General / Off-Topic I'm out.

[DigitalDuck]

I'm out. I've been out for a while, but I came back to confirm it.

You may have noticed I haven't posted recently. That's because, for a short while, I had my posting privileges revoked for using the letter F to explain a joke. No, really.

And that's part of the reason I'm out. I joined this discussion forum for two reasons - quite a fan of Elite, and also I wanted to discuss stuff. Unfortunately, from the way that trolls are given free reign of the board to the way that anyone even trying to be remotely lively being pulled in, it sees like absolutely everything possible is being done to actively prevent discussion.

At first, it was amusing to see threads being locked over "circular arguments" when it was obviously one person saying "orange is a shade of blue" and someone else saying, "no it isn't". It's as though there's too much of a, "oh, everybody's right, even the guy who's saying orange is a shade of blue!" attitude. But with that attitude, any discussion with a such-minded individual involved simply cannot go anywhere, meaning all discussion is ultimately pointless. And when one of them is quite clearly doing it deliberately to halt discussion, I see no reason for it.

So, with discussion completely out of the window on this discussion forum, I'm left chatting to a load of old guys about a game that came out seven years before I was born. Which is great, but ultimately unfulfilling, especially when it leaves me unable to post because I'm not allowed to explain jokes.

And there we are. I'm out. Maybe with a complete renewal of the mod team it might be worth coming back, but at the moment I don't see the point if neither discussion nor fun is allowed. I'll take my discussions and my fun elsewhere. I can only hope the way this forum is run isn't an accurate reflection of the way the game's run.

 

[Kerrash]

Sorry to hear this Duck, I will miss you
Hopefully we can catch up again after release?

 

[Minti2]

Funny only yesterday i was thinking i hadn't seen anything from DD, and you being a persistent forum poster i had a gut instinct you had lost your posting privileges briefly.

I can understand your frustration but with out getting into any details of what happen to you, just take a break and come back fresh.

I dont always agree with some things you or others have said, some points i do! either way you certainly made it entertaining with your view points.

be a shame not to see you again

 

[DigitalDuck]

Hopefully we can catch up again after release?

Sure! I'll still be active in other areas - hopefully I'll still be able to make meets etc. (unless I get kicked out of those ), it's just a futile effort for me to take part here any longer. It's not fun, it's just me fighting a system set up to prevent discussion. It's become work, and if I'm going to work then someone needs to pay me for my time because I'm not working for nothing.

I can understand your frustration but with out getting into any details of what happen to you, just take a break and come back fresh.

I've taken a three-week break, and nothing's changed. Hence the thread.


If you must contact me, PM me or email me via the forums.

 

[Kerrash]

...It's become work, ...

I understand how you feel. I have been so busy with work I missed 2-3 weeks here and now I feel a little out of the loop on things.

See ya in space DD!

 

[Garthyre]

You're always welcome in the bar DD.

See you on the other side?

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

Completely understood and not surprised.

I have your private email address.

Nearer the time to release I will drop you a mail to see if you're still interested in ganking some newbies*










(*For the sensitive folks that's a joke)

 

[FrogsFriend]

Martyred Ego

Appropriate I suppose. A man who couldn't let it go, left and then had to come back to try and have the final word. And then again to have the final, final word.

Don't take it all so seriously.

 

[Bingo Brewster]

I too was thinking about PMing you as had not seen you for a while.

I hope you have a rethink, as I valued your contributions to the forum

See you in space, if not in the forum

 

[[VR] Shadowman]

Don't take it all so seriously.

This tbh. Though I understand your frustration. Sometimes it seems folks can't see the wood for the trees (from my pov), but that's the nature of forums.

IMO, don't worry about it. Brush it off and keep posting.

 

[Alien]

Duck (if you're still reading this) Don't quit.
The very fact you disagree with certain opinions is why you shouldn't quit.
By being here and commenting, you bring balance to the forum, if you go the balance shifts in favour of those whose opinions you disagree with.

That doesn't mean you have to go on a crusade to smite the unbelievers until they either submit to your ways or die, but if you quit you'll never have a chance to show them a better way while at the same time letting them keep their point of view.

We are a community ... ONE community, and no, not everyone will agree, and tbh, I think that is good, different views make for a more interesting discussion (if done right).

Duck, please come back.

 

[Jason S]

I ran a forum gaming site for a few years before handing it to someone else. During that time I only except for one exception banned users who were obvious spamming advertisers to unrelated stuff, like what most of us get in emails.

Personally unless a genuine user (i.e. not an advertiser) is really abusive or says stuff that is a problem for FD legally I think a forum is best run with the posts being left alone.

Anyway DD will greet you in game, if you not gonna be a pirate that it !