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01-09-2009, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Come on people, can you please at least try to be civilized?
You really don't have to respond to fire with fire. You don't have to bicker with trolls. You don't have to trade insults for 150 posts in a row and then act shocked if you feel like the wrong person or people in an asinine ten page juvenile insult exchange got put on time out. We've cleaned house here before and it really reduced the problems for a long time, but we'd really rather people learned to be civilized on their own this time.
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01-09-2009, 12:31 PM
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#2
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Hell
Posts: 189
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Prepare to be flamed Gnet
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01-09-2009, 12:32 PM
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#3
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 1,138
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We were working fine as a society until somebody interrupted...
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01-09-2009, 12:37 PM
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#4
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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What? This is a society? And here I was thinking I was on an internet forum.
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01-09-2009, 12:41 PM
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#5
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 2,670
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Civilization was boring. That's why our ancestors (well, those of Western and Eastern European descent) burned Rome to the ground.
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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01-09-2009, 12:43 PM
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#6
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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And then we were cast in the Dark Ages for a thousand years! Hooray, Darkness!
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01-09-2009, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 2,670
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And then we became gawffik.
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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01-09-2009, 12:48 PM
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#8
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 523
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I just got called a gerbil killing poisonous bad influence. It made me smile a little.
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I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either.
I was a vegetarian until I lost my virginity, and a wise man said to me 'do you not feel guilty now, having had all that meat inside you?'
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01-09-2009, 12:49 PM
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#9
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 2,670
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Gerbils are cute
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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01-09-2009, 12:56 PM
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#10
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 523
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I know! I'd never hurt a poor defenceless creature! The attempted insult came from a jealous female. My mate finally stood up to the drunken, suicide attempting whore. She blames me for him finally growing some balls lol.
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I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either.
I was a vegetarian until I lost my virginity, and a wise man said to me 'do you not feel guilty now, having had all that meat inside you?'
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01-09-2009, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 1,311
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It's because they're bored, Gothic.net. Give us more fiction. Or something else to do here besides bicker at each other. Some editorials would be cool.
The blog is cool but movie trailers and SoM tickets? Please devote more time to Gnet the entity. (i even said please this time)
i think i've asked before but are you Amelia, Forrest, or someone they hired? Just curious.
Ok i'm done.
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01-09-2009, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
Posts: 1,044
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You would make my time here worthwhile if you banned:
Sangiune heart
Unimatrix00
Rather than banning a person who actually contributed to these forums.
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The Overture To The Symphony Of Destruction.
I am the Antiproduct!
There is, they say, no fool like an old fool - Golding.
" All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - Orwell.
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01-09-2009, 02:55 PM
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#13
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 1,830
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Dear moderator/ admin/ whoever the heck is masquerading under there,
what about actually showing us that you care? I mean, I´ve been sticking around for a while, and it was a lot better around here when we actually knew that there were mods around who cared, and who posted actively in the forums themselves. I care about these forums, that´s why I´m actually spending my precious time replying to this; it´s the reason I´ve stayed here for so long. Perhaps, just showing everyone that the staff also cares about what´s happening on the site on a regular basis might be just what´s needed? You know, "all you need is love", right? Actually banning the damned trolls before they start their rule of mayhem usually works perfectly well, in my experience (and I have been moderator -and- administrator of rather large forums myself pretty much constantly since I was thirteen years old. That´s quite a while ago). The way this site is run today is completely fucked up. Why should we care if -you- guys apparently don´t give a damn?
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However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
- The Cure, "Love Song"
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01-09-2009, 02:57 PM
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#14
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,036
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Ban Necrophagist.
And i agree with Minyaliel.
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"I've an idea. Why don't we play a little game. Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. Just for a while. What do you say? Let's pretend we're human. Oh, brother, it's such a long time since I was with anyone who got enthusiastic about anything."
― Jack Osborne
add me on
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01-09-2009, 03:07 PM
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#15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Your mother.
Posts: 1,044
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Ban Geo, she is lame.
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The Overture To The Symphony Of Destruction.
I am the Antiproduct!
There is, they say, no fool like an old fool - Golding.
" All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - Orwell.
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01-09-2009, 03:08 PM
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#16
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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Just ban the ones that deserve it. You two take it to pm, will ya?
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01-09-2009, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Minyaliel
it was a lot better around here when we actually knew that there were mods around who cared, and who posted actively in the forums themselves.
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That's a lie. I hated when they entered a thread, posited their argument in a condescending way, and then declared THREAD CLOSED.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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01-09-2009, 03:13 PM
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#18
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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The forum functions much better as an open community that resolves its own issues, do you really need to be told when you should and when you shouldn't post and what those posts should contain? Have a little confidence in your own judgment.
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01-09-2009, 03:13 PM
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#19
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 1,830
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Jillian - I guess that is a matter of personal opinion. You might think so, I still think active mods are a good thing. No need to call me a liar.
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However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
- The Cure, "Love Song"
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01-09-2009, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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True, I didn't like my phrasing. It makes me sound falsely objective. But you get my drift.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
Quote:
Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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01-09-2009, 03:16 PM
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#21
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 1,138
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I prefer it unmoderated. That way, there isn't a specific person in power to whom people can suck up to and attempt to manipulate. More often than not, where there's power, there's corruption.
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01-09-2009, 03:17 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In the Desert
Posts: 4,270
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So true.....
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01-09-2009, 03:18 PM
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#23
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jack_the_knife
there's corruption.
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This is also true. While we're not in danger of a Maoist land reform policy or a Fourth Reich, there are plenty of up-their-own-ass moderators on the internet who close threads and ban people because someone said that something they said was silly or said that a band they like is shit. Moderators are really quite worthless on an internet forum, just a needless obstacle.
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01-09-2009, 04:23 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: hell
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
You really don't have to respond to fire with fire. You don't have to bicker with trolls. You don't have to trade insults for 150 posts in a row and then act shocked if you feel like the wrong person or people in an asinine ten page juvenile insult exchange got put on time out. We've cleaned house here before and it really reduced the problems for a long time, but we'd really rather people learned to be civilized on their own this time.
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Its true the best wasy to get rid of them is to ignor them and wait for a mod or admin to fix the problem.
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01-09-2009, 05:34 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mind Freak
Its true the best wasy to get rid of them is to ignor them and wait for a mod or admin to fix the problem.
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Waiting for a higher authority to solve our problem? NEVER!
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
Quote:
Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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