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Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 01, 2005, 06:57:42 pm: I was just wondering to myself, what must HLP be like to new people? What do you think of this place when you come here? How does it compare to other forums that you have visited/emigrated from? Are we close-knit? Hard to get into? Easy to get into? Intimidating? Welcoming?

Just a little thing to see how the influx of new members feels about our favorite forum :) Personally, I feel we are very close knit and have several (more than average, at least) personalities on the forum - it would be impossible to do a forum movie like the one stickied at the top of the forum unless we were as close knit as we are, imo. (semi-opinion/plug)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Taristin on August 01, 2005, 07:02:24 pm: Methinks we're all a bunch of hardasses to the n00bars. :nervous:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 01, 2005, 07:04:07 pm: Well, to some, yes, to others, no. I was also looking for a general impression of this community, you know, how we seem to others when they first come, or when they get inundated better.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Rictor on August 01, 2005, 07:05:18 pm: We should start charging for the privilege of our presence, like the SA forums.

Yarrr.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Tieowbeijas on August 01, 2005, 07:11:16 pm: I've been reading the forums for about as long as I've been registered, but I seldom post, but anyways...

I see this community as pretty well-knit and welcoming, and that no-one is unnecesarily (please don't expect me to type perfect english at 02:15) flamed/attacked/whatever for being a newbie (something that for some reason is very frequent in larger communities).
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Taristin on August 01, 2005, 07:14:31 pm: Except Cobra...but he does spam alot :nervous:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: WeatherOp on August 01, 2005, 07:25:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Raa
Except Cobra...but he does spam alot :nervous:

Spam? Trust me if that is a one can of spam, Gamefaqs is the Creator, Owner, and the ones who sell it.:lol: If you want a good laugh, go there and rumage thru the forums, exept in the FS2 one, where it's about the same as here, cause some of us visit there.

Compared to most other communites, we are close knit. And, I'm talking about the all the FS communites(HLP,GW,SG, ect.)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Kosh on August 01, 2005, 07:31:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Raa
Except Cobra...but he does spam alot :nervous:

Not as much as he used to. But he replaced that with making personal attacks against people. Personally I think the admins would be doing us all a favor if they banned him. I have never said that about anyone else here before.

And I say that as one of his victims.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Fenrir on August 01, 2005, 07:35:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WeatherOp

Spam? Trust me if that is a one can of spam, Gamefaqs is the Creator, Owner, and the ones who sell it.:lol:

XD

Quite true. Except, as a GFer, I obviously think it's worse on GameSpot. <_<
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Martinus on August 01, 2005, 07:40:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kosh

Not as much as he used to. But he replaced that with making personal attacks against people. Personally I think the admins would be doing us all a favor if they banned him. I have never said that about anyone else here before.

And I say that as one of his victims.

[color=66ff00]We keep an eye on all of the incendiary personalities that wander in here and although cobra is a bit of a twit at times he's easily ignored most of the time.
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Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 01, 2005, 07:44:03 pm: I'd prefer if this stayed away from personal attacks as much as possible, please :)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Liquid Fire on August 01, 2005, 08:25:13 pm: I suppose I'm qualified to answer the question, even though I've been here for awhile.

Compared to other forums, coming here is a breath of fresh air. Getting blown to smithereens with the welcome beams and being warned about steak floods and hungry shivans is a...different...experience. I'll tell you this: It's alot more interesting than joining other forums. Most forums i've been to will acnowledge your presence if you're lucky. compared to other communities, it's pretty accepting. Though it also seems very close knit and it's hard for a newbie to get a grip on all the inside jokes flying around. It took me 4 months to figure out what the "headz" thing was. However, the community is also so large, that sometimes it seems like the newbies are just a dime a dozen. Some people need to remember what a necessary thing newbies really are...

Although it's difficult to get into the really close-knit groups, the hlp is much more accepting. I immigrated over from the descent community (you know, freespace's half-cousin twice removed) and over there, while the newbies are treated like gods (depends which site you go to) due to the dwindling level of players, it's even harder to penetrate the inner circle of veterans.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: KappaWing on August 01, 2005, 08:40:17 pm: I've been to many other forums, and so far this is my favorite. Some forums, like many band forums, are completley unmoderated, and people can get away with ANYTHING, like spamming rediculously (post 30 times in a row in the same thread with one certain four letter word that starts with F,) or even peddling illegal pr0n. Some forums, (DS's forums, for example), are over-moderated to the point that you will get banned for using a comma to join two sentences when it would be more grammatically correct to seperate them and make two seperate sentences with periods at the end.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that HLP has the perfect balance of moderation without crossing into either extreme, and the moderators here walk the fine line quite well IMO.

There are certainly many.... Interesting.... personalities here, much moreso then in most other forums, and when they show up in certain discussions... well let's just say there is rarely a dull moment.

It's quite easy to get into if you lurk for a bit, sometimes the older members can be ornery to newbs, but it occurs much less frequently than in other forums.

I'd say that this is an EXTREMELY close knit community. There are many threads where people express their joy and sorrow, and they arent met with "OMG wat do I care! It doesnt matter so f off" responses, like in SOOO many other forums I visit, but instead, everyone feels a certian attatchment to each other and cares that there is actually a living, breathing, person with a life and emotion behind that forum name, and I think that's what makes HLP special.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: TopAce on August 03, 2005, 10:31:35 am: When I was a newbie, I often had a bad impression about this community. Times have changed now, but I am still not always happy here.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Nuclear1 on August 03, 2005, 11:18:00 am: I agree with everything KappaWing just said. I joined HLP when the VBB went down, and I must say that I'm still very impressed and attached to the community here. It's basically been the one forum where more than one righteous person steps up and gives constructive advice and/or constructive criticisms, rather than whole page of "u n00b stfu" with one person answering all the questions.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Japong on August 03, 2005, 11:33:23 am: Yeah, the HLP is one of the best places I've found on the net so far for getting questions answered - usually accurate and full length replies that come a few minutes after asking any question at all.

I think it's good that amongst all the new people (like me, kinda) there are also a bunch of veterans around, who add a lot of personality to the boards and do a lot of the policing around here as well.

When I first joined, Anon scared the **** out of me. Actually, he still does. And Cobra came in the week after me, and so asked a ton of noobish questions that I otherwise would have blundered into:

"Who is Derek Smart? Is there going to be a FS3? How come my cap ships won't fire? Why can't I see videos with the SCP? Which VPs do I need? HOW DO I GET A CUSTOM TITLE!?!" etc.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: General Freak on August 03, 2005, 11:48:00 am: This place is all right. I visit 2 other forums regularly as well, and I'm equally active on all of them. I didn't have much of a first impression, because I don't post that much and I don't read anything that doesn't interest me. I have gotten some seriously fast replies in my threads before and that's the best thing I can say about HLP. Oh, and of course some of the replies were useful, heheh. :P
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on August 03, 2005, 12:43:35 pm: My first visit here was via alink to the SCP subforum, that someone posted on the VWBB. I bookmarked the forum, since I thought this might be a cool project (the SCP was in its early stages back then)

I remember clicking the on the "Hard Light Production Forums" link (so you can see all forums) and thinking "What the hell is all that ?". Back then I thought that HLP was more of a general forum for render artists and stuff, mainly because of the "Hard Light Art" forum.
I thought that FS modding was just a part of this forum, especially the "Hosted Projects" made absolutely no sense to me at first sight, neither did the "Hard Light" forum (still doesn't sometimes even now ;) )

After a year of lurking I registered to give some feedback/bug reports on the FS2_open builds, and started to spend more time in the "FS Modding" and "Campaigns" forums ....and from there on got sucked into the whole twisitn vortex of no-time (as taylor put it so fitting).

I'd say, with a bit of lurking the HLP community is quite welcoming. For me, it really stands out on the internet, I feel at home here.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: CP5670 on August 03, 2005, 12:46:12 pm: I would say this place is above average but not among the best. I have been to several other forums in the past, although this is the only forum I visit quite often at the moment (but only recently started doing so again after a longish break). I'll probably keep coming here just because I know most of the people well. It's a fairly closed community with all the inside jokes but that's to be expected of any forum dedicated to a game series that's six years old.

Newbies actually used to be quite unwelcome here, getting bashed for asking simple questions all the time about a year ago, but it has gotten much better now. Innocuous threads still sometimes get locked for no reason and this main forum was definitely a friendlier place four years ago when I joined, especially compared to the chaos on the VBB at that time. The FS forum and to a lesser degree the SCP forum are now much friendlier places.

The only other place I go to fairly regularly these days is the Anandtech video forum, which is a popular but volatile place packed with flamewars (which is why I go there, to watch). :D
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: TopAce on August 03, 2005, 01:06:11 pm: I think it's worth mentioning from my part that initially I only wanted to ask a question about modding and did not decide to stay any longer.

Look at me now.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: vyper on August 03, 2005, 01:55:46 pm: We're all right bastards.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Deepblue on August 03, 2005, 02:07:01 pm: Anything is favorable compared to the Gamespot forums... *shudder*
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: General Freak on August 03, 2005, 02:42:31 pm: This post has been unsuccessfully deleted by General Freak.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Kosh on August 03, 2005, 03:13:29 pm: Quote
When I first joined, Anon scared the **** out of me. Actually, he still does

He scares everyone, don't worry about it. :) Btw, I haven't seen him around lately, anyone know what happened to him?

When I was a n00b, I found that Karajorma helped me out a lot (he still does). I have always considered him my mentor. Reading his FAQ was helpful. I'd recommend that to all new comers.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Ford Prefect on August 03, 2005, 03:15:15 pm: How long does one have to be here to transcend the state of newbiehood?
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: TopAce on August 03, 2005, 03:23:26 pm: It is not about the time you spent here, it is about the wisdom you gathered during your membership.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: EtherShock on August 03, 2005, 04:34:32 pm: I found this place through the FAQ, which I found through HOTU. While I was lurking, before I made my first post, I noticed this board was very close nit. However, it has a clique-ish feel to it, lots of inside jokes and stuff. There is a hierarchy, whether people see it or not. However, in the general forum, everyone is equal. I made my first post when I found something that didn't seem newbish, which was about the HLP Store.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: karajorma on August 03, 2005, 04:47:55 pm: Do you think a guide to some of the HLP in-jokes in the FAQ would help? :D
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Tieowbeijas on August 03, 2005, 04:52:46 pm: That could help, a bit atleast. Atleast it would probably make me (and other newbies) feel somewhat less stupid at times since we don't get it.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: KappaWing on August 03, 2005, 06:28:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Ford Prefect
How long does one have to be here to transcend the state of newbiehood?

I asked that same question to Cobra back when I was a n00b. Only now do I realize the Irony.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Solatar on August 03, 2005, 07:19:02 pm: When I first got here back in whenever the heck I joined, I noticed that besides the odd couple people, there weren't many n00b bashings (or as many n00bs...). Stealth and Knight Templar were always going at it, an0n never ceased to make me laugh my ass off, and vadar_1 got banned for being a script kiddie.

Heck...we even had a Freelancer forum at one point.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 03, 2005, 07:51:49 pm: Hehe... Those were the days. I can barely remember them, but they were a bit different back then. I remember the whole Vadar_1 thing, though. Had the same kind of smug attitude as an0n when it was admitted that he did whatever it was he did on IRC. As a matter of fact, Vadar_1 and an0n seem awful similar now that I think about it. Hmmm...

Anyway, back on topic, I have seen some of the best, as well as some of the worst of communities on these forums ever since I joined. The welcoming portion back then wasn't as vibrant as it is today. You would perhaps get a warm welcome, but I don't remember the welcome beam or the welcome boilerplate that we have now :D. Back then, it also wasn't tightly woven as it is now. People were part of the community, but people came and went as they saw fit, and it didnt really affect anything. If an0n was banned back then, I don't think it would have mattered. Now I see a community where everyone has his or her place, and the community is like a living, breathing organism. It ingests newbs, and fecalates the waste.

Anyway, I saw this place as welcoming back then, and I see it as welcoming now. And compared to other forums, it is kept real. Hell, on BeyondUnreal forums, you were judged solely by your postcount. The members were idiots, and the staff were bigger idiots. It was no surprise that I left that wretched place on very bad terms, almost regretable... almost :p.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 03, 2005, 07:57:36 pm: Being a n00b is a state of mind, not a measure of time. As such, I never really went through such a phase, and wouldn't know about it.

I just kind of popped up in the General FS forum one day, largely as you see me now.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Liberator on August 03, 2005, 07:58:16 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce
It is not about the time you spent here, it is about the wisdom you gathered during your membership.

That must make me the King of All Newbs.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Japong on August 03, 2005, 08:02:26 pm: Haha, notice how this thread has been dominated by users who have postcounts in the 500+ range?
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Taristin on August 03, 2005, 08:04:46 pm: And some beyond that. :nervous:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Anaz on August 03, 2005, 08:12:44 pm: Damn spammers! ;)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Unknown Target on August 03, 2005, 09:12:06 pm: Meh, it's interesting to ese people compare the community as it was before to what it is now, methinks :)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: WeatherOp on August 03, 2005, 10:45:24 pm: Luckily I found SG before I found HLP, don't know how it happened tho. and spent most of my noob posts over there. Like I said mostly, as I also helped start some big flamewars over here.:p And also found from Karajorma's FS faqs, not to mention the letters F, S and the #3.

I first went to the LO-mac forums, where I learned don't talk bad about the F-22, or your dead.:lol: Still an very ugly bird. I rarely visit there anymore. Otherwise I go to a Weather Forum, you could have guessed that right.;) There we are a pretty tight community too, until one of two guys post a politcal topic and they basicly are the only two that go at it day and night. Otherwise we never argue, and get along really well if a Hurricane is going on, and the only time we don't get along is during "snow season". And thats another story.:D

I would say that HLP, is Third on the list that measures how well you get along. Only above it are GW,and SG.

Otherwise maybe I have grown out of most my noobishness, as I say again, mostly, as I put too many smiles again.:cool:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Ford Prefect on August 03, 2005, 11:34:05 pm: Smilies are a crutch that saps people's appreciation of verbal irony. :mad: :rolleyes: :( :no: :hopping: :ick: :doubt:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: achtung on August 03, 2005, 11:49:41 pm: This place seems sorta like a small town, everyone seems to have there little quirks about each other but otherwise flamewars are rare and civilized debate is common.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 04, 2005, 12:53:36 am: Um... Swantz, that is not exactly how it is here. The reason you see civil debate and very few flamewars is because most of the people took some of the real debates personally. They either left the community, or they decided not to participate anymore. Alot of good people left because of it, and now people are afraid to go into touchy subjects for that very reason. But I suppose that's another story... or thread :D.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Deepblue on August 04, 2005, 01:16:52 am: It's strange I don't feel like I've been around here as long as I have... 4 years is a very long time...
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Sandwich on August 04, 2005, 01:50:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raa
And some beyond that. :nervous:

We're gonna have to start adding in commas every 3 digits because of people like you and Steaky. :p
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: TopAce on August 04, 2005, 02:10:55 am: And soon like Cobra
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: karajorma on August 04, 2005, 02:12:26 am: Points at Sandwich's post count.

Not like you're not up to 5 figures yourself Sandy! :D
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Sandwich on August 04, 2005, 07:15:10 pm: I know, but 5 figures isn't deserving of commas as much as when Steak and Raa pass 6 figures, in another 5 years or so. :p
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Taristin on August 04, 2005, 11:04:32 pm: You think it'll take that long?
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Charismatic on August 04, 2005, 11:40:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WeatherOp
And also found from Karajorma's FS faqs, not to mention the letters F, S and the #3.

I on the other hand did not find that in time. My beginning experiance was a wrather extremely rough one.
FS2 Mulit was dying and i was lead to HLP right before PXO died. That forced me to actually 'go to the site' i kept getting links in the lobby and games about.

My first post, yet topic, was about us getting off our butts and saveing fs and makeing fs&3. My speach was so inspirational it got the attention of every flame in the land of HLP. Sad to say iv paid for that mistake dearly. I now see what all is being done to perserve our precious game of Freespace.

Now'a'days, i beleive iv been accepted and that im no longer 'hated' or 'disliked' by any, or many members.
(anyone disagree? hehe)

HLP is a very good and close community, and it treats 'most' noobs well. Very well indeed. And i point to someones post about 'its not about the time but about the knoloage and wisdom you gain through this experiance here'.

One last thing. Because Cobra is my friend, i do ask you all to stop, lets say, 'picking on' him. Of the persentage of members negativly mentioned Cobra has been named about 90% of the time. Please show some restraint.

And a final note. Please excuse my horrible spelling and grammer.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Nuclear1 on August 04, 2005, 11:46:47 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Charismatic
One last thing. Because Cobra is my friend, i do ask you all to stop, lets say, 'picking on' him. Of the persentage of members negativly mentioned Cobra has been named about 90% of the time. Please show some restraint.

I don't want to turn this into a "bash Cobra" thread, but I feel the need to explain this here.

We're not always just 'picking' on him. We're trying to correct him and fix him up. Compare the postcounts of, say, mine and Cobra's. I joined in 2002, and I just passed 2000 posts this month. Cobra joined in late 2004, and already has more than I do.

Why? Cobra spams and often posts just for the sake of posting. Honestly, a lot of the questions he asks are easily solvable by simply pressing "Search" and entering in the words he needs, but it seems like everyday there's a new thread or post with a question/comment that has been asked/said a hundred times before.

Factor this in with Cobra's natural tendency to take things too personally, and you'll understand.

Now, back to the thread... not Cobra bashing.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: CP5670 on August 04, 2005, 11:55:37 pm: Who is this Cobra guy anyway? I was absent for quite some time recently and must have missed all the fun. I remember vadar_1 and an0n quite well, although I rather liked many of an0n's postings. Did he just leave or get banned again? (what was it, fourth time I think? :D)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 05, 2005, 12:51:45 am: He got permabanned this time. I think the admins were just finally tired of him.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: KappaWing on August 05, 2005, 08:09:48 pm: Especially after the... um... incident... When he found out that HLP Admins linked to his site during The Great April Fools Day Prank (tm), and changed his homepage to reflect how he felt about the community.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Nuclear1 on August 05, 2005, 08:15:55 pm: Quote
Originally posted by CP5670
Who is this Cobra guy anyway?

Read my previous post, then do a search for his name.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Corsair on August 05, 2005, 08:31:18 pm: Have I really been here since 2002? Damn...

I've always thought this community was really pretty close-knit. A lot of the people here have been around for a long time and there's a definite cast of characters... for the most part, everybody is decently good-natured most of the time. When I registered, people were pretty nice in directing me towards things and answering questions. The community's grown since then but things are more or less the same... just a little less colorful without an0n and Stryke.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Kosh on August 05, 2005, 11:24:23 pm: Who is Stryke?

But yeah, things are a lot less colorful without an0n around. :)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Kamikaze on August 05, 2005, 11:28:06 pm: Quote
Originally posted by CP5670
an0n quite well, although I rather liked many of an0n's postings. Did he just leave or get banned again? (what was it, fourth time I think? :D)

Yeah, he got banned again. See this for details: http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2500
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: achtung on August 05, 2005, 11:53:03 pm: :wtf: Tickle Fight?

(no comment)
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: CP5670 on August 06, 2005, 01:12:54 am: Not much information in that thread, although it's been a while since I saw some of those guys and heard the name "Thunder" around here. :D

Quote
Read my previous post, then do a search for his name.

The search comes up with all kinds of irrelevant junk; don't have time to sift through all that. I'll assume he is just another of the infamous characters we have had around here over the last few years.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Kamikaze on August 06, 2005, 01:19:29 am: IIRC an0n started insulting a few admins (I believe Setekh was a target) and in retaliation saved and uploaded many staff forum threads. So he's now indefinitely banned.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 06, 2005, 01:20:45 am: Quote
Originally posted by CP5670
...all kinds of irrelevant junk...
There. You answered your own question :).
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 06, 2005, 01:22:34 am: IIRC, Steak was not the prime target (pun intended), it was Sandwich. Told him to go back to NAMBLA or something.

EDIT: The quote was meant to be an edit. Double posting sucks.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: TopAce on August 06, 2005, 03:51:44 am: Quote
Originally posted by Scuddie
There. You answered your own question :).

He now posts more useful posts than spam, I think.
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Singh on August 06, 2005, 04:12:38 am: hmm.....long time since I've been a n00b, but still, the one thing that has to be said about this community - even if it's not the best out there, it definately is one of the best around. :yes: :) :nod:
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on August 06, 2005, 04:55:06 am: I don't know just how much a newb I ever was...

I lurked HLP for, IIRC, over 4 years, so when I finally got around to posting, I already knew all the in-jokes and such (or most of them, at least). Overall, the place was a very very friendly enviornment, though during my time in HLP I've seen a few members take they're initial misgivings over newbs a bit too far.

Everyone here is very close knit, and there are a ton of colorful personalities, which is what makes this place so much more interesting. Many talented individuals, as well.

Of course, not every place is perfect. Even HLP has (had) a few undesirables. But not nearly as many as most.

As an aside: Regarding Setekh and Raa and Post counts: How did Steak ever get such a high count? I don't remember the last time he posted with any frequency. :p
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Windrunner on August 06, 2005, 05:17:26 am: Quote
Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.

As an aside: Regarding Setekh and Raa and Post counts: How did Steak ever get such a high count? I don't remember the last time he posted with any frequency. :p

Never underestimate the power of an admin ;)

on a more serious note i am glad to see that people feel more welcome here, we have had some pretty big downtime when people flamed and bashed eachother and threatned to leave the community, but that seem to have decreased to a minimum.

BTW does anyone know what happend to Tiara? Did she leave us permanently this time?
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Roanoke on August 06, 2005, 05:32:40 am: Quote
Originally posted by CP5670
Who is this Cobra guy anyway? I was absent for quite some time recently and must have missed all the fun. I remember vadar_1 and an0n quite well, although I rather liked many of an0n's postings. Did he just leave or get banned again? (what was it, fourth time I think? :D)

The thing with Cobra (aswell) is he appeared at pretty much the same time as penciprick (or whatever his name was).

Quote
Originally posted by Scuddie
IIRC, Steak was not the prime target (pun intended), it was Sandwich

I thought he liked Sandwich more than any of the other Admins. IIRC Sandwich made the most effort to avoid the ban.

Uh, not that I would know 'course. Um, I've never heard of Pelican Bomb or whatever. And I never read private stuff that may or may not be posted there :nervous: :p
Title: A question for all the newbies...
Post by: Scuddie on August 06, 2005, 05:55:25 am: Well, as I said, IIRC :p. Yes, I remember now that you bring it up, that sandwich was the one he liked the most. It was quite a while ago, I guess I got the two confused.
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Post by: TopAce on August 06, 2005, 06:48:48 am: Quote
Originally posted by Roanoke
...penciprick...

Yeah, his name is almost as hard to spell as Sesquipedalian's.
Let me try it: pecenipicek
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Post by: TrashMan on August 06, 2005, 07:34:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Swantz
This place seems sorta like a small town, everyone seems to have there little quirks about each other but otherwise flamewars are rare and civilized debate is common.

Aint it the truth... I feel just like home here. :D Now I'm a registred user on a kazzilon forums 8and Iabandoned 90% of thse - tehy were crap) and I can tell you HLP is the best one... EVER.. The only one that can even come close is that Tolkien fan forums;7

On another note, I propose that spammers recive e nice little title "Sir Spam-A-Lot" for their "efforts"
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Post by: aldo_14 on August 06, 2005, 07:44:40 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce

Yeah, his name is almost as hard to spell as Sesquipedalian's.
Let me try it: pecenipicek

er... I'd wager that'd be an intentional misspelling, so as to add the 'prick' part.
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Post by: TrashMan on August 06, 2005, 07:46:38 am: Quote
Originally posted by Scuddie
He got permabanned this time. I think the admins were just finally tired of him.

Yep...he now has his own little Domain of Evil at penguinbomb forums... with anti-HLP propaganda banners :D

Quote
Originally posted by Windrunner
BTW does anyone know what happend to Tiara? Did she leave us permanently this time?

I saw her on penguinbomb forums on a few ocasions, but even there she only popped up rarely.
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Post by: TrashMan on August 06, 2005, 07:47:58 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce

Yeah, his name is almost as hard to spell as Sesquipedalian's.
Let me try it: pecenipicek

Hehe...do you know what that names menas anyway? LOL

Spoiler:

Fried ham :D
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Post by: Roanoke on August 06, 2005, 08:13:47 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce

Yeah, his name is almost as hard to spell as Sesquipedalian's.
Let me try it: pecenipicek

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Originally posted by aldo14
er... I'd wager that'd be an intentional misspelling, so as to add the 'prick' part.

More English slang for TopAce to grapple with. :p
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Post by: TopAce on August 06, 2005, 08:57:13 am: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan

Hehe...do you know what that names menas anyway? LOL

Spoiler:

Fried ham :D
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Do you mean plural names or a singular name here? It's hard to decide. A sesquipedalian something is too long, for example if you write down your opinion about a cube model in two thousand words, that's a sesquipedalian post. I don't know if any of those names mean 'fried ham'.

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Originally posted by Roanoke
More English slang for TopAce to grapple with. :p

Explain.
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Post by: TrashMan on August 06, 2005, 10:16:11 am: @TOP Ace

Spoiler:

peceni = fried
picek = ham, pig
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Post by: Roanoke on August 06, 2005, 10:27:06 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce
Explain.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prick (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prick)
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Post by: CP5670 on August 06, 2005, 10:45:16 am: Back on topic, I remember when this (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,34362.0.html) sort of thing would give rise to numerous flames that would drive away the newbie. The attitudes are generally better than before these days. Maybe we actually have Derek Smart and his crap to thank for that, since at least it got people out of that reality denial mindset where they refused to even mention FS3 and got extremely pissed at anyone who did. :p
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Post by: TopAce on August 06, 2005, 11:01:20 am: Quote
Originally posted by Roanoke

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prick (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prick)

Ah, so you meant the word 'prick'. Okay, I did not know that.
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Post by: Taristin on August 06, 2005, 11:09:52 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce

Ah, so you meant the word 'prick'.

Specifically entries 6, and 7. ;)
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Post by: Sandwich on August 06, 2005, 11:29:40 am: What a funny little thread this is...
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Post by: karajorma on August 06, 2005, 03:28:48 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Roanoke
The thing with Cobra (aswell) is he appeared at pretty much the same time as penciprick (or whatever his name was).

Funny thing is that I've seen pecenipicek over on SpaceBattles.com several times and there he generally acts like a normal member of the community.

I've got no idea why he choose to act like a complete tosser over here when over there he manages to act reasonably normal.
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Post by: TrashMan on August 06, 2005, 05:13:55 pm: Maby someone stole his account
[cue omnius music]
*TA DA DAAAAA*
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Post by: Unknown Target on August 06, 2005, 05:18:58 pm: Back on topic please? :p
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Post by: Black Wolf on August 07, 2005, 10:45:03 am: Quote
Originally posted by WeatherOp
Otherwise I go to a Weather Forum, you could have guessed that right.;) There we are a pretty tight community too, until one of two guys post a politcal topic and they basicly are the only two that go at it day and night. Otherwise we never argue, and get along really well if a Hurricane is going on, and the only time we don't get along is during "snow season". And thats another story.:D

Wait wait wait... There's an entire forum, where people from all around the world can come together, meet one another... and discuss the weather?
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Post by: Roanoke on August 07, 2005, 11:03:44 am: Quote
Originally posted by Black Wolf

Wait wait wait... There's an entire forum, where people from all around the world can come together, meet one another... and discuss the weather?

There appears to be quite a few..... (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=weather+forum&btnG=Google+Search&meta=)
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Post by: Goober5000 on August 07, 2005, 12:29:29 pm: :wtf: Discussing the weather is supposed to be a pretext you can then use to transition into other topics...

And the weather is going to be different for each person on the forum.
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Post by: CP5670 on August 07, 2005, 12:51:11 pm: The weather has to be the most inane thing to talk about in real life. I've found that people bring up the weather when they have nothing to talk about but just feel like starting a pointless conversation. :p :D
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Post by: TopAce on August 07, 2005, 01:32:04 pm: Language exams. ;)