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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeza
    You don't know how long Dr Unne will be gone so it might be a little difficult to plan around him, but that would be a good plan.

    I'm willing to step down due to ***CENSORED*** if needed. I like removing Feedback.
    Don't forget we can make it so that those that 'step down' can still see the Staff Forum. But yeah, the only thing you'll have to remember is to not edit other people's posts and the like.
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    I'll try to restrain myself.
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    Everyone but me, kishi and rsl are stepping down, right Danny?
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    Depends on what we decide to step down for.

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    Yup. You know we'll have to get Cid on this, too... or something.

    As fun as it sounds, I don't think we could get it down to the four of us, Matt. xD We can dream~

    Or, you know... just the two of us. ;D *snugs Matty*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Krang
    Everyone but me, kishi and rsl are stepping down, right Danny?
    I dunno, thinking from the other side, I think people might smell something if myself and Roogle step down, since I think we're both seen as not the type to get mixed up in drama and stuff Maybe Leeza/Xander too, dunno. I think we should think carefully about who's pretending to do what
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    Quote Originally Posted by cl_out
    I dunno, thinking from the other side, I think people might smell something if myself and Roogle step down, since I think we're both seen as not the type to get mixed up in drama and stuff Maybe Leeza/Xander too, dunno. I think we should think carefully about who's pretending to do what
    It was just a joke from the other thread really.
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    I read some of the ideas here and I think they are great. I wrote this outline up at work today, though, so it doesn't include any of them. I'll go over the whole ed/feedback thing tomorrow.

    Goal:

    To trick the old members
    1. Must be believable
    2. Must make their squabbles look petty

    To trick the new members
    3. Must be something they'll care about

    Other:
    4. Must be good enough for staff to quit over

    Ideas:

    I. The new style is now the only style.
    A. Justification: Sean wants the frontsite to match all the forums, and doesn't see a reason for more than one style. <---I can do better than this
    B. Reason for quitting: The new style sucks.
    C. Quitters: me, Shlup, Yams, Unne(?), perhaps one/two more
    D. Problems:
    1. Sean isn't an asshole, as Ms. Quack put it. This idea might be too out there. Needs a corporate sounding reason to work, and Sean's participation.
    2. Not really directly related to what they complain about.
    3. None.
    4. None.
    E. Upsides: The concept is basic and effective.
    F. Downsides: We'll all have to use the new style.

    II. Borderline swear words added to the filter with continued editing of the filtered edits.
    A. Justification: None given. Unne/Leeza are fed up and freaking out can be the reason. Or we can use Google as a scapegoat.
    B. Reason for quitting: Freedom of speech, 'going to far'
    C. Quitters: Shlup, D, kishi(?), at least one more
    D. Problems:
    1. Depends on Unne/Leeza playing their parts. Still kind of far fetched.
    2. None.
    3. Borderline, but it can work.
    4. Staff make the rules. Why would they just quit if they don't agree? A majority of staff have to stay on in this case, and eest certainly couldn't be added, due to his feelings on censorship. Unne and Leeza have to play their parts really well in this scenario. If I stay on I can certainly join them and easily become a psycho anti-swearing lunatic in a matter of days.
    E. Upsides: Probably the most talked about issue and it would be nice to make fun of those people who bicker over it
    F. Downsides: Discussed in D.

    IIa. Converse of II. Swear filter is disabled and swearing is free game.
    A. Justification: 'Hey, maybe Raistlin and Bleys have a point.'
    B. Reason for quitting: Same reasons we have swearing disallowed in the first place.
    C. Quitters: me, Unne, Leeza, one more
    D. Problems:
    1. Again, this depends on the Leeza/Unne reaction.
    2. None.
    3. I think a lot of the newer people will either like or not care about this one, and that puts too much pressure on us to make it a big incident.
    4. Same as point 4 above, but in this case it would make a lot of sense to add eest to fill in the voids.
    E. Upsides: Involves less people quitting than II, and allows eest to join
    F. Downsides: swearing could get out of hand, the uproar wouldn't be as big because this is what a lot of people would prefer

    III. A staff member (me for now) is banned for posting a porn image.
    A. Justification: 'I'd ban my grandpa if he posted porn here.' -BoB
    B. Reason for quitting: Image was borderline and 'accidental'.
    C. Quitters: me (banned), Yams, D, Shlup or 4, basically the staffers closest to the banned member
    D. Problems:
    1. Give me an outlet to talk to these people and I can make it work. Aiyon, AIM, LJ would be crucial tools involved. A post made during a point of low activity would be made, and then 'edited' by a staff member: 'Wow, you should know better than this. Not appropriate. Way to make our lives a whole lot harder.' That's just off the top of my head.
    2. Peter, anyone?
    3. None.
    4. Depends on who posted it I think. Some staffers have a bigger following than others.
    E. Upsides: I'd like to think that I'm popular enough to create a huge stir if I was banned. If we really wanted to make an ipact larger than any ban Eyeson has ever seen, though, we should use kishi. He already has the connections and is loved by pretty much everyone. Imagine the chaos that would cause.
    F. Downsides: Who ever was banned wouldn't be able to post and make his/her case heard publicly. That would silence it somewhat, and wouldn't be as fun for that person.

    IIIa. Converse of III. A staff member (me) posts porn and isn't banned for it.
    A. Justification: See B above.
    B. Reason for quitting: See A above.
    C. Quitters: Dr Unne, Loony BoB, RSL, kishi (think of the uproar THAT would cause)
    D. Problems:
    1. This might be TOO big, but I think we can pull it off. The post itself would still be treated like 1 above.
    2. See 2 above.
    3. None.
    4. None. This would be a pretty big deal.
    E. Upsides: This is the big one, the one I was waiting for. It's the only reason I could fathom Loony BoB quitting, which would generate instant debate, since he basically is the soul of this place. This would generate two factions. The Defection, led by BoB, vs. the New Staff, led by Shlup. The oldbies would side with the defectors since they always do, and the Psy faction would side with them too because of the whole Peter mess. Hell, the New Staff could even throw a wrench into the mess saying that they would consider reinstating Peter and Hoot to be 'consistent' or some other bs, or not and be known as public enemy number one. At some point eest could come into the mix and be knighted, since I think it would be believable that he would side with the New Staff.
    F. Downside: This plan is very complex and everything would have to go perfectly for it to work, but I think we can pull it off.

    In any case I think at least one of Shlup, Unne or BoB needs to quit and at least one needs to stay. In my opinion they are the clear leaders of this place and no faction would work without at least one of them.

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    If we went with that last idea, would you actually post a porn picture to make it realistic or would we act like you did but we removed it quickly?

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    BoB came up with the porn idea too, nice.

    I like Big D's idea of staff starting to bicker amongst themselves in threads. We'd have to start doing that soon, though.

    Would ed know what was going on in his scenario? I don't think I could trust him to play along, or if I'd want to. The thing with joke bans is that it's been done before. Sure, not like this, but I like the idea of not banning someone. That would feed our elitist persona. It would take a lot of rumor spreading, though.

    I think the idea of getting rid of Feedback is great.

    RSL: Act like I did. We'd have to come up with a good 'edit' for the post.

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    Ah, good.

    ***CENSORED***, so it should be extra realistic if we do it outside this forum!

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    Veeeery interesting. I would say that you, Del, would be the second best option for either of the porn ones. Kishi would be my first choice for those just 'cause its believable that he'd post something totally inappropriate. ^_^

    I think II and IIIa are the best so far. I think just us bickering over different things would be the most fun for everyone, but that'd be really hard to pull off.

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    Yeah, Kishi would probably work better for the porn idea. I'm up for all these ideas!

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