Chat Thread 42: The Answer To Life, The Universe and Everyth

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon May 04, 2015 6:29 pm

For those who keep asking how to become a mod, here's how it's really done:

Blame Render for daring me to post this. *hides from Diss' wrath*

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Tue May 05, 2015 9:17 am

Hlaoroo wrote:For those who keep asking how to become a mod, here's how it's really done:

Blame Render for daring me to post this. *hides from Diss' wrath*

Perfect!

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Tue May 05, 2015 11:55 am

Ah, another piece of the puzzle.
So with that being said these are obviously the steps required.
1 Give the team a large 75 inch 4k resolution screen
2 Blackmail
3 Give diss massages
4 Render likes stuffed dolls, give him a truckfull
5 Furrhankensien is a scientist, volunteer to be a test subject for his new soda he created (hope it doesn't turn you into a fox)
6 redmail
7 greenmail
8 any other mail that seems important that is also of a color because that's somehow a thing
9 probably should buy black, red, green, and blue envelops
10 what do we put in this mail anyway?
11 ????
12 Profit
13 Wait no! gift cards, yes put the gift cards in black envelops
13 milk
14 eggs
15 cheese
16 more massages for the mod team.
17. Something, something ponies for some of the other mods.

I think this plan is fool proof.

Post by **Dissension** » Tue May 05, 2015 10:18 pm

Here's a relic of the old days.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue May 05, 2015 10:58 pm

1.) Perfect placement of Grape!

2.) Why are your name and Ebly's in italics?
3.) What section did Sleet used to mod?
4.) Where did you find that picture?

Tue May 05, 2015 11:05 pm

I can answer number 3: Sleet and I were promoted to Not the Comic mod at the same time. she then quickly got promoted to Global when one of the old globals stepped down.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue May 05, 2015 11:43 pm

If this was 2006, I would be badgering mods left and right to let me become a mod,

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed May 06, 2015 3:12 am

I'd be impressed if you could do that, Amazee, since the comic and the forums didn't exist until the latter half of 2008.

Post by **Dissension** » Wed May 06, 2015 3:55 am

Hlaoroo wrote:1.) Perfect placement of Grape! :D
2.) Why are your name and Ebly's in italics?
3.) What section did Sleet used to mod?
4.) Where did you find that picture?

1. Thank you, that's coincidental!
2. Global moderators and administrators can see users who elect to appear offline; their usernames are italicized in the active users list.
3. Sleet moderated Not the Comic. She, RandomGeekNamedBrent, and CaptainPea took over this section after I became a supermod.
4. It was in my photobucket.

As a bonus old thing, here's six-year-old fan art of Rick's dog.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed May 06, 2015 4:07 am

Dissension wrote: 2. Global moderators and administrators can see users who elect to appear offline; their usernames are italicized in the active users list.

Huh. Now I'm curious as to how many other hidden permissions the globals have that no one knows about. I had no clue that it was even possible to change the settings/permissions regarding seeing those who appear off-line. Is that a custom mod or just something that's ordinarily in phpBB?

Yay for fanart! Who drew that? If it was you, Diss, you should totally do more because that's really quite good!

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Wed May 06, 2015 9:35 am

I like that art, it is good. It is also weird to see all of the names as they were before I joined the forums.

And I bet I could beg for mod on this site in 2006, none of the mods are 8 years old. Just need to find them to beg to be a mod on a nonexistent site.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:03 pm

Well even if it didn't exist back then, I probably would have spent the most part of 2008 trying to become a mod.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:24 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:
Dissension wrote: 2. Global moderators and administrators can see users who elect to appear offline; their usernames are italicized in the active users list.
Huh. Now I'm curious as to how many other hidden permissions the globals have that no one knows about. I had no clue that it was even possible to change the settings/permissions regarding seeing those who appear off-line. Is that a custom mod or just something that's ordinarily in phpBB?

Precisely, the italicized usernames are of the members who are set as hidden. Administrators and global moderators can indeed see them. It's a default feature of phpBB.

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Well even if it didn't exist back then, I probably would have spent the most part of 2008 trying to become a mod.

You could be perfect as mod, because nothing seems to be missed from your reading, except the Roleplaying section.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Wed May 06, 2015 10:48 pm

Just came back from seeing the musical Memphis on stage, and it was great!

Post by **Sleet** » Thu May 07, 2015 10:58 am

I used to be on a forum years ago where there was this culture of members feeling like being a moderator was some rite of passage rather than a "job." There was a lot of begging.

It was awkward.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu May 07, 2015 2:41 pm

I did think about going to the roleplaying section, but I'm not good at putting together stats like an RPG. I'd much rather just jump into something with a small character sheet.

Besides, I'm sure I would suck *** at roleplaying here. ._.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:30 pm

Nintendo is making a theme park at Universal Studios.

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-is-coming-to ... Socialflow

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:32 pm

Sleet wrote:I used to be on a forum years ago where there was this culture of members feeling like being a moderator was some rite of passage rather than a "job." There was a lot of begging.

It was awkward.

Sounds like a bunch of those types who crave titles only to feel important and couldn't care less for the responsibilities positions of authority entail.

Always poor leadership material.

Post by **Dissension** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:51 pm

Here's another blast from the past!

Thu May 07, 2015 3:54 pm

I remember those days.
or pretty close to them cause I didn't join until 2 weeks after that screenshot

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Thu May 07, 2015 7:02 pm

Sleet wrote:I used to be on a forum years ago where there was this culture of members feeling like being a moderator was some rite of passage rather than a "job." There was a lot of begging.

It was awkward.

I remember a forum I was on where people were made mods because they were just friends and "important" members. Kind of like that actually, though with that, we just had major issues.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Thu May 07, 2015 7:39 pm

I've heard of a mod that once banned people just for having similar Avatars to his.

Needless to say, he was removed from power rather quick when they found out, and eventually banned from the forum because he just caused so much trouble.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu May 07, 2015 9:14 pm

Wow, Jeff. That sounds bad. I'm glad he got removed. I hope they were able to repair the damage he did.

Drake wrote:
Sleet wrote:I used to be on a forum years ago where there was this culture of members feeling like being a moderator was some rite of passage rather than a "job." There was a lot of begging.

It was awkward.
I remember a forum I was on where people were made mods because they were just friends and "important" members. Kind of like that actually, though with that, we just had major issues.

Wow. Those sound like recipes for disaster.

Saturn381 wrote:Nintendo is making a theme park at Universal Studios.

http://kotaku.com/nintendo-is-coming-to ... Socialflow

Huh. Why would Universal Studios do that? Have they had some prior deal with Nintendo that I don't know about?

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I did think about going to the roleplaying section, but I'm not good at putting together stats like an RPG. I'd much rather just jump into something with a small character sheet.

Besides, I'm sure I would suck *** at roleplaying here. ._.

I'm sure you'd do fine in the RPs. They do involve a bit of work but it's well worth it for the enjoyment one can derive. If you like creative writing then you'll like the RPs. The stats aren't hard to work out either. You just work out your character's strengths and weaknesses and apply the stats accordingly. The stats are always the last thing I work out for my characters. You can also ask any GM or RP mod for help working out your characters. For the most part the RPs here are very different to RPGs like D&D so the stats are more a guide to how your character acts rather than set-in-stone rules.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu May 07, 2015 10:44 pm

Don't give the position of CEO of an interplanetary weapons corporation to a baby or your gun stash will be raided by vault hunters! Nepotism is baddddddd.

Fri May 08, 2015 12:12 am

Hlaoroo wrote:Huh. Why would Universal Studios do that? Have they had some prior deal with Nintendo that I don't know about?

why does any company do anything? it'll get them more money. Nintendo is an untapped market as far as theme parks go, and it's one that'll likely prove fruitful. They just need to replace one or two of their less popular attractions and they'll bring in more patrons. I know I want to go (but to be fair that's mostly cause A) I've been there before and it;s awesome and B) I haven't been since they opened Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express)

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Fri May 08, 2015 12:14 am

Hlaoroo wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:I did think about going to the roleplaying section, but I'm not good at putting together stats like an RPG. I'd much rather just jump into something with a small character sheet.

Besides, I'm sure I would suck *** at roleplaying here. ._.
I'm sure you'd do fine in the RPs. They do involve a bit of work but it's well worth it for the enjoyment one can derive. If you like creative writing then you'll like the RPs. The stats aren't hard to work out either. You just work out your character's strengths and weaknesses and apply the stats accordingly. The stats are always the last thing I work out for my characters. You can also ask any GM or RP mod for help working out your characters. For the most part the RPs here are very different to RPGs like D&D so the stats are more a guide to how your character acts rather than set-in-stone rules.

And another positive addition is that I and some other people are on those forums. So you know it's going to be a fun time
(I really can't be that self centered and selfless. But really, it isn't to bad, once you get past the one bit on stats, its all pretty simple and you can make as many characters as you want, no one is pressuring you. There seems to be something for everyone there)

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri May 08, 2015 12:27 am

I doubt it for me but its nice to make one feel welcome like that.

I'm into slapstick and toilet humor as I grew up watching Disney movies pretty much. Though there seems to be a TON of toilet humor in the Games board.

Finally, I doubt that I will ever become anything here. Especially when a mod messages you and tells you that you are post flooding and its annoying and makes him not want to post on the forum.

Fri May 08, 2015 12:43 am

it wasn't that you were post flooding, it's that most of the post flood was off topic. If you'll notice, Foxstar post floods whenever he gets on.
but in the RP section, as long as you're in character and not controlling someone else's character, you're on topic.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Fri May 08, 2015 8:22 am

Hlaoroo wrote: Huh. Why would Universal Studios do that? Have they had some prior deal with Nintendo that I don't know about?

Yes, but not since a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the 1980s.

RandomgeeknamedBrent wrote:it wasn't that you were post flooding, it's that most of the post flood was off topic. If you'll notice, Foxstar post floods whenever he gets on.
but in the RP section, as long as you're in character and not controlling someone else's character, you're on topic.

The week I joined, I made over 200 posts, so post-flooding isn't too uncommon from me.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:32 pm

True. I guess it was the way that he worded it. I deleted it, but he asked if I enjoyed post-flooding, then said to stop posting so much after he posted because it annoyed him and made him want to post less.

Oh. I guess I didn't have to cut back on posting after all. Just not post a lot after he does.

Post by **Obbl** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:26 pm

I think it just comes down to how often you seem to post in direct response to the last poster, which (about as often as not) makes your post really off-topic (because it's tangent off of someone else's tangent) or kind of unnecessary (like a "yeah, that's a good post" post, which are fine in moderation but could be annoying to Foxstar if he gets 15 of those in response to his post flood). So it's not the flood but the aggregate "on-topic-ness" of the flood that's important (especially if you're going to flood respond to someone's flood posting

)

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:55 pm

Yeah that makes a lot more sense.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:56 pm

Pretty much my entire tenure as a Housepetter has consisted of considering joining the RP forum and ultimately deciding on not doing it. XP

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:59 pm

Why did you never join, Sleet? I'm sure you'd bee good at it.

Post by **Dissension** » Mon May 11, 2015 12:28 am

That section's historically caused a lot of unnecessary drama. Before the turn of the decade, some mods lobbied Rick to shut it down but Buck promised to fix things.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon May 11, 2015 11:35 am

RPing always has that unnecessary drawback. I find it impossible to get through without causing at leas one unnecessary drawback, especially if you are RPing fro ma romantic POV.

I doubt i'll ever roleplay again. Use to roleplay on GameFaqs. X3

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon May 11, 2015 5:21 pm

I do recall you mentioning that in the past, Diss, but I think 99.9% of those issues are gone now though. I think the RPs these days are lots of fun and quite harmless. The only issues these days arise from it being a cooperative effort and a commitment.

GreatKitsune wrote:Yes, but not since a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the 1980s.

There was a lawsuit? I'm woefully ignorant of the game industry.

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:30 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:
GreatKitsune wrote:Yes, but not since a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the 1980s.
There was a lawsuit? I'm woefully ignorant of the game industry.

Universal sued Nintendo for making Donkey Kong games (they claimed it infringed on their copyright of King Kong). In the end, a court discovered Universal didn't own King Kong's copyright, just it's ENT rights, so Universal had to drop the case and reimburse Nintendo.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:46 pm

Diss i wanna know more about the dramas! Please tell me! If you can't say anything here, PM please.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:44 pm

It also kinda developed its own "culture" and I worry I'd be kinda like an outsider.