Originally by: SengH

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Their important for us people stuck at work to get entertainment from EVE away from EVE.

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Originally by: HatePeace LoveWar

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My work blocks the eve forums, sucks tbh :|

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Originally by: Body Count

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I've seen people accusing each other of using these forums as propaganda. As a weapon to demoralize enemies. Split them apart. Have any wars been decided here on the forums instead of in space? Has one corp or alliance been able to use the forums to make their enemies give up? How important are these forums anyway?

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Originally by: Abdalion

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No discussing moderation in this thread or anywhere on the boards, and no trolling or war starting tonight. This appears to be a valid question, so please only post decent responses.

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Originally by: SengH

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Their important for us people stuck at work to get entertainment from EVE away from EVE.

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Originally by: Abdalion

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There are definitely some passionate discussions on the forums.

And, I have seen wars start, enemies made, friends made, and wars end on these forums.

No discussing moderation in this thread or anywhere on the boards, and no trolling or war starting tonight. This appears to be a valid question, so please only post decent responses.

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Originally by: Quisten

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I made a April-Fools Troll/Post/etc. that almost had DB Preacher from [RKK] war dec'ing the CVA. Or that's what I was told anyway, how's that?

hehe

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Originally by: TjanitN Tcroxlr

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Abdalion, do you see how dead topics become when you place such stringent conditions on posters? I mean, just because you swore an oath to serve and protect, does that mean you have to enforce rules? :P

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Originally by: Abdalion

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The rules are in place for a reason.

There is nothing wrong with us moderators asking for civility in discussion pursuant to people obeying the rules. There are many ways that one can stay well within the rules, and still get their point across. There are numerous near-daily posters on all sides of a debate that we all see posting in emotionally charged threads, who appear to have mastered staying within the rules.

People can challenge one another here, and can discuss things relevant to the original topic of the thread and forum in which the thread resides, without going into name calling and derailing another persons/factions/alliances/corporations thread.

A good rule of thumb is: If the original post is flamebait, don't post in it. If someone starts flaming you, don't reply. Instead, email [email protected] and ask us to look at it, and we will, as soon as someone is available. We really do want to facilitate proper discussion.

And yes, to answer your original question, we moderators do enforce the rules.

Now Please, no more discussion of moderation.

Thanks!

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Originally by: Body Count

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Have any wars been decided here on the forums instead of in space?

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Originally by: Nez Perces

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Underestimate the power of the forums at your peril.

Whilst there is no substitute for organisational and combat skills in-game, a few well placed posts can augment in-game achievements tenfold, or turn attention to certain events and diminish the importance of others.

Additionally the competent reader, can from these very forums, work out what makes certain entities tick, and certain others fume. Reading in-between the lines one can achieve a very good overview of what is happening in Eve at any one time.

Worth remembering also is that some are addicted to the forums, not necessarily posting, but reading them, specially whiling away boring hours at work etc... and what they read on the forums may have a direct effect on their mindset once they log onto the game. I know this from my own experience, having working myself up to a frenzy after reading certain things on these forums.

Wether we like it or not these eve-online forums can have a huge impact on the game itself, this is an undeniable fact, even in these days of capital ships and neverending supply of BS's.

The moderators themselves do a fantastic and also difficult job it has to be said, and are extremely smart with their moderation, like sheppards attending the flock

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Originally by: DigitalCommunist

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Well, heres to me hoping I still have some freedom of speech:

Not that I'm discussing moderators or their ways.. but back in the day the forums were a lot more full of backstab, hatred and propaganda. There used to be regular accusations of hacking, cheating and exploiting (hell even threats of law suit).. which I guess isn't really IC but then again, thats why we have an IC forum too.

Huge and "passionate" posts (a la Jade vs Halseth) used to start entire wars, not because of the thread starter but the way things progressed towards the end. I think 99% of those threads ended up locked, but it was well after the flaming had occured. Eventually all the ****starters got banned or nearly banned (and are being good boys and girls). Some still try to do it from alts, but no one takes those seriously.

As a result, forums aren't even half as violent (and thus interesting) as they used to be. I'd be a pretty big liar if I didn't say it has a lot to do with game mechanics and not just the tolerance level for heated threads.

Its like a race.. at the start everyone wants to be in front, so they start flinging crap at other runners or run to the "moral high ground". Being able to come on here and say "we just nuked ten of your battleships" and then providing proof was the holy grail or something. People can afford to lose hundreds of ships now instead of a dozen. Making those kinds of claims now gets you laughed at.

So to answer the original post: yes wars have started here, and finished here, but the forums didn't mean a damn thing over ingame actions then, and they mean even less now.

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