Piratecat is a great moderator. So are the rest of you guys!

[Horacio]

Profanity filters are fun... specially when you try to guess what profanity hides beneath those cute

 

[Piratecat]

Well, the rule as I understand it is that is you use Hitler as an example in your argument (or,indeed, invoke Hitler in any way) you automatically lose the argument.

That's called Godwin's Law, and it's a wonderful rule.

I probably won't make it to GenCon this year. Too late in the summer. I'll be there the year after, though. So save those drinks!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I probably won't make it to GenCon this year. Too late in the summer. I'll be there the year after, though. So save those drinks!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[MerakSpielman]

That's called Godwin's Law, and it's a wonderful rule.

I probably won't make it to GenCon this year. Too late in the summer. I'll be there the year after, though. So save those drinks!

Year old drinks? I hope they didn't open them...

Also, if invoking Godwin's Law automatically means you lose the argument, it can be a useful tool for making certain things correct or incorrect that might otherise not be. You can alter reality!

For example, you have a teach that's a real hard-ass about grading. In fact, he is in fact rather "Nazi-ish" with grading. So you say "Man, my teacher like Hitler when it comes to grading." Voila! Your statement is obviously wrong, since you invoked Hitler, so that means your teacher is not, in fact, like Hitler - which means you can expect nicer grading practices in the future!

Oh, and to stay on topic, <insert nice thing about the mods>. (except Henry)

 

[RangerWickett]

Not to put too fine a point on it, Kevin, but you'd better announce your inability to attend GenCon soon, and do so publicly, explaining that it's not tied to money or any sort of villainy, but simply because you're afraid of getting a nasty Indiana sunburn in late August. If you don't, people are going to try to shanghai you to get you there.

 

[Piratecat]

The new date interferes with some personal stuff. If it turns out that I can sneak away anyways, we'll sleaze someone's floor space. As for now, though, my default assumption is that I'm going to miss a year.

 

[Hand of Evil]

That's called Godwin's Law, and it's a wonderful rule.

I probably won't make it to GenCon this year. Too late in the summer. I'll be there the year after, though. So save those drinks!

What! Who will keep us in line!

 

[buzzard]

Sadly, Piratecat impressed just a moment ago, and I don't know the names of all the moderators, so I thought I'd just give a quick nod of praise for helping to keep us all nice people.

The idea that everyone thinks this place is staffed with wonderful moderators astonishes me. his place has an external rep of being moderated in a very biased fashion. I can't say the rep is wrong. In fact the rep is perfectly correct. Sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander around here, unless you happen to be a gander out of favor with the mighty moderators.

Now human failings are to be expected, but come on people get a grip on reality.

buzzard

 

[Macbeth]

Yeah, the mods are very subjective. But thats what makes the boards work so well. Thats a large part of why we have such civil, community based boards. I wouldn't have it any other way. Would I want the Judicial system to work the same way? NO. But for an online message board, I think the subjective approach works well. Sure, sometimes I may disagree with the mods, but I know they just want to keep the boards clean, and that if I really want to do something that Eric's Grandma wouldn't like, I can go to NKL.

 

[Piratecat]

If we were really biased, Buzzard, there would probably be a half dozen or so folks banned who currently aren't. We try to treat everyone fairly. Ultimately, our goal is to make sure that these boards are a fun place to hang out; if someone is ruining that for other people, they'll be treated in a manner which we think is appropriate.

I'd much rather be on a board that takes personalities and histories and intent into account, instead of a laundry list of rules, so we run the boards that way. Does it work? Well, I really like it this way, and it makes Morrus happy, so we'll keep handling things the way we have been. If you can give me actual examples of bias, I welcome you to drop me an email.