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Feb 2, 2008 10:10:54 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 10:10:54 GMT -5
I am not a mod but I' m pretty sure they' ve been forbidden because it eventually led to just half a handful of people posting random stuff to inflate their post count. I believe there was also a comment the last time there was a chat thread about how that was a one time only deal and that they were not planning on bringing it back. Then of course it came back last night. "Were not planning on bringing it back." I didn't plan to use the bathroom 10 minutes ago, but I certainly did. Honestly we weren't planning for it at all, but it just...happened. To quote a line from Poison: "How could I resist?"
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Feb 2, 2008 10:12:57 GMT -5
Post by lildude8218 on Feb 2, 2008 10:12:57 GMT -5
I believe there was also a comment the last time there was a chat thread about how that was a one time only deal and that they were not planning on bringing it back. Then of course it came back last night. "Were not planning on bringing it back." I didn't plan to use the bathroom 10 minutes ago, but I certainly did. Honestly we weren't planning for it at all, but it just...happened. To quote a line from Poison: "How could I resist?" Oh well.
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Feb 2, 2008 11:28:04 GMT -5
Post by The Raven on Feb 2, 2008 11:28:04 GMT -5
For the record, I don't know who Indigo is or why he choose to make a chat thread, but I'm not complaining. People had fun with it.
Oh, and also for the record, no one involved with the chat threads over a year ago gave a shit about their post counts. Only the people who complained seemed to.
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Feb 2, 2008 11:45:45 GMT -5
Post by MGH on Feb 2, 2008 11:45:45 GMT -5
Oh, and also for the record, no one involved with the chat threads over a year ago gave a crap about their post counts. Only the people who complained seemed to. Seriously. Always fun having someone tell you why YOU'RE doing something. Dock my entire count, see if I care. Whatever though, this is all water under the bridge. They were never forbidden, the people who participate have fun in them, I've made a couple of real life friends from them, and there's no harm in one popping up once every couple of months. If they ever get forbidden, then those damn RATE MY SIG/AVATAR threads better go with them. They're as spamtastic as they come. I still don't know why the thread was made last night, or who's idea it was, but I enjoyed it while it lasted.
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Feb 2, 2008 12:33:35 GMT -5
Post by bradyfan on Feb 2, 2008 12:33:35 GMT -5
Oh, and also for the record, no one involved with the chat threads over a year ago gave a crap about their post counts. Only the people who complained seemed to. Seriously. Always fun having someone tell you why YOU'RE doing something. Dock my entire count, see if I care. Whatever though, this is all water under the bridge. They were never forbidden, the people who participate have fun in them, I've made a couple of real life friends from them, and there's no harm in one popping up once every couple of months. If they ever get forbidden, then those damn RATE MY SIG/AVATAR threads better go with them. They're as spamtastic as they come. I still don't know why the thread was made last night, or who's idea it was, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. I did too, and Melina is the hottest tranny around.
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Feb 2, 2008 12:46:01 GMT -5
Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Feb 2, 2008 12:46:01 GMT -5
Oh, and also for the record, no one involved with the chat threads over a year ago gave a crap about their post counts. Only the people who complained seemed to. If they ever get forbidden, then those damn RATE MY SIG/AVATAR threads better go with them. They're as spamtastic as they come. Besides if you want to get rid of spammers, forbid the board stables. They always seem like the ones that spam more than anyone else.
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Feb 2, 2008 12:48:53 GMT -5
Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Feb 2, 2008 12:48:53 GMT -5
I'll put my two cents in. Though I know it means crap because I wasn't around when the chat threads were, so I really don't know the whole down lo. I don't see the big deal in having one thread where everyone can talk to each other about common intrests. To me it's better then having 20 random threads on the front page that are just full of nonsense (and I myself have taken part in those kinds of threads, I admit).
The only reason I'm chiming in is because I had one of the last posts in there before it was locked. First and only time I've ever posted in one.
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Feb 2, 2008 14:26:59 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 14:26:59 GMT -5
Seriously. Always fun having someone tell you why YOU'RE doing something. Dock my entire count, see if I care. Whatever though, this is all water under the bridge. They were never forbidden, the people who participate have fun in them, I've made a couple of real life friends from them, and there's no harm in one popping up once every couple of months. If they ever get forbidden, then those damn RATE MY SIG/AVATAR threads better go with them. They're as spamtastic as they come. I still don't know why the thread was made last night, or who's idea it was, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. I did too, and Melina is the hottest tranny around. JAKE BRAINWASHED YOU! NOOOOOOOOOO! Ahem. Deadpool pretty much hit the nail on the head. I really want a logical, objective reason as to the destructive potential of the chat threads.
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Feb 2, 2008 15:03:11 GMT -5
Post by lildude8218 on Feb 2, 2008 15:03:11 GMT -5
I did too, and Melina is the hottest tranny around. JAKE BRAINWASHED YOU! NOOOOOOOOOO! Ahem. Deadpool pretty much hit the nail on the head. I really want a logical, objective reason as to the destructive potential of the chat threads. They regularly crash off topic.
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Feb 2, 2008 15:23:11 GMT -5
Post by The Line on Feb 2, 2008 15:23:11 GMT -5
JAKE BRAINWASHED YOU! NOOOOOOOOOO! Ahem. Deadpool pretty much hit the nail on the head. I really want a logical, objective reason as to the destructive potential of the chat threads. They regularly crash off topic. I don't recall OT being crashed due to chat threads after the staying within the 30 page limit(only the first 3 or so surpassed, IIRC). But I could be wrong, I usually am.EDIT: I stand corrected. Thank you.
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Feb 2, 2008 15:26:46 GMT -5
Post by The Raven on Feb 2, 2008 15:26:46 GMT -5
They regularly crash off topic. I don't recall OT being crashed due to chat threads after the staying within the 30 page limit(only the first 3 or so surpassed, IIRC). But I could be wrong, I usually am. Actually he may be right, although I certainly don't remember it doing so 'on a regular basis'. Either way, that's a pretty sad excuse.
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Feb 2, 2008 15:26:55 GMT -5
Post by MGH on Feb 2, 2008 15:26:55 GMT -5
They regularly crash off topic. I don't recall OT being crashed due to chat threads after the staying within the 30 page limit(only the first 3 or so surpassed, IIRC). But I could be wrong, I usually am. No, they did. Madison even said so. At least Madison was being level headed and fair when that whole thing went down. I'll say again though, that was when they were a regular daily occurrence with archives and everything. No one is suggesting they come back regularly. 2 came up for the Anniversary, and one last night that none of us even knew was happening. I'm trying to find the problem with the occasional one popping up.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:20:34 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 16:20:34 GMT -5
I don't recall OT being crashed due to chat threads after the staying within the 30 page limit(only the first 3 or so surpassed, IIRC). But I could be wrong, I usually am. Actually he may be right, although I certainly don't remember it doing so 'on a regular basis'. Either way, that's a pretty sad excuse. I only remember a few of them doing that. And on what MGH said, seriously a few of them are no problem. Ya know, when the chat threads were ORIGINALLY taken out, "crashing OT" was not an explanation I really heard used. That being said, IMO that doesn't sound like much of an issue.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:26:34 GMT -5
Post by Boku AKA Da Green Guy on Feb 2, 2008 16:26:34 GMT -5
Actually he may be right, although I certainly don't remember it doing so 'on a regular basis'. Either way, that's a pretty sad excuse. I only remember a few of them doing that. And on what MGH said, seriously a few of them are no problem. Ya know, when the chat threads were ORIGINALLY taken out, "crashing OT" was not an explanation I really heard used. That being said, IMO that doesn't sound like much of an issue. First time I heard of it as well. I always heard it was post counts. Or just outright blind hate.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:31:59 GMT -5
Post by humanoid on Feb 2, 2008 16:31:59 GMT -5
Which is a bunch of crap. It's no different than any other thread that doesn't amount to much like rate the sig, avie, or anything else. Hell, when the board stables were around nobody stopped to bother then when they were hijacking threads which was far worse. To this day I'll never understand the fierce hate people have for the chats. And no, I never was a chatter. Yeah, exactly. I'm a big fan of the "live and let live" philosophy. Besides, I don't remember the gazillion threads run by the Thread Pirates getting locked. But the real travesty here was the last quote in the thread: "Who allowed this?" Who allowed what? People to talk? The Thread Pirates killed my dog, AND knocked up my sister... ;D On a more serious note, I don't really find the chat threads very interesting, but since no one is standing here making me read them when they pop up it doesn't really effect me in any way. Plus individually in every other thread on the board the chatters are cool. However if you could refrain from bringing up the Thread Pirates every time you get told not to do something it would be appreciated, as they have been disbanded for some time now. If anyone has any issues or feels they have been wronged in any way by myself or the former members as individuals feel free to notify those individuals by PM and they can be resolved.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:39:19 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 16:39:19 GMT -5
Yeah, exactly. I'm a big fan of the "live and let live" philosophy. Besides, I don't remember the gazillion threads run by the Thread Pirates getting locked. But the real travesty here was the last quote in the thread: "Who allowed this?" Who allowed what? People to talk? The Thread Pirates killed my dog, AND knocked up my sister... ;D On a more serious note, I don't really find the chat threads very interesting, but since no one is standing here making me read them when they pop up it doesn't really effect me in any way. Plus individually in every other thread on the board the chatters are cool. However if you could refrain from bringing up the Thread Pirates every time you get told not to do something it would be appreciated, as they have been disbanded for some time now. If anyone has any issues or feels they have been wronged in any way by myself or the former members as individuals feel free to notify those individuals by PM and they can be resolved. I didn't say it out of disdain, I was making a comparison. Honestly I don't remember there being any problem with your guys threads on behalf of the staff. Come to think of it, there was no problem with the Klique either (which I was part of). I'm not quite sure what makes the chat threads any worse than your guys threads OR the Klique threads. By the way, I usually don't bring them up. This is my only point IIRC where I've used them, thankyouverymuch.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:39:33 GMT -5
Post by lildude8218 on Feb 2, 2008 16:39:33 GMT -5
Okay, seriously, enough is enough now. We've asked you not to do them, don't do them. We've given you several reasons but all anyone can say is that we're "making up excuses." Sitting here and complaining about it isn't going to change anything. You have several other places where you can go if you want to chat. This is the last I'm gonna discuss this. I'm done.
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Feb 2, 2008 16:59:31 GMT -5
Post by mcclanahan on Feb 2, 2008 16:59:31 GMT -5
Actually he may be right, although I certainly don't remember it doing so 'on a regular basis'. Either way, that's a pretty sad excuse. I only remember a few of them doing that. And on what MGH said, seriously a few of them are no problem. Ya know, when the chat threads were ORIGINALLY taken out, "crashing OT" was not an explanation I really heard used. That being said, IMO that doesn't sound like much of an issue. well, it only happend on mondays, during Raw, the combination of chat and raw threads caused crashes, other than that they didn't happen...and I'd like to go on record as saying I knew something was gonna happen when I saw a new chat thread...people hate anything that makes others happy
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Feb 2, 2008 17:47:01 GMT -5
Post by The Raven on Feb 2, 2008 17:47:01 GMT -5
Okay, seriously, enough is enough now. We've asked you not to do them, don't do them. We've given you several reasons but all anyone can say is that we're "making up excuses." Sitting here and complaining about it isn't going to change anything. You have several other places where you can go if you want to chat. This is the last I'm gonna discuss this. I'm done. We were never once told to stop doing them. Ever. Of course, you wouldn't know that, because you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Feb 2, 2008 18:29:30 GMT -5
Post by thwak is T.hawk on Feb 2, 2008 18:29:30 GMT -5
just out of curiosity, are the political banners allowed on the site?
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