06-24-2004, 03:40 PM
From the Etiquette link at the top of the page:
If my son had asked "why?" I would have replied "Because Elric said so and Bolty appointed Elric as moderator and it is Bolty's house." I think the reasoning has to do with not wishing to attract a certain class of clientele. That, and a number of us don't really want to see threads cluttered with such questions.
There was a very long, serious, and well reasoned thread on the trading question here some while ago, but unfortunately with this forum software the search button does not work as well as that for etiquette.
I won't presume to speak for the basin's motivation -- though I suspect that it is similar. Certainly there are basin moderators that hang out here occasionally (even when the basin server is not down) who could reply were they so moved.
Or you could do a small experiment: post a question about trading on each of the basin forums (include the blue boards too). Tabulate and analyze the responses, with appropriate statistics. Report back in the Workshop.
Quote:9) Please take all trading posts to www.diabloii.net - we do not evaluate or trade items on these forums. Post at your own risk: you'll get at least a dozen flames before it is nuked!
If my son had asked "why?" I would have replied "Because Elric said so and Bolty appointed Elric as moderator and it is Bolty's house." I think the reasoning has to do with not wishing to attract a certain class of clientele. That, and a number of us don't really want to see threads cluttered with such questions.
There was a very long, serious, and well reasoned thread on the trading question here some while ago, but unfortunately with this forum software the search button does not work as well as that for etiquette.
I won't presume to speak for the basin's motivation -- though I suspect that it is similar. Certainly there are basin moderators that hang out here occasionally (even when the basin server is not down) who could reply were they so moved.
Or you could do a small experiment: post a question about trading on each of the basin forums (include the blue boards too). Tabulate and analyze the responses, with appropriate statistics. Report back in the Workshop.
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