SWForums Smackdown! and other general stuff

[Jehova Eaven]

You're all fired! Yes you! Now get back to work!

[Admiral Lebron]

Attention whore.

[Mr Wednesdaydale]

Thats ten seconds of my life I'll never get back, you dolt.

[Marcus Telcontar]

And you point was Eaven....?

[Navaria Tarkin]

I"d like to know what the point of this thread was too besides .... SPAM!

[ReaperFett]

please explain the point of any threads here, aside from the person that starts it is of a higher standing than Mr Eaven here. Sounds to me like you're picking on the little guy.

[Navaria Tarkin]

If you are looking for points to each thread .. then I guess we'll have to have each poster put in a stipulation with each new one :mneh

Besides, I don't go into OOC much but when I see a thread that IS nothing but spam .. I make a note.

I am too busy moving threads and deleting things in the other forum to notice much of what goes on in here :lol

I figured this was Sanis and Fett land. I guess me right ;)

[ReaperFett]

At least he made a new thread. Im really getting sick of making one jokey comment, and then the thread completely dissapearing.

[Marcus Telcontar]

But what was the point of this thread in the first place, apart from an attention whore? At least post something mildly amusing or can be hijacked and turned amusing

[Taataani Meorrrei]

yawns and scratches self, and walks away

[ReaperFett]

And why is a thread hijacked? COuld you not argue that is for attention?

[Loki Ahmrah]

Oh for God's sake, lets not go on another stupid moral crusade to look for something that isn't there. I've never heard anything so daft; the reality is there was no point to this thread, end of unless I completely missed the hidden meaning behind being told I'm fired. Jesus.

[Taataani Meorrrei]

Pounces Loki

get on ajim!

[Seerrasseei Tsseerra]

*growls* bakame forrda...*shakes fist*

[Dae Jinn]

Originally posted by Loki Ahmrah
Oh for God's sake, lets not go on another stupid moral crusade to look for something that isn't there. I've never heard anything so daft; the reality is there was no point to this thread, end of unless I completely missed the hidden meaning behind being told I'm fired. Jesus.


Heh, have to agree with Harry Potter on this one. It's alright to post something funny or witty, but posting something random and not explaining why is not fun :p

[Sith Ahnk]

Nice breasts Dae

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

Am I the only one who noticed that even through he just fired us, he expects us to get back to work?

[Dae Jinn]

Er.....thanks? :\

Yeah he did that to me on AIM one day...

[Marcus Telcontar]

Screw it, thread hijack


<img src=http://www.wowfunny.com/pictures/stupidity.jpg>

[Sith Ahnk]

lol, great quote there Marcus.

[Dae Jinn]

Boooooo!

:(

I saw that pic before, silly kitty man! :lol

New pic new pic!

[Marcus Telcontar]

Hey, this aint a picture request, its a hijack!

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

I call it dedication

So, what if you take 2nd, and the prize to 2nd place is $50,000?
You didn't win, and you didn't quit, but you still get 50,000 bucks... I don't see whats so idiotic about 50,000 clams... tell me...
NOW!!! Or I SHALL CUT YOU LIKE A FISH!!!

{Interesting side note!}
Did you know the average fish today has more mercury in it then a rectal thermometer? WOULD YOU EAT A RECTAL THERMOMETER?

Well, I would **Eats a fish**

Ah... Mercury, sweetest of the transition metals

[Marcus Telcontar]

There's a bad joke in there, but I aint going to say it :)

[Marcus Telcontar]

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/19/1026898918341.html

File this in the you can't make stuff like this up

[ReaperFett]

Dyzm, I didn't notice that. Good eye :)


And Im sick of people talking about "Moral Crusades"! :)

[Jehova Eaven]

Actually I did this to make a point. Notice how the mods/higher up people can make silly pointless threads and not get yelled at. Also, my friend told me to post it so I did. Also in case you didn't know the definition of spam, at least in internet terms, is mail/ or a message that is sent/posted over and over again by the same person.


Am I the only one who noticed that even through he just fired us, he expects us to get back to work?

Apparently so, Fett. Well at least I found it funny.

[Lord Gue]

wow, to be that ships captain...

[ReaperFett]

He's right btw, it aint Spam if it's one post :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

This is spam.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

spam

[Lilaena De'Ville]

spam....


...and my point is that I'm proving a point.

I think?

I hate work.

*gets fired*

*goes back to work anyway*

There is something very "Office Space" about that...*searches for her stapler*

[ReaperFett]

Dont do what I did with a stapler, that hurt my thumb :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

o_O

:lol

[Marcus Telcontar]

Also in case you didn't know the definition of spam, at least in internet terms, is mail/ or a message that is sent/posted over and over again by the same person.

Not quite true. The first spam was corssposting offtopic on newsgroups. Like all Internet definitions, the term has morphed to also include email mass massings that are unsolicitated, to dumping offtopc and useless comments on message boards. Now the last is also technically known as a Crap Post and a whole amount of them is called a CrapFlood.




Also, my friend told me to post it so I did

If your friend told you to jump off a bridge, would you?



Actually I did this to make a point. Notice how the mods/higher up people can make silly pointless threads and not get yelled at.

ever thought it could be because that on the whole, the people you desribe have also given back to the community that we are, that they normally post good stuff and hence get leeway?If your so bent about it, go the the Arcan IV trading post and crap flood all you want and post complete nonsense. So your point is mute. You do not give to the community in return, you dont participate in any great manner, so you should expect to be smacked down.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Leave him along guys. If you don't like the thread stay out of it. He's done nothing wrong.

Sheesh!

Didn't your mom ever tell you "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?" Same goes here, I think. Or at least, it should. Good grief.

[Marcus Telcontar]

And if you read his last post, you should be saying the same thing to him

[ReaperFett]

The first spam was corssposting offtopic on newsgroups
No, the first SPAM was Specially Processed Animal Meat :)



ever thought it could be because that on the whole, the people you desribe have also given back to the community that we are, that they normally post good stuff and hence get leeway?
Most of my stuff is mindless, but occasionally raises a smile. I smiled at his post

[Marcus Telcontar]

I have this insane desire to post the Viking and Spam dialogue, which is of course how Usenet Spam got it's name.

[ReaperFett]

I dont want to know about your desires :)

[Shawn]

I don't know about the rest of the staff, but I don't really post pointless topics. Usually, my topics are links to something I found amusing during my travels across the internet. :)

Also, if he had made a post like that in another thread, it would have likely gone unnoticed. Starting an entire thread - which is supposed to be a topic of conversation - and then not providing a topic to converse about, is pretty pointless.

[ReaperFett]

But doing it in someone elses is jijacking, and can be unfair to the initial poster :)

[Morgan Evanar]

You do not give to the community in return, you dont participate in any great manner, so you should expect to be smacked down.

Mark, you post just as much garbage as the rest of us. For example, your school got burned down. Whoop-de-doo. Thats a hair above this thread.

Anyway, Jehova's thread did indeed have a point, and Fett said it -- there is hipocracy here. Most wouldn't dare say the same thing to Charley if he posted the exact same thing, or if I posted it, for that matter.

Now that I am done, I will return you to your regularly scheduled heap of junk that is the OOC forum.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

What is jijacking?

And Mark, my comment was to everyone.

Now I'm leaving.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Morgan somedays you should reall yunderstand and read what I say before you post. What was my point again please?

The point again, unless you are now so blinkered and your not bothering to understand what I write anymore, is that there is no denying everyone posts crap. Where the diffrence is, is that people who have been around here a long time have participated in this forum for a long time and generally in a worthwhile manner get tolerated

It's not a hypocracy, its a fact of life. If your normally worthwhile, then you get looked differently if you do decide to do something silly or idiotic. A waste of Oxygen most of the time will be called that all the time, even if they break their mold and do something worthwhile.

[Loki Ahmrah]

There is hypocrisy, yes, but if you're naive enough to believe that everythings good and well with the world, please wake up. I'm going to defend my own opinions about this thread now that there's some backlash. To be quite frank, it all boils down to opinion.

Not long ago, Sanis/LL posted a thread which went something along the lines of:

"Attention British People...

...I am wearing Union Jack underwear, that is all."

Now that didn't bother me because it gave me something to talk about because I am British and it became quite a humorous thread. Whether or not this thread was made as a test for hypocrisy cannot be proven aye or nay but as far as I am concerned the innitial post didn't interest me in the slightest and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't annoyed at it because at the time my connection was acting up.

I think there is some harsh truth in what Marcus has said; it's not a nice thing but it does seem to be that you get what you give to the community and yes, it's an unfair ideal but it is an unspoken one that seems to exist. Whether I agree with it or not I am yet to decide.

Anyway, bottom line was I found that the first post in this thread wasted my time and I am not going to pretend it didn't and I don't see why people shouldn't voice their irritation at it if it exists. My two cents.

[ReaperFett]

Loki, you just said it exactly. LL did exactly what Jehova did, and he wasnt jumped on.

[Liam Jinn]

And I think you all should be burned at the stake for arguing about this silly little thread. :)

[Loki Ahmrah]

I know, my point was that as far as I am concerned it isn't who posts the thread, it's if the threads content can give me something to reply to and in Sanis's case it did, me being British, I found something to say. All this conspiracy theory about long-standing/popular posters is a load of my foot.

[ReaperFett]

I've said before I'd be attacked for most the stuff I've said werent I an oldie :)

[Liam Jinn]

Fett speaks the truth

[ReaperFett]

I didnt want you to agree on THAT! :)

[Loki Ahmrah]

Yes, but that's what I call paranoia. :p

[Liam Jinn]

:lol I mean...I disagree with Fett, but agree with him then :p

[Loki Ahmrah]

You're just digging yourself in deeper, Liam. :p

[Liam Jinn]

:(

[Loki Ahmrah]

Aww, c'mon..."Turn that frown upside down!"

[Marcus Telcontar]

I've said before I'd be attacked for most the stuff I've said werent I an oldie

See my above comment. I believe however you have some semblence of common sense and you do have something to say that is worthwhile, even if sometimes I am convinced you reply just to be contrary - you also add to the conversation in your own way that is funny and sometimes maddening. Your a known person and that is why you are not belted down woith a 20ft pole arm.

Maybe Jehova should be looking at himself for the reaction he got and whether that it has been his behavior over a known length of time that prompted the reaction he got. The simple fact is, as I have said, you get what you give. If your percieved to be a waste of space, then you will be treated as a waste of space. If your seen as someone worthwhile, then you will be treated as such. This goes for me, Reaperfett, Loki and every single person that graces this board. Some people see me as a oxygen theif for their own reasons and to be honest, I really dont care. That's your opinion and your free to have it. Some see Reaperfett as a waste of Oxygen. Big deal, whatever.

If you really want to get away with a lot, prove yourself as a person who can be allowed to get away with a lot. We sure as hell aint here for anyone else but our own reasons and I sure as hell aint doing stuff to please others - I post for my own amusement and because I think maybe something can be commented on for be laughed at - if you differ on that opinion, fine by me. If your complaining about how your being treated, then backtrack and look at your own behavior first.

[ReaperFett]

Some see Reaperfett as a waste of Oxygen
Even I see ReaperFett as a waste of Oxygen, but thats a whole different thread ;)

[Lady Vader]

And to think someone said a thread should be started to have a conversation in. Seems like there's one happening now... and in this thread no less. So... what's the freakin big deal? :rolleyes

[Loki Ahmrah]

Go back to your cat nip you! :p

[Marcus Telcontar]

Awww, someone injects common sese and reality to a perfectly fine illogical and unnecessary argument! DAMN YOU!!

FORCE FRYING PAN!!

WHAM!!

:: Lady Vader is hit skywards... and lands in te worlds biggest patch of catnip!::

Right, now back to the stupid and pathetic argument.....


:p

[Loki Ahmrah]

But in essence, the logic behind her statement is non-existent - I mean appart from her being a woman (Oh evil!>D) - because her whole point is paradoxical for reasons I daren't try to explain at the moment. Toooo tired...:zzz

[Liam Jinn]

*tries to find the can of paint thinner*

[Marcus Telcontar]

Loki, get on AIM!

And I think once LV reads that comment, your a dead man walking

[imported_Eve]

LV stuck it to y'all! I'll explain:

Argument: Thread is spam because it has no point.

Point of Thread: All of your arguing about it's point, or lack thereof. (Many posts long, and one HOT issue at the moment!)

Conclusion: Thread did not turn out to be spam because it served a purpose. Thread has right to stay!

Conclusion 2: Forum should be renamed "SWForums Smackdown! and other general stuff"

Time for some beer!
http://www.b3ta.com/beer/ (Watch out: link is pointless.)


Guys and gals - Do you like when you make a post, and some jerk that lives thousands of miles away FEELS like putting their two cents into the purpose of your thread?

I sure as hell don't!

[Kelt Simoson]

Trust someone to ruin the fun! :lol

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

*Surgically removes Steve, the Crocodile Hunter, from Marcus' butt*

Crikey, but Marcus is being a feisty one in this thread! ;)

[Marcus Telcontar]

:: Catchs Lady Dia with a net ::

By Crikey, look at this lil beauty?

:: Theme music from Marcus Q'Dunn, The Sith Hunter plays ::

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

*Waggles her fingers through the net at him, in greeting*

Crikey, youre a stealthy one! Sneakin up on a mate from the bushes! Youve got to be careful back there! Thats where the female croc has her nest and does she ever look hungry! Just while ago, I watched her snatch and gobble down Nigel Marvin!

[Marcus Telcontar]

:: Picks up croc by the tail ::

You mean this lil beauty? Nah, she harmless! Its the spiders ya gotta watch out for, big mean ones! Crikey, they could take your arm off!

[Sanis Prent]

I thought it was suck-ass and lame, so I said as such. I'd comment as such on the sleeping with the admin thread as well, but it would get lost in a deluge.

As far as matters of policy, I become 2 people...

Charley the Person, who likes some of you, and doesn't like a helluva lot more...but thats because he's damn ornery anyways.

Charley the Mod, who cannot see colors in the ass spectrum, and thus treats matters as equally as possible.

If I'm being an ass...then you're likely not doing anything wrong here. Don't take it as gospel, but its a general good rule to follow.

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

Riiiiiiiight....

**Pull out a Bazooka**

Now, lets drop the act and go Misquito Hunting

[ReaperFett]

Guys and gals - Do you like when you make a post, and some jerk that lives thousands of miles away FEELS like putting their two cents into the purpose of your thread?

I sure as hell don't!

Sorry? :)

[Loki Ahmrah]

Guys and gals - Do you like when you make a post, and some jerk that lives thousands of miles away FEELS like putting their two cents into the purpose of your thread?

I sure as hell don't!

And what do I have to say to that - tough titty! I'll be damned if anyone suggests I keep my opinion to myself. You've just stcuk your two cents in here just like we did, we're all entitled to it regardless.

As for this:


LV stuck it to y'all! I'll explain:

Argument: Thread is spam because it has no point.

Point of Thread: All of your arguing about it's point, or lack thereof. (Many posts long, and one HOT issue at the moment!)

Conclusion: Thread did not turn out to be spam because it served a purpose. Thread has right to stay!

That's the blatently obvious though. Right, now for the paradox:

<LI>Thread has no point to begin with and as such irritates people or wastes their time.
<LI>People voice their opinions regarding the purpose of the thread (something which you don't like).
<LI> Discussion flares up about a relevant issue because people put their opinions forth thus turning an irrelevant thread into an interesting one.
<LI>Yourself and LV ask what are we complaining about then?
<LI>Answer: We cannot predict the future and therefore had no preconception of what this thread would become once we voiced our opinion.
<LI>If we hadn't voiced our opinions about the purpose of the thread it would still be pointless.
<LI>There's your paradox: we complain - thread becomes worthwhile discussion but others complain we are laying the "smackdown." We do not complain - thread remains pointless. Others are happy, some aren't.

It's a lose-lose situation for everyone regardless of what had happened. Don't you just love these nice long-winded discussions.

[ReaperFett]

What is this, a court of law? Does the prosecution now make a summing up? :)

[Loki Ahmrah]

Why of course. :p

[ReaperFett]

So who would have an 8 year old representing them? :)

[imported_Eve]

And what's a tough titty anyway?

[ReaperFett]

One that isnt soft? :)

[Jehova Eaven]

I hope you're happy now Marcus and Loki/Gav. I changed the title of the thread to reflect the content. Now then.... :: hits everyone with a gigantic tennis racket ::

Get back to work!

[Chase Starwalker]

:: rubs head ::

ouch....

[Seerrasseei Tsseerra]

*baps Jehova with force waffle iron* meowr!

[Sanis Prent]

this thread has caught The Gay.

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

"tough titty". I think its one thats been hung out the car window too long.

Getting serious now, for real, I think this thread has turned out rather well. A lot of give and take to it, which is good. As for myself, threads whose subject title does not appeal to me, I dont read them. I personally found Eavens little contribution funny.

[ReaperFett]

See? People found it funny. No problems :)

[Lady Vader]

I'm not gonna even bother making Gav a "dead man" or acknowledging Marcus' "force frying pan",because in all honesty, I was being serious.

And the fact I am not angry should make you all quite nervous.

Eve... thanks for the sensable and serious backup. :)

[Garrett Blade]

Gav: Yes, I was a bit jokey but at the same time I gave a serious counter-argument. You said your piece but that doesn't mean you have to be serious all through the thread. :|

[AmazonBabe]

Ok, ok. Sorry. Bad-mood-itis. It will disapate in a few.

[Sith Ahnk]

argh thats not my point. there is a line in strategy games between realism and game balance. fighters are on that line. they need to have shields to represent that half the things fired at them wouldn't hit anyway. BTW summon is right about there being too many ships which are variations of eachother. How about some ship gets micro photon torpedoes as a low-mana (like 25 or so) spell and thats all it has? that would be interesting to see and it would add variation. also Excelsiors shouldn't be detectors; Tachyon grids are supposed to be difficult to set up and they are the only things that can detect cloaked ships.

he's...uhhh...burning in hell... he's dead now, eh? you know---those authors should all be shot.

Why is your flaming wookie icy? One of lifes great mysteries.

I'm not really sure Lou, when I ended the fued the other time with them at even wins, they ended up not going up or down. I didn't even get a post fued response.. maybe 3 wins is a stretch, but I don't want an even fued at 20 wins each to not draw any heat at all. Maybe it'll be a different situation maybe not.. I might cut it down to a 2 win spread, if that may help it some.

Which brings me to another point... I'd like to try and arrange some online Messenger game sessions again... and since the player numbers are so far down again, it might actually be possible to do to try and speed up some game play stuff again...

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[Jedi Neo]

Where is the Can of WTF when you need him....

[Marcus Telcontar]

I swear that weren't English

[Sanis Prent]

Its like tuning in on the radio....but tuning into a swedish soap opera or something.

Ankh...is there some kind of space-time distortion passing through Canada right now?

[Jedi Neo]

No I think it's in Vermont...


Close though.


Ain't me English gooder!