It occurred to me after posting that BlackSix could post a link in the header titled "Discussion Thread here [URL ].... [/URL ]". He could just kick it off with an opening post and let the rants roll on. I wouldn't expect him to monitor it though, anything sensible would be posted in the update thread under the eyes of the moderators.

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Exactly what I was thinking mate.

Hehe my own suggestion about such a locked update thread led to 60 deleted posts and it being locked.

It's the way to go.

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I would think that a seperation of COD and BOM would be helpful at some point. If the new pics of the BOM planes were in a seperate thread from the Dev update for COD, there would be less wading through OT stuff.

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I'm not sure I understand the goal here.

All cheers and happiness in the update thread and all critizism and the unhappy customers in a seperate thread held away in some sub forum to to be seen by potentially new customers?

Will possibly "sensible" posts be screened by you and then, if approved, moved up to the update thread?

If this one doesn't remind me of news from East Germany and Soviet Russia back when I was young, I guess nothing would.

Feel free to censor me, I'm starting to get the picture how things are done in here. Seen how people like Tree and furbs putting up hard questions aren't getting answered but rather moderated away this suggestion of post #1 would not surprise me to be seen put into action.

Maybe extend the forum beyond "moderator" and denote some memebers as "Political Commisar", like Klem and maybe that odd Ace-man?

The goal is to obtain clear information from the developers and to provide the opportunity to ask or to see clear questions specifically on the update information and find the devs answers.

There are no sinister intentions here. Don't confuse suppressive censorship with trying to keep important Threads meaningful, on topic and free of Trolls.

I am a forum user just like you but I get sick of wading through a pile of vitriol and often childish arguments when what I want from an update thread is to easily find the information it gives and to see relevant questions and answers. There are plenty of threads where people can argue themselves blue in the face and hurl insults at eachother if they want.

I think you must see that many posts in the last update thread were just a battle of personalised vitriol and repeated complaints that we've all seen so many times before and that do not specifically reference the update information. Its not that some of the complaints aren't valid and I understand that more recent purchasers of CoD will want to come here and register their point of view but that isn't what the update threads are for. Do we really have to wade through all of that every time to find the useful information? My suggestion is simply that certain Threads be given a special status that keeps them useful.

As for members that get a ban, some of them seem to enjoy only being deliberately and boringly provocative on the same old subjects, again and again and again and again, questions that have already been answered, again and again and again. It reduces them to Trolls and personally I'm glad the moderators are taking a stronger line. I come here to find useful information and help if I can, not to wade through a pile of nonsense that wouldn't be tolerated in a kids classroom.

Thank you klem for another sensible and reasonable suggestion.

I am sick to death of the whiners. I respect that people have opinions but I find it all so massively destructive and damaging therefore worthy of removal.

The internet is a very easy place to make a nasty comment and hide, I imagine not one of these people would dare go to 'support' their favourite sports team, stand in the crowd each week and launch a volley of abuse for the whole game. There is no anonymity to hide into. Cowards, all of them.