I'm not complaining about the staff!

Well, maybe. Stop letting people make posts that are just quotes from other people. It is so god damn stupid it makes my head hurt, unless it's a "What's your favorite this or that" thread. Then it's just lazy. I mean, christ, you can't type out what your favorite icecream is? All you have the energy to do is press quote and then press enter?
But what's the WORST is when people do it in, like actual discussion threads, or eoeo help threads. No one cares that you agree with whatever smitty said down to a very tee you can't elaborate on it one bit. You don't have anything to say, don't talk. Especially not in helping threads. "Hmm, that smitty has some good ideas, but I don't know... Oh, here's what he said again, only it's centered in a quote box. I'll do it!"

There has got to be some secret underground way to keep track of post counts, and a place where these people talk about how cool they are, that I don't know about, and that's why people do it. Otherwise I have NO IDEA why someone would do that, other than pure laziness.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. I sure hope not.

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

Well, maybe. Stop letting people make posts that are just quotes from other people. It is so god damn stupid it makes my head hurt, unless it's a "What's your favorite this or that" thread. Then it's just lazy. I mean, christ, you can't type out what your favorite icecream is? All you have the energy to do is press quote and then press enter?
But what's the WORST is when people do it in, like actual discussion threads, or eoeo help threads. No one cares that you agree with whatever smitty said down to a very tee you can't elaborate on it one bit. You don't have anything to say, don't talk. Especially not in helping threads. "Hmm, that smitty has some good ideas, but I don't know... Oh, here's what he said again, only it's centered in a quote box. I'll do it!"

There has got to be some secret underground way to keep track of post counts, and a place where these people talk about how cool they are, that I don't know about, and that's why people do it. Otherwise I have NO IDEA why someone would do that, other than pure laziness.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. I sure hope not.

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See! Bleys agrees.
But I HATE HIM anyway.

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

Well, maybe. Stop letting people make posts that are just quotes from other people. It is so god damn stupid it makes my head hurt, unless it's a "What's your favorite this or that" thread. Then it's just lazy. I mean, christ, you can't type out what your favorite icecream is? All you have the energy to do is press quote and then press enter?
But what's the WORST is when people do it in, like actual discussion threads, or eoeo help threads. No one cares that you agree with whatever smitty said down to a very tee you can't elaborate on it one bit. You don't have anything to say, don't talk. Especially not in helping threads. "Hmm, that smitty has some good ideas, but I don't know... Oh, here's what he said again, only it's centered in a quote box. I'll do it!"

There has got to be some secret underground way to keep track of post counts, and a place where these people talk about how cool they are, that I don't know about, and that's why people do it. Otherwise I have NO IDEA why someone would do that, other than pure laziness.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. I sure hope not.

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Kane makes me a sad panda. :cry:

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Originally Posted by Yamaneko

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I'm not a fan of someone who quotes and doesn't expand with any of their own thoughts at all, although I'm sure that I'm guilty of doing that a few times myself, but I don't see any way that you can stop someone from doing something like that so it should be something that just gets chalked up to being a pet peeve.

EDIT: Or we can ban them. :)

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

There has got to be some secret underground way to keep track of post counts, and a place where these people talk about how cool they are, that I don't know about, and that's why people do it.

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Yep, pretty much.

People are going to quote others out of laziness, and that they might agree fully with what is said. Yes, it's annoying. No, I don't think it should be disallowed, but if someone's going to quote someone, they better have something to add, especially in the serious forums such as EoEO.

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Originally Posted by Leeza

EDIT: Or we can ban them. :)

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But Leeza, I do that all the time. Would you ban me? :cry:

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Originally Posted by Yamaneko

But Leeza, I do that all the time. Would you ban me? :cry:

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It's great you guys are ignoring me. 8-) Real great.

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Originally Posted by Leeza

I'm not a fan of someone who quotes and doesn't expand with any of their own thoughts at all, although I'm sure that I'm guilty of doing that a few times myself, but I don't see any way that you can stop someone from doing something like that so it should be something that just gets chalked up to being a pet peeve.

EDIT: Or we can ban them. :)

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I'm sure there's some way to put them in a group that turns whenever they use the quote button or tags into a big rant about how much they suck. You make special user groups for pretty much anything else someone can do wrong. :O

Edit: Oh, sorry pr00t. Do you do that a lot or something? See, that's another thing! You can't notice someone if all they post is someone else's words! People don't usually read big long quotes if they've already read the post it's from, unless it's a point by point counter argument. You don't want people to skip your posts, do you pr00t?!

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

It's great you guys are ignoring me. 8-) Real great.

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I'd say it's more of a "super" kind of thing than a "great" thing. :)

I say we put Kane in the "No New Threads For Me" ban.

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

I'm sure there's some way to put them in a group that turns whenever they use the quote button or tags into a big rant about how much they suck. You make special user groups for pretty much anything else someone can do wrong. :O

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Okay lets make that group. Then we can make a group for people who complain about things we can't control and put YOU in it. :D

So...we've had suggestions for Kane in no new threads for me, Kane in people who complain about things we can't control and he's currently in no sig for me.

I demand that Kane be put into Eizon Leaders!

EDIT: actually put him in admins. He'd probably ban me but EoFF could do with some crazy action for once.

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

People are going to quote others out of laziness, and that they might agree fully with what is said. Yes, it's annoying. No, I don't think it should be disallowed, but if someone's going to quote someone, they better have something to add, especially in the serious forums such as EoEO.

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I agree with you that EoEO should have more than just a quote, but the members that make the quote are maybe someone who are not very good with expressing themselves on the particular topic and at the same time want the thread starter to know that they are still supporting them in whatever small way that they can.

EDIT: Yams and Lord Krankie: Sure! Why not? :)

Would it be a problem if they simply typed, 'I agree with Person X' instead? That seems just as bad to me, since they're not adding anything to the discussion, and they also waste the reader's time by having them re-read Person X's post.

What I mean to say is, is the problem that people aren't adding to the topic, or merely the way that they do so (with a lone quote) which is bothering you?

A quote and "I agree with X" wouldn't be so bad, if it was somewhere where someone's gathering opinions, just because it's not as lazy. You can't be lazy on the internet. It's not right.

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

A quote and "I agree with X" wouldn't be so bad, if it was somewhere where someone's gathering opinions, just because it's not as lazy. You can't be lazy on the internet. It's not right.

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Tell that to the people who use "how r u 2day".

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Originally Posted by Leeza

Lord Krankie

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Quoting someone who said what you would've said without having to just repeat them is convenient tho.

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Originally Posted by MecaKane

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right.

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Yay, Kane for admin.

Someone make me a sig?

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Originally Posted by ShlupQuack

Quoting someone who said what you would've said without having to just repeat them is convenient tho.

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If someone already said it, why do you need to say it? Except for certain mod admin thingys, and if someone's ever so interested in what everyone's favorite icecream is.
And it's even more convenient to say "Oh, well that guy said what I was going to say anyway, I can't really add anything in here so I guess I won't post." Well not outloud. >_>

I don't see why it bothers you so much, especially if it's done in General Chat. So what? People are lazy for not typing their own sentence? True, but it seem as if you are upset becauce you've already read that statement?! Oh Noes! :D Read it again and don't be lazy?

For the most part, when I've seen it done in EoEo or in the World Events threads people are quoting others to directly debate or point out the things they agree with and expand upon that point.

That's fine. A post that consists EXCLUSIVELY of a quote is a pain in the hoo-has.

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Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys

Someone make me a sig?

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For you my darling, anything. :love:

That mask is HOT.

Baka, I meant a "Make Kane an Admin" protest sig, not a retarded image made even lamer by b0rking it with MS Paint.

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

I say we put Kane in the "No New Threads For Me" ban.

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That group is so fun, they give you ice cream and everything :)

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Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys

Baka, I meant a "Make Kane an Admin" protest sig, not a retarded image made even lamer by b0rking it with MS Paint

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You called?

I already made one, Loki =D Or, same thing anyway, almost...

xD! JoJo = [img]http://home.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/heart.gif[/img] That's so wonderful. MSPaint is the messenger of the Gods, IMHO.

I meant the baka bit but hey *shrugs :p *

Who cares what everyone's favorite ice cream is, eh?

That's it. All threads that require less than ten words in response are banned.

Your removing the feedback forum? :cry:

No. Just you.

Yee-pee

*Hands out cake all round*

I enjoy those types of posts. I am not in favor of disallowing them. Sometimes people are able to state things better than I can. It's just like an 'I agree with _______' post, only has more emphasis.

Plus, that's like Yam's trademark!

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Originally Posted by ShlupQuack

Who cares what everyone's favorite ice cream is, eh?

That's it. All threads that require less than ten words in response are banned.

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My favorite ice cream is chocolate chocolate chcolate daffodil chip!

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Originally Posted by Fuzakeru

True, but it seem as if you are upset becauce you've already read that statement?!

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And no. I'm annoyed that people think doing that's fine and dandy. It's like if someone posted porn, if it's all tame and stuff, I'll still be annoyed, not because I think boobs are gross, but because that person thought that was a perfectly fine thing to do. Kind of an extream example, I'm not saying people who that should get banned no questions like pornies, but yadda yadda.

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Originally Posted by Del Murder

Plus, that's like Yam's trademark!

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Well he should sue for trademark infrigment, because far too many people are ripping him off. D:

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I enjoy those types of posts. I am not in favor of disallowing them. Sometimes people are able to state things better than I can. It's just like an 'I agree with _______' post, only has more emphasis.

Plus, that's like Yam's trademark!

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Be positive, Kane. At least you don't have to post at [insert terrible forum here].

Or FG.

Some of us (such as myself) are just lazy pandas. It's only a message board. Who really cares? Worry about something that matters.

So eoff doesn't matter? :eek:

Little things like the way other people post, at least when it's not offensive or something shouldn't matter that much, in my opinion.

Ooh, time to make some offensive posts.

*nazi salute*

Hail Bleysies. *salute*

So what, man? It's not something you can control.

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Originally Posted by Xander

Little things like the way other people post, at least when it's not offensive or something shouldn't matter that much, in my opinion.

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I, personally, could not give a damn about this issue. However, that's one of the functions of Feedback: giving suggestions. Be they technical, aesthetic, big, small, whatever. People, especially staff, shouldn't say "it doesn't matter" to this sort of feedback, because it obviously matters to the person who suggested it. It's also really annoying.

So I could ask that they remove your right to post in feedback because I find it annoying? :)

*Has a plan*

*Is the man with a plan*

*Is the man with a plan and a rather big ham*

*Is the man with a plan with a rather large precured ham*

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

I, personally, could not give a damn about this issue. However, that's one of the functions of Feedback: giving suggestions. Be they technical, aesthetic, big, small, whatever. People, especially staff, shouldn't say "it doesn't matter" to this sort of feedback, because it obviously matters to the person who suggested it. It's also really annoying.

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It "doesn't matter" when it's something we can't control. What are we supposed to do, remove the ability to quote?

Then that's what you say: "sorry, we can't control it, and it'd be unreasonable to suggest limiting the members' ability to quote." Not, "seriously, it doesn't matter."

Shut up, Raistlin. Blah blah blah.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

Shut up, Raistlin. Blah blah blah.

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I guess it'll only work after Raistlin posts. xD

We can control it, but we all secretly like to quote things without adding information every now and then. So in response to your request: Denied! :D

I was SAYING that "in my opinion" it's not a big deal. Isn't the point of feedback to get other opinions on what you are complaining about?

Quoted posts don't have to bother anyone, why not just ignore them? So that's my suggestion of how it could easily be resolved.

I never said, hey you shouldn't have posted this thread, it doesn't matter. No, I said that quoted posts don't matter, in my opinion in the great scheme of things.

So don't tell me how to post, thanks.

Haha, Raistlin got told. :aimsun:

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Originally Posted by Xander

I was SAYING that "in my opinion" it's not a big deal. Isn't the point of feedback to get other opinions on what you are complaining about?

Quoted posts don't have to bother anyone, why not just ignore them? So that's my suggestion of how it could easily be resolved.

I never said, hey you shouldn't have posted this thread, it doesn't matter. No, I said that quoted posts don't matter, in my opinion in the great scheme of things.

So don't tell me how to post, thanks.

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You said anything that doesn't offend someone doesn't matter. Therefore, the vast majority of Feedback doesn't matter. Also, yes, other opinions are valid, but only if you say WHY it doesn't matter("easy to ignore," yadda yadda yadda).

I request that we remove Raist's ability to post in Feedback therefore cutting his total posts down by 80% :)

Why is it feedback? Because I feel Raist posts too much :p

Did you just start posting here or something? I always check Feedback. Such is common knowledge now. Yams even suggested moving my birthday thread here one year.

Ah, I suppose I could have given a better reason to my post. =)

Truce?

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Originally Posted by Xander

Truce?

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Where's the fun in that?

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Did you just start posting here or something? I always check Feedback. Such is common knowledge now. Yams even suggested moving my birthday thread here one year.

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I think I am really going to need to teach you english, or at least how to actually read posts :p

Never mind, bugger the Raistlin/Xander match, I think the Raistlin/Baloki match is going to be much more entertaining.

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Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys

Never mind, bugger the Raistlin/Xander match, I think the Raistlin/Baloki match is going to be much more entertaining.

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What about a Raistlin/Xander/Baloki strip poker showdown?

EDIT: NO WAIT! Strip hopskotch!

*uses a flask of blinding potion*

I could throw cupcakes at him but cupcakes are so expensive nowadays :cry:

Whatever. *munches bamboo* :fpexci: Man this is going off-topic. xD

So who likes fish?

I don't. :mad2:

I had fish tonight. Fish burgers, in fact. Because I had salad. And you can't let that salad go off... always goes bad way too fast, salad. That's why I don't get my reccomended "five portions" of fruit'n'veges every day. Do you?

'no feedback for me'

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