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Well...I've been thinking...and well...

I really don't think it's fair. dude3 is such a mean person(here anyway) and he's an upstanding individual. He's rarely here...he doesn't care about you guys. Just himself. His comments are cruel.

I can understand Pufer's high karma...and congrats to him...but

I'd like a little more love...

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The greatest thing, you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return

We love you. It's the thought that counts. I think if you send Av the photo he wants you'll get all the karma you want.

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Note that the following is not intended to agree or disagree with µ's post, nor to pass judgement on anyone. If it comes across as doing such, I'm sorry. It is merely intended to explain a little bit to her about Karma, at least as I understand it, which knowing me could mean that what I'm about to say is completely wrong. Take it with a grain of salt. Or sugar. Or saline.

Karma is not strictly a measure of how a person is all the time. Points are rewarded for spectacular things. It is true that people with high karma tend to be good or funny all the time, because if you are good all the time you do more spectacularly good or funny things, hence more points. While it is possible to get karma for being consistently good-I suspect one of my points came in that way, based on something SA said-karma, although it often is, does not have to be an absolute measure of the way a person ALWAYS is.

GD: WHAT photo? Have you been doing *naughty* things again?

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[This message has been edited by Azeroth (edited 05-03-2004).]

SA has a good response but I lost it.

EDIT: Heh, about what Azzy said.

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Azzy: Nothing that you wouldn't approve of.

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It seems people have a taste for hell in the morning.

I got two points for being helpful (on different occasions), one for [url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum10/HTML/009727.html"]this[/url], one for knowing the source of [url="http://"http://pod-six.net/mp3/MC_Chris_-_Sealab_2021_-_Hesh"]The Go Robot Song[/url], and three others for no reason that I can tell. Just because someone is an ******* doesn't mean they shouldn't get karma.

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[This message has been edited by -esw-dragoon_77 (edited 05-03-2004).]

You know...that still doesn't explain Av...Like...posting my pic without my braces...that's spectacular right there...I mean...you should see the before pic!

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The greatest thing, you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return

There appears to be a conversation partly about me, and I'm not even in it.

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"Its all fun and games until a rampaging robot destroys half of your city."

I find that I come out looking a lot better when not involved in conversations about me, usually I end up writing a novel, owning a 5000 unit apartment complex, and having the ability to fly by the time all the exaggeration is done with.

As to the greater topic, you don't need a high karma rating to feel loved or wanted in this community, µ, all you need to do is be yourself. As someone once said, you are not your karma, likewise, your karma isn't necessarily you. Just don't worry about it.

-Pufer

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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
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what in hell is wrong with you people? Man up....we all hate each other, so deal with it...

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I must disagree. dude3 is one of my favorite members. He is very funny, with his one-line comments, and deserves all the karma he gets.

Anyway, as has been said, karma isn't the final judge of a person. Remember that we all got karma as a Christmas present?

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Why didn't I get a karmatic Christmas present?

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I don't even remember what I got most of my karma for... I think consistently being nice might have been part of it. Though I'm nto sure I was consistently, nice so... /frowns

In any case, if you're worrying about not getting karma points.. it's just a webboard. Get over it. /shrug
It doesn't say anything about you, nor anyone else for that matter.

[Edit: wow, I didn't think my count even still exists...]

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[This message has been edited by Moonshadow (edited 05-04-2004).]

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Here is an example I found: http://www.ambrosias...TML/005528.html

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You had to post in the census thread.

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[This message has been edited by Trah (edited 05-04-2004).]

Hm. Karma distribution sometimes makes no sense to me, but I know that the moderators are in their places for good reasons, so I should not complain.

I have been slapped a few times, and praised a total number of three times, one of which being the Christmas present, one being a joke I made on the BnB, and one was just giving back the other on ethat was taken from me for a joke gone wrong on the BnB.

The Karma system makes sense usually, but to get praised to have to be pretty outstanding (I see some people with High Karma that really aren't all that spectacular) most of the time. Either way, it comes, if slowly.

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Karma is.

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So...you have been doing naughty things again?


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I'd venture to say Slayer and stories. How many chrons did you write, counting each part seperately?

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You must have missed the boat or something. I gave a grace week (or so, maybe more) to people who missed the original "deadline". By the time you get to late January and early February though, it just doesn't make sense to give out "Christmas presents". Perhaps you'll be there for something in the future.

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Karma isn't as important as you think, trust me. Sometimes it's not even an accurate reflection of who you are... If you have low karma it doesn't necessarily mean that you are bad person, and if you have high karma it doesn't necessarily mean that you are a good person. Well... It may be accurate to a degree, but it's not perfect.

I think people are under the wrong impression here... Having high karma doesn't give you any special powers, it doesn't mean that you can get away with spamming or flaming... The only thing it does is acknowledge that you once did something good, and thus it will take longer to ban you if you start actin' a damn fool.

Anyway, I don't like it when posts are judged by the amount of karma somebody has; someone with low karma is capable of making educated posts, and someone with high karma can still be a jackass.

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Meh, free karma is lame. You only get 15 max, so why waste it with points you don't deserve? Besides, if you get karma through hard work, it feels good.

That been said, I didn't get one either.

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[This message has been edited by persondude (edited 05-05-2004).]

Given this is a topic about karma, I figure I'll post this here.

I would like to announce that if I suddenly stop posting it is because I have been banned for questioning the banning of JG. Either I will not be banned and continue posting, or I will be back under a new name when I go home in July to my old IP address in the United States.

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Hmm, well, yes, now that you mention it... oh, I dunno, I think I proof-read and brainstormed for about half a dozen at least. Add to thast some points for being a constructive members and maybe some for nice posts...

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That's doubtful. There's more behind the banning than andrew is willing to let out.

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"Its all fun and games until a rampaging robot destroys half of your city."

That's odd, considering the amount of flaming he's been getting. If he had a legitimate reason, you'd think he'd come out and tell us.

nufan tells me he thinks that he's been banned also for getting angry at andrew. MonsterLady might be banned also, but we don't know.

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ATTs Official Newb, And Znorty's official Sidekick. "All hail fearless leader." [url="http://"mailto:lotsofblackflags@yahoo.com"]mailto:lotsofblackflags@yahoo.com[/url]lotsofblackflags@yahoo.com

C'mon guys, this has always been the one isolated island of insanity on the ASW servers. Let's not bring outside troubles indoors unless they directly affect one of our own. No good can come of it.

-Pufer

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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
-Frank Zappa

As far as I can understand...

He's not banning just because JG disagreed with him. JG has had a "history" with andrew, and the recent mindset in the last topic finally got him fed up enough. Blaming the banning on the Cuba topic alone is a misperception of the situation. There are plenty of people who disagree with andrew who he has no intention of banning. Andrew has chosen not to explain for whatever reason - that is his decision (and seems to be the point most of the 'controversy' is over).

Also, apparently most topics [about JG] on JC are being deleted or locked (so don't bother posting there).

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[This message has been edited by Avatara (edited 05-05-2004).]