gradybridges wrote:So silly not to give them the medal they earned.
There were alot of people talking trash in that thead, many not in THE PACK or IA trying to stir shit up. And then like all heated internet threads it gets stupid and goes on and on. Are people on here really that fragile that the thread hurt their feelings? I don't see the big deal. There were many "guilty" parties and to punish only 1 clan is a bad way to go.
Where there any penalties discussed for the non PACK/IA who were stirring the pot? Can't take away a medal. What about banning them from their next clan war?
If you don't like THE PACK and all their trash talk there is one way to shut them up-beat them in a war. And you don't have to read past the first post in the clan war thread if trash talking from people you will never meet on the opposite side of the world bothers you.
I hope the war with IA isn't an excuse for the top 4 clans not to play THE PACK.
I agree.
Simply put, there are no official descriptions of what gets disciplined in a war thread.
War Thread Behaviour
In order to curb some poor behaviour in the war threads, players will be denied medals if their behaviour is deemed to be disruptive or inappropriate, even if it does not meet the site wide policy for a forum infraction. In the past, we’ve locked war threads due to the behaviour of a single individual, thus inherently punishing both clans. In order to be consistent, this will only be applied by the Clan Dept Head (most often these issues are raised by the CD team).This statement is vague and does nothing to clarify what will be punished. It is just a blanket statement saying that you can be punished for anything you say at their discretion. I think it is a poor way to try to '...curb some poor behaviour...' in the war threads. There is no way to know if your post will violate the rule since there is no definition and is only based off an opinion. So it would be easy to assume a bias could be involved whether or not it was.
I believe if you were to insist on this method you would need to publicly warn the individual and then move to penalties afterwords if there are further infractions. That being said, it seriously impinges on the whole point of the war thread. You may as well just allow the first post and updates to it. That would accomplish the task. Nobody would post but the OP. I naively thought that war threads were for a bit of fun and trash talking. I have heard of legendary war threads and how they were sometimes more interesting than the wars themselves. That will never happen again with this in effect.
Also some important questions, how do you punish similarly guilty parties on the losing side? or 3rd parties in the war thread? I just don't think that this was well thought out. From what I can tell, you only proposed to punish the winning clan? So, if you have lost the challenge you can say what you like?
As it stands right now, any post could potentially be considered a violation and be punished with no explanation or warning. You may as well not post just to be safe, and that is a pitiful state of being.
I personally don't think it is fair to have a judgement based on an opinion to have an enforceable punishment, especially with no definition of the infraction available. Also, it is unbalanced as there is currently no apparent repercussions for any non-winning party similarly involved in the clan war thread.
I say this from a neutral position and would like this to be further evaluated and clarified so that everyone will know what to expect in the future.
Thanks,
J
Let's keep in clean and keep it fun.
Ignorance is bliss. Keep it up guys!
