Well i'll throw my 2 cents in the pot as a relative newcomer to this particular forum, but not to the internet and its "wild west" days.

If I'm to play devil's advocate be part of the solution, then it might be worth considering creating an area of the forum which is less moderated... more of a check your guns at the door gentlemen, fisticuffs only inside here... you walk through the door at your own risk.

Now this shouldnt be taken as carte blanche for posts, and less moderated is preferable to unmoderated... but it might allow threads to be continued while also allowing people to avoid them if they want to be in the PC world... maybe even a popup warning before it opens?

Well like i said my 2cents and worth exactly what you paid for them...