At any rate....This is my last month, at least for a while.....

I'm sure Ryan will eventually change the MOD situation on his own....neverthless, one more time for the record!

The Kdice Constitution was a hybrid attempt at humor and logic. Again, it was meant to start a conversation at how to make the site better. The MODs and others have shot this down repeatedly...I get it.

Though my attempt for dialogue has quickly, as expected, deteriorated into a bashing of me; and any attempt at making the site a better operated, more enjoyable, less argumentative gaming environment shot down; I apologize for any insults that I have made to other players out of frustration both during my rants of the past few days, and players at the tables.

My final thoughts:

I think a moderator election would both increase player involvement and increase site traffic. From a webmasters stand point...that means more $$.

I think that the deletion of trophies and histories from players accounts (the ones that cheat to get the points) would deter them from cheating (since they cared enough about the points and trophies to cheat in the first place). Likewise for racist - bigoted comments.

I think that consistent punishments for rule violations are a must. The fact they are player to player makes the process seem subjective. It should not be this way. It must be objective.

Since I have returned to playing over the last few months I have seen a noticeable change in the attitudes at the tables. People are more insulting, threatening, racist, bigoted, and angry than before.

I don't blame the mods for this at all. I think it is much more related to the increase and evolution of Vflags.

The commentary could be controlled easily by the following:

Making a strict banning rule for players that use profanity, threats, racism, bigotry, etc in the chat boxes....and actually enforcing it.

This requires players being able to quickly / easily report this activity. Currently, this is not possible. This could be solved with a link on the banner to 'submit a report / complaint'.

The avatar situation can be resolved with a review period (much like the poker sites did). If the AV is approved, it is posted, if it rejected, a reason is provided.

With those very simple changes goes 75% of the requirement for mods. They would be limited to handling the complaint requests, approving avatars, and making appropriate bans OBJECTIVELY.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

NIXX OUT