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@ OP

This is the thread to which you refer.

https://www.coh2.org/topic/3602/soviet-mines-vs-german-mines/page/1#post_id598247

I have uninvised your post, since the thread has been locked subsequently, and it may better help you to understand the following explanation.

As a general rule, we prefer that you do not necro old threads. We are not alone in this - it explains why you see so many images like this one on Google etc

http://imgur.com/a/4JP6h

I won't say all necro is bad, but most of it tends to be. I think many posters necro bcs they have been browsing, forget they are looking at old stuff and see something to which they want to respond, as if it were an active current thread, Your uninvised post is a good case in point.

You were responding to a post about mines, which no longer exist in the state they were in. e.g. The OP was partly moaning about a field of S barbed wire which no longer exists. To refer to this now could easily confuse newer members, who may not even know such a device ever existed.

The thread was started four years ago and there have been many changes to mines since then. Fortunately, the OP is still active on here, but the first person to reply to him on that thread is long gone - over two years ago.

As a result of your necro, a Strategist had written a reply before he realised you were necroing. That is easily done and it was a waste of his time, as you can see from his amended, irritated response.

You were responding to the OP by talking about Ostheer anti-personnel minefields with the warning boards - iirc, these did not even exist when that thread was started.

If you wanted to discuss the current state of mines for each side, it would have been preferable for you to start a fresh thread.

To finish, I will try to preempt your likely follow up: when does a thread become so old that to add to it is a necro? There is no hard and fast rule about this, but as a guideline, if there has been a patch, it is likely to render previous threads redundant.

tl:dr Never be afraid to PM a Moderator for guidance, if you are unsure about what may be a necro post.

@ LordAlex

Before I lock this thread, I want to tell you why I am going to do so, so that you may learn from it, and others also.

When COH2.ORG was started, Relic apparently stated they would deal with all aspects relating to cheaters. e.g. teamkill, drophacks, maphacks, bug abuse, threats, badmouthing etc etc Therefore the old Fair Play system we had for COH1 vanished overnight.

All we do now, is to provide a link for those of you who want to report cheaters. After that, it is between Relic and you. Not us. You will find the link to report cheaters in the Site Rules. These are at the bottom Right Hand corner of your screen. You should have read them before you started on here, but I doubt if you have.

If you don't like this system, please post your displeasure on the Official Forums.

Please don't make public cheating accusations again here, otherwise we may ban you.

Thanks Planet Smasher.

Moving to Mapping Discussion

Ah, what was bad this time ?

Hector´s Sggestion on how to fix Brace