One of the best parts of being a forum administrator is that you get tons of fan mail. Yep, it seems that when you’re out there fighting the forces of evil, putting out fires and dousing the occasional troll, you’re just destined to receive a love note or two. This is great, because obviously geeks like you and me who take a positive tack on the fact that people on the internet like to chat it up really like to show that they just can’t get enough of you and your dedicated job. So without further ado, I’d like to highlight some of the mail I’ve answered in my private messages box. Boy, these are real gems, so much that I had to change the forum names to protect the innocent from the pure, unadulterated good feeling these gave me.
Originally posted by feuterfest:
…? lol seriusly ur makeing me laughtsaying this is a rant or a angry post.. ? its called its a FACT so far i seen treats being closed for hammering the company coz they deserve it since they give words and dont do anything.
so dont go all funcom on be a lock topics that have a meaning
Why, I didn’t realize I could inspire such humor! I’m touched, really I am. I’d have to say that your ability to spell and produce proper grammar also makes me laugh in that hearty way that you do when a friend slipsand faceplants on the sidewalk. Silly rabbits. And I also didn’t know that “FACT”s and “topics that had a meaning” meant that you had to compare a company’s performance toa bowel movement. I must simply be more careful in the future. Thanks for the tip!
Originally Posted by Dacogiron
Im sorry man but it gets kind of ridiculous for what we got warnings over. If we cannot turn down an app and then tell them they are not good enough on our own recruitment forum, and then my Guild leader gets banned, why do we even have regiment forums. a lot of us are leaving WoW because it is a care bear world, and that is exactly what you are tryign to make here it seems.
Wow, you know, I honestly didn’t think about that when I issued that warning. I mean, gee, people just own their threads, and if I went in there and barged into it like Goldilocks in the three bears’ house, well that’s just out of line. I mean, never mind the fact that I’m supposed to keep some kind of order, I’m the party-crasher in my own house. This is a real eye-opener, one of those things that really makes you think.
Speaking of bears, and “carebears”, yes, I am definitely making our forum into a complete simulation of that wonderful little 80′s show where the bears had stomachs that could laser out a hole in anything. I thought that was pretty cool, didn’t you? But yes, maybe I shouldn’t issue a warning for you and your friends piling up on some poor schmuck in the thread like some cheap gangbang and saying that you literally wiped your ass with their application. I’m sure you meant it in the most positive and productive way possible and I’m betting that person feels so much better knowing they failed on the internet. I’ll be sure to keep this in mind!
Originally Posted by koolkidluke
why did you unlawfully lock my thread? ill have your job
Really? You’d like my job? Well as much as I’m sure you’d probably like to emulate me, I just have to say that you should really strive to be your own person. Maybe one of these days you too will have a forum where you can deal with your inferiority complex by banning people all day, since that’s why the rest of us do this and it isn’t at all because we want “productivity” or “community”. Nope it’s all about me. Besides, how can locking threads be “unlawful” when I am the law? It’s like a cop saying that they unlawfully arrested someone who pulled down their pants in public, like you pretty much did when you made that thread specifically “only for 14 year olds who like to swear and make gay jokes a lot”.
That’s all for now. Boy, all this great mail just makes you feel good inside.