(10-31-2010, 07:00 PM)Larry Reese Wrote: I think we can ask like minded folks we know to join who might be interested, but I personally feel that that is all that is practical at this point. We have to put the signs up so the interested can find their way here, but only the atmosphere they find and their enjoyment of the game will keep them or have them drift on.
LR
Sums it up for me. Hopefully, with Modern Wars out in the coming months, there will be a number new members joining the Blitz.
Then, as Larry pointed out, it is the game itself, and the athmosphere here that will keep them interested. Or not.
For what its worth, I would agree that the Blitz rule #20 should be enough. As it reads, the mods call them as they seem them anyway.
As the mods are propably from US time zones, being 5 - 10 hours ahead of them have given me an opportunity to enjoy some discussions others have not seen, as they have been deleted. Moderating an open forum remains a necessity.
I do not see why we couldn't try to run the show without the extra rules. For an total outsider, they must appear a bit draconian.
So how about just putting them aside for a while. See what happens then?
It should be for everyone's interest to make this an open community. And if someone gets out of line, the mods can get their head chopped off without the extra rules anyhow.
I mean, we have a couple of months to practice, before the MW hits the shelves.
Nothing that I wrote are intended to refer to any person, true or fictional.