There were some posts on my thread (http://www.gamesas.com/forums/general_forum/crysis_2_6v6_mp_official_and_very_sad), then they suddenly disappeared. Where did they go? I saw them. Two posts. I checked again 2 minutes later, the post count on my thread went down and they were gone. What happened?

The posts that disappeared were these:

[quote]All of you, of all people, should know by now that Crysis 2 isn't a PC game.

It's a worthless sodomization of what Crysis and Crysis Wars were, dumbed down into a console game, developed on the Xbox 360.

Anyone who still thiks that the editor is being worked from the PC side is in woeful denial.[/quote]


[quote]Exactly , just life what happened to FEAR[/quote]

Forum moderators i guessin. They were slagging off the game so they probably got deleted. This is a conspiracy....

[quote]Forum moderators i guessin. They were slagging off the game so they probably got deleted. This is a conspiracy....[/quote]

Maybe... Or a glitch. I don't know, there were quite a few posts in there that might anger them. They aren't deleted.

Tbf this forum is a mess. First off all disappearing posts, then no edit button. I blame all the negativity around here

[quote]Tbf this forum is a mess. First off all disappearing posts, then no edit button. I blame all the negativity around here [/quote]

Actually, they were deleted by the forum mods. Look at this:

[quote]Guys, posts are being deleted which are off-topic, abusive and/or trolling.

This topic is about 6v6 player count. Not even 2 posts after my request to keep it on topic, i've had to go through and delete posts about Crytek "sodomizing" Crysis and about how it's being developed on the 360 (nowhere near accurate).

This is the kind of stuff that won't be tolerated. Crytek are more than happy to receive feedback but if it's coupled with abuse, foul language or any other negative form of attachment then expect it to be removed.[/quote]

The forum is screwed.

The forum isn't "screwed" because abusive/vulgar/swearing/trolling posts are being removed and this isn't an effort to silence people at all, if that's what is being suggested here. You'll notice there are still retained posts that are negative but posted at least somewhat respectfully.

As i stated, negative feedback is good and is welcomed. Knowing what's good about something doesn't help you fix issues, so that's why negative feedback is good. I believe i made it fairly clear what's not acceptable in the other post.

Moderation decisions may seem fairly harsh at the moment but we're limited on functionality luxuries like stickies and locked topics. Once this functionality is available, rules will be defined more clearly. Until then, please use a little common sense and common courtesy, which should be used at all times, regardless of site functionality, really.

Yes, you say that. Anger at the dumbing down of the game for consoles can't possibly be tolerated because we can't possibly reject what comes out of the Godly hands of Crytek.

IMO, it's getting to the point where Crytek is mimicing Bungie with their own Castle Crytekstein.

I can't expect any game to be original anymore, I guess. You'll just delete it because it isn't monotonous. Putting a metaphor in your head is not vulgar, it's an expression of what I think is going on that may or may not offend you personally. I'll do it again and call you power crazed. Maybe I carry the belief it's being developed from the 360 side based on how woefully consolized it is but that makes it my opinion based on the current state of the game, it doesn't need to carry any factual merit. Prove me wrong, then.

The definition of sodomy is not something i made up in my own mind. It's also a level of content not welcome on this forum. It alone was not the reason your post was removed but a contributor, nonetheless.

It is possible to give feedback/criticism without being angry/abusive. Whether or not a person has that level of self control is up to them. Failure to exercise such a basic level of control results in moderation required.

You're right in suggesting you're able to share your opinion, regardless of whether it's indeed fact or not. However, abusive posts coupled with no fact don't add anything of merit to conversation, at all. More often than not, it in fact does the opposite and derails threads, hence the reason why the post was removed. It had no fact and it wasn't even about the topic.

Again, in a nutshell - negative feedback is good, just remove the abuse/sarcasm/trolling/etc before hitting submit. That's really all there is to it.

I never said it was something you made up in your own mind, I said that I put the metaphor there. There's an age gate for a reason.

Very well.

Very well.

Basically, what Shinanigans is saying for those who don't want to read the wall of text is, you can talk about whatever discussions you want, be it negative or positive, but going overboard and slagging people off isn't a bright idea.

If the posts got removed, it's because it had problems. Remember guys, this is a family place type of forum, arguing is okay, as long as it's informative, and anger is kept towards a minimum.

So to sum up; don't put so much anger into your posts, don't be vulgar, don't be such a dike basically. You can freely talk as long as you keep all of this to a min.

And the forums aren't screwed. It's got limited resources for a temporally amount of time. We should see some updates in the coming weeks (From what I heard Cry-Lee or Cry-Tom in a thread).

And word of advice to those who are in rage form; Please don't go hijacking positive topics with your negativity. There's a topic for you in forums, so post in there.

Cheers'.

Everyone knows whats happening from the other thousands of trolling posts, you don't have to tell them 10 times a day about the same damn thing, IMO they should remove all posts that include some rage...

The forums svck BECAUSE of all the damn rage in it, just shut up and tell each other what you think somewhere else so that at least the damn forums can be clean.

Hmm.. It seems my post count went down one too. I don't remember posting anything obscene. I was harsh, sure, but was still suggestive and wasn't "trolling". It was constructive criticism which should not be deleted. Trolling and ranting is oppressively spamming the same idea over a group of people that disagree, or being negative without any suggestions on how to improve.

If anyone would like to tell me why some of my posts disappeared, i will be glad to hear it. Maybe it was my one double post, but I can't remember what was deleted now. Anyway, response would be nice.

[quote]for those who don't want to read the wall of text[/quote]
Your post was longer than mine!

@Talon - If a post was removed it would've been for the outlined reasons. Another possibility is you posted in a thread that was removed on a whole.

Some of my posts disappeared as well, and they were all negative ones, so I'd assume some mods didn't like some of the things we were saying and censored us.

[quote]The forum isn't "screwed" because abusive/vulgar/swearing/trolling posts are being removed and this isn't an effort to silence people at all, if that's what is being suggested here. You'll notice there are still retained posts that are negative but posted at least somewhat respectfully.

As i stated, negative feedback is good and is welcomed. Knowing what's good about something doesn't help you fix issues, so that's why negative feedback is good. I believe i made it fairly clear what's not acceptable in the other post.

Moderation decisions may seem fairly harsh at the moment but we're limited on functionality luxuries like stickies and locked topics. Once this functionality is available, rules will be defined more clearly. Until then, please use a little common sense and common courtesy, which should be used at all times, regardless of site functionality, really.[/quote]
[quote]The definition of sodomy is not something i made up in my own mind. It's also a level of content not welcome on this forum. It alone was not the reason your post was removed but a contributor, nonetheless.

It is possible to give feedback/criticism without being angry/abusive. Whether or not a person has that level of self control is up to them. Failure to exercise such a basic level of control results in moderation required.

You're right in suggesting you're able to share your opinion, regardless of whether it's indeed fact or not. However, abusive posts coupled with no fact don't add anything of merit to conversation, at all. More often than not, it in fact does the opposite and derails threads, hence the reason why the post was removed. It had no fact and it wasn't even about the topic.

Again, in a nutshell - negative feedback is good, just remove the abuse/sarcasm/trolling/etc before hitting submit. That's really all there is to it.[/quote]I for one totally afree with the above, This is a community forum and quite rightly should be and has been well moderated.

It is essential to keep some order on a forum, abusive and dissruptive statements are bocoming a real problem of late, and this is a reason that I dont participate so much as before.

IMO, you can all say anything you wish, but just say it with some respect and consideration to the forum as a whole.

It Is so easy to express your self politely.

Thanks Guss. It's nice to hear from the people who appreciate a clean, fun and friendly environment.

Hi guys,

First of all, we use the CryENGINE 3 Sandbox to create our games on PC, our tool-set allows us to simultaneously develop our games on multi-platform. There is no Xbox360 or PS3 Editor specifically dedicated to creating these platform versions.

Threads will be unpublished if they are deemed to be Off-Topic or turn into a 'Ragefest'. We appreciate our community's feedback both positive and negative. This is not in anyway some sort of censorship on our part. We do what we can to give the community the tools to voice their opinions - we are currently developing some much needed features which will allow us all to view and use the forum more efficiently. Over the next couple of weeks you should all notice some considerable upgrades.

What we want from our community is well thought out comments, clearly written so that we can easily see what your issues are. Once we have a thread that clearly requires an Official Crytek response then we will do so.

Shinanigans is one of our moderators here, he keeps the peace and escalates important threads to us, the Community Managers.

If you have an issue, then please browse the existing threads for answers or solutions. If you cannot find an answer to your question then create a thread of your own with a good title so that we know exactly what you are talking about with as much information as necessary.

Cry-Lee.

Thank you a lot for the responses Crytekkers and moderators!

+1000 to what you've said.