I've read gudo's other threads/posts and while he may be a bit harsher than he needs to he is by no means a troll. You can also tell from reading that thread that PecosBill's post was also deleted. This is something I was quite surprised about! Now granted I do not know what he posted, but if his post was anything even vaguely resembling the bulk of his posts, then it was informative and noninflammatory, which is the opposite of trolling. Unconq is also not a troll (most of the time
) and those long lengthy posts of his were
not bitch-fits. They were insightful critiques about SupCom's flaws. Without valid critique and criticism a game can never improve.
Because of this, I am very upset with SoS's behavior. While I understand that as a person it must be difficult to be criticized so soon after creating something that you hope people will enjoy, his moderation decisions are poorly made. I feel that he moderates too much based on his emotional reaction and without taking the time to really digest what is said. Now obviously when someone posts "FUCK U GPG URTEHSUXXORS ___________ BrEAKz gAME LRN2PLYKTHXBAI" there isn't anything to digest, that message contains no content and is clearly trolling/flaming.
However, when a player takes the time to write a lengthy post with proper spelling and grammar about a problem that they feel undermines SupComm's quality they are doing the complete opposite of trolling. For someone to be a troll they can't just be offensive or inflammatory, they also have to be wrong. It isn't trolling when you have a valid criticism!
While I can sympathize with SoS, he is not demonstrating the self-restraint and even handedness that a moderator should. He should develop some emotional control or he will drive away contributors and stop SupComm from reaching its potential. I think we can already see the effects of his poor moderation considering gudo is forced to post this here and not on the official forums.