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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 08:32
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The mod alert button is not there, and since tomorrow it has never existed anyway. Until further notice, let your favorite mod or admin know when a thread has gone terribly awry by email. Instant message works too, although we make no guarantees about instantaneity. Call by phone if you have a number. Even regular mail with paper and mailmen (who may bear some resemblance to someone) is fine if you're not in much of a hurry. Showing up in person to let the mod or admin know may or may not be appreciated depending on who you are, who they are, and whether or not you are armed. Faxes are much better. Smoke signals are probably sub-optimal. —Alorael, who is willing to evaluate other media for communicating dangerous posts on a case by case basis. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 08:46
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Quick note. This is suboptimal as well, unless your objective was to have an angry mod come after you with a shotgun. [ Friday, September 08, 2006 08:46: Message edited by: Drow ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 08:53
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That extends to other mods, too. *glares at Alorael* Edit: Minus the shotgun. Because sniping Alorael would be like spamming Scott Richter. [ Friday, September 08, 2006 08:55: Message edited by: Drow ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 09:07
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But... I wanted an angry mod after me with a shotgun! —Alorael, who also has to deliver an official warning against double posting. That is not acceptable on Spiderweb. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 09:38
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Out of curiosity, why was the mod alert button removed? -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 09:44
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Because pressing it repeatedly does something equivalent to the code snippet above, and someone did so on one of the Geneforge board. He is lucky. It could have been General... -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 10:57
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The real reason is, of course, that undo alarm over posts causes indigestion, and none of us indigestion. The alert button was really only rarely used, and when it was used it was generally unnecessary. When it was necessary it was usually used to the point of spam, as Aran says. —Alorael, who thinks a good addendum is that alerting people is only necessary in the case of extremely and immediately horrifying or illegal content. The mods do read the boards regularly and will probably notice anything that's just, say, OM being OM. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Friday, September 8 2006 13:53
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If you really need to alert a mod, use email or a PM. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 17:06
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quote:THat sounded kind of sad. In the old days, our outlaws used to have style. In snow, uphill both--- wait, that didn't make sense. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 18:02
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Is vanilla style? I had a dream sometime ago where I posted a topic in General which said: 'Vanilla. I like vanilla.' and then I got banned for 3 months because of that. It was kind of an annoying dream. I mean, come on, three months for vanilla? Talk about unfair. The banned forum did have some lousy quests to do meanwhile, but apparently they were all boring and I didn't bother to finish them. Couldn't even switch to my #1000 account, because the main page would just throw me onto some fake Desperance site (it was much too pretty and polite to be the real thing). Okay, so I just wanted to tell that finally, and it sort of can fit. If you squint and look at it from the side. ^^ -------------------- "I'm not crazy!" "Well, whatever. Maybe you just ate something really questionable, or perhaps someone hit you on the head with something large, blunt and heavy just now. By the way..." Gil nudged Grul pointedly. Ooh! Homepage - Blog - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Friday, September 8 2006 18:42
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quote:If you don't know, you don't need to know. :P -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, September 8 2006 20:36
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I was going to say TM being TM, but TM's posts were generally overlooked by moderators and he's no longer around to be an example. Yes, our standards of antagonism have fallen. —Alorael, who things this calls for a new show. Now casting for Spiderweb's Next TM! Sign up today! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 00:49
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quote:Haha... :) Wait. quote:Make that: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 05:08
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quote:Somebody get me this guy's mom's number. (Oh, I feel really dirty now. Only for the use of Americanisms though... I mean "mom"?! Come on!!) -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? *Name by Slarty, so blame him if it's filthy... Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 07:39
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<3 you guys for giving us access to your email adresses. Posts: 97 | Registered: Saturday, August 9 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 09:35
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It's always a sad day when someone starts having delusions of plurality. —Alorael, who sadly thinks OM cannot be the next TM despite all his efforts. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 11:29
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The whole self-proclaimed-martyr thing is a tad conceited, no? -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, September 9 2006 19:04
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 Ironic? But likely not. :/ [/meaninglesspost] -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, September 11 2006 14:54
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^ For all those Americans sneaking into Mexico. Seriously why aren't there more? -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 11 2006 17:12
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Probably because of poor engineering. The border needs more bandwidth. —Alorael, who is sure someone can beat the outdated 1,951 miles that has been the border's capacity for the last century and a half. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, September 11 2006 21:03
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Just use better buses, like USB or FireWire. [ Monday, September 11, 2006 21:06: Message edited by: Drow ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, September 12 2006 12:52
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There's something to tack onto the push for net neutrality. The border should not offer priveleged passage to those who can pay more. Remember, while you may cross in a big truck, the border is actually tubes! —Alorael, who thinks this has been pushed farther than it should go. He is happy about this fact. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |