Lurker Lounge now a hack site

[Archon_Wing]

Ah, I didn't want to say this, but something tells me I have to spit out my biases perspective of this story.

Being a formerly frequent member of diabloii.net, I would have to admit I would be annoyed at people sterotyping all people who were to post at that site. Yes, there are fools, racists, and idiots of every flavor. There are people who would flame you for making a joke. (ie. I found an etheral Windforce!!!!!!1111) Now, most people would realize that this is impossible and pass it off as a joke, if poorly constructed one. But others would overreact, (You are a ** moron! Blah....blah blah) Kudos to those who can find the two letter osbscenty ;)

I find that kind of silly, because, well if one were to decide intelligence were based strictly on computer game knowledge is kinda well... not smart.

So yea, we have humorless children who bash others for not agreeing with others. One fellow, Apocalypse Demon, mentioned above, would bash anyone who did not agree with him. He actualy went into a thread titled "a prayer for our fellow soldiers" to bash religon. one thing to have a belief, another to bash others. And yea, I just saw that and I'm really... irritated.

But that aside, their are an actual amount of decent posters. You should check the Off-Topic Forum now and then, and you'll realize where the IQ source of the forum went.

And there's a slightly looser basis on cheating. Many posters do use the aformentioned maphack, and we have 4253209543 flame wars there. If you were to accuse one that they were cheating, 10 people would tell you to get a life. :angry: Indeed, the defensiveness of cheaters shows.

And while I have nothing personal against the adminstrators of the site (it's pretty nice), I seriously disagree with their way of conflict resolution. No, I am not banned. But I have seen people banned for less-than-bannable reasons while many rude flamers are not banned. There "It's our site, so shut up" policy is counterproductive. I mean, if you were to ban everyone who disagree with you, there would be no site left. Yes, they can hold their ground. It is there house. But don't expect to feed your guests leftovers and expect them to be grateful :)

Also, some of the moderators are rather shady characters. ( Some have some form of ego trip, that would scare some of you, and others have banned people for asking about why other people were banned. One mod, just recently, trolled another forum. Not sure if I have a personal vendetta against this person, but he was always rude and disrespectful, using his "post counts" to discredit n00bs, and made general spam and all of a sudden he was moderrator! Before my head explodes, I'll go on.

Alas, some moderators, some very knowledgable and nice mods, have resigned in frustration. No names here.

So yea, diabloii.net is a great site, but there are a lot of immature folks out there, and sometimes one feels like babysitting. As a result, some guests are uneasy and tension errupts causing general discomfort for all. :(

And that's why I'm here. Because the people at the Lounge are less mean (although sometimes I find some things to be mean said) and are in general more mature. :)