View Full Version : What Kind of Message Board IS this?
EX-731
03-14-2003, 08:53 AM
When i think of a message board, i think of a place where people come together to share their ideas, share information, and share their options. I find it somewhat disturbing that alot of people around here are quick to want to shut up other people and getting topics locked down and never brought up again.
Topics like, "Fomars, worst FO ever." Comments like, "what this board needs is less posts about what people think." (i'm paraphrasing) Half a dozen people agree, and i'm left wondering, what's the point of coming to a message board if you can't express your option? Sure some topics get beat to death, sure, some topics get out of hand, and they NEED to be stopped.
But the funny thing is, i've read many a posts that get way out of control, the above mentioned Fomar post is a good example. Emotions get hot, insults are exchanged, and the topice turns into a mud flinging verble braw, and thread like that should be locked, but isn't. Check it's what, 8 pages now?
But.
Someone makes a topic about xbox/game cube, (mind you a topic that could very well get ugly quick)is locked after 18 posts, none of which got nasty, because a mod was tired of this debate? What about us new people that weren't around to take part in the first debate? I acculy found some of the comments in that thread were fairly reasonable, and could aid in my decision making process, seeing as how i have both systems, and am considering an xbox verson.
But the mod locks it, because, he fears a fanboy war, which is understandale, but it hadn't happened yet, but he see's no problem with the topic of weather FOnewmens are pimps or panszys, which, i might add, got fairly heated with a debate over homosexuals, yet it to, i might point out, is not locked.
I just don't understand people sometimes. If you feel like deleting this post, i'll understand. My intend is not to insult anyone, or bash this site, i love this site, but i felt comepeled to speak in behalf of noobs like myself, who will, inevebality ask questions that's already been asked, and post polls that have already be posted, and generally annoy the longer standing members with our noobishness. Learn to be paycent with people my friends.
One last question. What compelles someone to read a post there not intrested in, only to make a comment that your sick and tired of it and it needs to be locked down? I never read posts that don't intrest me. What's the point? You frustrate yourself, and others...
I just don't understand people.
Flam away, I have very thick skin.
EX-731 (confused onlooker)
EX-731
polishedweasel
03-14-2003, 09:01 AM
On 2003-03-14 06:53, EX-731 wrote:
Flam away, I have very thick skin.
AHHHHH j00 sux0r, j00 r 4 n00b 7|-|47 sux0rs alot, I d0n'7 c4r3 if m4 1337 is rusty. B|73 m333333!!!!!!
Just kidding, I think that you're right. Some of those posts should have been locked, but I was the one that started the Male FO be homosexual debate!! Sorry mods.
Phobos-X
03-14-2003, 10:11 AM
try visiting some of the other PSO sites and see how much their forums suck big donkey balls. ive glanced at lamefaqs.com forums and it looks like 8 and 9 year olds are posting topics. ive been visiting this site ever since my pso dc days, and refer to this site as the PSO Mecca. if you dont like it here, feel free to post at the other sites...but at your own risk
FreakinRican
03-14-2003, 10:14 AM
Compared to the sega message boards we are SAINTS!
The FOnewms pimps or pansies was a JOKE too. People just got carried away.
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Ozric
03-14-2003, 10:20 AM
Heh, I say we settle all disputes in BATTLE mode...just me 2 cents...
EX-731
03-14-2003, 10:32 AM
My good man, i'm not coming down on this forum, not at all. I've been to many different boards, game faq inclouded. Your right, there is a lot of childishness going on there, I agree. It's because I think people here are more grown up and rensible that i post at all. I'm a firm beliver in being peaceable with all men, so i don't post on other bords because, most posts turn into verbal battles, which i have no taste for. I make these comments because i do respect this board, and wish to see it manntain it's higer quality.
Also, don't compare yourself to others. Just because this bord has a higher stander than the others, is no reason not to seek to improve yourself. It's kind of like saying Manson wasn't all that bad compared to Hitler...
as far as setteling distuts in battle mode, well, i'd lose, and lose often, because i've never really been good at video games, (i can't beat anyone in any kind of competive game, ever...http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif) I just love to play, even thought i suck. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif
I feel i may have made a mistake in posting this... people are to sinsitive now a days. I ment no offence to anyone, and since i'm not a mod, (nor do i want to ever be one.)i'll keep my obversations to myself, and move on if i see this board starting to go down hill.
EX-731
rbf2000
03-14-2003, 10:35 AM
Mods suck. I say we let the users moderate the boards. So everybody can lock/unlock, edit, delete, move any topic that they wanted.
That would work much better.
Damn you, rbf, I was typing a big post about this, and you just moved it and it screwed up my post and you suck and the mods and let the users mod things plz and omg yes plz STFU.
"If you don't like it here, piss off," or something like that.
KodiaX987
03-14-2003, 11:29 AM
On 2003-03-14 06:53, EX-731 wrote:
When i think of a message board, i think of a place where people come together to share their ideas, share information, and share their options.
I thought such a thing was a legend!!
Stricker
03-14-2003, 12:07 PM
On 2003-03-14 08:35, rbf2000 wrote:
Mods suck. I say we let the users moderate the boards. So everybody can lock/unlock, edit, delete, move any topic that they wanted.
That would work much better.
Good idea. And what are you gonna do then?
Phobos-X
03-14-2003, 04:16 PM
true most posts can get out of hand (over at gamefaqs they were actually arguing over whether or not Lisa from DOAX was "american" because shes black) because some people havent learned how to communicate withought resorting to childishness. its all well and good to joke and clown around and shit, but some of the comments do take it a lil far, especially when it comes to fanyboyism. PSOW is the only PSO related site that i bother to register with. i emplore you to stay, but that is up to you
ABDUR101
03-14-2003, 04:23 PM
You're allowed to post stuff like this, to give your views and so on for the forum and whats happening.
No, your thread or post won't be deleted just because we don't agree with it because it talks about the site or us, BS like that doesn't happen here. As long as you follow the rules while posting, it's fine.
The reason some threads don't get locked, is simply because they get overlooked. Sure, there are quite afew mods per forum, but most, if not all of us, work, in college, or both. Thats a major reason why we incorporated the "Mod Alert" fuction, at the bottom of the forum. You press that button, you send a "pm"-esque message with a link to the thread or post that a mod should be notified about, and it gets taken care of. You use that, and you can pm a mod directly(make sure you pm the right mod for the right forum. Some mods don't have power in certain forums. An example is you would'nt pm me to take care of something in Off-topic. The list of mods who have power in a particular forum are listed at the top of each forum).
And the reason some threads are locked before anything happens, it's not just because that mod is sick of seeing that particular thread, it's more so that we've had soooo many of the same threads, which always end on the same bad note.
The X-box or GC thread is a great example. We've had an ungodly amount of those threads, asking which is preferred, which is better, etc. They all pretty much ended with fanboys going at each other with idiotic remarks. To be honest, it would be stupid to let some threads just happen when we've seen it so many times. It's almost like "Well, they're going to start calling each other names and blatantly flaming/flamebaiting each other, but we'll just let it go anyways".
This goes out to anyone, in any forum. If you see a thread or a post which is offensive or breaks any of the forum rules, do not hesitate to use mod alert or contact a mod personally. We are more than happy if you do that, because then we can get it taken care of, and sometimes we overlook something, or aren't around or active to get it taken care of as soon as it should be.
And we don't mind when you voice you opinions like this, as long as they are sound opinions and not "..you suck, you don't do anything, blah blah blah I could do so much better, blah blah ladie dah". =)
MasterJoel
03-14-2003, 11:38 PM
I personally love this message board... the mods do a good job, and if you break a rule, they take care of it... its as simple as that!
Let everyone be mods and lock/unlock threads at will? That's anarchy! It could never work, rules would be worthless... we should keep everything the way it is...
I do have a question though... to all mods reading this now, how did you get the lovely position you now have? If other people think they can do a better job than you, maybe can tell them what is involved in becoming/being a moderator?
Thanks! Joel...
Omni-SqwirL
03-15-2003, 01:59 AM
I agree, this messageboard is the best one out there, and it is VERY hard to be a moderator or Administrator of a forum. The only things I dislike about these forums are:
People hating certain characters and only liking one character. This gets on me nerves also. "FOMARS SUXORZ!!!11" What the heck, Sega wouldn't have released it if they weren't any good, enough said
People dissing game systems. Come on people! We are all PSO fans, we shouldn't care what console the game is on, we should all just get along in that aspect.
Rap. Wait, that has nothing to do with this forum community, sowwy http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_confused.gif
Well, I own a forum community for my band. And yes, my band is named after a PSO Section ID (go figure) Viridia is the name. Heh, anyways, back on subject...you can't control what people think of want to say, but you sure could lock their threads, put them on probation, get their IP, and give it out to random hackers http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif ....wait, I think I stressed that in another thread...ok, I'm getting repetitive...night night
LollipopLolita
03-15-2003, 02:47 AM
you realize we've had complaints about being too tight on the rules and to be mroe relaxed?
Davion
03-15-2003, 03:15 PM
No board is perfect, but I wonder what a person with only 25 posts to his name really knows about this site.
pixelate
03-15-2003, 04:03 PM
It's a heavily modified version of phpBB.
Sanity
03-15-2003, 06:06 PM
On 2003-03-15 13:15, Davion wrote:
No board is perfect, but I wonder what a person with only 25 posts to his name really knows about this site.
Guess you've never heard off lurking, eh? You know, people reserching the boards, and THEN registering? Must be some sort of myth.
And to get the title of a mod, it doesn't matter how long you've been around, since most of the mods now havgen't even touched the boards when other people were here... it's a matter of who you associate with while you're here. So if a certain clique of people like you, no matter how long you've been around, you'll most likely be a mod. Fair? You decide http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif
On 2003-03-15 16:06, Sanity wrote:
And to get the title of a mod, it doesn't matter how long you've been around, since most of the mods now havgen't even touched the boards when other people were here... it's a matter of who you associate with while you're here. So if a certain clique of people like you, no matter how long you've been around, you'll most likely be a mod. Fair? You decide http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Considering the fact that only one of the mods here can be considered "new", your comment there doesn't have much stand. Every board I've visited only takes people they know are good posters as mods. If the board or member is new then they must have known the mod from outside the forum.
As it's been said before, if you don't like the way things are done here; then go somewhere else.
Auracom
03-15-2003, 10:00 PM
I think this board is fine, not so many noob topics.
*cough gamefaqs cough*
Theres a lotta good "content" on these message boards, makes me smile thinking about it. Gonna go find some...
*images he had the powers of a mod*
*lock*
muwahahaha take that evil thread
Sanity
03-16-2003, 02:24 PM
On 2003-03-15 16:27, hagakura wrote:
Considering the fact that only one of the mods here can be considered "new", your comment there doesn't have much stand. Every board I've visited only takes people they know are good posters as mods. If the board or member is new then they must have known the mod from outside the forum.
As it's been said before, if you don't like the way things are done here; then go somewhere else.
Considering the fact that I've been here several months longer than three of the mods here, I'll say what I feel about how things work around here. kthxbye
Oh, and the oh-so-played-out "if you don't like it here then leave" line... http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif ...uhmm... how can I say, no thanks, I have a few people here I like to keep in contact with, and since they're here, I'll be here. kthxbye
Mystil
03-16-2003, 08:13 PM
Let me put it like this. If there were NO kinds of raging topics that are posted here. I could not be a member here period. If there were no disputive topics, which is the life of PSO, this board and PSO period would suck major ass.
That's all.
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On 2003-03-16 12:24, Sanity wrote:
Considering the fact that I've been here several months longer than three of the mods here, I'll say what I feel about how things work around here. kthxbye
Oh, and the oh-so-played-out "if you don't like it here then leave" line... http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif ...uhmm... how can I say, no thanks, I have a few people here I like to keep in contact with, and since they're here, I'll be here. kthxbye
First off, to claim to have been a lurker and also claim that you know for sure that you've been here longer than some of the mods is rediculous to argue. You have no idea how long the mods have been watching this site, nor are you certain that they weren't already known outside of this forum.
Second, there are multiple ways of keeping in touch with friends, "forcing" yourself to post on a message board where you don't like the way things are run is just stupid.
On 2003-03-16 18:48, hagakura wrote:
First off, to claim to have been a lurker and also claim that you know for sure that you've been here longer than some of the mods is rediculous to argue.
I second that. Don't you just love it when they contradict themselves?
On 2003-03-16 18:48, hagakura wrote:
Second, there are multiple ways of keeping in touch with friends, "forcing" yourself to post on a message board where you don't like the way things are run is just stupid.
Private Messaging.
I don't love this forum, nor do I hate it. There are, on occasion, some interesting threads that get started, that I'd like to participate in. Most of the other threads aren't the slightest bit interesting for me.
For example: there's a "My First Rare Rappy! WOOHOO!" thread in general. That was two years ago for me. Old. Done. Move on. Not to mention the endless "wich char do u think is best on pso?" threads. Lame.
The cheaters forum is the best. I just like it when people try to defend their way of playing; legit or cheater. Most of the cheaters are the funniest, especially those that try to say that cheating isn't so bad, and it's not THEIR fault, because the game's makers left a bug in the game. The same goes for the legits that will just say "cheaters suck and they have no skill and they have to use hax to play this game."
EX-731
03-17-2003, 06:16 AM
Wow. I leave for a weekend convenstion, come back, and, well, people seem to have taken notice of my little post. Huh, and when i left work friday i thought it had been erased. last i checked on it, no thread was found. figured it was gone, but later found out it was moved. I have to admit, i'm fairly impressed with the conduct of the mods on this board with respect to this message. Brovo. Check out the general message board in an hour or so, i'll have another post i want you all to read, but first i need to check on a few things here at work, and get my coffee.
EX-731 (btw. Yes, this is post 26, but i've been hanging around this site for almost a year now. Since i was playing off line that time, and could find the answers the my own questions in this sites faq/guides section, i saw no need to join the message boards, beside i like to see the compnay i'd be keeping before i make myself a member. I really only started posting when i got online. Just FYI, seeing as how you were wondering what i knew about psow and all. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif)
pixelate
03-17-2003, 01:33 PM
On 2003-03-16 18:48, hagakura wrote:
On 2003-03-16 12:24, Sanity wrote:
Considering the fact that I've been here several months longer than three of the mods here, I'll say what I feel about how things work around here. kthxbye
First off, to claim to have been a lurker and also claim that you know for sure that you've been here longer than some of the mods is rediculous to argue. You have no idea how long the mods have been watching this site, nor are you certain that they weren't already known outside of this forum.
Well, Sanity is Haterade so he has a point about being here longer than a couple mods. But anyways, since Haterade was banned, so is the new Sanity account.
On 2003-03-14 08:11, Phobos-X wrote:
try visiting some of the other PSO sites and see how much their forums suck big donkey balls. ive glanced at lamefaqs.com forums and it looks like 8 and 9 year olds are posting topics. ive been visiting this site ever since my pso dc days, and refer to this site as the PSO Mecca. if you dont like it here, feel free to post at the other sites...but at your own risk
I agree, I could name a few right now that suck, but I won't because people may get thier feelings hurt.
Note to polishedweasel:
I think Fomars are a little on the sweet side too.
On 2003-03-17 11:33, pixelate wrote:
Well, Sanity is Haterade so he has a point about being here longer than a couple mods. But anyways, since Haterade was banned, so is the new Sanity account.
Oooh, I didn't know that.
On 2003-03-17 16:13, hagakura wrote:
On 2003-03-17 11:33, pixelate wrote:
Well, Sanity is Haterade so he has a point about being here longer than a couple mods. But anyways, since Haterade was banned, so is the new Sanity account.
Oooh, I didn't know that.
I did. There were some obvious give aways, like his title Captian Animosity.
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