After some recent events here at BaltimoreBeatdown, it has been decided that I will become a moderator to help curb some of the negative behavior that has been appearing with increasing frequency as of late. Unfortunately, there has been a bunch of trolling as you all have seen and my goal is to completely shut that down and restore the type of atmosphere that a good portion of us remember. Bruce and I believe that this should be a friendly place where people have proper manners towards each other.

Please note that I will have the rules linked down below and I do expect that people follow them. I will be looking around while commenting and if we see people breaking the rules, we'll take appropriate action including banning. If you notice anything that breaks the rules, please flag it so we don't miss anything.

http://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2012/6/27/3122568/baltimore-beat-down-community-guidelines

OK, now that all the harsh stuff is out of the way, lets just have fun and enjoy each other's company. Lively debate will happen and is encouraged, but we need to remember the guidelines that have been set in place and just be polite towards each other. For the most part, we don't have an issue with any of the regulars and even a lot of the new people so just use some common sense when you post please.