Author Topic: Guys, your BBS posts disappoint me. :( (Read 356 times)

beet1e · « **on:** September 25, 2002, 08:37:11 AM »

Yesterday, I returned home from a short trip to Italy. (You can read about it here). I had been looking forward to a nice absorbing read of the AH bulletin board posts, but what do I find? The same old whines.

It took me as long to read the board as to read the Sun newspaper – about 1½ minutes.

I blame HTC.

You see the problem is that they’ve delivered us an excellent game, and it really does perform jolly well.

Everything works as it should, although like any game in which things are changing, problems sometimes arise which need attention. The connections are currently being reviewed, but I am fully confident that everything will work swimmingly in the fullness of time. And that’s the problem. We don’t have enough new whining material. And a BBS is a natural whining forum. The result is that the AH BBS is turning into a Whine Recycling Centre.

We get people complaining about this realism, that flight model, this gun, that bomb, the map sucks, Bishops suck, TCP/UDP, unplayable, warps, waah-waah-waah-waah-waah.

So, to paraphrase Billy Chrystal in ”Analyze This”, I say who cares if the rooks are always being reset when you log on? Why whine when you can’t log on at 1:20 Eastern? Didn’t you know about the .squelch command to silence people you don’t like? Waah-waah-waah, this server doesn’t work...

waah-waah I can’t find any fights on the pizza map.

Waah AH is unrealistic etc.... Do us all a favour: Talk to someone who gives a toejam, pull yourself together and get a diddlying life!

Puck · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2002, 08:39:34 AM »

I give it a 6. Lots of passion, but the subject matter is moldy. Whining about whines lacks originality.

-sudz- · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:20:26 AM »

I completely agree with Beet1e. I try hard these days to find a well-reasoned, well-composed post with an actual interesting message. When I am that lucky I end up reading a bunch of inane responses like Puck's: nothing really to add or contribute, just another "Hey! Look what I can do!" waste of bandwidth.

UUBs across the net are suffering from this syndrome - poorly thought-out posts, ill-conceived replies, and schoolyard-istic approaches to communicating with each other. I would like to say that it was better in the good ole days but, in all honesty, it's always been a question of the degree of boorishness rather than a level of civility.

Have you ever been to a party having a good conversation when the drunken bellybutton with the lampshade stumbles in an starts spouting tripe? What if that bellybutton had the time to stumble into and ruin every good conversation at the same party? That's the board these days.

I'm with ya Beet1e . . .
-sudz

vorticon · « **Reply #3 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:35:33 AM »

darn right beetle...right now theres more posts onb the off topic board with actual content than on the general. everything else is just a whine cept for the hth forums and thats just people either complaining about those darn vulchers and stating there ban lists for there rooms.

btw why dont you start a post with content and see how long before it turns into a flame war?

Dingbat · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:36:05 AM »

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Originally posted by Oedipus
I concur with Puck. This is simply a review for a weeks worth of vacuous, empty posting on our part which makes his synopsis about as filling and nutricious as a rice cake.

The motion is passed...

Frost · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:44:19 AM »

I still can't get by his inflated sense of self-importance. Apparently he really thinks that anyone cares that they disappointed him? What an ego.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2002, 10:23:04 AM »

SOME of us like to fly (virtually of course)

AcId · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2002, 10:45:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Dingbat

The motion is passed...

You can't pass motions yet......yer missing a few signatures on your qual sheet.

*shoves -sudz- into the lunch lady* Oh yeah!! what are you gonna do about it?!

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2002, 10:45:43 AM »

I too give it a 6.

I would have subtracted a point because he used the terms "jolly well", "swimmingly", and "fullness of time", but I added that point back because he used the term "Whine" and not "Whinge".

Puck · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2002, 12:31:26 PM »

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Originally posted by -sudz-
I completely agree with Beet1e. I try hard these days to find a well-reasoned, well-composed post with an actual interesting message. When I am that lucky I end up reading a bunch of inane responses like Puck's: nothing really to add or contribute, just another "Hey! Look what I can do!" waste of bandwidth.[/I]

Oh, I LIKE it. An innane response that does nothing to add or contribute, just another "Hey! Look what I can do!" waste of bandwidth.

Actually we have a shortcut for these kind of "Me too" posts. The syntax is:

[Short Quoted Text]

This indicates your agreement with the Quoted Text. Procedurally, the Quoted Text should be as short as possible.

Dingbat · « **Reply #10 on:** September 25, 2002, 01:45:51 PM »

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Originally posted by AcId

You can't pass motions yet......yer missing a few signatures on your qual sheet.

*shoves -sudz- into the lunch lady* Oh yeah!! what are you gonna do about it?!

LOL, I take it your a nay sayer

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #11 on:** September 25, 2002, 05:56:13 PM »

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Originally posted by -sudz-
I completely agree with Beet1e. I try hard these days to find a well-reasoned, well-composed post with an actual interesting message. When I am that lucky I end up reading a bunch of inane responses like Puck's: nothing really to add or contribute, just another "Hey! Look what I can do!" waste of bandwidth.

UUBs across the net are suffering from this syndrome - poorly thought-out posts, ill-conceived replies, and schoolyard-istic approaches to communicating with each other. I would like to say that it was better in the good ole days but, in all honesty, it's always been a question of the degree of boorishness rather than a level of civility.

Have you ever been to a party having a good conversation when the drunken bellybutton with the lampshade stumbles in an starts spouting tripe? What if that bellybutton had the time to stumble into and ruin every good conversation at the same party? That's the board these days.

I'm with ya Beet1e . . .
-sudz

There is intelligent life on the BBS! <<>>

xRAM · « **Reply #12 on:** September 25, 2002, 06:38:48 PM »

Got to have all the whines. No matter what they are about.
That is how HT keeps the rivers and lakes full.

poopster · « **Reply #13 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:08:32 PM »

Well jeez beet1e, I thought my post on hair fires was constructive and informative....

Had a legitimate post for help with all the drones loitering in front of my house..

I hope your trip went well..

Lazs was in a La7 killing with wild abandon last night

I think he did it for you

By in large it's been a VERY good week..

Nice to have you back.

Ozark · « **Reply #14 on:** September 25, 2002, 09:37:12 PM »

Heck, there’ll be more descent in the ranks if HTC was selling one for the price of three and putting a freeze on production. (Don’t ask. don’t tell policy in effect)

Other than that, happy days here.

(note to Poop.... watch this)