I think all of you are missing the point. I'll try to explain what is my (and italian) point of view, than if I'll not see smart and propositive answer by you (BBs) I'll stop writing, 'cause I'm tired of reading tons of useless posts.
You say: "well, these are our new rules. Do you like that? Great. Don't you like that? Well, it's your problem."
1) Maybe you don't know that "the customer is always right". The customers don't like what you're doing? Well, it's not customer's rule to solve that problem, it's yours. The customers continue to dislike what you're doing? Well, the customer will give up paying supporters and maybe will also give up playing. It's right to say what the communities think about changes, but I don't see a constructive discussion in here. The finally decision is yours, but you've to know and remember that you must care about customers opinion or you will lost them.
Moreover: "it's difficult for Mods and GMs to follow all of those threads cause they're full of spam and they creates several fines and bans."
2) It seems to me that no one of Mods and GMs receive a wage by you. They do what they do only 'cause they like to do that, no one give them something back (it's not a job, it's a hobby). You say that they can't follow all of those threads? You can nominate other Mods and GMs, it would not be against any rules, it would not be a problem for your finances, you won't have to catch out money.
Your decision is to close ads and scrimmages threads? reduce forum's activity --> reduce users' time online --> reduce users' involvement --> reduce users --> reduce site advertisement --> reduce money.
I think I won't renew my supporter.
That's all, I'll wait for your answer.
Thanks.
Last edited by Mod-dexter7™ at 2/8/2010 12:49:34 PM