Why are the Game of Thrones rules still in effect? (No spoilers by me because I never saw it)

[Ranger_Jeff]

@Ranger_Jeff

You know nothing, dropzone.

@dropzone

And how does stating the obvious help the situation? :dubious:

@Rigamarole

Whoosh - “You know nothing, Jon Snow” is one of the staple GoT quotables.

Whew! I’m relieved that someone got it!

[Emiliana]

@billfish678

In the book version the clams were most definitely NOT happy.

Just saying.

Why not?

ETA: I feel a lot of air passing over my head.

[TroutMan]

@Emiliana

Why not?

In the book, the clams did go to the Red Wedding.

[TroutMan]

@andros

Also, my all-time favorite spoilers come from the same source:

He’s God.
He gets killed.
He comes back. Briefly.

Are those three separate movies? Because I had The Last Temptation of Christ for every one of them.

[Slow_Moving_Vehicle]

@TroutMan

Are those three separate movies? Because I had The Last Temptation of Christ for every one of them.

Probably these four old fanfics.

[dropzone]

@Ranger_Jeff

Whew! I’m relieved that someone got it!

So am I because, as you’d note, I wouldn’t in a million years.

@MichaelEmouse

If a poster keeps disregarding the reasonable internal rules of a thread, he’s threadshitting which is jerk behavior for which Terr was banned and BrainGlutton was suspended. If he keeps whinging about not getting his way on this issue, he is refusing to abide by the finality of some SDMB decisions which is important for clarity and efficient board administration. This is petulant toddler behavior which, coming from an adult, is jerk behavior. Repeated jerk behavior should result in warnings. Repeated warnings should result in suspension and eventually banning.

Is this not the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues?

It is, standardly. Thus this thread.

@Miller

[Moderating]
Questions about board rules belong in ATMB.
[/Mderating]

BUT I CAN’T SWEAR AND CALL PEOPLE NAMES IN ATMB. DUH!

But all of that was last night. Today I stopped caring, beyond requesting a more-generalized sticky that incorporates all of the prudent suggestions of the current one because GoT, with concurrent (sorta) book publications and TV broadcasts, is a special pain in the ass.

[Colibri]

@TroutMan

In the book, the clams did go to the Red Wedding.

But then they were decapitated.

[andros]

@Slow_Moving_Vehicle

Probably these four old fanfics.

Ding.

[Acsenray]

@dropzone

So am I because, as you’d note, I wouldn’t in a million years.

It is, standardly. Thus this thread.

BUT I CAN’T SWEAR AND CALL PEOPLE NAMES IN ATMB. DUH!

But all of that was last night. Today I stopped caring, beyond requesting a more-generalized sticky that incorporates all of the prudent suggestions of the current one because GoT, with concurrent (sorta) book publications and TV broadcasts, is a special pain in the ass.

If it’s standard, as you concede, then it’s not a special rule for Game of Thrones. What is the actual problem here, then?

[Maserschmidt]

Please let’s not pretend it was just one guy who had a problem with spoilers, and just one other guy who was trying to drop spoilers into those threads. The whole thing got very ugly and very passive aggressive (or maybe just aggressive), and I’m glad Senor Beef got it straightened out.

[dropzone]

@Acsenray

If it’s standard, as you concede, then it’s not a special rule for Game of Thrones. What is the actual problem here, then?

I think you failed to read what I was describing as “standard,” to wit…

Originally Posted by MichaelEmouse
If a poster keeps disregarding the reasonable internal rules of a thread, he’s threadshitting which is jerk behavior for which Terr was banned and BrainGlutton was suspended. If he keeps whinging about not getting his way on this issue, he is refusing to abide by the finality of some SDMB decisions which is important for clarity and efficient board administration. This is petulant toddler behavior which, coming from an adult, is jerk behavior. Repeated jerk behavior should result in warnings. Repeated warnings should result in suspension and eventually banning.

Is this not the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues?

Which is the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues: warnings, then suspensions, then bannings. At least one person in that debacle was acting in a jerkish manner repeatedly. As I have noted, I have no problem with the special rules and believe they should be posted and applied more generally, but in other threads most people play nice.

[Idle_Thoughts]

@BigT

And if I misunderstood what Idle Thoughts said in the ATMB thread I was referencing, I would expect him to clarify, now that this thread is here in ATMB.

I don’t really have any desire to rehash all I’ve said on the matter again, as I have many times already. Best and most simple way I can explain what my thoughts on it are (and how I will personally mod it) is found in this post.

[John_Mace]

@Colibri

But then they were decapitated.

Clams got heads???

[Colibri]

@John_Mace

Clams got heads???

Well, they’ve got legs.

[Fenris]

Damn–I miss the days when BC was actually funny. (The evil clam’s expression in the last panel still cracks me up)

[John_Mace]

@Colibri

Well, they’ve got legs.

I figured you’d get it.