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.
(that winks in hopes you folks can take that as a challenge and do so).
