[SpardaSon21]

I can speak from experience that TrashMan is TrashMan, even if he isn't in a GenDisc area.

[Dilmah G]

I just avoid GenDisc overall. Two people arguing about a topic that they view very differently is a waste of effort.

I think this is the issue when it comes to serious business on any of the board's forums.

At some stage, people just can't discuss, and they feel the need to argue/resort to other aggressive behaviour. When you can see that one person has a radically different viewpoint than you do on something, agreeing to disagree is a lot more productive than being aggressive and making an ass out of yourself and the entire board.

[General Battuta]

I just avoid GenDisc overall. Two people arguing about a topic that they view very differently is a waste of effort.

I think this is the issue when it comes to serious business on any of the board's forums.

At some stage, people just can't discuss, and they feel the need to argue/resort to other aggressive behaviour. When you can see that one person has a radically different viewpoint than you do on something, agreeing to disagree is a lot more productive than being aggressive and making an ass out of yourself and the entire board.

Or you can thrash them so hard that their women lament.

[Snail]

Or you can thrash them so hard that their women lament.

Or drag them down to your level and beat them with experience.

[Dilmah G]

Or you can thrash them so hard that their women lament.

Let's see you try. 

[Snail]

Tempting fate once again, I see.

[General Battuta]

Or you can thrash them so hard that their women lament.

Let's see you try. 

I refer you to Hard Light Productions General Discussion forum.

[Dilmah G]

Oh pshaw, I see no lamenting women!

Tempting fate once again, I see.

Oh, that was pretty tame by my standards of fate-tempting.

* Dilmah G quietly brings up the running from gang incident.

[NGTM-1R]

Or drag them down to your level and beat them with experience.

If we could do it to Trashman, we could do it to anyone.

Then the moderation stopped letting us do it to Trashman.

[Dilmah G]

Yes but you see Trashman inevitably had more experience than the rest of us, so he may just as well have beat us at his own game at one stage.

[NGTM-1R]

Yes but you see Trashman inevitably had more experience than the rest of us, so he may just as well have beat us at his own game at one stage.

Karaj pretty much had it covered. I only helped.

[Galemp]

[Nuclear1]

Oh pshaw, I see no lamenting women!

That's because you're on an internet forum, which by definition is devoid of women.

[Scotty]

Don't let Rian hear you...

[Angelus]

GenDisc didn't change much, in terms of "kind-of-topic" posted. We have all kind of topics, rarely "serious" ones.
What's changed is indeed the number of flamewars. GenDisc is much quieter now.

It's still the Brown Sector of HLP. There's the usual going on, and when Chief- insert Moderator nick- Garibaldi walks through, everyone's busy with pretending they're innocent. 

There are, on occasion "serious" discussions going on, and the reason that those aren't turning always into flamewars, is imo, that certain members ( ex-members ) aren't posting anymore/ don't get involved too much.
Me also thinks, that people don't get too involved in certain topics, considering that previously "serious" discussions, turned into flamewars (minor reason) and get locked and on occasion people get banned ( major reason).

Maybe i'm wrong on this one, but it seems that threads like "Whatever happens in your life" seemed to aid, in a twisted way, to reduce the number of flamewars.
Having such dedicated "i crapped, and i want to let the world know" threads seems to reduce the amount of spam threads.

[Aardwolf]

Don't let Rian hear you...

She left.