Now thats how a real moderator does it!

Mad Mike

There is a forum on the interweb called "Elitist Jerks" about the popular computer game "World of Warcraft"

You don't need to know anything about World of Warcraft however to get a laugh out of their extraordinary moderation policy. Elitist by name and elitist by nature. You can get banned for poor grammar, banned for asking a stupid question, banned for asking a question someone else has already asked and so on.

Have a browse over their "Banhammer" section for a good laugh: http://elitistjerks.com/f34/

Samples:
This Gentleman called Reveta got a ban for "Lack of Reading Comprehension".

Here is a gentlemen who gets pulled up for failing to use capital letters:
http://elitistjerks.com/f34/t80290-infraction_reveta_lack_reading_comprehension/

Asking an apparently simple question gets ElasarX a ban with the explanation: "Holy Hell you are Dumb"

and Poor Padraig gets done for for signing his posts "Pad"

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

All bannable under the same rule "failing to read the charter". We have it here, too.

Not a patch on boards

Morgase

Elitistjerks is my favourite site for theorycrafting.

I am very happy that the mods are heavyhanded, otherwise you'd be scrolling through ten noob posts for one sensible post.

Ciaran500

Mad Mike wrote: »

and Poor Padraig gets done for for signing his posts "Pad"

There's one we should bring in here.

Voltex

Nerds need a strong hand to control their wiley ways!

Mad Mike

Morgase wrote: »

Elitistjerks is my favourite site for theorycrafting.

I don't play WoW myself but I have noticed that the site seems extremely popular in spite of, perhaps because of, the extreme moderation policy.

wandatowell

Those mods are class,

Guy:Incognito

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

All bannable under the same rule "failing to read the charter". We have it here, too.

More enforcement is what we need.

Gummy Panda

Wow addiction forums that way

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tman

Ciaran500 wrote: »

There's one we should bring in here.

I'm surprised that this post has lasted so long without someone quoting it and signing off their post...
Could it be??? Has boards finally started to lose its predictability???:eek:

tman

El Weirdo

Asking an apparently simple question gets ElasarX a ban with the explanation: "Holy Hell you are Dumb"

Pfft. If they were that bothered about grammar then this Mod should be banned.

orourkeda

I think I'll open an account on this website and draw a picture of 2 big knockers.

Sleipnir

Wow, he's a bit of a net-nazi alright.
Still, he's probably portly, wears dungarees and doesn't wash as often as everyone else would like.

orourkeda

New Elitist Jerk Moderator

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/culture/Comic%20Book%20Guy.png

Canis Lupus

Ciaran500 wrote: »

There's one we should bring in here.

Drives me inexplicably mental when I see people sign every post with their name.

soups05

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Drives me inexplicably mental when I see people sign every post with their name.

i know how you feel


soups



:P

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

soups05 wrote: »

i know how you feel


soups



:P

Poo.

(That;s not a signature - that's jsut what I think of your post:D:pac:)

jumpguy

Can you blame them? It's probably the only bit of authority they have in their lives...after a lifetime of being picked on in an otherwise non-existant social life.

Overheal

I almost thought about buying another timecard. Youve totally put me off the idea now, just hearing all that acronymical bs.

Sharpshooter

Pfft!!!

That don't impress me much.

Show me a naked mod from that site in front of the spire, and all for charity too.

And the best is yet to come, from Boards.ie and the doc.

Overheal

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Pfft!!!

That don't impress me much.

Show me a naked mod from that site in front of the spire, and all for charity too.

And the best is yet to come, from Boards.ie and the doc.

Yeah dont get me wrong I think its alright

But that wont keep you warm in the middle of the night.

Sharpshooter

Overheal wrote: »

Yeah dont get me wrong I think its alright

But that wont keep you warm in the middle of the night.

What won't?

And how is this on topic?

Duiske

http://elitistjerks.com/f34/

If 6th and Bonkey had to work with those rules, conspiracy theorys would be a pretty quiet forum.

The_Minister

Sharpshooter wrote: »

What won't?

And how is this on topic?

Pffft, don't even try it.

The first stage in tackling your lameness is to admit you have a problem.

Overheal

The_Minister wrote: »

Pffft, don't even try it.

The first stage in tackling your lameness is to admit you have a problem.

Its ok I PMd her the music video already.

The_Minister

Overheal wrote: »

Its ok I PMd her the music video already.

Dude, not cool.
That's like mailing smack to a recovering addict.
She needs to cut out the Cher, and Shania Twain, and aim to begin using Metallica, although she may need to use some kind of pseudo-lame music to get her there - B*witched is good.

Overheal

Thats fine the last CDs I put into my car stereo were Incubus, Foo, and Linking ****ing Park.

She'll be ok.