs would have seemed a lot more reasonable if you hadn't said that. Accusing others of dishonesty pretty much loses you the moral high ground when talking about behavior.

 

[HealTheSquad]

Disingenuous is not the same as dishonest. Please do not put words in my mouth.

And I think saying, on a D&D forum, that use of the term 4e is ambiguous is the very definition of disingenuous.

Anyway I will regretfully bow out of this discussion now. I am finding the level of outright hostility to be rather disconcerting.

 

[renau1g]

Hehe...there's no hostility, there's discussion and disagreement over your statements, but c'est la vie.

Also, taking a potshot at someone for whom English is not a first language isn't cool either.

FWIW, enworld is not a D&D only forum, so yes 4e likely means the 4th edition of D&D, but I've had other people put 4e down and mean other games.

 

[HealTheSquad]

Also, taking a potshot at someone for whom English is not a first language isn't cool either.

Sorry I have to jump in just for this and apologise to Walking Dad. I was assuming that he was posting a kind of "my hat of 3e no no limit" quote. In fact I didn't pick up on the non English speaker angle. I have lived in Switzerland for 19 years and am married to an Iranian, so my "correct English" antennae are a bit rusty. Apologies again.

But since I'm here...

FWIW, enworld is not a D&D only forum, so yes 4e likely means the 4th edition of D&D, but I've had other people put 4e down and mean other games.

At the top of the page it says The world's premier fan community for Dungeons & Dragons news and more!

I stand by my contention that 4e has a specific meaning on a D&D forum even though I am aware other games are discussed.

Re the agression, I said I have a thin skin Also, all my RPGing action these days is on RPoL so every post I type here is time taken directly away from my games.

 

[Umbran]

Disingenuous is not the same as dishonest.

Disingenuous - giving a false sense of simple frankness or candor; insincerity, especially by way of pretending to know less on a topic than you actually do.

I think if you check several dictionaries, you'll find intentional falseness (dishonestly) is part of the common definition.

Please do not put words in my mouth.

I am not putting words in your mouth. I'm pointing out to you what your words mean to others.

My point is not to accuse you of some mortal sin, or something. I mean just to put the shoe on the other foot, so now you see how it feels. You might want to reconsider your stance on sigs, as when we do something similar to you, you don't seem to like it much.

The Golden Rule applies - do unto others as you'd have them to unto you.

 

[HealTheSquad]

No. Disingenuous does not equal dishonest. Words matter.

 

[Abraxas]

My dictionary lists disingenuous as synonymous with dishonesty. Maybe that matters.