No More Freedom of Speech on Guru??

Oh no! Imagine actually having to contribute to a thread! What will we do?!

Wait!? We have freedom of speech here?! WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME THIS BEFORE!!!!

Oh right... Welcome to the internet.

If it comes as a surprise that we have rules and guidelines to keep things fair, polite and meaningful, I'm really surprised.
You signed a form agreeing to familiarize yourself and abide by with our rules and guidelines when you created your account,- that should have been a hint. Those rules have not changed significantly since you joined.

Rant on Freedom of speech - a much abused concept:

Freedom of speech was never intended to allow individuals to say what they wanted about whom they wanted without consequences. Neither is this how the laws on the subject work in any country in the world that I have heard of.
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Not to mention that the law protecting Freedom of Speech you're probably citing (the First Amendment) only states that that U.S. Congress cannot makes laws prohibiting freedom of speech. Even in America, this does not apply to private institutions like an internet forum, only to the U.S. Congress.

Basically, private groups, like GWGuru and even Guild Wars (if you'll look in the EULA you signed before playing the game, they have several entries abridging your freedom of speech) have nothing saying that you have the right to free speech.

Plus it's pretty obvious the moderator was just telling people to stay on topic. >_>

Almost everybody in the guildwars community knows that this forum is full of pretentious idiots who like to call themselves "Moderators". Its not going to change. There really isn't much point whining about it.

Pretentious? Moi?

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When I joined this forum it was my idea that I would find useful information from others and be able to share the same. The Anet GM's encourage the use of these forums to "help make the game a fun and safe place to play" as well as keeping the dev team aware of players concerns and ideas. It's understandable a certain amount of moderation is needed, but I have found this moderation excessive and pointless in many cases. I expect this post will most likely fall under moderation, but I'll say it anyway...as long as members are posting legitimate concerns or questions, and are doing it with respect and within reason, we should be allowed this privilege to express ourselves.

You are Legendary Green. You always have been. What you are speaking of is the "rumors" and "friend of a friend" stories that get passed around about posts being deleted for arguing with moderators, or threads being deleted for no reason at all, people banned for doing nothing, or people who can't seem to understand how long 24 hours are, or the random people who believe that any one-liner or LOLCat picture is indeed a contribution to the thread because they posted it. If you do indeed see questionable moderation then I always encourage members to please PM me with a link to the thread so that I can review and so that we can work together on resolving any concerns they have. I have worked with many people, things have been undeleted, bans lifted and more. Few people who complain every take me up on this offer though. As I said, it's nearly always rumors and friend of a friend stories with absolutely no information to back it up as it's exaggerated.

By the way, the famous lines about the-mods-will-delete-this-but-i'll-post-it-anyway-as-proof-of-how-bad-they-are... it's not real original. Because they usually never get deleted. I am always open and willing to talk with any forum member about their concerns, questions and complaints about moderation and moderators. Many can attest that I do indeed address these and work with forum members to resolve, explain or change the rules if necessary to see that things are fair and handled fairly. If anyone sees a concern please PM me. I can also produce a dozen people off the top of my head who claim we don't moderate enough Legendary Green. You just can't win!

And Yarly, you're just too funny and harmless.

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