I was given guidelines to follow. I follow those guidelines.

Edit: we are having a good chat in #AoS.debate and changed the 'categories' solution to contain these: News, Ace Of Spades Discussions, Game Improvements/Suggestions, Maps and Mods, Off-topic, Help/Support.
I've updated the google docs draft above.

@danhezee:
Thank you, it needs to be done.
People at IRC present a draft of forum recommendations which pretty much encapsulates all the discussion we've had about the forums.

The only other thing that people have wondered is to possibly look into other forms of forum software, either a good add-on or a new system which could make this place easier to manage.

But there we go.

You people should all stop complaining. I've seen far worse forums.

That's an open door for mod abuse, then...
Users will feel wronged and either leave the community or start making trouble.

@Devas:
I could of been the one that closed and deleted your post and threads. And guess what, I dont have to justify my actions either.

@Thegrandmaster: Noted and I have expressed those concerns to ben as well.

@Devas:
Lexsym is a moderator who has been given the moderation title without any rules or anything to go by, hence why some actions may seem irregular as it is personal preference. Structure is one thing the forum happens to lack..

I know many would appreciate Ben spending a little time setting up a proper system for this community.. Most of us would not mind if he isn't at the forefront of moderation, it just needs to be there, to have his guidance behind it and have people using it.
Forums have been a regular topic in IRC - have had good discussions about this and even had enough to draft out a whole problem/analysis/solutions document..

Maybe it's because you didn't really have a reason, after all. Well, guess what? I'm not going to ask you why you deleted my thread anymore because you're obviously a bad mod who just likes to abuse his power.

Everything I've done was justified. I don't need to provide reasoning to you or anyone else that does not have atleast Mod status.

Just like you closed&deleted other posts for no reason... I am still looking for explanations...

Except I edited Monsteri's post because he was being an asshat for no reason.

i second the motion :3 ([third?]fourth?)

devas that wasn't me
lexsym that idea was posted in one of my own fourms(topic what ever)

Who would want to quote that unjust and biased mod...
Yeah, great idea mrt8062, and I would almost approve it if I didn't see you griefing with the same nickname (although the "mrt" part was capslock'd) in a bridge wars server around 7 hours ago...

How about instead of being as asshat, you link them to a topic that might interest them and then nicely tell them to: use the search button next time

-Lexsym

so we can stop getting those random greifer and bans that will keep them away from a surver and also have ip bans if they have been kicked from 3 survers in 1-2 days

idea from:AxleTheNinja