I do think that you should generally post nothing but the explanation for the lock when you close a topic. Getting the last word in is bad taste, if rarely malicious.

Good suggestion Prince.

I encourage this, Since posting after a topic was locked and/or locking without a reason, Is disrespectful.
And a player whom feels bullied/Mocked/Frowned upon is quick to make accusations / Flame / Insult / Be generally sad or angry.

My question is why are we repeating this when this topic is already been discussed already in other threads that are recent? >< PM anyone?

That's a rather cynic approach. Makes the DM team sound very immature, when in fact a good measure of maturity and unbiased service to the playerbase are probably two of the chief conditions in becoming a DM.

I'm not saying that cases like that are nonexistant, only that you shouldn't accuse the group of it happening often, if you provide us with nothing to back up your claim.

Um, what claim?

Main reason DM's have a last word is that they either don't notice the "lock" or that they were posting while the lock was put on the thread. A DM post goes through in that case.

I do add something after a lock myself now and then, but that's most often a comment on the tone of the thread (or the reason why it got locked) and not a contribution to the argument itself. I can imagine that a "we discussed this and this is the verdict" type of conclusion is also fine, even if the thread isn't reopened.

I do agree that a "nah nah nah, I got the last word" type of post would be a bit sad, but I doubt those are the norm.

All I have to say about this is that I've noticed when DM's lock with a "final word" it is more likely for the OP or someone else to start another topic just continuing it later. In that respect, it's in the DMs' best interest just to be frank about the matter.

Mind that sometimes stuff simply isn't up to discussion. A "this is how we do it" concluding remark doesn't really need a new thread in that case, I think.

That being said, I've never found either a hugely important issue.

This thread should -so- be locked without reason. I would be highly amused.

"nah nah nah, I got the last word"

Sweet crap...the team can't catch a break lately.

The only time recently I've seen mod posts was after I locked a topic and was ninja posted by 3 people afterwards. I explained it was an accident. This normally doesn't happen and certainly does not need a proposal, as we're well aware of how it looks and we avoid it at all costs.

Sweet crap...the team can't catch a break lately.

Is this really an issue? Are there really so many negative instances of thread locking?

Honestly I'm sick of all the crap people are posting in respct to the dev's, Dm's, and mods.

It reeks of lack of appreciation, escpecially when it is stated in a rather disrespectful or just plain rude tone.

I'm tired of seeing the arguments between bitter playrs(some on these forums don't even f@cking play anymore!), and Dms/Devs/Mods.


Could you guys seriously just drop it already.

I mean damn even I had small slight issues with them but damn...do as Lally says and please cut'em a damn break already!

No one's made any derogatory statements towards DMs, man/woman.

Just something that happens sometime. The fact that we even care to discuss whether or not its even is an issue instead of accusing anyone shows at least some respect for them, in this thread at least.

If it can reduce the number of users who feel "bullied/Mocked/Frowned upon is quick to make accusations / Flame / Insult / Be generally sad or angry", and reduce a number of 2 cent threads, how is that a bad thing?

I agree, I don't think anyone is intentionally trying to anger the entire dev team, just trying to have a nice conversation about locked threads, and why perhaps some in the past could have remained open a little longer, and counter arguments to that.

Sometimes in IA I will make another post in a locked topic to extrapolate the reason we are not doing or looking at something. Theres a good reason for that because the more information I give out the less likely the topic is to come up again within five minutes.

I do add something after a lock myself now and then, but that's most often a comment on the tone of the thread (or the reason why it got locked) and not a contribution to the argument itself. I can imagine that a "we discussed this and this is the verdict" type of conclusion is also fine, even if the thread isn't reopened.

I always find it funny how halfway a thread like this one players start claiming that DMs and Devs are insulted and mistreated by other players.

Yes, Disco's right. We're accustomed to animal abuse, and while we pity the horse, we don't hang its dead weight from our necks.

Animals are awesome. For instance, I love this Horse.

It's not something that happens intentionally