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Is the new TMC attitude a good or bad thing?

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Dally Lama
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-08-15 02:21:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Dally Lama
About 2 or so months ago we began to see a shift in the staff behavior on TMC. This is in direct reference to two points:

- Large increase in banning players from the comments section
- More direct and opinionated pieces by the site owner The Mittani

Is it your opinion that these changes are good or bad?
Does point 1 help clean up the commenting community, or restrict otherwise valid comments?
Does point 2 offer an increase in content, or do such opinions not belong on the site?
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#2 - 2014-08-15 02:24:35 UTC
Considering what their comment section was like beforehand, I would say that is a net positive. They have mostly just banned obvious trolls and jackasses.

As for the second, every time he says anything, people cry about it in huge numbers. As someone who subsists largely off of tears, I also approve, even if I do not agree with much of what he says.

And lastly, in before lock, for whatever reason. I suspect derailment instantly.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#3 - 2014-08-15 02:32:03 UTC
His website. He can post what he wants and block who he likes.

Don't like it. Don't read it.

Anyone would think The Mittani was an EvE God with some of the carry on about what he does.

He's just another player that has a successful blog. Go get your own and you too can do the same thing.
GOB the Magician
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2014-08-15 02:36:46 UTC
If only these forums were as quick to ban idiotic posters posting dumb things, not unlike this very OP...
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2014-08-15 02:37:48 UTC
do the mittani's opinions belong on the mittani dot com

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Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-08-15 02:38:02 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
His website. He can post what he wants and block who he likes.

Don't like it. Don't read it.

Anyone would think The Mittani was an EvE God with some of the carry on about what he does.

He's just another player that has a successful blog. Go get your own and you too can do the same thing.


I wish I can but I don't have my own legion of internet nerds who will follow me to burn all of CFC and/or VFK.Roll Seriously that's all I see with all the grr goons crowd. As much as I stay away from nullsec in general it's ncie to read about them from time to time.

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Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-08-15 02:44:04 UTC
Yang Aurilen wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
His website. He can post what he wants and block who he likes.

Don't like it. Don't read it.

Anyone would think The Mittani was an EvE God with some of the carry on about what he does.

He's just another player that has a successful blog. Go get your own and you too can do the same thing.


I wish I can but I don't have my own legion of internet nerds who will follow me to burn all of CFC and/or VFK.Roll Seriously that's all I see with all the grr goons crowd. As much as I stay away from nullsec in general it's ncie to read about them from time to time.

All you need to do is make a few comments about nullsec being pure RMT, Mittens being akin to a real life Sith lord, Grath Telkin being a meanie poohead; throw in a blue doughnut here, a highsec needs income buffs there, and just like magic...nothing will change from what we have now. Lots of hurfblurf, but no one actually doing anything to attept to topple the evil nullsec emperors.
Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-08-15 02:48:58 UTC
Lol at this thready already..

it's the Mittani's site he can post what he wants..

In the end it is a lot better then most of the garbage that ends up on evenews24

But the change in the last few months has to do with the lack of large scale action happening in Null atm.
Once things heat up once again you will see more of the older style pieces back up there
Serene Repose
#9 - 2014-08-15 02:49:13 UTC
A Mittani fanboi attempts to resurrect a clown. Pathetic, really. There he was with nothing to do. Lightbulb over the head! (ding!)
"I think I'll post something on EVE's GD alluding to Mitt as some internet geographical feature!" Well done!

He is such a feature! He's the tip of the internet's pointy little head! It has one...as you might be aware...ahem.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.

Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#10 - 2014-08-15 02:52:39 UTC
Oh, and they need to vet their submissions column a bit better. Those last few have been atrocious.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#11 - 2014-08-15 02:57:54 UTC
Dally Lama wrote:
Large increase in banning players from the comments section
Don't want to get banned? Don't shiptoast or troll in the comments section.

Simples.
Quote:
More direct and opinionated pieces by the site owner The Mittani
Opinion pieces tend to be opinionated, and Mittens has diplomats for being subtle. Shocked

Quote:
Is it your opinion that these changes are good or bad?
Does point 1 help clean up the commenting community, or restrict otherwise valid comments?
Does point 2 offer an increase in content, or do such opinions not belong on the site?


The changes are good, I've been moderated once on TMC, and they were right to delete the post. Only the truly terrible and persistent trolls get banned.

I think we will see an increase in content, Mittens has never shied from controversy. Some of his long standing guest writers positively revel in it.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Samantha Floyd
Doomheim
#12 - 2014-08-15 02:58:05 UTC
The Mittani has pretty much lost his mind. It seems he might suffer from some kind of bipolar disorder? This is no more evidenced by watching how he assigns respect to certain people. He uses the most arbitrary and immature of factors to determine if someone is deserved of the utmost respect or complete disrespect. Example: His response to Marlona Sky

I do like his rant articles, but the overall quality of the site is definitely going down. You cannot express any opinion that puts him or his alliance in a bad light, thus it's become a propaganda site more than an actual news site.
I was actually banned myself about a month ago. A commenter used the word "gay" in a derogatory manner, at which point a moderator responded and asked him to please not use the word "gay" in a deragatory manner. The moderator was part of Goonswarm and the site itself is run by GSF's leaders, so I responded by saying, "You should clean up your own wiki first" followed by a few links to blatantly homophobic articles on their wiki. I was banned instantly.

None of this should be all that surprising. The Mittani decided, while sober, to create a powerpoint presentation for the sole purpose of humiliating a miner. He had days of sobriety to consider that decision, but he still decided to put it on a flash drive, fly a few thousand KM with it, and load it up into a computer to present. The vast, vast majority of this was done while completely sober and aware of his actions. Not surprising to see what happens on his website then.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#13 - 2014-08-15 03:02:18 UTC
Samantha Floyd wrote:
He uses the most arbitrary and immature of factors to determine if someone is deserved of the utmost respect or complete disrespect. Example: His response to Marlona Sky


Oh, do tell.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2014-08-15 03:05:28 UTC
Samantha Floyd wrote:
None of this should be all that surprising. The Mittani decided, while sober, to create a powerpoint presentation for the sole purpose of humiliating a miner. He had days of sobriety to consider that decision, but he still decided to put it on a flash drive, fly a few thousand KM with it, and load it up into a computer to present. The vast, vast majority of this was done while completely sober and aware of his actions. Not surprising to see what happens on his website then.

Eh, he's a better man than I am. At least he apologized. I'd have just given you all a two finger salute while moonwalking out to serve out my ban.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2014-08-15 03:26:09 UTC
Three times ive tried to write something here.. three times ive decided against it.




Im just gonna watch and munch this white cheddar popcorn.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?

Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-08-15 03:36:22 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Oh, and they need to vet their submissions column a bit better. Those last few have been atrocious.


I can't support this enough. Damn it's been bad recently but at least they had the decency of killing the one about UK powergrid being the limiting factor and giving excuse for messing up that bad.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#17 - 2014-08-15 03:41:26 UTC
Frostys Virpio wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Oh, and they need to vet their submissions column a bit better. Those last few have been atrocious.


I can't support this enough. Damn it's been bad recently but at least they had the decency of killing the one about UK powergrid being the limiting factor and giving excuse for messing up that bad.


Yeah, that one and this latest one, where he basically suggests a rehash of wormhole space, were the motivating factor in my post you quoted.

Idk if they are having trouble getting people to write submissions, or if they need filler that badly, or what. But whatever it is... yech.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#18 - 2014-08-15 04:24:19 UTC
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