Get rid of the NSFW stuff

[Weevil]

The avatars, signatures etc. I'd say please and be polite about it but it would be undeserved.

Posted in QSF so I know you roaches will flock to it. Also posted because I know the pain of having to fix your profile after an admin has fiddled with it unannounced.

[jack]

You have to admit, it's better this time around.

[Blindgroping]

Why are we getting rid of it?

[Grandtheftcow]

I'm making a point here. I'm not sure what point, but I'm making one.

[Weevil]

Why are we getting rid of it?They are against the rules and people shouldn't have to be told twice (in theory).

[Blindgroping]

Since when did NSFW things become against the rules?

This isn't Wordforge.

[Weevil]

Since forever.

[Blindgroping]

Ok, are we talking about unblocked, un hidden stuff, or that and including stuff that has been hidden behind a tag?

[Blindgroping]

There is a difference between the two classifications I just mentioned.

[Weevil]

There is a difference between the two classifications I just mentioned.Stop putting nipples and genitalia in your avatars. It is your responsibility to abide by the rules. The next person to fuck with this rule gets tossed. This thread is a courtesy warning.

[Blindgroping]

I Love Cunt, Deanna.


I think Cinch is safe.

Oh, what if it's a male nipple?
Is a dog's nipple ok, but not a cat's?

[Weevil]

Want to find out?

[Conchaga]

Why do we have the NSFW rule anyway? Really. I don't get it. Put a single disclamer page up before entering the site and no more worries. It would be simpler than having to constantly remind people of the (IMO totally useless) policy.

Besides, this should be an adults-only site anyway. I mean, do you want us to stop saying things like, "fuck that nigger deeply in his neck until the cum runs out his ass"? Because that's just as bad. Also, if you browse this site from work, stop. That's just stupid. If your IT guys are worth half a shit, they'll see where you've been browsing.

Fuck this policy. Deeply and repeatedly. In the butthole.

[Weevil]

Why do we have the NSFW rule anyway? Really. I don't get it. Put a single disclamer page up before entering the site and no more worries. It would be simpler than having to constantly remind people of the (IMO totally useless) policy.

Besides, this should be an adults-only site anyway. I mean, do you want us to stop saying things like, "fuck that nigger deeply in his neck until the cum runs out his ass"? Because that's just as bad. Also, if you browse this site from work, stop. That's just stupid. If your IT guys are worth half a shit, they'll see where you've been browsing.

Fuck this policy. Deeply and repeatedly. In the butthole.And content spoilered is still in your cache, yes. I personally like knowing I won't see dicks and pussies and other kiddy bullshit on display here. It doesn't seem like much of a choice - a boob here and a bunch of dicks everywhere else in the 'nightmare' scenario, or absolutely none of the above. It's certainly open to debate.

Either way, until the rule is overturned, the same rules as outlined... in the rules apply to peoples' profiles. I will personally target old members especially, because they should know better. If Blackfoot had a big fat black stinking pussy in his avatar you'd bet there'd be a thread about it. The rules apply to all or they apply to none.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

The main reason for the rule has been to keep our various hosts from bugging us more than they already were. Menty can share his insight into how our new host feels about it.

Not all workplaces clamp down on internet use. I've worked for 3 different Madison Ave. firms since joining here, and none have raised the issue with me (knock wood). It's easier to hide/scroll away from words than it is from a page-long goat-se pic.

The NSFW image rule hasn't changed from what it's been for years: keep it in spoiler tags and add a warning. Also no clear depictions of naughty bits in avs. If the level of reckless abandon here isn't reckless enough for you, find additional, crazier boards to help supplant your rage and inner torment, or just go to a shooting range and follow it up with a lapdance. But if you do, remember:

aSLeUTpwFjI

[DarthSikle]

fuck the rule and fuck whoever defends it

[jack]

So when I do my sexy pics, I have to cloak them in spoilers? Or will an NSFW thingie in the thread title suffice?

[Weevil]

An NSFW thread title is blanket protection for any debauchery. Post it and do not hide it - there is a time and place for 'that' stuff. Try to sneak it in and I will fuck you up the fucking ass for wasting my time and mail you to your grandmother. Do not fuck with me. I don't care how many years you've been here.

[jack]

It makes my nipples stiff when you threaten me

[Weevil]

BZZZZT - The time limit has run out. Every NSFW bit will be deleted without mercy.

Got a problem? You should have had more respect for TK.

[jack]

I love that av, is that Dormammu?

[Blindgroping]

Got a problem? You should have had more respect for TK.

Respect and TK in the same sentence.
Respect FOR Tk in the same clause.
WTF kind of board do you think this is, anyway?

[jack]

Shut the fuck up, moron.

[Blindgroping]

Exactly.

[Weevil]

It's quite dire.

[Gagh]

Since when did NSFW things become against the rules?

This isn't Wordforge.

Respect and TK in the same sentence.
Respect FOR Tk in the same clause.
WTF kind of board do you think this is, anyway?



Dear idiot.

When Mentalist took over TK, he posted some rules. As you have the potential to act like a complete cockspanner at times (this being one of them), it appears you have not yet read those rules.

I'll do you a favour. I'll quote the rule here, and stamp it into your fucking cookie-recipe laden face until you realise what that fucking rule is. Then, maybe, you'll see what Messenger is trying to say, instead of drifting in and out of the thread spouting moronic dribble, that is about as relevant & useful as a pork chop in a mosque.


COMMON SENSE WARNING:
Do not post pornography or shock images without a NSFW tag in either your thread title or - if in someone else's thread - spoiler tags with NSFW above the spoiler image. The NSFW tag is NOT needed if posting barely clothed males or females with genitalia somewhat covered. TK is neither a shock or porn site. Remember that.


There. You'll be amazed to learn that this snippet was under a section labelled 'COMMON SENSE WARNING'. Who would have thought it?

[Blindgroping]

Dear Gagh,

You are still a cunt.

Now, it is even MORE imparative that we have a :nipples: smilie

[Gagh]

And you're still fucking stupid.

[Blindgroping]

Do you know her?

[jack]

You refer to your left hand as a "her"?

[Archibald Nixon]

Is the clampdown retroactive? I'm thinking of the Coffee Table thread. I haven't been terrifically consistent with the use of spoiler tags, and wouldn't object to certain pics being hidden with such.

I'd prefer not having 'NSFW' added to the thread title, but if it has to be done, so be it.

http://picturehoster.info/images/68525149744280733311.jpg

[Weevil]

There is no reason to tamper with your award-winning thread. You know this doesn't really apply to it.

[Grandtheftcow]

The next person to fuck with this rule gets tossed. This thread is a courtesy warning.
Enjoy!

[Weevil]

Enjoy!Bye!

[Lilac]

Moo?

[GANK MASTER]

Get rid of the NSFW stuff. The avatars, signatures etc. I'd say please and be polite about it but it would be undeserved.

Posted in QSF so I know you roaches will flock to it. Also posted because I know the pain of having to fix your profile after an admin has fiddled with it unannounced.

Hallelujah!

[Blindgroping]

Bye!

I guess that means cow udders are out.

[Blindgroping]

You refer to your left hand as a "her"?

No, you are fucking Stupid.
If that's what you call your wife.
She'd have to be.

[Dual]

Shut the fuck up, Speck.

[Blindgroping]

Yes sir.
Right away sir.

As soon as some one say to shut up I shut up.

Although a Shut the Fuck up instills an amount of emotion that cannot be gotten from a mear shut up, I expect that what you meant was for and immediate withdraw of speech.
But that would offend me free speech abilities.
Nay!
Rights!
So I will have to refrain from such tom foolery and exercise my rights to free speech and this "respect" you all have for the board.

So when you say to shut up I shall say, in good consciousness and with the Ancestors and Fore Fathers of this great nation,



No.

[Conchaga]

Hallelujah!

Seeing as how I work in a Satanic temple, this quote is not safe for my workplace. Please, commence with the cyber skull-fucking as soon as possible.

[Conchaga]

Mmmm... Eyesocket creampie....

[Conchaga]

^ That is probably the most demented idea I've ever put into writing.

[Lilac]

And you say you aren't lilac....
What the fuck are you on about?

[Conchaga]

Sorry, BG, but Lilac is not Jack. Actually, he's said who he was on several occasions. In fact, he's also admitted openly that he has a rather infamous dual/clone here.

[Blindgroping]

I am Gagh.


That works here, right?

[CoyoteUgly]

Well, this was some productive shit.

[Mirah]

Hey I disagree with this.

[Loktar]

Hey I disagree with this.

As do I.

I miss my shockodoobie girls.:(

[Seph]

i miss sex, sex and sex with cats

[Conchaga]

I still think this policy is dildos.

[Loktar]

Major dildos.

[Blindgroping]

this BOARD is not safe for work. So nipples or no nipples, I can still say FUCK YOU.

It works for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, it works here.

Saying FUCK, TWAT, and MOther Fucker makes this whole board NSFW, so Nipples are irrelevant to that ruling.

[Conchaga]

^what he said.

[I Love Cunt]

Now my avatar is safe for work. A pretty grey pussy that you can pet. Have fun!

[Loktar]

Now my avatar is safe for work. A pretty grey pussy that you can pet. Have fun!

Oh I'm not gonna just pet the pussy...

I'M GONNA FUCK THAT PUSSY WITH MY BIG FAT HAIRY PENIS UNTIL I CUM ALL OVER YOUR TITS!!!

Hope you enjoyed reading that Mr. Random Boss walking by.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Loktar = Ugarte in Casablanca.

[Seph]

saddens me much this does

[Conchaga]

Hey, LC, I'm gonna snatch that pussy and throw him in a box. Then, I'm gonna fuck you in the cunt. One of the previous sentences is totally safe for work.

[jack]

Is my new av safe for work?

[Conchaga]

It isn't nude, just suggestive, therfore it is OK!

[jack]

THANK GOODNESS

(I would have said Thank Fucking Jesus In The Neck, but that wouldnt have been safe for work)

[Seph]

i want to bathe in the contradiction and controversy.

[Loktar]

Loktar = Ugarte in Casablanca.

Thank you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)

[jack]

I want to shower in hypocrisy

[Loktar]

I want to shower in hypocrisy

You want to shower with Dork Lord?

Kinky.

[Dirk Funk]

Need brain bleach.... NOW!

[Donovan]

Does anyone else appreciate the rich, delicious, chocolaty irony of everyone whining and bitching at MESSENGER about unfair rules and practices?

[I Love Cunt]

Does anyone else appreciate the rich, delicious, chocolaty irony of everyone whining and bitching at MESSENGER about unfair rules and practices?

Weevil has been pretty consistent in his beliefs, and actions actually.

[Donovan]

I just remember the messengerx of old way back in the day, and the epic battles with tptb over rules and regs at Troll Kingdom. Being the boss sucks, no matter who has the role, because suddenly you gotta be the one enforcing the rules instead of flouting them. Doesn't matter how fair your rules are, or how consistent, or how lenient...some jackass always has to rail against authority, and it's always more fun to be the jackass than the authority...

[Blindgroping]

Does anyone else appreciate the rich, delicious, chocolaty irony of everyone whining and bitching at MESSENGER about unfair rules and practices?


Yes, I do appreciate the Funneh.

Although, it's on the scareh side of funneh.

I smell a Red Whacker moment looming on the Horizon.

[Conchaga]

Even though Weevil upholds the rules, you can tell he does so with disdain. Which is why I still respect him in the morning. You can still be an enforcer and fight the system from within.

[Love Child]

I honestly believe this is one he doesn't mind enforcing. Perhaps I am wrong?

[jack]

Does anyone else appreciate the rich, delicious, chocolaty irony of everyone whining and bitching at MESSENGER about unfair rules and practices?

What bitching have I been doing, exactly?

[Seph]

I smell a Red Whacker moment looming on the Horizon.

no thats just me i did a chilli.

[headvoid]

As long as I can post my Gay Nazi Monkey porn then I am happy.

[Seph]

not under the new regime... :(

i will miss ur gay nazi monkey porn too, alas...

[I Love Cunt]

My Name is NSFW

[Seph]

Nicely Sexy Fucking Woman?

[Mister GoodBar]

Can we still bang on niggers?

[Loktar]

Can we still bang niggers?

If you want AIDS or an STD.

[headvoid]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!

very funny, you cracked a "black people are diseased" joke.

Do you use any creative techniques to come up with your jokes, or are they just off the cuff?

[Seph]

fuck u anyone who rips on the chocos is a world class comedian IMHO!

[Dirk Funk]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!

very funny, you cracked a "black people are diseased" joke.

Do you use any creative techniques to come up with your jokes, or are they just off the cuff?

He wasn't nesecarily talking about black people. He was talking about niggers.

[jack]

It figures a Ranter couldn't tell the difference.

[Loktar]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!

very funny, you cracked a "black people are diseased" joke.

Do you use any creative techniques to come up with your jokes, or are they just off the cuff?

Idk....Do you just suck Blackfoot's cock or do you anally fist him as well?

[Weevil]

I just remember the messengerx of old way back in the day, and the epic battles with tptb over rules and regs at Troll Kingdom. Being the boss sucks, no matter who has the role, because suddenly you gotta be the one enforcing the rules instead of flouting them. Doesn't matter how fair your rules are, or how consistent, or how lenient...some jackass always has to rail against authority, and it's always more fun to be the jackass than the authority...When I am a troll, anything goes. When I am an admin, I am the death of 'fun' incarnate. I consider being in the admin high-seat a position which means you serve and nothing more - you don't even get a thank you, because you do it willingly. This school of thought helped my perpetual bitching about Cait's and Hambil's evils.

It's very simple. There are tech problems which prevent you from posting, like bad board clocks and permissions, and other problems like flooding. Every admin and mod is a servant to the greater good, and they are they to make sure your posting is undisturbed, like when you face a tech problem. There is no groveling, no thanks, no nothing - you take silent pride in what you do or you fuck off.

So again, when I am a troll anything trollish goes. But it was mostly because 'them' twats wanted to play lawyers with rules that I tried to be the harder, stronger, faster lawyer. Tell a troll to 'fuck off or you die because I feel like it,' and it ends right there.

[Weevil]

Even though Weevil upholds the rules, you can tell he does so with disdain. Which is why I still respect him in the morning. You can still be an enforcer and fight the system from within.I got a very different impression from you. I thought you genuinely disliked some of my hypocritical, iron-fisted rules there. Did you?

[Conchaga]

Meh... I dislike the rules that kill creativity and fun. Now, "fun" can be defined many ways. However, I think that when you're entertaining yourself with minimal discomfiture to others, that's probably the way to go. Trolling is the exact opposite. Being a retarded twat (ie Charles/NAP) is the exact opposite as well.

The non-spamming of SF is a bit harsh. I still maintain that all of the off-topic fora (MF, BL, Tea, SF) need to be merged into SF and let everyone co-exist there. There would be tension for a while, but they all contain the same things: spam, random conversations, sexual content, nerd/fanboi convos, and bickering. There are a wide variety of on-topic forums for non-spammy discussion. Trying to moderate and control four off-topic forums is a bit labor intensive, if you ask me.

I would also like to see the addition of a NSFW forum, probably in the form of an Adult/Erotica/Porn forum. That way, you can keep the NSFW crap contained and everyone has their area where they can release those "emissions". Right now, that shit pops up all over the place and as I said before, moderating all of it in four seperate forums is labor intensive.

There's my two cents... again.

[Seph]

I would also like to see the addition of a NSFW forum, probably in the form of an Adult/Erotica/Porn forum. That way, you can keep the NSFW crap contained and everyone has their area where they can release those "emissions". Right now, that shit pops up all over the place and as I said before, moderating all of it in four seperate forums is labor intensive.

There's my two cents... again.

hear hear

[Dirk Funk]

I honestly don't think that all of those groups could co-exist. SF and the Badlands have enough in common where maybe. The Tea Room and the MF do as well. But all four? I think they're just to different.

[Conchaga]

My answer to that is "too bad." TK started that way. Nothing is stopping people from ignoring certain threads from certain people/groups. Also, nothing is stopping people from creating the same threads they always did. Having seperate forums is just appeasing a handful of people (mainly eggs, wacky, mm, and one or two others).

[CeeJay]

The non-spamming of SF is a bit harsh. I still maintain that all of the off-topic fora (MF, BL, Tea, SF) need to be merged into SF and let everyone co-exist there.

Who made "The Speak Freely Forum" non-spamming? or, I mean what is considered spam? I took it as being a "Gutter" Type forum

As far as the other forums "Conchaga" is talking about. My opinion has always stayed the same. They all are similar forums with diffrent posters. I agree they should be merged.

And another thang.

How are threads in "Speak Freely" as Gagh said, considered shit threads? What are yall trying to accomplish with "Speak Freely"?

Evedently Gagh and Sarek are accusing me of breaking the rules there.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

My answer to that is "too bad." TK started that way. Nothing is stopping people from ignoring certain threads from certain people/groups. Also, nothing is stopping people from creating the same threads they always did. Having seperate forums is just appeasing a handful of people (mainly eggs, wacky, mm, and one or two others).
Bullshit. The idea of one big forum is not something that huddled masses have requested repeatedly over the years, only to be squashed by some tyrannical "handful". This is an idea sprung by you alone. And it's a dumb one that won't encourage more freedom so much as it will create a huge unmoddable mess, and turn people off posting here. But thanks for playing! :)

[Dirk Funk]

Agreed. Just look at how many threads show up day in the MF alone. Some days, depending on the level of butthurt, the Badlands can be just as busy.

[Loktar]

Bullshit. The idea of one big forum is not something that huddled masses have requested repeatedly over the years, only to be squashed by some tyrannical "handful". This is an idea sprung by you alone. And it's a dumb one that won't encourage more freedom so much as it will create a huge unmoddable mess, and turn people off posting here. But thanks for playing! :)

Agreed. Look at the mess the merging of just two of the forums made when Cow created the Minelands.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Agreed. Look at the mess the merging of just two of the forums made when Cow created the Minelands.
Well to be fair, no one else besides MFers/BLers cared about that little incident. ;)

[I Love Cunt]

Well who else is there anyways Eggs?

[Lilac]

Me?

[I Love Cunt]

Ok you. You are the only sane one. You and Archibald and Consumer and The Saint and Bad Dog. Who did I miss?

[Loktar]

Well to be fair, no one else besides MFers/BLers cared about that little incident. ;)

Yeah with the MF'ers the most upset over it.

I remember the whole "we're not elitist, we just don't want to mingle with Badland scum" attitude.;)

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

They are two communities with two different outlooks, interests and histories. They deserve to be separate forums. MFers are elitist, and really, there's nothing wrong with that IMO. The real question is, why aren't BLers elitist about their forum? GET SOME DIGNITY AND PRIDE, PEOPLE! STAND YOUR GROUND! DEFEND YOUR BORDERS! GO GET YER FUCKIN SHINEBOX!

[Loktar]

They are two communities with two different outlooks, interests and histories. They deserve to be separate forums. MFers are elitist, and really, there's nothing wrong with that IMO. The real question is, why aren't BLers elitist about their forum? GET SOME DIGNITY AND PRIDE, PEOPLE! STAND YOUR GROUND! DEFEND YOUR BORDERS! GO GET YER FUCKIN SHINEBOX!

Never said their was anything wrong with the MF being elitist. Its wrong that most MF'ers deny being elitist.;)

Whatever. Don't matter to me. I stradle both worlds. Even though I identify more with the Badlanders I remember Cassie once told me I was an MF'er slumming in the Badlands.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

http://picturehoster.info/images/66935209426331063748.jpg

[Love Child]

Never said their was anything wrong with the MF being elitist. Its wrong that most MF'ers deny being elitist.;)

Whatever. Don't matter to me. I stradle both worlds. Even though I identify more with the Badlanders I remember Cassie once told me I was an MF'er slumming in the Badlands.

See that Loktar? Secretly Eggs wants to slum with us too. Or that is my fantasy anyway.

[Love Child]

They are two communities with two different outlooks, interests and histories. They deserve to be separate forums. MFers are elitist, and really, there's nothing wrong with that IMO. The real question is, why aren't BLers elitist about their forum? GET SOME DIGNITY AND PRIDE, PEOPLE! STAND YOUR GROUND! DEFEND YOUR BORDERS! GO GET YER FUCKIN SHINEBOX!

Eggs SHush! Now who is stiring the pot?!

[jack]

They are two communities with two different outlooks, interests and histories. They deserve to be separate forums. MFers are elitist, and really, there's nothing wrong with that IMO. The real question is, why aren't BLers elitist about their forum? GET SOME DIGNITY AND PRIDE, PEOPLE! STAND YOUR GROUND! DEFEND YOUR BORDERS! GO GET YER FUCKIN SHINEBOX!

My association with BL is because all the cool kidz post there.

[FBI parte due]

I have no dignity, try again next year.

[Seph]

we will try again next year but ur answer will be the same.

[Lilac]

Ok you. You are the only sane one. You and Archibald and Consumer and The Saint and Bad Dog. Who did I miss? I'm sane?

[Seph]

insane...

[Lilac]

I have to be to be posting here.

[Seph]

UP TOP

[Loktar]

Eggs SHush! Now who is stiring the pot?!

Maybe he's a Badlander after all.;)

[Conchaga]

Bullshit. The idea of one big forum is not something that huddled masses have requested repeatedly over the years, only to be squashed by some tyrannical "handful".

I never said that. I what was meant was that a merging of the four OT forums will never happen largely in part to protests by you and mm. Also, if the MF were to disappear, Wacky would either have a meltdown or disappear as well (no offense meant, btw).

This is an idea sprung by you alone.

Wrong again. It was first thought of and nearly implimented permanently by GTC. I'm not sure if he meant it as a troll or not, but he was on to something.


And it's a dumb one that won't encourage more freedom so much as it will create a huge unmoddable mess, and turn people off posting here. But thanks for playing! :)

Now, I'm only making this jibe to make a point, so don't get all huffy about it.

Due to the underwhelming success of rEFCL, I don't think you are very qualified to say what will make a board work or not.

The point to merging all the OT forums would be to push people out of their ruts and into the ON TOPIC forums. Which, right now, have the lowest traffic on the board.

As for the un-modable comment, that's a crock of shit. With the current traffic, it would only take about five mods to handle it, with about three globals and keep the same number of admins. Right now, there are too many chiefs and not enough indians.

You and others like you are complacent and don't want any changes because it will make you slightly uncomfortable. The only way to improve is to make changes. Them's the breaks.

[Conchaga]

As for the compatability of the two groups, there are nearly a dozen crossover posters who post in both the MF and the BL.

[Cassie]

lol.. old troll.

[Love Child]

I'm sane?

Look at the other posters that I didn't mention that frequently post in the tea room and speak freely.

[Donovan]

I just click on "new posts" and read/respond to what looks interesting. The forum barely registers unless I have a specific topic to post, then I have to read and decide where it goes...otherwise I could give a shit about who posts with which loyalty to what group...

Does that make me tolerant or just fickle?

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

I never said that. I what was meant was that a merging of the four OT forums will never happen largely in part to protests by you and mm. Also, if the MF were to disappear, Wacky would either have a meltdown or disappear as well (no offense meant, btw).
If Wacky disappeared, many others would too, possibly including the new owner. There's your dreams, and then there's reality. Sorry.
Wrong again. It was first thought of and nearly implimented permanently by GTC. I'm not sure if he meant it as a troll or not, but he was on to something.
It was a troll, he'll tell you the same. He may have really wanted it for reasons other than to giggle, he probably did. But the way he did it will ensure that we'll never know for sure (or believe him if he said so).
Now, I'm only making this jibe to make a point, so don't get all huffy about it.

Due to the underwhelming success of rEFCL, I don't think you are very qualified to say what will make a board work or not.
LOL, my huffmeter didn't budge, but your point wasn't very astute, either. I keep rEFCL open so that old friends who don't post anywhere anymore have a place to return and mingle. I never cared about growing it. I have the domain and the board is open, therefore it is a success. And now you know.
The point to merging all the OT forums would be to push people out of their ruts and into the ON TOPIC forums. Which, right now, have the lowest traffic on the board.
I see that as a cyclical thing. In the past those forums had more activity based on the mix of members at the time. If Speak Freely had a more concrete shape and wasn't overrun by the current band of gypsies, maybe the upforums would look more attractive. Maybe a lot of those threads should be in GFHH, or in some new forum called The Fragile Ego Pissing Party. ;)

The case can be made that all the media we discuss in the MF should be discussed upstairs in the right forum. Personally I agree, and I should post up there more. But we're talking about, what, a dozen people? Yes, people in the MF are comfortable. It is what it is. If others have such a problem with that and it turns into real conflict, it will be a one-sided war. If there were no longer any way to co-exist, I'm not here to fight; I would hope that we could take the MF threads and spin them off to its own board. But the reality is that the MF is the only reason that several longtime members are here, and if it goes, they would probably go too. It's up to each of us to decide if that's a good or bad thing.
As for the un-modable comment, that's a crock of shit. With the current traffic, it would only take about five mods to handle it, with about three globals and keep the same number of admins. Right now, there are too many chiefs and not enough indians.
In terms of "too many chiefs" I agree. Somehow we started letting some fora have moderators beyond the core admins. To me, that was a left turn for TK. Forums live or die by the people who post in them, and TK's 33 shadow admins should deal with business. Visible moderators just kills the fun. ;)
You and others like you are complacent and don't want any changes because it will make you slightly uncomfortable. The only way to improve is to make changes. Them's the breaks.
We're comfortable because this is what the Mine Field became. But the idea that this somehow takes away from the rest of the board is a mistaken one. We don't recruit or poach (we never cared about such things, which is a defining trait of the MF). Ultimately we have the same agenda as anyone else at TK: we want to freely express ourselves. The forum is the result of what people there want to express. Which is what every forum should be.

What irks some is that we're not trolls, yet this is supposed to be a troll board. I don't know what to say to that; if the trolls run us over, then it's done and we go somewhere else. But it that happens, I plan on going out with a bang. ;)

If the rest of the board isn't what you want it to be, change the rest of the board. The Mine Field's growth is not at the expense of the rest of TK. It used to have that reputation only due to its huge relative size when we had bandwidth issues. That is no longer the case.

I'm all for improvement, and while I admit to being afraid of change in general, I don't stand in its way when it's a good idea. Flushing the lower decks in with Speak Freely or whatever other fora you have in mind is a bad idea that will drive away people, and the resulting mess of a forum will not make the board look more attractive to new people who take a first look, since they will have no idea what the hell to make of it. You will have gotten rid of the forums that have more traffic, yet the forums you wanted to keep and grow will still be what they are now. To me, this is not an improvement.

There are bigger debates that usually surface in all this, like "Is TK even a troll board anymore?" It still is, but I think some don't want to admit the fact that TK became more than that a long time ago. And that this is not a bad thing. Trolling is more than threatening the President or hunting down photos of people you don't like. If that's all you can do because you heard that annoys the staff, then you're a pretty lazy troll IMHO.

To be honest, I think you and Weevil are in the middle of performing The Great Nuclear Troll of All Time by joining the staff, and I'm still not convinced that there isn't a punchline coming. :D But that's just scared little me...if I get driven off this board, well, I'll be disappointed, but ultimately I have bigger things to think about than this place. As should we all.

[Cacophony]

TL;DR, Eggs <3

Also

It was a troll, he'll tell you the same. He may have really wanted it for reasons other than to giggle, he probably did. But the way he did it will ensure that we'll never know for sure (or believe him if he said so).

He did it to ensure that when he left the admin position, he wouldn't be asked back again. He could have just stopped being an admin, but look at you - you've not been one multiple times ;)

[Love Child]

Yeah I think I'm done with this thread. : P

[I Love Cunt]

But if I promise to post in the badlands only or in the soon to be newly formed NSFW Sexy Sex forum can I have my sexy avatar back?

[Conchaga]

Eggs, I've never wanted to destroy this board, so don't get all nervous. I only have it's best interests at heart. Which is why it may seem that I'm a big dick when I talk about changing things. I'm just passionate. However, if the board were to fall into the hands of any sort of fluffy/feel-good militia, I'd make this board commit seppuku so fast it'd make J.J. Fad's music career seem long by comparison.

[Conchaga]

But if I promise to post in the badlands only or in the soon to be newly formed NSFW Sexy Sex forum can I have my sexy avatar back?

No, as your previous posts from that account would appear outside the NSFW forum. Also, it would be able to be seen from the members list.

However, if you created another account to post exclusively there, it might be workable.

[jack]

Good points by Eggs, tis a shame Cow is so hyper, when he was on he was a good contributor but his idea of trolling makes me cringe, and I KNOW I'm a fucking asshole a lot of the time.

[CeeJay]

Lets see

TrollKingdom should be set up like this:


Questions, Suggestions, and so on...

Speak Freely - The Tea Room - The Godforsaken Hell Holes - The Mine Field should be one big forum.

The Bizarre Bazaar - forum
TK Media Center - forum
The Digital Abyss - forum
The Sports Forum - forum

The Badlands should be removed complety.
The TK Day Care Center For the Feeble Minded should be removed completly.

The TrollKingom Playground should be reinstated for GUTTER style posting.

And another thang.

I approve the changes.

[Seph]

your input means nothing DIAF.

[Loktar]

Lets see

TrollKingdom should be set up like this:


Questions, Suggestions, and so on...

Speak Freely - The Tea Room - The Godforsaken Hell Holes - The Mine Field shouldn't be one big forum.

The Bizarre Bazaar - forum
TK Media Center - forum
The Digital Abyss - forum
The Sports Forum - forum

The Badlands-totally awesome.
The TK Day Care Center For the Feeble Minded should be for Gutter/NAP bullshit only.

The TrollKingom Playground should be NAP-free.

And another thang.

I approve the changes.

Glad you approve.

[Mentalist]

I am not sure why the idea of merging the MF with other forums always comes up. It's true that the MF exists in a bit of a micro-climate on TK but I don't see why that is such a problem.

It has been around for a long time and has, from nothing, become the most successful forum on TK and consistently provides the best in creativity and comedy. I think that is reason enough to let the Mine Field faithful decide what happens to the forum and since I own this hell hole now It's pretty much a done deal.

It's also the same reason why I allow The Badlands to have a lot of autonomy.

At the same time I am fully aware that I am in charge of Troll Kingdom and not just the Mine Field and I only want the board to improve in every department. I also know that I am not able to come up with every good idea for change on TK. We as a collective will never agree what is best for TK. Fuck, as a collective we couldn't get laid in a whore house so we have to try and balance as many good ideas as possible and hopefully end up with something better than what we started with. It really is a lot harder than it sounds.


I want to see TK better structured and less introverted. It's not easy though because the smallest change that might be perceived as extra moderation puts half the membership in to a epileptic flat spin.

I made the decision to sure up QSF and make it more focussed due to the fact that it became yet another free-for-all forum in the last couple of years further diluting SF and forcing the board to become even more introverted than it was before.

If there is one thing I do know is that you can only really put up sign posts around here and try to direct traffic. There is no magic piece of policy that suddenly ups the quality of posts and the board as a whole but by making the forums more structured you do stop the place being such a mess.

Nobody likes excessive moderation and I will never let TK become a place where moderation is an over riding force but at the same time I don't think it will be the sign of the Apocalypse if we are a bit more vigilant and CONSISTENT in moving threads to the right forums and being a bit less tolerant of throwaway spam in a few more forums.


There is a lot more coming in the way of positive change in other ways as well. Ouch will return in its best form yet as well as a TK wiki which looks like it may be headed up by GTC (surprise!) and we will be moving to vBulletin 4.0 in the near future as soon as I have the time to do the upgrade. QSF has moved to its new format and there will be more distinction in SF and GFHH to look forward to as well.


Yeah.

[Donovan]

All change is good. If for nothing else than to provide half of us with exercise while having epileptic fits, and the other half entertainment in watching the first half have epileptic fits. Win-win.

[jack]

Badlands are rapidly becoming my new home. It's an excellent forum. That doesn't mean I'll ever give up my Vulcan Death Grip on SF, but I really like the new crew, truth be told.

[Seph]

yeah me too the last 3 months, barely posted any where else but BL apart from poking the lockins in daycare with my special bash stick.

[Loktar]

Yeah I mostly post in the BL but if/when I have time I like to poke around the rest of the board.

[Blindgroping]

Odd. I post everywhere else.
That makes me elitist.

[jack]

It certainly makes you some sort of "ist"

Probably cuntist.

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Thread dead. Compare penis sizes elsewhere.

:clang:

[Seph]

but why my penis always appears bigger in QSF dont ask me why!

[Dirk Funk]

What irks some is that we're not trolls, yet this is supposed to be a troll board.


This is an important point. I don't particularly consider myself a troll either. I found this place by accident, and thought it was a lot of fun, so I stayed.

[jack]

Thread dead. Compare penis sizes elsewhere.

:clang:
Squeeze the base on the upstroke next time. You wont come so quickly :)

[jack]

This is an important point. I don't particularly consider myself a troll either. I found this place by accident, and thought it was a lot of fun, so I stayed.

While I consider trolling a fine art and a bloodsport, I don't really consider myself a troll.

A gnome perhaps, but not a troll.

[Seph]

i consider myself a nause.

[Joe Hennessy]

yeah me too the last 3 months, barely posted any where else but BL apart from poking the lockins in daycare with my special bash stick.

And harrasing and negging the members of NAP at every waking moment of your miserable life.

This isn't good.

[Seph]

oh charles ur a fucking dumb cunt.

[Loktar]

And harrasing and negging the members of NAP at every waking moment of your miserable life.

This isn't good.

But you're the "next big thang", "king of the gutters", "the new jack", surely you've pwned and/or trolled his ass many times over,dawg. Right?

:crickets:

*teehee*

*laughing*

[Seph]

yeah i feel devastated by his trolling.

[Loktar]

lol

[Grandtheftcow]

I am not sure why the idea of merging the MF with other forums always comes up. It's true that the MF exists in a bit of a micro-climate on TK but I don't see why that is such a problem.

It has been around for a long time and has, from nothing, become the most successful forum on TK and consistently provides the best in creativity and comedy. I think that is reason enough to let the Mine Field faithful decide what happens to the forum and since I own this hell hole now It's pretty much a done deal.
I tend to do it to poke at the MFers, but I'll admit they have earned their musty basement forum at the bottom of the board.

I would however be supportive of merging the Badlands with SF. Both are essentially the same forum anyway. Then use Daycare as the dumping ground for flooded threads or other nonsense.

I'd also retire The Tea Room and place it in the Archive section as we did with Skin's forum.

There is a lot more coming in the way of positive change in other ways as well. Ouch will return in its best form yet as well as a TK wiki which looks like it may be headed up by GTC (surprise!) and we will be moving to vBulletin 4.0 in the near future as soon as I have the time to do the upgrade.
Will Ouch be using the new CMS system that was released with vB 4.0? If so then awesome. I always hated that piece of crap Hambil shat out for Ouch.

To bad you bailed me out of Daycare. I was looking forward to the comedy of trying to organize a Wiki out of there.

QSF has moved to its new format and there will be more distinction in SF and GFHH to look forward to as well.
:hmmm:

I doubt I'll like this at all.

[Lilac]

And another thang.

This is my worthless opinion on the matter. UP TOP!

Charles, your busting privileges are hereby revoked.

[Lilac]

And, to prove my point: http://www.trollkingdom.net/forum/showthread.php?t=125985

[Seph]

i woke up and it was the first thread i saw, i spontaneously ejaculated and fell right back to sleep...

[Loktar]

lol