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Off-topic forums => Completely Unrelated => Topic started by: obesebear on 2010-05-29 21:37:11
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Me please. For the love of god I can't be the only one tired of all the "spam" by new members around here.
I don't intend to return this place to it's "former glory", because I wasn't around then.
But it seems like this place gets worse and worse as each week goes by. And well.... it's a little disheartening.
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At the very least, current admins need to be more active, or the most active moderator Halkun needs more widespread authority.
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I second this post. But don't hold your breath. Qhimm isn't on here very often so i doubt he will see this.
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I second this post. But don't hold your breath. Qhimm isn't on here very often so i doubt he will see this.
I think he had not posted anything even a slight comment. I second obesebear being an admin. Since he's active very often.
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Oh, i misread his post. I didnt realize he was volunteering for the job. Obesebear would be a good admin. I would advise everyone to behave if he becomes an admin. He is not tolerant of stupidity (not that i am either)
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Well I third that vote obesebear would be a more then fair admin and I've said it all along!. On that note I don't know if my vote helps you're case obesebear considering what went down a few month's ago but I know you were one of the only ones who kept a level head
cause I diddn't. I just think obesebear would make a great admin and you've earned it.
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I, too, would like to see Obesebear accept a mod role - providing, of course, he's happy doing so.
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4 votes already. That's fast. :) I wonder who has the power to make a member to an admin?? Can only Qhimm do this or other Admin can do it too??
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Depends on his SMF permission settings but I would have to say Qhimm only unless one of the other (many) admins decide they want to return...
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You have my vote, I've been putting your name in the pot for a while not haha :-P
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i agree as well, obesebear would make a great admin, and we could finally stomp it into peoples heads that the rules are here for a reason.
besides, i think people are getting sick of my clarification posts, sinse no newbie wants to read the damn things >.<
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Well if it is going to be decided democratically, you definitely have my vote.
^.^
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Maybe there should be a poll. I can think of another member who can be admin but I don't know if he wants to be one.
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Maybe there should be a poll. I can think of another member who can be admin but I don't know if he wants to be one.
whom would that be?
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Wouldn't say names first because I have no right to volunteer him. If he posts to this thread maybe I'll vote him too. :)
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PM him, if you think he should volunteer.
However, since you said "him" at least we can be fairly sure it's not Mako. You inadvertently revealed more than you meant to.
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PM him, if you think he should volunteer.
However, since you said "him" at least we can be fairly sure it's not Mako. You inadvertently revealed more than you meant to.
Also he said "if he posts here" and most of the male suspects have done so, so it's really narrowed down now.
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It has been said before, so I'll say it again. Kudistos Megistos would make a good admin...
When he comes back...
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He should be finishing up finals soon. But he best not post in this thread (or anywhere else, for that matter) until he does.
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It has been said before, so I'll say it again. Kudistos Megistos would make a good admin...
When he comes back...
Well actually he's the one I'm thinking about being an admin. Hehe :)
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yeah, kudistos be a great admin
besides, kudistos has the best sense of humor ever :P
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Males rule gaming communities I'd love to see some actual figures that show how many women participate let alone mod/admin a gaming community. Not saying it hasn't been done heck I own a forum...BUT it is very unlikely (there that word again). You can pretty much grantee one thing though, that anyone who is the next admin will be a male...
I love kudistos...but my vote stands.
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If any of the female posters around here want to be admins, they're more than welcome to step up.
Although most of the well-known posters of these forums do happen to be males (as far as I know).
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I can only remember two or three members who I know are girls. But I don't think they can handle being an admin yet.
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Why admins when you can have moderators? There are already enough admins, seriously.
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I "believe" the permission set to ban is only in Admin's hands but I could be wrong...
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Why admins when you can have moderators? There are already enough admins, seriously.
Three. Only one of whom logs on regularly. Plus, mod powers are gimped, and as the most compelling reason for granting another user sudo powers is the threat of Hermoor, our new staff member needs the power to ban at once.
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Who's the third? Qhimm, The Saint, and ....?
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Hermoor doesn't seem to be a threat anymore. We haven't seen or heard from him in a while.
Who's the third? Qhimm, The Saint, and ....?
Aaron. (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?action=profile;u=44)
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Who's the third? Qhimm, The Saint, and ....?
I think Aaron is the other one.
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I'm hijacking this thread for a moment to do something that normally a mod or admin would do:
nikfrozty: YOUR AVATAR. IT IS NEARLY ONE MEGABYTE.
This is what the rules say about avatars:
- Keep avatars roughly to the 6kb, 60x60 limit.
Admittedly, those rules are eight years old. But even today, that is a damn huge avatar. 60KB might be more reasonable today instead of 6KB, but 994KB is huge regardless.
If we do get a new mod or admin, they'll need to be up to the task of keeping an eye out for this kind of thing.
obesebear, the third admin is Aaron. He hasn't posted since 2007, but he logged in just two months ago.
You may now return to the conversation at hand.
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I can only remember two or three members who I know are girls. But I don't think they can handle being an admin yet.
I'd volunteer, but I'm not active enough to be an admin. :P Not that we *have* any very active admins...
Hermoor doesn't seem to be a threat anymore. We haven't seen or heard from him in a while.
Awww, don't y'all miss Hermie-Chan? ;D ;D
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Awww, don't y'all miss Hermie-Chan? ;D ;D
Not really, no...
I'm now thinking that Covarr would make a good admin ;)
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I think there is a forth admin...Hang on.
EDIT:Alhexx is a global moderator. I was wrong but still that's a whole lot of admins who don't stop by but once a year...
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Yeah. People in positions that aren't based on post count include:
Administrators
Qhimm
The SaiNt
Aaron
Global Moderators
Alhexx
Moderators
halkun
Mesden
jack.o.lantern
Timu Sumisu
sl1982
Jesus
Cloudssil
Suspended
JohnBrook (aka HAETTROLL SEIFER)
Warez User
Dark Butterfree
Art2Fly
broman0
marouan
kukuea
Vrangr
morus
phukk
Shinjoui
Interestingly, regular moderators keep their normal user title, and only have the moderator tag visible in forums where they have that authority. Also, I think it's too bad the "Warez User" title isn't really used anymore. Shaming people for failing to read the rules is fun.
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I don't mean to sound noobish but what exactly is a Warez User?
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I don't mean to sound noobish but what exactly is a Warez User?
I infer that is a title given to those who repeatedly break the rules to humiliate them; that is what I was able to collect from what Covarr said. :)
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I don't mean to sound noobish but what exactly is a Warez User?
I infer that is a title given to those who repeatedly break the rules to humiliate them; that is what I was able to collect from what Covarr said. :)
"Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works traded in violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to illegal releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. It usually does not refer to commercial for-profit software counterfeiting. This term was initially coined by members of the various computer underground circles, but has since become commonplace among Internet users and the mass media."
I found this on Wikipedia.
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As DarkFang suggests, it's a label for those asking, despite clearly marked rules insisting otherwise, for help with pirated editions of the game / violating copyright. Basically, anyone asking "OMG!!!!! GUYS HALP ME I CARNT GET TEH ULTIMAH EDITOIN WROKIN :( ???!!!!!"
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Well, I too could vote Obesebear, but I would also be more than willing to take the position
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Cupcake and obesebear would be great moderators because i said so
:3
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Well I thought I just messed with a new avatar with the one I made. I'll revert to my old one then. Sorry.
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Cupcake and obesebear would be great moderators because i said so
:3
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Well I thought I just messed with a new avatar with the one I made. I'll revert to my old one then. Sorry.
I wish I could HAVE an avatar =(
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Three.
Most forums have no more than one or two, so three is still kinda above the average and no more should be necessary.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/Ryomalol/Random%20Stuff/trollface.png)
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Yeah. People in positions that aren't based on post count include:
Administrators
Qhimm
The SaiNt
Aaron
Global Moderators
Alhexx
Moderators
halkun
Mesden
jack.o.lantern
Timu Sumisu
sl1982
Jesus
Cloudssil
Suspended
JohnBrook (aka HAETTROLL SEIFER)
Warez User
Dark Butterfree
Art2Fly
broman0
marouan
kukuea
Vrangr
morus
phukk
Shinjoui
Interestingly, regular moderators keep their normal user title, and only have the moderator tag visible in forums where they have that authority. Also, I think it's too bad the "Warez User" title isn't really used anymore. Shaming people for failing to read the rules is fun.
Cupcake and obesebear would be great moderators because i said so
:3
=D
I don't even know of any of the warez users and since only one admin has been ever suspended. What did he do wrong?? If people don't want to answer this question just ignore. :)
@Cupcake-Why is that?? Can't you link an image to photobucket or any site??
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Yeah. People in positions that aren't based on post count include:
Administrators
Qhimm
The SaiNt
Aaron
Global Moderators
Alhexx
Moderators
halkun
Mesden
jack.o.lantern
Timu Sumisu
sl1982
Jesus
Cloudssil
Suspended
JohnBrook (aka HAETTROLL SEIFER)
Warez User
Dark Butterfree
Art2Fly
broman0
marouan
kukuea
Vrangr
morus
phukk
Shinjoui
Interestingly, regular moderators keep their normal user title, and only have the moderator tag visible in forums where they have that authority. Also, I think it's too bad the "Warez User" title isn't really used anymore. Shaming people for failing to read the rules is fun.
Cupcake and obesebear would be great moderators because i said so
:3
=D
I don't even know of any of the warez users and since only one admin has been ever suspended. What did he do wrong?? If people don't want to answer this question just ignore. :)
@Cupcake-Why is that?? Can't you link an image to photobucket or any site??
No, there's some sort of bug in the version of SMF being used here that prevents people who didn't already have an avatar from having an avatar.
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Really? I haven't even noticed that.
EDIT: Seems to be working fine for me lol
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I wonder why. I just changed my avatar and it worked for me. Have you tried other images?? And don't try uploading in the forums. It does not work for me the thing that only works is when I link a direct link file in the url.
BTW I noticed Completely Unrelated forums not having a an admin. It isn't exactly required to have an admin there but maybe just one admin who can help some newbies that post stuff there.
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Holy crap, it finally worked. Been trying to do that for a while now
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Well done. I'm happy for you :)
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Holy crap, it finally worked. Been trying to do that for a while now
Good. Now you solved your little avatar problem. :)
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This thread sounds sooooo familiar *COUGHYUFFIELOVERCOUGH*
I'd agree to it but....I remember Qhimm saying aages ago, something like "I dont want to make anyone else admin, because most of them leave the forum shortly after because they cant handle the job"
Well...it was something like that :|
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It's not my intention to criticize our almighty Qhimm, but...
There are some people who just don't look like they're going to leave the forum any time soon. Some of these people just happen to seem like they might be fit for the job. And if they can't handle the job? We'll just be back where we started, but is that fate so dreadful? Appointing new admins is worth a try, isn't it?
That's my two cents. Of course, Qhimm knows a lot better than I do. I don't suppose appointing someone admin is as simple as just clicking a button. It costs him time out of his schedule. And if he did say this:
I don't want to make anyone else admin, because most of them leave the forum shortly after because they can't handle the job.
... Then it has come true in the past. Even for someone like El Ammo Bandito!
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Grammer Nazi eh? Hmm I think ill anoy yoo :-P
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It's not my intention to criticize our almighty Qhimm, but...
There are some people who just don't look like they're going to leave the forum any time soon. Some of these people just happen to seem like they might be fit for the job. And if they can't handle the job? We'll just be back where we started, but is that fate so dreadful? Appointing new admins is worth a try, isn't it?
That's my two cents. Of course, Qhimm knows a lot better than I do. I don't suppose appointing someone admin is as simple as just clicking a button. It costs him time out of his schedule. And if he did say this:
I don't want to make anyone else admin, because most of them leave the forum shortly after because they can't handle the job.
... Then it has come true in the past. Even for someone like El Ammo Bandito!
Isn't El Ammo Bandito! the one who handled the game tweaking area before halkun??
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No offense to everyone here but from what I have experienced is the best mods/admins are the people that never asked for the job in the first place.
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No offense to everyone here but from what I have experienced is the best mods/admins are the people that never asked for the job in the first place.
I agree.
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No offense to everyone here but from what I have experienced is the best mods/admins are the people that never asked for the job in the first place.
This. Except no new admins or mods will be appointed unless the subject is brought up and a lot of us want it.
And even then there's no telling if the current admins will care enough to appoint people.
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No offense to everyone here but from what I have experienced is the best mods/admins are the people that never asked for the job in the first place.
This. Except no new admins or mods will be appointed unless the subject is brought up and a lot of us want it.
And even then there's no telling if the current admins will care enough to appoint people.
I agree with both of you. People who generally make the best mods/admins are people who have no thirst for power, and never ask for the job, however, 'round these parts, that's not an option. Due to Jari leaving, we're kinda in shambles, and the only way to fix it is for someone to ask for the job and (hopefully) get it.
Now, with that being said, we need someone who will have no second thoughts about banning or IP banning, even
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No offense to everyone here but from what I have experienced is the best mods/admins are the people that never asked for the job in the first place.
This. Except no new admins or mods will be appointed unless the subject is brought up and a lot of us want it.
And even then there's no telling if the current admins will care enough to appoint people.
I agree with both of you. People who generally make the best mods/admins are people who have no thirst for power, and never ask for the job, however, 'round these parts, that's not an option. Due to Jari leaving, we're kinda in shambles, and the only way to fix it is for someone to ask for the job and (hopefully) get it.
Now, with that being said, we need someone who will have no second thoughts about banning or IP banning, even
This is why I could not be an admin. I would have no problem deleting and locking threads when needed, but I'd be reluctant to ban.
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Maybe we need someone who is very strict with the rules that every one will be scared to post without having good grammar.
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Grammar would have to be pretty damn bad before a ban should be considered. Grammar is a courtesy to the people that have to read it, but having bad grammar or spelling is not nearly as bad as 'where can i download AC models!?! its urgent! help plz!'
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so iz ban not cnt if iz yo tlk diz liek?
...what?
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Grammar would have to be pretty damn bad before a ban should be considered. Grammar is a courtesy to the people that have to read it, but having bad grammar or spelling is not nearly as bad as 'where can i download AC models!?! its urgent! help plz!'
So when we see something like this what is the admin likely to do?? Should they ban them fast or warn them first?? Maybe at least two warnings.
BTW I don't seem to see "death_gigas" post anymore.
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so iz ban not cnt if iz yo tlk diz liek?
...what?
Well considering most of what you posted there is not even words i would consider that bad enough after a few warnings to stop.
Grammar would have to be pretty damn bad before a ban should be considered. Grammar is a courtesy to the people that have to read it, but having bad grammar or spelling is not nearly as bad as 'where can i download AC models!?! its urgent! help plz!'
So when we see something like this what is the admin likely to do?? Should they ban them fast or warn them first?? Maybe at least two warnings.
BTW I don't seem to see "death_gigas" post anymore.
death_gigas or whatever he felt like calling himself that day was given repeated warnings before he received a ban.
I think you guys are missing the point, go take a look at the grammar natzi thread. Sure some of the grammar sucks but it can be read easily enough. I was talking about the worst case scenarios.
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Being a Grammar Nazi doesn't make you a good admin. If I were appointed admin, I would quit my Grammar Nazism right away.
The ones that need banning are the ones that consistently stir up trouble without remorse, the ones who spam shamelessly (posting things that cannot be humanly understood counts as spamming in my head), and the ones who fail to follow the rules regardless of how many warnings they get (repeatedly necro-posting, asking for Ultima Edition help, etc.).
Not that I'd make a good admin. I'm terrible at knowing when to assert myself and how.
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so iz ban not cnt if iz yo tlk diz liek?
...what?
^_^ man, after reading that, i broke out into such a big laugh, scary thing is, i know lots of people that talk like that -.O
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so iz ban not cnt if iz yo tlk diz liek?
...what?
^_^ man, after reading that, i broke out into such a big laugh, scary thing is, i know lots of people that talk like that -.O
Yeah same here. It's pretty sad. The members on this forum talk with enough grammar that I can understand them, but people like that I just can't understand.
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death_gigas
HALP GUYS GIVE ME CRISSES CROE MODELS PLZ
HEY GUYS HOU DO I USE CRISES CROER MODELS????
HALP GUYS
PLEASE GUYS PLZ HELP PLEZE
WAT DO U MEEN BE 'NO' WHAR ARE CRISES CROE MODDEL DOWNLOADS??????
HALP GUYS HALP
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death_gigas
HALP GUYS GIVE ME CRISSES CROE MODELS PLZ
HEY GUYS HOU DO I USE CRISES CROER MODELS????
HALP GUYS
PLEASE GUYS PLZ HELP PLEZE
WAT DO U MEEN BE 'NO' WHAR ARE CRISES CROE MODDEL DOWNLOADS??????
HALP GUYS HALP
[sarcasm] I guess people get their E's and A's mixed up. It's very common and very easy to do. I guess they accidentally hold shift while they're typing this as well. Or maybe they completely forget that caps lock is on. This is very common as well. [/sarcasm]
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That was the least of it with 'death_gigas'.
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i don't think i was around when death_gigas was, but he sounds like an absolute terror.
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i don't think i was around when death_gigas was, but he sounds like an absolute terror.
He was more annoying then anything.
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There was also a little bit when a few threads were filled with tagalog. That was fun...
Honestly, this thread was made just to vent my frustration about it. If I, or anyone else, was made a mod or admin I would probably die from sheer amazement. Thereby eliminating any use I would be :/
We actually don't NEED someone with banning power. If we all collectively ignore the people who break the rules, most likely they will go away out of frustration. The problem is, there are always at least 5 people who have to reply to everything so that they can either up their post count or as a way to "show off" their knowledge/wit to everyone.
See: any and every thread Hermoor was in.
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We actually don't NEED someone with banning power. If we all collectively ignore the people who break the rules, most likely they will go away out of frustration. The problem is, there are always at least 5 people who have to reply to everything so that they can either up their post count or as a way to "show off" their knowledge/wit to everyone.
Hey, quit talking about me :(
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Personally I'd call for a whole reform of the forums. Put a specific area for guests to ask their lazy questions and have it auto clear up at the end of a month. Put a specific tutorials area. Basically make sections out to be more specific. The only thing is I wouldn't want is to strip the board of all it's current posts during the reform :-\
Also to put a front page, faq, or some warnings up on the forum to use search or to look for answers etc.
Of course probably send out a mass ban email warning that if some people don't answer it they will get banned for inactivity. Not like, they've been busy for a month and don't have anything particular they want to post on. But for the users who created accounts to get a few questions answered and just left.
of course that's my two cents for what should be done besides banning, warnings, etc. Not saying I should be the one to do it. But I'd certainly would put my effort into it if I was given the opportunity. I'm online just about every day and check onto the board frequently. So I'd be able to take care of most situations fast.
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Well these forums is a modder's community instead of helping to make ff7 run on my pc forums.
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Well these forums is a modder's community instead of helping to make ff7 run on my pc forums.
I think you misinterperated me. I was just pointing out the problems I see on the board being that most people come here for that reason. Yes I think it would be good to boost up stuff for the modding community. As I was suggesting the tutorials section I was thinking on modding tutorials. Thats what I mean by making more specific sections. I think that giving one section to play nice with the newbs will be worthwhile to give us a break from all the runup of useless threads they make before leaving.
I personally can hardly remember asking a tech question on FF7 and modding. Mostly I've been here out of interest in the community and to add new perspective to peoples ideas.
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Oh don't worry about it. I just wanted to say that since nowadays there are more members who only join to make their game run fine and how to use mods found on the forums instead of contributing.
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Although I agree an admin (or more mods) is not a bad idea and I have nothing to say on obesebear's character good or bad since I don't pay attention to these things, I've never seen an admin get promotted after he asked to be. On any forums. In the last 10 years I've spent on the net. Ever.
As for the layout of the forums I would actually leave things as they are right now except I would split game tweaking in two sub-sections : graphical mods and other mods. I've felt for a while that the graphical mods really overshadow the other mods out there and there's only so many AC models, weapons retexture or Avatar mods I can really care for before it all starts to blend in.
I usually find the engine related mods to be more interesting to me (with a few exceptions like Team Avalanche's efforts and the NPC project for example).
Edit : I thought this http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=4219.0 (http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=4219.0) would be of some interest to the topic at hand.
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I, the mighty seconder, second the idea of a tutorials board, of a graphics mod sub-forum, and of obesebear for admin.
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Oh don't worry about it. I just wanted to say that since nowadays there are more members who only join to make their game run fine and how to use mods found on the forums instead of contributing.
(Note: when I say FF7 include extra pages in mind for FF8 and others included in our modding)
Well, hence why I think there should be a FAQ. Maybe both in big bold letters on forum header and index page of Qhimm.Com; both leading to same FAQ. In Fact, probably should make multiple FAQS. One for various trouble shoots with FF7. How to install mods/trouble shoot them. How to mod Faq. Etc.
Now who has the permissions for the Qhimm Wiki?
If need be I'll offer up some of my webspace and try to install some basic wiki set up so that I could get everyones Faqs into it.
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I think only Halkun can give permission to the wiki??
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i like the idea of splitting the mod section into graphics and models, but both should be WIP boards. The thing that drives me nuts around here is the way most people don't label their work [WIP] or [REL] to denote if it is a finished product of simply something in the future. I hate reading through pages of posts only to find out the damn thing isn't even released yet.
Making a unified "releases" boards would ensure that all finished content ends up in one easy to find board. This also stops most discussions from going wayyyyyyyyyy of topic in release threads, when most posts should end up in the [WIP] thread. REL threads tend to stay strictly within the "good job dude" and maybe constructive criticism.
In short, individual boards for work-in-progress graphics and models, and a single board for finished releases. My count for obesebear (or anyone for that matter) to get moderator powers. Imagine what will happen if people start realizing there is no one regulating the boards.
Also think Aali's driver needs it's own dedicated board as well.
lets hope a higher power checks this thread out and can implement a few changes to make this place run a little smoother.
lee
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There is a reason Team Avalanches release thread is locked and stickied :-P
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There is a reason Team Avalanches release thread is locked and stickied :-P
i was refering more to the general "game tweaking" section, which has become a kind of catch-all lately. Game tweaking reads to me like a discussion forum, and releases should go somewhere else. It can be a chore to dig up old mods, especially if you don't know the name. Search can be useless at time, and you cannot hope to sift through the hundreds of duplicate threads to find a release.
Thats just my opinion, im a member of a bunch of PC game boards and this is the only one that lumps discussion in with releases. TA is exempt from m complaint because we have our own section, and it is kept very clean.
lee