kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 There won't be many of those such people yet, but as soon as a new project is announced, there will be. Especially if it is KoTOR2. I never even thought of this place getting swarmed with SW fans. s**t. We are going to need alot more moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I never even thought of this place getting swarmed with SW fans. s**t. We are going to need alot more moderators. :D Too true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitium Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Assuming that is true, that will be most certainly the case. Exitium RPG Codex - the premier avant garde gaming news site. "It is more convenient to follow one's conscience than one's intelligence, for at every failure, conscience finds an excuse and an encouragement in itself. That is why there are so many conscientious and so few intelligent people." - Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Assuming that is true, that will be most certainly the case. Man, that will be weird. SW avatars and quotes in sigs. Having to explain what Fallout is. Debating canon vs. gameplay topics. All in all, I fear for them. We are an "interesting" (see: hostile) bunch. Maybe we should "vote" for mods. Get a few names together (you have to get nominated or something) and then make a poll. Maybe Obsidian will listen? Its an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 already is threads with profanity and substantial flaming I know, but did you expect anything else of the bat? This place will settle down. No biggie. no, we expected that obsidian would let things pretty much go to hell over the weekend... sorta a test run to see how board software holds up and to see what the vandals try w/o no interference. as to this place settling down... why would you expect that? point us to a game board w/o no real moderation that is settled. and this board? HA! people with old grudges who generally not post in same places has now been thrown back together 'gain. there is the bis fans and the bio fans and there is the fallout3 folks and the bg3 folks and there is folks who hate star wars, and there is lucas fans, and it appears that they is all gonna be posting here for some time... so, what makes you think things will settle down? they is gonna get worse 'fore they get better. as to who should be a mod... fan mods are generally a waste of space. we has seen some small number who did a good job, but for the most part "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Man, that will be weird. SW avatars and quotes in sigs. Having to explain what Fallout is. Debating canon vs. gameplay topics. All in all, I fear for them. We are an "interesting" (see: hostile) bunch. I fear for us The Star Wars fans are legion, we are but a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Gromnir: you make a few good points. We will see I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitium Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 You make it sound as if I abuse my moderating privledges at the RPG Codex or the Circle of Eight forums, both of which I administrate, Gromnir. I may have proposed banning you (don't take it personally) from the Codex due to your constant trolling but not once did I even lift a finger to quell my personal disagreements with you by force. Exitium RPG Codex - the premier avant garde gaming news site. "It is more convenient to follow one's conscience than one's intelligence, for at every failure, conscience finds an excuse and an encouragement in itself. That is why there are so many conscientious and so few intelligent people." - Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Things could get... interesting. The old Black Isle guard roughly re-assembling after the diaspora meeting with the Star Wars fan base and Bioware kids. There's actually nice potential for a good forum. Or absolute chaos. Though I guess for some people the two are not mutually exclusive and rather go hand-in-hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 heck, we didn't even know that you had proposed banning us... HA! sorry, but if you is holding out your status as a mod at codex as evidence that you is qualified to be a mod for obsidian, then we not think we need to respond no further. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Clearly this place and RPGcodex need to be modded differently, but that doesn't nessasarily mean he would be a bad mod here. After all, he pretty much has to do what Obsidian wants him to do, or he won't be a mod long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Paddy Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 already is threads with profanity and substantial flaming I know, but did you expect anything else of the bat? This place will settle down. No biggie. no, we expected that obsidian would let things pretty much go to hell over the weekend... sorta a test run to see how board software holds up and to see what the vandals try w/o no interference. as to this place settling down... why would you expect that? point us to a game board w/o no real moderation that is settled. and this board? HA! people with old grudges who generally not post in same places has now been thrown back together 'gain. there is the bis fans and the bio fans and there is the fallout3 folks and the bg3 folks and there is folks who hate star wars, and there is lucas fans, and it appears that they is all gonna be posting here for some time... so, what makes you think things will settle down? they is gonna get worse 'fore they get better. as to who should be a mod... fan mods are generally a waste of space. we has seen some small number who did a good job, but for the most part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitium Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 God knows that we all want the meek, the disheartened and the unwilling to lead a society, or in this case moderate a forum. What a fine display of logic. Exitium RPG Codex - the premier avant garde gaming news site. "It is more convenient to follow one's conscience than one's intelligence, for at every failure, conscience finds an excuse and an encouragement in itself. That is why there are so many conscientious and so few intelligent people." - Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 God knows that we all want the meek, the disheartened and the unwilling to lead a society, or in this case moderate a forum. What a fine display of logic. Obsidian will decide how they want this forum run, not the mods. The mods just inforce what they say. Like it or not. Its not about week or strong wills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Paddy Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Fair enough, but the people who request to be moderators might have questionable reasons for wanting it. Maybe it's just me, but I would hate to moderate a forum. Not exactly an enjoyable dispensation of my time. Therefore the only person that I can picture who'd request to be a mod is the sort that only does it for a weird sense of poweror geekish fame. Obviously there are exceptions. However I'd still rather see someone who was asked. If they're asked then we know the admins think them capable (read: not weak willed) and they also aren't doing it for thrills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Clearly this place and RPGcodex need to be modded differently, but that doesn't nessasarily mean he would be a bad mod here. After all, he pretty much has to do what Obsidian wants him to do, or he won't be a mod long. he got references of modding from some other board "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammael Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 The mods should enforce the rules; however, this has often not been the case with various IPLY/BIS forums - and, whether Obsidian likes it or not, the comparisons are inevitable. There needs to be a clearly defined policy on posting, and this policy should be available to all members rather than displayed in the obligatory "mod forum." The policy should leave little room for interpretation, and the mods should always have a clear idea of what must be done. The policy needs to be flexible enough so that people aren't banned left and right for minor transgressions, but it also needs to be strict enough to work for long-term offenders (...bluehorse...). There are no doors in Jefferson that are "special game locked" doors. There are no characters in that game that you can kill that will result in the game ending prematurely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 p.s. we do think it is funny that exit wanted us banned from codex... posting today weren't a total waste it seems.Don't you guys start going back and forth in a topic about who should mod! :D The policy should leave little room for interpretation, and the mods should always have a clear idea of what must be done. The policy needs to be flexible enough so that people aren't banned left and right for minor transgressions I very much agree I'd think Sammael would make a good mod, but I am pretty sure he'd never do it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurmal Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 For user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitium Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 he got references of modding from some other board Exitium RPG Codex - the premier avant garde gaming news site. "It is more convenient to follow one's conscience than one's intelligence, for at every failure, conscience finds an excuse and an encouragement in itself. That is why there are so many conscientious and so few intelligent people." - Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 It would be really cool if we could do this without mods. It would allow for a free-er range of speech, assuming would could cool back down after the occasional bitch-fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Here we go... Silly arguments over who'd make the best mods. Let's allow Obsidian to amke the chocie. I'd offer my services (for free!); but I'm sure many posters would hate that idea. Oh well.. I've survived this long without modship; I'll survive longer. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Ribeiro Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 there is the bis fans and the bio fans and there is the fallout3 folks and the bg3 folks and there is folks who hate star wars, and there is lucas fans, and it appears that they is all gonna be posting here for some time... so, what makes you think things will settle down? they is gonna get worse 'fore they get better. Damn, you're right. Better get some batons and tranquilizer guns in here too, fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Don't forget the riot shields, tear gas and rubber bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Don't forget the riot shields, tear gas and rubber bullets. We need to fight fire with fire. To Toy R Us for plastic lightsabers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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