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Yy4u wrote:

Good old fashioned platter drive

That's the one.

My data HD crashed, while my OS drive was unaffected. Not a terrible thing, important things were backed up. I put in a new drive with a fresh OS install, and now I have the original OS drive as a plug and play backup. So files are transferring to the new drive, and fresh backups to my USB backup.

Giovanniland wrote:

Actually, it is weird for me to disagree with another Guardian...

*sips coffee.....adds TWP Spiced Crimson Rum....sips again*

The goal of the job is to maintain, protect, and engage the RMB community and conversation without stifling participation. And the job includes encouraging and guiding new players.

I think you've all gone overboard with suppression.

Too often I wonder why someone's post has been suppressed. I click to show the post, and I see that they are new, don't know what's what, and yet they've been suppressed. I feel that's wrong. Suppressing such posts just puts holes in the RMB conversation and breaks the flow. And it certainly doesn't encourage a new player to participate. Give them a chance to learn, and then if they repeat it, then suppress it. If they continue, then launch them.

Trolls will be trolls and must be dealt with quickly.
Spam must be suppressed without mercy.
Rulebreakers must be launched.

But suppressing someone because they posted a stat from their nation? Suppressing someone because they posted a statement by their 'leader' because they don't yet understand where RP is appropriate in NS? I don't agree with those suppressions, unless it's something they are doing consistently/repeatedly without regard to encouragement to do otherwise.

Suppression simply becomes Oppression.

I've seen several lately where someone was suppressed for simply posting "hi". What's the deal with that? If I'm a new player, and I'm shy and don't know what to do, maybe I just post 'hi' to see if it's okay. Then I get suppressed and told to be more substantive. I don't know what you mean by that, I was just saying 'hi'. So I never post again, and logoff NS never to return. What an annoying game!

Good job Guardians! You just lost another potential allstar player. *frowns*

Once upon a time when All Good People was Delegate, I started out vigorously keeping the RMB clean of all non-Karaoke posts on Fridays. And in the past, that was an appropriate policy, given the state of the game and the problems of AdSpam at the time. However, as my Delegacy continued it became apparent that our strict RMB policies needed adjustment, and I loosened those restrictions to allow greater participation on the RMB for those posts that had nothing to do with Karaoke Friday. One portion of our RMB community should not be suppressed as opposed to others just because they aren't interested in the daily event, or are trying to figure out how to participate in the game.

Just my 2 cents. *tips hat*