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Postby Tsunami Jones » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:09 am

Tab. wrote:I believe the permanent ban was put in place for saying "sup niggas?"
Edit: Found it.


It's for far more than that, and you know it.
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Postby CodeZTM » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:17 am

Umm.. I've only been here for about 2 years now, but I really like the current community. ^_^

I remember an old forum I used to be on. FFX2.net, which I thought had the best forum in the world (wasn't even about FFX2, it was more about world issues, political debate, readers/writers corner, ect.). I was a member for a good while. Then, FFX2 got relased, and the game sucked. The forum started losing members, since not many people wanted to be affiliated with that game. So, eventually, it died. I was pretty upset about it, and went forumless for a while.

But I got over it. I came and found this forum, and got involved in this community. From my personal expierences, the moderation and administration has done a pretty dang good job for the people. The mod box is frequently taken care of, we keep innapropriate conversation out of the topics, and the quality of the site (in two years at least) has seemed to increase for me.

Then again, maybe in a few years, these will be the "good ole days" for me, and things might change. I'll just roll with the punches.

(just my two cents)
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Postby Koopiskeva » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:29 am

Who are you people? |:
Hi.
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Postby Yok/0 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:40 am

Koopiskeva wrote:Who are you people? |:

Who are you? are you real?
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Postby Ileia » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:50 am

You know what I want? I want the old IRC! Where is Stirspeare and Fujiko and GODDAMNIT, I WANT SHOTARO BACK!

I'll even take Pwolf-no-Miko or Zerobot!
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Postby Jnzk » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:06 am

I miss Fujiko ;_;

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Postby Kalium » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:48 am

Janzki wrote:I miss Fujiko ;_;

!falafel

So do I...
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Postby Brad » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:06 pm

mexicanjunior wrote:song game anyone?


Hint: 80's
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Postby mexicanjunior » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:11 pm

AtomX wrote:
mexicanjunior wrote:song game anyone?


Hint: 80's


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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:16 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:I remember the good old days of 2004 when uh... I just made crappy wmm amvs and no one knew me, and I wouldn't DARE go on to the forums where all the jerks were O:

and now I'm one of the jerks >.>
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Except I actually started out by being a jerk on the forums. I think my first actual thread was something along the lines of "If the community standard is to not use downloaded footage, what does the community suggest be done if the R2s aren't even out yet?"

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Postby dwchang » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:46 pm

I think downwithpants and MJ pretty much some up my thoughts. Being an observer for the most part in recent years, I've also noticed the same trends with people leaving, new people entering, people returning and so forth and in turn, the community changing little by little...to the point that, as Tab has observed, it's quite different.

Is that a bad thing? Well for myself? I don't think so, but then again I'm just an old fart who wants those damn kids off his metaphorical lawn.

Also like MJ, 2003 is a fairly fond year for me since I too was editing on a consistent basis and probably a lot more active on the forums. I also feel it was probably the strongest year in AMVs (during my tenure here) and I haven't seen any year come close yet ;) (that winks in hopes you folks can take that as a challenge and do so).

In any case, I guess I'm being nostalgic and sentimental (Me? NO WAI) so I'll just end here and say that TJ is fat and needs to stop eating so much!
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Postby Brad » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:56 pm

mexicanjunior wrote:
AtomX wrote:
mexicanjunior wrote:song game anyone?


Hint: 80's


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What else?!
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Postby Beowulf » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:36 pm

rofl, don't we all love the sob stories of the ex-elite who have fallen from grace?
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Postby guy07 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:14 pm

Wow ...you guys take the internet really seriously 0-0; ...
I'm missing if your complaining about the people missing or what, but things change. Get over it. Find a new place to hang out, hell, make your own chat room and invite ur friends or something.
This is a hobby, stop bitching and have some fun! Or else! :twisted:

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Postby Athena » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:15 pm

mexicanjunior wrote:BTW, I propose bans from IRC chat be limited to 1 year (except for spam bots), kind of like parole. At the end of the year, I think the ban should be lifted and the user be given a chance to rejoin the chat pending they don't do anything to get banned again (I know that can be subjective). Permanent bans just seem too extreme and cause so many of the older crowd to be felt left out, especially if they matured over the year and don't plan on repeating the offense that got them banned the last time.


I am not opposed to this. I think this is an adequate solution. Others may disagree.

The community is nothing like what we had in the early days, and I think people need to understand that. For one thing, boochsack definitely made the community take a sharper turn than would have originally been expected. I have also commented on the technological level vs. effort needed to produce anything.

I must echo Atom. This isn't 1999, it isn't 2001, it isn't 2003. It's 2008, and despite the fact I have fond memories of the AMV community from each of those years, they did not resemble each other, let alone resemble now.

Furthermore, not all of can even agree on what the problems are, let alone what the solutions should be. You and godix, and others, say the lack of originality is a problem. Whereas I say, the constant ADD driven desire to be original and different is a cancer, and that what we lack is heart. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Kogami Eated Your Soul or Skittles or WheteverTheFuckElseIsTheAMVEquivalentToCaffienatedBeverages, but I'd rather a Service with a Smile or a Waiting For You, personally.
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