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    Ericgamer1.

    An individual who is, supposedly, the moderator of the Video Games forum. An individual who...has a problem with the asterisk.

    The asterisk is a very important key. It enables us to perform mathematical equations on the computer, and means "multiplied by." It is used by some as an alternative for swearing, in order to comply with forum rules that may be in place. It is also used by many people to correct grammatical mistakes, usually as such:

    'Hey Palu!'
    'Paul*'

    Why Ericgamer1 is offended by the usage of the asterisk is unclear. Perhaps it represents a sunflower, and he may have had a traumatic experience involving a sunflower. Maybe it reminds him of the stars, and gives him an uneasy feeling of how massive the universe is compared to the world. It could also, to him, the tyranny that is multiplication in a mathematical equation. We may never know the true answer to this question. However, it is clear that in two instances, I have unfortunately received infractions for "swearing."

    Let us examine an excerpt from the first post in which I was reported to have "swore":

    "This E3 was complete ****. **** all this gimmicky touch-pad and Kinect bull****. Nintendo was the only one who could save E3, and they failed miserably, like everyone else. Video Gaming is officially dead."

    The message I received was "swearing much. o_O" But let us take a step back for a second.

    By definition, what is swearing? I believe Ericgamer1 was referring to profanity, which is defined as a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors.

    Based upon this definition, which of these elements are present in my post? I see a total of twelve asterisks. Asterisks, by definition, mean "multiplied by." Where is the swearing in question? Moreover, who is being offended?

    Let us examine an excerpt from the second post in question.

    "WOW, MAN. WOW. [removed] YOU.
    [...]
    Moral of the story II: Nintendo likes to [removed] over the most loyal of its fanbase. (specifically us Pikmin bros)
    "

    The two [removed] placeholders were, presumably, the offenders. This was the post that got reported. The original copy, had [EFF] and [****] in place of these two [removed] placeholders. Is "EFF" also an example of profanity? The message I received this time was: "so I asked you to stop swearing. self censoring counts as that too. please do not do it again" Why am I repeatedly being given infractions for usage of asterisks, and the term "EFF"?

    Thank you for reading this analysis.

    Super Srs Version: Why is swearing an offense that has given me two consecutive infractions? Is it that big a deal? I clearly censored all "swear words," and was actually a large contributor to the discussion of that thread.

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    Default Re: Why?

    You don't think it would've been better to telling him this in a private message to him, then making a thread? What is the meaning of this thread anyway? To make him look bad? To make it a forum where you want people to "throw a pie at him - (where you threw the first one)", or what exactly is the purpose of this thread? If you had any complain against him - you could have been satisfied with just telling that straight to his face - or possible to some other mods. But this?

    Besides - doesn't it says something on the forum rules that anything that reminds of a swearing word is forbidden? Like in one thread I used the word "duck" instead of a cursing and it got changed; and I didn't mind it or complained about it. So I think it's not strange that your post got corrected if that is one of the forum rules. If it one of the rules I don't get what and why you are complaining so much.

    You could have handled this so much tidyer. This thread is just low.
    I think this thread will be closed down soon.


    And I don't know what that abbreviations mean, so I can't say anything about it.


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    Default Re: Why?

    It's quite simple really. you posted multiple posts with offensive language, yes, it was censored, but it was still offensive language being used.

    I removed it, and gave you a warning.

    you continued the behavior, and I gave you and an infraction.

    Self-censoring is still against the rules. If you try to do that it chat, you will be warned/banned. this is my reasoning.
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    Default Re: Why?

    Maybe you should find different words to use to express feelings of anger or frustration.

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    Default Re: Why?

    Quote Originally Posted by Serated View Post
    Maybe you should find different words to use to express feelings of anger or frustration.

    This ^^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuXrys View Post
    You don't think it would've been better to telling him this in a private message to him, then making a thread? What is the meaning of this thread anyway? To make him look bad? To make it a forum where you want people to "throw a pie at him - (where you threw the first one)", or what exactly is the purpose of this thread? If you had any complain against him - you could have been satisfied with just telling that straight to his face - or possible to some other mods. But this?

    Besides - doesn't it says something on the forum rules that anything that reminds of a swearing word is forbidden? Like in one thread I used the word "duck" instead of a cursing and it got changed; and I didn't mind it or complained about it. So I think it's not strange that your post got corrected if that is one of the forum rules. If it one of the rules I don't get what and why you are complaining so much.

    You could have handled this so much tidyer. This thread is just low.
    I think this thread will be closed down soon.


    And I don't know what that abbreviations mean, so I can't say anything about it.


    Are you taking the bulk of this post seriously? 95% of it is purely for humor. I know it's against the rules, and I know I was probably rightfully given infractions for it.

    My serious question is why this is a significant issue. Look at the bottom in bold. That's the part where I was actually being serious. :P

    Quote Originally Posted by Serated View Post
    Maybe you should find different words to use to express feelings of anger or frustration.
    Kind of hard to break a habit, mang. D:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scruffy View Post
    Are you taking the bulk of this post seriously? 95% of it is purely for humor. I know it's against the rules, and I know I was probably rightfully given infractions for it.

    My serious question is why this is a significant issue. Look at the bottom in bold. That's the part where I was actually being serious. :P
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    Default Re: Why?

    Are you taking the bulk of this post seriously? 95% of it is purely for humor. I know it's against the rules, and I know I was probably rightfully given infractions for it.

    My serious question is why this is a significant issue. Look at the bottom in bold. That's the part where I was actually being serious. :P

    Because you were the only one doing it. The nail that sticks out gets hammered.

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    Default Re: Why?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ericgamer1 View Post
    Self-censoring is still against the rules.
    This. You can ask Ace why it is against the rules. Eric just enforcers them, he doesn't make them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuXrys View Post
    Haha no I didn't understand that at all!! Attachment 44654
    But I am also extremly terrible at understanding things like that, takes jokes seriously and the other way around, all the time.

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    It's an honest mistake. No worries. :]

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    Default Re: Why?

    I known Eric for quite a while and he's a pretty nice guy, you must have really posted a lot of that stuff to get warned and iget an infraction also you could have always sent him a VM or PM asking why, right now you're make him look like the bad guy for doing his job. o_O;;
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scruffy View Post
    It's an honest mistake. No worries. :]

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    Or maybe it's just me that can't understand when people are serious or not again... bah!
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    Default Re: Why?

    I understand sometimes it may be necessary to use some...uh...more forceful words to convey one's emotions, and I also understand you are not necessarily expressing any disrespect towards any particular individual, but this is the kind of rules that cannot be bent, unfortunately. =(

    Swear words are swear words, no matter in what kind of context they are being used.

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    Yeah Eric is a pretty cool.person you must of done.something to get.an infraction or a a warning

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    Default Re: Why?

    I will refrain to make an extended comment on this thread, but I'm locking it up because it's not a site issue, but rather an issue the thread starter should clear with themself and their parents.

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