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  3. Posted

    Grebe, let's say you worked on a website, for free, and dedicated a lot of your time to keeping things in order. Then all of a sudden a large decision was made and you weren't consulted at all, left out as a matter of fact. How would you feel?

     

    Lets say you work on a website and its forum, for free, and dedicated a lot of your time to keep things in order but everyday people just moan and moan and moan and moan and goddamn moan! How would you feel?

     

    Runtse dug SHANG-DEE, ching DAIwuhtzo. Thats how I feel.

  4. Posted

    All I can say it's a shame that Offerman left.

     

    Ash, I truly respect you, but Jordan has a good point. There's less of a gap between administrators and moderators than the analogy you presented.

     

    Maybe there is, analogies are often slightly elaborated to make a point. But if the gap was perhaps as close as Jordan believed, he should have happily contacted us privatly expressing his concerns. Im not trying to say "Jordan is acting badly", just he could have handled it better. As I said, he was a darn good mod.

     

    Sorry Jordan, that sounded like I was talking as if you werent here but you know what I mean.

     

    Oh and Coo, I have eaten cake tonight. Was good. I encourage everyone to. Good shit.

  5. Posted

    .. I thought you were the better speller of the two motley Admin crew as well.

     

    For shame.

     

    I wouldn't say Offerman was misogynistic, far from it, he loves them and would no doubt like to worm his penis into a warm young willing soft asshole.

     

    Dude misogynistic is a crazily spelt word, you can't blame me :P

     

    And we received complains, we couldn't just reason "oh he just wants to get laid" because who doesn't. Sure I'd love to be fucked right now but I don't go round offending everyone. Yes "thats the way he is" but he could have toned it down a bit, mods are supposed to set a good example.

     

    And Jordan I havn't seen the list. But we would have listened, so don't go being snipey. Its a bad colour. I hope you can reconsider, you were a good mod but needed not all the work. Its not like we demodded you because you weren't working, we just didnt want to spread you all over the place.

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    In my eyes, i've been here long enough to judge if people would do the job., and i feel they don't.

     

    If the admin's seem to think they can do all this stuff without even consulting the mod team, then i see no point in being around. In the past, we were all asked on our opinions. Not any more it seems.

     

    And if we asked your opinion it would have been...?

     

    And the "in the past we..." thing ain't gonna fly. Things change. If you felt strongly about what has happened you should have not flung it out here, you should have discussed it in the forum chat. Its a shame you've left us because yes, you did do a lot of work but we felt having about three mods across all the forums isn't the best way of running this place.

  8. Posted

    Don't be so sure... The point is, we old mods weren't even told who was going to be chosen. We had no say.

     

    To use a work environment analogy, do shop assistants have a choice in who is hired?

     

    To answer a few of the questions.

     

    Several people were demodded because they were not doing the work, which is largely due to the fact they have had busy social lives/work lives/personal lives/whatever. Its not like they didn't turn up for one day and we demodded them.

     

    No new admins because we don't need new admins. Admins aren't here to lock and edit every post/thread that needs it, obviously they do some but the idea is they oversee it. The admins felt that some mods weren't pulling their weight (due to, as said, other commitments) and we shouldn't have to pick up the extra stuff, hence the new people.

     

    The new people were chosen because of their post quality, their seeming knowledge of the rules and their general attitude. We can't "test" potential mods, to see if they'll be any good, we can only hope our instincts are right.

     

    Offerman was demodded from General because he didn't appear to be doing much work and to be honest, we have received complaints about his masogonistic nature. We still found him a vaulable admin of Tech because he is very helpful there, its a shame he left the way he did.

  9. Posted

    Did anyone else get forced to change their password today by the forums because it's been in use for 66 days?

     

    Mods get that, as you're both new mods it'll be like that. Think mods is every 60ish days, admins every 30. Its a security thing.

  10. Posted

    Id imagine there will be short supplies, but I think it'll be even worse than the PSP has been for the last few months to get hold of. I think "relaunch" is just a fancy way of saying "big supply", but I think maybe Microsoft might re-pimp it round April. Would have to be an interesting campaign "You can now actually buy the xbox 360, we've finally made enough stock!"

  12. Posted

    yeah, but depending on the rumors of more stock week by week till xmas, i think there could be alot of xbox 360 on ebay, but you'll always get your money back.

     

    Dunno about those rumours but we were told by "the microsoft lady" (as shes been dubbed) that they are planning a 'relaunch' in April. Dunno if that means they just won't be doing any new stock until then, or if there'll be a trickle until then and in April there will be a huge delivery. Either way its gonna be tricky.

     

    Oh and I kinda played one today. Was wondering round Comet and there was a pod. Started a game of Kameo but took too long to go past all the intros and such and a kid wanted a go so I let him. Looked okay, the pad felt kinda...dunno. Slightly rougher than normal plastic, not rough, but rougher than smooth.

  13. Posted

    I think it should be done so we can edit thread titles and the new name displays on the forum(doesn't let you now). Its annoying cause say you made a spelling mistake, or you want to put new information in the thread

    e.g.

    'Xbox 360 Official thread - New Halo 3 screens page 54'

     

    Please, if Halo 3 screens were released there would be four threads about it :P

     

    Anywho. Ive looked and kind find anything under the "Post / Thread Permissions", or anything similar in others. Oddly apparently mods and registered users have the same Post/Thread permissions.

  14. Posted

    One problem I've noticed.

     

    I have to use a microfliter to connect it all. So I connect the microfilter to the phone line, the phone into the phone socket and then if I:

     

    a) connect the router into the DSL the "ADSL link light" shows up, which apparently it needs to but then the modem isn't connected, thus wont connect to the internet

    b) connect the modem I can connect, but then the router won't...route.

     

    So I tried using the two microfilters I have (one with the router, one with the modem) so that I could connect two DSL lines. However whicheven one connects to the microfilter that connects to the phone line is the one that works. So if I connect the router to the first microfilter the router works, and if I connect the modem to the microfilter then that works. They won't both work together.

  15. Posted

    I know people on here like anime, so thought I'd share this:

     

    http://www.theworks-art-books-music.com/shop/product.php?xProd=1455&xSec=46

    http://www.theworks-art-books-music.com/shop/product.php?xProd=1512&xSec=46

     

    They're like boxsets that are repacked but the discs are the same. Just wondering which might be the best to go for, cause im interested in watching more anime.

     

    Oh and they're exclusive to The Works. They might be in the shops as well, but could be a web-only thing.

  17. Posted

    Just an overall thank you for the nice words from pretty much everyone except for EM's rather ambigious "[15.15.15]" which im curious about.

     

    I do have a tendancy to overtype, the words just take over. Happens in my blogs all the time. Sorry if I overtalked, especially where I drifted off to pointlessness.

     

    My little brother is 16 tomorrow Katie. Hes in his last year of school and I dunno how long this is gonna last. If nothing happens of it then maybe it will blow over, but if it goes further I think he may have to deal until he finishes school. I dunno whether hes going to college or what but at least college is a more mature place, people are less judgemental from my experience.

     

    Jordan, hes 21. He is very immature and naive but hopefully as you say this experience may make him grow up a bit, he may finally see his actions have consequences.

     

    I wish I could hate him as much as I want to, cut my ties and all that but that won't help my mom. She hated him because he has always been such a dick to my mom, even when she tries to help. I dunno what her stance is now, she is supportive of him and all that but I dunno whats going on in her head. Gonna stop typing because all the kind words, replaying of events and emotional music (damn you Sarah McLachlan :P) is just getting to me. Cheers dudes and dudettes, I appreciate it all.

  18. Posted

    I dunno what the point of this thread is to be perfectly honest. I don't know if you care about what im about to spew out in my moderatly drunkish state (only had 2 double vodka lime and lemonades but drank them quickly), nor do I know if I care about whether you care or not (gee don't I sound arrogant). Just kind of wanted to share, because to share is to care.

     

    So anyway, enough of the dull intro. My brother-thing, brother, Richard. That person who came out of the same woman as me. Whatever the hell im actually referring to him as, I don't know any more. On the one hand I still hate him, for all the shit he's put the family through. Not just since this started but his whole 21 years of "fuck you" attitude. Hes self-centered and immature nature has surrounded us for most of that time. He was so shite to me until he was 18 (so 15 years), used to "practice" wrestling on me and just generally be shitty to me. Then he got blindingly drunk on his 18, apologised and kinda kept to it for a few months, then reverted.

     

    Then about two years ago...yeah must be. My parents and younger brother went on holiday and we were left together. He often had his girlfriend round and she complained that she felt unwelcome but to be honest, why should I welcome her? They were fucking in the living room while I was sat upstairs and he even said to me "its not often we get the house to ourselves." and I just replied "you don't, IM STILL HERE!" so thats no so relevent. But anyway in July when my parents went on holiday again; this time with close family friends and my nan, I thought it'd be the same all over again (sans girlfriend) but nope, much less fun.

     

    Little background. Hes always been a bit too keen on girls, anything with a pretty face. Back in year 10 (so i was 15/16 and he was 18/19) it started, people I know coming up to me saying my brother tried to flirt with them. First it started with the school's slut, but then built up. To this day when someone says "I saw your brother the other day..." I worry a little bit. Ive become used to laughing it off, I have a very non-chalent attitude and he has very bad chat up lines.

     

    So back to July of this year. July 27th. My parents et al went off on their holiday while I got up at silly am (as it became known) and went to work at...Shrewsbury I think. This summer I travelled round the county helping Woolworths re-merch (and then I go get fired by them, nice pay back for the 85 hours of over time I did for them in August, but different story). It was a pretty good day, several of us had lunch together and had strawberries and our old head of entertainment was in cause she now works for EUK. So all was fine and dandy until I got home.

     

    My brother (seems like im settling for "my brother") was waiting in the doorway and then hit me with it. "I don't know what you've heard but some girls..." forget the quote, basically accused him of being a bit too handsy. Wasn't the first time and hes been to court about it before but let off for lack of evidence. It seems like theres either a) a group of girls out to get him or b) a little pact in my town that if someone gets gropey with you say its my brother. Anyway, then he told me the police had taken the computers to find evidence, all computers. The family's, my little brother's and mine. Which I saved up for and spent a great deal of money on. Which I had some work on and which obviously had all my files, bookmarks, photoshop brushes etc. They also raped everything, they took the router, the modem, the bloody USB cables!

     

    So I tried to phone the station but was put on hold for five minutes. To be fair they wouldn't have given two shits. So I went round my "grown up" friends house. Hes only three or four years older but very mature and I explained and just broke down. I was a mess, could barely finish a sentence without tearing up. I was just broken. So he hugged me and consoled me and let me take a breather and offered to take me to the station but I decided I was in no state. So the next bet was the pub. He said I should ring some more people, so I rang my best friend and his finacee (also a friend) as I figured they'd be all mature about it.

     

    So we went to the pub and I told them, again with the tears. But anyway I think im getting lost, this aint a blog. So next two weeks I had to deal with it, cause he wouldn't. Then anyway, my mom bought a new computer for me and my little brother (oh Richard moved out to some about two weeks after) and we had to get Virgin internet cause theres no 12 month contract and I've had to pay for that cause my mom's money is tight.

     

    Sorry, blogging again. I dunno. Basically, its been five months, nearly exactly and last week he was arrested because they found "evidence", what I don't know exactly. But hes on repremand until Friday when he'll appear in court, probably going back in repremand until a proper trial which could be a year away. Should be getting the PCs back soon but I think they're going to wipe them. If they found evidence of say child porn (dunno if they did) then they're gonna wanna wipe that. Which I dont blame them but its damn annoying.

     

    And it was on a local radio station....Wednesday it was. Named and everything and a few people we know have heard. They're shocked and behind us but its still... hmm. My little brother is in high school and is getting bullied because of it because kids are shite. Especially at that age. And I just feel sorry for him because this hasn't been easy on us, any of us. I just wish it never happened (well dur) but its just something thats gonna affect me for life. I know its self centered to think of myself but well fuck it. I wanna be moderatly well known, cause I still plan to create a TV show and I dunno, have visions of this all beind splattered across the sun.

     

    Swapped rooms with my little brother which im kinda glad of because it has haunting memories, or made up ones. I just have this image whenever im in there. On movies and such (its on a Killers video) where kinda ghostly figures of past appear round you. I picture the police just being in my room. Seeing my photos of friends on the walls, seeing the emotional note my mom left befoe she went on holiday. Hell even seeing my boxers I left on the floor. So thats one room haunted.

     

    Richard's room is haunted with the image of my mom - the day he was arrested last week...two weeks ago? Whenever it was. He phoned her and asked to bring some stuff and I went with her to his room and she was running in auto, I could tell she wanted to break down but was holding it together. And I just feel sorry for her, shes an ace mom and she doesnt deserve this, nobody does really.

     

    And this thread? I dunno, im not looking for sympathy or "sorry to hear"s (i'd appreciate it, dont get me wrong. im not ungrateful but im not scrouging for them) but more theraputic. Ive tied as much as I can. As Veronica Mars (so i love that show perhaps a bit too much) said tidying is very theraputic "because for a few short minutes you're in control." But now I need to splurt. Im dropping out of college (cant handle the work load on top of work and whats going on, its okay thought cause it was filler til Uni in sept) on Monday but may see if I can still go see the support peopley thing. Theres got to be someone I can just go talk to because I need somone I dont know, someone to spew to and for advice. I want to be strong on the surface but im sinking toward depression. I can feel it and I dont want it.

     

    So yeah, if you managed to read that essay, well done. Hell im going to bed (well watch Buffy) now. I may wake up tomorrow and delete this thread. Ive gotten it out of my system which is something I needed. Whether its the right outlet, I dunno. We'll see. Thanks to those who read and some people may annoy me at times (constant moaning, but in a kinda "gotta love em" way) I do love this community. Its a nice place at the end of the day. So anyway im stopping now! I promise! See, done.

  19. Posted

    I have four grandparents. The one grandad is, lets say "old fashioned" and keeps telling me to do silly stuff like learn spanish, join the army and right a book. He annoys me kind of but still love him in that grandparenty kinda way. The rest all rock, especially my mom's mom cause shes so ace.

  23. Posted

    Tried to set it up and on the non-host (word fails me) computer it says its connected to a Netgear router (wirelessly of course) and that all is dandy, but nothing is loading up. No webpages or anything. Other things that access the internet (eg MSN) says its not connected, but the wirless adaptor thing says we are. Stupid thing.

  24. Posted

    I didn't watch it because its so damn repetative. And never plan to watch that particular episode anyway as I heart Tony Head is in a thong, or some kind of skimpy underwear and that'll just ruin him on Buffy for me.

  25. Posted

    A top selling game just for around the christmas month? It will definitly be a 360 title, huge demand so close to christmas realy gives it a very good chance. If it does, it will most probably be a racing title.

     

    Huge demand, teeny tiny stock (well of the console itself). Unless everyone who gets an Xbox gets 10 copies of PDZ then it won't be happening.

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