Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-7424710-20170427035659

I'm going to start this by posting one of our Rules, specifically an excerpt from rule 4:


 * One word comments (ex. bull****, wrong)
 * Comments that contribute to nothing and are often comprised of three words (ex."I disagree" or "X stomps")

Usually, if users do this, it's not the end of the world for us or them. It's not even a bannable offense, more of a nuisance if it happens. Now what's being more a nuisance is others being told that about this, and they still do the same exact kind of comment. Either you're misinformed or you have no idea how these comments work when used in a correct fashion.

"But Ari," you might cry, "why can't I say someone stomps another person?!" or even "why can't I agree/disagree with a fight?!"

You can say it in comments however you like it, just not in the simple two-word fashion that is in the quotation marks. That's why it's in quotation marks in the first place, it's just the exact words that you can't post. Why we delete these in the first place is that they give no insight on your opinion or why, and do not contribute much outside of just a bland statement. I could say Dan Hibiki stomps Superman, or that I agree that Beerus loses to Minecraft Steve and leave it at that, but does that mean I'm entitled to having this statement without explaining myself? '''No, that's stupid. '''And as a quick explanation on why disagreeing can't pass by "I agree" does, you don't need much emphasis on agreeing since it's already displayed on why they agree on the results.

To get around this rule, you have to explain why you believe whatever statement. It isn't obvious why you think something to everyone, hence one reason we've implemented this rule a long time ago. Here, I posted two different examples on what's correct and what's wrong.

CORRECT: "I think this character stomps the other because he outclasses him in power."

INCORRECT: "This character stomps."

CORRECT: "I disagree. I think this character should blitz the other one."

INCORRECT: "I disagree."

You can tell that the correct statements at the very minimum say why you believe it. We don't enforce that you prove evidence, just your belief's reasoning. Don't be that lazy to explain yourself.

I've also been seeing these comments:


 * "X wins with X difficulty."
 * "There's no way X can win/beat Y."
 * "[just the character's name]"

Sorry mate, that's not enough either, you're gonna have to explain yourself further as well. You can say it's close or kinda close or whatever, but you still have to speak your mind on why.

These rules have been set in stone for months now, and the frequent use of it is starting to get to my head a little bit. That's why I made this thread to clarify why it's banned and how to get around it. Hopefully now that I made this thread and highlighted it, I pray that I don't see as many frequent mistakes of these as possible. Happy writing, my dudes. 