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Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 28, 2006, 06:34:44 PM: This forum ain't too hard to find... Community, Forum? If I would be interested in the best Aerial Combat of WWII that current games have to offer, I'd soon be repelled away by reading the general discussion. :(

We need more of the positive posts, less whining.

This current BBS is just for the people already playing, we do have to get this a bit more friendly for all the new people to start playing this game we all love.

So stop your whining, enjoy what you have. :aok (<-- must be one of the first, I don't think I've used that one before!)

Don't say l33t, n00b, in, w00t!, and what ever you might think, this is a public arena, even for the people who ain't p(l)aying yet.

Please, keep it civil!. :) (hehe, I do remind meself of the South Park tune... instead of .. .. etc.)

Why I'm still in AH, I'm having fun fighting the "good guys" - err, do I mean the "bad guys" - no I don't - I know some of the opposing pilots better than I do the ones flying for "my" country. The community is what makes the AH experience so great, for some reason it doesn't seem to be that way when reading the general discussion.

Just my opinion, I'm sure there will be guys "IN" here disagreeing with me... :(

folks, see you in the Main, AvA or SEA, I hope you enjoy your AH-time. I know I do! :D

edited for some basic grammary
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: nopoop on June 28, 2006, 06:54:27 PM: I luv ya man. Gimme a hug.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 28, 2006, 06:59:24 PM: nopoop! whatever happened to your wittle guys? ;)

ps. sorry and condolences.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Edbert1 on June 28, 2006, 07:31:45 PM: I have five locked threads in my window at this moment, I'd wager there are 80+ edited posts in violation of rule #n. I shudder to think how much it is costing HTC (and us) to have the GDF policed so heavilly. If we could keep things civil even while we argue there would not be such a need to the nanny-state.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: SuperDud on June 28, 2006, 07:46:58 PM: What's wrong with w00t and IN! ?
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 28, 2006, 07:52:30 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
What's wrong with w00t and IN! ?
Oh, they do scare the customers away, they do.

Edbert, that's just what I was trying to say... Keep it simple stupid. Err, nevermind. Keep it civil. :)
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: nopoop on June 28, 2006, 08:01:09 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Panzzer
nopoop! whatever happened to your wittle guys? ;)

ps. sorry and condolences.

Hug back at you Panzzer. Thank you, I be making it. My wittle guys are still here and these boards have been very helpful in what I need.

This board is filled with tards.

I'm a tard.

That works for me ;)
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: bolo on June 28, 2006, 08:20:11 PM: lol..this forum is way way way cleaned up compared to the past you must be new or trolling
Title: Re: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: SkyRock on June 28, 2006, 08:23:55 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Panzzer
Don't say l33t, n00b, in, w00t!,
:huh
Don't type the word "the" either. oops I will mute myself for 10minutes!
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Arcades057 on June 28, 2006, 09:20:44 PM: Skuzzy and Co. seem to keep all of the more inflamatory and profane messages under wraps. I personally think allowing MORE profanity and MORE abuse would be a better draw, but that's only me...
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: hubsonfire on June 28, 2006, 10:43:09 PM: **** *** *** ******* *****.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Arcades057 on June 28, 2006, 11:49:47 PM: See Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Golden Rule, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.

Neh!
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Oleg on June 29, 2006, 02:11:38 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1
I have five locked threads in my window at this moment, I'd wager there are 80+ edited posts in violation of rule #n.

Looks like Skuzzy digged up his axe of war :eek:
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Jackal1 on June 29, 2006, 09:32:14 AM: IN
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: mars01 on June 29, 2006, 10:20:38 AM: See Rule #4, #5
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Skuzzy on June 29, 2006, 11:19:46 AM: This has nothing to do with PC (political correctness) and everything to do with respect. You chose not to respect the forum rules, then please just stay off the board.

People may or may not make the decision whether to subscribe or not, based on the bulletin board. One thing is for sure. Many of them will simply not participate in the bulletin board if they feel all they are going to get is disrespect for doing so.

Disrepectful behavior is not acceptable. If you think it is, then you do not belong on this board and it would be appreciated if you kindly leave. Although, if you are for disrepectful behavior, I suspect that request not to be honored.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Eagle Eye on June 29, 2006, 01:02:24 PM: :cry :cry :cry :cry Ok got it out of my system now all is well:noid
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: cav58d on June 29, 2006, 01:46:28 PM: Skuzzy....Can you please make "IN" a violation of rules....cant stand that
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: yayyyy on June 29, 2006, 01:48:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by cav58d
Skuzzy....Can you please make "IN" a violation of rules....cant stand that
you just said it.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Vudak on June 29, 2006, 01:49:44 PM: Quote
Originally posted by cav58d
Skuzzy....Can you please make "IN" a violation of rules....cant stand that

A minor, minor annoyance.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Mustaine on June 29, 2006, 01:54:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Vudak
A minor, minor annoyance.
fixed it for you :p
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: JB28 on June 29, 2006, 01:56:40 PM: LOLOLOLOL LOLOLOLOLOL too funny Mustaine
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Mustaine on June 29, 2006, 03:09:03 PM: hehehe ;) just me being a weiner :D
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: DYNAMITE on June 29, 2006, 03:25:56 PM: Heck... i don't even know what "IN" means... :) (Seriously)
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: RTSigma on June 29, 2006, 03:33:53 PM: Okay boys, back to the pile!
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Edbert1 on June 29, 2006, 03:36:46 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Heck... i don't even know what "IN" means... :) (Seriously)

Many other forums call it "IBTL".

Meaning In Before The Lock, or "I'm cool enough to show I was here before the mods loosed the hammer".
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Mustaine on June 29, 2006, 03:41:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1
Many other forums call it "IBTL".

Meaning In Before The Lock, or "I'm cool enough to show I was here before the mods loosed the hammer".
do other forums actually have mods that lock threads? the very few i have frequented in the past let anything go, i never saw a lock or deleted thread... though i did see a banned or disgrased person occasionally
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Edbert1 on June 29, 2006, 03:47:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mustaine
do other forums actually have mods that lock threads? the very few i have frequented in the past let anything go, i never saw a lock or deleted thread... though i did see a banned or disgrased person occasionally

It depends on the forums, I am on ar15.com fairly often and they allow any language ever imagined to be used but will lock thread that are off-topic or whatever. I am on some others that will lock or even delete threads that discuss how to bypass copyrights or execute hacking techniques.

This forum is without a doubt the most heavilly policed of any I've ever seen though.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Bronk on June 29, 2006, 03:48:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Mustaine
hehehe ;) just me being a weiner :D

Had to fix it mustaine.:D

Bronk
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Arcades057 on June 29, 2006, 04:46:23 PM: QUOTE]This forum is without a doubt the most heavilly policed of any I've ever seen though.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. I frequent quite a few and the only things I've seen done are REALLY inflammatory posts deleted entirely. I've never seen a place that edits parts of posts, then leaves the thread there. Then again, I understand that this forum is designed to be used by players of a video game, and these players could be munchkins, so we has to watch our languageseses, precious...
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Vudak on June 29, 2006, 04:48:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1

This forum is without a doubt the most heavilly policed of any I've ever seen though.

Check out the forums on the Rome Total Realism website... They won't even HEAR certain topics in their off topic forum... Gay marriage? Guns? Abortion? OH **** NO! They just say "this has been discussed at length and we don't feel like policing it again."

"Useless" posts such as:

:D

Are thrown out as well. This one isn't bad at all. At least they let us have a sense of community (with all the different characters) and to discuss certain topics over and over again so long as we are reasonably civil.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Skuzzy on June 29, 2006, 05:10:07 PM: That last part is so true Vudak. Modicum of respect, and keeping it civil.

I would be very happy to never have to moderate another post or thread. I know it is a nice dream and will probably never happen, but it would be nice.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 29, 2006, 05:50:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
What's wrong with w00t...?

B3c4u53 07h3rwi53 j00'd g37 p057z 1ik3 7hi5

ack-ack
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Stang on June 29, 2006, 05:54:17 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
B3c4u53 07h3rwi53 j00'd g37 p057z 1ik3 7hi5

ack-ack
LOL
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: BBQ_Bob on June 29, 2006, 06:19:48 PM: PNG the BK's :aok
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Edbert1 on June 29, 2006, 07:11:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
B3c4u53 07h3rwi53 j00'd g37 p057z 1ik3 7hi5

I'm ashamed that I could read that :(
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: SuperDud on June 29, 2006, 07:22:16 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1
I'm ashamed that I could read that :(

I'm glad I still can. It means I'm still l33T!
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: yayyyy on June 29, 2006, 08:32:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
I'm glad I still can. It means I'm still l33T!

1337 i thought
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Masherbrum on June 30, 2006, 06:02:21 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Arcades057
See Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Golden Rule, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.

Neh!

6- Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Issues with any breach of rules should be brought to HTC's attention via email at support@hitechcreations.com.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Aquabat on June 30, 2006, 06:39:10 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1
I'm ashamed that I could read that :(

:lol I feel the same way, yikes.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 30, 2006, 06:53:29 AM: I guess my expectations were too high, thinking that the people here could be civil to each other. Oh well.

Carry on.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: SuperDud on June 30, 2006, 07:13:03 AM: Yeah this is a real nasty thread we got going here. I guess civil = no joking or carrying on?
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: hubsonfire on June 30, 2006, 09:12:50 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Masherbrum
6- Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Issues with any breach of rules should be brought to HTC's attention via email at support@hitechcreations.com.

6- Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Issues with any breach of rules should be brought to HTC's attention via email at support@hitechcreations.com.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Edbert1 on June 30, 2006, 09:15:46 AM: Quote
Originally posted by hubsonfire
6- Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Issues with any breach of rules should be brought to HTC's attention via email at support@hitechcreations.com.

Ever hear of a guy named Möbius?
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 30, 2006, 09:32:50 AM: See Rule #16 :)
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Mustaine on June 30, 2006, 09:41:20 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Edbert1
I'm ashamed that I could read that :(
It was totally identifiable to me too :O :(
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: toon on June 30, 2006, 09:46:08 AM: See Rule #7
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Brenjen on June 30, 2006, 11:58:06 AM: I sort of saddened that I could read that intardnet slang too.

More on topic, I wish people would read what is written instead of going off on a tangent of intentionally ignoring the written words in a post or thread, I hate to steal movie lines but it applies to intardnet forums, these forums inparticular for some reason; "it's like playing cards with my sisters kids for Christs sake"

I can stomach avatars with boobs, curse words, disagreements or heated discussions, slang like what was posted above...pretty much everything the intardnet has to offer, but when someone twists the plain meaning of a post, or outright ignores the body of it & pulls out one word here & there to build a arguement is irritating.

I see it more often in the O' club than general discussion, but it still gets under my skin. No hugs needed, no banning certain phrases or words, just be english reading,writing & comprehending adults & a lot of forum troubles would never appear in the first place. I think the intardnet geeks call what I am talking about - flaming,flame baiting & trolling etc. I always thought flaming was what the stars of queer eye for the straight guy were, then I discovered there are a fair number of stick drivers here too when I got muted for telling a squaddie of mine someone was acting like a "studmuffin" on 200, I then got chewed out by who I assume was the stick driving mod.

Basically just assume the people you're talking to on these forums are offended by anything & everything & try to handle everyone with kid gloves.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 30, 2006, 01:25:21 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
See Rule #16 :)

Pwnd by 5kuzzy

ack-ack
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: smash on June 30, 2006, 01:52:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
What's wrong with w00t and IN! ?

I thought the w00t thing referred to .The Woot Site (http://www.woot.com/)

Ignorance is bliss.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Hap on June 30, 2006, 01:59:53 PM: Keep an eye on the boards. Less than 10 guys. I have 4 on my ignore list and experienced what seemed like a night and day bulletin board improvement.

~~hap~~
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 30, 2006, 04:57:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
Yeah this is a real nasty thread we got going here. I guess civil = no joking or carrying on?
Oh but I wasn't talking about this thread, but the General Discussion forum in a broader sense. People seem to be winded up too tight, this is a game, after all. And games should be fun, at least to my knowledge...

Thanks HTC, I love the game. :)
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: Panzzer on June 30, 2006, 05:21:24 PM: Uh, next time I get an urge to make the world (in this case this BBS) a better place, I think I'll turn off my computer instead of writing a post about it in here.

It's weekend now, I'll go get a beer and lighten up. Cheers all.
Title: Clean up the forum - a request to the community
Post by: SuperDud on June 30, 2006, 06:13:08 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Panzzer
Oh but I wasn't talking about this thread, but the General Discussion forum in a broader sense. People seem to be winded up too tight, this is a game, after all. And games should be fun, at least to my knowledge...

I agree with you there!