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[mazdaman]

Due to my last thread and thank you dan for explaining to me. i will basically be tuning 13 of my rx7s most importantly my 787b,i will also be showing progress on them and settings my goal is to be the fastest of the mazdas but mostly the 787b if any question just reply to me. also i need help in transfering pics of my cars from the ps2 counsle to the digital camera any suggestion??

 

[extreme car]

Due to my last thread and thank you dan for explaining to me. i will basically be tuning 13 of my rx7s most importantly my 787b,i will also be showing progress on them and settings my goal is to be the fastest of the mazdas but mostly the 787b if any question just reply to me. also i need help in transfering pics of my cars from the ps2 counsle to the digital camera any suggestion??

use the photomode and save it on usb stick. can't wait for the progress, I myself am a rotary head.

 

[Smallhorses]

Not only should you thank daan for explaining, you should actually act on his advice in your locked thread: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3441447&postcount=2!!!

You've now started another thread that contains a solitary capital letter, several spelling mistakes, not counting the fact that you've not spelled Brooklyn (note the capital letter ) in your "location" properly!

This is a site about a racing game, but there's no race to post, nor any reward for posting quickly therefore you're expected to check your posts before you submit them, making sure each sentence has a capital letter, each name, such as "Mazda" has a capital letter, and each time you use "I" to refer to yourself it should be capitalised.

It's also a good idea to break separate ideas into different paragraphs, so don't be afraid of the enter key and leave a spacing line between different statements, such as how your post should have looked below:

Due to my last thread being closed and thank you daan for explaining to me why, I've started a new one.

I will basically be tuning 13 of my RX7s, most importantly my 787B. I will also be showing progress on them and settings.
My goal is to be the fastest of the Mazdas, but mostly the 787B

If there's any questions just reply to me.
Also I need help in transferring pics of my cars from the PS2 console to the digital camera any suggestions??

We're not looking for perfection in every post, as many of our members are not native English speakers, but it does help if it looks like you've made an effort.
Make friends with your shift key and use it every now & then please.

 

[mazdaman]

use the photomode and save it on usb stick. can't wait for the progress, I myself am a rotary head.

ok no problem

 

[daan]

ok no problem

Have you read anything Smallhorses or I have said?

Is your shift key broken?

 

[mazdaman]

Have you read anything Smallhorses or I have said?

Is your shift key broken?

yes its broken

 

[PAPPACLART]

A nice way to make somebody feel very small. How about a PM informing Mazdaman of his grammatical errors and ways to improve them? (Spell check/Dictionary etc)

I understand that a Standard of English is expected on this Forum (and others) but with some individuals, English is not a first language! If it does happen to be the individuals Mother Tongue perhaps written English is not a strong point for them as I know for me it isn't either and I do not take to kindly of open air criticism.

Despite my own bad written English, I do have a job, a girlfriend and am far from being stupid.


When I first started using forums in 2003 my written English was several stages worse than it is now. Often the Nazi's would be on me straight away, and would never take my points seriously because the general consensus was that I was stupid and my opinions did not matter due to my poor spelling and grammar which being not long out of my teens and being a little more sensitive than I am now did make me feel awful at times. (exhale ;-) )

A little sensitivity chaps :-)

 

[Parnelli Bone]

Yea, this is a tough crowd here at GTP. Well, MazdaMan, you can always go to IGN or GameFaqs or Playstation.com, or dozens of other sites where nobody cares much about spelling or grammar or such.

 

[PAPPACLART]

Yea, this is a tough crowd here at GTP. Well, MazdaMan, you can always go to IGN or GameFaqs or Playstation.com, or dozens of other sites where nobody cares much about spelling or grammar or such.

Yes, here there is an obsession with proving everything you say and with the need for CAPITALS at the start on sentances!

For me I do most of my posting at work, and often between calls to clients and e-mails and I just do not have the time to be accurate or revise/spell check everthing I post - not to mention the GOD DAMN awful keyboard I have to use that has had one too many Latte's spilt on them....All the keys are stuck! haha

 

[mazdaman]

thank you everyone finnaly some one knows how i feel

 

[Rotary Junkie]

yes its broken

Way to be a dick.

I highly doubt that's the case, seeing as there are TWO shift keys for starters and if you actually cared you would toggle caps lock on and off.


So, a capital at the beginning of every sentence, a period at the end, capital on every "I", "I'm" and names of cities and countries. Not that bloody hard is it?

 

[Perfect Balance]

yes it is very hard











EDIT: That actually doesn't even read out the way I'd like it to without punctuation.

 

[PAPPACLART]

Way to be a dick.

I highly doubt that's the case, seeing as there are TWO shift keys for starters and if you actually cared you would toggle caps lock on and off.


So, a capital at the beginning of every sentence, a period at the end, capital on every "I", "I'm" and names of cities and countries. Not that bloody hard is it?

Perhaps it's his turn at being patronising like some here? And at least he has not dropped the level of responses to this thread any lower than it already is by resorting to what now could be interpreted as name calling!👎

I guess next up you will ask him to prove that not 1 but both his CAPS keys are broken in the way of pictures attached with a written logo of GTplanet plus todays date etc DOH!!!!

 

[Perfect Balance]

So I guess let's all make an exception for him, right?

 

[PF]

Due to my last thread

@PAPPACLART: This bloke is lying and showing contempt for other users, the AUP and the two mods who have spent some time trying to help him. RJ's post is entirely reasonable, and shows far more restraint than I would have shown, and than I think he deserves.

at least he has not dropped the level of responses

He set the bar extremely low with the locked thread and the original post in this one, then lowered it even further with BS responses.

 

[Smallhorses]

If mazdaman or PAPPACLART don't care for this site's rules we're certainly not making any attempts to make them stay, however, they're the rules you agreed to when you signed up and if you don't agree to them now that's tough, but don't bitch when you're warned for ignoring them.

I can name at least 10 folks here that speak English as a 2nd language and yet put many people here to shame with their well constructed posts. 👍
If they're making the effort, there's no reason that a native speaker should get away with typing like an epileptic chimp. 👎
If we make an exception for 1 person, then the whole site ends up looking like a teenage MSN chatfest or 4Chan. Neither of which the site owner desires, as he wishes to promote a forum for intelligent (and intelligible) discussion, "not a syte 4 ppl hoo tlk lyke this!"

I'm curious as to how mazdaman with his "broken shift key" managed to get the "D" on "Due" capitalised though?
Try toggling your CAPS LOCK on and off, but don't expect us to take anything but a dim view of continued posting with disregard to the rules.
Bear in mind that our first rule here is:

You will not post any material that is knowingly false, misleading, or inaccurate.

Despite being shown the ropes by a staff member, blatant disregard for information posted is just ignorant, as are flippant responses.

So back to the (correctly capitalised & punctuated ) topic of Rotary Mazda tuning from now on thanks....

 

[balang_479]

OMG, guys chill, its a forum not a English essay for crying out loud... who cares if he doesnt use shift. Unbelievable.

You wanna get your PS2 pictures on to a digital camera?? or just to your PC?

If you want to put them onto your digital camera your best bet is by transferring them to your PC, then plug in your camera to the PC as if it were an external storage device and loading them back on.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

OMG, guys chill, its a forum not a English essay for crying out loud... who cares if he doesnt use shift. Unbelievable.

Rather obviously, we care. It's not that damn hard. I do it without thinking (to the point that it's hard to NOT capitalize), and I get the feeling the same can go for everyone.

 

[senamic]

Rather obviously, we care. It's not that damn hard. I do it without thinking (to the point that it's hard to NOT capitalize), and I get the feeling the same can go for everyone.

I concur. While this is not an English essay, some members of gtplanet.net wish to read a thread in the language written in the language that we signed up to read threads in. We do not wish to have the threads choked with fluff that is degrading to the thread, forum, and website, and it is my belief at least that people who do not wish to follow site rules should take their messages elsewhere.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I can name at least 10 folks here that speak English as a 2nd language and yet put many people here to shame with their well constructed posts. 👍
If they're making the effort, there's no reason that a native speaker should get away with typing like an epileptic chimp.

How do we know mazdaman is a native speaker? Just because he's listed his location in New York doesn't mean his first language is English.

I'm not excusing his comprehension abilities, I'm merely trying to illustrate the fact that he could be French, Mexican, Indonesian, or whatever, but living in New York. English (I'm guessing) probably isn't his first language.

If it is, however, shame on him!

 

[PAPPACLART]

Let me clarify as I think some are misunderstanding my position on this matter! I agree totally that we should expect a good standard of written English on this forum from members where there should be little if no exceptions. Those members that have poor English should make an extra effort, using many of the tools we have at our disposal as well as take on and welcome friendly advise from members with regards to improving there English, ensuring that any post that is submitted is legible for all to read.

To make people play ball, there are many approaches that can be adopted though if you want them to play then schooling them in a what can be perceived a smart ass arrogant patronising way is not always the best way to get them on-board.

Why does somebody's poor English have to be ripped apart on a forum in public followed by heckles from others joining the party? yes it is a Public forum but is it not wiser just to send the individual a friendly PM pointing out his errors and the rules of the forum as well as a little gentle encouragement; of course without the attention seeking smart ass attitude carried among some of the posts I see? After all in the end it would save allot of typing for everyone.



Tone of post changing....

I don't know about this guys passed posts so maybe some are a little switched on due to such posts/threads but nevertheless I think a little more is expected from the senior members. Also outside of this thread I do see members that should know better adopting a hostile patronising attitude toward members that may not be established yet or members of the 'IN' crowd!

I would love to see how this thread would have panned out if what was said was spoken verbally while people were face to face like in the real world! As for sure if I was schooled in such an arrogant patronising way, punches would certainly have been thrown. Can you imagine a guy asking you something in what can be called broken English, you listening then pausing for a moment only then to pick apart what he
just said talking it back to him the way is should have been said instead of just listening to the guy and answering his question. Damn!!

It always makes me laugh how brave people are behind a computer, while drunk on the E-Power of having an arrangement of letters either starting with A or M within the proximity of there Avatar. Mostly these people would not say Boo to a Goose in the real world but are quite happy to almost bully people on-line while self elevating themselves among there other equals, caused likely by being one of societies many misfits and now while sipping on E-Power and Coke taking it all out on the illiterate that are not too dissimilar to the individuals that once made your lives hell while you were at school thus now making poor chappy on the receiving end feel very small indeed. Revenge is sweet yes! hahaha (J/K)

My advise to some of you is before you unleash those little fingers of fury in response to something totally unacceptable in your mind, just imagine that person standing in front of you looking you in the eye, and just maybe your spewl will come out a little more welcoming and maybe you will gain that respect you have been looking for in the real world but never got.

DISCLAIMER

My Hampster died this morning and my Girlfriend gave me chores to do so I am pissed right now and accept no responsibility for what I have just said. Not forgetting that my English is poor and what I said may not mean what is says!

 

[Parnelli Bone]

^^ I dig what you're saying, but rules are rules. This site has rules in place that are supposed to keep it from starting to look like the comments section of YouTube vids

For me, it's not about being at an "in"-crowd, it's about thoughts written intelligently. Everytime I happen to visit one of those YouTube comments pages, I start rolling my eyes at how some people who are obviously intelligent find the need to make it look as if they're NOT intelligent.

I'm personally glad GTP won't ever (let's hope) degrade towards a bunch of people who are lazy with their English.




Disclaimer: My girlfriend is getting pissy at me for spending so much time in my basement judging the TCV5 instead of playing Mario Kart with her. My baby rabbit (true story) actually escaped from the screen porch last nite, too.

 

[PAPPACLART]

^^ I dig what you're saying, but rules are rules. This site has rules in place that are supposed to keep it from starting to look like the comments section of YouTube vids

For me, it's not about being at an "in"-crowd, it's about thoughts written intelligently. Everytime I happen to visit one of those YouTube comments pages, I start rolling my eyes at how some people who are obviously intelligent find the need to make it look as if they're NOT intelligent.

I'm personally glad GTP won't ever (let's hope) degrade towards a bunch of people who are lazy with their English.




Disclaimer: My girlfriend is getting pissy at me for spending so much time in my basement judging the TCV5 instead of playing Mario Kart with her. My baby rabbit (true story) actually escaped from the screen porch last nite, too.

I agree with you, but all of these forums have the same rules, but it is the how the Rules are enforced and conveyed to the people. Some Forums are a free for all and worse for that! Others are laxed with the general swing being mutual respect. Why should somebody be excluded here if there English is not up to it, providing that they make the effort, then mistakes can be forgiven. And if the individual does not take on sound advice then they can go though what I see to often is Ego's being at the forefront of any advice passed on on matters relating to forum standards, and the individual on the receiving end of the ego-advice comes away from the experience offended and now not willing to change his/her ways.

English or native English speakers are always the first to criticise but hey I only speak one Language and many non native speakers are more articulate than I am with my own mother tongue.

Edit

In this day and age, many teenagers after leaving school prematurely have never picked up a Pen and constructed a sentence, the only time they ever use letters in the form of text is via there mobile phones and via broken English known as text speak/talk. If one of these kids joins a forum because they happen to be enthusiastic about a game that we all enjoy so why make fun of them. Outside of work and forums I never write diddly and with most of anything I write being on the various forums I am a member of.

As I mentioned my written English was very poor only a few years ago, and though while now it is far from perfect, with the help of spell checkers and the like as well as the constant practice of reading and writing on forums although still far from perfect my English has improved substantially. Rewind back a few years, should I have been excluded from this forum if I had joined with English at a lower standard then it is now? Maybe with smart ass comments I would have given up forums and thus would potentially never had an outlet to improve my English to what it is now. A part of being a Mod or an Admin or a senior member carries a responsibilty that may not always be apparent through the cloud of BS rules that are in place so a little reading in between the lines is called for in some instances.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I agree with you, but all of these forums have the same rules, but it is the how the Rules are enforced and conveyed to the people. Some Forums are a free for all and worse for that! Others are laxed with the general swing being mutual respect. Why should somebody be excluded here if there English is not up to it, providing that they make the effort, then mistakes can be forgiven. And if the individual does not take on sound advice then they can go though what I see to often is Ego's being at the forefront of any advice passed on on matters relating to forum standards, and the individual on the receiving end of the ego-advice comes away from the experience offended and now not willing to change his/her ways.

Yea, I know what you're saying. I also want to add: people that have been here awhile can get away with a little slack every now and then, and some forums aren't as heavily policed as others. It's almost like each New Member has to "prove" him or herself. Make a mistake and everyone jumps on it at once.

But it's just the fact that we're trying to teach each New Member how things work around here. Once that person has been here for awhile (and we all know him or her and the way he or she conveys humor or whatever), they can be excused for playing around a bit.

English or native English speakers are always the first to criticise but hey I only speak one Language and many non native speakers are more articulate than I am with my own mother tongue.

Edit

In this day and age, many teenagers after leaving school prematurely have never pick-up up a Pen and constructed a sentence, the only time they ever use letters in the form of text is via there mobile phones and via broken English known as text speak/talk. If one of these kids joins a forum because they happen to be enthusiastic about a game that we all enjoy so why make fun of them.

Hey...they can go to IGN or PSN.com or gamefaqs.com (or dozens of other sites), where there's plenty of others who can't be bothered with trying to post intelligently. The internet is (as you noted earlier) not as personalized as having a face-to-face discussion, so making fun of others happens more easily. But I personally don't take such moments so seriously.

Personally, when I first showed up here at GTP years ago, I got flamed by this guy named darin (who's since been banned). Notice that I remember his name after all this time. He started flaming me about something, even tho I had a relatively intelligent question. But I stuck around, anyways. I accept the fact that the possibility is here at all times for someone to still flame me or make fun of what I'm saying, even if it never happens anymore to me personally. Some people can take being dished out a bit (like myself) others will move on...is this right? Not really. It is life, tho.

Outside of work and forums I never write diddly and with most of anything I write being on the various forums I am a member of.

As I mentioned my written English was very poor only a few years ago, and though while now it is far from perfect, with the help of spell checkers and the like as well as the constant practice of reading and writing on forums although still far from perfect my English has improved substantially Rewind back a few years, should I have been excluded from this forum if I have joined with English at a lower standard then it is now?

Absolutely not. But the difference between you and mazdaman is: you've obviously made the effort. Good for you. I wish more people had your dedication, because it means our lesser GT1 thru GT3 forums might have more people who choose to stick around.

Maybe with smart ass comments I would have given up forums and thus would potentially never had an outlet to improve my English to what it is now. A part of being a Mod or an Admin or a senior member carries a responsibilty that may not always be apparent through the cloud of BS rules that are in place so a little reading in between the lines is called for in some instances.

BS rules? You've lost me, here, I'm afraid.

 

[PAPPACLART]

Yea, I know what you're saying. I also want to add: people that have been here awhile can get away with a little slack every now and then, and some forums aren't as heavily policed as others. It's almost like each New Member has to "prove" him or herself. Make a mistake and everyone jumps on it at once.

Yes that is true, but what good are rules that are followed stringently in one instance and on the other hand lax daisy! Biased rules on an ad-hoc basis are often confusing and unfair. An instance would be name calling from senior members aimed at newbie’s which is more often then not far from tolerated if coming from the other direction.

But it's just the fact that we're trying to teach each New Member how things work around here. Once that person has been here for awhile (and we all know him or her and the way he or she conveys humor or whatever), they can be excused for playing around a bit.

That's fine as people need to be shown the ropes; though sometime grievances need to be kept a private matter, especially if the subject matter can be seen as a sensitive matter for some like English grammar etc instead of public ridicule.

Hey...they can go to IGN or PSN.com or gamefaqs.com (or dozens of other sites), where there's plenty of others who can't be bothered with trying to post intelligently. The internet is (as you noted earlier) not as personalized as having a face-to-face discussion, so making fun of others happens more easily. But I personally don't take such moments so seriously.

It may not always be a case of not bothering. Sometimes forums like the above mentioned, where likely nobody has a regard for proper English and where it is acceptable is perhaps the only experience of an internet community somebody like Mazdaman has experienced to date and thus he knows no different, so he has no chance of improving his English through example or encouragement from others. I am sure there are more forums out there where illiteracy is tolerated vs forums like GTplanet where it is quite the opposite. I suspect IGN and many others have similar rules with regards to English but none are enforced.

Personally, when I first showed up here at GTP years ago, I got flamed by darin (who's now been banned). He started flaming me about something, even tho I had a relatively intelligent question. But I stuck around, anyways. I accept the fact that the possibility is here at all times for someone to still flame me or make fun of what I'm saying, even if it never happens anymore to me personally.

I generally only make fun or share a joke at someone's expsense with people that are familiar with me and my humour otherwise what I say could cause somebody to take offence.

Absolutely not. But the difference between you and mazdaman is: you've obviously made the effort. Good for you. I wish more people had your dedication, because it means our lesser GT1 thru GT3 forums might have more people who choose to stick around.

Well, I don't really think Mazdaman has had much of a chance. Generally people that are ridiculed publicly shy away and do not conform. Maybe he would if the issue of his English was kept a private matter with the Mod/Admin that chose to bring this issue to his attention. Perhaps Mazdaman is 12 years old and still at school learning English, after all this is a a Games forum, and my G'friend keeps telling me games are for kids so it is no suprise that many members may be under the age of consent.

BS rules? You've lost me, here, I'm afraid.

I guess BS was the wrong word to use, I guess Hammond, my beloved Hampster and now deceased friend , that recently passed is getting to me haha

 

[Smallhorses]

Perhaps this wasn't made clear enough before :

So back to the (correctly capitalised & punctuated ) topic of Rotary Mazda tuning from now on thanks....

There's been 1 post re: Rotary Mazda tuning, and a whole off-topic discussion about English standards, which should end when the original poster acknowledges the advice offered by 2 staff members and starts to abide by it.
No-one wants to exclude anyone from this forum, however, when you're directed by staff to adhere to clearly posted rules on more than 1 occasion, and then continue to clearly flout those rules you should expect a little negative feedback.

This has nothing to do with whether the guy speaks "perfect" English or not, it's about "making the effort" to type properly - basically the same rules apply to everyone here, and if you can't be bothered to make an effort to stick to what's requested, then why should it be overlooked in just your special case? Make 1 special case and the whole house of cards collapses into what Parnelli aptly describes as "the comments section of YouTube", a collection of literary abominations that makes your brain cringe and causes loss of IQ points at an exponential rate the more that you read.

The odd spelling mistake or dropped capital here & there is no biggie such as PAPPACLART's posts, as he's clearly making the effort, however, posting sentences that go nowhere, are unpunctuated and have no clear beginning or end isn't something we're looking to promote.
It's not just the native English speakers that criticise, I've seen several cases where people have posted such utterly poorly constructed posts lacking in punctuation, structure and littered with "txt" speak, that non-native speakers have been moved to comment.

@ PAPPACLART, with regards to your punching comments, seriously? How old are you? This isn't a primary school playground. You're old enough to know that there are certain things in this life that cannot be solved by punching someone, and past the age at which punching someone actually has consequences other than your self-satisfaction.
Hypothetically - You're pulled over doing 90mph on your beloved motorcycle. The cop asks (in that sarcastic manner that many are prone to use) "Who do you think you are? Barry Sheen?" - He's face to face with you. Do you now punch the cop because he's "insulted" or "belittled" you? - I'd hope not since you know the consequences of your action would be an increase from the "points + fine" for your original speeding offence, to a "points + fine + possible jailtime and increased fine for assaulting a police officer."
If your answer is "yes" then you've problems with authority and anger management issues that're beyond the scope of my expertise to try and solve.

With all due respect, out of all the people that've posted on , I'm probably the 1 person that's actually met (in real-life) and interacted with more other members than anyone else, both in US and UK, so your comments regarding "societies misfits" hiding behind a computer couldn't be wider of the mark!

Also you cannot add disclaimers to your posts here to give you licence to say whatever you like. If you've typed it, you're responsible for it, regardless of what sort of day you've had, every post here on this site is subject to the same regulations, there's no "Member X is having a bad day so we'll overlook that." clause! - There's nothing wrong with what you've posted, other than it's off-topicness, but I'm as culpable for that as the next guy, but I wanted to make sure it's understood.

With that, if you wish continue this discussion, please, let's take it to PM and leave this topic to find it's way back to Rotary Mazda tuning. 👍

As staff members we're not above the rules here, and you're more than welcome to report any wrongdoing or acts of inappropriate behaviour to the Admin team Duke, Der Alta, or Jordan.

Back on topic is this way ---->>>

 

[Parnelli Bone]

Yes that is true, but what good are rules that are followed stringently in one instance and on the other hand lax daisy! Biased rules on an ad-hoc basis are often confusing and unfair. An instance would be name calling from senior members aimed at newbie’s which is more often then not far from tolerated if coming from the other direction.






That's fine as people need to be shown the ropes; though sometime grievances need to be kept a private matter, especially if the subject matter can be seen as a sensitive matter for some like English grammar etc instead of public ridicule.





It may not always be a case of not bothering. Sometimes forums like the above mentioned, where likely nobody has a regard for proper English and where it is acceptable is perhaps the only experience of an internet community somebody like Mazdaman has experienced to date and thus he knows no different, so he has no chance of improving his English through example or encouragement from others. I am sure there are more forums out there where illiteracy is tolerated vs forums like GTplanet where it is quite the opposite. I suspect IGN and many others have similar rules with regards to English but none are enforced.




I generally only make fun or share a joke at someone's expsense with people that are familiar with me and my humour otherwise what I say could cause somebody to take offence.




Well, I don't really think Mazdaman has had much of a chance. Generally people that are ridiculed publicly shy away and do not conform. Maybe he would if the issue of his English was kept a private matter with the Mod/Admin that chose to bring this issue to his attention. Perhaps Mazdaman is 12 years old and still at school learning English, after all this is a a Games forum, and my G'friend keeps telling me games are for kids so it is no suprise that many members may be under the age of consent.

Hey you got a point. Lots of points, actually. Life ain't always fair.

I guess BS was the wrong word to use, I guess Hammond, my beloved Hampster and now deceased friend , that recently passed is getting to me haha

May Hammond rest in peace.

 

[PAPPACLART]

Perhaps this wasn't made clear enough before :



There's been 1 post re: Rotary Mazda tuning, and a whole off-topic discussion about English standards, which should end when the original poster acknowledges the advice offered by 2 staff members and starts to abide by it.
No-one wants to exclude anyone from this forum, however, when you're directed by staff to adhere to clearly posted rules on more than 1 occasion, and then continue to clearly flout those rules you should expect a little negative feedback.

The subject only went off topic when Mazdaman's standard of English was brought to public attention by it's inclusion in the thread which sent the thread on a crash course to where it is now. My point was only to illustrate that perhaps why he will not attempt to adhere to the advice given was likely because he is pissed at being humiliated.

This has nothing to do with whether the guy speaks "perfect" English or not, it's about "making the effort" to type properly - basically the same rules apply to everyone here, and if you can't be bothered to make an effort to stick to what's requested, then why should it be overlooked in just your special case? Make 1 special case and the whole house of cards collapses into what Parnelli aptly describes as "the comments section of YouTube", a collection of literary abominations that makes your brain cringe and causes loss of IQ points at an exponential rate the more that you read.

(read above)
No special cases being requested here, just mutual respect.

The odd spelling mistake or dropped capital here & there is no biggie such as PAPPACLART's posts, as he's clearly making the effort, however, posting sentences that go nowhere, are unpunctuated and have no clear beginning or end isn't something we're looking to promote.
It's not just the native English speakers that criticise, I've seen several cases where people have posted such utterly poorly constructed posts lacking in punctuation, structure and littered with "txt" speak, that non-native speakers have been moved to comment.

Very true, and it needs to be dealt with, but not always with an Iron fist or with a public dressing down of any members. After all, we all hate being made to look stupid.

@ PAPPACLART, with regards to your punching comments, seriously? How old are you? This isn't a primary school playground. You're old enough to know that there are certain things in this life that cannot be solved by punching someone, and past the age at which punching someone actually has consequences other than your self-satisfaction.
Hypothetically - You're pulled over doing 90mph on your beloved motorcycle. The cop asks (in that sarcastic manner that many are prone to use) "Who do you think you are? Barry Sheen?" - He's face to face with you. Do you now punch the cop because he's "insulted" or "belittled" you? - I'd hope not since you know the consequences of your action would be an increase from the "points + fine" for your original speeding offence, to a "points + fine + possible jailtime and increased fine for assaulting a police officer."
If your answer is "yes" then you've problems with authority and anger management issues that're beyond the scope of my expertise to try and solve.

HaHa, Give me a Copper and a reason to punch him and I will! (J/K) I do not condone punching people, but sometimes things said on forums that are seen to be accepatble or normal, if in the real world (as in face to face correspndence) provoke a very different reaction and one of those could be of aggression in the form of a punch though not from me though becuase I am an Angel despite my earlier tough talk! lol

With all due respect, out of all the people that've posted on , I'm probably the 1 person that's actually met (in real-life) and interacted with more other members than anyone else, both in US and UK, so your comments regarding "societies misfits" hiding behind a computer couldn't be wider of the mark!

I did not nessarelly mean that, just adopting the position of Bully as maybe it is not so nice being on the receiving end.

Also you cannot add disclaimers to your posts here to give you licence to say whatever you like. If you've typed it, you're responsible for it, regardless of what sort of day you've had, every post here on this site is subject to the same regulations, there's no "Member X is having a bad day so we'll overlook that." clause! - There's nothing wrong with what you've posted, other than it's off-topicness, but I'm as culpable for that as the next guy, but I wanted to make sure it's understood.

Haha, the Disclaimer thing was CLEARLY a joke:dune:

With that, if you wish continue this discussion, please, let's take it to PM and leave this topic to find it's way back to Rotary Mazda tuning. 👍

Mods love to have there say then instruct things back on topic before others counter what they said! haha

As staff members we're not above the rules here, and you're more than welcome to report any wrongdoing or acts of inappropriate behaviour to the Admin team Duke, Der Alta, or Jordan.

Back on topic is this way ---->>>

A bit of self moderation would be nice, or are you all too pally with each other for that.

Hey you got a point. Lots of points, actually. Life ain't always fair.



May Hammond rest in peace.

Yes I guess you are right, and life is especially not fair for poor little Hammond! (may he rest in peace)

Lets now dedicate this thread to Hammond:tup:


It would be good get the thread back on topic but I suspect Mazdaman will be back at IGN before long! hehe

 

[Leonidae]

Yes I guess you are right, and life is especially not fair for poor little Hammond! (may he rest in peace)

Lets now dedicate this thread to Hammond:tup:


It would be good get the thread back on topic but I suspect Mazdaman will be back at IGN before long! hehe

Let's NOT dedicate this to your little friend that passed away. I'd rather see you making another thread in the offtopic-section where it belongs. There you might get more sympathy.

 

[Smallhorses]

The subject only went off topic when Mazdaman's standard of English was brought to public attention by it's inclusion in the thread which sent the thread on a crash course to where it is now. My point was only to illustrate that perhaps why he will not attempt to adhere to the advice given was likely because he is pissed at being humiliated.

The topic was being addressed by 2 members of staff and the original poster before you stuck your oar in here and have proceeded to make 7 off-topic posts since then, even when requested twice not to.

Let's go back to the motorbike analogy - What you're suggesting is that since he may feel belittled he's every right to continue to flout the rules and get away with it?
That cop that hypothetically stopped and "demeaned" you before, despite the fact that he was only alerted to your presence by the fact that you were breaking a rule and thus did his job in apprehending you for doing that. Would you now feel justified from his sarcastic response, to go off and break the same rule again, roar off at 90mph and expect him to overlook it? I think not, and you'd be foolish to think otherwise.

Mods love to have there say then instruct things back on topic before others counter what they said! haha

And it'd be really nice if people would respect what we're asking.
However, you've proved time and again that your incapable of doing so.
At this point I should be issuing you with an infraction for failing to follow clearly posted instructions on numerous occasions, however, I'm prepared to accept that you're not having the greatest day ever.

A bit of self moderation would be nice, or are you all too pally with each other for that.

Please, have some ketchup for the huge chip on your shoulder.
You're openly invited to contact the people I suggested you should.
We're objective folks here, we're given a job (based on our prior contributions here) and we do it with the most level-headed approach even in the face of the fact that many people here cannot simply look past the fact that we are contributing members to this forum first and foremost and act in terms of moderation only as and when required. All you choose to see is the blue badge and you've already pre-formed this notion that we're all out to get you even though you've brought the attention on yourself by failing to act as you we're requested to in terms of the site rules and items posted in the threads.

Lets now dedicate this thread to Hammond:tup:


It would be good get the thread back on topic but I suspect Mazdaman will be back at IGN before long! hehe

Let's not.
Your hamster has nothing to do with mazdaman's topic, nor does any of the stuff you've posted in here.

And if you could stop posting that in here it would certainly help. 👍
I'll spell it out for you now:

Post in here again with something, anything that's unrelated to Rotary Mazda tuning and you'll earn yourself an instant 10 pointer.

Can't say it more fairly or clearer than that now, can I?

You're welcome to continue to discussing this with me or other staff members by PM as I suggested before, and it seems that all you really want is to have the last word, so fine, PM me, but leave the thread hijacking alone. 👍