Very Important, Please Read, Or Else.

breath of life · 12-21-2004

<scp>eastside wrote:

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i don't get wat he's sayin but he looks like he knows wat he's talkin bout so.........i agree wit u dakilla

ya man i have no clue how long you have actually been here at the forums reading everything, but you will soon learn very fast that Dakilla knows more about HIS site than anybody else

Ark · 01-04-2005

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Originally Posted by DaKilla

I run a 3000+ member forum. I try to keep order and keep this place maintained for the masses. I am not 'threatened' by any other forum. I do get disappionted when I see what I thought of as loyal members leave this site completely to join another, but that's about it. Do you realize how many people come to these forums and just read as well. We have well over the amount of members and/or 'readers' than any of these smaller forums that have spawned off of us. I say spawned off of us because there have been at least ten people who haven't been content with this site and left to create their own to compete with ours. You know what happened to them? The biggest one has about 100-200 members. And almost never has any guests reading. So, you go ahead and make your own free forum, and see what happens. But until you get this many members, you won't know what it's like to be an Admin/Mod. It's tougher than you think it is. Just because you don't like some of the rules doesn't mean I'll change them for you alone. If you want something changed, make a suggestion. This is pure democracy. You guys vote for change, I work my hardest to bring it to you as fast as possible.

Sorry for writing the book everyone, but this stuff really gets to me. There is nothing worse than an inconsiderate brat that talks negatively because he can't cope with society and/or 'authority'.

Dakilla is right, it isn't easy.

I'm a moderator for the Codemasters Forums (the guys who created Operation Flashpoint on the PC) and it is a tremendous amount of work to keep things in order. There have been times where I have seen 10 or more "forum alerts" emailed to me a day. We have about 6 moderators, an Admin, and a Development team that all watches the forums, IIRC, and sometimes it doesn't seem like enough to maintain order.

Rules are put in place not to hinder freedom in forums but to maintain order and ensure an enjoyable experience to all. They are not designed with the hopes of "limiting" one's fun in the forum. Forums are not the place for one to grandstand their opinions. They are put in place to give people with a common interest some place to go to share their experiences with others, whether they be good or bad, in a mature atmosphere.

PMing people advertisements is wrong. I don't blame Dakilla for not allowing it. He pays the bandwidth bills so him allowing these advertisements would be the same as him monetarily supporting other people's work and that makes about as much sense as a bag of hair on the 50 yd line.

It isn't a question of "censorship", it is a question of respect. Those that lack respect will surely not have it handed to them on a silver platter.

My. 02c

Go Pre · 01-19-2005

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Originally Posted by DaKilla

It has come to my attention that there are several members practicing unfair business tactics while trying to attract members to their forum. I will be periodically checking their website and interviewing the members on this site that are also members there. If I find you to be an active participant in those forums, and that you have been lured there from here, I will be forced into taking some rather interesting action.

These people have stabbed not only me, but this entire forum in the back. I will not stand to have this type of heinous activity here.

If you recieve any PMs with advertisements, I suggest you send me a PM with the name of the person in question. I will handle it from there. I refuse to have my members harrassed in PMs.

Good to see your taking a stand killa

navyboy · 02-08-2005

DaKilla is right, far out cant some of you read English, it is quite annoying having all this cr@p in your inbox telling you to join a worthless forum or something.

*R_Dub* · 02-10-2005

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Originally Posted by DaKilla

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Originally Posted by ppazz13

I understand why you wouldn't want users leaving your forum, but I see no problem joining multiple forums. That's the whole concept that these forums and the entire World Wide Web is built off of in the first place. I'm a new member here, and I hope that this will be a good forum to post in and get my information off of, but if I join other forums and my account here is deleted, I know I sure wouldn't lose any sleep over it. I'm not trying to get off on a bad start, believe me. I just wanted to voice my opinion on that issue, which is the whole idea behind a forum.

I really don't want to sound offensive here, but had you read my previous posts, you would realize that I have nothing against you joining other forums. You can join as many forums as you like. I just don't want people advertising their forums in my message boards. That is a ridiculous thing to do. I will think about the "links and discussions of other websites" like yabber stated.

Let me say this one last time to make sure everyone gets it: You may join any forum you like. I am not trying to force you to pick a single forum. I thought I clearly stated that earlier in this thread, but maybe my posts were interpreted incorrectly.

Oh yeah, one more thing.

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Originally Posted by Naughty_Byrd

Yet another example of the power hungry admins on this board!

You're just threatened that other forums may be cooler than this one (cough - many are) because we don't have to put up with countless BS rules and regulations just to talk about socom. This forum is going to hell because you are all takeing it way to seriously. Its not a freaking business, just a place to have some fun and talk about a game we all like!

Chill the 'censor' out!

I run a 3000+ member forum. I try to keep order and keep this place maintained for the masses. I am not 'threatened' by any other forum. I do get disappionted when I see what I thought of as loyal members leave this site completely to join another, but that's about it. Do you realize how many people come to these forums and just read as well. We have well over the amount of members and/or 'readers' than any of these smaller forums that have spawned off of us. I say spawned off of us because there have been at least ten people who haven't been content with this site and left to create their own to compete with ours. You know what happened to them? The biggest one has about 100-200 members. And almost never has any guests reading. So, you go ahead and make your own free forum, and see what happens. But until you get this many members, you won't know what it's like to be an Admin/Mod. It's tougher than you think it is. Just because you don't like some of the rules doesn't mean I'll change them for you alone. If you want something changed, make a suggestion. This is pure democracy. You guys vote for change, I work my hardest to bring it to you as fast as possible.

Sorry for writing the book everyone, but this stuff really gets to me. There is nothing worse than an inconsiderate brat that talks negatively because he can't cope with society and/or 'authority'.

dakilla, i juss want to say thank you for crushing the hopes and dreams of any person trying to compete with us(mainly you).

Moe Fracky · 02-23-2005

What is a PM

I keep reading about it in this thread but nothing says what it means!

DaKilla · 02-24-2005

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Originally Posted by Moe Fracky

What is a PM

I keep reading about it in this thread but nothing says what it means!

It is a private message. You can see a little "PM icon" at the bottom of each user's post. It sends them a little message on the forums, which they can then check at the top of the page. If you have no messages, it reads, "You have no new messages." Otherwise, it will tell you how many new messages you have.

Moe Fracky · 02-24-2005

Thanks.

Sparkplug1990 · 03-01-2005

I happen to be a Moderator for a forums site and am in line to be one for another. I still post at this site more that anyother. This site rocks with all the people that it has. YOu can post a problem and have it solved in 3 hours. NICE SITE DAKILLA

#C!!~Sorr0w · 03-20-2005

This is an extremely successful site, i think these punks pming everyone...are just a little bit jealous, and want the power u guys have...i think they need to grow up a little is all.