I think Demiparadigm was right. I'm referring to his Open letter to FTR found here:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ic.php?t=21793

And the reason I bring this up is because of this post:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ic.php?t=23054

I just noticed 5 minutes ago that it was locked. And it pushed some buttons with me. Members calling other members assholes and dicks. Even if you think scuba chuck was being arrogant (and he certainly does come across that way), he argued the points of the hand while others resorted to name calling. Whether you agree with him or not he added value to this forum. If you've noticed, he hasn't posted since this.

So is this what we want in growing the FTR community? We get someone like Scuba Chuck who has a different point of view and playing style and because he comes across as arrogant when he disagrees we get to call him names and lock the thread? Did he come across as somewhat arrogant with his **sigh**. Yes it certainly did but is this worth chasing him away or having regular posters call him asshole and dickhead?

This seems to be the wrong way to grow a community. If this is how how FTR is going to be run then its only ever going to be Fnord, 'rilla, vqc and a handful of others handing out advice while all others, leave or avoid our forums.

We want to attract other players, especially people with different perspectives from other sites. While Scuba Chuck may have been arrogant, he was met with a rather elitist attitude that may have pushed him away.