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SlowMo
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:19 am Post subject: Community forum |
 
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Is it just me or has the community forum actually become a poll/question forum ?
I mean this forum was the home of many funny threads and not to mention a lot of interesting debates and even feuds. I preferred the latter.
Now it's like : "what waffle do you prefer?", "what's your favorite mongolian movie?", with 4 pages of replies, I don't know.. Bring in something better to make me sharpen my forum claws, I'm begging you. 
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 Cocles
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:29 am Post subject: |
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The problem is guys like me have been quiet recently, while guys like Altoid have become more the Master of Ceremonies.... |
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Caliburn
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Well of course we can do a poll on what kind of forum we want lol!
I am wondering how many marketeers (exept Gray are watching the forums)  |
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Hurr78
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Well, there was an ok discusssion about oil/energy sources a couple of weeks ago. But yeah, I agree, this forum has been pretty sleepy.
Oddly enough, the entertainment forum has probably had more debate action recently. |
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SlowMo
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Hurr78 wrote: |
| Oddly enough, the entertainment forum has probably had more debate action recently. |
You mean the 'spoiler forum' ? 
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Cocles
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:51 am Post subject: |
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A lot of the recent newcomers are also pretty thin skinned.
Recent interesting threads would often turn into almost flame wars because some doofus newb couldn't handle a little ribbing.
Problem is there's a lot of them, so when one starts crying you've suddenly got a dozen of them scolding you.
They remind me of the bible beaters we used to have, who kept calling people sinners. Remember those days? They were like bees. You'd wound one and dozens would suddenly appear out of thin air to defend their comrade.
...Just like our crop of thin skinned newbs.
Remember the guy who freaked out because I said THX wasn't all it's cracked up to be?
Or how about CaptainAdam freaking out because *gasp* in some parts of the world people eat horsemeat.
Even worse were guys like Buscemi who made it their personal mission to defend those wimps the second they started whining.
Thank god I took a vacation.  |
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SlowMo
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps it was a good thing I missed the horsemeat debate. Although personally I'd have loved to write a flame or two in the thread.. I suppose the thread would have had 12 pages by now..
Good thing it died, at least the flamewar part of it.
ps: In case you're wondering on what side I would have flamed : horse meat is not uncommon here in Belgium, and I'm no vegetarian.
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Cocles
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:19 am Post subject: |
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Apparently Jeric deleted most of the offending posts (including one of mine where I told Captain Adam it wasn't his place to dictate what people could talk about) and everyone agreed to stop fighting.
CaptainAdam's young though. Perhaps it taught him a lesson. |
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thuringwethil
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Hey, not all newbies are thinned skinned!
But there do seem to be a lot of whiny ones who refuse to read the FAQ.
Slow Mo = what kind of forum post would you like to see (being a newbie myself i have no idea what used to go on)
Glad the horsemeat one is gone now, yuk.
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SlowMo
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Please tell me that you didn't call me Slow Mo?  BY EVERYTHING DEAR TO YOU PLEASE DO!
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Cocles
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| thuringwethil wrote: |
| Hey, not all newbies are thinned skinned! |
I didn't say, "all". I said we had a crop of them. |
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thuringwethil
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:42 am Post subject: |
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sorry SlowMo, is there a huge difference there? And I am still on my first cup of coffee. Takes at least 2 for me to pay attention
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Caliburn
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:44 am Post subject: |
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well sometimes you are a bit slow Mo ;-) |
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SlowMo
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:47 am Post subject: |
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A free hit by mister Calibuns.
Then again, if it ain't free, it's not from Cal.
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Cocles
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:50 am Post subject: |
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LOL |
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