# Quit locking topics **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [May 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778 "2020-05-24T19:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![truethat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@truethat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/truethat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/1 "2020-05-24T19:46:38Z")
You devs and mods get so butthurt over everything. No body can have a good debate because you all are constantly locking every topic. I for one enjoy reading them and then you all come along and lock them. Grow up and let people have a good ol fashion heated debate. ---
**Author:** ![Graeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/2 "2020-05-24T19:56:40Z")
I’ve noticed that threads generally get locked due to the same handful of forum members derailing threads with continuing personal/guild vendettas. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/3 "2020-05-24T20:07:02Z")
> [@truethat](#): > > No body can have a good debate because you all are constantly locking every topic. Well, I suspect I also wouldn’t be happy having a bunch of people screaming at each other on my front lawn, especially with kids in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Redi1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/redi1/32/63215_2.png) [@Redi1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Redi1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/4 "2020-05-24T20:07:37Z")
Keep locking topics. I am tired of wasting my time trying to read about a subject only to have to sort through the same people insulting each other for 60% of it on yet another post. If anything I think they let it go on too long and are too lenient. A “good ol fashion heated debate” isnt someone calling someone else an idiot/loser/coward a half dozen different ways. Those are the only threads I have ever seen locked and they deserve to be. Since they will not ban repeat offenders it is the only recourse so I dont have to read about how Player A banged Player Bs mom last night or whatever childish insult they decide to use. ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/5 "2020-05-24T23:56:11Z")
I enjoy the drama, it’s Gems of Wars and without rivalries the game probably would have died ages ago. So take a chill pill, pretend it’s the National Enquirer and you’re reading about how Harry uses Mixer and Meghan steal all her teams from Prince Phillip. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/6 "2020-05-25T00:31:04Z")
I very rarely lock topics, and the last one I locked as the user that started it asked me to lock it. ---
**Author:** ![truethat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@truethat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/truethat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/7 "2020-05-25T00:45:54Z")
Its comical so thank you for personally not locking these topics. . I understand no call outs or bad words but if its just arguing over nonense then let it be. I enjoy reading them. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/8 "2020-05-25T01:25:17Z")
I think a lot of times topics are locked for good reason, mainly one or more of: - It’s blatantly against forum guidelines. - It’s about an incendiary topic not likely to foster reasonable discussion. The second is still a vague form of the first. I think most topics that should be auto-locked are waaaaaaay off-topic for a GoW forum, and I don’t even want to create examples because that’s sort of like posting the topic. What gets my goat is when people derail an otherwise on-topic topic so badly it ends up getting locked. It doesn’t happen often, but I always feel like I’d rather see the people get spanked instead of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jonathan/32/66724_2.png) [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/9 "2020-05-25T01:46:54Z")
> [@GW: DE, Rope Dart teams](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gw-de-rope-dart-teams/52880/16): > > Please continue this discussion in the new ‘Xbox Drama’ Category 🙂. > > ![IMG_20190315_140552.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/c/bcad63d9374d2b73958e670a54b248d4b73c30fe.jpeg) Still an option!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@danac](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/danac)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/10 "2020-05-25T12:17:21Z")
> [@Graeme](#): > > with continuing personal/guild vendettas. there are guild vendettas? here? seems like…overkill I personally prefer when my topics pop. lock? not so much ---
**Author:** ![danac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@danac](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/danac)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/quit-locking-topics/63778/11 "2020-05-25T12:17:57Z")
> [@Fourdottwoone](#): > > I suspect I also wouldn’t be happy having a bunch of people screaming at each other on my front lawn, especially with kids in the house. You never know until you try.