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Post by BansheeOwnage on Aug 18, 2016 19:09:54 GMT
I feel like the non-english speakers have lost more than we did. Although they weren't as active as the English speaking community all of Bioware's official stuff is in English and the places they suggest are predominately english I agree Not only that, but Bioware never posted on the non-English section or ever interacted with them at all, so the whole "we're closing this place because Bioware no longer visits and we're doing you a disservice" spiel is just plain laughable and even more nonsensical for the non-English forums From their website: "ModSquad. Our digital engagement teams of Mods chat with customers, moderate web content, manage communities and buzz in social media."This is not what they are doing right now, if ever... Disclaimer: I'm really hacked off right now, I was hoping to invite folk over to our lifeboat today and the 24hr temp ban over trivia has made me very annoyed.I understand, it's quite frustrating, especially since you can't even access your own profile or send PM's while banned, which is ridiculous. I went from having 0 warnings to 4, a 24-hour temp-ban, and a 48-hour temp-ban since they announced this, all for "discussing moderation", which is absurdly preposterous. Some of those were just for asking for clarification on the site-rules! Like, what the hell? Anyway, as for what I'll do on the last day(s), I'm not going to do anything dumb, but I might let myself loose on the moderators (while continuing to be civil), and perhaps start a thread saying goodbye to everyone (after all, not everyone will come here ), although I've heard goodbye threads have been locked... I agree that we shouldn't give Bioware any ammo for their excuse-cannon, even if it won't make them keep the forum open. And while I'm quite pleased with this site and how many familiar faces are on it, there are still reasons to be sad and angry. Obviously, it's an insult to the fanbase. But more than that, there is the complete disregard for the important archived information as well as potential new helpful information (for past and future games) which is dumbfounding, and the unspoken notion that well-thought-out constructive feedback is no longer wanted (if it ever was), because nowhere else is built for the kind of feedback we gave on the official forums. So I'll still be sad and angry to some extent, but I am glad I'm here
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Post by General Mahad on Aug 18, 2016 19:24:53 GMT
Wow, I just got 3 warnings and have now been suspended for 24 hrs (a first for me), for being 'off-topic' in a BSN forums are closing thread. Wow, just wow... That reflects on BioWare for hiring that accursed mod squad. That place is not a forum, but an asylum with the mods being the bludgeon happy guards. The mods don't care about any of us and don't want to engage us in dialogue, they just want to finish counting their money and retire.
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Post by Entropy on Aug 18, 2016 19:48:06 GMT
I was sad and worried at first but this place is coming out so nicely that I don't go to BSN Prime anymore. The only thing we are missing is Sylvius the Mad and a thread about silent protagonist vs voiced, then this place will be complete
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Post by rapscallioness on Aug 18, 2016 19:50:46 GMT
I still think the mods are purposely trying to run ppl off quicker. We're like those lingering customers in a restaurant that's trying to close for the evening. Ordering an extra coffee before they go.
The hired help is exasperated...
Regardless, I'm probably not even going over there. I think I actually asked one of the mods to delete my account there. I did not know I could not delete the acct on my own. That makes me uncomfortable.
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Post by ioannisdenton on Aug 18, 2016 19:59:15 GMT
Won't visit this place at all. I enjoy this forum now and then is no point going in bsn prime at this moment. If bioware does not respect that place neither shall I.
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Post by fraggle on Aug 18, 2016 20:28:01 GMT
Me and a few other users try to keep the What did you do in ME today thread alive by still posting there until the very last day. I try to finish my ME2 playthrough for that. And look, here I am typing this when Grunt wants to become an adult! I'm still following the threads for the alternative refuges, even though I love it here But it's interesting what else can be established. I certainly will not troll or trash the place, I don't see the appeal nor what 'good' it will do. Sure I'm sad the place will be gone, but we have some good alternatives now. If anything, maybe this has strengthened the community a little. I certainly see a lot of nice things going on here, so... here's to the future!
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Post by Daemion on Aug 18, 2016 20:42:02 GMT
Wow, I just got 3 warnings and have now been suspended for 24 hrs (a first for me), for being 'off-topic' in a BSN forums are closing thread. Wow, just wow... That reflects on BioWare for hiring that accursed mod squad. That place is not a forum, but an asylum with the mods being the bludgeon happy guards. The mods don't care about any of us and don't want to engage us in dialogue, they just want to finish counting their money and retire. Read the Glassdoor review for ModSquad, it sounds like a shithole. Barely minimum wage etc. I don't know why the mods are behaving like that but I think they got orders from BioWare to not engage with posters... still doesn't explain the recent warning/ban wave.
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Post by Daemion on Aug 18, 2016 21:10:02 GMT
You know what the inevitable irony will be? This place, if it stays around long term and doesn't implode (fingers crossed), will end up better moderated and less 'toxic' than the original BSN. So far I'm heartened by the fair and reasonable attitude of the ppl that are in charge here. If that comes to pass, I hope some ppl at BioWare take note and realise that a huge part of the failure of BSN was due to their bad management of it. That this community is mostly decent and not at all as we're being portrayed. Then we can all blow them a big raspberry and flip them off. If they aren't complete morons (and someone running a multi billion dollar company usually isn't), then they know perfectly well what went wrong and what could have been done to fix it. They would have to hire another community manager and increase the mod team (instead of hiring the ModSquad)... and ... well, pointless to go into detail now. The problem is, there is no immediate profit in it and thus, they didn't care. It will bite them in the ass eventually but by then the people who made that decision will already have moved on or will have retired.
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Post by bohemiadrinker on Aug 18, 2016 21:40:28 GMT
Honestly, I feel annoyed, if anything.
I hate their marketing approach with Andromeda, hate the responses they give regarding it, and now they decided to shut the forum down, the one place where you could actually make a reasonable point regarding such stuff and be heard (try complaining about something in 140 characters, in a foreign language, and not look like a troll. Not easy.)
I still love Mass Effect, but I don't think I like Bioware all that much. It's starting to feel too much like EA.
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Post by Kantr on Aug 18, 2016 21:56:37 GMT
Has anyone emailed bioware about why modsquad are on the rampage?
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Post by Reznore on Aug 18, 2016 22:21:17 GMT
Read the Glassdoor review for ModSquad, it sounds like a shithole. Barely minimum wage etc. I don't know why the mods are behaving like that but I think they got orders from BioWare to not engage with posters... still doesn't explain the recent warning/ban wave. The botmods got orders, trust me. I've done my fair share of crappy internet jobs and if modsquad is unhappy with a modbot , no paid or they can throw them away like a bag of garbage.No string attached. Either way Bioware is the client , and they could easily rectify the current modbots running loose situation. An email or a phonecall , and it's done.The modbots would take a chill pill. The warning/ban wave is easily explained.No one care anymore at Bioware at least people in charge of the "community", they want the forum closure to be done with swiftly.And modsquad is doing preventive strike so there is no work overload in the final days. That's what you get when you pay for cheap service.
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Post by rapscallioness on Aug 18, 2016 23:35:32 GMT
It's just player hatin'. The whole thing is nothing but uncut player hatin'.
Petty tyrants.
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Post by Daemion on Aug 19, 2016 2:55:01 GMT
Has anyone emailed bioware about why modsquad are on the rampage? The email used to contact BioWare, which is also included in the site rules, is either not monitored any longer or all emails regarding the forum sent to it are classified as spam and deleted unseen. "If you disagree with a moderator or employee's actions, do not discuss or challenge the matter in forum posts. Send an e-mail to contact@bioware.com, and be sure to include your forum handle and game name, but NOT your password, and clearly state your concerns." Mods like to point towards that rule, since you can't talk with them. Which is just a version of "talk to the hand".
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Post by bohemiadrinker on Aug 19, 2016 5:05:12 GMT
Okay, I may feel a little moer upset than I thought; just posted there, felt like a troll for the first time in my life. I just couldn't help it.
(It felt like using a Vorcha Sentinel in the boix of shame: so wrong, yet so right)
I regret nothing!
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Post by Dekibra on Aug 19, 2016 7:31:18 GMT
Has anyone emailed bioware about why modsquad are on the rampage? The email used to contact BioWare, which is also included in the site rules, is either not monitored any longer or all emails regarding the forum sent to it are classified as spam and deleted unseen. "If you disagree with a moderator or employee's actions, do not discuss or challenge the matter in forum posts. Send an e-mail to contact@bioware.com, and be sure to include your forum handle and game name, but NOT your password, and clearly state your concerns." Mods like to point towards that rule, since you can't talk with them. Which is just a version of "talk to the hand". I'm thinking about writing a message to Mod02 .... hm ... at least there is the option when you click on the profile... I think I will do that on Aug 25th
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Post by bohemiadrinker on Aug 19, 2016 7:41:50 GMT
I think I will do that on Aug 25th I like this. Think I'll join!
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Post by Daemion on Aug 19, 2016 7:57:24 GMT
The email used to contact BioWare, which is also included in the site rules, is either not monitored any longer or all emails regarding the forum sent to it are classified as spam and deleted unseen. "If you disagree with a moderator or employee's actions, do not discuss or challenge the matter in forum posts. Send an e-mail to contact@bioware.com, and be sure to include your forum handle and game name, but NOT your password, and clearly state your concerns." Mods like to point towards that rule, since you can't talk with them. Which is just a version of "talk to the hand". I'm thinking about writing a message to Mod02 .... hm ... at least there is the option when you click on the profile... I think I will do that on Aug 25th They probably won't even read it. I've sent messages to all mods and most of them are still tagged "unread". If they read it, they will not respond.
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Post by Dekibra on Aug 19, 2016 7:59:47 GMT
I'm thinking about writing a message to Mod02 .... hm ... at least there is the option when you click on the profile... I think I will do that on Aug 25th They probably won't even read it. I've sent messages to all mods and most of them are still tagged "unread". If they read it, they will not respond. Aah come on... don't take away my hope ^^ but you are right I suppose - stupid Mods
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Post by Kantr on Aug 19, 2016 8:35:17 GMT
Hmm I asked Conal if it was Monitored. He did say I could message him instead. I'll try that.
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Post by NRieh on Aug 19, 2016 8:36:56 GMT
I've already mentioned it here, but I'd love to be there for the final hours. Preferably together with those other people who care. Not for trolling or spamming or something, just to say the very last goodbyes bfore the RO. It's like holding a hand of a dying man, if you know what I mean. I can't say I hate them, but I feel cheated. I know there were people who cared (like Allan, who helped even when he did not even have to be there), and as Evil as Chris had been, I missed him.
Pity we don't even know what's the Hour X is, so we can only assume.
Sentiments aside, I STRONGLY recommend EVERYONE use the BSN Prime to make links for this forum. Sigatures & posts with key words like 'bioware forums','BSN' etc. Of course, posts should not look like obvious spamming. For those who know html basics - use bolds and a href titles (yes, I know it's believed that those have little to none SEO weight now, but it's better to have them anyway). I don't think that changing profiles will be possible after the RO, so do it now.
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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 19, 2016 9:15:46 GMT
That reflects on BioWare for hiring that accursed mod squad. That place is not a forum, but an asylum with the mods being the bludgeon happy guards. The mods don't care about any of us and don't want to engage us in dialogue, they just want to finish counting their money and retire. Read the Glassdoor review for ModSquad, it sounds like a shithole. Barely minimum wage etc. I don't know why the mods are behaving like that but I think they got orders from BioWare to not engage with posters... still doesn't explain the recent warning/ban wave. Just some quota filling for the reports.
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Post by SalMasRac on Aug 19, 2016 10:02:33 GMT
The email used to contact BioWare, which is also included in the site rules, is either not monitored any longer or all emails regarding the forum sent to it are classified as spam and deleted unseen. "If you disagree with a moderator or employee's actions, do not discuss or challenge the matter in forum posts. Send an e-mail to contact@bioware.com, and be sure to include your forum handle and game name, but NOT your password, and clearly state your concerns." Mods like to point towards that rule, since you can't talk with them. Which is just a version of "talk to the hand". I'm thinking about writing a message to Mod02 .... hm ... at least there is the option when you click on the profile... I think I will do that on Aug 25th After a recent Warning Point from Mod02 for "bypassing the profanity filter", I PM her back to inform her that I didn't bypass anything at all, their filter allows you to say assholes with no manipulation whatsoever. The PM itself also contained profanity, listing several examples, but I got neither a reply, nor an additional Warning Point for moderator abuse, which was pretty surprising actually. A subsequent post with "fucking", which is allowed as long as there are quotation marks around it, (which, within the context of the post, were absolutely appropriate and even necessary), I never even got a point for, and it never even got removed. I think she's finally given up chasing after me.
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Post by mousestalker on Aug 19, 2016 12:33:04 GMT
After I found out how little the BioMods are paid ($8.55/hour), I lost all desire to mess with them. I'm pretty sure that the BioMods are simply shells that the worker bees log into, likely with no consistency as to personnel. So Suzy may be BioMod02 one day and Biff the next.
I don't like how Bioware has handled this. I don't like the ModSquad. Their website makes them sound like terminal douches, but the workers I feel sorry for. They are doing a job that is difficult at best for little money and no rewards.
It would be great if they unionized, but that isn't very likely.
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Post by crusty on Aug 19, 2016 12:57:58 GMT
Mercenary moderators for an online forum is never going to be a well paying job. I just don't see why they didn't continue to leverage free volunteer moderators instead of paying for cheap labour. They could have one designated co-ordinator to act as the lead mod (I wonder if there is a position at BioWare where someone manages the fan community, maybe a Manager of the Community or something)...
Are they truly that lazy and dismissive of their fan community, that they'd rather spend money to outsource 24/7 moderation, when they could've done it for free with some effort?
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