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Arvon · 01-20-2003, 01:32 PM

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Originally posted by Mouse:
Hey now Arvon, don't overreact to what I am sure was meant as a helpful suggestion. Why not start an "Arvon's House of Laughter" or similar based on the idea of Cloudy's Cafe. Everyone needs a good laugh from time to time [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

I hoping to answer all of you who have suggested a single post for a joke thread. As I stated in the original post THIS IS NOT A THREADED BOARD!!!! All answers in a single post are stored sequentially. Thus a response to say joke 1 gets posted after say joke 9. That response would make no sense at all.But you say well you can use the quote option. Yes but doesn't this over load the server and Ziroc's storage. Separate joke mostly minimizes the quotes. Also the responses are together. For those of you who haven't seen a threaded board go to http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tower/home.htm and look at the Tower Tavern. You don't have to be a member, Ann doesn't keep a member list.

For the time being I think it's best to hold off. Maybe later I will start again.

johnny · 01-20-2003, 01:40 PM

Well, Mouse's suggestion sounded quite good, kinda like CC. That is, if Z thinks it's worth the space. Everyone who has a good joke can post it in there, how's that ? No need anymore to have several threads with jokes on the first page of GD. Just a thought.

Attalus · 01-20-2003, 01:50 PM

I'll miss the jokes.

Arvon · 01-20-2003, 02:08 PM

Oh they'll be back ...sometimes. And as for a continous thread AKA Cloudy's Cafe...I don't go there 'cause it's too long. Take too much time to follow a single idea.

Timber Loftis · 01-20-2003, 02:25 PM

Sorry, but threaded boards annoy the piss out of me. It reminds me too much of the outlandish diagraming of possibility paths. Too much linear algebra involved in making sure you've read everything important.

Actually, I'm using a bit of hyperbole here, but I do prefer boards like IWF.

Arvon · 01-20-2003, 03:16 PM

Yes but...you can jump in anywhere in the thread and (hopefully ) make sense. That's why I don't think a joke Thread here will be worth a damned

Barry the Sprout · 01-20-2003, 03:29 PM

To be perfectly fair Arvon, although this isn't a threaded board it does have a quote function. As such if someone wants to post a response to something said 3 or 4 pages ago in a thread then they can do so and quote the post in question. Or they can just say "I like your joke about [fill in joke subject here], it was really cool", and most people would get the message. I also like the jokes from time to time, but I can see why having them in individual threads gets a little bit annoying as it fills up the board. I don't think putting them in one small thread would render it all incomprehensible - JJ managed it! Give it a try! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Arvon · 01-20-2003, 04:11 PM

Berry the sprout...Yor statement is interesting. I think I addresses that above, but to recap. If I were to use the quote of your post above for instance that material would be stored twice. (That is unless there is some sort of compression.) Ziroc is already complaining about sig longer than 3 lines. The quote option is good for short threads where one want a specific reference. I don't think so in a joke thread. IMHO

Melusine · 01-20-2003, 04:22 PM

Uh, maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but the responses to your joke threads are pretty much along these lines all the time:

"ROFL! Good one Arvon"

"LOL LOL"

"That was funny"

Sounds to me you don't actually miss out that much if you don't know exactly which joke a certain reply is referring to.
Besides, I thought the idea was that you wanted to post jokes, not read one-line relies to jokes. If you put all of your jokes into one thread, we don't have to make "LOL LOL" posts in the several joke threads usually found on the first page, and wouldn't THAT save server space as well??
So hey, how about a happy middle - you start a joke thread every week and put all jokes in there that you were going to post anyway that week. It sure would be less cluttered.

Luvian · 01-20-2003, 04:31 PM

Don't hold back with the quote feature. It only become a problem when someone quote a quoted quote that was also quoted before that, making a big quote pyramid.

As long as there is only 1 or two quotes inside a quote, it's no probmlem.

01-20-2003, 01:40 PM	#12
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	Well, Mouse's suggestion sounded quite good, kinda like CC. That is, if Z thinks it's worth the space. Everyone who has a good joke can post it in there, how's that ? No need anymore to have several threads with jokes on the first page of GD. Just a thought. __________________

01-20-2003, 01:50 PM	#13
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 75 Posts: 8,167	I'll miss the jokes. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...

01-20-2003, 02:08 PM	#14
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Oh they'll be back ...sometimes. And as for a continous thread AKA Cloudy's Cafe...I don't go there 'cause it's too long. Take too much time to follow a single idea. __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

01-20-2003, 02:25 PM	#15
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Sorry, but threaded boards annoy the piss out of me. It reminds me too much of the outlandish diagraming of possibility paths. Too much linear algebra involved in making sure you've read everything important. Actually, I'm using a bit of hyperbole here, but I do prefer boards like IWF. __________________

01-20-2003, 03:16 PM	#16
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Yes but...you can jump in anywhere in the thread and (hopefully ) make sense. That's why I don't think a joke Thread here will be worth a damned __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

01-20-2003, 03:29 PM	#17
Barry the Sprout White Dragon Join Date: October 19, 2001 Location: York, UK. Age: 41 Posts: 1,815	To be perfectly fair Arvon, although this isn't a threaded board it does have a quote function. As such if someone wants to post a response to something said 3 or 4 pages ago in a thread then they can do so and quote the post in question. Or they can just say "I like your joke about [fill in joke subject here], it was really cool", and most people would get the message. I also like the jokes from time to time, but I can see why having them in individual threads gets a little bit annoying as it fills up the board. I don't think putting them in one small thread would render it all incomprehensible - JJ managed it! Give it a try! [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ [img]\"http://img1.ranchoweb.com/images/sproutman/certwist.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /><br /><i>\"And the angels all pallid and wan,<br />Uprising, unveiling, affirm,<br />That the play is the tragedy, man,<br />And its hero the Conquerer Worm.\"</i><br /> - Edgar Allan Poe

01-20-2003, 04:11 PM	#18
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Berry the sprout...Yor statement is interesting. I think I addresses that above, but to recap. If I were to use the quote of your post above for instance that material would be stored twice. (That is unless there is some sort of compression.) Ziroc is already complaining about sig longer than 3 lines. The quote option is good for short threads where one want a specific reference. I don't think so in a joke thread. IMHO __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

01-20-2003, 04:22 PM	#19
Melusine Dracolisk Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 6,541	Uh, maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but the responses to your joke threads are pretty much along these lines all the time: "ROFL! Good one Arvon" "LOL LOL" "That was funny" Sounds to me you don't actually miss out that much if you don't know exactly which joke a certain reply is referring to. Besides, I thought the idea was that you wanted to post jokes, not read one-line relies to jokes. If you put all of your jokes into one thread, we don't have to make "LOL LOL" posts in the several joke threads usually found on the first page, and wouldn't THAT save server space as well?? So hey, how about a happy middle - you start a joke thread every week and put all jokes in there that you were going to post anyway that week. It sure would be less cluttered. __________________ [img]\"hosted/melusine.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Your voice is ambrosia

01-20-2003, 04:31 PM	#20
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 43 Posts: 6,763	Don't hold back with the quote feature. It only become a problem when someone quote a quoted quote that was also quoted before that, making a big quote pyramid. As long as there is only 1 or two quotes inside a quote, it's no probmlem. __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...

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