I do apologize, and wish not to be banned here, but I do believe this was a bit of an over reaction on N3V's part.
Attention all Trainz Forum Members:
This weekend we made the decision to take the Trainz community forums offline for 24 hours while we updated our Code of Conduct. This gave an opportunity for forum members to reflect upond their involvement in the community and to think about the actions they take on the forums.
Many people have commented that the forums are not the place they used to be. These forums are provided as a service for fans to communicate about the Trainz range of products. It is meant be a place to share a common interest, share experiences and discover more about the Trainz hobby.
It is not a place that for people to come and attempt to stir up trouble and insult people, which has been happening too much lately. With an update to the rules in place, we will be cracking down very hard on people who do not follow the Code of Conduct and especially those who do not show respect to others.
We have updated items 13 and 16 in the Code of Conduct to more clearly define the responsibility of each forum member to avoid conflict and to ensure their posts add something constructive to the conversation.
These changes will strengthen the ability of moderators to remove posts that breach the CoC and ban members making those posts from the community. We will simply have a zero tolerance for anti-social behaviour, so be warned.
In short, if your words are likely to upset someone, you are likely to be banned.
We are sure that some people will deem this to be over zealous censorship but everyone has a right to share their opinion and we will not stop different points of view being expressed. What we will not allow is for people to to be abusive or derogatory towards people who do not share the same opinion.
The short term impact of this action will be that some people will most likely receive infractions they feel are unjust. There will be no right to appeal or discuss these infractions. The moderators decision is final. While some individuals will feel harshly treated, the goal is to ensure people can visit these forums without fear of being personally attacked.
We think these changes will have a significant benefit in continuing the many positive aspects of these forums.
Please remember these forums are focussed around a hobby. There are no life or death issues at stake here. We suggest if you do receive a temporary ban that you relax and find something else to do while you serve you time away from the forums and rejoin the community with a more positive attitude in the future.
If you feel you would like to assist us in moderating the forums under these new guidelines, please contact us at anewera@n3vgames.com.
Respectfully
Tony Hilliam
CEO, N3V Games
This is silly. Incredibly silly... The way that the punishment is described for criticism is comparable to the Soviets or dare I say the Nazi's... Again, I apologize for this, but this is all very unnecessary just because N3V is upset that their customers are expressing their disappointment that their copy of T:ANE was poorly optimized, and was just a dolled up version of 2012... Ban me if you will, but this should be a warning to others about how awful this place is becoming... Ban me if you will, but I believe I am well within the boundaries of the CoC, and not some tyrant's teenage moody spells even though they are adults!
-Jacob
Attention all Trainz Forum Members:
This weekend we made the decision to take the Trainz community forums offline for 24 hours while we updated our Code of Conduct. This gave an opportunity for forum members to reflect upond their involvement in the community and to think about the actions they take on the forums.
Many people have commented that the forums are not the place they used to be. These forums are provided as a service for fans to communicate about the Trainz range of products. It is meant be a place to share a common interest, share experiences and discover more about the Trainz hobby.
It is not a place that for people to come and attempt to stir up trouble and insult people, which has been happening too much lately. With an update to the rules in place, we will be cracking down very hard on people who do not follow the Code of Conduct and especially those who do not show respect to others.
We have updated items 13 and 16 in the Code of Conduct to more clearly define the responsibility of each forum member to avoid conflict and to ensure their posts add something constructive to the conversation.
These changes will strengthen the ability of moderators to remove posts that breach the CoC and ban members making those posts from the community. We will simply have a zero tolerance for anti-social behaviour, so be warned.
In short, if your words are likely to upset someone, you are likely to be banned.
We are sure that some people will deem this to be over zealous censorship but everyone has a right to share their opinion and we will not stop different points of view being expressed. What we will not allow is for people to to be abusive or derogatory towards people who do not share the same opinion.
The short term impact of this action will be that some people will most likely receive infractions they feel are unjust. There will be no right to appeal or discuss these infractions. The moderators decision is final. While some individuals will feel harshly treated, the goal is to ensure people can visit these forums without fear of being personally attacked.
We think these changes will have a significant benefit in continuing the many positive aspects of these forums.
Please remember these forums are focussed around a hobby. There are no life or death issues at stake here. We suggest if you do receive a temporary ban that you relax and find something else to do while you serve you time away from the forums and rejoin the community with a more positive attitude in the future.
If you feel you would like to assist us in moderating the forums under these new guidelines, please contact us at anewera@n3vgames.com.
Respectfully
Tony Hilliam
CEO, N3V Games
This is silly. Incredibly silly... The way that the punishment is described for criticism is comparable to the Soviets or dare I say the Nazi's... Again, I apologize for this, but this is all very unnecessary just because N3V is upset that their customers are expressing their disappointment that their copy of T:ANE was poorly optimized, and was just a dolled up version of 2012... Ban me if you will, but this should be a warning to others about how awful this place is becoming... Ban me if you will, but I believe I am well within the boundaries of the CoC, and not some tyrant's teenage moody spells even though they are adults!
-Jacob