Lets change our slogan, shall we?
No Sponsors. Don't be guttural or you will be censored so play nice and be cuddly, unless you're in the Mod's clique. Respect the mods because this is NeoGAF Off Topic Jr. You can disrespect everyone else unless they're in the Mod's clique
I think some people are misundersrtanding what the "no censors" thing means, and twisting it to try and make us look bad, so let me be clear: "no censors" referrs to the "censored words". You can cuss here, we don't care. That doesn't mean that you can post whatever the hell you want.
Every (decent) forum is censored to an extent.
Yes, topics about child pornography will be locked and deleted.
Yes, topics about racism will be locked and deleted.
Yes, threatening topics will be locked and deleted.
So is the forum censored to an extent? Of course it is. Read the ToS. This is not only to cover our own asses, but to avoid having to deal with the backlash and shit that comes with people making topics about that stuff. Shit like that is funny in middle school. Mature adults looking for a good discussion and some light-hearted fun don't need to deal with it. As has been mentioned a MILLION times before, if you want to post somewhere where people can post whatever the fuck they want with no consequences, go to OA.
As for the allusion that TBS was banned simply because he was being a douchebag, well, yeah, he was. When more than half of your shitty posts become solely about trolling another poster, then you're no asset to the community. It goes back to what I said above. He was getting on peoples' nerves, he was ASKED to stop numerous times, but he decided to push it and I think most people agree that MAF was being more than patient with him. Do you really think he was actuallly getting under MAF's skin? Guess again. If that was the case he would have been banned from the get-go.