As most of you know, the Daeya.org staff keeps a close eye on the forums whenever we're online. Sometimes, we deliberately keep ourselves invisible in order to better observe what happens on the message boards. It has come to our attention that we need to tighten and perhaps reinforce a few rules.

Please keep in mind that we are in no way trying to restrict you. These rules are here for a reason and that is to keep the forums running in good order. The most obvious of those actions would be the public warnings and the warning meter.

The staff has noticed that in many threads, most notably the game threads, that there is a usually a flurry of activity between the members online at that time. Members would be replying to them in rapid succession, consecutively; often within a very short period of time.

The rule that comes closest to this would be the chatting one. "Forum chatting is strictly prohibited. This refers to members answering posts as if they are chatting. If you want to chat, do it outside the forums on AIM/MSN." Though it is not forum chatting, it does border on that quite a bit.

We would just like to remind members to take it easy. We understand that it is very easy to get caught up in the game, and that it's sometimes easy to lose track.

We would just like to take this time to remind everybody to show a bit of restraint and to give other people a chance to join in the game. After all, the more players there are, the merrier it is, yes?

Sincerely,
Daeya.org Team

As an addendum to the above statement, I would also just like to reinforce rule #18 of the Daeya.org Forums Rules (http://forums.daeya.org/announcement.php?f=2&a=3).
One liners are forbidden. Whenever possible, please make constructive posts. I have noticed that, as the activity level made a signifcant increase in the duration of this week, that some members have neglected to justify their posts, especially those threads where the replier is obliged to answer a question posed by the previous poster. At times, these unjustified messages just barely exceed or even meet the one-liner criteria.

As much as we appreciate this newfound increase in user activity, you can only go too far without breaking the limit. We just want to make sure that everything is in even proportion and that everybody gets to participate in the public discussions.

Thank you for you continued cooperation.

Wait a mintue, when you say, "Members would be replying to them in rapid succession, consecutively; often within a very short period of time." Do you mean like a conversation between 2 people that is off subject of the thread or talking between 2 people, but still on the subject of thread, or people who post after every reply on a certain thread. Sorry, I'm just trying to get it clear so I don't find myself doing these things!

Whether the replies be off topic or not, it matters little in this context.

However, we do mean "people who post after every reply". It is, to put it simply, starting to get on the staff's nerves.

As you know, I work during the day. It used to be that I would log on after supper and read every post, making sure that there's nothing amiss. If I had to go to a previous page to read new posts, it was usually because that page was nearly full, therefore spilling over on a new page.

However, when I have to scroll back 2-3 pages in order to be able to find the first unread post since my last visit, then that's a bit too much.

I've noticed that, very often, those 2-3 pages are completely filled with replies (that are entirely keeping with the topic of the thread) originating from the very same 2-3 members.

It's not that I don't want you guys to have fun. In fact, I'm very happy to see that you're having a good time. It's just that by doing so, you're not giving others a chance to join in the game or discussion. 3-4 consecutive posts, maybe but when those consecutive posts spawn pages, then it has gone overboard.

I'll admit that the staff does that from time to time but the consecutive posting will nary produce several new pages.