Apologies about the spam forum

[Orophen]

I'm one of the members of Go Team Derp podcast. One of our team, Rubicon Vale, visited you guys yesterday and got into a bit of trouble with spamming the board. I decided it would be a good idea to apologize for that, since it was in no way our intention to do that. A couple of days earlier we were talking about promoting the podcast and Rubicon got a little over-eager, although he meant well. He just didn't realize what he was doing, and I don't think he's that experienced with internet forums and etiquette and such. So I explained things to him and I want to reassure you guys that you won't have a problem like this again from us.

I've been a bg lurker for years under different handles, and I respect the community here a lot. So that's why I decided to take the time out to offer an apology about this. I debated a long time over whether or not it'd be a good idea to draw attention to it, but I thought it was worth the hassle simply because I don't want our group seen in a bad light. And trust me, Rubicon is a good guy. Just a fundamental misunderstanding about how things work. The last thing I want is to offend you guys in any way, so I hope this helps smooth things over. Thanks for reading the wall of text.

[isladar]

I'll alert the media.

[isladar]

While the sentiment is appreciated, a PM to either the moderator who dealt with the situation or one of the admins would have been far more appropriate. Making a new topic in General Discussion about something 99% of the posters here have absolutely no context for is.. rather silly.

[edit]: For those remotely interested, someone associated with the OP spam-posted to up his post count in order to grace us with this. He was infracted out the ass, as per the rules and guidelines of the forum, and no one gave it any more thought.

[Brill Weave]

Nope. Not interested in the least.

[Day]

I appreciate the OP's tone and apology at least.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

As punishment you will only be allowed to post in the FFXIV forum for the next 14 years

[Seanr]

you should really aim your infractions in the ass isladar

[Shiroikage]

I appreciate the OP's tone and apology at least.

Yeah, it was a nice thought.

[Omniyoji]

Apology accepted~

[Conrad]

What are you gonna do for me to pay me back for the emotional trauma I've experienced from this event?

[quannum]

damnit tonko

[Mertron]

Okay I just got to rant about this... and maybe a few ppl have experienced this before with BG but their "professionalism" with moderating their boards is flawed.

I myself am a website admin and moderator and have been for a decade ._. I moderated boards just as huge if not bigger than BG before and not only that I am working on my master's project which is related to art courses and using a message board system to develop a community for art students to learn in. So I think I know a weeeeee bit more than BG mods do with professionalism.

Now, granted Derfthegalka is a funny guy and I know him irl and he's very care free but he and I know how far to go on a message board. But at times I think that some moderators, which are young and inexperienced at actually doing their job right, get too self-absorbed into their job and ban like crazy over their own personal feelings. That is NOT how you treat people.

The phrase to put it mildly is called "godmodding." Kids put up a message board and then it becomes popular... then some mods actually go powercrazy over that type of power and think that they can do whatever that they want.

We all know our fun luving Derfthegalka really doesn't break any rules. He doesn't spark fights but actually its the other way around- posters replying spark the fights and Derf's original messages don't even provoke that.

Anyway, what this all came down too was him being banned from BG.... not once but so far twice! Now the first time, Derf was banned because FFXI nerds were raging on Derf for his spelling and grammar.. hay last time I checked this was a free country..er..internet. Apparently that doesn't apply to BG because he was banned because and I quote, "the mod that banned you couldn't stand reading his posts." WELL DON'T READ HIS POSTS THEN! lol BG has a flawed system, they just BAN you... no email warning nothing. And it's one thing to be kicked off of a board- its another being BANNED flat out where you can no longer see the message board. That is just wrong especially since no warning was made prior... but apparently, their rubric rules which one has to memorize in the back of their heads has to be constantly be in your mind all the damn time. And mind you, I've written REAL professional disclaimers for message boards and I know prolly even more than they do with what a poster can and cannot do. Well Derf also knows this too.... again, he's not as dumb as you all think ~.^

Well my friend logs on and he gets this which I screen captured for him:
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Now wtf lol. All I know is that we had a starlight celebration sig made actually from some other poster as a spoof with Derf's face on it... then the BG name was screen captured and put on the sig... now seriously... really... honestly... how fucking immature is that to get ansy over? lol Like that really is something that merits a ban... again, abuse of power anyone??

I am sure we aren't the only ones that got mistreated like this by BG... if you think about it what is so big about that place anyway? If I felt like it DTG.com can be bigger than them but I am not a nerd with lots of money to blow and connections with the development team... like that really matters since the posters put up majority of the news on that board which makes it sooo popular.

Whenever Derf posts he generates a HUGE amount of attention and that also equals to exposure to google adsense.... really, Derf is a gold mine rofl and the funniest poster that ever posted on a FFXI forum. Honestly, Derf and myself aren't missing BG or even KI really, we think they are uptight and too submissive to the status quo and conformity of idiots who play backseat moderator. LAST time I checked FFXI was suppose to be FUN and players are suppose to be enjoying themselves. Now I am not going to justify every single REAL Troll or nuisances from real bad posters because I've been there done that as a mod and had to warning/ban them-- but Derf is clearly not a troll or a nuisance because he never starts arguments or makes off FFXI related topics.... just the replies from ppl who ARE off topic is when Derf is. I am seeing if I can get Derf to post here exclusively and especially his movies since he isn't appreciated elsewhere...

This is DTG.com tell it how it is.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

merts apparently still being predictable

[Mertron]

predictable like a fox

[Callisto]

ugh I guess 3 hours is a bit long for it to be funny to ban mert after that one, wish I would have seen that sooner

[Mertron]

ugh I guess 3 hours is a bit long for it to be funny to ban mert after that one, wish I would have seen that sooner

i still think it would be funny

[Callisto]

yeah but you have a terrible sense of humor

[Mertron]

terrible like a fox

[Blarg]

Stop being crazy, mert

[Mertron]

ok