Talk:Robot Arena 2: Design and Destroy

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[edit] RA2 Forums (Unofficial) Ads

(5/1/06) - A user from the "RA2 Forums (Unofficial)" keeps adding in a very vanity-ish section bragging about his InvisionFree forum that he managaes. I just deleted it, it will probably show up again though. 65.68.248.105 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/2/06) - The same user has vandalized the article again, this time re-adding the ad for the Unofficial RA2 InvisionFree website, along with removing the information for RFSHQ and replacing it with "This website sucks.". The external link to the RFSHQ Mod Database for Robot Arena 2 has also been removed and replaced with the aforementioned InvisionFree. 65.68.248.105 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/2/06) - I restored the article, maybe we should request this article be locked? - chz

(5/2/06) - That sounds like a good idea. It is likely this vandalism will not end anytime soon. 65.68.248.105 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/3/06) - http://s8.invisionfree.com/ra2forums/index.php?showtopic=842&view=getnewpost There is the evidence that they are going to continue to vandalize the article. Their vandalization can be seen in the History of the page. 65.68.248.105 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/3/06) - This article for Robot Arena 2 has been restored (in whole or part) several times due to edits by user Technex. He continues to edit out "RFSHQ" because of a personal vendetta apparently. "RFSHQ" plays a key role in Robot Arena 2 because of the creation of game-expanding mods allowing significantly greater amounts of AI opponents, and hosting the Robot Arena 2 Mod Database. The aforementioned AI mods have been disassembled and used by many other programmers for use in their mods, notably The DSL Mod among others. While "RFSHQ" is NOT notable enough to grant it its own article, it deserves recognition in the Robot Arena 2 article for the community's work in expanding the limits of the game. 65.68.248.105 22:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/4/06) - Technex is apparently editing the article in an attempt to attract users to his website, the link posted from 65.68.248.105 has suitable evidence that this is on purpose. Also, it seems he is trying to get the administrators to ban all those who are restoring the article. Seems that he doesn't exactly know how wikipedia works. - chz/65.190.124.95 21:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/5/06) - The article was vandalized yet again, in the same manner. Parts of the article were removed and replaced with an advertisement for the previously mentioned forum. 70.255.13.25 12:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/5/06) - Once again the same exact user "Technex" has blanked portions of the article. I have added the final vandalism warning (test4) to his talk page. He is also ceasing to respond to our comments and try to resolve the issue. On behalf of the community, I have a link ready with evidence discussing the notability of RFSHQ compared to RA2 Forums (unofficial). I will post this when I report him if he vandalizes again. 65.68.248.105 01:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/6/06) - Look, just shut up. We're defending our right to be in here, and someone's taking us out of the links. Where's my mention, I added that link atleast 7 times. - Redline

(5-6-06) - You can keep your link at the bottom. You are not entitled, however, to your own section in this article. Your forums have done absolutely NOTHING noteworthy in the community and your "section" in the RA2 Article and in the "RA2 Forums" article reads like a horrible 12 year old's advertisement. RFSHQ is a lot more notable than the unofficial forums (that were made 2 years after the release of the game) and it doesn't have it's own article. Why? Because while it's notable in RA2 Land, it ISN'T world-wide notable.

I see your link at the bottom of the page. I do not see your little advertisement article. That is fine. I don't see any vandalism here anymore. I'm not going to remove the link. If you would have replaced the RFSHQ section with "This Website Sucks" then yes, I would have done so because you all are acting like immature kids. RFSHQ has produced many high-class mods for the Robot Arena 2 game, and any way you cut it, it is landmark in RA2.

Technex is on his last straw anyways with Wikipedia Vandalism warnings. If you quit screwing up the article and actually DO something really big for RA2, then you can earn yourself a spot here. 65.68.248.105 21:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/8/06) Even we're confused down our forum. Technex (down there? Is the Wiki account fake?) apparently isn't doing this at all. But if you call us immature then I will stand to your challenge. Maybe we are actually kids but in the virtual world wisdom owns all - I've been camping at my computer 67 hours a week for the last year. 24455 hours on the PC, read it and weep on it. - Redline

(5/9/06) The fact that you "camp out" at your computer frightens me. Whoever keeps adding in the SECTION for your forums, stop. You can keep the link, but the forums themselves (and users) are not notable enough in the community, unless of course you want to be noted for the problems the forums have caused. 70.255.13.25 18:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

(5/8/06) (Uh... its still the 8th in UK) Yeah, it is frightening sometimes, but incases like these it helps to be on all the time. In the case of Tactical Ops (Another Infogrammes/Atari game) I hung out on servers for 14 hours with only 2 stops, 10AM to dead 12. I destoried everyone, and the time online gives me a advantage of no-break learning and familiarization. There are somethings that can require patience, like Robot Arena 2, where building skills come in... - Redline once more.

(8/15/06) - Since I don't do anything anymore, I'd thought I'd update the Technex forum link. 'Twas broken, in case anyone cares. -Duh102

(11/25/06) - There is a lot of on and off modifcation regarding the Unofficial RA2 Forums and RFSHQ sections in this article. I suggest the users that are removing each other sections and/or replacing each others sections to cease. Wikipedia is not your war waging sandbox.--65.188.226.131 07:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

(12/6/06) - Thank you very much for saying that. However, RFSHQ and it's creators are all notable modders in Robot Arena 2's history, and even though the website is no longer an all-RA2 website, the history of the site remains. The Unofficial RA2 Forums, which semi-alive today, have done absolutely nothing to help the community, and for the most part, the forum's owner is not well-liked at all in ANY of the remaining communities. Wikipedia's been notified SEVERAL times about the vandalism that Unofficial RA2 Forums has been doing, and nothing has been done on Wikipedia's end. (URA2F at one in time added in a lengthy advertisement to both the Robot Arena and Robot Arena 2 articles, along with taking out other sections of the articles just because they do not like or agree with them.) Please see this link here for what was sent to Wikipedia: http://www.rfshq.com/rfs_stuff/uploads/technex.doc RadioFSoftware 04:47, 7 December 2006 (UTC)