Issues with the SSRG

Okay, I think this is the time to bring this up. Because it's getting a bit annoying now.


As you may already know, there have been a few issues that have happened recently, such as the banning/unbanning of Selbi and the Moonwalker drama. There's a severe problem in that barely any staff member is available to maintain the forums, Qjimbo really is the only one doing anything right now which really is outright stupid. A disadvantage is that staff actions are being made quickly and some are just uncalled for.


A recent example is when SeanieB posted a topic regarding Selbi's unbanning, Qjimbo trashed the topic just because Selbi contributed to the community when he really was making pointless guides, which really surprised me because I thought Jim didn't like these actions being made elsewhere. No one else was therefore allowed to voice their opinion on this matter. I just used that as an example, nothing else.


I can understand that many people are very busy and can't be as active as they can but this issue clearly needs to be sorted. There are probably other issues that could be mentioned, though I'll leave that to other members. Hopefully other people can discuss this matter as well.

 

Yeah, SSRG is looking to be a 'One-Man-Job', that man being Jim. The controversy of Selbi being unbanned, isn't really a problem for me. I mean, I kind of respect him now. While some people may not like him, he's not that bad. The Moonwalker thread, caused controversy with Oerg not wishing the locations to be on Sonic Retro. While I can understand this, due to his ban over there, it was childish. I mean, they're only music locations. Then a while back there was an attack on Selbi, which was completly inopropriate.


What I feel needs done, is more active staff around, and tightened rules, the attacks on people are getting out of hand now.

 

If it's not one thing it's another on these forums.


I'm not sure if you've noticed, but QJimbo is doing a LOT of work on here. Hacktube wouldn't exist without him.


Just because he wants to give everyone a chance, doesn't mean he's a bad admin. I've given people plenty of chances. Selbi didn't really deserve to be banned anyway.


The matter of there being no staff available, I'm constantly checking the forums, to see what's going on. Most of the time, there's nothing worthy of locking/trashing, that doesn't mean that nobody's doing their job.


Can we please stop this constant bitching now?

 

PsychoSk8r, if you're meaning me, then I wasn't bitching, I just stated an issue that was something worth dealing with. Yes, Qjimbo has revived this place but still, one man cannot do everything.


And SeanieB: What do you mean that stuff wouldn't exist without you?

 

No not you SOTI, you haven't been complaining all over the forums. I've lost count of how many topics I've read with people complaining about Selbi's unbanning.

Seconded.

 

Well, to be fair, Potato emulator is relatively easy to get you hands on. I've used it myself. But the PHP & database system behind it is a hell of a lot of work, you know.

 

What do you expect, the staff to be working 24/7. People have lives, jobs and other things before moderating a Sonic forum. Sorry, but I've seen WAY more out of control sites than SSRG. I'm really trying to see how this will help. People will still complain, it's the internet. There will still be drama, every forum has drama.

 

The issue is not the number of staff as much as the caliber of decisions taken by the current staff. Quantity means nothing as much as quality does; if you find yourself consistently dissatisfied with the type of staff decisions being made, then your issues are with the staff members in question who made those decisions. Adding more active staff will not do anything to change that.


Personally, I think Selbi has proven more than enough times that he's a complete twat in more than one respect--banning him for weeks at a time just to unban him later does absolutely nothing to change that. Before his membership should be considered warrantable, then he needs to show improvement in behavior, not increasing hacking contributions. You can be the best ROM hacker in the world and still be a complete idiot; this seems to be the case here.


You can try and justify the decisions made all you want, but when it comes right down to it, Selbi doesn't deserve to be unbanned--not in his current state.

 

...I actually found the emulator by googling and came across this article on Digg. Thanks for your work on the original skin though, it is true you did the CSS and blue buttons, though they are no longer in use here.


Yes we used to talk a lot, but that doesn't mean you dictate who gets banned and who doesn't. My point with trashing the topic was that I'm sick of a lot of members on this board who do nothing but complain without even making ANY effort to improve the board. Your opinion isn't disregarded, I have just chosen not to act upon it, simply because I'm sick and tired of hearing people complain about each other instead of actually bothering to make an effort to get along with those people.


We've all been spoilt by Retro in that annoying people are often removed from the forum fairly quickly, meaning only the most adept people are left on the forum. Thats not how things work here since we stripped out a lot of the validation, and as such, this place is growing in popularity because we're no longer trying to get the cull the herd before we even have a herd to cull.


Due to this, you're going to have to put up with people you might not get along with easily, might find irritating, etc. but thats just the way it is. Put it in perspective, is it really that big of a deal ultimately?


I agree that more staff would be nice, it seems a lot are idle, but I don't really have the authority to start appointing staff, not to mention I'm not terribly good at choosing people =P

 

I personally think we just need more mods. I mean, Ordos is nowhere to be found, and StephenUK doesn't post as much as Qjimbo :x

 

StephenUK has actually been rather active for a few weeks now. I see him on here all the time. =P


I'm sure he'll step in if needs be.

 

Yeah true, but where's Ordos? I haven't seen him in like, ever.

 

I'm sure Ordos has very good reason for not being here. Real life is a big thing =P