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Angelo

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Topic: New voting restrictions for Newbies
Posted: November 10 2010 at 16:17

I think we're done here.

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Slartibartfast View Drop Down

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:43

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

By the way, if you people haven't figured it out already, I don't take the polls seriously, but I admit I am seriously nuts. Tongue

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

chrijom

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 15:14

I feel as if I have unleashed a monster...

Snow Dog

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:59

JLocke wrote:

Wink

See ya, Snowie.

You going somewhere?

JLocke

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:57

See ya, Snowie.

Snow Dog

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:54

^Glad to see you laughing again. Smile

JLocke

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:51

Snow Dog wrote:

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

That's some climb down. Wink

Who are you speaking to? Me?

Yes. I don't want a fight though so I apologise now.

Not sure why I would fight you over it. I don't even really know what you meant by the statement.

From your former very vocal position to your new position is a climb down in my book. I will delete it if you want. It's hardly worthwhile anyway if you didn't understand it. Obviously i wasn't being as sardonic as I thought.

Oh, that. Well, being stripped of your 'Collaborator' position will do that to a person. My opinion obviously amounts to nothing much LOL

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:50

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

That's some climb down. Wink

Who are you speaking to? Me?

Yes. I don't want a fight though so I apologise now.

Not sure why I would fight you over it. I don't even really know what you meant by the statement.

JLocke

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:46

Snow Dog wrote:

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

That's some climb down. Wink

Who are you speaking to? Me?

Yes. I don't want a fight though so I apologise now.

Not sure why I would fight you over it. I don't even really know what you meant by the statement.

Snow Dog

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:45

JLocke wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

That's some climb down. Wink

Who are you speaking to? Me?

Yes. I don't want a fight though so I apologise now.

JLocke

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:41

Snow Dog wrote:

That's some climb down. Wink

Who are you speaking to? Me?

Snow Dog

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:38

That's some climb down. Wink

JLocke

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:36

Apparently, this was M@X's decision directly, which I wasn't aware of when I first started debating the matter. It was only via PM that I was told this.

Basically, it's M@X's site, so he can do as he wishes. Which makes perfect sense. We probably won't be seeing this rule lifted any time soon. Had I known it was the site owner's own choice to put the rule in place, I wouldn't have even bothered playing devil's advocate in this case. It's led to a lot of animosity towards me in particular, which is a shame. But that's the way it goes.

Anyway, the only other thing I will add is that to those users who have contacted me as well as voiced your opinions in this thread, if you feel strongly enough about your reasons against the rule, perhaps you could contact M@X directly via PM. He's always been quite nice to me in such cases, and he'll probably take your position into consideration. Smile

Edited by JLocke - November 10 2010 at 12:40

tamijo

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 08:51

Angelo wrote:

Actually, it's not. Not in the way you just put it, and not in the way we intended it. As usual, we get more complaints in this thread from people who are not affected by this than we get genuine questions from newbies in our admin inbox.
Apparently, it's more important tyring to make a point that is not a point than to move on, for some of you.

I think im making a valid point - you dont. No more to it than that.

Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 08:19

tuxon wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

agreed

What worries me is that such a minor issue is indeed making a three page thread, when it shouldn't have gone past Angelo and Jody's responses halfway down that first page...

That's because we just keep posting.

I know, some (many) people here are more concerned with high post counts than the contents of the posts they publish....

I'm also concerned with my post count.... it's growing way too quick to my taste... makes me look like I need to find myself a life

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 06:59

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

agreed

What worries me is that such a minor issue is indeed making a three page thread, when it shouldn't have gone past Angelo and Jody's responses halfway down that first page...

There is some validity in the polls I have noted, i mean the more serious polls. Whats wrong with taking them seriously

as for newbs not being able to vote....

Has someone made a poll yet about the new voting restrictions for newbies?

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 06:36

Sean Trane wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

agreed

What worries me is that such a minor issue is indeed making a three page thread, when it shouldn't have gone past Angelo and Jody's responses halfway down that first page...

There is some validity in the polls I have noted, i mean the more serious polls. Whats wrong with taking them seriously

as for newbs not being able to vote....

tuxon

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 06:32

Sean Trane wrote:

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

agreed

What worries me is that such a minor issue is indeed making a three page thread, when it shouldn't have gone past Angelo and Jody's responses halfway down that first page...

That's because we just keep posting.

basically until I have 40 posts, so I can wreckage another poll

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Sean Trane View Drop Down

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Posted: November 10 2010 at 03:36

Slartibartfast wrote:

People who take the prog polls seriously are nuts. Come on. They are just for fun.

agreed

What worries me is that such a minor issue is indeed making a three page thread, when it shouldn't have gone past Angelo and Jody's responses halfway down that first page...

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

JLocke

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Posted: November 09 2010 at 16:36

Angelo wrote:

Apparently, it's more important tyring to make a point that is not a point than to move on, for some of you.

Right. It's not like any of us have any real concerns, or anything. We're just stirring up trouble for no good reason because we have nothing better to do. Wacko