I've just read through the entire 7 page fiasco concerning the third-person command.
Firekip's first response was uncalled for.
Muttonstache's "Who are you?" response wasn't necessary.
His other response, "these are the people who say balls..." is probably the pebble that started the downhill avalanche of flaming remarks.
Firekip mentioned that they were trash-talking them, although i haven't seen them say anything inflammatory against Mutton or Firekip.
After that, Merc started responding to both of them and turned into the shitstorm we're all seeing now.
There are some posts that you can't see any longer that... Well... They're just blatantly uncalled for.
Most of what Firekip says I just glaze over since it usually doesn't even make any sort of sense in the English language or reality as defined by Einsteinian physics. He's not malicious and doesn't actually break any of the rules as laid out
here. Most of what he says is somehow loosely based on the topic. Where the topic actually derailed was with
this post here (which is one of the posts where I SHOULD have given him a point and decided not to) when it turned from arguing his point to just insulting people on a public forum where he posted a public thread that somebody other than an admin wasn't responding. The Mr. T thing was short lived and a small joke, so I let it go because I'm not one to rule by an iron fist. And
here is another post I really should've zinged him with a point but didn't.
Eminor3rd sent me a PM on the topic, treated me with respect, and discussed it like an adult. I gave him an answer which seemed to satisfy him.
I appreciate you taking the time to be an adult about it and not fly off the handle with flaming and threadcrapping.
The reason is here, actually, in another thread.
http://www.skial.com/threads/we-should-really-remove-3.25590/
It has been causing issues where it's been exploited as if it were a hack.
I have ZERO problem with Merc asking what he did. What I do have a problem with is that he came in here with a SuperSoaker full of gasoline, sprayed everybody down, and threw a match then was like "WHY ARE YOU FLAMING ME!?" after people disagreed with him (maybe not in the NICEST way, but not in any rule-breaking manner). He showed up with a chip on his shoulder the size of the iceburg that took out the Titanic over an unofficial feature in a video game.
There are other threads on the same exact topic in both directions that proceeded without needing any sort of moderator intervention. Unfortunately, Merc caused his thread to require that.