micktiegs_8: Sorry to add to the off-topic, but the thing that kinda bothers me the most is that if someone trolls the forum (among other things) bad enough, then GOG can permanently ban them from the website. How does said individual buy games here, then? I mean... trolls still buy games don't they? :p

Shadowstalker16: I know you can, and I believe you should be able to do it; as its your site and you're the one paying to keep it up. It doesn't change the fact that the rule is vague and in-concise. I was saying that he is accepting what any serious thought would point out to be a bad and ultimately limiting rule in the name of purging the phobias and isms from the earth.

micktiegs_8: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212182929-What-are-the-house-rules-Code-of-Conduct-for-posting-on-the-website

Remember that the ability to post on the website is a privilege and not a right. If a user is found ignoring or repeatedly violating the rules stated above and/or the website's Terms of Use, depending upon severity, he/she will lose an adequate amount of reputation points, and:
- be given a warning from a moderator or GOG.com employee, or
- be temporary banned from the GOG.com forums and/or website for a “cooldown period”, or
- be permanently banned from the GOG.com forums and/or website.

edit: I see what you said above. Well, that's what I was referring to anyways :)

vsr: What does that mean?
Downreppers will finally lose theirs bots (or will have to buy games to continue theirs notorious activity)?

Wishbone: That would of course be somewhat easier if GOG actually provided the updated information. Sadly, historically speaking at least, communication is not a strong suit of GOG's.

Fairfox: Seems liek this has gone ker-razy off-topic an' all should be in teh other threadie. Ho hum, Imma contribute to taht, sorryksorry.

Mah quick, dirty, overall impressions of GOGie's general forums are: It's a safe place to be called retarded, told homophobia is a perversion, held to a weird standard because Imma not male, told I should be raped, learnin' (in teh verrr loosest sense) all kinds of right(-right)-wing political paranoia, seein' moar xenophobic an' religious fervor thaaan I cans shake a stick at, an' wadin' thru trolls an' scammers taaaht don't even care (an' in teh latter case ruined giveaways). Teh stick? It's brown an' sticky. Odd thang to focus on... *shifty eyes*

Then somethang, somethang gamies waaai down teh list. An' humor; nevah forget teh humor. Not my humor :/

Lordy-Lord help teh passerbys an' lurkers.
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Damage done with Google results.

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Imma Fairfox an' nice (mostly). I write real weird, which causes mass-attacks in teh non-physical sense. Hai to passerbys an' lurkers! <3

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I liek fables(22) <3

JMich: The information I had from forum interaction was that GOG can (and occasionally does) ban people from posting on the forum, while leaving them able to use the store and/or the PM system. If said technical side of the bans had changed, I would like to know of it so I don't spread outdated information.
What can cause said ban is (for me) irrelevant, since the ToS say that anything and everything can be cause for a ban, without GOG having to explain themselves.

But seems like the same ban system that was previously used is still in effect, though it should now be enforced a bit more.

Breja: I have this entirely wild idea. It's so crazy it just might work:

First, lets ask Fables to close this thread, since it has become a hopelessly derailed mess and start a new "we are under attack vol 2" thread to actually serve for it's intended purpose.

Secondly, let's all agree to what I think every decent person no matter their views and personal issues with other users can agree- that regardless of the subject matter and personal opinion calling people "subhuman trash" etc., advocating and supporting violence and insulting other users is unacceptable and we need moderation to get rid of it.

Thirdly, let everyone who does not agree with it seek greener, insult and hate friendly pastures elsewhere in wide indoors of the internet, of which this is only a tiny, private corner.

And that's it. Let's just try to have civil discussions about games and stuff like that from that point on, and see how tht goes.

Or we can keep repeating things that everyone has already said to each other on all those political subjects, keep arguing and keep all those grudges going.