Banned from the Epic forums!

[WHIPperSNAPper]

Wow. I have been permanently banned from the Epic forums and it hadn't even occurred to me that what I posted might be controversial or problematic.

In a forum post I'd mentioned that I had made a map called CTF-Dagnys-Tubes-of-Spam and that a reviewer described it as being "more narrow than a two year old vagina".

Without any warning or admonishment at all, I received a perma-ban with the comment, "Pedophilia is not a joke."

Wow! Is anyone reading this actually offended by such a comment and does it even suggest pedophilia? Granted it's an off-color comment, but is it really ban-worthy? I can understand having a post edited or deleted for such a comment and a warning issued to the poster, but a perma-ban for a productive member of a discussion forum with a complete lack of previous bad behavior seems a little stiff in this case, don't you think?

Sheesh, I guess some people need to turn down their sensitivity meters. It's getting to the point where we might as well just strike the already heavily-neutered First Amendment out of our nation's constitution and declare that we will have government regulated speech and that certain types of speech will be criminal.

[Zax_Gentoo_Box]

Yeah, that's outrageous.

[WHIPperSNAPper]

My posting the comment is outrageous, or the ban is outrageous?

[DW_WailofSuicide]

I think it's pretty dumb to have outright banned you for that. They should've removed it from your post and given you a warning, but whatever. I think it's kind of inappropriate too, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

[d2frob]

lol.

[Chavez]

Holy sh1t that's some way to call it lol. Hell inappropiate, but i could think of tons more ways to handle it instead of banning. You use the 'ban' option if a person occurs to be troublesome for the community.

[DW_StaticLan]

-Moderator that banned-

"Wow what a sicko for making a comment like that. Oh well back to making games about mass killings and destruction!"



LOL Some people need to get a life!

[kaeolian]

wow that really is bullshit... if you were the one saying it I can understand but you were quoting a review of the map itsn ot your words.

Some people really need to get out more.

[Zax_Gentoo_Box]

Their banning you was outrageous, I think the whole situation is kinda funny.

[DW_WailofSuicide]

I don't think it's worth getting worked up over.

Make a new account. If you can't because of an IP block, use a proxy.