On September 14 2004 16:25 Rt-S.FakeSteve wrote:
reaper cant bet from his own computer because he's IP banned

apparently he goes to different computers or has other people do it for him

lol

Keanu_Reaver

Djibouti1432 Posts

September 14 2004 07:59 GMT

#82

hm, one question i have, since apparently this isn't a joke

with this whole "we decide your limits to free speech" thing, if i was to say these 'commandments' were done in poor taste, the attempts at humor were annoying at best, and they are pretty damned stupid overall...would i get banned?

purely hypothetical question...honest

Eniram

Sudan3166 Posts

September 14 2004 08:12 GMT

#83

On September 14 2004 16:59 Keanu_Reaver wrote:
hm, one question i have, since apparently this isn't a joke

with this whole "we decide your limits to free speech" thing, if i was to say these 'commandments' were done in poor taste, the attempts at humor were annoying at best, and they are pretty damned stupid overall...would i get banned?

purely hypothetical question...honest

I would hope not, because if the truth is censored whats next?!

Keanu_Reaver

Djibouti1432 Posts

September 14 2004 08:23 GMT

#84

yeah see thats my reasoning, its one thing to limit free speech its another to censor the truth!

Roman

United States2595 Posts

September 14 2004 08:26 GMT

#85

good list, as long as everyone follows these guidlines, this will continue to be a great forum.

Excalibur_Z

United States12247 Posts

September 14 2004 10:21 GMT

#86

On September 14 2004 15:16 Jim wrote:

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Why was that guy banned? From what I remember he was kind of like E_excalibur on drugs?

Rekrul got sick of him and banned him on a power trip.

A big FU for getting my nick wrong by the way =]

fenixdown

Colombia320 Posts

September 14 2004 10:27 GMT

#87

Those rules are fine, specially the one about capital letters

Meta

United States6226 Posts

September 14 2004 10:30 GMT

#88

sweet.
another quality post by mensrea, let him* be an example to us all.

SpeedDemonToss

108 Posts

September 14 2004 11:03 GMT

#89

oh god mensrea it was a JOOOOOKE both for u and leg...i dont know u however i am leg's friend
and i seem to remember reading something about making people laugh and that was all i was trying to do...that joke was as lame as a momma joke...if somebody actually cracks one its our of pure humour nothing more.

[EDIT: Thought so, but wasn't sure. Sorry. - mensrea]

mensrea

Canada5062 Posts

September 14 2004 11:33 GMT

#90

On September 14 2004 17:12 Eniram wrote:

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I would hope not, because if the truth is censored whats next?!

Since you never speak the truth, you have nothing to worry about.

amat

United States1788 Posts

September 14 2004 11:45 GMT

#91

Very well written. No wonder it took so long, I am considering hiring mensrea as my personal English language guru.

Keanu should go back to the br.com forums if he wants "truth" and free speech.

AK-Nemesis

2005 Posts

September 14 2004 11:50 GMT

#92

yes yes yes

mensrea's english writing always makes me jaw dropped

mensrea

Canada5062 Posts

September 14 2004 11:59 GMT

#93

To You Know Who You Are:

Absolute free speech is a state of affairs that does not exist anywhere on this planet.

A very generous degree of free speech presumes a level of responsibility and ability to self-regulate a significant portion of the people who frequent this site simply do not possess.

So we prefer a restricted form of "free speech." Does this irritate some of our members? Heck yeah. But, in the final analysis, it's better this way. There is always a trade-off. We are certainly a bit less popular because of our constant monitoring of the forums. But, we don't care. We have simply chosen quality over quantity. This is our choice to make. You are always free to visit other sites with more lenient posting policies.

AK-Nemesis

2005 Posts

September 14 2004 12:01 GMT

#94

the fast developoment of this forum community has already proven that the admin's policies are on the right track.

MPXMX

Canada4309 Posts

September 14 2004 12:02 GMT

#95

A phrase I've heard admins and veterans here say a thousand times: "We don't want this site to turn into another broodwar.com"

So yeah, mensrea

AK-Nemesis

2005 Posts

September 14 2004 12:20 GMT

#96

hahaha, but iszard was really sometimes entertaining!

FakeSteve[TPR]

Valhalla18444 Posts

September 14 2004 12:22 GMT

#97

but thats its entertaining in a sick way, like when people fall over

Keanu_Reaver

Djibouti1432 Posts

September 14 2004 13:20 GMT

#98

On September 14 2004 20:45 amat wrote:
Very well written. No wonder it took so long, I am considering hiring mensrea as my personal English language guru.

Keanu should go back to the br.com forums if he wants "truth" and free speech.

are you trying to insult me? i'd take the br.com forums over 1000 tl.nets

amat

United States1788 Posts

September 14 2004 13:31 GMT

#99

Too stupid to pick out the country you live in also. Suprise suprise.

Keanu_Reaver

Djibouti1432 Posts

September 14 2004 13:39 GMT

#100

On September 14 2004 20:59 mensrea wrote:
To You Know Who You Are:

Absolute free speech is a state of affairs that does not exist anywhere on this planet.

A very generous degree of free speech presumes a level of responsibility and ability to self-regulate a significant portion of the people who frequent this site simply do not possess.

So we prefer a restricted form of "free speech." Does this irritate some of our members? Heck yeah. But, in the final analysis, it's better this way. There is always a trade-off. We are certainly a bit less popular because of our constant monitoring of the forums. But, we don't care. We have simply chosen quality over quantity. This is our choice to make. You are always free to visit other sites with more lenient posting policies.

was this directed at me?

if so - most of what you said is incorrect. absolute free speech exists in any non-hierarchal group (sorry, but being ridiculed is not a hindrance on your free speech, nor is cliquish behavior no matter how wrong it may be) so to assume a hierarchy in this site is very arrogant thing to do, and it turns this from a non-hierarchal community to discuss whatever into, well, what you intended, a rigid governmental type institution. i've been to plenty of forums, and in my experience, when admins and site owners suddenly decide they have a government and immediately begin imposing rules beyond the obvious (spamming and posing?) the goers of the site become disgustingly fake and monotonous. this thread itself is a perfect example, i shudder to think how soggy your ass must be with how many times it's been kissed. i have no idea what your supposed "analysis" is, or if it even exists, but once again, when rules are lenient beyond the obvious the site will become more honest and motley...this is, of course, my experience in practically every group setting i've ever been associated with (and with how many places i've moved to, believe me, its a lot).

im certain the bw.com forums scare you, as they should, but had spam, posing, and a very VERY lenient sense of trolling get banned (as well as not having psycho's for admins) that site would have been fine. quality over quantity? don't make me laugh, that statement is to ridiculous i wont even bother. i also find it funny you said this would make you unpopular, again that is absolutely ridiculous, it will have the reverse effect, and you're too smart of a person (or you put on airs of such) to not already know that. and like i said, them being 'ten commandments' itself is very distasteful.

if not - read the if so anyway, cause yeah, most of what you said is incorrect.