kohlrak: Of course we're interested. Everyone should remember that they're on the chopping block.
GamezRanker: Here is what got me a 2 week stay at "Glorious People's Club Gog".
(btw I find it "funny" they gave me a time out for that, yet have no problems playing politics themselves by seemingly giving in to the c-c-p to delist a game so they could make more money)
Way, way better than i was expecting. So, we know what pisses them off.
GamezRanker: They actually sent me a screenshot back then and very explicit reason behind the "leave from GOG".
I said something** about Xinnie the Pooh invading the forums over a game release thread bug....that was about it.
(**= there was messed up text in the release title in asian script, so I made a silly joke about Pooh and Hunney)
(I only mention it as the recent jokes and avatars brought it back to the front of my mind. Btw I still have the screencap they sent if anyone's interested and wants to see it)
Leroux: They seem very inconsistent in how they interact with the forums. My guess is some staff member had a free minute, stumbled upon your post and thought this would be a good opportunity to enforce the "no politics" rule, while most others constantly get away with it, because there is no time for forum moderation or it isn't a priority. And maybe that staff member already had it in for you because of other reasons?
Seems about right.
GamezRanker: (to any staff reading this: I am not questioning mod actions....which I know is a big no no....I am merely giving my opinion on the modding in general)
You know, that in particular drives me mad. The inability to call out hypocrisy, and such. I get mods don't want to deal with drama reagarding a legitimate issue (maybe someone posting a lewd image of a woman who could be 15, or she could be 18, but no one knows, and everyone wants to pick a side and say the other is unreasonable), but you can't generate a power structure that has no accountability and expect BS not to happen. If the primary method of feedback as a customer is provided by the forums, and if the forums have an overwhelmingly totalitarian authority that cannot be questioned, and I'm not reasonably informed prior to making purchases, i think it's reasonable to poke the (pooh, or gog) bear. In the same way i expect GOG to stand up to
china, I'll question mod decisions i don't agree with, even if it's against the rules. If i get banned from the forums, then i can go to places gog advertises and point out why i was banned and the moderation decision that i was questioning that resulted in my ban. I have that right as a customer, even if that becomes prefixed with "former."