Alright, I've obviously not been clear so I will try one more time, but after that if people continue to derail this thread by discussing moderation guidance with me here rather than directly message me as I've requested, I am gong to temporarily lock it until everyone has caught up.
There's of course nothing wrong with having and expressing opinions with lots of different characters and their story arcs or stating facts about the game. But if someone is giving feedback in different AA threads (not just ones about kiss animations) suggesting changes to the current game (even if they are minor) and at the same time are quite emotively complaining about lack of love or fairness and spawn fans being ignored at the expense of AA, then it is likely to raise eyebrows. And if they have already been repeatedly asked to remember the rules about inciting discussion about community infighting and constructive and respectful discussion in AA threads, appearing to frame the request here as a competition for attention is unlikely to do them any favours when it comes to having friendlier and more civil AA discussions in future with those they've come into conflict with before. (And yes, perhaps I've exaggerated somewhat for effect here, which is why I am not naming any names.)
I have not issued any formal warnings and if you look at my initial intervention it was framed as a suggestion rather than an instruction: there has been entirely too much upset around AA discussion here recently, and I would very much hope that anyone who has been part of that would want to be careful not to bring down more grief. When I make such suggestions, my hope is that people will read and then bear them in mind in future posting in the thread if they think they are relevant to them (and can ignore them if they don't apply).
My intervention was aimed at trying to avoid more community infighting here or elsewhere and helping everyone interact more constructively. Clearly it failed and has just caused a different kind of drama, which isn't what I wanted and I'm sorry for that. I promise I am doing my best to help everyone have a more positive experience and create an environment where people can have constructive, respectful discussions and perhaps I'm even asking folk to take pity on me! It has sometimes felt like a full time job behind the scenes to keep the peace in Astarion discussions, and that not having worked I've been trying to expose more of the mod work we do by making it more public. But that clearly has drawbacks too, as not everyone seeing those interventions has the context to know where they're coming from.
I hope that clarifies, and as I said let us please now draw a line under this digression. Feel free to get back to discussing additional content you want to see in the game!
