Replace the mods except for Neil. Make NiKo, Murta and gb122 mods.
Now we're all happy.
Oh and BTW, I know me and raVen didn't always get on, but I thought he was fabulous. Maybe it's because he has an opinion the mods don't like him. Figures. The mods hate anything they don't agree with. I wonder who the real childish people are? The forum members, or the mods who ban or close down anything that doesn't interest them/involve them directly or they find interesting.
Yes, we're all complete and utter Nazis.
Originally posted by Redwing
D) lots of happy fun witty and/or pissy supermods, mods, and Carl Shutt
I have never been happy, fun, witty or pissy. And Carl Shutt? I don't know what that is, but i'm sure I'm not one.
Seriously, I don't hate y'all, I'd just a feel a whole lot better if some of you were dead, that's all (it's a joke, deal with it)
I think Niko said it best.
A lot of us are escapemi-ers and, frankly, we know how great the old times were. There wasn't just strict "close this topic" and "move this topic" rules back then. Then we knew the mods and supermods, and we all were friends. The harbor was founded for non-Monkey Island things, even if that includes bitching about Tekken 4 or posting something about MI5 despite the fact that theres already a subcategory for it (oh wow, what a concept...posting where people actually VISIT)
Niko's right, this is a damn forum. Not some remote country. We don't need this kind of government in a place that promotes off-topic talk! I mean, come on...let's face it, THE HARBOR IS DYING!!!! Why? Because we can't post anything we want in it anymore for fear of getting our topics closed!! When the harbor was alive there WAS spam. TONS OF SPAM!! Tons upon tons upon TONS of topics that you mods and supermods think are spam and you know what? We liked it. Hell, we LOVED it. That's what the Harbor is about. If you let spam stay spam, and let off-topics stay here, then we'll have posts upon posts in no time. And wanna know what else? We'll like it. Hell, yeah, we'll LIKE it.
This is a message board, it shouldn't feel like Nazi Germany.
Originally posted by Guybrush122
I think Niko said it best.
A lot of us are escapemi-ers and, frankly, we know how great the old times were. There wasn't just strict "close this topic" and "move this topic" rules back then. Then we knew the mods and supermods, and we all were friends. The harbor was founded for non-Monkey Island things, even if that includes bitching about Tekken 4 or posting something about MI5 despite the fact that theres already a subcategory for it (oh wow, what a concept...posting where people actually VISIT)
Niko's right, this is a damn forum. Not some remote country. We don't need this kind of government in a place that promotes off-topic talk! I mean, come on...let's face it, THE HARBOR IS DYING!!!! Why? Because we can't post anything we want in it anymore for fear of getting our topics closed!! When the harbor was alive there WAS spam. TONS OF SPAM!! Tons upon tons upon TONS of topics that you mods and supermods think are spam and you know what? We liked it. Hell, we LOVED it. That's what the Harbor is about. If you let spam stay spam, and let off-topics stay here, then we'll have posts upon posts in no time. And wanna know what else? We'll like it. Hell, yeah, we'll LIKE it.
Which is all well and good for the escapemi regulars, but it makes these forums completely uninviting for everyone else. These aren't the escapemi.com boards, and the mods are under no obligation to pretend like they are.
Originally posted by Carl Shutt
Which is all well and good for the escapemi regulars, but it makes these forums completely uninviting for everyone else. These aren't the escapemi.com boards, and the mods are under no obligation to pretend like they are.
No, the escapemi.com people have always welcomed new people, take a look around, there's been plenty of newbies who have came along since the merge which everyone has welcomed with open arms. It's trolls like you who never have anything nice to say about other people and mods who close down basically everything that make the harbor an uninviting place for everyone else.
Originally posted by Neil Joshi
I have never been happy, fun, witty or pissy. And Carl Shutt? I don't know what that is, but i'm sure I'm not one.
Seriously, I don't hate y'all, I'd just a feel a whole lot better if some of you were dead, that's all (it's a joke, deal with it)
Well lordy, you know generalizations never really work out...even if they're as good as mine ;)
You only think you aren't a Carl Shutt. But eventually, you will need to face the truth, and embrace the Carl Shutt within...
Natty, you are a complete spanktard. I never suggested the escapemi.com regulars were acting in a hostile or unwelcoming manner towards new posters. But when faced with the overwhelming amount of spam and whiny, teen-angst bull**** that makes up the Harbour, any intelligent person is going to run a mile. The very existence of the Harbour is driving people away from the MI forums, it is as simple as that.
Hang on...I must be missing something.....
....I didn't hear her say you were suggesting the escapemi.com regulars were acting in a hostile or unwelcoming manner...
.....I though she just said the escapemi forums were welcoming and that she thinks you are a Troll....:confused:
Originally posted by Carl Shutt
Natty, you are a complete spanktard. I never suggested the escapemi.com regulars were acting in a hostile or unwelcoming manner towards new posters. But when faced with the overwhelming amount of spam and whiny, teen-angst bull**** that makes up the Harbour, any intelligent person is going to run a mile. The very existence of the Harbour is driving people away from the MI forums, it is as simple as that.
I've seen this argument over and over again, and it still doesn't make sense to me: the Harbor drives people away from the MI forums.
When you guys visit a new website and look up the forums, do you actually make some kind of judgement call as to whether or not the topics posted are good enough for you? :dozey: If you see that the off-topic forum has 'welcome back' and 'I'm leaving' threads, do you actually say to yourself, 'Well, this place is beneath me--I'm off to Snob.com?'
Well, that seems like sound (
http://misslink.org/graphics/smokingpot2.gif) reasoning to me.
I do know this much. When I check out a new forum, and I see a bunch of threads closed--that chases me off. (Sometimes.) :D Closed threads send a warning bell to any forum-lounger that the forum has problems...
....what's a spanktard by the way?
While you boys and girls are busy pissing in each other's Cheerios, can somebody please tell me how a thread like this (
http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1301164#post1301164) is supposed to help anyone? What does this topic benefit other than the 3 of 4 members posting in it? To anyone on the outside, there is nothing for them to participate in. The purpose of an online forum is to post a topic that others can participate in. I realize that not all boards function the same way. Hell, I would love it if you all came over to my forums, I allow swearing, spamming, pretty much anything, but that is there, not here. They have chat rooms and IRC channels for this sorta thing, come on...it's just common sense. An online discussion and an AOL chat room should not be the same thing---ever! Besides, the thread is still open isn't it?
And for the record, I started coming here, because I see alot of really cool people posting here, and it's a wonderful escape from the terrors of jk.net. We recently consolidated all the forums in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series, and nothing has really changed other than color patterns. And since you all hate Star Wars so much I'll quote Grand Moff Tarkin; "This bickering is pointless." This stuff happens on every single message board I ever posted on. Somebody get's his/her thread closed, post edited, post count nuked....whatever. And no matter what the cercumstances were, the mods are always the Nazi meanies, and the spammers are the freedom fighters defending the rights of spammers posters. Why should this forum be any different than anyone else? Why is that Harbour members are the only ones that think they are treated unfairly? What? The Harbour and Monkey Island forums are the only boards that ever merged? I just don't get it.
Maybe if they did their job from the start then none of this would have happened... Please define what YOU think their job should be, I would LOVE to know...
As a side note, I think all your arguments would hold up better if you would stop saying things like "The XWAer's this", the "Aresener's that", this discussion reads like a bloody social studies project. Calling each other names, such as trolls, Nazis, spanktard....whatever. Please be civil eh? If you are all as mature as you say you are, why do you fail to demonstrate it?
Originally posted by Zoom Rabbit
I've seen this argument over and over again, and it still doesn't make sense to me: the Harbor drives people away from the MI forums.
When you guys visit a new website and look up the forums, do you actually make some kind of judgement call as to whether or not the topics posted are good enough for you? :dozey: If you see that the off-topic forum has 'welcome back' and 'I'm leaving' threads, do you actually say to yourself, 'Well, this place is beneath me--I'm off to Snob.com?'
If I visit a new forum for the first time, and find it to be filled with nothing but vacuous crap, then yes, I'll go find another forum. What part of this are you having trouble understanding?
Yeah....I'm mystifed too as to how the forum itself can drive people away? Is it possessed or something? The fact is that poor moderation is what makes the forum so bad, not the moderation itself. The moderators have the power to shape the content without offending people.
Common sense as usual Darth....I'm in full admiration of your peerless people skills!!!:)
Dude, could you give me a couple of eamples of crap posts, and a couple of examples of posts that you would find interesting....for the record....
Was it really necessary to post three consecutive messages within the space of five minutes? The "edit post" button is there for a reason.
Okay, this is the kind of crap I'm talkin about. Roy tords, why the hell do you have to post 3 seperate posts in the same damn thread one after another. If you didn'tthink of something before and no ones posted after you yet, the edit button can be your best friend. is a post count that important to you?
Originally posted by Darth Groovy
As a side note, I think all your arguments would hold up better if you would stop saying things like "The XWAer's this", the "Aresener's that", this discussion reads like a bloody social studies project. Calling each other names, such as trolls, Nazis, spanktard....whatever. Please be civil eh? If you are all as mature as you say you are, why do you fail to demonstrate it?
Oh, c'mon. This whole thing IS a damn social studies project. I mean seriously, step back and look at it for a moment. This all came of merging a bunch of different communities into one, all of which hate each other's posting style, with a bit of outsiders coming in to shoot their own mouths off. Just replace "communities" with "countries" or "tribes", and "posting style" with "religion" or "culture" and bingo! Social Studies project in the bag.
Neil - if you hurry up and release your fantastic new guidlelines/findings whatever you want to call them, then we'll all know what we should be striving for.
I've never had a problem posting like this in any other forum anywhere, but if it's a problem here so be it....I'll remember to edit more carefully.
Carl Shutt, my deep thinking fellow poster - would you be kind enough to do me the great honour of letting me have a couple of examples of what kind of posting you would say falls into the "vacuous crap" category, and the "acceptable post" category....I'd appreciate the views on this matter from such a well respected member of the forums.....
Originally posted by RoyTordesLegend
Neil - if you hurry up and release your fantastic new guidlelines/findings whatever you want to call them, then we'll all know what we should be striving for.
I've never had a problem posting like this in any other forum anywhere, but if it's a problem here so be it....I'll remember to edit more carefully.
Carl Shutt, my deep thinking fellow poster - would you be kind enough to do me the great honour of letting me have a couple of examples of what kind of posting you would say falls into the "vacuous crap" category, and the "acceptable post" category....I'd appreciate the views on this matter from such a well respected member of the forums.....
Do you think hounding Neil Joshi is going to get you results overnite? He said he was working on it, give the guy a break eh? Look at it from Neil's prospective, he has the people he watches over and cares for in one corner, and the admins and supermods he has to answer to in the other corner. Trying to keep everyone happy in a position like that is an exercise in futility. Just be glad her cares so much. I clearly remember suggesting a stuck list of guidelines a while back and I was shot down in flames for it. Now you want one...ok!
Also, what do you want Carl to do? Draw you pictures? It's not rocket science, it's a online discussion group. I would venture to say that if you Google search forums and visit some other boards, you'll pick up on it in no time. Better yet, just take a visit at some of the other boards on LFN other than just Monkey Island, and that should suffice.
Groovy - no intention to hound Neil - just a bit of friendly prodding....perhaps I should have remembered to include some:-
:) ;) :p 's
As for drawing pictures - I KNOW what good interesting posting is.....
....I'd just like to know Carls definition, because and no offence to Carl, but I find that some of his threads are the ones I would tend to avoid.
Originally posted by Neil Joshi
Okay, this is the kind of crap I'm talkin about. Roy tords, why the hell do you have to post 3 seperate posts in the same damn thread one after another. If you didn'tthink of something before and no ones posted after you yet, the edit button can be your best friend. is a post count that important to you?
err.. as you may have noticed.. roy is NOT a post count poster .. he's "still" under 300 which is farfarfar away from my pc .. :rolleyes:
groovy:
Originally posted by Neil Joshi
No seriously, i've talked it over with the other mods, and we've gcome to a desicion.
all that roy did is he asked for THIS decision they've come to.. he didnt asked for particular details just for the the main thought they got during their speak over ..
CARL: *shakes head* you still never answer to the raised questions .. :rolleyes: .. would you be so kind and stay ONTOPIC instead of just barking njiengnjiengnjieng's in??? (just like i just did, btw .. ;) ) which is by the way the way some mods in here still do?
Neil: tell us about the main character of your (the MI-Mods team) descision .. and then later tell us the details.. ;)
Roy Tordes Legend .. use that darn edit button .. please .. :p :)
Well these things take a great deal of time. First of all they have to come up with a list, edit, re-edit, then edit again. Then they have to sugar coat it so that all the members won't feel like they are being ruled with an Iron fist. Then once they draft up the rules, they have to come up with a set way of dealing with each problem. We have a similar guideline at Jediknight. For example, there are different standards. For some violations, it is an instant ban, like porn links, Warez and leaked Beta links. Then there is the spam and flaming guidelines. Members have to be warned an undisclosed amount of times, then further actions need to be decided on. Then they have to find a way of keeping track of who was warned, who was banned, the length of the ban...etc, etc, etc. Sometimes when new games come out, rules have to be modified to deal with the traffic flow of new members. I can't give you any specific details, but I ASSURE you they are working on it. They just cannot say anything until it is all final and approved, or else it could lead to disaster. How would you feel if we posted a rule, and then changed it tomorrow? It would piss you off, it would piss anyone off. They have to think these things through carefully before anyone can make it official. Making a decision is only the first step in a very long process. Not to mention, all of us mods, supermods, and admin have lives, jobs, school, and some even have families to care for as well. Please be patient ok?:)
Originally posted by Carl Shutt
If I visit a new forum for the first time, and find it to be filled with nothing but vacuous crap, then yes, I'll go find another forum. What part of this are you having trouble understanding?
Well, first,.. the MI forums are MORE than the Harbor. It seems to me that it would be easy to post to any of the other forums and never set foot in the Harbor. If somebody REALLY wanted to take part it seems to me that ignoring one forum out of all the ones here shouldn't be that big of a hardship.
I also have trouble understanding the part about how if there are no topics posted that you approve of or want to talk about, why you don't start your own threads! It's easy to sit back and say "Nobody ever talks about anything interesting" but if you're not in there starting conversations about things you care about, or steering open threads in a direction you find more stimulating then it's all just a case of sour grapes. Be a bit pro-active. Otherwise people are going to talk about what's important to them, and if it's something that doesn't interest you, then you're stuck out in the cold.
If a thread does come up that you approve of, show some positive reinforcement by jumping in and participating, or even (God forbid... :rolleyes: ) offering a bit of praise to the topic starter.
Positive reinforcement can be a powerful tool Carl. Instead of always pointing out all the negative things you don't like, how about pointing out some of the positive parts of the things you do like? You just might get better results that way...
Just a thought.
now i have to post in this thread here again.....
i'm gonna try not to pounce on anybody here, so don't take anything too personally.
okay, i'll start by addressing people...
carl shutt post #1 that i will attempt to pick away at:
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Natty, you are a complete spanktard.
i don't know what a spanktard is....but i don't think natty is one.
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I never suggested the escapemi.com regulars were acting in a hostile or unwelcoming manner towards new posters.
i don't think you suggested that either, but what if natty was just stating that. although it is somewhat extraneous....
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But when faced with the overwhelming amount of spam and whiny, teen-angst bull**** that makes up the Harbour, any intelligent person is going to run a mile.
two things: #1. i agree that most of it is "whiny, teen-angst bull****", maybe not that severe, but most of it is kinda like that, i agree. and #2. if it's so whiny and if it's spam and teen-angst and bull****, then....why do you read it?
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The very existence of the Harbour is driving people away from the MI forums, it is as simple as that.
well, this has been said throughout this thread repeatedly, but i'm agreeing with the half or 37% or whatever it is that says that the closing of topics is driving people away...not the spam itself.
see, that's the problem with this thing...is that both "sides" have to work together to reach what they want. the people that think the harbor is driving people away need to close more topics and just ignore the people that have issues w/it. the people who think that the closing of topics is driving people away need to then try and improve the quality of what they're posting so that both needs (stopping of closing and ending of spam) are satisfied. of course, that would require people to stop fighting, it would require cooperation amongst all of us, and since this isn't an idealistic world, here, then that's obviously not going to happen.
anyway, onto another post here...
carl shutt post #2 that i will attempt to pick away at:
If I visit a new forum for the first time, and find it to be filled with nothing but vacuous crap, then yes, I'll go find another forum. What part of this are you having trouble understanding?
nobody is having a hard time understanding anything here.
okay, we will now move on to....
the wonderful.....neil joshi!!! i'm going to pick apart everybody's posts btw, so don't be surprised that i'm doing this to neil ;)
okay, neil joshi post #1 that i will attempt to pick away at:
segment #1
Okay, this is the kind of crap I'm talkin about. Roy tords, why the hell do you have to post 3 seperate posts in the same damn thread one after another. If you didn'tthink of something before and no ones posted after you yet, the edit button can be your best friend.
i know i'm supposed to help out roy, here, but that's the truth. although roy did explain himself after this post, so.....oops. i just lost my train of thought. damn.
segment #2
is a post count that important to you?
i don't think the post count is important to roy at all. unless it is, then i'm mistaken, but i think i'm right.
and since the other 2 (i think) were a joke and something about a user that i don't know...i have nothing else to say about neil.
now....the presumptuous (i don't know, i'm trying to think of interesting words, here, ok?)...gabez!!!
gabez post #1
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RayJones, dude, I'm not saying you have to discuss Monkey Island here - quite the opposite in fact.
here we go. if you don't have to talk about mi (which i'm assuming means go to the harbor), then what's the big problem with this forum being "an off-topic discussion w/an mi discussion attached"? or, maybe not that extreme, but at least having more things to talk about in the harbor than in the mi discussion section. here's another thing dealing w/that topic: there's only so much to say about mi. once you talk about something, it's really done with, and with limits on what you can say (only about mi related things), you run out of topics fast, so naturally, there will be more things in the harbor than in the mi discussion and yet it seems to be a problem with people.
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Edlib and ZoomRabbit - you're complete and utter hippo burgers. I'm not being biased; I'm not segregating people according to game, "Hitler" style. All I was saying was that for a witty series of puzzle games we've got a surprising amount of idiots here.
well, since i can't refer back to what you said previously in this thread because the previous posts part of this screen is limited and i'm too lazy at the moment to leave this screen alone and check what you said, then i don't have anything to really say about this one. except that edlib and zoom are not hippo burgers. unless they want to be, as i'm sure they can find some way to turn that into a compliment ;)
segment #3
Also, guess what? I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. I've lost my bottle. You can quote me on this and campaign for fairer rights for posters but at the end of the day this is just a Monkey Island discussion board, and we are the mods, and you've got to live with this or go away. Really. I don't give a **** anymore. I don't. I'm exhausted from reading your whiney posts.
yeah we are kinda whiney. but you know what? we'll be whiney if we want, dammit! this is a free country! i hate it when little kids say that. plus, me saying "this is a free country" may not apply to all of us...i don't know where some of us live...and i know i can check the "location" thing on each person's post, but some people don't put where they actually live...take me for example. "binoba." :D
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I hate you all.
hate is such a strong word.
not.
okay, i can't find any more posts by you that i want to do, because there's only one and that's dealing with (another) post that i don't know.
okay...now we're onto: darth groovy!
i'll probably do only one post...only because they're so long. hey, at least you're a productive poster, right?
darth groovy only post that i will do because they're too long for me to comprehend! :
*whew!* okay, since i'm only doing one here, and i want to make up for it, here's the longest one i could find. it was really heavy...
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While you boys and girls are busy pissing in each other's Cheerios, can somebody please tell me how a thread like this is supposed to help anyone? What does this topic benefit other than the 3 of 4 members posting in it? To anyone on the outside, there is nothing for them to participate in. The purpose of an online forum is to post a topic that others can participate in. I realize that not all boards function the same way. Hell, I would love it if you all came over to my forums, I allow swearing, spamming, pretty much anything, but that is there, not here. They have chat rooms and IRC channels for this sorta thing, come on...it's just common sense. An online discussion and an AOL chat room should not be the same thing---ever! Besides, the thread is still open isn't it?
well, it helps people by giving them more material to read, plus anybody can become involved in a friendly debate thread. it can benefit others outside the thread by letting them know what's going on. this is like the news channel. especially like one of those segments where the two politicians always talk over each other.
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And for the record, I started coming here, because I see alot of really cool people posting here, and it's a wonderful escape from the terrors of jk.net.
it's also relief from the real world. i don't know about jk,net, but it sounds terrifying. i think i looked around there once...and it was a little scary, actually.
segment #3
This stuff happens on every single message board I ever posted on. Somebody get's his/her thread closed, post edited, post count nuked....whatever. And no matter what the cercumstances were, the mods are always the Nazi meanies, and the spammers are the freedom fighters defending the rights of spammers posters.
well, since people have feelings and emotions, which are usually quick to change, then people are obviously going to feel that the mods were nazi meanies. sometimes, they aren't (or at least in some people's eyes they're not), but it's inevitable that people are going to judge others on the way they've been treated by those people that they have particular opinions on.
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Why should this forum be any different than anyone else?
different in what way? getting away w/spamming? it shouldn't be any different than any other forum. perhaps if the moderators had stuck to not allowing a whole ton of spam or at least, what they believe to be spam, then the users at the harbor wouldn't believe that they deserve to be able to do what they want all the time.
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Why is that Harbour members are the only ones that think they are treated unfairly?
i'm sure that other people think they're treated unfairly as well, or at least would feel that way when it came to these kinds of circumstances, meaning the feeling that they've been robbed of something.
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What? The Harbour and Monkey Island forums are the only boards that ever merged? I just don't get it.
i don't think anybody really ever said that, and i don't think that anybody here thinks that either. also, i don't really see how the merge or anything has to do with being able to spam or the mods closing things...i don't get it.
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Maybe if they did their job from the start then none of this would have happened...
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Please define what YOU think their job should be, I would LOVE to know...
their job is to cut down spam in a forum, and to keep things under control. but as everybody knows, the mods didn't really keep it at a minimum, it was kind of halfway there. and that's why none of this would've happened. i agree with that quote. i don't know who said that...but i agree 100%.
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As a side note, I think all your arguments would hold up better if you would stop saying things like "The XWAer's this", the "Aresener's that", this discussion reads like a bloody social studies project. Calling each other names, such as trolls, Nazis, spanktard....whatever. Please be civil eh?
i agree. i'm trying to be more civil...i don't think i've called anybody a name yet....that is...since i left. i've had a "rebirth" or whatever. okay. waaaaay too spiritual here. never mind.
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If you are all as mature as you say you are, why do you fail to demonstrate it?
are you asking the mods that question, because if you are...then i want to know too. in fact, i think all of us want to know. hasn't somebody asked that before?
okay, done w/groovy's post. since i'm too pooped right now to do any more...i'll probably come back tomorrow and do some more posts.
and here's one thing i want to say, referring back to the statement that the people in the harbor think they are being treated unfairly...i believe i said this in our other "flaming" thread in this feeback center...i forgot what it was...it was when the whole big moderation thing began. and i think i said (and i'm gonna say it again)
it's like telling a spoiled child with rich parents that they can't have whatever they want anymore. the moderators have "spoiled" the users in the harbor in a way (this is an analogy here) because they decided that they were going to start moderating more heavily. since we were previously free to post whatever we wanted and we could say what we wanted about anything, then that's how it came to be. once we were told that more heavy moderation was going to be done, it took away that freedom. now we're restricted, and people don't generally like having limits on what they can or can't do. it's like being a seven-year-old again.
well, that's all i have to say, i'm sure you enjoyed the wonderfully rich quality of my writing :rolleyes: i hope i didn't bore you to death...and if i did, then so be it. :)
wow, i think this may have been my longest post where i've actually stated my opinions that i've ever written :)
Can't you read properly Carl? I never said the escapemi'ers were hostile or unwelcoming, I said the exact opposite. Next time before you try and insult me, at least look at what I've written before reading a few words and then pretend you think you know what I said when infact you don't. I said and I'll put it in bold so you can actually see it and it stands out for you. I'm thinking you need glasses. I could always start a fundraiser.
No, the escapemi.com people have always welcomed new people, take a look around, there's been plenty of newbies who have came along since the merge which everyone has welcomed with open arms. It's trolls like you who never have anything nice to say about other people and mods who close down basically everything that make the harbor an uninviting place for everyone else.
Basically, you're a troll Carl, so anything you have to say isn't worth taking on board because you're only here to cause arguments and put people down. Do you lead that much of a boring life that you have to be a sad little twat to people on a forum? That's not the Australian way.
And what is a spunktard? Is that some new way of saying "My name is Carl and I should have been swallowed while I was still a sperm because I lead a boring life and no one likes me which is why I post on a forum being a complete prick and troll to everyone"
Darth Groovy- in response to my comment about maybe if the mods did their job in the first place, I basically meant that if there was spam right from the very start when all the boards merged, they should have done something way back then, instead of waiting 6months later or however long it was when the spam got out of control. That's why I think a lot of people seem to be confused as to why topics that weren't closed in the past are now suddenly being closed, it's not fair. If those topics were seen as spam in the beginning, they shouldn't have been closed. I think the best and recent example is the "Hi I'm Back" threads. Why were 3 allowed to remain open, but one got closed? That's all I'm trying to say. It's not fair.
Hopefully whatever Neil has been working on will be fair and even to everyone, the mods, the posters and whoever else. I'm not sure what exactly is going on, it's between the mods, but I do feel that the posters have a right to say on the matters or the changes, of course that's just me, whatever is decided hopefully it will be fair on everyone.
Das, I read part of your post but my head started hurting ;) I'm sure when my head stops hurting I'll be able to read it properly. I'm amazed I've gotten this far after about 5hours sleep...
edlib and zoom are not hippo burgers. unless they want to be, as i'm sure they can find some way to turn that into a compliment
Very perceptive on your part, Das...
I take it as a high compliment anytime someone responds to me directly on the web, negative or positive, because it means the intent behind the symbols I have placed on the glowing screen has managed to get past the back of someone's eyeballs and stimulate an emotion center in the brain strongly enough for them to respond. Anytime I can manage to arouse thought in another human being it's a good day.
Whether or not the response is intended as the slightest bit complimentary or not is purely immaterial.
Of course, I am also rarely offended by insults thrown my way in the cyber-world. In fact, if someone puts a little thought into it I am usually amused. They are, after all, just strange little symbols, representing words, on a glowing screen, mounted in a plastic box, put there by an anonymous stranger in an unknown part of the world,.. and it's very easy to discount them as such. When I surf away or kill the power they effectively don't exist anymore for me.
Originally posted by Natty
Can't you read properly Carl? I never said the escapemi'ers were hostile or unwelcoming, I said the exact opposite. Next time before you try and insult me, at least look at what I've written before reading a few words and then pretend you think you know what I said when infact you don't.
I already know what you said. You said some irrelevant crap about how friendly and welcoming the Harbour posters were, when I had never suggested otherwise.
Lets face it, Carl only wants to get on with the people he likes, and insult the people he considers 'spanktard's.
Thats quite enough of that, if theres any more personal bitching by anyone i'll delete the posts and lock the thread.
By all means post again if you want to be constuctive, if not shut the hell up. No more whiney posts, no really.
Originally posted by bgbennyboy
Thats quite enough of that, if theres any more personal bitching by anyone i'll delete the posts and lock the thread.
By all means post again if you want to be constuctive, if not shut the hell up. No more whiney posts, no really.
not whiney, but typically..
with personal bitching you mean ALL of us mr bgbennyboy??.. including the ONLY ONE who ISNT bitching in here????
you want constructive posts? and with this you do mean ALL of us??.. including the ones which are not posting constructive posts??
..well then .. ok..
lets wait what neil has to tell us!!
Dont wait around for some big announcement, its quite possible that nothing will happen.
Originally posted by bgbennyboy
Thats quite enough of that, if theres any more personal bitching by anyone i'll delete the posts and lock the thread.
By all means post again if you want to be constuctive, if not shut the hell up. No more whiney posts, no really.
The timing of your intervention is worring Benny. I hope that that is directed at everyone including Carl.
Regards the announcement....ah sod it I'll PM Neil!
I'd have thought bennys post was pretty straight forward and yet people still questioning it.
So here it is in plain english:
If you guys don't stop screwing around back there, i'm gonna turn this car thread around and nobodys going to disneyland! be able to post.!
Clear enough for ya.
Stupid, bitching post edited away by bgbennyboy.
Read what I said earlier.
Originally posted by Natty
edited away by bgbennyboy.
Yeah, and thanx for editing the non bitching part as well that was directed at Neil. Could that be classed as abusing mod powers or in your case was it considered as stupid spam?:rolleyes:
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Wow, you can cut the angst in here with a knife...
After reading this entire thread (yes, I'm bored, so what :p), I think Neil's last post made everything crystal clear :D
Don't hurt me. Please.
*runs*
Originally posted by Natty
Yeah, and thanx for editing the non bitching part as well that was directed at Neil. Could that be classed as abusing mod powers or in your case was it considered as stupid spam?:rolleyes:
In that case, can you PM me the message so I know what it said, harsh and insulting or not, I want to hear it. Oh, and you're PM inbox is full.
I can't remember what my "stupid bitching post" was exactly, but I know it was directed at Carl, I make no apologies, I think [No more bitching remember? Love bgbennyboy].
Anyways Neil, I said something along the lines of "You're still taking me to Disneyland though, you love me" or something like that. It did have something to do with Disneyland though. Which wasn't abusive or bitching.
Oh and PM box is emptied.