Again, so answering a question in my own thread is considered off topic. Wow.
In addition, even if I wasn't answering a question how is the post be considered off topic, when all 4 hacks are linked together as they're direct sequel/prequel to each other. I think as the creator of the hack, I think I would know whether an information is considered on topic. I mean how would you know? You didn't create the hack. You just spectate and add your 2 cents.
How would you define "interesting"? What you deem is uninteresting, isn't to others. To me that post was important. Why?
a) It tells people to calm down as I didn't just skipped the Blue Chapter and just went ahead with the Yellow Chapter.
b) It also tells people why a thread for Blue Chapter wasn't made yet as people were asking throughout the Yellow thread.
c) It's a bit close minded to say whether the post was interesting or not. If it's not interesting, people wouldn't have asked.
That comment was posted after the deletion, hence I wrote "hopefully he can read next time". Talk about taking things out of context.
Like the staff handled the job better? Banning people who supported me, and deleting the posts that gave insight while leaving the one that supported the mod. If you want to be bias, at least make it less obvious.
If the question's unrelated to the discussion aspect of your hack, then by definition, yes, it's off-topic. I know because I am one of the oldest tenured staff members here and I am a Super Moderator. It's my job to know the difference. You posting that the hack wasn't approved for the lack of screenshots isn't on topic at all, that's all there is to it. Feel free to go on about what constitutes 'interesting' all you want, it changes nothing. You decided to keep pushing when you were told to stop, and you were chastised for it accordingly.
The bannings were a troll account, and the same person evading that ban on a new account to harass Hashtag/Christos with. That's not exactly someone I would want for a supporter. And yes, given the circumstances and given the sheer ridiculousness of the reaction - calls for the mods to be fired, threatening to leave PC, threaten to never post hacks here again, people actually taking the time to make troll accounts to mess with people, on top of all the rude, snide and disrespectful comments made in the thread and elsewhere, I would consider the situation handled fairly well.
First off, I'm saddened that you seem to have ignored everything I typed beyond the first sentence.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there:
You may PM or VM a moderator. In no way does this prohibit mentioning that a thread was rejected or why it was rejected. In this particular case it seems rather relevant to mention why the Adventure Blue thread was rejected as he was answering a question about Adventure Blue.
Rude or no, I'd like to point out that this was an open question to the moderator that was obviously watching the thread. The fact that it was deleted tells me they cared much less that the user knew why the posts were being hidden, or how to make them acceptable, than that the forums looked peachy keen to an outsider. Personally speaking, were I the mod, I'd just upfront publicly reply to that; this makes him look like the fool for not knowing the rules, answers the question, keeps the useful part of the post, and clearly demonstrates to the public what's out of line. What Hashtag did instead is quietly hide the posts and in the second case drop a cheeky message, which while apparently inline with PC's moderation policies (this isn't my main point btw), only managed to sweep the whole incident under the rug. This not only causes collateral damage in that it removes the answer to the legitimate question (why was the question removed again? I asked this and you didn't touch on it at all), it removes the issue as a whole, leaving Aethestode to give the only visible account of what happened, work a bunch of people up, and frustrate any regular users trying to work out what the hell happened.
Well sorry for not being the only one to feel this activity was sketchy? I don't really appreciate being dismissed as an angry mob because I went to the Staff Feedback thread with feedback for the staff.
To make this clear because I'm afraid you won't get it: I'm not asking you to lynch Hashtag. I get that your policies give him diplomatic immunity because you're chums. I'd just like y'all to change your methods so this crap never happens again, because the event that set it off isn't really a good thing for the mods to be doing anyway. Please stop deleting every post that's remotely incorrect; transparent moderation is more helpful. Yes, that is how little faith your post inspires me with that I have to add this paragraph. I'm seriously tempted to post a mocking one-paragraph reply but I don't like being completely unhelpful, and I hope y'all are smart enough to take a little snark with a legit post.
Finally:
This went totally unanswered if anyone would like to clarify. I doubt it's that complicated.
I'm not sure what part of "VM or PM a moderator" you don't understand. When you bring it up in the thread itself, in a crass manner, it stops being constructive and useful and instead becomes off-topic, spam, etc.
You may PM or VM a moderator. In no way does this prohibit mentioning that a thread was rejected or why it was rejected. In this particular case it seems rather relevant to mention why the Adventure Blue thread was rejected as he was answering a question about Adventure Blue.
You're misinterpreting the rule.
Hacks threads that do not meet the rules set above will simply be ignored and unapproved. A thread will not appear if you do not meet these requirements.
Someone who submitted a hack and didn't see their thread should automatically know that it didn't meet the requirements. The "you may PM a moderator for information on why your thread may not have been approved" bit is how you contact the mod for questions about why. The sole method by which you're supposed to contact a staff member about that sort of thing is via VM/PM. Not in the thread itself. This should be self-explanatory.
Rude or no, I'd like to point out that this was an open question to the moderator that was obviously watching the thread.
It quite frankly does not matter. Once you cross over that threshold, into personal attacks, rudeness, etc, it's going to get deleted, regardless of what else was said there.
There's nothing sketchy here. I get it, you're a fan of the hack and don't want to see it locked, but you cannot mean to tell me the response to its closure by some of the ROM Hacking community was appropriate. And while you came here to say your peace, you didn't so so in the manner in which this thread is accustomed to. Snark and mocking tones won't get you anywhere, so I suggest you drop it.
He doesn't have any immunity because he didn't do anything wrong to begin with, and he's not being "protected" because we're "chums". The rules in the ROM Hacking section are the way they are because they need to be to handle the rigors of the busiest and most demanding section on the entire site, and that's not going to change - should be straightforward and clear enough so that there's no confusion, I trust.
Rago said:
1. ITS cool that u'd make thread but i think you should begin with blu when red is finish but you have a big far (fire but i've said it so because its lol) for making hacks and the other one person too.2. Hope that tomorrow is coming the thread for blue
That's what he said. Not exactly asking when Blue "would be around", just said that he hoped it would be soon. Not a whole lot of substance there to go on, and given how close it is to asking for a release date, I can see why it was deleted as well, although given how English isn't his first language, I personally would give him a mulligan on that one. But I'm not the moderator there, that's not my call to make.