2008-11-27, 10:07 AM
Not that I have time right now to go through all this, but I'm going to make some basic responses.
1. That thread's closing was in direct violation of the rules at the time. There was to be NO selling of items, with the exception of the Zhelm/pendants in their respective section, and that was against the rules. I may have been the one to execute it but it was not my decision alone. Way to bring up evidence without context. It's not like I went through this thread and gave out infractions to everyone who disagreed with me.
2. I don't really care if it was rude. It's clear by now that I greatly disapprove of this behavior. If someone doesn't smack them they'll never regain their senses. If I were buying a slot to get Dragon Breath, I'd have put it in the Buying forum, thanks.
1. That thread's closing was in direct violation of the rules at the time. There was to be NO selling of items, with the exception of the Zhelm/pendants in their respective section, and that was against the rules. I may have been the one to execute it but it was not my decision alone. Way to bring up evidence without context. It's not like I went through this thread and gave out infractions to everyone who disagreed with me.
2. I don't really care if it was rude. It's clear by now that I greatly disapprove of this behavior. If someone doesn't smack them they'll never regain their senses. If I were buying a slot to get Dragon Breath, I'd have put it in the Buying forum, thanks.
butterfli Wrote:I agree that Isaac was too hastily in closing that guy's selling thread, however I don't think you're delivering that message politely.If you can't hold up your morals in a pseudo-anonymous or purely anonymous environment then you never really had them at all. It was all just an act to be socially acceptable. You can't go and treat things differently just because no one will know it's you.
Not necessarily true. The beauty of the internet is that everyone who uses it has a wonderful shield in front of them, the monitor. Just because a person does something in a game, doesn't necessarily dictate how they're gonna act in life. It's why cyberbullying and cybersex is so "popular". Anyone can just open up an instant messaging window and say "hey babe, wanna cyber?" and there ARE people who do that AND people who agree to go along with it. However, you don't see many people on the street walking up to each other and asking for sex unless you wanna count prostitution.
People who are scamming, lying or cheating do need to be told that it's wrong and discouraged. However unless they're doing those things, I don't see them doing something that is "wrong" by offering a service in this day and age.

