1984 at the Bethesda Forums

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:38 am

[ Community -> Editorial ]

It's been a slow week for news, so I'd thought I share this with you. Most of us already know that the Bethesda Forums are little more than propaganda machines, and those who don't fall in line are summarily executed (banned). In a surprising move, the "moderators" at the <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/">Bethesda Forums</a> have <a href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog ... ermanently banned</a> respected community member and honorary DAC admin Ausir from the boards. This comes as a surprise because Ausir is a respecte community member of both the real Fallout community and the Bethesda community. Here's what Ausir had to say:
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Hah, I've just been permanently banned from Bethesda forum. I've been temporarily banned before, but this time I was permbanned for... excessive linking to The Vault. And yes, I actually did link to the wiki just for the sake of it sometimes, but after being told not to, I posted links in threads where the links were actually relevant, and mostly as "further reading" in addition to writing an actual short answer to the question. They're also quoting my copypaste about the timeline <a title="Divergence" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Divergence">divergence</a>, which explains what the Fallout universe is about and which I've been using in the forum for a year or so every time a clueless person was asking the same question again, as proof of excessive linking. Funny that other users are free to link to The Vault, and often do so, simply to the main page as a universal answer to all questions, while I only linked to the articles/newsposts/FAQs relevant to a given thread.
Oh well, if they don't want me posting there, it's their choice. I'd say that their moderation policies are pretty silly, though, in many cases. Too bad that the official <a title="Fallout: New Vegas" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_ ... s">Fallout: New Vegas</a> forum will also likely be in the Bethesda forum as well, though.
Update: Looks like part of the reason for the ban was also me posting details about Interplay's countersuit against Bethesda in the forum, at least that's what I was told by a moderator. Sounds more like the real reason to me.
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It really seems as though the Bethesda team were grabbing at straws for a reason to kick Ausir out. Anyone who doesn't play ball with the PR team winds up being ostracized from the entire system. This move seems out of the ordinairy, however, due to the fact that everyone at Bethesda seems to love The Vault so much. Nevermind the fact that Ausir actually did work on Fallout 3, so it's like banning one of their own employees. FUNNEH
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Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:41 am

It's the internet, what would you expect? You run the server, you make the rules. Even more the reason for DAC to be the 'last bastion' of free speech and provocative imagery

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:57 am

Unlike some major websites like the Beth Forums, we don't ban users because they have a different opinion of us.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:21 am

Dutch wrote:Unlike some major websites like the Beth Forums, we don't ban users because they have a different opinion of us.

And I never said we did, now did I?

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:54 am

Dutch wrote:we don't ban users because they have a different opinion of us.

War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:49 am

Dutch wrote:we don't ban users because they have a different opinion of us.

Riiiiight

Ausir had it comin', though. Beth banned him for his sexual chair deviancy obviously.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:24 am

it's been spelled out that he was banned for linking to his website so why try to label it as 'banning for different opinion'? I don't get it

Anyhow, it's hardly surprising that Bethesda, being serious business, doesn't tolerate someone doing publicity/advertising of competitive website at their own.

Hey Ausir, sell that wiki to Bethsoft and they will be fine with posting links!

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:27 pm

They killed my "R.Grey" profile on those forums, without even telling me. They just deleted it (not like i really give a fuck).

I didn't do anything, the only thing i could think of was that the FO1 reference was too much for them and made one of their intern moderators head explode.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:25 pm

jimmypneumatic wrote:the only thing i could think of was that the FO1 reference was too much for them and made one of their intern moderators head explode.

yeah rite mang you wish

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:29 pm

Kashluk wrote:
Dutch wrote:Unlike some major websites like the Beth Forums, we don't ban users because they have a different opinion of us.
And I never said we did, now did I?

Wasn't directing it at you, just sayin in general.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:45 pm

Paranoia runs in the dac family.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:08 pm

I like these types of news post the most.

Ausir · Post by **Ausir** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:35 pm

Nevermind the fact that Ausir actually did work on Fallout 3, so it's like banning one of their own employees.

Well, I did translate FO3, but not for Bethesda specifically, I did it for Cenega, the Polish publisher.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:00 pm

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:I like these types of news post the most.

me too. We should become a videogame related conspiracy site.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:37 am

Ausir wrote:Well, I did translate FO3, but not for Bethesda specifically, I did it for Cenega, the Polish publisher.

Did you do it word for word, or did you do your best to fix how shitty the dialog was?

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:47 pm

Ausir wrote:
Nevermind the fact that Ausir actually did work on Fallout 3, so it's like banning one of their own employees.
Well, I did translate FO3, but not for Bethesda specifically, I did it for Cenega, the Polish publisher.

Fucking traitor.