Some control over regulars?

#21

When all you want to do is merge some posts but get dragged into an impromptu revolution.

#22

Hey, Nevov, don;t take this personally or anything, I know you are trying to your job, and donā€™t get me wrong you are great at doing at it. I just want to make sure you know why posts are merged, and if you merge a new post with an old post with a similar subject that is a week old, no oneā€™s going to see, and therefore no discussion will happen. Itā€™s kind of like what @Werbenja was saying. Its like merging two samurai class ideas to one post. Posts are merged to clear up the clutter without affecting discussion, but moving a post to something old will prevent discussion.

#23

Ironically, this is an example of a thread that might benefit from being split. There are two discussions.

  1. ā€œControlā€ over users with higher level. Specifically, @Nevov (welcome to the club)
  2. When to merge/split a topic.

With regard to @Nevov, it sounds like the original thread in the op was handled correctly, but he has indicated that heā€™s totally open to talking about any of the decisions heā€™s made. Personally, I donā€™t expect any of us will be perfect, but Iā€™m completely happy with how itā€™s gone to promote both @Nevov and @Shatter.

With regard to when to merge/split, I am interested in hearing more people who have an opinion. There are many @moderators calls to merge threads, and Iā€™m not always sure what I think. I like megathreads to handle super common topics, but when there is no blessed megathread I am sometimes torn between merging threads about the same topic and enjoying the differences in conversation.

One thing that I think about merging threads is that sometimes it can be frustrating as someone who just wants to make a post if there are two or more threads about the same thing because once I start typing I have to figure out what goes with this thread, what goes with the other one, and what goes with both.

#24

wat how comei didnt know that

#25

Imagine that we have two threads with similar topics, one older than the other. Wether the topics are similar enough to deserve merging is really subjective and I donā€™t think we can set an outline to follow in this regard. Of course, this can always be discussed in the new thread, with someone presenting the old thread to the OP, and thatā€™s what Iā€™ve been doing most of the times I see this situation occur.

But letā€™s say we all agree that the topics are similar enough, weā€™d still need to ask ourselves if merging the new thread with the old one wonā€™t desincourage conversation, my main concern with very few examples of @Nevovā€™s merging (emphasis on ā€œvery fewā€, his work has been stellar for the majority of his time as a leader, definitely better than @Shatter) (and, even in the cases where I think he did wrong, we can never be sure if conversation was desincouraged, as he himself reminded me). My thought process for merging threads that I already deemed to be of similar enough topics, if I could do it, would be:

  • If both threads are active, merge the new one with the old one. In these forums, thatā€™s where most of the merging examples already fall into;

  • If the new thread is active and the old one is inactive, leave them be;

  • If the new thread is inactive and the old one is active, merge the new one with the old one;

  • If both threads are inactive, merge the new one with the old one.

Of course, weā€™d need to define what is an active thread, but Iā€™m sure we can reach a consensus. Maybe after a month has passed without new posts we could call a thread inactive? Or maybe we could leave the auto-closing of @System to be the sign of true inactivity?

#26

Hes a leader why does everyone refer to him as a regular?

#27

weā€™re all in the same boat
plus @Nevov is kool beans

Nevov [merging, can you chill a bit?]
#28

He closes slits and merges so muchā€¦whyā€¦he even did himself inā€¦

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I like your swift movementsā€¦but can you chill like a little bit

#29

Yeah, sorry, Iā€™ve now hidden that false topic I started, so you donā€™t need to see it cluttering up your Bugs Forum view.

I failed in searching for a Marks topic, and only found it after I posted my thread, if I had found it Iā€™d have just posted a straight reply on there instead of even creating my own topic. But we canā€™t delete a whole topic, so merge was the only option.

Donā€™t know if you saw, but Decaā€™s Dev Krathan did post a clarification on the patch notes including mentioning Shaitan, so if it helped clarify the picture, then was worthwhile to have raised the issue.

#30

@Nevov please make a thread called ā€œRealmeye Fourmsā€ and merge every other thread into that.

#31

@Nevov this

#32

You people need to chill the fuck out. Like people are putting up with your bs right now.

Stop being dicks.

You two arenā€™t exactly fucking saints so why not look at yourselves before calling out someone working on making these forums tolerable from your trashy posts?

#33

Jesus Christ, if you donā€™t know its a joke then I question your intelligence. Do you really need someone to tell you its a joke?

You need to stop being uptight taking a gaming forum as serious as a life or death situation. Hereā€™s a suggestion: when you see something thatā€™s not practical or true, donā€™t take it seriously. Itā€™s that simple.

I donā€™t know about XIYANGYANG, but I honestly think Nevov is doing a great job.

#34

Oh Iā€™m sorry itā€™s so easy to read your sarcasm in the comment.

Read the tone of the thread. Then yor comment. Does it really convey any sort of intent at sarcasm?

#35

In case you didnā€™t notice, Iā€™m not XIYANGYANG, and I donā€™t share the same view as him. Iā€™m fine with Nevov merging threads.

How about you stop thinking it was sarcasm, because Iā€™m not using a sarcastic tone. Itā€™s a joke, and it is easy to figure that out since obviously Nevov is not going to merge everything in one topic. If you couldnā€™t figure that out then you really do need help.

#36

Cool.

Edit :
@UniqueOryx I apologize for the outburst. It was triggered more by the other person. You were just joking, and Iā€™m sorry for raging on you.

#37

Or are you?

#38

No problem, no hard feelings.

*notices the opportunity*

Oh yes, I admit it, @XIYANGYANG is one of my mules. Moderators, please ban @XIYANGYANG for alt boxing, thank you.

#39

Wait so that meansā€¦we were all DreadDrake all along? So DreaDrake has been alt boxing on xiyangyang, bookbookbo and you? UMG I wonder who else is DreadDrkae? What if everyone, including all the mods are all DreadDrakes Alts???

#40

Why do you derail your own threadsā€¦