Rules for the blonde Forum

[TightEnd]

Rules should not be needed - people should have a general regard and respect for one another. I object to having rules set purely because it suggests I need them and that I may not have the qualities expected and need to be told how to behave.

Childish as it is rules actually make me want to break them. I don't like being told what to do.

Sorry but I think it stinks.

Precisely, the trouble with rules is that there is little room for manoeuvre.

What is the point of written rules anyway?
Someone gets banned for trolling now, with written rules they get exactly the same ban but someone sends them a link at the same time?
Can someone explain what difference/effect it will have?

I will try Ian

At the moment it is comparatively simple for us to spot flaming, and deal with it. Often this is behind the scenes. More recently it has been more upfront and more widespread.

I regard this as nothing more than the growing pains of a successful and busy forum.

"Trolling" is far trickier. It tends to be far more subjective and open to misinterpretation and yet in the last two months the incidence of "troublemaking" posts, goading people and trying to kick things off has risen dramatically. At the moment the mods struggle to deal with this, as we as individuals interpret it in different ways sometimes

We spend an awful lot of time, wasted time, on dealing with the aftermath of such posts..PMs of complaint, other PMs saying "what's the problem, you are far too sensitive" etc

With a set of published guidelines (ie with a bit more flexibility to use them than firm rules) we feel everyone will know where they stand, what is acceptable and what isn't and thus when such trolling does occur we can react quicker and stop it spoiling the tone of the forum as we have something to back us up.

[The Baron]

Can we have a pokergirlie day in memory of the buxom wench?

[KingPoker]

I saw the "crossword" post earlier and was tempted to comment but to be honest I didnt think it warrented a reply. It showed the poster up for the petty minded person he was.
As has been pointed out many times the mods are not paid for the job they do, they do it because they love the community spirit of Blonde and they should NEVER have to tolerate any kind of abuse from any member of the forum.

Its a shame that it has come to the stage where rules and regulations have to be enforce but a line has to be drawn somewhere.

What happened in the crossword thread, i genuinely posted what i thought was the answe. Didnt realise there was some hidden agenda?? once i replied, never looke at it again. Would appreciate someone telling me what happened, on here or by pm.

Much appreciated
KP
(luckbox winner of blonde league event 9)

[Robert HM]

pm sent KingPoker

[KingPoker]

pm sent KingPoker

diolch robert

[ifm]

Just a thought but were tighties rules that bad you need to start again from scratch?
I'll never believe he deleted them, he's the type to keep the receipt from his first ever AD&D action figure!!

[TightEnd]

Just a thought but were tighties rules that bad you need to start again from scratch?
I'll never believe he deleted them, he's the type to keep the receipt from his first ever AD&D action figure!!

we are using the old rules as basecamp and are currently on the lower plains working towards the summit

At which point we will need airlifting to an oxygen tent

[Tragic]

Agreeing with Byron...If you post on the PHA board and then get worried about being laughed at then there is no reason to post, and fair enough if it bothers you then don't. At the end of the day it will make more of an impact if your play is taken apart than if everyone goes "well it wasn't that bad, here is an alternative suggestion, not saying you're wrong". Teachers aren't allowed to tell school children they are "wrong" anymore, suck it up and see the constructive side, if there isn't one, who cares ignore it, it's just a bit of writing. I've posted plenty of donk hands/even replies myself but I don't regret the fact some of them were laughed at given the reason behind it.

[RED-DOG]

Agreeing with Byron...If you post on the PHA board and then get worried about being laughed at then there is no reason to post, and fair enough if it bothers you then don't. At the end of the day it will make more of an impact if your play is taken apart than if everyone goes "well it wasn't that bad, here is an alternative suggestion, not saying you're wrong". Teachers aren't allowed to tell school children they are "wrong" anymore, suck it up and see the constructive side, if there isn't one, who cares ignore it, it's just a bit of writing. I've posted plenty of donk hands/even replies myself but I don't regret the fact some of them were laughed at given the reason behind it.

So are you saying you have to be rude to "Teach people a lesson"?

[The Baron]

Agreeing with Byron...If you post on the PHA board and then get worried about being laughed at then there is no reason to post, and fair enough if it bothers you then don't.

This is exactly why people don't post there. That style of poster is obviously not helping.

[The Rivercard]

I think this is one of the best forums on the net, it is open and honest and considering what I do for a living I feel that I am lucky to be allowed to post some of the things that I do. My job advert for example. I love the fact that there is so much open debate but fail to see why it sometimes leads to the rude and insulting actions of a few people, that does not mean that a heated debate is not a good thing but there are lines. If that means that rules are put in then I believe they are there to protect the majority and the staff who support this site. It is a rare privilage to see a community such as this and I would hate to see it ruined by petty arguments. I hope that this forum continues to grow and attracts more people from around the world, it will only do so if there are some forms of respect and order for all those involved.

[snoopy1239]

Rules should not be needed - people should have a general regard and respect for one another. I object to having rules set purely because it suggests I need them and that I may not have the qualities expected and need to be told how to behave.

Childish as it is rules actually make me want to break them. I don't like being told what to do.

Sorry but I think it stinks.

I think you will find that you are not alone in that thinking Dingdell, they shouldn't be needed at all. Sadly we live in a world that is not ideal, and a small minority of people are trying to spoil it for the many. The rules won't affect 99% of the members on blonde in any way at all.

I know what you're saying - I live ina very regulated world with rules all over and I see Blonde as my little bit of freedom where I can be silly and let vent if necesarry, with a bunch of guys some of who I call friends/mates. To regulate it seems to take that fun element away.

I can understand the need - but it doesn't mean I have to like it!   

Rules have always been there, it's just that Tighty and co want to make them clearer so that people know their boundaries and newbies know what is and what isn't acceptable.

[Djinn]

Which makes good sense.  I think they (the rules) will mainly stop inter-mod arguing about how to deal with cases - it will be much easier to decide if someone knowingly oversteps a line, and then they can be banned or suspended, or whatever, nice and efficient-like, while it will be equally easy to ignore over-sensitive cases of people taking offense because they have too much time on their thin-skinned hands.

Perhaps this will create a better atmosphere for posting about actual poker, as suggested by byronkinkaid...

I'm not a Mod, but I am interested in working in a civil environment on updates etc. while at the same time vehemently anti-censorship or interference except in exceptional cases (namely, threats or racial/religious etc. abuse).  That's not enough rules for here, so I am happy to follow whatever TightEnd and the Mods decide are a realistic, comprehensive set - they're the ones in this area day in, day out.  Hopefully one of the rules will be "Ignore timewasters, if they break a rule, deal with it, then."

[booder]

Rule 7 (b ).............25% of photographs uploaded during tournament updates will be " norkage "

Rule 9 ( c ) i...........40% of live updates will utilise the skills of Dana

[AndrewT]

Rules 1 & 2

You do not talk about the Blondepoker forum.