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Monster Rain wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:It goes up and down for me. If I wasn't the only one contributing gay sex topics to the OT forum I'd be a lot more interested

Oh come on. There's plenty of Dark Eldar discussion! That's not close enough?

Don't inspire me Gay club dark eldar coming soon. Glow sticks and assless chaps all around!

Exactly.

What exactly are "ass-less chaps"? I mean chaps are naturally ass-less. Is it like a double-negative where instead of chaps you're wearing leather pants? Is it like having the butt cut out of whatever you're wearing with your chaps?

A quick googling can answer that question really quickly for you

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:A quick googling can answer that question really quickly for you

Not from work!!

Just saying. . .

Monster Rain wrote:That is a very demonic gaze.

It's like he can see my soul.

And your undies.

Its a good thing he's really, really nearsighted. ;P

kirsanth wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:A quick googling can answer that question really quickly for you

Not from work!!

Just saying. . .

You don't want your boss catching you looking up Ass-Less Chaps anyway.

On the other hand, if he's into it, you might get a raise.

Monster Rain wrote:On the other hand, if he's into it, you might get a raise.

I live and work on the other side of the bay.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:

Rant mode: OFF
GOM mode: OFF
Bedtime Horlicks malty drink: ON
Comfy Slippers: ON
and relax...

this is going in my sig to remind me lol

thanks

Scott-S6 wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Just because I find someone to be an arrogant jerk doesnt mean that he doesnt know the game. Thats not hypocrisy.
Also, if you read that post in it's entirety, if I remember correctly, the main point I was trying to make was that people were complaining about a "Free Tournament" with prize support.
...but I see what you're doing...going off topic and attempting to smear to start an arguement. My hypocrisy or lack thereof is not the subject here. Sorry, not gonna bite. Please drive thru.

And yet again you fail to address the point entirely. Nothing in your post actually addressed what I pointed out.

You complain that someone says "Those armies are full of fail" - that's horrible and out of line.
Yet now you're saying that people should be allowed to say things like "that idea is friggin stupid"?

Why the sudden about face?

Deadshane1 wrote:Now we've got an overmoderated board where saying "that idea is friggin stupid" will get you a warning. Now read that quotation....read it...is it REALLY that bad? You'll get a warning for it.

Deadshane1 wrote:I was reading one attendee's list breakdown of opponents this morning on a site, and the peanut gallery that responded to the post had nothing to say about the opponents but things like...."Was he drunk when he made that list?" "Those armies are full of fail" "f&*kinc stupid" ect, you get the idea. How nice.

If I admit to hypocrisy...will you go away?

You know, so we can continue discussing what this thread is really about?

No-one is perfect.

I would like to hear constructive suggestions from people rather than general rants about how bad everything is, or backbiting.

Look at it as a marketing exercise:

1. Where are we? (Is there a problem?)
2. Where do we want to be? (What will the site look like without this problem?)
3. How do we get there? (Workable suggestions for addressing the problem?)

Personally...
We need a bit stricter moderation in the Background forums. Either that or stickied threads with a "FAQ" of the more common questions.

"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned. They're pointless exercises in stupidity and fanboyism, and almost always they're created as flamebait.

Kanluwen wrote:"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned.

This sounds harsh but it's true. Such threads have no place in either 40k Background or 40k Discussion.

Oh, also the "The Emperah's plans is coming to fruition!111!!1" or "Horus did the hershey because the emprah told him too!" threads need to be put in off-topic, or given the same treatment.

No offense to the people who make those threads...but they're really stupid ideas, usually full of misspellings and asinine examples of someone playing a round of "Jump to Conclusions!".

Although I hate the threads you just made examples of, Kanluwen, I think they do currently qualify to be in the Background section. ("This is why we can't have nice things.") That list goes on and on, by the way: Are There Female Space Marines? Are the Tau Good or Evil? What Happened to the Missing Legions?

Killkrazy:

1) Form a team of trusted posters.

2) Have them write/create weekly 'content' for the site. You've lost a lot of this to personal blogs, BOLS, etc.

Content does not have to be written, it can be someone cruising the threads, posting a list of articles of interest:

Culling all the good 'how to threads' into one easy-to-find article.
Highlight the "Battle Report of the Week".
Choose an Army and Tactic, and post the thoughts of the internet.
Etc.

Content Drives Membership.

--Brian

I think dakka is still a good forum. Like most things on the internet it takes some searching to find what you were really looking for. I just try to avoid the army list section.

I posted my army and asked what people thought its main weakness; all it got in response was what different units i should take. I was asking what do you think of my army, not change my army.

I assume a lot of the lists are to be used exclusively on vassal?

If we are going to talk about more strict moderation, then I personally would LOVE to see it used to the extent that you drop the hammer more on people who constantly:

A: Spam (in all its forms)
B: Argue for no good reason
C: Troll

The threads that I made examples of are 9/10 times, full of misspellings, misunderstandings of a quotation, or some harebrained idea that comes to someone in a moment of idiocy(like when you get really drunk and think you can in fact sled down the stairs in a clothes hamper).
They belong in off-topic or general discussion, or just need to be something that is a warning provided the person obviously just made their post without really thinking too much about it, but just to make a post.

The Tau and Missing Legions ones can easily go into a sticky with an explanation("The Tau aren't really good or evil. They just...are." and "The Missing Legions are missing. That's why they're called that, in addition to being a holdover from when GW had a way for you to bring about your own Legion for the background without really having to worry about fiddling too much with the game's canon.").

The phrase "female space marines" should be put into the word filter, frankly. It's flamebait and people damned well know it.

I can't believe, 11 pages in, people who ought to know better are seriously complaining that being allowed to act like jerks will improve the site.

It's just going to chase people off. I know if when I first posted questions, if I had gotten learn2read type answers, I just would have left.

Instead of saying "help me save DakkaDakka" perhaps the question should have started with "Does DakkaDakka need to be saved"? I know Dash that you think that this whole thread was a mod's trolling response to your thread, but honestly I think this should have been the first question. I think a lot of people don't agree with you that the site is getting worse. I agree that the moderation is occasionally uneven, but I don't think it's particularly bad, an I certainly, if asked "what's wrong with Dakka Dakka" I certainly wouldn't respond "Moderators". I'd probably reply "Nothing, really".

In my opinion, Dakka has the best support of any of the 40k related websites I read, has the most supportive members of the hobby, and a very friendly environment.

The moderators here are volunteer, and I think they do an excellent job. When you consider bang for your buck, it's out of the park.

So, rather than complain about any small details that may be bothering me, I'd like to thank the Mods for their hard work, and ask them if there is anything I can help to do to improve the community here.

Note, I will be joining the ranks of the DCM on my next pay check in about two weeks. I've just had to get a few personal things taken care of first. So I am quite willing to put my money where my mouth is.

Kanluwen wrote:Personally...
We need a bit stricter moderation in the Background forums. Either that or stickied threads with a "FAQ" of the more common questions.

"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned. They're pointless exercises in stupidity and fanboyism, and almost always they're created as flamebait.

Why?


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Manchu wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned.

This sounds harsh but it's true. Such threads have no place in either 40k Background or 40k Discussion.

Why?

Heffling wrote:In my opinion, Dakka has the best support of any of the 40k related websites I read, has the most supportive members of the hobby, and a very friendly environment.

The moderators here are volunteer, and I think they do an excellent job. When you consider bang for your buck, it's out of the park.

So, rather than complain about any small details that may be bothering me, I'd like to thank the Mods for their hard work, and ask them if there is anything I can help to do to improve the community here.

Note, I will be joining the ranks of the DCM on my next pay check in about two weeks. I've just had to get a few personal things taken care of first. So I am quite willing to put my money where my mouth is.

While well worded, you really have not been her long enough to quite get a firm grasp at what most of the posters here are trying to discuss I think.

jp400 wrote:If we are going to talk about more strict moderation, then I personally would LOVE to see it used to the extent that you drop the hammer more on people who constantly:

A: Spam (in all its forms)
B: Argue for no good reason
C: Troll

I think that eliminates 80% of all the posters.

Personally it has gotten slightly worse. Plenty of the topics dont interest me as much but I do visit the P&M sections along with the tournament discussions.

Frazzled wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Personally...
We need a bit stricter moderation in the Background forums. Either that or stickied threads with a "FAQ" of the more common questions.

"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned. They're pointless exercises in stupidity and fanboyism, and almost always they're created as flamebait.

Why?


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Manchu wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned.

This sounds harsh but it's true. Such threads have no place in either 40k Background or 40k Discussion.

Why?

They're crap threads, basically made to get the poster's post count up or incite flamewars.

I could go start one to illustrate the point, if you'd like.

Kanluwen wrote:Personally...
We need a bit stricter moderation in the Background forums. Either that or stickied threads with a "FAQ" of the more common questions.

"X universe vs Y universe" or "Y universe took Z from X universe!" threads need to be kicked to off-topic or just locked immediately and the poster warned. They're pointless exercises in stupidity and fanboyism, and almost always they're created as flamebait.

My hero But seriously, we need to take some measures against said things. They ALWAYS boils down to my willy beats your willy marine friends sort of arguments. And people need to stop hobby modding like certain members dose.

start the post ranking system,
Then take your highest quality posters and give them the opportunity to mentor newer younger posters.
When someone posts a poorly written post, the mods can pm them and suggest mentoring to improve their posts

just a thought

loki old fart wrote:start the post ranking system,
Then take your highest quality posters and give them the opportunity to mentor newer younger posters.
When someone posts a poorly written post, the mods can pm them and suggest mentoring to improve their posts

just a thought

if we had 30 mods we could do that. But of course I wouldn't want to be on a board that had "mentoring." One person's mentoring is another person's thought control.

loki old fart wrote:start the post ranking system,
Then take your highest quality posters and give them the opportunity to mentor newer younger posters.
When someone posts a poorly written post, the mods can pm them and suggest mentoring to improve their posts

just a thought

The problem with this, is that it will be abused from the start.

You have users who's friends will +1 each others post count non stop so they can reach "l33t status!11!!1"
ect ect ect