Locked Threads and Other Such Things

Joran · Post by **Joran** » Mon May 24, 2004 9:23 pm

Just for the record:

We Devs are very, very, very busy people, and yet we find time to read, listen to, and seriously consider all comments made about the module, both positive and negative.

When the comments turn to foaming-at-the-mouth hate-speech (or something like that), we, as any other human being would, get turned off. We're human, treat us that way please. It's hard enough for us to deal with developing the module and managing all the related hardware/software/peopleware that goes along with it, we don't have time to get involved in flame wars or endlessly debate certain issues. When we or the DMs see something approaching "out of control" on the forums, it will be locked.

This does not mean that we throw it away and never look at it, or that all points brought up are invalidated. It means we have closed the topic for discussion, perhaps to give everyone a chance to calm down.

Also, please consider how busy we all are with our personal lives as well as work on NS4. We just don't have the time to personally respond to all forum posts, ideas, and comments, or give each and every player an explanation on issues regarding the DM Team, even though you think you may deserve such an explanation. If we had all the time in the world, we would spend hours upon hours inundating you with status updates and details about the goings on.

Unfortunately, this means the people who DO have that time are able to hijack the forums to deliver their own personal message, shouting it over and over as loudly as possible, until everyone starts to believe it. Please don't. You can trust that any given player knows perhaps 5% of what is really going on with changes to the module or shake-ups in the DM structure. Just because we don't have the time to "defend" ourselves from these attacks, don't simply assume that it's all true. If you absolutley HAVE to have clarification, ask US. We'll most likely be able to give you a satisfactory, albeit abbreviated, answer.

Thanks for your time,
Joran