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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: an0n on May 14, 2007, 06:19:32 pm
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....when people used to actually post here.
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What? They dont anymore?
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They post...we post, bu there's a lack of threads...
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The results of pissing off your best posters.
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Eight threads in here that've been posted in today.
Back in the day, there'd've been like 3 pages worth of active threads.
POST MORE!
And unban Stryke and others.
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I'm pretty sure he banned us.
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A ton of people bailed for Warpstorm when they (meaning the admin staff here) went all faggy about admining the place.
No flaming, no arguments, no science-v-religion, no berating others for having the intelligence of a retarded ant that's just been hit in the head with an ant-sized anvil....
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I told them they just had to be a little stricter in regards to locking, but they decided they must implement Drastic Changes™.
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Again, boo-hoo. Deal with it.
Having it split into the Meeting Hall and Pub might have made a difference too.
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post post post
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I've yet to bother with the meeting hall. I assume not many topics are posted there either?
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You see, the problem is not even the admins or the meeting hall, its the fact that the world isnt doing its part, things are too good at the moment, you know? Now if the world were to go up in flames and wars and chaos suddenly went up everywhere, you'd be seeing HLP back to normal.
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It does seem like people are posting in the same few threads, not really creating any new ones recently. Barring these two.
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I blame the internets
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Oh another SPAM topic where people SPAM and think its a post.
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Oh another SPAM topic where people SPAM and think its a post.
No, it's a perfectly legitimate topic of discussion that you're trying to derail. Douche.
Anyway, IMO the "Meeting Hall" should be open to everyone, and just heavily moderated to keep the spammers and nubs out.
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I remember when people used to post on PB too.......
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i have never posted at all
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Is there any concrete point to this?
If people want to post, they're welcome to. Our boundaries for content of posts are nothing unusual for a site that's looking to keep things clean and enjoyable for a majority as opposed to some smaller communities that aren't so bothered with controlling needless flaming and idiocy.
If you really want flame wars an0n, you know you have your own forums for that. Vega, feel free to join him if you have such a tough time here.
In the mean time though, the admins are all very busy but are looking to make changes (yep, Drastic Changes) to the way things work though. I've said all along that that won't happen overnight.
The long and short of it though, is that if you want conversation then go ahead and start one.
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I remember being here once...
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Our boundaries for content of posts are nothing unusual for a site that's looking to keep things clean and enjoyable for a majority as opposed to some smaller communities that aren't so bothered with controlling needless flaming and idiocy.
Then can you remove this subtitle under my nickname? because one of your admins pushed their joke too far. please :D.
i agree this is just a spam thread with no relevent base to build on.
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I remember being here once...
Why do you have a Firefox ad under your title? :wtf:
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Is there any c ................ versation then go ahead and start one.
Always with the buzz-kill.....
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Meh, you love it really ;)
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I remember being here once...
I remember when all this were fields ;)
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I remember being here once...
Why do you have a Firefox ad under your title? :wtf:
Don't you remember when the Firefox craze hit the forums and almost everybody had those?
Damn, I feel old.
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I was, well, away from the forums during that time. :p I only remember Sandwich having it though.
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I somewhat agree with an0n on this.
I think it is unnecessary to create artifical limits like no debating/arguments, it really takes a spirit away from fun of posting. Arguments and debates are part of everyday life, only the scale differs. I don't really see any point in having a separate board for debates as it doesn't even get used enough to warrant its own existence, it doesn't have even 20 topics and last post was made almost two weeks ago. Only three topics have posts made this month. Had it been any other board, it would have been merged back to its original board by now.
We already had civilized rules set here before this stupid board re-arrangement. I disagree with an0n on the point that we should allow people to be able to insult others. No flaming and no insults, that's the line where civilized debates and arguments become uncivilized.
This board doesn't count posts, at first I was against it but since this board draws in countless of pointless topics that won't get closed as per the set rules, I've found it to be a good change. But I say that this is as far as we need to go as long as moderation works as it should.
If general discussion board has to be split, it would make much more sense to have boards for Technology & Science and for Computer Hardware & Software. If that would happen, then I wouldn't have to even read general discussion board anymore. :p
The day when Kalfireth finally has enough time to review all the input he gathered earlier in the two topics can't come too soon.
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The day when Kalfireth finally has enough time to review all the input he gathered earlier in the two topics can't come too soon.
Ahh but therein lies the problem.
This week I have one coursework deadline, next week I have two more. The week after that I have an exam and that marks the end of this semester at Uni. There's more where that came from but that's a tiny taste. I am busy. So sadly I can't sort through the results until June. But I will.
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Hmmn, seems like everybody except me is at the uni at the moment.
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i just finished my learning process at a private training center. i am currently on work experience working as an admin assistant.
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/me sits banging his head against the wall
The problem is too much micro-management and categorization of subjects.
If you have one board for say Science and one for Technology (just as an example) you lose the topics that are an interplay of both because even mild confusion as to where the thread about the middle-ground thing should go and what is allowed in it is going to cause people not to post.
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You misread my post. It was about a single board covering both tech and science.
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I think you are missing his point.
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Hmmn, seems like everybody except me is at the uni at the moment.
I will no longer be by the end of today. :p
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You pups make me feel old, i started here at 17 on my first callsign, now i'm 25.
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That makes me the Fenris of the board at 34 I guess then :)
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I think I've been here for like 5 or 6 years.. and it does feel like this place has seen better days..
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That's the Rose Tinted Glasses effect though, objects in the rear-viwe mirror and all that. I don't think things were better, only different. before the Source Code Project really started to take off and breathe life back into Freespace, this board was a brown dwarf, a collection of people sitting around waiting for a game to vanish. I know it sounds cruel to put it like that, but, most games end up relegated to a little specialist Forum in the corner of the Interweb after a few years.
Thing about boards that are going through a 'Brown Dwarf' stage is that it's a pretty close knit, tongue in cheek community, everyone knows each other, and they are comforable taking the rise out of each other, however, newbs get ganged up on in many cases.
HLP is changing, that's true, but it's becoming a more high-profile thing, the SCP and its Mods get a lot of attention for it, and the community is growing, despite what people may have said. So what you end up with is somewhat closed community suddenly having to cope with becoming an open one, which is never easy :)
So ends todays evaluation ;)
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Finally, a semi-intelligent analysis by a moderator. However, I fail to see why our higher profile necessitates and end to the old spirit of this place.
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Give it time, we've already featured in several publications, Once the big mods are 100% and released i think we'll see a lot more traffic, and with it a lot more campaign/mod development. :nod:
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If they get released.
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When they get released, boy! :mad:
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I find it funny that Warpstorm, with fewer members, is far more active than HLP. I'm rather disappointed, to be quite honest.
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yeah well warpstorm doesn't have a board setup that is actively hostile to use.
/*wonders off to warpstorm*/
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Actively hostile? :wtf:
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damn i missed the gorgoroth-esque satan flippinmg by anon. quick, post a picture of gaahl :D
(http://www.incipitum.sk/rozhovory/060705/Gaahl_Prag1.jpg)
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Actively hostile? :wtf:
Yep. I don't know if you're realised this, but when you log into HLP, the board reaches out of your monitor and smacks you upside the head.
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well it certainly has everything usefully split up all over the place, it's sort of like the qwerty layout in how everything you want is no were near each other so you need to do all sorts of ninja gymnastics to get to anything. but it's been made clear that we are not to speak of this so you may continue to ignore the problem, and I'll continue to use the board less.
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but it's been made clear that we are not to speak of this so you may continue to ignore the problem, and I'll continue to use the board less.
Well, you haven't contributed much lately, so you'd be doing the higher-ups a favour.
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Don't add Gasoline Mefustae :p
I don't think anyone has a problem with complaints about board functionality, it does seem to me that a leap of faith needs to be made with regards to the SCP and this boards' focus, but it's not my site and that is for the Admins to decide.
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Meh, in that case I'd like to point out that we have collected a load of feedback with regards to improving HLP as a whole as well as improving the forums.
But as I've also said, I'm very busy with coursework (two deadlines this week, for instance) and the rest of the admins are also busy.
The problem isn't being ignored, not "not spoken of" and we're not sweeping anything under the carpet. However if you have patience, changes will be made and - assuming you got involved with the feedback we collected earlier this year - you should hopefully see the improvements you want.
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As a long standing HLP vet (timewise) i've seen HLP evolve and improve so i'm more than happy to place my faith and patience in the admin-gods. You've not screwed the pooch yet so all credit to you guys.
Just dont make the forums pink or anything and i'll be happy :yes:
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Just change the forum order.
General, random chat should always be at the top. It's helpful for newbs, and since it (in theory) recieves the most activity it should be in a non-scrolling place.
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As a long standing HLP vet (timewise) i've seen HLP evolve and improve so i'm more than happy to place my faith and patience in the admin-gods. You've not screwed the pooch yet so all credit to you guys.
Just dont make the forums pink or anything and i'll be happy :yes:
Four words, dude: April Fools Day Fiasco.
Goober should not be allowed near the button.
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I haven't been here very long, but yeah... things are relatively dead. For me, it's not so much the new forums as much as a lack of intrest. Hopefully it's temporary.
So many things though, just drop out of life, after a while, and sometimes, you don't come back. This is a great board, supporting a great game, but for now, I just can't seem to bring myself to care that much :sigh:
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Heh, everyone has phases like that though, I've not really done anything Freespace for quite a while, because I've had other interests and responsibilities, I still stick my nose through the door and post occasionally, but it's been a while since I modded anything.
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We're still bloody waiting for BWO and Machina Terra to come out.
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I just remember when we'd talk about those other interests and responsibilities that we had here.. doesn't seem to be the case so much anymore.
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Hopefully a friendlier layout and a lot more of those things people wanted done will entice people to be more active here.
But I guess it's true that as time goes by, people move on to other things.. lose interest in a game or have real life commitments to keep to. That can't be helped.
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I especially miss Mikhael and Tiara...
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Well, you haven't contributed much lately, so you'd be doing the higher-ups a favour.
"I haven't been very active lately sence this board's layout sucks"
"well you haven't done much useful lately so go then!"
yeah, well thought out.
anyway, I suggested when this first happened that you simply revert the changes back to what had been working while you figure out a more long term solution. and all I got was "WE ARE THE ADMINS. WE HAVE DECIDED. WE WILL NOT YIELD TO THE LIKES OF YOU!".
I am sort of curious as to what has happened to the traffic on this site since everyone realized this was going to stay for a while.
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Tiara FTMFW.
She was a psycho, but she was our psycho.
Assuming she was a she. I'd hate Kam to be right....
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Tiara,........ ;) Does Ferret ever pop up round here anymore, also i miss DW-Susanna
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Nope. There are no chicks on HLP anymore, even WF left and moved to sectorgame...
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Well, you haven't contributed much lately, so you'd be doing the higher-ups a favour.
"I haven't been very active lately sence this board's layout sucks"
"well you haven't done much useful lately so go then!"
yeah, well thought out.
anyway, I suggested when this first happened that you simply revert the changes back to what had been working while you figure out a more long term solution. and all I got was "WE ARE THE ADMINS. WE HAVE DECIDED. WE WILL NOT YIELD TO THE LIKES OF YOU!".
I am sort of curious as to what has happened to the traffic on this site since everyone realized this was going to stay for a while.
They tried to hold the front door down against the grim reaper, but forgot they left the back-door unlocked. :p
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Well ya-boo-sucks to all of you because I just spent the last hour reading through the forum requests thread and drawing up plans of what needs to be done. Things are happening, oh yes.
*grins*
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Could it be? The Plan™ is finally going into action? :drevil:
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Meh, my coursework is done. I have an exam on Wednesday but there's a bit of free time before then ;)
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I miss Tiara too...:(
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Assuming she was a she. I'd hate Kam to be right....
Well, there are thousands of members...someone is omosexual...someone could claim to be a female :blah:
Well ya-boo-sucks to all of you because I just spent the last hour reading through the forum requests thread and drawing up plans of what needs to be done. Things are happening, oh yes.
*grins*
Nice :yes:
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we've already had someone claim to be there own wife.
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we've already had someone claim to be there own wife.
I just married my left hand (over the objections of my right), does that count?