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So I think it's time we actually had a talk about this before we start harassing moderators. Plexa did an awesome job as the moderator on our forum getting people in on a regular basis, etc. But now that he is gone we have 30+ people backed up in the sign up thread and I have been PMing Admin's for around 5 days and the only person who ever responded was ITW, which told me he can't actually do anything and I needed to PM riptide.
I understand that the forum admins/mods have other shit to do, which is why I feel we need our own moderator. Currently insane is about to end and XXXVIII still has slots and people trying to get access so that they may sign up, but at this rate it's not going to happen in a timely fashion.
I was going to say we should nominate people and see who the majority of us want to push to become the moderator. But that wouldn't be fair to have a vote and not just look at what someone has done. So I want to push Qatol to be our Moderator. I just want some feedback before we make a post in website feedback.
THOUGHTS?
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Qatol deserves to be a mod, I fully endorse this campaign. Who do we have to harass...I mean nicely ask... to get this to happen?
It would be great to have him be the mod with full powers in name as well as fact (I mean his practically the mod here anyway ^_^)
EDIT: We obviously need a slogan for Qatol's campaign for mayor mod
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Qatol doesn't have a say in the matter, he's going to be the one elected lol. He's even got his Mod Campaign poster made:
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Posting this in here from Misc. Thread for why I think we need a mod that's actually involved in the Mafia Forum:
On April 04 2011 16:52 Qatol wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2011 10:10 chaoser wrote: See, RoL's situation is why we need an actual fulltime mod for the subforum that knows what's up I don't think one would have helped in that situation unless they happened to be online when RoL made those requests. ITW knew about the situation, he just wasn't around and the mods saw all of the smurf accounts and jumped to conclusions. It could have happened just as easily with a dedicated mafia forum moderator. For example, if I had been a staff member during that time (which I only mention because of earlier suggestions in this thread), I wouldn't have noticed the situation until after RoL got banned. And then RoL still would have needed an admin to step in and sort everything out. QuickStriker's passive agressive semi-martyrdom is probably a better example of why it might be nice to have a moderator read this forum more often.
Well what would happen is that RoL/Random person #1 would tell you he/she wants to start a game with smurf accounts. You would then open up a thread in the MiR Forum explaining what will be happening (RoL/#1 making smurf accounts for a game). After leaving it open for like 2 or 3 days I'm pretty sure most of the mods will have seen it and then at that time you can tell RoL/#1 it's ok for him to start doing stuff and that way problems will be less likely to occur.
Also, this makes it so that the mods can't just be like "You're a dumbass, communicate more" when clearly RoL PMed ITW about it already and also posted a post in the sign up thread about it so he did communicate. Not to mention the whole BM/QS situation could have been a bit less messy. Also, since we just opened up signups and a flood of newbies will be coming in, I feel like we need some sort of actual mod to deal with the unforeseeable problems that might arise.
Also I'm sure sometimes someone will do something stupid outside the mafia forum that gets them temp banned and then they mess up a game. I remember someone did it once as Red Mafia so that he could be inactive for a few days and divert heat off of himself. The mod would make them unbanned on the mafia forums itself can't they? Just like how people can be banned from just one section of the site?
At the end of the day I'd rather have someone who actually interacts with the people in the subforum moderating everything involving it than someone sent from above.
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Also if we ARE going to write something in the feedback section, I don't think RoL should be the one starting it lol. Get Ver or BC to do it.
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haven't we talked about this already? I thought qatol didn't really desire a mod position.
Qatol, as our abusive father who only wants the best for us, what do you think about having the ability to grant/deny mafia forum privileges? I've noticed that you generally want to maintain the banlist without being the "final say" on controversies... if you got an icon, would you be willing to be the final say? My sense is that is exactly what you want to avoid.
There's no doubt in my mind that Qatol is qualified, it's just a question of whether that's what he wants and what TL Mafia actually needs. In fact, even with plexa around the mafia /in list thread often had a sizable queue; ITW will eventually take care of it; mafia xxxviii is almost full and already has a plethora of newer players. On the other hand, it would be damn nice to take care of mafia perm bans and thread privileges in-house...
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On April 07 2011 01:57 aidnai wrote: haven't we talked about this already? I thought qatol didn't really desire a mod position.
Qatol, as our abusive father who only wants the best for us, what do you think about having the ability to grant/deny mafia forum privileges? I've noticed that you generally want to maintain the banlist without being the "final say" on controversies... if you got an icon, would you be willing to be the final say? My sense is that is exactly what you want to avoid.
There's no doubt in my mind that Qatol is qualified, it's just a question of whether that's what he wants and what TL Mafia actually needs. In fact, even with plexa around the mafia /in list thread often had a sizable queue; ITW will eventually take care of it; mafia xxxviii is almost full and already has a plethora of newer players. On the other hand, it would be damn nice to take care of mafia perm bans and thread privileges in-house...
I dont think we need to consider what Qatol wants, we will just foist the modship upon him! 
Seriously now though, Qatol even as a mod can take into account everyones opinions as he often does in the ban thread, its just a case of being the arbiter of such decisions, which he practically already is. Addressing your second point, I *know* that with Qatol as a mod he would take care of the people requesting access regularly, and while XXXVIII is full theres no reason to deny all these new people admittance/delay their entrance (hell if we get a flood of 8-9 of them I'll host a mini to keep them entertained or something). Basically with Qatol as a mod we would have someone who we know understands what goes on here, and is on our side in the mod's camp.
Qatol gets shit done.
##Elect Qatol (the lack of U in his name is driving me MAD)
EDIT: (I've used this button TWICE on the mafia forums! O.O) I dont think it would give Qatol more work if he became a mod, but he (and anyone else) can feel free to disagree with my assessment
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The fact that not a single person that saw BrownBear's advertisement in the Sports & Games Forums was able to join the game without already having forum permission kind of defeated the purpose of advertising to begin with. I would certainly trust any judgment related decisions Qatol would make in regards to the mafia forums, but of course if he prefers not to acquire any extra work or responsibilities then that is definitely understandable.
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Qatol ez
or promote flamewheel to mod imo
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already talked to hot_bid about getting a mod in here. long story short its not gonna happen anytime soon.
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On April 07 2011 02:57 Coagulation wrote: already talked to hot_bid about getting a mod in here. long story short its not gonna happen anytime soon.
=/ what's the reasoning for it?
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On April 07 2011 02:57 Coagulation wrote: already talked to hot_bid about getting a mod in here. long story short its not gonna happen anytime soon. We are the mafia forums, we will argue them to death! TL Mafia fighting!
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basically he said if we have any problems i can report to him directly anytime he will take care of it personally.
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what a bullshit reason...clearly there are time sensitive things that we can't wait around for hot_bid to take care of when he gets around to it. The whole advertising for XXXVIII and yet not one of the new people requesting access was able to sign up for XXXVIII clearly shows we need someone inhouse. RoL's experimental game got delayed 3-4 days because of the confusion of mods not paying attention and then they blame RoL for the mess up. What's he suppose to do? PM every single mod that he was making smurfs for a mafia game?
it's up to Qatol I guess, if he's willing to be mafia mod I'm sure we'd all stand behind him
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Be not afraid of modness: some are born mods, some achieve modness and some have modness thrust upon them!
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Here I drafted an appeal to the TL Forums to get Qatol modded
+ Show Spoiler +People of Team Liquid, we the members of the TL Mafia sub forum bring before you today a petition!
For many years has the TL Mafia sub-forum withered away, alone and deserted by those who should protect us. Only after much difficulty and struggle were we able to summon a moderator to aid us against the internal forces that oppressed and abated us, yet after their aid they once again left, leaving us despondent,
When one of ours was required to bring several smurfs into our homestead for the purpose of a great and glorious task, he requested permission from the mods and received it, yet because of a lack of communication, other mods banned him and put the game on indefinite hold. Had we, the mafia forums, had one of our own amongst the ranks of the all mighty ones we might have been able to prevent such a terrible accident, one that caused much suffering and pain to all the involved.
Of late our staunchest ally in the terrifying regions of the outer forums, Plexa, left us forever, and now it is impossible for us to allow people into the greatness of the Mafia forum without much dalliance. Despite our calls for others to join us and the request of some people to be allowed to visit us, the mods dallied and have so far not seen it in their interest to allow these people into the embrace of the mafia forums.
To regulate and controls we, the mafia forums have requested that Qatol, perhaps the greatest of the mafiates be given power much like the mods, so that he could defend our interests against internal and external threats. So that he could open the gates that allow those who desire access to enter and see the greatness of the Mafia forum. So that terrible, terrible accidents such as what transpired with RebirthOfLegend and the miscomunication with the great ones could be prevented.
Will the mods allow this, or will they continue to let us suffer and wither, as if we were not their brothers? This situation cannot be allowed to persist! Make Qatol a mod!
(I'm bored in lecture, sorry for the spam )
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Yup Qatol for sure. There are enough of us that we should be able to demand a mod. We're the most organized subforum and we've been operating for a while. Everytime this gets brought up the mods just say "PM us if you need anything" but this clearly doesn't work as recent events have shown.
Qatol is perfect for this.
I have a lot more reasons why we need a mod and why Qatol is perfect for it but I'm on my phone so I'll post more when I get home.
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On April 07 2011 01:51 chaoser wrote: Also if we ARE going to write something in the feedback section, I don't think RoL should be the one starting it lol. Get Ver or BC to do it. Have Ver or BC write it and I'll post it for my 1500 post lol (Id credit them ofc).
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On April 07 2011 01:51 chaoser wrote: Also if we ARE going to write something in the feedback section, I don't think RoL should be the one starting it lol. Get Ver or BC to do it. lol I thought of this already. I was going to make BC write it.
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On April 07 2011 01:57 aidnai wrote: haven't we talked about this already? I thought qatol didn't really desire a mod position.
Qatol, as our abusive father who only wants the best for us, what do you think about having the ability to grant/deny mafia forum privileges? I've noticed that you generally want to maintain the banlist without being the "final say" on controversies... if you got an icon, would you be willing to be the final say? My sense is that is exactly what you want to avoid.
There's no doubt in my mind that Qatol is qualified, it's just a question of whether that's what he wants and what TL Mafia actually needs. In fact, even with plexa around the mafia /in list thread often had a sizable queue; ITW will eventually take care of it; mafia xxxviii is almost full and already has a plethora of newer players. On the other hand, it would be damn nice to take care of mafia perm bans and thread privileges in-house... A couple of things. Before making this I asked Qatol, he said he was fine with it. Secondly, ITW can't actually add people apparently. It's why we need a dedicated moderator.
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On April 07 2011 01:57 aidnai wrote: haven't we talked about this already? I thought qatol didn't really desire a mod position.
Qatol, as our abusive father who only wants the best for us, what do you think about having the ability to grant/deny mafia forum privileges? I've noticed that you generally want to maintain the banlist without being the "final say" on controversies... if you got an icon, would you be willing to be the final say? My sense is that is exactly what you want to avoid.
There's no doubt in my mind that Qatol is qualified, it's just a question of whether that's what he wants and what TL Mafia actually needs. In fact, even with plexa around the mafia /in list thread often had a sizable queue; ITW will eventually take care of it; mafia xxxviii is almost full and already has a plethora of newer players. On the other hand, it would be damn nice to take care of mafia perm bans and thread privileges in-house... My position is as follows: I wouldn't mind being made a mod if the TL staff think it is warranted.
But I'm going to take the position that I think they will probably take: What would you have me do that I can't (and don't) do already? I could let people into the Mafia Forum on a more regular basis (if Moderators can even do that - I'm guessing it takes Administrator access to do this and there's no way we're getting our own Admin). I could handle the ~5 bans per year which result in loss of mafia forum viewing rights. I guess I could also take a more prominent role in the Ban List as far as resolving the easy calls (such as QuickStriker's attempt to avoid his ban) goes. I could update the OPs of active games to reflect changes in the Day/Night cycle (though this was more useful/important when we didn't have hosts use a rigid 48/24 cycle). And it would be nice to have an "All" button so I can point people to ban-related material more easily. But is that enough to really justify a moderator? What exactly would you have me do on a regular basis here that I don't/can't already do?
I prefer to have the big ban-related policy decisions decided by the forum as a group. I think the standards reflect what everyone as a whole thinks is acceptable, which is really how I believe this forum should be run. If people don't buy into the rules, they tend to not follow them, which results in chaos. We could just kick people who don't buy into my rules out of the mafia forum, but I'm worried that might erode the player base unacceptably. The easiest way to get people to buy into the rules is for them to have a voice in the creation of those rules, or at least to make the rules transparent enough that people understand (and support!) the logic behind the rules.
As far as RoL's situation goes, it is unfortunate, but I think he handled it in the wrong way. I really think he should have just PMed the list of accounts he wanted given mafia forum access to ITW. He knew that the TL moderators have problems with smurfs, and that seems like it would have been a simpler way of getting everyone access. Given the way he handled it, I don't think the situation would have turned out any differently if I was a moderator unless I happened to be watching the Mod Reports forum at the time and reacted to the situation before ETT.
Finally, remember that the TL staff (the Administrators, Moderators, and Banlings) by and large do not know me. I have had conversations with some of the staff members who actively played mafia here (semioldguy, Bockit, IntoTheWow, Plexa, mikeymoo) but that's about it. There are a few other staff members (FakeSteve, TheMango, Harem, Kennigit, Rage, Empyrean, SonuvBob) who have probably heard of me but may or may not remember who I am. Beyond that, they simply have never encountered me because I probably have ~200 posts outside of the mafia forum (not counting the mafia games which were moved). I think it is extremely unlikely that they would give staff powers to someone they have never heard of and know nothing about, regardless of how people on this forum feel.
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
Moderators can't add people--only administrators can add people to the Mafia forum.
Will address stuff here in a bit I suppose after I finish some work.
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On April 07 2011 04:38 flamewheel wrote: Moderators can't add people--only administrators can add people to the Mafia forum.
Will address stuff here in a bit I suppose after I finish some work. That makes this interesting. I am surprised they can't customize who has what powers. I didn't think adding people to forums would be that big of a deal.
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On April 07 2011 04:33 Qatol wrote: Finally, remember that the TL staff (the Administrators, Moderators, and Banlings) by and large do not know me. I have had conversations with some of the staff members who actively played mafia here (semioldguy, Bockit, IntoTheWow, Plexa, mikeymoo) but that's about it. There are a few other staff members (FakeSteve, TheMango, Harem, Kennigit, Rage, Empyrean, SonuvBob) who have probably heard of me but may or may not remember who I am. Beyond that, they simply have never encountered me because I probably have ~200 posts outside of the mafia forum (not counting the mafia games which were moved). I think it is extremely unlikely that they would give staff powers to someone they have never heard of and know nothing about, regardless of how people on this forum feel.
This pretty much. Your a good candidate to us however your gonna have a hard time convincing the higher ups to give someone who is relatively unknown outside of the mafia section much authority.
i have actually talked to hot_bid and Mani and other mods about this extensively and im telling you guys its not gonna happen. not now at any rate.
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On April 07 2011 04:38 flamewheel wrote: Moderators can't add people--only administrators can add people to the Mafia forum.
Will address stuff here in a bit I suppose after I finish some work. Which means the focus should probably be on getting someone like ITW promoted to Admin or getting another Admin more interested in this forum if you want people added more often.
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Alright guys, new plan. We pair off into groups of 3 and each focus on different admins, are goal is to convince them that mafia is a wonderful game and they should play it.
I'll take L and Ace. We will berate an admin until we are all either perm banned or have an active admin in our midst.
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Oh and there are 9 admins, so I need 27 volunteers. Before you accept, know this. You are putting the livelihood of your account and reputation on the line, should we fail men it would mean certain death (to our accounts).
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Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take?
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Wtf...you guys took all the good people...
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On April 07 2011 05:01 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take? I'm still waiting on BC to deliver his promise of getting Mani to play with us. I don't care if you made that promise 2 years ago! I'm still waiting!!!!!
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On April 07 2011 05:04 Qatol wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 05:01 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take? I'm still waiting on BC to deliver his promise of getting Mani to play with us. I don't care if you made that promise 2 years ago! I'm still waiting!!!!!
Lol...a game with Mani and Rol...make em both townie, watch the drama unfold? lol
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Only because I <3 FW was this post edited.
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On April 07 2011 05:06 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 05:04 Qatol wrote:On April 07 2011 05:01 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take? I'm still waiting on BC to deliver his promise of getting Mani to play with us. I don't care if you made that promise 2 years ago! I'm still waiting!!!!! Lol...a game with Mani and Rol...make em both townie, watch the drama unfold? lol BC promised me Mani and FakeSteve in the same game.... I did my part and got FakeSteve to play (Mafia VII), but BC didn't carry his end of the bargain at all!
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
On April 07 2011 03:07 Coagulation wrote: basically he said if we have any problems i can report to him directly anytime he will take care of it personally. This.
It's not just for Mafia. This applies to news articles being moved as well.
On April 07 2011 04:43 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 04:38 flamewheel wrote: Moderators can't add people--only administrators can add people to the Mafia forum.
Will address stuff here in a bit I suppose after I finish some work. That makes this interesting. I am surprised they can't customize who has what powers. I didn't think adding people to forums would be that big of a deal. I'm pretty sure it's coded into TL this way. However, there are exceptions for certain powers--I can write Power Rank, and that's done through the Admin Panel. But I'm not an admin/mod, obviously.
Also I honestly don't think a moderator is needed for in-section stuff. The only thing they'd be applicable towards is banning people / checking for smurfs, and bans are done based on the diplomatic system right now and I tend to hand off smurfs for checks.
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yeah i really dont think an admin is extremely important to us right now. we are still a relatively small and manageable amount of people. Also its worth adding that there are a large number of people here that have access to admin IRC and admin sections of the forum so we are not in any danger of being unheard if a problem arises. basically having an admin here would be convenient for us and inconvenient for the admins. you do the math.
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On April 07 2011 05:09 Qatol wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 05:06 chaoser wrote:On April 07 2011 05:04 Qatol wrote:On April 07 2011 05:01 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take? I'm still waiting on BC to deliver his promise of getting Mani to play with us. I don't care if you made that promise 2 years ago! I'm still waiting!!!!! Lol...a game with Mani and Rol...make em both townie, watch the drama unfold? lol BC promised me Mani and FakeSteve in the same game.... I did my part and got FakeSteve to play (Mafia VII), but BC didn't carry his end of the bargain at all!
Obviously we should get Chill for his detective prowess
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On April 07 2011 06:09 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 05:09 Qatol wrote:On April 07 2011 05:06 chaoser wrote:On April 07 2011 05:04 Qatol wrote:On April 07 2011 05:01 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Sweet! I'll take BC and foolishness. Which admin shall we take? I'm still waiting on BC to deliver his promise of getting Mani to play with us. I don't care if you made that promise 2 years ago! I'm still waiting!!!!! Lol...a game with Mani and Rol...make em both townie, watch the drama unfold? lol BC promised me Mani and FakeSteve in the same game.... I did my part and got FakeSteve to play (Mafia VII), but BC didn't carry his end of the bargain at all! Obviously we should get Chill for his detective prowess
I'll try to find Chill somewhere in Alberta. And convince him to play mafia. It must be done!
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I know HotBid IRL!
AND I KNOW WHERE THE TL HQ IS! :D
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On April 07 2011 05:27 Coagulation wrote: yeah i really dont think an admin is extremely important to us right now. we are still a relatively small and manageable amount of people. Also its worth adding that there are a large number of people here that have access to admin IRC and admin sections of the forum so we are not in any danger of being unheard if a problem arises. basically having an admin here would be convenient for us and inconvenient for the admins. you do the math. How would it be inconvenient for other admins? They wouldn't have to deal with our problems since we can work them out ourselves.
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On April 07 2011 06:22 bumatlarge wrote: I know HotBid IRL!
AND I KNOW WHERE THE TL HQ IS! :D
where is it?!
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On April 07 2011 06:22 bumatlarge wrote: I know HotBid IRL!
AND I KNOW WHERE THE TL HQ IS! :D WTf, you live in NY?
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also, this is obviously Part 1 of RoL's plan to rejoin access to the lounge
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we should get a TL mafia NY meet up going lol, GMarshal's in philly too so it's a short hop to NY
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On April 07 2011 06:27 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:22 bumatlarge wrote: I know HotBid IRL!
AND I KNOW WHERE THE TL HQ IS! :D WTf, you live in NY?
I sure do, I went to a few TL NYC meetups. Can't say where the HQ is though :X
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at least give a borough lol
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Did you go to that LAN in queens like a month ago? I actually almost went with my friend erika.
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kitaman27
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On April 07 2011 06:31 bumatlarge wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:27 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:On April 07 2011 06:22 bumatlarge wrote: I know HotBid IRL!
AND I KNOW WHERE THE TL HQ IS! :D WTf, you live in NY? I sure do, I went to a few TL NYC meetups. Can't say where the HQ is though :X
TL Mafia Interrogation Team Mobilize!
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bum...do it...do it for...the babies...the mafia babies...TELL US!
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On April 07 2011 06:33 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Did you go to that LAN in queens like a month ago? I actually almost went with my friend erika.
Yeah, at the cybercafe? That had ALOT of people at it (or maybe I went to one before that). You should go to the next one, its supposed to have like 100 people at it. I don't even remember playing that much, just hanging out, watching games and eating stuff.
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On April 07 2011 06:33 chaoser wrote: at least give a borough lol TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something.
I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester.
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On April 07 2011 06:36 bumatlarge wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:33 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Did you go to that LAN in queens like a month ago? I actually almost went with my friend erika. Yeah, at the cybercafe? That had ALOT of people at it (or maybe I went to one before that). You should go to the next one, its supposed to have like 100 people at it. I don't even remember playing that much, just hanging out, watching games and eating stuff. I could have met the batman! Damn it.
When is the next lan though? Maybe I will force Chaoser and Gmarshal to go and we can all bro out and shit.
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On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester.
I live right within the city limits in the bronx, very close to yonkers. Woodlawn!
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Oh psh, they fucking liars then. Upstate does not equal NY. I thought they were at least in Queens somewhere.
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If it's in may I can come, else I'm stuck in Philly lol. Dunno where Gmarshal actually lives
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On April 07 2011 06:41 bumatlarge wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:On April 07 2011 06:33 chaoser wrote: at least give a borough lol TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester. I live right within the city limits in the bronx, very close to yonkers. Woodlawn! lol dude I work at the Bronx Homicide Task Force!! It's right off the Sheridan, are you near that?
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On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester.
But pokebunny visited TLHQ and there's no way he drove there himself, he's like 10 or something.
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On April 07 2011 06:43 chaoser wrote: If it's in may I can come, else I'm stuck in Philly lol. Dunno where Gmarshal actually lives That's like 2 hours away. Don't be a girl.
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On April 07 2011 06:47 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:On April 07 2011 06:33 chaoser wrote: at least give a borough lol TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester. But pokebunny visited TLHQ and there's no way he drove there himself, he's like 10 or something. pokebunny lives in NYC iirc. So that supports my theory!
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On April 07 2011 06:50 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:47 chaoser wrote:On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:On April 07 2011 06:33 chaoser wrote: at least give a borough lol TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester. But pokebunny visited TLHQ and there's no way he drove there himself, he's like 10 or something. pokebunny lives in NYC iirc. So that supports my theory!
yeah, but you think it's upstate/outside the city, how's pokebunny going to get there? his mom drove him?
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If it's up the sawmill it can be in yonkers, same if it's up the sprain. Which is westchester county. So from the city you can take the bus/train there.
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On April 07 2011 06:55 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: If it's up the sawmill it can be in yonkers, same if it's up the sprain. Which is westchester county. So from the city you can take the bus/train there.
lol its in my neck of the woods? 
"Up the saw mill" could mean anything: Yonkers, Pleasantville, Bedford Hills, Katonah, Mt Kisco, Tarrytown...
On April 07 2011 06:47 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 06:38 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:On April 07 2011 06:33 chaoser wrote: at least give a borough lol TLHQ is right outside the city, most likely in westchester county off the saw mill, sprain, or something. I'd say off the HH/Sawmill is most likely because I know it's in NY and I know TheMango lives around 25 minutes from it. Since Mango lives near exit 3 on the palisades parkway the closest area of new york not in the city could only be westchester. Rockland is also close, but it's not AS close to the city. So they must be in westchester. But pokebunny visited TLHQ and there's no way he drove there himself, he's like 10 or something.
MTA makes it easy to go anywhere from the city to Putnam/Westchester within an hour.
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Don't be difficult amber. Obviously no one cares about putnam county.
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On April 07 2011 07:09 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Don't be difficult amber. Obviously no one cares about putnam county.
watch it you might end up where you work
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lolol, no one cares about anything not located in the 5 boroughs yo, GTFO RoL
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But dude, we have a bakery! ROCKLAND BAKERY! And it's delicious... I have seen dead bodies tom. You can't scare me.
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kitaman27
United States9244 Posts
This discussion will surely convince the TL admins now!
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TL Admin 1: I was thinking we should give that guy a mod title so he can help regulate his own forum, but after reading that thread.... TL Admin 2: Yeah, that sub-forum's full of weirdos and stalkers. TL Admin 1: We better shut it down. TL Admin 2: Agreed.
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On April 07 2011 07:28 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: But dude, we have a bakery! ROCKLAND BAKERY! And it's delicious... I have seen dead bodies tom. You can't scare me.
Ignore the fact you have a kick-ass mall and state a lame bakery. Yup definitely from west of the river. And lol at Rockland pride yet working in the BX.
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On April 07 2011 07:28 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: But dude, we have a bakery! ROCKLAND BAKERY! And it's delicious... I have seen dead bodies tom. You can't scare me.
Um...Brooklyn Cheesecake Factory? Magnolia's? Crumbs? Butterfield? Billy's? Yeah...City wins
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I hate that mall. I have worked there like 3 years. It's ugly and shitty, and I hate you for saying it's awesome.
The bakery is where it's at. Fresh chocolate mousse cake? Fuck yes. Squishy fluffy hot bagels? Fuckier yes.
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On April 07 2011 07:46 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: I hate that mall. I have worked there like 3 years. It's ugly and shitty, and I hate you for saying it's awesome.
The bakery is where it's at. Fresh chocolate mousse cake? Fuck yes. Squishy fluffy hot bagels? Fuckier yes.
Sry Carmel Bagel and Big Apple Bagels in Mount Kisco are where its at.
Best BEC in the country at either place yessurrrrrr
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why is everyone from nyc?
any west coasters wanna spam this thread up? I'm from the seattle/puget sound area...
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I'm from upstate NY (real upstate, not just-outside-the-city upstate) and am totally down with visiting / stalking TL members next time I'm at home.
Alternatively, you could all come up to Syracuse and marvel at how astoundingly little there is to do.
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Aidnai, I go to school in Redmond. /wave
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Hail, from Canada! Would anyone like to wrestle bear with me in great wilderness?
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have you ever ridden the ferries node? I live across the puget sound, but I did a few years of college in Edmonds and generally associate with seattle more than anywhere else.
and wiggles, I got my BSc at TWU in langley, BC. Got to know Vancouver a bit, are you a west coaster or you from toronto or something? Actually if you're wrestling bears maybe you're from alberta lol.
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Node, where do you go to school? I have been up there a few times, you are only like 2.5 hours from me I think.
PS: Canada Sucks
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This is now a thread about new york.
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If we're not going to talk about a TL Mafia Moderator anymore can we not spam up the forum? Thanks.
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alright guys back to irc it is.
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United States22154 Posts
This is the reason I'm kind of happy we lack a mod though, NO ONE CAN STOP OUR DERAILMENT!
Anyway I live in PA, so depending on when I'm up for taking a trip to NY to meet the rest of the TL mafia forums.
On April 07 2011 08:11 Incognito wrote: If we're not going to talk about a TL Mafia Moderator anymore can we not spam up the forum? Thanks.
missed this, ok, I'm done being annoying
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On April 07 2011 08:09 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Node, where do you go to school? I have been up there a few times, you are only like 2.5 hours from me I think.
PS: Canada Sucks
No it doesn't... :p
I have West Edmonton Mall, Free Healthcare, and Maple Syrup.
Suck it.
Sorry, didn't see. 
Also, we have an IRC?
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Im not done being annoying yet
NEW YORK SUCKS HAHAHAH YOU DIRTY YUPPIES
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On April 07 2011 08:14 Mr. Wiggles wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 08:09 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Node, where do you go to school? I have been up there a few times, you are only like 2.5 hours from me I think.
PS: Canada Sucks No it doesn't... :p I have West Edmonton Mall, Free Healthcare, and Maple Syrup. Suck it. Sorry, didn't see.  Also, we have an IRC?
You're still alive in insane, you're not welcome!
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United States22154 Posts
There is now, #TLMafia IRC on quakenet is the new official tl mafia IRC, everyone join!
EDIT: Theres also the graveyard where I put all the people who died in insane, but wiggles is alive and kicking
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Foolishness
United States3044 Posts
Kavdragon I'm going to put all 110% of my effort to kill you the next time I play a mafia game with you
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On April 07 2011 08:44 Foolishness wrote: Kavdragon I'm going to put all 110% of my effort to kill you the next time I play a mafia game with you
Please! I'll do anything! Just don't feed me to Qatol!
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On April 07 2011 09:31 Kavdragon wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 08:44 Foolishness wrote: Kavdragon I'm going to put all 110% of my effort to kill you the next time I play a mafia game with you Please! I'll do anything! Just don't feed me to Qatol!
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United States2186 Posts
Sorry to go back on topic but...if you want Qatol to be mafia mod, this isn't not the right campaign for it. As was said, there simply isn't enough need for a dedicated mafia mod. But TL is certainly in need of more skilled mods/banlings; they trouble they have is finding the right ones for the job. There's no reason why Qatol simply couldn't be a mod who also regulates the mafia forum, instead of a strictly mafia forum mod, if he was willing. I doubt there's a single non-staff TL user who has had the opportunity to illustrate on TL their capability as a mod as Qatol, not to mention the countless hours behind the scenes of resolving disputes quietly and helping with game setups etc. He may not have the connections but his track record is right out in the open, as he has been the de facto mafia moderator for quite some time now and the reaction, as we have seen, is quite good.
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I like it, make it happen!
Also, I forgive you for going back on topic. But wouldn't this mean Qatol would have to do work outside of the mafia forum too? That would be asking a lot.
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On April 07 2011 10:31 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: I like it, make it happen!
Also, I forgive you for going back on topic. But wouldn't this mean Qatol would have to do work outside of the mafia forum too? That would be asking a lot. I could probably handle it as long as I don't start until May (after my finals are over). And I would be willing to take the plunge but only if it would actually benefit this forum (and not just the sc2 forum).
So what exactly would I do that I can't do already? I could keep our IP checks for smurfs in house instead of flamewheel bugging the nearest available mod/banling.
I could handle the 5 bans/year this forum produces.
Is it really worth it?
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On April 08 2011 04:40 Qatol wrote:Show nested quote +On April 07 2011 10:31 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: I like it, make it happen!
Also, I forgive you for going back on topic. But wouldn't this mean Qatol would have to do work outside of the mafia forum too? That would be asking a lot. I could probably handle it as long as I don't start until May (after my finals are over). And I would be willing to take the plunge but only if it would actually benefit this forum (and not just the sc2 forum). So what exactly would I do that I can't do already? I could keep our IP checks for smurfs in house instead of flamewheel bugging the nearest available mod/banling. I could handle the 5 bans/year this forum produces. Is it really worth it?
Also, obviously, to put into motion phase 1 of RoL's magnificent plan to take over the Lounge duh
+ Show Spoiler +
To be serious though, I don't think it's worth it at all if the only way to go about it is to give Qatol more work. Most of the problems we have can't be fixed by a mod anyway and need admin powers so it's not like being a banling will bring about substantial benefits to the mafia forum, it just taxes Qatol more than anything else. If you want to be a banling though, I'm sure we'd all vouch for your awesome modding abilities and experience.
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Ah, but would I be RoL's ally or his enemy? He will never know!
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I would imagine that it would be easier for a mod to get the attention of the people who can actually admit new users to the mafia forum. Of course, I don't know how things actually run higher up on TL, but I know that I at least pay more attentions to PMs from mods than PMs from, say, RoL.
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On April 08 2011 05:36 Node wrote:I would imagine that it would be easier for a mod to get the attention of the people who can actually admit new users to the mafia forum. Of course, I don't know how things actually run higher up on TL, but I know that I at least pay more attentions to PMs from mods than PMs from, say, RoL. 
I think in the instance of setting up smurf games, we should just PM hot_bid and other admins like a week ahead of time asking for confirmation. Once confirmation is given we can start the process. It'll slow the process down but it's a problem that's solvable. The new users thing I dunno how we can fix that though.
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I mean, I am sure there is a way they can make Qatol a mod/banling who can add people to the mafia forum. Just like Flamewheel can access certain admin features like posting news articles. So maybe our case isn't all lost for him to just be a mod, and not go through all the tribulations of being the SC2 forums bitch.
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On April 08 2011 12:25 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: I mean, I am sure there is a way they can make Qatol a mod/banling who can add people to the mafia forum. Just like Flamewheel can access certain admin features like posting news articles. So maybe our case isn't all lost for him to just be a mod, and not go through all the tribulations of being the SC2 forums bitch. If there were, why doesn't ITW already have this power? Especially considering he's the point of contact for getting into the mafia forum....
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
On April 08 2011 12:53 Qatol wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 12:25 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: I mean, I am sure there is a way they can make Qatol a mod/banling who can add people to the mafia forum. Just like Flamewheel can access certain admin features like posting news articles. So maybe our case isn't all lost for him to just be a mod, and not go through all the tribulations of being the SC2 forums bitch. If there were, why doesn't ITW already have this power? Especially considering he's the point of contact for getting into the mafia forum.... I rub me some Agu in the mornin'
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There should a be a "suggest a banling" thread somewhere in website feedback. That way we could all go there en mass and force Qatol in banlinghood.
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On April 08 2011 23:10 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: There should a be a "suggest a banling" thread somewhere in website feedback. That way we could all go there en mass and force Qatol in banlinghood. thats a terrible idea. some random guy whos good at SC2 would constantly get nominated :l
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On April 09 2011 05:57 Kenpachi wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 23:10 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: There should a be a "suggest a banling" thread somewhere in website feedback. That way we could all go there en mass and force Qatol in banlinghood. thats a terrible idea. some random guy whos good at SC2 would constantly get nominated :l
Yes because that's excatly how it would work, and all TL mods are stupid. That's what you just said kenpachi. Hope you dont get banned! REPORTED (jk <3 my fat little gay godfather)
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On April 08 2011 23:10 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: There should a be a "suggest a banling" thread somewhere in website feedback. That way we could all go there en mass and force Qatol in banlinghood.
IDRA FOR BANLING
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On April 09 2011 11:56 kevconsim wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 23:10 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: There should a be a "suggest a banling" thread somewhere in website feedback. That way we could all go there en mass and force Qatol in banlinghood. IDRA FOR BANLING kevconsim for banling. This guy clearly knows best.
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I am announcing my candancy for banling.
I run on the fact that i will ban coag. I will convince everyone that idra should be a banling. I will give everyone a hug.
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United States22154 Posts
On April 09 2011 12:36 kevconsim wrote: I am announcing my candancy for banling.
I run on the fact that i will ban coag. I will convince everyone that idra should be a banling. I will give everyone a hug.
I dont want a banling who is already breadcrumbing mafia
LYNCH KEV! We dont want a scum banling!
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On April 09 2011 12:40 GMarshal wrote:
I dont want a banling who is already breadcrumbing mafia
LYNCH KEV! We dont want a scum banling!
A rare slip by the almost always scum man GMarshal
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United States22154 Posts
On April 09 2011 12:47 kevconsim wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2011 12:40 GMarshal wrote:
I dont want a banling who is already breadcrumbing mafia
LYNCH KEV! We dont want a scum banling! A rare s lip by the al most always scum man GMarshal
Well played sir, however you are getting more obvious
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On April 09 2011 12:50 GMarshal wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2011 12:47 kevconsim wrote:On April 09 2011 12:40 GMarshal wrote:
I dont want a banling who is already breadcrumbing mafia
LYNCH KEV! We dont want a scum banling! A rare s lip by the al most always scum man GMarshal Well played sir, however you are getting more obvious scum
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United States22154 Posts
On April 09 2011 12:51 kevconsim wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2011 12:50 GMarshal wrote:On April 09 2011 12:47 kevconsim wrote:On April 09 2011 12:40 GMarshal wrote:
I dont want a banling who is already breadcrumbing mafia
LYNCH KEV! We dont want a scum banling! A rare s lip by the al most always scum man GMarshal Well played sir, however you are getting more obvious scum
You stopped posting actual text... spoilsport...
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now your lying on top of it. Trying to hide something?
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United States22154 Posts
On April 09 2011 12:55 kevconsim wrote: now your lying on top of it. Trying to hide something?
Ok, I confess I'm the Doom Bringer
Welcome to TL Mafia Moderator Mafia. You are the Doombringer! You never win, or lose! As a matter of fact there is no game going on here!
You have 3 powers for shits and giggles 1.) Doom! post ## Doom in the thread and 5 random players will die, while 5 others will have their alignment randomly altered, usable a number of rimes equal to the sum of the vectors pointing towards you when you trigger this power
2.) Doom! post ## Doom in the thread, you automatically harvest one soul, making that person give you access to their TL account. Have fun with your new smurf, this person is chosen at random, and you may use this power a number of times equal to the MSL index number cubed
3.) Doom! post ## Doom in the thread, a player is automatically modkilled at random and given a 3 game ban for disrupting the game, you may use this power a number of times equal to KUMQUATS
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On April 07 2011 08:11 Incognito wrote: If we're not going to talk about a TL Mafia Moderator anymore can we not spam up the forum? Thanks.
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rather they post spam here than in the TL Mafia XXXVIII thread if they gonna spam.
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Do I need to break out Annul's spam pic?
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On April 09 2011 14:48 Meapak_Ziphh wrote: Do I need to break out Annul's spam pic? Don't make me go get banling powers so I can stop the spam by force.....
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I feel like any thread I start is destined to spiral into some shitty spam fest.
I am not sure whether I am proud of that fact or not.
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i wouldnt mind sacrificing myself for you qatol <3
And RoL i would be proud of that.
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On April 09 2011 15:36 kevconsim wrote: i wouldnt mind sacrificing myself for you qatol <3
And RoL i would be proud of that.
One day or another, we all have to sacrifice ourselves to the great snake god
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Just for fun, my accounts still haven't been added to this forum. I have put on hold another week now. Riptide said he would do it yesterday if no one else did but he hasn't yet. I sent him another reminder PM yesterday and now. This is so annoying.
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
On April 11 2011 04:46 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Just for fun, my accounts still haven't been added to this forum. I have put on hold another week now. Riptide said he would do it yesterday if no one else did but he hasn't yet. I sent him another reminder PM yesterday and now. This is so annoying. PM a list of who needs to be added to Hot_Bid. I think this will be the default procedure for now, but it'll require somebody checking the signups thread.
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