The evolution of this forum

[scubahood]

Hey all this is probably going to be one of those random threads where I just yabba on but I have been thinking about doing it for a while so here goes.
Some on here may know me from the cube-europe days where I was very active others may not but what I remember was in the early days of CE it was a very mixed place the forum still seemed to be in its early days we were all pretty much fanboys, we had loads of threads about the same things and the place was a mess but it soon got sorted out thanks to the great moderation and people wising up this place had become the place it is today.
I've lately been visiting the official xbox forum and boy oh boy does that place show you how great it is here. Theres a million topics on the same thing most are fanboys and if they're not they're accusing other people. Every thread turns into a full blown argument over something silly like spelling.
And then for me the most annoying the million anti EA/Game threads. Those I find the most annoying yes we know Game are expensive and yes we know most EA games aren't to good but they cry about it so much its like a place full of girls.

Anywho for those silly enough to read all of that feel free to add maybe even check out the Xbox forum to show you how great this one is

[Shorty]

I don't really think I was ever wishing the forums would become more like they are now. I feel these forums have quietened down and a lot of the fairly intelligent humour has left. Also there's far more people who think they're wittier than they are, posting irritating one line posts such as "in before lock", "QFT ten chars" and "NO WAI O RLY YA RLY!". People haven't noticed that none of this crap is funny, and it's really degrading these forums. On top of that, I miss a lot of people, Jim, the Uber l33ts, Robb, GKB, pdhq64, Gerben, Schpick... the list is a long one. But I guess that part's just nostalgia.

However back in the days of late n64/early cube, we were all hyped about the Gamecube launch. I don't know if the hype for the Wii is the same, because I don't frequent the Wii boards the way I once religiously floated towards Gamecube Discussion for the latest bit of exciting news. Those days were great, I loved the boards back then, I loved the signature/avatar competitions in gen chit chat, I loved designing my first sig, I loved talking about who was going to be in SSBM and deciding on our launch games for the GC.

Perhaps it's because being here is more of a job now, having to weed out the idiots rather than simply flinging insults at them and getting reprimanded myself, but I think the boards are in a slump at the moment thanks to a large number of self proclaimed "funny boys".

[Haden]

I don't really think I was ever wishing the forums would become more like they are now. I feel these forums have quietened down and a lot of the fairly intelligent humour has left. Also there's far more people who think they're wittier than they are, posting irritating one line posts such as "in before lock", "QFT ten chars" and "NO WAI O RLY YA RLY!". People haven't noticed that none of this crap is funny, and it's really degrading these forums. On top of that, I miss a lot of people, Jim, the Uber l33ts, Robb, GKB, pdhq64, Gerben, Schpick... the list is a long one. But I guess that part's just nostalgia.

However back in the days of late n64/early cube, we were all hyped about the Gamecube launch. I don't know if the hype for the Wii is the same, because I don't frequent the Wii boards the way I once religiously floated towards Gamecube Discussion for the latest bit of exciting news. Those days were great, I loved the boards back then, I loved the signature/avatar competitions in gen chit chat, I loved designing my first sig, I loved talking about who was going to be in SSBM and deciding on our launch games for the GC.

Perhaps it's because being here is more of a job now, having to weed out the idiots rather than simply flinging insults at them and getting reprimanded myself, but I think the boards are in a slump at the moment thanks to a large number of self proclaimed "funny boys".

Are you having a laugh! Is he having a laugh! Sorry :D

These forums arent as magic as they used to be for me. In the days of Apple and that Zeik guy? casuing havoc. And Svt 4 him etc. Then the games I used to make which were fun although I never finished them. And the uber leets meet up threads. Oh also Athriller in the Metal gear theread I loved reading his posts.

On the other hand I have made friends with a few people from this board through msn recently which is classic stuff. I think when the Wii comes out things may get better. Dante is the highlight in that board. Becasue tbh at the moment the Wii boards 100% VERIFIABLY REAL DEAL DEFInATLY ON MY MUMS GRAVE I SWEAR TO GOD want to make me be sick. Although they are quite funny.

So yeh some good and some bad. I wish bowser 57 would stop being so unsociable though oh crap flaming crusade means we wont be seeing him for an age. :cry:

[Cubechris]

Downhill.
..

[Charlie]

You know, I was thinking just yesterday that we haven't had a thread like this for ages. We have them every once in a while, basically people being nostalgic. We (on the whole) have a pretty good usergroup here, and as you said, this is like heaven compared to official forums.

[That Guy]

I was never a proper forum user in the old days so don't know, but this is definitely a good forum to be on. Sure, it could be funnier, and we could have some better threads but you get some right dickheads on other forums. I'm a member of Spurs Community and let me tell you, as that forum has grown and grown the site has gone downhill. Used to be loads of funny members, and it was a joy to go on and chat all day, but now there's a different N00b day in day out saying stupid stuff about how shit something is, then it's great, then shit again.

I do think some people need to take some comments a little lighter though. I've lost count of the ammount of comments 3rdChildren has made only to be slated when he was joking.

I do agree about the Wii forum lacking a little hype. But what I love about this forum is coming on and chatting about the other consoles aswell. I'd rather be in the 360 thread than on an Xbox forum.

[Twozzok]

C-E was awesome, I remember originally getting banned, then coming back under a different moniker, then getting my username back after making friends with Dennis (Blackbird) on IRC.

[mcj metroid]

I enjoy this forum because it is not too lively or not too quiet.everyone seems to know everyone here.it feels nice.I used to be a dedicated member of the gamespot forums.but it was far too fanboyish and i just didn't bother anymore with it.too many members isn't really that good.

[That Guy]

I enjoy this forum because it is not too lively or not too quiet.everyone seems to know everyone here.it feels nice.I used to be a dedicated member of the gamespot forums.but it was far too fanboyish and i just didn't bother anymore with it.too many members isn't really that good.

Yeah thats what happened on Spurs Community.

[LazyBoy]

I'm with shorty here. I don't know why but ever since the transition to the new forums, people have been more aggressive, more willing to insult others then help them. Normally the work of a couple of smart-asses who I won't name. The "funny boys" as shorty describes them also annoy me.

I remember there was a period about a year before RE4 came out, and there was all that speculating going on about it. There was a nice unity at that time, I don't know, it just seems different.

I remember the cube-europe battle royale thread. I wasn't part of it, but it was funny to read. Though the quite recent "hey guyz can u hlp me plz" thread was hilarious. Maybe i'm just looking at the past through rose-tinted glasses.

[Sarka]

I'd say it's gone down since coming here, just a little. Then it has steadily been going down since the Meaningless post thread has come along, I'd say it has advertised spam into conversation. It's still the best Nintendo forum on the web though.

[DCK]

I was thinking about that a few days ago. These forums are generally great because most people (everybody actually) here aren't ignorant fanboys that treat this forum like their own blog... Since the C-E days a lot of people here have grown up a bit too so discussion is generally good and funny :)

Love being on these forums :kiss:

[AshMat]

It's probably the ebst forum i have found, but the Wii boards mainly, ahve gone a little downhill.

"OMFG, 2 Expensive"
"Character doesn't look exactly the same as last time, not good enough"

and other general whining.

[Noodleman]

It's probably the ebst forum i have found, but the Wii boards mainly, ahve gone a little downhill.

"OMFG, 2 Expensive"
"Character doesn't look exactly the same as last time, not good enough"

and other general whining.

Basicaly they've become MKII of the GC forums on C-E, General board is still all gravy though, although its been a bit quiet recently.

[demonmike04]

Going downhill. With members like me, theres no evolution =P

[Fresh]

This forum is one of the best around, simple. Yes the rules do seem to get broken quite abit, and yes now and again debates get alittle "heated", however I've been on many forums and i must say that the repect shown for other peoples opinons is much better here.

I suppose there is no real reason behind it and i don't beleive the forum is going downhill at all. I do think that maybe now and again certain moderaters should remain neutral and not be bais towards certain members.

Also, i need to have a offical ceremony becomming forum pope.

[Colin]

Yep, I also agree with the downhill thing. Only person who's actually making any worthy discussion take place in the Wii board is Dante with his news posting.

I used to post a lot more on the old boards, but now I just seem to skim the topics and not bother posting as there really isn't much to say. Maybe it's because I have less time nowadays to spend posting on here, and with neogaf really being the no.1 place for games news and for actually laughing at quite a few threads I don't see much reason to frequent this place as much as I used to.

[demonmike04]

Also, i need to have a offical ceremony becomming forum pope.

As Forum God, I declare that the ceremony shall take place on the eve of Wii. I will now add this to the calendar.

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

I think this forum does a good job of keeping the shaming/flaming/blaming to a minimum, and therefore succeds where others fail.

[Cubechris]

Then it has steadily been going down since the Meaningless post thread has come along.

It needs to go.

[Kurtle Squad]

Scubahood sounds kinda sexual to me....:

I like to scuba in her hood :wink: .....:laughing: :wtf:

[Twozzok]

Err, would you rather the crap thats posted in the meaningless post thread be posted in the normal threads?

[conzer16]

I think each internet forum community has a personality of its own. And just as the personality of a town/city can change over time so will an internet community's. We have a good bunch of folks on here lets all give each other a nice big hug!

[Caris]

Downhill.
..

Exactly.

1010

[JonSt]

Obviously the forum is shitter than it used to be, as the old characters actually get a life and disappear, the new ones rise up trying to take their place. Failing miserably of course.

[Hellfire]

I don't know, the forum seems a bit more hectic, lots of jackasses around here and all, but still one of the best communities all around. Of course it's cool to say "AH the good ol days", but things aren't that bad. Mods need to tighten things up a little, but converstations can be more relaxed, it's not like every post needs to be brimming with information and phislosophycal thesis. All in all, I love it here.

[Mr_Odwin]

1010

That totally helps though!

[Pit-Jr]

the thread topics were just more interesting a year ago for some reason. Timeless and useful ones like 'how do i get a girlfriend' and 'Lady Lumps'

[Colin]

One highlight of this place was the evening of the musical instrument threads.

Stuff like that reminds me about the old days for some reason..........spam and silly threads are still needed I feel.

[Caris]

That totally helps though!

I put ****, dunno why it came up as ****.

EDIT: This is why this forums going down the drain im sure everyone thought i wrote a swear word but infact, i didnt Well done N-E you have now blocked ****.

What did Caris write though? im sure it was offensive anyways.

Wanna know what i worte?

****** in numbers.

This forum is far to tight.

EDIT AGAIN: saying this forum is so strict i cant even show you guys what i wrote, anyways it was:

******
TEN/TEN
10/10
10.10

Any of these, just to fill up the character limit.

Nothing offensive.

[Mr_Odwin]

I saw what you put originally.

[Shorty]

I put ****, dunno why it came up as ****.

EDIT: This is why this forums going down the drain im sure everyone thought i wrote a swear word but infact, i didnt Well done N-E you have now blocked ****.

What did Caris write though? im sure it was offensive anyways.

Wanna know what i worte?

****** in numbers.

This forum is far to tight.

EDIT AGAIN: saying this forum is so strict i cant even show you guys what i wrote, anyways it was:

******
TEN/TEN
10/10
10.10

Any of these, just to fill up the character limit.

Nothing offensive.
Haha, we censored it just to wind people up. I think that reaction suggest that it was the most successful venture ever. Seriously though, the 10 character restriction is there because nothing you can say in under 10 characters is worth our reading.

[Caris]

EDIT: Yea i got wound up, not botherd though everything i wrote i still agree on, and nothing under 10 characters worth posting? i disagree, i was simpliy agreeing with CubeChris, i dont want to write a S.A.

[Platty]

I still love this place as much as i did 5 years ago. I don't have much time for the main site anymore due to having a full time job but I still come to the forums daily to check out whats happening.

It has got a bit quieter lately but that happens and it will pick up, trust me I've been here long enough.

We have less idiots here than many other forums on the internet and i think our rules are quite relaxed compared to some.

Most of you lot are very curtious to your fellow forumers and post a lot of interesting threads throughout the forum. (just go look at ONM's forum to see how bad forums can be)

Like a lot of you i prefered "the old days" but thats cos i was younger, didnt have a job, well this site was literally all i used to do. Then of course all the hype over the cube launching. It was good times. But so is now, there is no need for it to change or be any different.

A forum is what the members make it so it's down to you guys to keep the place going, which you do and have always done. That's why all the staff thank you for your support throughout the years and hope that it continues. :)

p.s the censor of the 10 character limit thing was our little joke as a lot of you seem to use it rather than actually post something over 10 characters. We thought it would wind some of you up and it seems to have worked ;)

[AshMat]

Good points by Platty, but i would also add NoE to a palce to go see some annoying idiots.

[RoadKill]

This place is merely a husk of what it once was, and it has forsaken those who meant most to it.

[mcj metroid]

think it would improve with getting rid of the meaningless post thread?think about it

[Caris]

or just get the Chat working?

[mcj metroid]

yes what is with that?Its there and nobody uses it

[Mr_Odwin]

You can join #cube-europe on quakenet.org using any irc client.

[AshMat]

no one ever talks on the irc channel. But in my experience, no one talks on any irc channels.

[The3rdChildren]

Everything changes. Not always for the best and not necessarily for the worst. I still enjoy coming here and I probably always will despite a lot of the more memorable Cube Europe Heroes having stopped posting. A decent forum requires a collection of indivuals with both love and hate for each other in order for it to all work... and that is certainly something we have here.

We're a new community now. I'm thankful of the older members who still stick around and so should you all be. If the others decided they didn't want to post anymore then it's simply their call and we need to respect that.

It's a whole new world we're in, guys. It's now onwards from 151 with only a fraction of the originals appearing. We've moved into the Gold and Silver era.

Sure Red and Blue will always be the best, but that's the past and it's gone.

Deal with it.


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[edit]

I hope I can be the leader of these funny boys. It will be something akin to Hook where you all chant "THIRD CHILDREN" instead of Rufio. Think about it.

[Caris]

Everything changes. Not always for the best and not necessarily for the worst. I still enjoy coming here and I probably always will despite a lot of the more memorable Cube Europe Heroes having stopped posting. A decent forum requires a collection of indivuals with both love and hate for each other in order for it to all work... and that is certainly something we have here.

We're a new community now. I'm thankful of the older members who still stick around and so should you all be. If the others decided they didn't want to post anymore then it's simply their call and we need to respect that.

It's a whole new world we're in, guys. It's now onwards from 151 with only a fraction of the originals appearing. We've moved into the Gold and Silver era.

Sure Red and Blue will always be the best, but that's the past and it's gone.

Deal with it.


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[edit]

I hope I can be the leader of these funny boys. It will be something akin to Hook where you all chant "THIRD CHILDREN" instead of Rufio. Think about it.

I agree, but the forums proboly felt better cuase you were younger as well.

[Twozzok]

or just get the Chat working?

The reason no-one uses it is because everyone that would use it stayed at the old channel... aka... #cube-europe

just type /join #cube-europe

[mcj metroid]

it's hard to decide really.its the closest thing we have to a chat room.but yet it kills most other topics

[Eenuh]

The reason no-one uses it is because everyone that would use it stayed at the old channel... aka... #cube-europe

just type /join #cube-europe

Doesn't work for me. It "opens" the channel, but when I try to type it just says that I haven't joined a channel yet. =/

[mcj metroid]

i cant work it out either haha.but as someone below said nobody uses it anyway

[The3rdChildren]

It should be linked to the chat room where people can discuss their meaningless nonsense.

Oh wait, the chat room doesn't work.

[AshMat]

Nobody talks on Cube-Europe, N-Europe, or revo-europe, they're all basically graveyards

[Balfron]

Guy isn't as funny as he used to be.

[Caris]

why not change it to a chat thread, much easyer.

[The3rdChildren]

Guy isn't as funny as he used to be.

Personal reasons.

[Colin]

why not change it to a chat thread, much easyer.
Someone could call it dogsdick, but the posting won't change at all in there.

Some stuff in that thread could easily warrant discussions, even if alot of the stuff is pointless. I think it's def had an influence on the threads in gen-chat.

[AshMat]

WEll, i'm on all 3 irc channels now, just in hope.

My mIRC trial has almost finished, im gonna need a serial.. *hint*

[Twozzok]

Nobody talks on Cube-Europe, N-Europe, or revo-europe, they're all basically graveyards

What do you mean no-one talks on cube-europe... the others no-one talks in because it'd just be the same people they'd be talking to... But in #cube-europe there's generally at least a couple of people in there...

Admitedly in the last week it's been a bit quiet, but then it is nearing christmas.. and everyones on dodgy sleep cycles.

Edit: for horrendous spelling.

[Tellyn]

Hmm I can't say too much about previous forums. I joined Cube-Europe last summer before the change after reading the news section for ages, then got put off by someone called Laguna or something who royally assaulted me in every post I made. But I like this forum, 99% of people are really friendly and it's generally a nice place.

What do you mean no-one talks on cube-europe... the others no-one talks in because it'd just be the same people they'd be talking to... But in #cube-europe there's generally at least a couple of people in there...

Admitedly in the last week it's beena bnit wuiet, but then it is nearing christmas.. and everyones on dodgy sleep cycles.


Cube-Europe forums got deleted.

[Twozzok]

Hmm I can't say too much about previous forums. I joined Cube-Europe last summer before the change after reading the news section for ages, then got put off by someone called Laguna or something who royally assaulted me in every post I made. But I like this forum, 99% of people are really friendly and it's generally a nice place.




Cube-Europe forums got deleted.


I'm on about the IRC channel... none of the people that used it coukld be boithered to move to #revo-europe

the '#' means it's a channel name.


and Retro-Lover... mIRC doesn't actually need a serial number.

[Shorty]

Cube-Europe forums got deleted.
They're talking about the irc room, which I completely forgot about in my tangent at the beginning of the thread. That used to be cool too.

[Twozzok]

They're talking about the irc room, which I completely forgot about in my tangent at the beginning of the thread. That used to be cool too.

Still is biznatch.

E: Although Kigan seems to have not bothered coming in that much anymore :(

[CoolFunkMan]

I agree, it has gone downhill a tad. The C-E days were deffo the golden age for this community. I mean, it's not terrible atm, but I certainly have noticed the difference.

I still love it here, even if it's a lil' different - this is the best forum I use. There's always a good topic, or something interesting to look at. I find a lot of you really helpful and friendly too. I admit, the humor isn't what it used to be, but there's still echoes of it here and there.

[Shino]

I'm curious, someone please define "those C-E days".

[Twozzok]

I'm gonna go ahead and say the Bloodmonkeys and the Uber Leets.

[The3rdChildren]

I'm gonna go ahead and say the Bloodmonkeys and the Uber Leets.

About 10 or so people defined Cube-Europe. It really was a remarkable time.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

The forum is so much better than it was in the CE days.
SO much more welcoming, most of the 'elite' have left (thank Christ, most of them did nothing but put new members off. There should be a difference between elites and elitism) and the mods are less like the Chilean military police.

[Max]

do you know whats so great about these forums?



im still here and always will be. from the ziek ---> apple ---> rockead----> uncle buckmen and all.

its been good, soon we all mature and let the young ones take over slowly as we pass the tourch to the next generatin

[mcj metroid]

I'm curious, someone please define "those C-E days".

the cube europe days.before the forum changed to revo

[Shino]

the cube europe days.before the forum changed to revo

I understand that, I just want to know what made them special.

[The3rdChildren]

I understand that, I just want to know what made them special.

Might I suggest a pair of these:

http://www.freecreditadvice.com/mar/redvampiress.jpg

If you can't find any, some of the more nostalgic members will probably lend you theirs.

[Supergrunch]

I like this place now. I've been here ages, through all "the CE days" etc., and I admit that was good, and afterwards the forums went through a bad patch, but now, I like them... and the Meaningless post thread...

[Flaight]

Personally, I feel that fanboism here blew up (if only a tad) during CE days to get to where we are now. In fact I came across relatively very fanboy-ish in those days. :hehe: Overall I like them all. I like it here as it is. Times change and things are meant to change.

On comments about xbox forums. I do agree they are much more... how would I put it, childish and short-tempered. Or to put it deplomatically, vulgar and intellectually challenged. I've come across situations where a little bit of disagreement or constructive criticism leading to "**** you idiot go suck your ****ing mother's *******". And I'm like, blimey, sorry I'm unarmed so don't shoot me.

That surprises me. I would've thought Nintendo community would have greater extremes due to big splits in demography. But not so. I guess it may mean the teen-centricism is more pronounced in 360 community. Or do they have greater representation of US supporters? If so, it might be to do with a manifestation of patriotism in console-form at international level. Perhaps we're better off here just because it's more eurocentric.

Many forums all over the place may have declined somewhat (perceptively), but that may be due to the success of the forum; as more people join, less family-like it becomes.

Whatever's the case, it's a fascinating subject.

[Charlie]

Wow, flaight returns. 850 pages after his original thread.. he deserves a custom yser titles for this...

thank god for the internets/

[Flaight]

Lol Moria.

Actually, I guess you people deserve an apology from me if the Meaningless thread has caused problems. From my point of view, often a forum was cluttered with people posting fairly random comments, which may be interesting for some but not for all. Originally it came from my sentiments that among us we could use some time to socialize talking about complete bullcrap, just like in real life; often greater friendship and understanding among us come out of them. My intention was to unite all that under one thread to cut out the persistent scrolling in the main page of the forum, which often had more meaningful threads that deserved attention - but they would often scroll down quickly and disappear to the next page when "meaningless posts" are posted.

I thought it was reasonable given that it was posted in "General Chit Chat" section; at the end of the day, this site is about gaming and Nintendo. So naturally you would've thought that the direction of the site wouldn't be influenced by such a trivial, generalized thread.

If enough of you feel that I have brought harm here, I wouldn't mind to see that Meaningless thread locked or frozen. I've always liked this community and I meant no harm.

[Eenuh]

Lol Moria.

Actually, I guess you people deserve an apology from me if the Meaningless thread has caused problems. From my point of view, often a forum was cluttered with people posting fairly random comments, which may be interesting for some but not for all. Originally it came from my sentiments that among us we could use some time to socialize talking about complete bullcrap, just like in real life; often greater friendship and understanding among us come out of them. My intention was to unite all that under one thread to cut out the persistent scrolling in the main page of the forum, which often had more meaningful threads that deserved attention - but they would often scroll down quickly and disappear to the next page when "meaningless posts" are posted.

I thought it was reasonable given that it was posted in "General Chit Chat" section; at the end of the day, this site is about gaming and Nintendo. So naturally you would've thought that the direction of the site wouldn't be influenced by such a trivial, generalized thread.

If enough of you feel that I have brought harm here, I wouldn't mind to see that Meaningless thread locked or frozen. I've always liked this community and I meant no harm.


That thread is one of the best on this forum. It should not be deleted. Had it not been for that thread, I really think I would've lost interest in this forum ages ago already. Just a nice way to learn more about each other.

[weeyellowbloke]

That thread is one of the best on this forum. It should not be deleted. Had it not been for that thread, I really think I would've lost interest in this forum ages ago already. Just a nice way to learn more about each other.

Agreed, I love the meaningless post thread, although perhaps it should be renamed the meaningful post thread as I see it as more a place to post meaningful things going on in your life, not a place to post random crap as it sometimes becomes. Anyway, stick the nostalgia away, yeah it was good back in the CE days, but it's good now as well. So some old members have left, oh well, things change and members are replaced.

This forum is pretty much the only forum I frequent, mainly because it's one of the best I've come across. Their are a wide variety of people from all walks of life and interests, most people listen and can accept others opinions without resorting to 'SFU, you dumb noob, go back to school you can't spell'. Best of all though is that no one takes it too seriously, I think most people here realise this is just a forum and not life or death, which helps keep the general mood and tone light and friendly.

[McMad]

Never knew much about the 'Golden Days' of the Cube Europe forums, but recently I don't feel like posting as much on these forums, they seem a bit quieter and there haven't been that many great topics to reply to.There are also some off-putting members on these forums...

[BeerMonkey]

interesting thread good read..

ive been member for somewhat 4-5 years now best forum ive been member of.
im also a member on the gamespot forum but thats just to laugh at the idiotic fanboy posts some people put on system wars

[Ashley]

The problem with meaningless is that people seem to have gotten into a habbit of just posting crap, or small retorts or "LOL ****1100110"s and its leaking out into other places.

[Apple_NdiB]

You know I do still come here ocassionally, don't be too hasty to consign me to the past.

So that Wii looks good doesn't it?

[Dieter]

Doesn't work for me. It "opens" the channel, but when I try to type it just says that I haven't joined a channel yet. =/

Get a decent IRC client, the n-europe chat has been broken/fucked up for ages yet nothing has been fixed. Which may be a good thing because I remember that a long time ago you'd get tons of 'Guest-jIRC's that would start spamming and annoying the regulars.

It's a blessing and a curse: the extra effort to actually get on there keeps a lot of people away, but a lot of the unwanted guests as well.

A summary of the visitors we had last night :D:


(23:35:31) * Eenuh (~C-E@d54C23FA0.access.telenet.be) has joined #cube-europe
(23:36:12) * Eenuh (~C-E@d54C23FA0.access.telenet.be) Quit (Quit: Leaving)

(23:44:17) * retro-lover (retro-love@host86-130-105-7.range86-130.btcentralplus.com) has joined #cube-europe
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Oh and on-topic, yeah mabye the magic's a bit gone for me, but I've lost my interest in gaming/anime/manga over the last few months which is a bit like the same thing. What I mean by that is we all grow up aye.

[AshMat]

Yeah, about 5 minutes after i joined the irc channel last night i had to leave...

[Supergrunch]

If you'd waited a bit Dieter, you'd have seen me come in successfully for the first time... I've been in before, but it never worked.

[The3rdChildren]

You know I do still come here ocassionally, don't be too hasty to consign me to the past.

So that Wii looks good doesn't it?

You should come back. Help the future become more like the past.

[Cubechris]

You should come back. Help the future become more like the past.


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Confusing stuff.

[Fields]

I would just like to echo what others have said, and express my dislike of the Meaningless Post Thread (MPT). First, the title of the thread itself annoys me and it always has done. It suggests the thread contains posts that are meaningless, that is posts without meaning, when in actual fact, a vast majority of the posts in the thread do in fact have meaning, bar the few spammy ones which are irritating in their own right.

This brings us to the problem. If you've got something to say that isn't meaningless, why not post a thread about it? This way, those who are interested can have a proper discussion about it, while those who aren't can simply ignore it. I'm sure a lot of interesting stuff gets posted in the MPT, but I don't want to have to trawl through 5+ pages every time I log on in order to find it.

So, in conclusion, the locking of the MPT would have the following consequences:
1. Points of discussion would be developed more thoroughly.
2. It would be easier to locate topics that you wish to read about or discuss, and individual discussions would not get in the way of each other.
3. Spam would be harder to hide.
4. General Chit-Chat would be a livlier, more interesting, and more enjoyable place to be.

Of course, getting rid of the MPT would not return the forums to the glory days of C-E. That's in the past, and we can never return to it. However, it would hopefully go some way to improving N-E forums, and General Chit-Chat in particular, and eventually we will make this a better place than it has ever been :)

[Fierce_LiNk]

I think there's a few factors that we need to look into.

True, other members have left, but others have joined. Sometimes, i think we overlook that.

I think a lot of us like to point out what is wrong, rather than actually trying to improve things. A fair few of you/us might say this should be this way, or that should be like that: but a large scope of you fall into the category of posters using "******" or just generally not doing anything to help things. We've all got a part to play, so why don't we all try and do something to help?

[Apple_NdiB]

You should come back. Help the future become more like the past.

Any notoriety I achieved back in ye olde was probably due to my mischief in the face of the gestapo-esque attitudes displayed by a few of the moderators. As far as I can see the grip's been loosened now, and I doubt I'd have much to contribute to this forum anymore.

[Haver]

It would be better ten-fold if you cunts loosened up.

[Fierce_LiNk]

It would be better ten-fold if you cunts loosened up.

Here is our problem.

I quote what i said earlier:
I think a lot of us like to point out what is wrong, rather than actually trying to improve things. A fair few of you/us might say this should be this way, or that should be like that: but a large scope of you fall into the category of posters using "******" or just generally not doing anything to help things. We've all got a part to play, so why don't we all try and do something to help?

[Apple_NdiB]

It would be better ten-fold if you cunts loosened up.

You can supply the poppers.

[Haver]

It is not difficult to loosen up. It does not require any acrobatics on my part.

[Aimless]

I would just like to echo what others have said, and express my dislike of the Meaningless Post Thread (MPT). First, the title of the thread itself annoys me and it always has done. It suggests the thread contains posts that are meaningless, that is posts without meaning, when in actual fact, a vast majority of the posts in the thread do in fact have meaning, bar the few spammy ones which are irritating in their own right.

This brings us to the problem. If you've got something to say that isn't meaningless, why not post a thread about it? This way, those who are interested can have a proper discussion about it, while those who aren't can simply ignore it. I'm sure a lot of interesting stuff gets posted in the MPT, but I don't want to have to trawl through 5+ pages every time I log on in order to find it.

So, in conclusion, the locking of the MPT would have the following consequences:
1. Points of discussion would be developed more thoroughly.
2. It would be easier to locate topics that you wish to read about or discuss, and individual discussions would not get in the way of each other.
3. Spam would be harder to hide.
4. General Chit-Chat would be a livlier, more interesting, and more enjoyable place to be.

Of course, getting rid of the MPT would not return the forums to the glory days of C-E. That's in the past, and we can never return to it. However, it would hopefully go some way to improving N-E forums, and General Chit-Chat in particular, and eventually we will make this a better place than it has ever been :)
But then where do we put the little stuff, the things that don't deserve a whole new topic?

I'm no good at making threads, and haven't been since joining all those years ago. For me the Meaningless Post thread is a good mediator, as without it I doubt I'd say anything and would probably have simply left. Sure I doubt that would affect people much as I'm not exactly a pillar of the community, but what if I'm not the only one to drift away?

The thread does cannibalise some strings of conversation, but only the little things; some things raised in it have gone on to become threads of their own, and it also gives a home to the posts that wouldn't be elsewhere.

[Fierce_LiNk]

But then where do we put the little stuff, the things that don't deserve a whole new topic?

I'm no good at making threads, and haven't been since joining all those years ago. For me the Meaningless Post thread is a good mediator, as without it I doubt I'd say anything and would probably have simply left. Sure I doubt that would affect people much as I'm not exactly a pillar of the community, but what if I'm not the only one to drift away?

The thread does cannibalise some strings of conversation, but only the little things; some things raised in it have gone on to become threads of their own, and it also gives a home to the posts that wouldn't be elsewhere.

I do think that it is a good thread. You're right, its great for posting a few things which may not deserve a thread of their own. It's become almost like the N-E blog, which in itself is quite an achievement.

However, i feel that some people are just not using the thread for the same reasons you might be. It's becoming a bit of a spamfest at times.

[Shino]

What's wrong with spam in a thread like that? It doesn't deviate attention from other peoples post, or ruins the conversation. I think people worry about spam too much.

[Fierce_LiNk]

What's wrong with spam in a thread like that? It doesn't deviate attention from other peoples post, or ruins the conversation. I think people worry about spam too much.

Because then, all it does it give people the soul purpose to spam. It isn't a spam thread, that's the point. As Aimless said, its a thread where you can just post little things which may not fit anywhere else.

[Shino]

Because then, all it does it give people the soul purpose to spam. It isn't a spam thread, that's the point. As Aimless said, its a thread where you can just post little things which may not fit anywhere else.

Why would someone spam? It's not like you get something out of it. I think the word spam is used for too many things.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Why would someone spam? It's not like you get something out of it.

Precisely what i think.

But, tell me, what purpose does this serve:

LOL


******

There's been a fair few of them. SPAM traditionally stands for Stupid Point Annoying Messages/ing ( i think). In the meaningless threads, i do see people like Aimless and Eenuh using it as a blog, which is how i like to use it, too. But, there have been posts which would be classed as spam, which don't serve any purpose but to annoy. Obviously, whichever forum you visit, the staff will have its own interpretation of what spam is, but generally spam is where certain posts don't add anything to the topic.

[Marshmellow]

To say it honestly that LOL is what made me read the post...

[Shino]

In that case I admit occasionally spam, but it's not the end of the world.

[Caris]

In that case I admit occasionally spam, but it's not the end of the world.

Same, the spam i do is to make a point about the up tightness of his forum.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Same, the spam i do is to make a point about the up tightness of his forum.

Make a point about what? I don't think anything is too uptight here. We follow our rules and make sure that the rules are obeyed. What forum doesn't allow that? If anything, others might say that this is too lenient a forum, and i'm sure some would argue that that is the case.

And besides, spaming to make a point about something is not the way to do things. There is a suggestion thread, so if you think anything is particularly wrong or would just like to make a suggestion, use that. Spaming will just ruin threads, and therefore will not help anyone.

[Ashley]

Same, the spam i do is to make a point about the up tightness of his forum.

Its a viscous circle. You (collective) spam, we 'crackdown' more, so you (collective) spam to show how much we crackdown, we crackdown etc.

[Dan Dare]

This forum is particularly good. The only place I've come across that's anywhere near as much fun is the EDGE forum- easily the most deranged and absurd place I've ever posted and all the better for it.

this place is fun, I like alot of people here and the community isn't dominated by elitist cocks who act like they deserve recognition for their post counts. I hardly post anywhere else for a good reason.

[Bluejay]

Gen ChitChat's good. 3 or 4 good members, good forum.

PA Forums seem pretty good if anyone wants to bugger off somewhere else.

[Smalldude76]

Haven't been around too much lately, but I guess I lost a lot of interest as more and more new people started joining up a while back. The initial change to revo-europe was pretty exciting, but yeah, it dwindled from there. I wasn't around for too much of the old Cube-Europe days (joined about Feb 05) but I remember them much more fondly than I have the revo/n-europe ones. A lot of the great posters that used to be around either stopped posting or don't post as often and even reading through threads now I find myself skipping past half the posts. The more tight-knit community I became accustomed to is pretty much gone now replaced with a different one here and made up for with the other one I'm apart of (DarkZero) when they left. Man this post is ambiguous :p

[Shorty]

It is not difficult to loosen up. It does not require any acrobatics on my part.
What does it matter to you how we behave? You are not here to have a sensible conversation about anything or use this as a proper forum. You don't sign in and post intelligent posts about the Wii, or respond to people's threads with a useful interjection. You're only here to be one of the witty one-liners, hoping your short quips make you look cleverer than anyone else. If I look through your last hundred posts, most are one liners, completely useless to the conversation, dozens of them were single words that have been removed because they were spam.

It's elitists who're ruining this forum, not the administration. A "tight" forum would be one where we removed every post like yours, and every person who posted one.

[Pit-Jr]

Go Shawty

Its funny, most of these 'badasses' that make only condescending posts wouldnt dare talk down to people like that in real life because they would get their asses kicked on a constant basis

[Tyson]

The real problem with the forum is there's no cool "Geoffry/Jeffry (that's where I screwed up)" type of events. Maybe the members are too vigilant about what they post?

[The3rdChildren]

There have been some events here on N-Europe, although to be fair they're all secretly meaningful in what they attempt to accomplish (except the current Jordan avatar one which is just a divine exercise in creativity). These events were probably not on the same scale as the Geoffry incident, the details of which elude me even to this day.

Anyone care to fill me in on that?

I think the forum needs all sorts of posters from witty one liners to the super intelligent and picture-posting machines codenamed Dante. Haver's posts are as essential to the forum as anyone else's. It is who he has established himself as on here and it's something that I personally have no problems with. If everyone here posted seriously all the time it would be very boring.

It all went to hell since rep points were taken away. Slowly but surely to hell.

[-JC-]

I may have only just joined the forum, but I've been a long time lurker (and I mean long time. Like, back in the C-E days and before). I used to mainly frequent the PGC boards and chat, but I kinda slowly weaned (sp?) myself off once Billy Berghammer left. Not to say the rest of the staff weren't good, but it just didn't quite seem the same. Maybe it was just the fact the GC was out for about a year at that point, and all the hype had passed.

Anyhow, I like this board because I see quite a nice lack of unneeded flaming, fanboyism (is that a word?) and general n00bishness (now that definetly isn't a word!). So I thought I might as well try an contribute something to the forum. Plus, everyone seems to be nice and friendly to the new guys. Especially if they read the posting rules and t0T4lLy sP3lLz0Rs pR0p3rLY. W3rD.