For us old members

oops, it yustt slipped out- as you can tell, i just dink around, but who was the member who left? I was not aware of that, but I got to thinking, I have not actually played the game since this new board opened! holy toilet paper, batman, we've been wiped out! I have not even checked the game board, just end up dropping from sheer exhaustion trying to keep up on this one- I like the socializing alot, but one can loose hisperspective-(looks around wildly - wher in the shyte did that come from?)

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When given a choice, take both.

[LadyRae]

Here, here.
Rikard, nice to meet you! I 'lurked' on the old board but never posted and I admit to being the 'buzzy bumblebee' kind of poster, but mostly just running around trying to find someone to converse with... We are indeed a strange breed! Sitting day and night in front of our computers doing this...

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The Legend Rikard T'Aranaxz
Master Necromancer
Clanmaster and Mental Father of the OHF

[Griever]

On where Memnoch was lordkymil and Armisael, Armisael, and you, Jon, I think, we used to be sooo little... tee hee.. I think this forum is already all that if you know what I mean! We have BG2 still intact, and a spammers haven... aka this part of the forum... so there is nothing to be really mad about...

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Tifa has her Cloud, Squall his Rinoa, Sephiroth?? hehe

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Epona: I got up to page 15 of the 'spammers' thread, but I've had to give up. I can't look at the board at work, I'm far too busy. I work at the Ministry of Agriculture, and I get loads of people e-mailing in and asking stupid questions like "I'm travelling to Australia, will I get my shoes confiscated because of the Foot & Mouth outbreak?". Seriously, that is really my job! So as you can see that is why I fall behind on my cyberlife!

Epona, you too? I work for Unilever, product launches coming out of the woodwork at the moment.

Just a comment on the stars.
Remember that they are just there for fun, and don't necessarily signify that all of a sudden you're an expert in whatever. Chasing stars is fine as long as the GD forum doesn't degenerate into total SPAM rubbish. It's probably just a novelty for those unused to having a GD board. Believe it or not, SPAM gets boring and annoying after a while (indigestion!)

You can separate posts into 4 distinct categories:

1. Posts about game topics (BG,BG2,W&W,IWD)
2. General discussion posts (Napster, polls about music, Taliban, sports etc)
3. Conversation posts between people
4. Pure SPAM (junk posts which have no relevance which people post just to get their numbers up)

Everyone posts #4 type posts once in a while - shit happens We're all fairly mature (I said mature, not OLD) people, just use your judgment on how excessive it's getting. Too much of it can cause one of both of the following:

- alienate posters who want to have a serious discussion
- attract trolls and flamers who enjoy this type of lawless environment

I know that all the people who responded to this thread are responsible, help others and want to make sure that our board remains friendly, open and accessible to all.

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[Donut]

Donut sits nervously, lurking in the corner, shuffling his feet and sipping his pint. Trying to make sense of the chaos which has erupted around him. Listening to the erection of this modern day 'Tower of Babel' where everyone speaks at once, often unintelligibly and where everyone moves on before the conversation has finished.

He looks for old friends amongst the confusion, sometimes he glimpses one but they quickly move on to other threads. He sits and dreams of quieter times when the important thing was what a person had to say rather than how often they spoke. When the endless pursuit of possesions and wealth (stars) was not the sole purpose of our existence in the electronic ether. When people had the time to listen to and reply to the words of others and where voices did not go unheard in the overwhelming noise and confusion.

He notices new friends joining the conversation and hopes that they will find a place amongst the group, taking as much pleasure from the membership as he once did. He believes that things will quieten down eventually and that order will be restored.

Meanwhile he sits, and watches, sits and watches.

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The Truth is in the Profile

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Donut: Donut sits nervously, lurking in the corner, shuffling his feet and sipping his pint. Trying to make sense of the chaos which has erupted around him. Listening to the erection of this modern day 'Tower of Babel' where everyone speaks at once, often unintelligibly and where everyone moves on before the conversation has finished. He looks for old friends amongst the confusion, sometimes he glimpses one but they quickly move on to other threads. He sits and dreams of quieter times when the important thing was what a person had to say rather than how often they spoke. When the endless pursuit of possesions and wealth (stars) was not the sole purpose of our existence in the electronic ether. When people had the time to listen to and reply to the words of others and where voices did not go unheard in the overwhelming noise and confusion. He notices new friends joining the conversation and hopes that they will find a place amongst the group, taking as much pleasure from the membership as he once did. He believes that things will quieten down eventually and that order will be restored. Meanwhile he sits, and watches, sits and watches.

Donut, very, very well said. True words of wisdom. I hope we don't lose you, man.

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[Yorick]

Donut, the difference between you and a spammer is that yours are dedicated to quality not quantity.

I always know when I read a Donut post it will be humerous and well written. I know when I read a Memnoch post it will have a quote, and when I read a Ramon post, that he will have found an inconsistency in my own post (the Lurker).

I wouldn´t worry about it all. The exitement of the new board plus the star system has thrown the old "heirachy" out the window. Rikard and I had third and fourth most posts at one stage, but there´s no way I´ll catch Cloudy and "Mr 70hr week" Memnoch from my hour-a-day internet cafe habit.

Alas poor Armisael. The king is dead, long live the Queen. (or is Memnoch King?)
It´s all a bit of fun. Better to have heaps of posts with abundent spam, than 3 posts a month... boooorrrriinngg.

Long live the board! You all rock!


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FAIR DINKUM!

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Epona: I work at the Ministry of Agriculture, and I get loads of people e-mailing in and asking stupid questions like "I'm travelling to Australia, will I get my shoes confiscated because of the Foot & Mouth outbreak?".

You probably will, unfortunately. At the very least they'll be taken away to be cleaned and returned to you - if you're lucky.

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[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Yorick: Better to have heaps of posts with abundent spam, than 3 posts a month... boooorrrriinngg. Long live the board! You all rock!

Yorick, dearest friend, I'll have to disagree with one aspect of what you said, though I welcome and totally agree with the good intention behind it. (Just to throw a spanner in the works, I'm going to quote just the bit that I'm referencing. ) There is nothing wrong with good, lively, interesting conversation, discussion, debate, disagreement, sharing, and leveraging of knowledge and experiences. THAT is off-topic, THAT is general discussion, THAT is certainly not spam.

Good spam, in moderation, helps break down barriers between people and get them more comfortable in interacting with each other. We've always had this level of spam, even in the old board. But in the past few days I've noticed the level of spam reach a point where I start to see nonsense posts being posted for the sake of being posted...to reach certain ranks perhaps?? This is not beneficial to anyone because so many of the threads are so full of garbage that it's pointless reading through them all. In summary, a little moderation would go a long way.


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