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Actually, ankh, it's Darloks, not Darleks.

Back to the actual topic.

Ankh, if these topics are locked, and you feel wrongly, why not send a post to a moderator of the board (conveniently SA) and say, "Mr. Moderator, I would like to say this topic should not be locked because of such and such," rather than starting a new topic to whine about it?

And please, don't get angry at Jamin for his opinion. We all have opinions. Deal with it.

This post has been edited by Mackilroy: 20 December 2005 - 03:52 PM

ankhwatcher, on Dec 20 2005, 08:17 AM, said:

"No reason"?
You don't think the fact that the topic has degenerated into a mass of pointless drivel is a reason?

ankhwatcher, on Dec 20 2005, 02:18 AM, said:

You know what's funny? This topic is by far the most interesting that has been on this board for a while. Merry Christmas.

This post has been edited by Jamin: 20 December 2005 - 06:28 PM

You really think so?

Jamin, on Dec 20 2005, 11:23 PM, said:

Merry Christmas.

Christmas is on the day after tomorrow.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

I could swear he wasn't sure what day Christmas was.

Mackilroy, on Dec 20 2005, 08:52 PM, said:

Actually we were both wrong smarty panz, See!

If only that was what you or me referred to, Ankh…

And Jamin, good to see you've been amused. Merry Christmas, two days early.

I really think that we should get this whole "# of freebies" thing, where we have three posts to turn a topic back on topic, andif we fail, it gets locked.

So... Ankh, vent some more steam. This is really amusing.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 19 2005, 08:18 PM, said:

/attach irc.ambrosiasw.com
/nick <n00bnamez h33r>
/join #ev3

First off, I must say that while I haven't viewed this board for a while, there are still some things I must take exception to, during my brief visit here. In defense of moderation and the like.
Let's get something straight first, Ankhwatcher-yes, I could probably be described as a hypocrite, here. However, without that shocking piece of evidence, I know you'll go back to that particular thing several times in the future, in a pitiful attempt to discount everything I say.

Anything that'll knock the perpetual chip off your shoulder is worth a try.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 19 2005, 07:18 PM, said:

This is nothing new; why do you feel the need to put this at the top of your post? It would be more appropriate to affix this to your signature.

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In your hypocrisy, by posting a topic in the board that arrogantly fulfills your selfish desire to flame everyone with impunity, you're effectively doing the same thing you describe here.

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Personally, I doubt that anything could be considered a tirade against Apple Core, from what I've seen of the other people in general-if not necessarily on this board. My post is a tirade, yes. Your post is a tirade, yes. But nothing from any of the three people above would qualify, I'm sure.
Like I said, I haven't been able to observe the activities of this forum too much as of late, so if you think you can prove me wrong, feel free to send me a private message.

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They're only hypocrites if they've advertised it in the past-or, more generally, a certain thing with great frequency. Of course, this hasn't happened, but you brought up this minor detail into a chasm of error simply to make another attack on the moderation. It's one thing when he says "You know, it might be a good idea to go on IRC" after ten people post in one topic constantly for a period of two minutes. Another when he constantly makes references to the channel and advertises it in every fifth post he makes.

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And you *are*? Whooo, one completely unoriginal word game! Ankhwatcher has done something great!
You bash just to bash-not because you have any legitimate reason, but because you're a Rebel Without A Clue™. The moderators have been doing a fine job. Unfortunately, the spam generators on this board are working full-time.
And "neck", not "kneck".

Avatara, on Dec 20 2005, 11:58 AM, said:

This is a brief look at something, real quick-I just want to comment that I'm §torm, and if Apple Core thought he could actually do that-drag me over here, much less get me to spam about something that undoubtably nobody else on the forum cares about-he was sorely mistaken.

The Apple Cøre, on Dec 23 2005, 08:48 PM, said:

This is part of the reason why people go on these so-called "tirades", Ankh-and with justification. It gets annoying hearing about his constant IRC stuff with basic instructions-and when it's just a truckload of garbage about attacking #ev3, that's *plenty* of justification, I'd say. If a guy named "mr.l33tn00b" came on Ares Trash Talk and spammed ten thousand posts a day, wouldn't you feel outraged? No, you probably wouldn't....because that already happens, in the form of ATT regulars.

If it wasn't for moderation, this place would've fallen apart and died a long time ago.

-Bob

This post has been edited by Consul Bob: 24 December 2005 - 01:13 AM

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 05:06 AM, said:

Amen. Bob speaks a lot of what has been on my mind, concerning ATT and its ways.

We are somewhat #ev3proofed the way we have been, but we're a danger to ourselves.

Once again... two weeks of silence, which you can use to draw in unsuspecting friends?

We don't post 10,000 posts a day, even altogether. Most of my posts are spread over a good fifteen boards at least.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 01:06 AM, said:

Wow. That was so much better than I ever could have said it.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

If it makes you feel fulfilled: Consider yourself discounted.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

Thank you. But I will decide what goes in my signature. For one thing i occassionally post from college, when i'm cranky because i got up early to be there.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

No, your missing the point. Jamin came in and said (massively paraphrasing here [I don't know why i'm even putting it in inverted commas]) "This place used to be really entertaining! But now you've all got boring so Dance! Monkey! Dance!"
It was that attitude that irritated me greatly.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

You don't quite understand how i define a tirade. This is not a tirade, this is more of complaint. By tirade i meant the hounding of TAC with many complaints, consistently over a long period of time.
When i first started posting on this board, TAC seemed to be... well, an bastard. Which was probably because he was rightly pissed off at me for my light hearted attempts to make fun of Mac users on the EVN boards {which he frequented}.
Avatara came across as someone who understood that my actions were in jest and not meant to offend. He liked to quietly undermine TAC.
But over time TAC and I learned to get along, each having our own oddities.
But Avatara was still hounding TAC, like a drunk friend who is desperate to pick a fight before he sobers up.
He's kept it up for what... six months now? Maybe more?
And then, Hamster and Zortrium arrived (I'm not sure in what order) and due to their peak net use times being the same as Avatara's talked with him, sometimes in 1v1 chats that would extend a post by a page or two [that's my rather small pages, mind. Avatara has mega pages and will point out any failure to recognise this.]
And lo and behold! soon Hamster and Zortrium were making little digs at TAC at every turn!
Frankly, its bullying; the moderators are too busy locking topics for no reason and have too much respect for the older members to do anything about it.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

I'm sorry your ill informed, but its all there in front of you...

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

Look, I often post with TAC, when only the two of us are online. And if we have created a string of posts that may be nearly a page long. In the past he has suggested the use of IRC, so as not make a mess of the boards.
Avatara and Zortrium/Hamster have made much longer strings of posts, no more on topic than anything TAC has posted. They have never suggest IRC or anthing else.
It seem hypocritical that they then class him a "spammer".

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

Something great? I've done nothing of the sort. I never said i did.
Why are you judge an jury?

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

See above. And that the Irish spelling of qneck.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

Bob, have you ever heard the phrase too each their own?
TAC is not hurting anyone, he is just being him. Let him.

Consul Bob, on Dec 24 2005, 06:06 AM, said:

This could very well be true... I haven't been here long enough to know. But I don't know how much more moderation this board can take.

This post has been edited by ankhwatcher: 24 December 2005 - 09:12 PM

ankhwatcher, on Dec 24 2005, 09:11 PM, said:

I can't figure out if you're saying that the mods are being too strict or too lenient here.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 24 2005, 09:11 PM, said:

The next time you find something on this webboard that can't be explained using that reasoning, send me a PM. I'd be interested to see how it's pulled off.

I really don't understand your problems with moderation. ATT has a much higher spam tolerance than most other ASW boards, and the mods enforce that (rather lenient) limit. You seem to be saying that ATT is intended to be a spam board, and that the mods should therefore let it go unhindered. If this is the desired state, might I suggest these forums?

More in general, here are some surefire ways to solve your problems with this board:

1) Cope.
2) Leave, make your own board, gather up a community for it and prohibit moderation.
3) Realize that ATT is just a webboard and whatever problems it has don't merit this kind of frustration.

Merry Christmas,
-Z

Zortrium, on Dec 25 2005, 06:43 AM, said:

Oh, I'm sorry... we are an off topic discussion board for a game that no one plays, available on an operating system that only half of us have... yes I can see how this isn't a spam board.
Its called TRASH TALK dumass... TRASH.
You know: litter, garbage, waste... spam. Spam talk.
Spam! Its what's for dinner!

Zortrium, on Dec 25 2005, 06:43 AM, said:

Did you miss the part where i said i was going to be an argumentative s###head?

Zortrium, on Dec 25 2005, 06:43 AM, said:

Merry Christmas, Zortrium.


-Love Ankhwatcher.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 25 2005, 08:40 AM, said:

I'd guess less than half of us have OS 7-9 as our primary, or even secondary system...

I for one only have my two 68k Macs for the purpose of old games.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 25 2005, 07:40 AM, said:

pistgavin tried that same argument a few years ago and the Supreme Court voted it down then too.

ankhwatcher, on Dec 25 2005, 02:40 PM, said:

That's the christmas spirit!

Edit: You know when you're like 15, and you just argue and argue and argue with everything everyone says? And you always win because you're always right? Yeah. That's cool.

Only, you grow out of it, and then when something's annoying you sit back. Because it's other people doing it, and you're no more important than them, and it's not annoying to them. That's just as cool.

This post has been edited by Jamin: 25 December 2005 - 02:28 PM

ankhwatcher, on Dec 20 2005, 01:12 PM, said:

Oooh ooh.. I thought that was cool. I think that was like my 3rd post in ATT. Which is still, like, two years ago almost. So I'm not that new to this board.

Edit: Balls, forgot I was the last one to post. Ack, well, think of it as my version of spam.

This post has been edited by Jamin: 25 December 2005 - 02:47 PM

Jamin, on Dec 25 2005, 01:45 PM, said:

That was a pretty crappy topic.