I see what you are saying about not wanting the boards to be over-moderated. And, I agree in principle. Nobody wants this place to turn into YoJoe.com, where deviations from the orthodoxy get deleted and occassionally get users banned/suspended. (Even if you agree with the orthodoxy of the board, conversations are still limited.)
But, this is not about how they voted, it is *why* they voted the way they did. You and I disagree about which characters should make Hasbro's cut. You and I think that Barricade and Lockdown should make the cut, with less difference between the reasoning than one might expect. (We both recognize that newer characters can have staying power.) You happen to like Prowl, I happen to support Mirage. Our reasoning there differes a bit. But, in neither case is it "wouldn't it be wacky if if....".
The "boost Erector" vote is an attempt to put a minor character, based on a forgettable toy from a low point in the frachise's history, over....because he name is an unintentional dick joke. This is more obnoxious than Willis putting Dinobot over. As much of a glam-whoring drama queen as Willis can be, he legitimately likes Dinobot. And, when I put aside my (not entirely rational) dislike of "Beast Wars", I can admit that Dinobot was a legitimately important character that arguably contributed to the franchise surviving at all.
Voting for Erector is an act of self-indulgence that all of the fans will have to live with. This is not completely unlike the shit that the AllSpark pulled back in the BWTF days, when we had the "pick a recolour for Blurr" vote.
The reason this is worse than Synjo's drama-whoring is that these guys are trying to tip an official part of the franchise to suit their own whimsy. Synjo is an obnoxious and self-important ass. He is incapable of having a mature conversation. But, he was not trying to hijack the franchise in any way.
Once I put the entire lyrics to some song or other in my signature, making it take up an entire page
You were 14 or so? That is a factor.
These guys are acting 14.
There is a difference between over-moderating a forum and keeping it clean. We can still have an open forum without suffering idiots. Look at most of my conversations with Sparky. Aside from the time he pounced on me in a public restroom and flushed my head down the toilet, (which I kind of deserved after the drop kick to the groin that I gave him), things are generally civil. Yeah, he eggs my house on occasion, and I got him banned from a few local pizza places, but that is all in good fun. The anti-freeze in his Kool-Aid was a bit out of line. But, so was the rusty nail on the floor near my bed where my feet go in the morning. (In case it needs pointing out, Sparky and I have never actually met.)
Voting for Erector is not a difference of opinion. It is being a jack-ass.
dig toilet humor as much as the next guy,
I saw that last night, and had no reply beyond "oh yeah?"....
But, then, while falling asleep in the wee hours of the morning, inspiration came to me...and I bastardized a Taylor Swift song.
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You do not like potty humour as much as I do!
You make fart jokes...I photograph feces.
You South Park...I joke about buggery.
I make you skeeeeezed. I make you skeeeezed. I make you skeezed.
When your in a bathroom, you laugh at rude sounds.
But, then I take pictures of what I found...a big old stinky pile of old poo!
You make fart jokes, I photograph feces.
You like South Park, I joke about buggery.
You think your fillllthy! You think your filllllthy!
You got nothin' on me!
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Dom
-really came up with that song last night.