# So, it's been another 11 days...\[update inside\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232 "2014-10-23T06:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/21 "2014-10-25T16:50:00Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > The discussion took a short hiatus, but has now resumed. We’re trying to reach consensus amongst the mods, and that’s not usually quick. Have you at least agreed whether we’re orcs or not[?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrUBFmv63Q) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/22 "2014-10-25T18:52:51Z")
My contribution to this thread is to note that this remark above appears to be likening the ‘moderator loop’ to the Ent Council in the fantasy novel series _The Lord of the Rings_. Ent Councils were known to consume inordinate amounts of time, as trees do nothing quickly. How droll. Very amusing. I am pleased that the moderating staff are taking their time in considering what is best to be done regarding the issues that have arisen in The Game Room forum and I wish them well in their deliberations but not, note, godspeed. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/23 "2014-10-25T21:27:13Z")
Nah, now you’re just pulling my leg, **jimbuff314** , are you not…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/24 "2014-10-25T22:12:20Z")
A bit. If you glance at the rightmost 2 columns of the forum, though, there are generally many times more viewers than posters. I take them into consideration when deciding whether some obscure bit of trivia from some long-forgotten movie or novel series is sufficiently amenable to their perusal as well. Everyone is welcome here, even those who choose only to lurk, as I did for many years. Like many a politician and well-rounded celebrity, I elect to _not_ forget my roots. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/25 "2014-10-26T21:16:13Z")
I brought this subject up before. It lead to some, let’s call them “testy”, PMs between me and **Colibri**. I know it’s bad form to quote a PM, but, well… > [@Colibri](#): > > Thank you for your generosity. But if you reopen the discussion contrary to moderator instructions YOU WILL receive a warning. When a mod sends a PM like that to a poster, I think it should be out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/26 "2014-10-26T22:18:44Z")
This is not the thread for you to complain about Colibri. (Or anyone else. Not the topic of this thread.) I can’t speak for Colibri, but in their enforcement duties moderators are free to use whatever mechanism gets your attention as appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/27 "2014-10-26T22:47:37Z")
**Tuba** , I’m not going to belabor about **Colibri** , I just thought it was _way_ out of line. Anyway, back to the subject at hand. This is really about **Idle Thoughts**. There used to be a rule. It said: > [@fluiddruid](#): > > Please make sure that there is some substance to the game - in other words, the game should have rules or a “theme” and not be simple post padding. Then **Idle Thoughts** starts posting stuff like this: > [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > The post padding rule doesn’t apply to The Game Room. When called on it, he posts this: > [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Okay, well…I just took that part out of that rule thread, since I’m now mod of that forum. Please explain how that is not a _blatant_ case of rewriting the rules to suit himself? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/28 "2014-10-26T23:41:57Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Anyway, back to the subject at hand. This isn’t and wasn’t the subject at hand…the subject of this OP is asking about what is going on with the Game Room, and that’s been answered. As has been explained to you a few times now, by other mods and by myself, the rule was modified (yes, by yours truly) because it was outdated. This thread is now closed since the OPs question was answered. Please do not make another thread about the Game Room, as discussion is still going on. We’ll try to keep posters updated somehow, maybe via the Game Room sticky. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/29 "2014-10-27T00:41:33Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > I brought this subject up before. It lead to some, let’s call them “testy”, PMs between me and **Colibri**. I know it’s bad form to quote a PM, but, well… > > When a mod sends a PM like that to a poster, I think it should be out in the open. Since you’ve chosen to make this public, it would be appropriate to put it in context. You had said in a previous PM to me that you would continue to open threads in ATMB about this subject, contrary to moderator instructions, “as a protest” and just in order to be annoying to the mods, That would be abuse of the purpose of ATMB, and would justify a warning. Telling you that is hardly inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232/30 "2014-12-01T21:19:22Z")
Just an update: We’ve pretty much wrapped up discussing it and an announcement about it will be coming soon. A lot of the staff members are busy this time of year, so it may be another week, but it will come. We have still been talking it over and sorting/planning things out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-been-another-11-days-update-inside/702232.md?page=1)