Cow Guru, I too have been banned.

[Derper]

Is all of this still true?

 

[Xi]

Is all of this still true?

Yes. ESF has the most censored moderation on just about any gaming forum. For the most part, only official opinions are welcome there. Anything outside of official, agreed upon ideology get's locked, deleted, or the user banned.

It is quite a shitty community, void of any real intellectualism because debate is considered flame bait. Thus, to be critical and skeptical means that you are a troll regardless of whether the points being made are valid.

The forum violates thousands of years of philosophical progress that discusses the merits of logic, reason, morality, and even censorship. It's a cesspool of stupidity.

 

[octavius]

Is all of this still true?

Yes. ESF has the most censored moderation on just about any gaming forum. For the most part, only official opinions are welcome there. Anything outside of official, agreed upon ideology get's locked, deleted, or the user banned.

It is quite a shitty community, void of any real intellectualism because debate is considered flame bait. Thus, to be critical and skeptical means that you are a troll regardless of whether the points being made are valid.

The forum violates thousands of years of philosophical progress that discusses the merits of logic, reason, morality, and even censorship. It's a cesspool of stupidity.

I used to be a regular on the Morrowind and Oblivion mods forums. There are many good people there among the modders and players (the "retards" hang out in the General forums or on TEXNexus), but the draconian rules and the mindless moderator bots ruin the fun. Not being able to speak one's mind, the constant "we are not allowed to discuss that", not being allowed to discuss other players/modders, and the ridiculous censorship was just too much.

The funny thing is that one of the most zealous moderators, Princess Stomper, who likes nothing better than to close threads just as discussions are getting interesting, was once a "rebel" who didn't like the new and draconian "we are not allowed to link to anything that containing nudity or sex" rules, and tried to migrate the Morrowind modding community to Planet Elder Scrolls. So I guess Bethesda gave her the moderator job to make her shut up...

 

[Luzur]

well, she shut me down cuz i posted a link (a request actually)to Svatopluk's site, which had pics of pixelated Daggerfall nudity.

 

[Derper]

Sounds like a bore. So the fanboys all nod in agreement, pat each other and the devs on the back, and that's it? No discussions, no lols? So why do they go there?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

To congratulate each other on their excellent tastes.

It's not really their fault, it's just what happens when only people with similar ideas are allowed in the building.

 

[Luzur]

well they are mostly YES sayers, and we all know how Todd and the gang love those.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

those fuckers were supposed to unban me in august 2009, turns out it was permanent.

although i don't think i'd get banned again since posting on teamliquid has caused me to love big brother, i still prefer r/skyrim for discussion.

 

[Derper]

those fuckers were supposed to unban me in august 2009, turns out it was permanent.

although i don't think i'd get banned again since posting on teamliquid has caused me to love big brother, i still prefer r/skyrim for discussion.

Seriously? Why?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

 

[Jaime Lannister]

those fuckers were supposed to unban me in august 2009, turns out it was permanent.

although i don't think i'd get banned again since posting on teamliquid has caused me to love big brother, i still prefer r/skyrim for discussion.

Seriously? Why?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

who the fuck are you

 

[Cassidy]

I never browsed ESF.



Can't see why bother with any online environment that provides far less freedom than real life environments for debate unless one is a retarded cocksucker, a retarded wannabe moderator cocksucker, or retarded in all its different forms.

Yet I shudder to think about the types of ESF refugees 11/11/11 will bring in as the prelude to 2012 newfags.

 

[Luzur]

I never browsed ESF.



Can't see why bother with any online environment that provides far less freedom than real life environments for debate unless one is a retarded cocksucker, a retarded wannabe moderator cocksucker, or retarded in all its different forms.

well when i joined TESf around the time Morrowind was about to get released, it was a pretty free forum (only rules i can remember was no swearwords or trolling), it only turned into North Korea with Kim Jung Princess_Stomper after Oblivion.