You owe me about half a cup of tea.
Get your black and yellow gear and paint!
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The broadest of churches will have the broadest of congregations and they don't come much broader than TEST.
I feel a key to cohesion when the game goes mainstream and this bucket of bolts has to hold together as more people come on board will be minimising alienation. If anyone's talking smack about religion, race, nationality, gender, sexuality, misogyny etc moderate and tell everyone to play nice. Everyone here has made the same excellent decision to be a TESTie and that in itself is worthy of respect no matter who they are.
This is a game set 930 years in the future attended by people of all nations and walks of life there isn't one aspect about one single person on earth that can't be used to alienate and make them feel targeted/biased against including middle-aged white dudes, so no alienation talk and we should all get on tickety-boo me thinks.
Thalstan, thanks for the note and confirmation. Naff, I appreciate your view too. Just wondering if its working that way. Appreciate the two of you keeping the lights on. Cheers.
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Hmm not sure where this is all coming from - this is not a forum aimed at children specifically.
Your kids have all learned the f word and the c word and every other word already in school - they are not learning anything new or bad here I can guarantee you that!
If you are going to quit any website that the see a swear word on you may as well just sell their ipads and ban them from the internet!
Your kids have all learned the f word and the c word and every other word already in school - they are not learning anything new or bad here I can guarantee you that!
If you are going to quit any website that the see a swear word on you may as well just sell their ipads and ban them from the internet!
Thanks, Butuz, I appreciate you keeping the lights on too. We weren't posting one casual swear word. We were deliberately posting over-the-top number of f-bombs in a tirade copied over and over. The boss kicks ass for talking about DEI in Star Wars. Yet it's ok to fly off the handle spewing 20 f-word bitch posts? A casual swear word is one thing. Deliberate over-the-top grief causing the place to be unfriendly is something else. I only posted because it was over-the-top compared to all other posts in the forums, obviously not being moderated when it could have been, and other gamers commented. The thread was then later partially moderated and given an 'extreme content' warning.
But if that's wrong, let's join the club, declare open season on every thread, and let it rip!
But if that's wrong, let's join the club, declare open season on every thread, and let it rip!
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There are a couple of people on the forums that need to calm down, I agree.
THIS IS TEST....
please understand what you're getting into lol
Also, we consider any abuse of women in Discord as a violation of rule #1, I've seen staff get very upset and go out of their way to enforce Rule #1 to protect female members.
Look, we're all adults but some people need reminder on how to be an adult. Start to do this by placing BOUNDARIES when you are in Discord. This helps a LOT in shaping the behavior in a particular channel. COMMUNICATION is key. The responsibility is on each of us to be reasonable and communicate hard boundaries.
For example, both my wife and 9 year old son have interacted with TEST members in person and on Discord. Their experiences have been good and they both like TEST squadron. However, I do speak up if I hear any inappropriate boundaries being violated if I'm present. My wife probably would not because she avoids confrontation with people that are not family members. That's her personality and I try to always encourage her to step up for herself with randos and that's a life skill she's working on. Got her tons of audio books to help with that. Progress is being made. My son is like me so I don't have to worry about him not speaking up for himself. So, sharing this personal information because it's completely relevant.
TEST can and is at times family friendly, but it's important to place boundaries on interactions and take proactive steps depending on situation, for example if someone is drunk in chat at noon, I'm not going to leave my son in chat. Period. As I wrote before, the Onus is on each of us.
P.S. this thread got derailed in proper TESTie fashion.
Has anyone completed HD tiers?
I'm on T4 struggling to get to T5
These’s no wallflower here. I’m a former party fraternity grand master. I know how to stream far-less pleasant obscenities like a jackwad.
I’m also not new here. My first note reported a reaction to an unfriendly post that was over-the-top compared to anything else seen on these boards since 2018.
I keep hearing the message as don’t comment on normal, casual obscenities posts else we’ll get the ‘Welcome to Test‘ intro again. Ok, no problem.
But what’s the message for those who deliberately post very many obscenities in a single post to intentionally amp up unfriendly hype, angst and grief?
Given the dialog, I’m not expecting an answer. Just leaving the team to remember it’s full open season here when it comes up again. Good luck moderating!
/salute
I’m also not new here. My first note reported a reaction to an unfriendly post that was over-the-top compared to anything else seen on these boards since 2018.
I keep hearing the message as don’t comment on normal, casual obscenities posts else we’ll get the ‘Welcome to Test‘ intro again. Ok, no problem.
But what’s the message for those who deliberately post very many obscenities in a single post to intentionally amp up unfriendly hype, angst and grief?
Given the dialog, I’m not expecting an answer. Just leaving the team to remember it’s full open season here when it comes up again. Good luck moderating!
/salute
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Okay, then why are you taking a member making a few swear words so seriously? It's just a few swear words and it's not the first time it's happened here on the forums. When I searched the word on the forum I see over 10 pages of results.
What is this really about? like deep down, really. We are here for you. I am willing to buy you a drink.
I’m just interested in fair moderation on the worst of the worst here.
Thanks for the response. Have a good night.
Over and out.
Thanks for the response. Have a good night.
Over and out.
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Thanks for the edit, that's much better than what I read at first. Sure I get it. I only have mod status on Discord, not the forums. I'm unable to actually take moderation actions on the forum, I don't have access to those tools. About fair moderation, my stance is I support free speech and expression so long as it doesn't get personal or unethical. I DM'd you to deescalate the situation which I'm glad to see got better. I don't like when TESTies fight with each other, all should be in service of the glorious leader.
If someone thinks I was fighting them, I apologize. My first post suggested a fair need for moderation of a worst-of-the-worst post. A few things then targeted me as the issue instead of that post. I wasn‘t cool with being shot as the messenger. Sometimes it’s the principle of the matter. Thanks for the discussion.
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