You're putting emotions into people's text, not everyone that comments on a game thread gives a flying fuck about said game.
People generally don't spend time or effort on things they don't give a flying fuck about.
Where did I call you a brownnoser? You said yourself you dont think BD's doing a good job, so clearly youre not a brownnoser.
When you equated what I suggested to "making a safe space for brownnosers":
"Why would I make this a safe space for people that want to brownnose BD when he already has his patreon only discord?"
But it's good that you understand I'm not one... yet somehow I'm still getting dogpiled by the haters for trying to insert some chill-out-it's-just-a-game vibes into the already-ongoing discussion.
And to correct the comparison, what I'm suggesting is actually that if the development of the game is not a valid topic of discussion, as the forum rules suggest, both those defending BD and those attack him would be out of line.
That's your opinion, I disagree, that's fine. I moderate as I see fit, clearly that's not enough for you.
Yep. Ultimately I'm just a user. And whether you consider or apply any of the things I've said is as trivial to me as what everyone thinks of BD or WVM (whether positive or negative). I'll adapt to any environment in a way that is conducive to my well-being regardless. No hard feelings whatsoever. I'm in this discussion purely out of choice.
What rules are they breaking? And you seem to think that people would actually discuss anything here if they "werent run off by the hate train" despite the fact that theres still multiple posters here in the thread that discuss the game... My money would be on this game getting three posts a month, Hell, I've been the one posting the dev updates recently, one was around 20 hours late as well. As I've said multiple times now, people. just. dont. care.
Objectively, the rule quoted earlier. 7, wasn't it? I didn't make the rules, but I think it's a pretty good rule. 3 posts a month is preferable to this. It would be a very different environment and that alone would make it a more conductive place to actually talk about the game. When people showing interest get sarcastic jokes thrown at them, that tends to result in people not to bother asking things or sharing their opinion. Sure, there are people like me with anti-adhesive coating. But not everyone's like that.
But I do understand there are limitations on how much time can be spent enforcing them. It's just that if you have those rules you kind of create the expectation that they will at least be enforced to some degree (see what I did there?
). Because if you don't nobody is going to take them seriously. I moderated some online discussion boards at some point in life.
A pretty good method to de-escalate these kinds of things with little effort is to give a general warning to everyone to take a chill pill or face the consequences. Then account-ban anyone who kept going off-topic a week later and post the names of all the accounts banned in the thread they were banned in. Sends a really strong message regarding adherence to the rules.
Everyone is mainly here for the easy access to adult games. For which you need an account. Now with VPN and an infinite supply of email addresses, anyone who gets account or IP banned can make a new account. But that's still a hassle. So that would already dissuade many to keep such unwelcoming discussions up when warned. Devs and long-time users are even MORE inclined to value their current accounts. The warning means that everyone who gets banned knows exactly what for and they'll learn on their next registration.
Again, feel free to ignore it but don't be surprised if pockets of "wild west" will continue to pop up and create friction in the community. No need to respond. I'll drop it after this. Just some closing thoughts because you asked me a couple of questions.
