People Get Your Acts Together!
<div class="IPBDescription">Why won't you listen?</div> I have seen more locked topics in the past 3 months than the whole time I've actually frequented these forums. If your topic is locked the admins are generally trying to tell you something and you should be learning from your mistakes and so should others. I am no angel but I can take the hint when it's dropped. I have feeling that at least half the people on this forum haven't even read the rules and FAQ's. So please people it's getting a bit tedious seeing interesting topics locked due to flagrant disregard for forum policy.
I'm not preaching I'm just suggesting that you use a bit more common sense and failing that learn from yours and others mistakes.
Take it easy people!
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I'm not preaching I'm just suggesting that you use a bit more common sense and failing that learn from yours and others mistakes.
Take it easy people!
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2+2=5
it also occasionally bugs me when some mods have to get the last say in on a topic before they lock it... because getting the last say in validates our desire to have the topic exist while at the same time eliminating the topic... it's like saying, "this is what I have to say on this topic, and now I'm making sure you can't say anything on it," instead of simply, "I'm locking this inappropriate topic."
really, as bland as it may be, I'm thinking if these boards are to adhere to these rules and standards, lockings should consist of no more than two phrases: "*locked*" and "reason: no spamthreads (or whatever the reason is)"
my 2?
See this is exactly the attitude causing all these problems? You don't even know me, wheres the respect?
It tends to run is phases honestly (this is true in all forums)
last week was dipresion week
This one was lock week
I have seen much worse in lines of numbers of threads locked (with justification)
The one thing I wana put in for added measure:
If you think a thread was unjustly locked, or you think a mod has dones sometihng wrong.
PM THE MOD, They are a good gang of people who deal with ALOT of stupid stuff from us every day. Some times they will jump the gun, or say sometihng they honestly didn't mean to. And if you PM them nicely, they will generaly say sometihng about it, or atleast explain the point of the lock.
I have seen many threads reopened with apologise from the MODs.'
Oh, and just be hapy that we are not going through are Racist Troll phase atm <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
(remember amonth or 2 ago? All were late night so alot of people didn't see em, but they were there <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
Oh, and Mojo, 2+2=5 for segnificantly large values of 2.
May I suggest that it become a new forum rule that any "in-before-the-lock* posts are grounds for temp suspend? Obviously not for a first offence, but for people who's only contribution is "postcount +1, wheeeee!" or "this is SO getting locked". Yes, that's right, pointing out that a post is going to get locked is not productive. So don't do it.
People, the rules are just common sense, some people won't have it no matter how much they do read them. I don't think I've ever had my topic locked either :|
threads get locked like 1 in every 5. and thats normal.
the admin went nazi and locked about 10 in a row, i think thats about the highest so far ..... or something
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and havent a few other posts like this been locked?
Just an admins two cent: We're currently not by far in the 'high grounds' of lock statistics - the times around new releases tend to be much 'worse'.
Disco, if a mod posts 'last thoughts' on a lock, that's generally for two reasons: Either, he's feeling sarcastic and doing a quip, or he's publishing an official stance. It's really not a 'I want the last word' thing.
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I concur, we always get the "it has been posted, use the search function, noob" but when we do that we are getting yelled at for thread necromancy (which IMO dont see a problem with really, unless it's going crazy)
Yes I think threads are getting locked more frequently, and not just because of the release date, (since many of the topics dont have anything to do with it)
edit: sorry I forgot the link incase no one knows where it was (I had to do some intense googling to find it though this is generaly forum rules and not off-topic might want to ask the real true life admins of offtopic what is acceptable here otherwise all threads here should be locked I think!) anyway here it is: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums.html' target='_blank'>NS FORUM RULEZ!!1</a> so now everyone should know rules and no more threads should be locked ever. thanks for reading rules!
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Forums change. Like Thansal said, it's probably just a phase.
Also, people tend to look at the past in a better light that it really was.
OT Does not mean no Topic.
Flaiming/Flame bait are lockable offences.
Multiple threads on the same subject.
etc etc etc.
Off Topic simply means that it dosn't have anytihng to (realy) do with NS, all the rules still aply.
As for thread o mancy Vs don't most multiples.
If you honestly have sometihng realy worthwhile to add to a dead thread you can generaly create a new one.
If you simply post yet another copy of ***** game for the 5th time this day your gona get locked.
And use the smegin search function is mostly for people asking quesitons (especialy in tech hlep where we have answered the same question every time. If you have found a related thread and it didn't help you or you need some clarification, don't resutrect it, Just start a new thread, and ask your quesiton with giving the fact that you found **** thread(s) and want some help with what people said.)
Edit:
Yah Transmission hit it.
There is a distinct thing in ALOT of forums where people all seem to sudenly decide that they are gona post similar things.
MarineCommander was a Troll, and every so often we seem to get swarms of trolls (2-3 trolls counts as swarms b/c they can be that annoying)
Other times I have seen these forums go into a realy good swing, with lots of people posting interesting and different stuff. Then we might go into a 'look at the cool new flash anim I found' phase (aka, lets repost all of these flash anims every one has seen before).
Its realy interesting, the phases depend on the forum (I know of one forum that had a tendency to start lots of threads on sex/sexuality, eventualy it went to far and the mods killed their OT forum <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->... hint hint, don't tick off the mods, though this is not very likely to happen here b/c the mods have a tendancy to nip things like this in the bud <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
g'day
EDIT2: (so as not to make a purly off topic post)
* is a wildcard, aka fill in what you want there.
I use it when I am trying to say something generic.
so for instance:
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you could fill in xiao Xaio #3 (very well known game) or anytihng like that.
and smeg is a swear word from some TV/comic (I can't remeber atm)
correction, Smeg Head is a term from Red Dwarf (very messed up TV show of yor <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
but i need to ask you a question because I didn't understand post when you used ****'s and what does smeging mean it is not in dictionary.com?
Well, read the thread you're about to bump. Many are, for the lack of a better word, dead - they have been discussed and don't <i>need</i> to be resurrected. A joke thread stops being funny after some time - dragging it back on stage is just not a good idea.
You may think whatever you want about the amount of locks, but they have just not increased lately. Move on.