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No1-Where Did All The Old Timers Go Who Helped Out Here At Afterdawn,Who's Still Here? All Please Check In! CLOSED!
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18. March 2006 @ 04:48 |
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i am an oldie?
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18. March 2006 @ 05:07 |
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Looking at your join date(Joined: 2 Aug 2004)i spose you are EveMae....
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18. March 2006 @ 05:16 |
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heh.. okay, thanks rav.
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gerry1
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18. March 2006 @ 08:20 |
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@Dr_Chips: an honor to meet you! I can't tell you how often I've heard that story about the guy who ticked you off ... you're a legend! I'll also remember NOT to tick you off LOL!
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18. March 2006 @ 09:18 |
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Awwww man,
everyone's being so kind, welcoming me back an' all.....
Seems I have a reputation, hmmmmm.
Catch you all later.
Life is just more of the same:
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andmerr
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18. March 2006 @ 09:46 |
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@ darthnip:
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NOW is the time to give something back to this site. PM us, report the post, remind people of the rules, ask them to edit their post nicely, but please do not take matters into your own hands and start flaming someone
darthnip i agree with most of this sentence except for
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remind people of the rules,ask them to edit their post nicely, but please do not take matters into your own hands
As soon as you give people an inch they will take a mile , it would be better if you just make it if they see something that is offensive use the button as if i told some one to edit there post they would probably jack up and say 'hey your not a mod'.
So by just reporting the problem should be enough for the mods to just come in and finish it up.People are not going to like this comment from me as in my earlier days i did encounter this kind of thing and yes i did say you need to edit your post and a common reply was 'hey piss off your not a mod' but after a pleasant chat will dela who enlightened me (end of 2005) with how he would like to see the site evolve it seems that the button gets used more and slowly but surely the site is starting to get cleaned up.We still have idiots who flame each other, leave there serials in there posts , are stupid at posting offensive pics with out really thinking that the content is questionable but that is what happens when you have a site so large with so many different individuals.
But you have the enforcers who are really quick to fix these issues, ddp/creaky/you/ and with flip218 and neph back any one who transgresses wether that be newbie or addict you all better watch out.The thunder ,lightening and a few other castrophes are back in full swing..............dont you think
Anyway my 20c
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18. March 2006 @ 12:38 |
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I don't understand the logic of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Can't we just stop counting posts made to the safety valve? There is a contradiction here which many have pointed out but which always seems to fall on deaf ears. If one goes to the forums' home page, the safety valve, by virtue of the definition stated, was created with the "irrelevant" in mind; virtually none of the threads there have any function other than amusement: football thread? bad thing about high school? Ireland's Coffee? user name origin? friday's jokes? I've had a lot of laughs and a lot of fun in many of them despite "irrelevance" which is the stated point of that forum. There is another guy in the safety valve who must have added 100 posts to his count by going around accusing others of "padding" their post counts. In areas in which I have knowledge, I do my share in the forums but when that is done or the forum is slow, what's wrong with having a little fun in the threads named above or others of a similar nature? We recently lamented the loss of one of our addicts who left for personal reasons, I worked with him a lot in the receivers/amplifiers forum yet the majority of folks who commented did so because of his sense of humor, his ability to make you laugh so hard your side hurt and we all miss him. Yes, he helped a people a great deal but very few of those who commented on his leaving were speaking of his contributions in receivers and amps but rather his hysterical posts in the safety valve...his "irrelevant" posts in "irrelevant" threads. We never would have known him if some had had their way. If we stop counting the posts in the safety valve, then those obcessed with complaining about post counts will be appeased while those who think enjoyment needn't be "relevant" can continue plaing in the safety valve without having some angry guy busting in and raining all over their parade with accusations and complaints which should have gone to admin. Both groups get what they want. Sorry...just my two cents...Gerry
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18. March 2006 @ 12:55 |
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i hear ya. it's the annoying buggers that do use the valve as a place for totally and utterly pointless stuff (ie stuff that shouldn't be in there), and worse than that those same ppl do the same in the other forums then when some posters see it they think it's ok for them to do the same (and some of 'em even have the gall to moan when their particular 'post' is closed or edited); we then get the "but you didn't close such and such's post".
i agree it's a place to let off steam and i haven't a problem with that but it should still not be abused. one analogy i have are the youngsters in console forum threads; a thread will start, then one person posts an email address. then most of the other posters follow suit, almost doing it on auto-pilot as the first poster has set the ball rolling.. so all i'm saying is if it's allowed to degenerate, the knock-on affects other forums, and some of those forums i wish had never been created as they degenerate all by themselves (no forums named *cough* console forums *cough*)
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18. March 2006 @ 13:36 |
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Ah, I see your point. To paraphrase someone a few posts back, you mods are the boss'(es?) you do a great job and you know what you're doing...thats why they pay you the big bucks ;-). I for one have a great time at aD so, your moderatorships, you lead and I shall follow (is that brown-nosey enough guys LOL!).
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18. March 2006 @ 13:42 |
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@gerry1 - lol
@andmerr - Quote:
you have the enforcers who are really quick to fix these issues, ddp/creaky/you/ and with flip218 and neph back any one who transgresses wether that be newbie or addict you all better watch out.The thunder ,lightening and a few other castrophes are back in full swing
- indeed, and as ever we're relying on the regulars to keep helping by reaching for the offensive post button every chance they get, and between us we'll get rid of as much of the crud as we can, and keep the pondlife at bay.
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18. March 2006 @ 13:58 |
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Gerry, LOLOLOL! You kill me!!
Creaky - 10/4, roger that! Rat mode is on... LOL
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18. March 2006 @ 14:58 |
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@drchips,
Damn it's good to sea you up and around !
Glad you're still alive :)
Pete
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18. March 2006 @ 15:02 |
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This has got me wondering where ddlooping has gotten too ?
I'm beginning to remember those "Good ole' days" when the 4 horsemen rode the range -
FasFrank, Jerry, drchips and "de" ScubaPete `
Man did we have fun :0)
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18. March 2006 @ 15:12 |
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All I can say is glad to see some of the old timers back on here as well.
DrChips,
I have your thread http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/1/65851 handy for a good laugh every now and then!
ScubaPete, you are still da man!
Neph, as always Nephilim for President!
And the rest of you oldies but goodies, welcome back as well!
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18. March 2006 @ 15:30 |
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Hey Bud,
Good to sea you back :)
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gerry1
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18. March 2006 @ 16:02 |
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@ScubaBud; That was great; thanks so much for posting that link ScubaBud! I had a really crappy day and needed a good laugh like that! ... Gerry
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18. March 2006 @ 16:09 |
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Andmerr, yes i do see your point, and the potential my request has to start flaming. Thats ok, the ones that fire back with "piss off, you're not a mod" get booted as soon as I see it. The way i figure it, if our upper ranked long term members remind someone of the rules, they are just helping us out and there's nothing wrong with it. It shows the members of this site look out for situations that should not be here. In my eyes, if someone gets reminded about our rules it is no different than me or another mod reminding them. If i get a reaction like "hey screw you mod", the guy is outta here. I have banned quite a few people for giving that reaction to people who are simply reminding them that their actions might be against our rules. On the other hand, i've seen people be downright assholes about giving the friendly reminder as if they were a mod and thats not right and wont be tolerated. If you act like a jerk, then you get whatever action you get, but if you are doing it in a fair way and just trying to keep someone on the right track, you cant go wrong. We are never going to make everyone happy, there's good and bad with every situation. When you're trying to do good, and someone fires back with some wise crack remark, thats when we step in and show them that they really just should have listened to friendly advice.
Another thing that would help us is when someone does report a thread, please make a post in there stating it has been reported, thast way we dont have 20 alerts to sift thru about the same thread. that saves us time and it also shows everyone who see's it that the members here are on the ball and willing to report something that in violation. sooner or later that messege gets thru to the morons who are just about to make a stupid comment. even if it stops one person from doing something wrong since they know they are being watched, it's worth it.
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18. March 2006 @ 16:12 |
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Just remember it's also all about how you put it to them. I did take some time off and have come back and if you notice I try to put "please" in all my warnings. LOL Don't know how long that will last ;)
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18. March 2006 @ 16:15 |
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i've seen people be downright assholes...as if they were a mod
LoL :^) I'm sure you didn't mean it that way Darth...
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18. March 2006 @ 16:17 |
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LOL .. thanks darthnip ;)
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18. March 2006 @ 16:22 |
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I just read that DrChips link :)
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hey dood im sorry man.
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how u do that?
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you a HaX0R
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Nope, a professional.
Have Fun...
I never found anything funnier than that :)
Its amazin how some people are :) i always say make sure u can back up what you say :)
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18. March 2006 @ 16:22 |
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I did take some time off and have come back and if you notice I try to put "please" in all my warnings. LOL Don't know how long that will last ;)
Flip218 i just saw a reply you made to one i reported, my god you have changed......................wheres the old flip, you didnt leave him on a counterstrike site some where did you................
Sp i guess this is the new and improved flip218 then...........lol
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18. March 2006 @ 19:02 |
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@Darth; I too will do as you ask. It had occured to me but I didn't think it was my place but if it will help the site in general and the mods in particular, I'll do my best to help out. Like so many, I think aD is just awesome and want to do my part.
@Everybody: Well, you can't learn anything without first admitting ignorance so I swallowed my pride, went to google and typed in "haXOR". Duuuhhhhh. I didn't even understand the explanation and I don't know if I want to. I guess ignorance is bliss after all LOL!
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18. March 2006 @ 19:24 |
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thanks, if everyone chips in just a wee bit, everything gets better. keep it friendly, and i think more important than anything, just use plain old common sense. Some of the way people act around here sometimes you'd think they were raised by inbreds in the swamps and killed wild boars and gators with their bare hands for supper!!! Ahh childhood memories :)
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andmerr
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18. March 2006 @ 19:27 |
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Some of the way people act around here sometimes you'd think they were raised by inbreds in the swamps and killed wild boars and gators with their bare hands for supper
well didnt you, i grew up in the highlands of P.N.G where the cannibals roam free before moving to the civilised world of austalia
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