well, that does point to an overzealous mod on there

Edit: though that mod would most likely be empolyed by 2k / firaxis etc, rather than steam

I read through that and it seems it is not against the rules. It is then probably up to moderation discretion and that is how they choose to moderate. This does not mean they are wholly right though. They should have informed you they moved your first thread and where and been more fair with you, but you also should know that many forums don't like people using the wrong forums or subforums.

BASS?


Aren't most moderators on game forums there developer or publisher picked moderators? Or is it just certain game's forums?

Wait a a tick!
Indeed!

I was wondering where he went.

Yet post after post after post after post of yours just kneejerked assumed I had somehow violated the rules and it was my fault. Without all the evidence, you continued to blame me, me and me.

Here's the thing. I screw up ALL THE TIME. I bet if you counted the number of apologies I've given on these forums here (I'll use gog as an example) that I lead everyone by a huge margin. It's not because I somehow "like" to apologize... it's because I screw up all the time.

So when I get accused of if on the rare occasion when I know I didn't, you're damned right it gets under my skin. That was not the wrong forum. Just look at the other posts. All of them are also Civ V game related. If this were the wrong forum they should have been moved too.

So go ahead and keep blaming the user because, you know, Steam is God and does no wrong.

I made somewhat of a mistake on it being in the rules. To that I apologize, albeit very late and overdue. I was trying to help you by pointing out the proper subforum to use to avoid over zealous moderation and such happening in future, not to be mean. I should have focused more on how the moderation was in the wrong that is true.

And not to keep this going much longer but I already said it was the right forum, but not the right subforum. Some mods are very lax and only prune threads every so often, so perhaps they missed moving those or haven't seen them yet. The ones that belong in the other subforums I mean.

Steam is not my favorite platform and I wasn't trying to uplift them to such a status and I was not trying to blame you to be crass. I was just trying to point out what you did wrong so you can avoid such headaches and troubles in the future if you continue using that store.

Hmm... I'm wondering how many people actually play TinyE's role 75% of the time you act quite sickening and crack really deranged jokes that no-one finds funny then 25% of the time you act like you are multiple different people.

I'm thinking you're a moniker for a group of people, That are using the cover story that you work in a B&B.
I do not buy that you are the same person every time to many differing personalities.

Game forums are managed by people who belong to the game (or community selections by them), not by Steam moderators. Sadly that means it's sometimes quite a mixed bag, or in some of the worst cases, downright spartan if you get a little dev not taking any criticism.

Maybe he doesn't have any money and doesn't like what GOG has for free on offer!

No need to stand up and defend me. I can do that myself.

I am waiting for my next paycheck as I get paid less frequently than some do, and was trying to get a feel for the forums first before buying anything.

The forums there are a mixed bag. Some moderators are nice and give leeway and some don't. Some want all topics put in the proper subforums and some don't mind everything being dumped in the main forum.

Basically this (see attached)

Mostly this ;)

@ the OP, i had something similair happen to me a few years back on the Kerbal Space Program forums (not the Steam forums associated with the game, the actual game forum on the official site).

I had an inlaw that being older did not speak english natively and i simply posted a question about if Kerbal was going to be translated into French (in this case) at some point.

That was it, just a simple request and i had already just gone through the time and trouble to make an account to post the question, spent a good hour just looking through the forum FAQ and in general trying to find that info to no avail.

So i posted the question, came back a few hours later to find the thread locked, thought it was odd and posted again with the same question and also asking what rule i had broken so i could avoid it in future. That thread also got locked, so i just deleted my account and to this day refuse to give them money for a game i was once interested in buying. The fact the game finally came to GOG did not change anything (sorry GOG!) and as it transpires the main dev is a bit of an arse (kinda like Notch turned out to be) so i'm happy to not give them my money.


Being a PC gamer i have more games than i do a lifetime to play them all in, so i just moved on to another game.

Ultimately how we spend our money is often the only way to effectively make changes in how people/companies act or conduct themselves etc.

BigBob is right though. Alot of Steam game forums have sub forums. You're thread was moved to the correct one. (I agree that should of been made clearer that it was moved and not deleted.) You then created the same thread again and got a warning, which again was correct as it was seen as spam.

There might be posts about Civ V in the general forum, but you were asking a technical support question and not having a general discussion about the game. So you should of posted it in the 'Community Support' sub forum and not 'General Discussions where you did post it.

Whilst they should of mentioned it in the rules as well, they do mention it in the pinned 'Common Troubleshooting and Support' thread.

"Note: Please do not post your support issues as replies to this thread. Post them in the Community Support subforum or use one of the support resources listed. Keep the replies for discussion of the thread, suggestions/corrections, or similar on-topic subjects. Thanks."

I've attached a image if where you should of posted (its in a black outline.) Next time have a glance there and see if they have any sub forums.

How about you take a deep breath and actually read what people tell you rather than get mad an verbally attack them. You DID fuck up here. Steam, just like GoG, has a specific game forum and specific game SUBforums. You posted your tech question in the general forum for Civ5 whereas it should have been posted in the Civ5 subforum. So a moderator moved your post to the correct subforum but you just continues to spam the general Civ5 forum with your tech question and so you got a warning.

GoG functions the same way. Post a very specific tech question about Gorky 17 on the general GoG forum and a moderator will most like move it to the Gorky 17 subforum.

It's easy to make the mistake you made but that still means it's YOUR mistake. Rather than get angry and attack people who are trying to help you then maybe take a step back and read what they say? And yes, moderators on any forums can be douchebags and a forum can have unclear rules and unclear ways of showing exactly where you post and Steam is no different.

dude, stop being obstinate. Some games have sub forums. All he's saying is it's good to take a quick peek at the forum list on the right of the screen and see if there's a subforum that matches what you want to post. Tech support is not the main purpose of their general discussion board on that particular game. Steam doesn't moderate the forums, the developers appoint mods. So if that's how they want their forum run, it's as simple as that. He gave you the answer and you started being a grade A dick about it. Nothing he said was blaming you, but you posted here about what happened to you on Steam, maybe looking for sympathy and an outrage mob. What you got was educated and cooler heads explaining what you got wrong. If that's not meeting your attention quota for the day, then please, go back to screaming at people.