As I have told Stephen several days ago, we don't "need" to lock those threads. What we need is Stephen to say we don't need to stop anything until it has escalated to a point where unacceptable behaviors occur. If Stephen is willing to say that, I can guarantee all mods will stop working. It is a matter of conscious and consensus.
By conscious, I mean whether we, as mods, should let things escalate, knowing full well it is going to turn ugly; whether that is what we want; and whether that is something we can stand. By consensus, I mean whether this is the will of this community to have a mod free environment; and whether this is agree upon by the admin team, esp. the site owner, Stephen. If the consensus part is fulfilled, the worst we as mods would do is resign if we can't stand that and have to stand by our values.
The question in debate here is whether you all want the forum to run loose without any enforcement of rules or any restrains at all. If that is what you all choose, I will personally convince Stephen that all mods will go on holiday without providing any support or enforcement of rules, of any sort until further notice. You could then all f-ing swear the heck off in every single post and to the face of every single user in this community without any censor, if that is what you all want. Personally, do I care? If not for some sort of obligation to Stephen, the other admins, and the game, I would had been gone months ago. So, please let us know if you guys don't want us mods doing anything because you would be doing us a huge favor.
dktc is very disappointed and annoyed with the behavior of some members of this community, who not only not appreciate what is available to them for free, but are constantly stepping on boundaries; whining, complaining, and threatening to quit. dktc is also totally fed up with spending time here providing service that he has no obligation to provide, but because of which he and his fellow colleagues are being criticized about.
