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| 28 DEC 2002 at 5:54pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (28 DEC 2002 1:44pm)
"god-haters" ... a couple of whiners >
sad, isn't it...
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 7:33pm |
| Deleted User | I think gameboomers is a better forum. The mods are great there. They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic. I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games and feel differently about this site when they read the posts. They join but they probably dont come back.Just by reading this thread I can tell who The Loudest are and the wantabees.Now you know why most people dont post here.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:12pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friendlyfish (28 DEC 2002 7:33pm)
I think gameboomers is a better forum. The mods are great there. They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic. I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games and feel differently about this site when they read the posts. They join but they probably dont come back.Just by reading this thread I can tell who The Loudest are and the wantabees.Now you know why most people dont post here.
Hmm.........I think we all just got insulted here...... :
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:39pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friendlyfish (28 DEC 2002 7:33pm)
I think gameboomers is a better forum. The mods are great there. They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic.
Who are they and why are they bad? Honestly, I'd like to know. Call me crazy but I want to make my own judgement about people.
Can someone please provide relevant links for me?
I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games...
Like you, not-so-friendly-fish, huh?
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:40pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By friendlyfish (28 DEC 2002 7:33pm)
I think gameboomers is a better forum. The mods are great there. They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic. I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games and feel differently about this site when they read the posts. They join but they probably dont come back.Just by reading this thread I can tell who The Loudest are and the wantabees.Now you know why most people dont post here.
and how many bad-people's posts (outside this thread) did you manage to read in the 40 minutes that elapsed between your registration and this post?
why do i bother i wonder? : just the nature of some ppl
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:41pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Belinda, We all did get insulted unless it had a secret message hidden in the context, maybe a code?
Well, choices, always choices. Either post or don't post, whatever.
Unless you have broken all your fingers and typing with your elbows, lost your ability to think for yourself and aren't ready to feel some emotions sometimes then maybe this isn't what you consider a safe enough place to post. ???
Someone needs to tell me who the bad people are, I haven't a clue. o the bad people know that they are the bad people. :-/
First post and they went for the throat, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, where did I put those bandaids.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:44pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Hmm.........I think we all just got insulted here......
Yes, I believe it was someone's best attempt to do just that. Personally, I'll just ignore it.
I seem to recall someone - who will remain nameless - that was a very influential member at Gameboomers. He's not there anymore... However, I have seen him here...
Makes one wonder -
They do their job to keep out the bad people..
Bad... The word is rather subjective - So, enjoy your censorship.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:44pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (28 DEC 2002 8:39pm)
and how many bad-people's posts (outside this thread) did you manage to read in the 40 minutes that elapsed between your registration and this post?
To be fair, it is possible to read the forums without registering. Maybe that was the case here, maybe it wasn't. We'll probably never know
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:47pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 DEC 2002 8:44pm)
To be fair, it is possible to read the forums without registering. Maybe that was the case here, maybe it wasn't. We'll probably never know
yes it's possible but i can't beleive that's the case... someone registring ONLY to make this post? this would be really sad imo :
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 8:53pm |
BelindaSchattenjger
Posts : 2093
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Yes Michal, that is true........this person was probably a 'guest', reading everything, then decided to register just so he/she could make that post. And I think in was done intentionally, just to see what kind of 'flamewar' could be started.
Red...I'd like to know who this person thinks the 'bad' people are too, or the 'wantabees'......oh well, maybe I am one.....but who cares........I enjoy myself here, this person can't ruin that for me. Besides, a person that want to be a wantabe here, 'What' would they want to be a wantabe about? Did that make sense? :-/
Inland.........who? who?
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 9:28pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By friendlyfish (28 DEC 2002 7:33pm)
I think gameboomers is a better forum.
you are certainly entitled to your opinion, fish
The mods are great there.
i like JA's mods too...
lienient and democratic...
no police state here...
They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic.
please tell us who and why you think they are bad
I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games and feel differently about this site when they read the posts. They join but they probably dont come back.
are you insinuating that us regulars ARE the bad people?
Just by reading this thread I can tell who The Loudest are and the wantabees.
wantabee what ?
Now you know why most people dont post here.
well... at least we know why YOU don't want to post here...
btw, fish, good luck to you wherever you may swim...
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 9:40pm |
friedmonkySpace Cadet
Posts : 178
Joined: 10 APR 2005
Status : Offline | Well, friendlyfish doesn't seem too friendly now does he/she (didn't choose to show their gender)? Probably not even a fish either.
This thread is exactly why I like this board and feel comfortable here. No mod police here waiting to pounce . This thread would have been closed a long time ago "somewhere else".
It is sad to see someone register just to say that they don't like it here - very strange behavior I must say!
Later,
friedmonky
By the way, yes I am a monky and yes I am fried.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 9:54pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friedmonky (28 DEC 2002 9:40pm)
This thread is exactly why I like this board and feel comfortable here.
I'm sure glad I'm not a moderator here... because I might have an urge to lock some topics and delete some posts. But that's no solution.
By the way, yes I am a monky and yes I am fried.
Did the frying hurt?
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 9:57pm |
friedmonkySpace Cadet
Posts : 178
Joined: 10 APR 2005
Status : Offline | No, the frying didn't hurt. Are you serious that if you were a mod you might feel the urge to lock and delete some posts? Good thing I am not a mod as I would not lock or delete anything - free speech rules!
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 10:04pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friedmonky (28 DEC 2002 9:57pm)
No, the frying didn't hurt.
That's a bit surprising. I thought frying involved very hot oil and other torture implements
Are you serious that if you were a mod you might feel the urge to lock and delete some posts?
I could have - but only if I was a mod (and then it'd be because I was a mod). Since I'm not, I don't, and I'm glad the real mods don't either.
Good thing I am not a mod as I would not lock or delete anything - free speech rules!
Within reason. And I think so far we've been well within reason.
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 10:06pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
Posts : 5696
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By friendlyfish (28 DEC 2002 7:33pm)
I think gameboomers is a better forum.
It is? Well, stay there then
The mods are great there.
We don't have mods in here, it's an anarchy - I like it!
They do their job to keep out the bad people..especially the 2 people I see who have posted here in this topic.
I don't know why but I don't agree with your idea of "bad".
I believe most people joined here to discuss adventure games and feel differently about this site when they read the posts.
Please, could you be more specific?
They join but they probably dont come back.
If they're like you, I have no problem with that.
Just by reading this thread I can tell who The Loudest are and the wantabees.Now you know why most people dont post here.
And what is the problem with the "loudest"? If you're meaning that people here is being outspoken, you're baddly wrong.
Try to be more clear with your next post, if you ever post here again - if you don't, we all will be happier
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 10:07pm |
friedmonkySpace Cadet
Posts : 178
Joined: 10 APR 2005
Status : Offline | Frying does not hurt the monkey!
(Do you think that this thread should be moved to the Off-Topic Forum? It hasn't had a hint of anything adventure game related for quite some time now.)
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 10:21pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By friedmonky (28 DEC 2002 10:07pm)
Frying does not hurt the monkey!
Wow, monkeys must be a lot tougher than I thought
(Do you think that this thread should be moved to the Off-Topic Forum? It hasn't had a hint of anything adventure game related for quite some time now.)
It never had anything to do with adventures to begin with. I think it should stay here because it's a very important topic.
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 10:28pm |
friedmonkySpace Cadet
Posts : 178
Joined: 10 APR 2005
Status : Offline | Okay.......
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 11:08pm |
emmaPrivate Detective
Posts : 525
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | About good and bad boards... I'm floating pretty easily between the different boards I hang in. I realize each board has it's unique special feel, and I consider it to be rather easy to respect whatever rules or praxis that are apparent in each place. It's like... coming home to somebody and you accept how things are done in that person's house if you get me, it's not like you have to go back if you don't feel comfortable there. Things are done differently on different boards, and for better and worse as a poster I have to adjust to that. Either by not posting, or posting under the rules of the place I'm visiting. The trick is to find the place that represents yourself the best I think. It's really depressing to hear that people feel unfairly treated and kicked for no "good" reason, but put it behind you, and find a better livingroom to hang in, is what I think.
Which leads in to the not "daring" to participate on JA issue. It's not surprising to me that people get defensive, when they hear that they are bullying people not to participate in a public forum. It's also not surprising, that people can get hurt unbeknown to the "culprit". What surprises me, is that people get offended, without giving the benefit of the doubt. Asking if somebody meant it as being rude. AND is it really that hard to say sorry when somebody accidentally felt hurt? It's a give and take deal as I see it.
These are issues that pop up once in a while, on every board (that allows it) and it usually almost always boils down to people opening up to the possibilites that misunderstandings are pretty darn easy to make when you're writing like this. It's cultural differences, language problems, hasty notes that can be misconstrued... Everybody knows this, right? So those of you that feel you have to defend or attack, relax. This is a great place for those who like it, and a place to leave for those who don't. Simple as that.
[URL=http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=emma]My DVDs[/URL] | [URL=http://www.adventuregamers.com/]AdventureGamers[/URL] | I haven't lost my mind, I've got a backup on a disc somewhere.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 11:20pm |
copycatSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 293
Joined: 24 OCT 2002
Status : Online | As far as I'm concerned, I only participate in a conversation if I have anything interesting to say about the topic. This is no more different than I do in real life, when in company I also only talk when I want to add something to the conversation. If I feel I cannot add anything more, I refrain from repeating that which has already been said or something that is not relevant to the discussion.
Do not be afraid, I will post when I see a discussion in which I can have a part.
I always wondered why I have never seen a message by one of the mods on this board. In fact, there's another board where the mods are also nowhere to be seen. Has there been a conspiracy to eliminate all mods, which has now been carried out? Are all the mods gathered to consider new tactics on how best to handle 'bad people'?
If the topic is interesting enough, I can stay in a discussion for quite a long time, but on this board I have not seen a thread having that quality. Also, it doesn't matter how many posts I've mode. I'll probably never get to 5 stars, but I don't care. Also, when I'm in a discussion, I never get personal. I only tackle a person's statements, not the person itself.
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| 28 DEC 2002 at 11:25pm |
| Deleted User | I'm a member of a number of Adventure Forums too. If I have nothing to say, I say nothing
I do get a good giggle out of some of the posts. Good to see a lively discussion. If people get their knickers in a twist, so what? It is only a Forum and you cannot please all of the people all of the time.
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| 29 DEC 2002 at 2:04am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By copycat (28 DEC 2002 11:20pm)
I always wondered why I have never seen a message by one of the mods on this board.
Moderators have been spotted around these parts before... but they do seem to be a rare species
Are all the mods gathered to consider new tactics on how best to handle 'bad people'?
Some mods prefer the "hands off" approach. I think it has worked very well on this forum so far.
I forgot my sig.
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| 29 DEC 2002 at 2:21am |
| Deleted User | Moderators can wave the Big Stick in some Forums and Chat Rooms. I recall staging a "fight" with a very good friend of mine, just to see what would happen. We both got kicked out and laughed our heads off. Changed our IDs and went back in and had another "fight" ..... kept our small minds amused for days The things you do when you have spare time and no new games to play
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