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Re: Abuse of Power

Postby Arigatomina » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:51 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:ive been a donator for about a week... how come i cant get in this forum still?

I would have said to post in the donator thread, but it's locked now. In there Dokidoki said if you can't get into the forum and you think you should be able to, then PM him. I'm guessing the offer still stands. Downwithpants might be able to get you in, too. :P

Did you donate over $12 or more? That's the minimum to get in.
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Re: Abuse of Power

Postby Kalium » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:26 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:
downwithpants wrote:
Captain Warheart wrote:It’s not right to do that to people, especially if you’re someone who donates. Not saying that I am, but if I ever did decide to, I’d be a little more upset.

if you do donate, you can access the donator's forum, where you can post pretty much anything (reasonable) without having your thread locked.


ive been a donator for about a week... how come i cant get in this forum still?

(im guessing cause someone has been having issues with his isp... but @_@)

You should be able to, from where I'm sitting. Just make sure you scroll down far enough...
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Postby Captain Warheart » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:42 am

wurpess wrote:Many times the mod will give their name. Sometimes, they don't. The bold brackets is their way of saying who they are and why they are locking it. They will usually link to the forum rules. You are the first one I've seen be confused about this. And if you haven't noticed, this isn't the other forum. Therefore, as Bashar said, it can be run as they see fit. All forums are not the same. (for the record, before any confusion occurs, I'm not a mod)

Wow, this is the first forum I've been to where so many things I've said were misunderstood and I've actually misunderstood things in return. I didn't mean to say this was the other forum or that it should be run in exactly the same way it is. Since this current thread is in the feedback section, I assumed making certain comments along this line would be taken into consideration or at least thought about because usually when you see the words feedback, it means something along the lines of giving suggestions toward the forum. Which is all I did really.

wurpess wrote:Lists tend to be considered pointless threads. Which was the genre yours was in. Lists tend to be either boring and generally do not leave much room for discussion (which is what the forum is for), or proned to spam and trolls. Which is why, however relevent it may be to the topic of anime, those types of threads are locked for being pointless. When starting a new topic, it must provoke interesting conversation beyond a "list and why." Introductions, unless they're asking a question, go into that same category. There's not much that can be said in an intro thread other that 'Hi! Welcome!' And if every member did that, the forum would be an overflowing mess of 'Hi! Welcome' threads. Other forums may allow it, but its just not practical here. And I'm afraid if you want an OT or "spam" thread, you're going to have to donate and take it to the 'Donator's Forum.'

I'm sorry if my dbz thread was considered pointless, it was not meant to be, and if I thought it would have been taken so, I never would have created it in the first place. Again, it's not so much that I'm upset that my dbz thread was locked. I'm not that childish. I'm just a guy who found it surprising that a thread placed in the appropiate section was locked within 6 posts being made.

Now that I know the reasons as to why it was locked and since I do not agree with them, I'll take my leave. Sure, most of you are probably going to joke about this for awhile, but I don't think this is a proper way to treat newcomers. Laughing when there's a misunderstanding, locking threads without explaining until a thread is created to talk about it, it just doesn't make much sense to me. I'm not saying you guys should change the forums to fit any one individuals wants, but if you want to keep newcomers, I would suggest taking how things are run here into thought and maybe improving on them.
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Postby Scintilla » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:06 am

Captain Warheart wrote:... locking threads without explaining until a thread is created to talk about it, it just doesn't make much sense to me.

What? MOD403 gave a link to the explanation when s/he locked the thread. Which, by the way, you should have already read, seeing as how it was a sticky in the same board in which you posted.
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Postby dokool » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:04 pm

Captain Warheart wrote:Now that I know the reasons as to why it was locked and since I do not agree with them, I'll take my leave. Sure, most of you are probably going to joke about this for awhile, but I don't think this is a proper way to treat newcomers. Laughing when there's a misunderstanding, locking threads without explaining until a thread is created to talk about it, it just doesn't make much sense to me. I'm not saying you guys should change the forums to fit any one individuals wants, but if you want to keep newcomers, I would suggest taking how things are run here into thought and maybe improving on them.


Wow, oppressed much? :roll:


Oddly enough, I don't think the 'Org has a problem with keeping newcomers, despite your implications. Besides, you seem to have failed the cardinal rule of joining a new forum, namely that of "LURK MOAR." If you'd taken the time to familiarize yourself with all of the forum stickies and even have a gander at which threads have been locked in the past, you probably would have realized something was up.
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Re: Abuse of Power

Postby Tsunami Jones » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:47 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:ive been a donator for about a week... how come i cant get in this forum still?

(im guessing cause someone has been having issues with his isp... but @_@)


Like Kal said, you should have access. Maybe try clearing your cache?
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:50 pm

Captain Warheart wrote:stuff


You're not going to find a lot of sympathy here :|
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Postby Up In Flamez » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:56 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
Up In Flamez wrote:Now that DBZ is like 5 years old, nobody really cares about your favorite character.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Try at least 11 years ago.
DBZ aired from 1989 to 1996.

Damn I feel old. :?


wow 11 years :shock:

@Captain Warheart, if you made this topic 11 years ago then maybe it not have been locked
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Postby kikai_saigono » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:47 pm

I want an apology :O

now that I've stopped laughing enough to think clearly...srsly though, there are more important things going on in the org than the re-opening of a 'who is your fav character' thread, much less the fact that DBZ is over-used. The fact that I called your thread pointless was not only for the fact that it seemed pointless from the start, but I also wasn't too thrilled with post above mine in that thread. (hence the reason I quoted it) It was going downhill anyways. :?

Also, you should check and lurk around on the org for things like that before singling out a specific member (regardless of whether I was a mod or not) and saying 'I would like to report so-and-so'.


All I can really think though is "Me? A Mod? That'll be the day. " :roll:
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Postby SilversLightning » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:36 pm

kikai_saigono wrote:
All I can really think though is "Me? A Mod? That'll be the day. " :roll:


if they made me a mod it would be the end of the world :twisted:
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Postby Cornwiggle » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:15 pm

DivineQueenYeiweh wrote:
kikai_saigono wrote:
All I can really think though is "Me? A Mod? That'll be the day. " :roll:


if they made me a mod it would be the end of the world :twisted:


I would not like that.
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Postby Lyrs » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:02 pm

I would like that, the end of world, that is.
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Postby Warheart » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:34 am

Don't abuse your power by stealing my name ... BITCH
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Postby Flint the Dwarf » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:10 am

:lol:
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Postby aesling » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:21 pm

Haha, I was wondering when Alex was going to post in this thread.
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