He did and thinks it'll be awesome, when/if he reappears [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Z,
I had typed this whole wonderful post telling you how great IW is. I hope I can remember all I put in it:

First off, let me say what a great site you have here. You run a "tight ship" in monitoring posts and members. That's a good thing. As a result of all your extra work monitoring we have a board without a lot of the crap you find on some other places on the web. By that I mean, in other newsgroups/boards/chat rooms, I've gotten called stupid for asking a question on a software issue. I've had people harrasing me and some friends while we were talking on a chat room for abuse survivors. Apparently some people think it's funny to yell at and abuse people who are already emotionally raw. Here, we don't have that. Sure, sometimes people's feeling get hurt unintentionally, but I think overall, everyone here tries to respect each others differences and feelings.
Second, I love the internationality here. It's really neat to me to hear how people that grew up in a culture other than mine see events that are going on in the world. Many times it helps give me a better picture of what's going on in the world when I hear views other than what the news here is showing me.
Third, I don't have any kids, but I'm old enough to be a parent of some of our members, and I have to say, if I had a kid, I would have no problem whatsoever with allowing them to be a member of this forum and I would even be willing to pay a small fee to let my kid be a member. I hope you realize what a huge compliment that is!
Thanks for the service you provide. Please tell the great Choc that I bow before his greatness [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Edit: OOOH, I just noticed my new avatar!! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] VERY COOL, Z, I love the Transformers!!!

[ 10-19-2003, 10:27 AM: Message edited by: harleyquinn ]

Gee Z... I think you have a general consensus that your site is quite possibly the greatest forum/site on the web [img]smile.gif[/img]

I don't post very much but I regularly check out the site to check out any interesting threads or comments on upcoming games etc... I remember being really upset during that server problem EONS ago and was desperately searching for info about what happened!! Ironworks is one of the only constants I know of on the web where forums and websites come and go all the time. All the new members and Z's reshuffling/overhauls & little personal touches keep the site fresh while the omniscient and beneficent (usually :D haha) mods keep things from spiralling into the toilet like many other sites I could name...

You really do have the best damn site, ever. :D

I too was a member way back in the blue board days, and also came for help with the BG series, and ended up helping others, I hope. This is also, as some one else mentioned, my second home, and no, I don't usually post a lot, but I'm here a lot, and for good reason. The people. I got an update from Stealthy's site, which is why I'm still up, and chanced upon some problems that members here had at another site, which shall remain nameless, and I can tell you that I had the same problem some time back. They don't know beans about people, no matter what they can do with IE games. Thanks for providing such a friendly and warm place for us to get together, and it sounds corny, but I love it here. I also agree about not removing the CE forum. As has been pointed out, if it's not there, it will be here, better there, I think. I'm not a frequent visitor there, but I do like to come here when I need something to laugh about, or just something else to think about than what's up with me. This place gives us all that, and I think it's cool to have *mates* from all over the world. Just like the Mod, keep up the good work, I was discussing this very kind of thing with someone I game with, and we want to know where you got your clones, as that is the only way we can see that you do this. Thank you.

Dan

I appreciate all you do to keep this place running. I would hate to see the Current Events forum go, I like to hear opposite views and I won't getting upset and running off to moan about it just because people don't agree with what I say.

im scared guys hold me.


WAIT WAIT WAIT what is chocs opinion id like to hear what he has to say.

[ 10-20-2003, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: cloud ff7 38 ]

Z is the admin, but he's just one of us, really. :D

We've been having security problems with the Chatroom (anyone can sign up as anyone, and we don't have an audit trail) so that's off the cards till we upgrade, I'm sorry to say. ;)

I'd suggest that the CE forum will probably stay for the reasons outlined above. It's a place for people to chew the fat about a range of issues, and probably suits people who like the give-and-take of debate. Just as long as they don't take the debates personally, and they don't forget their manners and courtesy while doing so. ;)