Priorities

[OngBonga]

Thick skin works both ways. While people shouldn't cry about being called a retard, people also shouldn't cry when their posts are deemed mean spirited or whatever by admin. I dunno what the fuss is about.

Sure, I'd rather have people say to me ...
"ong old chap, with all due respect, and I have a lot of respect for you, I feel that the line you took here is somewhat less than optimal, and here's why...",
than get something like...
"just fucking lol, why the fuck are you calling turn?",
but the latter is still helpful, and is appreciated more than no comment.

People should remember that no-one is paid to dish out advice in forums, and when good players are giving advice, strictly speaking this is -ev for them, it's hardly optimal to teach your opponents to not be retards.

People should also remember that mods have gotta mod. Pascal is a friendly guy, goes out of his way to accommodate noobs, and appears to work hard, starting discussions, helping people, getting involved in promotions etc... even if he made a mistake deleting said posts, at least respect the fact that he did it because he felt it was for the benefit of ftr. If you disagree, fair enough, discuss it, but he's not deleting posts to be an arsehole to people.

From my point of view, pascal is doing a great job. If people are leaving because they don't like their posts being subject to moderation, well big deal. If people don't participate in discussion because they don't like being told they suck, well fuck them too. I feel most of us here have thick skin and can be brutally honest with each other and not get upset about it.

[kmind]

Thick skin works both ways. While people shouldn't cry about being called a retard, people also shouldn't cry when their posts are deemed mean spirited or whatever by admin. I dunno what the fuss is about.

Sure, I'd rather have people say to me ...
"ong old chap, with all due respect, and I have a lot of respect for you, I feel that the line you took here is somewhat less than optimal, and here's why...",
than get something like...
"just fucking lol, why the fuck are you calling turn?",
but the latter is still helpful, and is appreciated more than no comment.

People should remember that no-one is paid to dish out advice in forums, and when good players are giving advice, strictly speaking this is -ev for them, it's hardly optimal to teach your opponents to not be retards.

People should also remember that mods have gotta mod. Pascal is a friendly guy, goes out of his way to accommodate noobs, and appears to work hard, starting discussions, helping people, getting involved in promotions etc... even if he made a mistake deleting said posts, at least respect the fact that he did it because he felt it was for the benefit of ftr. If you disagree, fair enough, discuss it, but he's not deleting posts to be an arsehole to people.

From my point of view, pascal is doing a great job. If people are leaving because they don't like their posts being subject to moderation, well big deal. If people don't participate in discussion because they don't like being told they suck, well fuck them too. I feel most of us here have thick skin and can be brutally honest with each other and not get upset about it.

I think I'm in the minority here but I agree with all of this post.

I think you're doing an overall good job, pascal.