re: Attention All Members

[Lucario_x]

We should be able to discuss this stuff, mystic. Just because sme bad stuff happened and you're scared of more doesn't mean you have to lock the topic.



Anyways...

"there are members trying to ruin BakuganBuzz because they wanted to rule the whole forum"

Two things. One, they weren't trying to ruin BB OR rule the whole forum, they were trying to prove a point to you, the admins, that we want change. You clearly didn't read anything that went on.

 Second, you DON'T have a backup? Man, seems I was wrong.



"So don't worry BakuganBuzz is still here up and running"

No, it isn't really. The members don't like the admins. The admins are to scared to ask for what we want. When we ask for what we want, they disprove it. The members get mad, because it's something they all wanted. The circle of life.


"Thank you for your continued support"

Is it bad that I laughed?

[Maping]

Yes, 'cause she, along with all the admins are way to pitiful to laugh at.

Seriously Mystic, me, a kid in Middle School, knows to back up your files. And yet you, a college graduate, an adult, and someone who is trustworthy enough for BJ to trust you, doesn't know to..

[ventusbuzz]

We are in the process of finding backups of the posts deleted. We are asking all of you to be patient with us on this matter. We certainly did not think that tdog would go this far. Mystic and I were prepared for any flaming or hate from some of the members. But to take it out on the whole forum by deleting posts and threads is just unfair to the other members, and it is definitely not something we can just ignore.

For those who do not know what had happened, tdog deleted all posts and threads in the whole forum this weekend. He used the account of a moderator, which gave him the power to do so. We have now banned the accounts of tdog and NP. We have also removed the moderators' permission to remove/delete posts. We really do not want something like this to happen ever again.

I would also like to address the involvement of arenasix. We do not have a problem with arenasix. We are also not stopping our members from visiting it or other forums. What we do not agree with is how some members try to bring down the BB forums just to get the members to arenasix. This is not a war, people! There's no need to take sides, whether it should be BB or arenasix. This is Bakugan, and it's supposed to be fun sharing news and knowledge about the game. Whatever happened to the goal of connecting Bakugan lovers around the world?

I also want to say that placing all the blame on Mystic is unfair. She does the majority of the forum moderations, but even she has to bring up your concerns to the higher-ups and wait for approval or rejection.

Again, we are doing our best to get the forums back in good form with the backups. Thank you for your patience!

[Haos-Emily]

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But now you realise that the moderators have no powers now, and are just regular members? First you took away our Editing rights, That left us with just our Removing rights, and they are now gone too. Were just regular remember but with Aquos bakugan under our names instead of pyrus ones, I suggest you get rid of moderators you don't think you can trust, and then give us our powers back. You might aswell just make all the moderators normal members now.

[Lucario_x]

the higher-ups

One thing that I don't like. Why don't these "higher-ups" come on? Surely it would be easier to give recommendations if we can contact them directly.

[ventusbuzz]

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But now you realise that the moderators have no powers now, and are just regular members? First you took away our Editing rights, That left us with just our Removing rights, and they are now gone too. Were just regular remember but with Aquos bakugan under our names instead of pyrus ones, I suggest you get rid of moderators you don't think you can trust, and then give us our powers back. You might aswell just make all the moderators normal members now.

Because of what happened, we are still figuring out what rights would be best for the global mods to have. One thing is for sure: NP is no longer one.

[ventusbuzz]

the higher-ups

One thing that I don't like. Why don't these "higher-ups" come on? Surely it would be easier to give recommendations if we can contact them directly.

Well, we still consider Ernie as one of the higher-ups, of course. But he rarely comes on now and he has given BJ full power. BJ is also busy, unfortunately, so he doesn't come here online often to the forums. He frequents the site though, and you can still communicate with him through PM or email (email is better). We also report to him any problems or suggestions we find here in the forums.

[TeamBIB]

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But now you realise that the moderators have no powers now, and are just regular members? First you took away our Editing rights, That left us with just our Removing rights, and they are now gone too. Were just regular remember but with Aquos bakugan under our names instead of pyrus ones, I suggest you get rid of moderators you don't think you can trust, and then give us our powers back. You might aswell just make all the moderators normal members now.

Lol people who present fake photos as themselves should not talk about trust.

I LOL REALLY HARD WITH THIS ONE!

FYI Christina Grimmie rocks! lol

We have no intention on doing a BB vs ArenaSix war. Members are free to choose which site they want to go to. Our goal is to keep the game alive and we've been trying our best to put the focus back on the game and gather the most talented and most dedicated fans.

[Sandvich]

It's funny because you say higher-ups when THERE ARE NONE. MYSTIC IS THE TOP DOG.
IF THERE ARE HIGHER-UPS, LET'S SEE PROOF. NAMES.

And don't give me "BJ" crap because it's obvious he doesn't care about Bakugan OR the forum. He's a successful business man who uses the site for money.
He definitely does not care what you do with this forum as long as it's raking in money.

So come on now. Go on and give us the names of these "higher-ups".

[Maping]

TDog? NP? ^

[gmrck]

What change exactly do you really want? If you say the admins, then there's nothing we can do about it. Maybe we can point out what admins do or don't do in running this forum.

1. You want admins to participate in the forum. Yes admins participate in this forum. But don't expect they will sit their ***** all day reading all your posts.

2. Global mods should have the power to delete, remove or edit posts. This was made available before. What happened? Global mods abused their powers. So what do you expect the admins would do? With all the available powers before, flaming, trolling started.

3. Stricter registration and rules? Yes because some of you here pushed that action. Because of double accounts, trolling, etc.

The forum rules are simple, if you don't want to follow, then go ahead find another forum. If you're here then it is expected that you are to follow the rules because you are a member and not the owner of this forum.

What else guys you would like to add up here? Mystic or maybe BJ will answer that one by one.

[Seiki]

This is not a war, people!

Sadly, this has turned into a war. But not between BakuganBuzz and Arenasix, rather between the members and the admins. I suggest a compromise. Yes, we should follow some of the rules a bit better but at the same time the admins should accept some suggestions that the members have to offer. Making everything more strict while still rarely coming on (which is getting better for Ventusbuzz and mostly Mystic) is not the way to handle things.

I feel like BakuganBuzz is turning Communist in a way. The admins send out orders to the members while not really paying much attention to the members except to give more orders. Then when the members attempt to rebel their posts are deleted and bannings are issued. It hasn't worked for Russia, Cuba, or China and I am sure it won't work here.

[Lucario_x]

1. You want admins to participate in the forum. Yes admins participate in this forum. But don't expect they will sit their ***** all day reading all your posts. This is why we need new admins. I know you just said we aren't getting new ones, but still. We want admins that actually get to know the members, talk about bakugan not because they gat payed to, but because they enjoy it.

2. Global mods should have the power to delete, remove or edit posts. This was made available before. What happened? Global mods abused their powers. So what do you expect the admins would do? With all the available powers before, flaming, trolling started. They didn't abuse their powers, BB got attacked by one person. Before the power to edit was removed, nobody abused their powers... Except the admins.

3. Stricter registration and rules? Yes because some of you here pushed that action. Because of double accounts, trolling, etc. Seems out plans worked, then, in a way...

[gmrck]

There were instances before, some have been reported for editing posts. And it's now hard for the admins to trust and put that power again.

An admin change I think will not make this forum better, because you guys still want to over rule. In the Community itself, the owner doesn't frequent on the site. The forum is created for the members to talk about Bakugan, owner of this site just provided this forum to gather all Bakugan fans (to interact/exchange ideas) so I think there's nothing more you could demand further than that. We have the main site that talks about Bakugan already updated by admins and the owner. The forum just serves as an extra discussion panel for Bakugan fans.

[gmrck]

This is not a war, people!

I suggest a compromise. Yes, we should follow some of the rules a bit better but at the same time the admins should accept some suggestions that the members have to offer.

What are those suggestions exactly? Suggestions are welcome and they are applied if appropriate.