I agree that the fanfic section could use a moderator. While most of us only use this as a game of stats and words, some of us have begun to prove that todays vapourboteers are tomorrows roboteers, and itd be a shame if that enthusiasm got curbed by spammers.

I dont think we need a set of universal rules, but an agreed ettiquette would be good. Something like Read Marks posts and do the opposite... Or to put it another way, dont spam, dont bring threads back from the dead, dont harrass the tournie writers into moving at a faster pace, dont use vapours that havent been entered, etc. If this could all be posted in a thread and made sticky so it cant be bumped down the page, thatd be good.

But most importanly, if you find someone bothersome, dont post that no-one likes them and would they please remove their presence from the forum. Because what happened with Mark is the following:

Mark - I says something stupids!!
Someone nameless - Mark just GO AWAY!
Someone else nameless - I agree with nameless person 1. Were all tired of you.
Mark - Now I says something insultings to teh nameless peoples.
Someone nameless - Now youre insulting us, so Im going to list all of your faults, add in the fact that you dont listen and tell you to go away again!

...and so on. One stupid post leads to an entire argument because people simply cant ignore him. Its seriously tiresome to read through.

Id like to propose a solution, although I dont know if it will be possible. Some forums Ive been to have an ignore function where you can chose to have all the posts of someone removed when you browse the forum. They can still post, but you cant read what theyre saying. If something like this can be installed, itll remove the troll problem and the additional problem of people yelling at the trolls to go away.