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ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#41 - 2014-08-06 23:37:57 UTC
Mistah Ewedynao wrote:
Just ban everyone who has posted in GD more than twenty times in the last month.

No more crapola. Cool

See ya Tippia!!

I'm not sure that's a great idea. I like being able to post.

ISD Dorrim Barstorlode

Senior Lead

Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)

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Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2014-08-06 23:40:50 UTC
Mistah Ewedynao wrote:
Just ban everyone who has posted in GD more than twenty times in the last month.

No more crapola. Cool

See ya Tippia!!

Did you really just call for the ban of one of the few people here who isn't a consistent shitposter?
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#43 - 2014-08-06 23:42:54 UTC
What we REALLY Need is a smart phone app for these forums.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Grog Aftermath
Doomheim
#44 - 2014-08-06 23:46:34 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Darth Ah'Na-tik]Only addition I'd like to see is a downvote/upvote feature for threads and a dislike feature as well as the like feature.



Down/dislike buttons are completely pointless, it would just be a new mini game.
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#45 - 2014-08-06 23:52:03 UTC
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Darth Ah'Na-tik]Only addition I'd like to see is a downvote/upvote feature for threads and a dislike feature as well as the like feature.



Down/dislike buttons are completely pointless, it would just be a new mini game.

I can support negreps, if there's a real point to it. If say, you end up with a certain ratio of negative to positive, you are shut out of the forums for a week, things might actually stop being so ridiculous around here.
Lady Zarrina
New Eden Browncoats
#46 - 2014-08-06 23:54:34 UTC
what features are missing?

EVE: All about Flying Frisky and Making Iskie
Grog Aftermath
Doomheim
#47 - 2014-08-06 23:56:48 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Darth Ah'Na-tik]Only addition I'd like to see is a downvote/upvote feature for threads and a dislike feature as well as the like feature.



Down/dislike buttons are completely pointless, it would just be a new mini game.

I can support negreps, if there's a real point to it. If say, you end up with a certain ratio of negative to positive, you are shut out of the forums for a week, things might actually stop being so ridiculous around here.



Hence the mini game, some people would just down vote for the sake of it.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#48 - 2014-08-06 23:57:35 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
I can support negreps, if there's a real point to it. If say, you end up with a certain ratio of negative to positive, you are shut out of the forums for a week, things might actually stop being so ridiculous around here.

You might as well shut down the forums at that point since only one alliance would be allowed to speak…
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#49 - 2014-08-07 00:05:44 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Darth Ah'Na-tik]Only addition I'd like to see is a downvote/upvote feature for threads and a dislike feature as well as the like feature.



Down/dislike buttons are completely pointless, it would just be a new mini game.

I can support negreps, if there's a real point to it. If say, you end up with a certain ratio of negative to positive, you are shut out of the forums for a week, things might actually stop being so ridiculous around here.

or the forums turns into a circlejerk where unpopular if legitimate opinions are shut out, or the groupthink begins downvoting posts based solely on the poster's affiliation. leading to more bloody npc posting alts. this is precisely what's wrong with trying to have a serious discussion on ******* reddit, where you can/will be 'right' or 'wrong' based not on argument, but how popular you are or how funny the group thinks your snide and ultimately irrelevant one-liner is.

also gevlon goblin would never be able to post again which'd be a terrible detriment to unintentional internet comedy
Grog Aftermath
Doomheim
#50 - 2014-08-07 00:11:14 UTC
Benny Ohu wrote:
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
[quote=Darth Ah'Na-tik]Only addition I'd like to see is a downvote/upvote feature for threads and a dislike feature as well as the like feature.



Down/dislike buttons are completely pointless, it would just be a new mini game.

I can support negreps, if there's a real point to it. If say, you end up with a certain ratio of negative to positive, you are shut out of the forums for a week, things might actually stop being so ridiculous around here.

or the forums turns into a circlejerk where unpopular if legitimate opinions are shut out, or the groupthink begins downvoting posts based solely on the poster's affiliation. leading to more bloody npc posting alts. this is precisely what's wrong with trying to have a serious discussion on ******* reddit, where you can/will be 'right' or 'wrong' based not on argument, but how popular you are or how funny the group thinks your snide and ultimately irrelevant one-liner is.

also gevlon goblin would never be able to post again which'd be a terrible detriment to unintentional internet comedy



Even positive votes are a waste of time really, if everyone voted sensibly then that wouldn't be the case, but that's never going to happen.
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#51 - 2014-08-07 00:13:10 UTC
Benny Ohu wrote:

also gevlon goblin would never be able to post again which'd be a terrible detriment to unintentional internet comedy

Hmm...you may have a point. No matter how terrible his garbage is, I can't help but read it and laugh.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#52 - 2014-08-07 00:14:16 UTC
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Even positive votes are a waste of time really, if everyone voted sensibly then that wouldn't be the case, but that's never going to happen.

Pretty much. I wouldn't mind a bounty button as a kind of downvote, though… Twisted
Mag's
Azn Empire
#53 - 2014-08-07 00:18:18 UTC
Grog Aftermath wrote:
Even positive votes are a waste of time really, if everyone voted sensibly then that wouldn't be the case, but that's never going to happen.
The like system was thoroughly abused and is more pointless now than ever. But at least the web devs managed to lock the gate after all those horses left. Lol

Destination SkillQueue:- It's like assuming the Lions will ignore you in the Savannah, if you're small, fat and look helpless.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#54 - 2014-08-07 00:25:40 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Your idea suck, the forums have exactly what is needed for a forum to work.

Except that these forums are actually pretty terrible. They have a nasty tendency to drop long posts, for example (also losing the saved drafts). They don't allow linking back previous quotes. They don't remember certain user preferences.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Benny Ohu
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#55 - 2014-08-07 00:28:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Benny Ohu
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Your idea suck, the forums have exactly what is needed for a forum to work.

Except that these forums are actually pretty terrible. They have a nasty tendency to drop long posts, for example (also losing the saved drafts). They don't allow linking back previous quotes. They don't remember certain user preferences.

there's actually a ccp employee whose job it is to ensure your long posts get "lost" on the way

linking quotes'd be so great, though

e: or maybe there's a techo-alligator loose in the tubes that only eats paragraphs
Mag's
Azn Empire
#56 - 2014-08-07 00:32:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Mag's
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Your idea suck, the forums have exactly what is needed for a forum to work.

Except that these forums are actually pretty terrible. They have a nasty tendency to drop long posts, for example (also losing the saved drafts). They don't allow linking back previous quotes. They don't remember certain user preferences.

Didn't you know? Forums in 2014 are hard and need to be this bad.

All joking aside, yes these forums suck and they should feel bad about it. (Insert inanimate smiley.) Lol

Destination SkillQueue:- It's like assuming the Lions will ignore you in the Savannah, if you're small, fat and look helpless.
ACY GTMI
Veerhouven Group
#57 - 2014-08-07 00:34:38 UTC
Darth Ah'Na-tik wrote:
This forum is kind of bland and doesn't provide nearly as many options as we should be able to have. I'm not trying to sound rude or anything but when I used to program and I had people on my server the cheapest forum software I would use was Vbulletin which is only like $300. Please take this into consideration :)


CCP decided to write it themselves. Not poking at you, but, what else can you expect.

Most of us play this game in spite of CCP. Not because we like anything they have ever done.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#58 - 2014-08-07 00:53:41 UTC
ACY GTMI wrote:
CCP decided to write it themselves.
Not really.
Paranoid Loyd
#59 - 2014-08-07 00:59:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
ACY GTMI wrote:
Most of us play this game in spite of CCP. Not because we like anything they have ever done.


This makes no sense. They made the game, if you don't like it, then why do you play? To spite them? They still get your money (or someone else's on your behalf). So how are you spiting them?

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
stoicfaux
#60 - 2014-08-07 00:59:44 UTC
We can't have new forum software because there isn't enough electricity in London to support the power needs of modern, feature rich forum software.

Err.. wait. CCP you're out of excuses.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.