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Originally Posted by SNR
This is a special kind of case, though. Amnorix isn't some newbie; he's somebody who KNOWS that occasionally people will get a name change as a joke. Sometimes it's because they're passionately defending a minority argument. He's seen it happen before. He knows that the name will eventually get changed back, and he knows that the people in charge will probably change it back if he asks them to. Did he try doing that? Did he try PMing any of the mods about this? No. He just went straight to posting this "I'm leaving forever" thread.
It's regrettable to see people get turned away by the same tired conversation that inevitably crops up from thread to thread, or because they're sick of the typecasting and categories of fans/posters that people have to fall into as a convenient way of strengthening their arguments. And we all fall into this trap from time to time, but if everybody just does it occasionally, it will basically show up every day on this forum. Not much can be done about it.
I think this is one of the first cases where somebody has left because a mod messed with them. Not because they disapproved of how the mod handled a situation, but just because a harmless prank was pulled on them. People have left because they can't stand the mods on here, but that's because the mods have a tough job, had to make a decision, and somebody's wishes got left out in the cold. This isn't one of those times. Again, it's just a name change; the mods would change it back. They'd do it instantly if asked to. In fact, that's exactly what happened as soon as this thread was posted.
I like Amnorix, too, but he's totally in the wrong on this. He handled it the wrong way, and he's too closed-minded to even come back and see that the mods apologized and made things right again. I hope he comes back, but he's got to know that creating an "I'm leaving forever" thread usually isn't conducive to less ribbing from the natives.
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I agree with you that he handled it wrong. I think threads like this are among the lamest we see. If it were me I would have privately contacted someone about it, or if I was angry enough about it left until I wasn't, without the drama.
As it stands I was just using this thread as an avenue to post my thoughts about mod behavior, rather than specifically addressing this particular incident. In a general sense, mods doing shit like this is sort of like the police tp'ing your front yard or egging your house or leaving burning bags of dogshit on your porch and ringing the doorbell. Sure it's harmless and fun when you're a kid and maybe even when you're older but not something you really want people in authority doing.
JMO of course...
In any case I think I've spoken my piece enough on this one. People are free to agree or disagree, I'm going to leave it alone now.