Was I banned? and if so why? - Page 4

Nubclear · July 6, 2003, 00:51

Ming, please close this thread. I'm speaking on behalf of Siro, who is obviously not in his right mind.

Hydey · July 6, 2003, 01:14

this is alot of carry on about nothing.

At least we should all know the rules about uploading now.

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 03:29

I hear a foghorn:

BOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG...

Panag · July 6, 2003, 05:37

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Originally posted by Frozzy
I hear a foghorn:

BOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG...

hi ,

, well you could write a news piece about this , .....

have a nice day

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 05:43

You have the OTF for idiotic news stories... don't want Poly to be a banana news service now, do we

Sirotnikov · July 6, 2003, 07:53

fine
close this thread.

panag will have one less place to write "have a nice day"

Nubclear · July 6, 2003, 08:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
panag will have one less place to write "have a nice day"

Why take out our hostilities on Panag?

Rasbelin · July 6, 2003, 10:56

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Originally posted by mrmitchell
(3) The rules changes to Uploading should be more publicised.
(4) The rules to Uploading should be fixed and specificated to begin with.

Gee, you see, with common sense I would at least expect that they have intended the uploading service for temporarily locating game files such as e.g. saved games and such files, not your personal files, music, illegal copyright files, etc. Just my personal opinion. Anyway, if you need to host files, do it elsewhere than Apolyton, because you basically steal bandwith for illegal or otherwise non essential files.

mrmitchell · July 6, 2003, 13:18

No one was using illegal copyright files IIRC. IIRC it was some kind of a test for the early days that was forgotten.

But you've got the point with your second idea--better to just stay unbanned.

Locutus · July 6, 2003, 14:16

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Originally posted by Sirotnikov
Since niether Locutus, nor I nor many other people even suspected we were doing something wrong, I see no reason to actually enact a punishment.

What the hell do I have to do with anything?

If you didn't know you did something wrong, you obviously didn't pay attention very well. When the upload feature was announced in the news, announcement and forum thread, a link the the FAQ was also included, which is very specific in telling you what can and can't be uploaded ("Only files related to the games we cover are accepted"). This same link is also present on the main upload page. Also, in the official forum thread of this upload feature, the very first question, asked by DrSpike, was what was allowed to be uploaded. Markos's reply was quite clear:

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civ* files, civ* images, civ* saved games, etc

* civ = civ1/2/3, ctp1/2, smac, moo1/2/3, ron, etc

This was when the upload feature was still in beta and hadn't been announced yet in any other place than the Apolyton forum. So the rules in this respect were quite clear from the very beginning. Since this first announcement, Markos made probably half a dozen similar statements in that same and other related threads and places (including the FAQ, which has existed and remained unchanged since the official release and announcement of the feature).

If you've missed all this, it might be wise to look at yourself first in determining the cause for your (intentional or unintentional) ignorance.

Ming · July 6, 2003, 17:05

Nahhh.. they are too busy trying to blame somebody else and demand they don't get treated so rudely when they break the rules... typical

mrmitchell · July 6, 2003, 17:10

Ming, are you trying to wait for enough evidence to get a -10% too, or are you just being sadistic and waiting for the right time to close just as the argument was heating up?

Method · July 6, 2003, 17:24

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Originally posted by mrmitchell
(2) They probably should have been notified why.

indeed. having to inquire about one's ban is irritating. with markos it was like pulling teeth trying to find out WTF was going on

spartak · July 6, 2003, 18:19

Is this thread still open?

Skanky Burns · July 6, 2003, 19:49

You would think this would become a +1 feeding area. I can't understand why this is still open.

Alexander's Horse · July 6, 2003, 20:00

Because Ming has a licence to troll.

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 20:13

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 20:14

Honestly though, compare this with TKG's 3 week ban earlier this year, you should count yourself lucky.

Nubclear · July 6, 2003, 20:46

I do agree that this thread needs to be closed. It's drama (speaking of which, my drama pictuer AND post was deleted!!! MING!!!!

) has become too high.

But I also agree that there ought to be a warning before a ban. For example, one of the two files DanQ banned me for WAS a DG file. I'm not sure about the other one, because it was deleted

But the other one was named "Propaganda.bmp", so I'm pretty sure it was also a DG file.
Had I been PMed about it, I might have been able ot resolve it.

Alexander's Horse · July 6, 2003, 21:14

Why close the thread? Its giving pleasure to a lot of people.

Oh yeah..............

Chilean President™ · July 6, 2003, 21:20

Well I have a question about the upload tool.
WRW was banned cause he upload a sceenshot of another game, why is that forbidden?

after all, here in Poly we also have a "Other Games" forum.

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 21:24

If I were a lawyer, or some such substitute, one could argue that the "Other Game" is not one which the Apolyton staff cover, thus doesn't fall into the catagory which is allowed to be uploaded.

But that's only looking at the rules.

flash9286 · July 6, 2003, 21:32

i havent been banned in over 4 months thats a new record for me

Alexander's Horse · July 6, 2003, 21:41

I'm happy for you

I usually get banned when something is bugging me irl, one of the kids is sick or something.

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 22:12

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise?

Nubclear · July 6, 2003, 22:24

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Originally posted by Frozzy
If I were a lawyer, or some such substitute, one could argue that the "Other Game" is not one which the Apolyton staff cover, thus doesn't fall into the catagory which is allowed to be uploaded.

But that's only looking at the rules.

But then one could argue that Apolyton is covering thsoe games by having an "Other Game" forum, and therefore is protected

Frozzy · July 6, 2003, 22:49

But then we'd devolve into the whole forums vs. site debate, etc. etc. etc.

Besides, some of the pages on site note that these games (EU, EU2, HoI, Other Games etc.) are not covered by the site, but allow places for the members to discuss them.

I thing the entire thing is totally silly myself, but still.

Snowflake · July 6, 2003, 23:56

If you truly don't want this thread, just don't post in it.

alva · July 7, 2003, 00:11

Or a lot

mrmitchell · July 7, 2003, 00:22

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Originally posted by alva
Or a lot

Sounds good.

Does anyone else find Tassadar's avatar hypnotising?