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Title: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Trovaner on April 04, 2014, 03:02:03 PM
As many of you have probably heard, the staff has been working on writing down a complete list of rules. Our goal was to have it all in one place for both old and new members to use as a reference.

The new rules will take effect immediately but, to give people time to adjust, the staff will be a little more lenient on the newer rules (for about a week). Please take this time to skim through all the rules so that you aren't taken by surprise.

You should see a link in the navigation bar and soon the registration page but here is a link to the rules page (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php?page=rules) just in case.

Feel free to use this thread to discuss improvements and/or give your opinion.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 05, 2014, 01:37:36 AM
imo the excessive spamming rule shouldn't apply to playground since that's pretty much all playground is.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Mr. AS on April 05, 2014, 01:45:47 AM
You might as well just remove playground entirely when you ban spam from the spam section.

Plus nobody would be able to say "OMG THE PLAYGROUND TROLLS ARE RUINING GTM QQ".
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 05, 2014, 08:10:20 AM
We said *excessive* spam.

Posting stupid sh** inside a thread in Playground is fine... hell if you do three pointless threads in playground no one's gonna bother you... it's just that making an overly large amount of pointless threads in a row in playground is now illegal.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 05, 2014, 08:39:42 AM
We said *excessive* spam.

Posting stupid sh** inside a thread in Playground is fine... hell if you do three pointless threads in playground no one's gonna bother you... it's just that making an overly large amount of pointless threads in a row in playground is now illegal.
but why

is it because of what ha and 090901 (i think) did?

also is excessive spam in one thread legal?
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 05, 2014, 09:36:42 AM
We said *excessive* spam.

Posting stupid sh** inside a thread in Playground is fine... hell if you do three pointless threads in playground no one's gonna bother you... it's just that making an overly large amount of pointless threads in a row in playground is now illegal.
but why

is it because of what ha and 090901 (i think) did?

also is excessive spam in one thread legal?

In part, yes. But there has been episodes of mass spamming in playground sometimes and we are seeking to curb down that.

Excessive spamming in one thread is illegal, though less punished that making 102 threads in a row. Though if you want specifics, ask trov.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Kossokei on April 05, 2014, 09:39:34 AM
I say remove the playground because at this rate there's absolutely nothing differentiating it and Chatterbox
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Jonzu95 on April 05, 2014, 09:40:47 AM
Yeah, just remove the playground.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 05, 2014, 09:41:56 AM
no, it still has a purpose. you can post random stupid things in playground, but not anywhere else
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 05, 2014, 09:41:56 AM
I say remove the playground because at this rate there's absolutely nothing differentiating it and Chatterbox

The chatterbox is for unmoderated conversation. The playground is for complete nonsense.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: cephalopod on April 05, 2014, 09:46:44 AM
^This.
The only difference now is you can't spam loads of threads at once, make loads of threads at once, or spam a lot in one thread.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Badnik96 on April 05, 2014, 11:14:12 AM
Quote from: Rules
Valid Reason — Things like “’cuz he’s cool” or "'cuz he's not cool" are not valid reasons for changing someone’s reputation. If you want to change someone's rep than please say what they did to earn their "cool" or "uncool" status. The logs will be scanned on a regular basis to ensure that people are providing valid reasons for changing someone else's rep. It’s all fun and games until an administrator sees it and decides to take away your rep powers.
Why? Who even cares about the rep system?

Also I thought only people with colored names could rep, has that been changed?
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 05, 2014, 11:16:21 AM


Also I thought only people with colored names could rep, has that been changed?
Nope
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 05, 2014, 03:12:18 PM
Why? Who even cares about the rep system?
When Trov did some experimenting with it about a month or two ago, he deleted it but apparently some people secretly did care about rep.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Mecha on April 05, 2014, 03:35:46 PM
I love these new rules.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 18, 2014, 01:27:29 PM
that is odd, playground completely died since we implemented these new rules :O
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 18, 2014, 02:19:47 PM
that is odd, playground completely died since we implemented these new rules :O
Because without spamming it's no different than chatterbox. Spamming was the only thing separating the two sections.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 19, 2014, 07:36:15 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 19, 2014, 09:33:59 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Scrap Daddy on April 19, 2014, 09:39:43 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 19, 2014, 09:44:57 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"

To be honest, the only reason I even did it was for RA1's Anniversary April Fools. Hoax threads don't work, so it was just for some lulz.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 19, 2014, 09:45:16 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
I like it when people post 100 threads.
Playground is pointless without excessive spam.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 19, 2014, 09:47:29 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
I like it when people post 100 threads.
Playground is pointless without excessive spam.

No, it's not.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 19, 2014, 10:09:42 AM
NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed.

exactly my opinion and exactly why this rule has been done.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 19, 2014, 11:49:30 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
Big Daddy Scrap has spoken. Everybody shut up now.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: 123savethewhales on April 22, 2014, 04:47:32 PM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
I wish a tyrannical regime that takes away "muh freedoms to be a dumb" actually exist.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Kossokei on April 22, 2014, 05:49:50 PM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
I wish a tyrannical regime that takes away "muh freedoms to be a dumb" actually exist.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 23, 2014, 02:01:33 AM
it's EXCESSIVE spamming...
It still makes it boring
playzooki stop being so dense. NO ONE wants to come on this sh** when 09 or ha posted 100 threads about nothing and you have to sort through them to get to actual content. When that happens I dont even bother reading, I just wait for them to get muted and the threads to be deleted before i even try.

SO in order to stop said bullsh**, it is no longer allowed. Comprende? or are you really stupid enough to wanna keep arguing as if this is a tyranical regime forcing you to take it hourly because "muh freedoms to be a dumb"
Big Daddy Scrap has spoken. Everybody shut up now.
playground is now poke naryar with a stick, which is boring compared to what it used to be
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Pwnator on April 23, 2014, 06:38:13 AM
playground is now poke naryar with a stick, which is boring compared to what it used to be
Ah yes, because people are supposed to go to a RA2 forum and not talk about RA2. Yes. A very solid statement there.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Badnik96 on April 23, 2014, 08:32:50 AM
playground is now poke naryar with a stick, which is boring compared to what it used to be
Ah yes, because people are supposed to go to a RA2 forum and not talk about RA2. Yes. A very solid statement there.
QFT
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 23, 2014, 09:24:47 AM
playground is now poke naryar with a stick, which is boring compared to what it used to be
Ah yes, because people are supposed to go to a RA2 forum and not talk about RA2. Yes. A very solid statement there.
then why do we have offtopic  :dumb)
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 23, 2014, 09:27:02 AM
ITT: Playzooki argues with anybody he can.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Naryar on April 23, 2014, 09:55:59 AM
Enough off-topic !
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 23, 2014, 10:09:43 AM
Did I mention something about the new rules ?

But anyway, I agree with the rules on playground, because I actually understand what is being put in place. We can still post as much nonsense as we want. We just can't spam a crapton of nonsense threads at once.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 23, 2014, 06:13:28 PM
Sorry about my dumb comment. Didn't expect my spark to create a flame of idiocy.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Kossokei on April 24, 2014, 03:05:24 PM
Sorry about my dumb comment. Didn't expect my spark to create a flame of idiocy.
Is there something I missed? I agree with everything you said in this thread, I don't see a spark of idiocy here.

Just a valid point.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 25, 2014, 01:30:05 AM
Sorry about my dumb comment. Didn't expect my spark to create a flame of idiocy.
Is there something I missed? I agree with everything you said in this thread, I don't see a spark of idiocy here.

Just a valid point.
Well playzooki is kinda going overboard with the argument so I'll just leave my opinion of let full spamming in the playground please, then back out of the thread before playzooki makes me look dumb again.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: playzooki on April 25, 2014, 02:01:59 AM
Sorry about my dumb comment. Didn't expect my spark to create a flame of idiocy.
Is there something I missed? I agree with everything you said in this thread, I don't see a spark of idiocy here.

Just a valid point.
Well playzooki is kinda going overboard with the argument so I'll just leave my opinion of let full spamming in the playground please, then back out of the thread before playzooki makes me look dumb again.
Im pretty much just gonna say let playground have spam until it happens  :dumb)
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: Pwnator on April 25, 2014, 02:50:16 AM
Im pretty much just gonna say let playground have spam until it happens  :dumb)
And you're gonna get muted before that day comes.

Are you missing the point on purpose? It's no different than a playground at school. Hogging all of the equipment makes you look like an idiot and you'll most likely get suspended from school for doing so.
Title: Re: Comprehensive List of GTM's Rules
Post by: helloface on April 25, 2014, 09:36:38 AM
Sorry about my dumb comment. Didn't expect my spark to create a flame of idiocy.
Is there something I missed? I agree with everything you said in this thread, I don't see a spark of idiocy here.

Just a valid point.
Well playzooki is kinda going overboard with the argument so I'll just leave my opinion of let full spamming in the playground please, then back out of the thread before playzooki makes me look dumb again.
Im pretty much just gonna say let playground have spam until it happens  :dumb)
Which is why we'll never be able to excessively spam. Learn to argue a point. Your method is equivalent to running up to people on the streeet and shouting in their face.