i could get in trouble again for saying this but a while back a lot of the old moderators of the site were forsed out by some of the new mderators. i don't know the details first hand, i'm still friends with 3 of the people who were ousted so all i know is their side.
in regards to fluffy spells. yes, it is annoying and i wish we could get them deleted, but only the higher ups in covens can do it. in terms of Spell Casters [i belong to it because i enjoy adding spells] there gimmick is anyone can add spells. there's over 1000 spells in their coven along. think about how much of a pain it would be to go through them all and keep on top of it. use the rule if it's got low stars it's probably a fluffy spell, or ask youraself if a spell could logically work.
not everyone who wants mermaid spells are fluffy, just misguided, kindly explain what magic can and can't do. if they snap back at you, then you can let them have it, but just be calm and explain so they can learn. try and get higher up in your coven so you can help them with the spells. i'd love to lend my time to deleting some myself.
Yes, the majority of the fluffy spells are the fault of the spell casters coven. I think the adminastration would do us all and many members to be a justice by taking it down. And in the meantime they could take down all the spells posted by them. I think there would be very few legit spells among them, As most serious practitioners want a family type coven. In that way they could kill 2 birds with one stone.who thinks we should start a thread where all who want this done could place their desire to do so? maybe we could catch their eye. *Note* please if you find this post hateful and/or offending. please let me know with a legit reason why so i can delete it before any one else is offended.
There are high rated fake spells also like this one that is really making me mad because its so high rated people will believe it
http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/spiritual_spells/enchantment_spells/10157/page.html
You should understand how the system works. Like with any system there will be human error, it's a fact of life. No one is perfect.
First you should know that administration had once assigned the task of answering FAQs to Editors and Moderators.
Second you should understand that Eds and Mods are regular human beings and like I said, there will be mistakes.
Third you should note that last I understood it was at their discretion to answer or delete FAQs, they don't have to answer them in fact they don't even have to look at them so a few of the FAQs will be opinion based.
All this means that the FAQs are answered by what are first and foremost members of the site just like you and I with their own opinions, perspectives, and perceptions of SoM. If you find something that you don't necessarily agree with, don't be surprised because you won't agree with everything in the world.
If you have a problem with it, eh, just do what you can to explain to beginners that not every single one of our spells are completely legitimate.
As far as I have been able to extrapolate, and realise that I have been working spells since I was six, spells are the alteration of energy to affect a given person or group of people in some way, shape or form.
Before anyone cries, "That's vague!", realise that yes, it IS vague, and for a reason: I have never use a spell twice on the same person in an identical fashion. I use a curse-breaking spell on one person three times. The spell itself was meant to simply overwhelm a curse and cancel it out (yes, that takes roughly a boatload of energy, but large amounts energy, not fine-tuned control, is my forte). In the span of two months, the precise function of the spell remained identical, yet HOW I had to cast the spell changed between the first and second, and between the second and third castings. Three different curses, effectively three different spells.
A spell is based on 1) the intended effect, 2) the origin of the effect's target (the person that cast the original curse, just as an example), and 3) the recipient of the spell. Any one of the three will change the spell itself, period, because even half an hour later, the person has changed at least a little, causing enough of a change in the spell-work to make it a different spell, even if the target and the origin of the effect are the same. Simply believing that something has happened will change a person enough for the to be a different person, in so far as a given spell is concerned.
Due to the previous paragraphs, if a person is not casting a spell differently every single time, at least to a degree greater than simply having a different person as their focal point, then they are shamming it. The basis of a given spell remains the same every time. How it is implemented changes every time, much like two identical spark-plugs are still not the same spark-plug.
If this is too complex, here it is simplified: I shoot multiple people with the same gun, but in spite of the bullets being identical in shape, mass, volume, and size it is still a different bullet shooting each person. The gun is the intended effect, and the bullet is the precise casting of the spell.
If that is too complex, there's nothing I, personally, can do to simplify.
Basically, no matter how many times you cast the same spell, it changes. If it doesn't, you 're probably (I say probably because, again, magic is fluid and I'm sure there is at least one person this is false for), very probably, doing something wrong. Sometimes 'fluff' in a spell is simply necessary.
Spell casters instantly promotes the members to council, which allows anyone in there to post spells (because you have to be council member to post spells here) That's where a lot of the fluff comes from, but from other corners of this website as well, it's a bit scattered.
