well, at least I'm not alone. B- I would say baka but it would make it worse lol
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That would be most logical
It has nothing to do with personal opinions.
There's a way to properly shitpost and improperly shitpost. You can't call any of the threads in OT not a 'shitpost'.
Unfortunately, us three shitposted improperly. Many, many, times.
:c_baka:
Same thing?
i was giving reasoning as to why he didnt exile the other people who have done the same stuff as me, cb, and luqanted
it is the OT end times
Proposal
Rather than 1 thread per day, can you change it into 1 thread per 18 hours interval?
Users can only post a new thread after 18 hours from their last one.
could always be more
I guess he means he wants to have "slots" for how many threads we can upload.
If I speak its dialect then the bird might understand me. At least we won't be stuck with the 24h timer permanently then.
Why do you care so much? The new rules were put in place as an attempt to clean up OT and make it better for the majority of users
this is not a place to be taken seriously and never has, that's pretty much its charm
i'm not tracking slots or whatever, even exiled is a little much as far as effort goes to keep this place open. it's either that or we legitimately close it and just leave FG/surveys open instead, so you can either deal with this or maybe make your own forums to shitpost on or something? like, that is something you can do if you want. nobody is forcing you to post here.
no
No one had to say things were made of energy before that was a true.
Same with the necessity of dancing anime gifs in a happy birthday thread.
The similarity between these 2 things are that they are true no matter what the person believe. Things are made of energy. Dancing anime gifs are a necessity in a birthday thread.
Tradition since OT began.
Are you brain dead?
Dancing anime gifs are the real trash. How do you even celebrate ones birthday without 3 cute anime girls dancing for you?
a lot
You got me good.
why 2
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He prob did it because it would make other ppl happy to get rhe users rhey dont like exiledMahogany wrote:
mrw eph exiles some of the best ot users but doesn't touch any of the worst ones
http://i.imgur.com/D2YiogV.png
That would be most logical
If you wanna talk about logic maybe the fact the three of you are exiled is because it's you three who post the most shit threads. Ever thought about that?roshan117 wrote:
He prob did it because it would make other ppl happy to get rhe users rhey dont like exiled
That would be most logical
It has nothing to do with personal opinions.
You can't regulate the free market like this.Ephemeral wrote:
- serious discussion topics go to general discussions. topics about religion, politics, abortion, etc et al all go to GD for semi-serious discussion. alternatively, don't have these discussions at all.
Tae wrote:
If you wanna talk about logic maybe the fact the three of you are exiled is because it's you three who post the most shit threads. Ever thought about that?roshan117 wrote:
He prob did it because it would make other ppl happy to get rhe users rhey dont like exiled
That would be most logical
It has nothing to do with personal opinions.
There's a way to properly shitpost and improperly shitpost. You can't call any of the threads in OT not a 'shitpost'.
Unfortunately, us three shitposted improperly. Many, many, times.
:c_baka:
Topics about religion, politics, abortion et cetera have always been an OT thing. GD is for shitty "post your x" threads and similar. The "post one thread a day" rule is also completely unnecessary, people posting more than one thread a day was never harmful in the first place.
I didn't mention the word shitpost even once.Canadian Baka wrote:
There's a way to properly shitpost and improperly shitpost. You can't call any of the threads in OT not a 'shitpost'.
I thought you did but you said shit thread.Tae wrote:
I didn't mention the word shitpost even once.Canadian Baka wrote:
There's a way to properly shitpost and improperly shitpost. You can't call any of the threads in OT not a 'shitpost'.
Same thing?
i never said i didnt make those threadsTae wrote:
If you wanna talk about logic maybe the fact the three of you are exiled is because it's you three who post the most shit threads. Ever thought about that?roshan117 wrote:
He prob did it because it would make other ppl happy to get rhe users rhey dont like exiled
That would be most logical
It has nothing to do with personal opinions.
i was giving reasoning as to why he didnt exile the other people who have done the same stuff as me, cb, and luqanted
Roshan exiled finally
Ikr daddy about timeYuudachi-kun wrote:
Roshan exiled finally
I'm agreeing with b1rdB1rd wrote:
Topics about religion, politics, abortion et cetera have always been an OT thing. GD is for shitty "post your x" threads and similar. The "post one thread a day" rule is also completely unnecessary, people posting more than one thread a day was never harmful in the first place.
it is the OT end times
even with these rules we'll save itMahogany wrote:
I'm agreeing with b1rdB1rd wrote:
Topics about religion, politics, abortion et cetera have always been an OT thing. GD is for shitty "post your x" threads and similar. The "post one thread a day" rule is also completely unnecessary, people posting more than one thread a day was never harmful in the first place.
it is the OT end times
I imagine Eph will stop caring in a month. At least as far as keeping track of user statuses. It's cumbersome to do so.
Topic Starter
all of the GMT that care about off-topic will maintain it, not just me
so maybe like 2-3 people
so maybe like 2-3 people
I am not sure if this is good or bad. Probably bad. What if your 2nd thread is actually good? Kill it? Thay is akin to unranking a ranked map.Ephemeral wrote:
you may only post ONE thread per 24 hours. we don't care enough about this to track it to the hour but basically if you post multiple threads in a day, they'll be classed as shit threads and promptly disposed of.
But you are still allowed to post them in non forum games OT, right? The OT Bingo's home is on OT, not forum games. It's been like that for two seasons and I'd like it to remain that way. Forum games subforum is a very different place, one I don't think the OT Bingo fits into.Ephemeral wrote:
games that involve forums (mafia, last person 2 post, mods vs admins, whatever) go to forum games. they count as your daily thread if you fuck up and post them in OT proper.
But I can still post in OT and have a serious discussion as a joke, right?Ephemeral wrote:
serious discussion topics go to general discussions. topics about religion, politics, abortion, etc et al all go to GD for semi-serious discussion. alternatively, don't have these discussions at all.
I guess it depends how obvoius the joke is abraker. And how serious of the subject you're discussing as a joke.
Also, lower 24 hour posting to maybe 6 hours. 24 seem pretty harsh... I mean, for those unexiled...
Also, lower 24 hour posting to maybe 6 hours. 24 seem pretty harsh... I mean, for those unexiled...
if you have a good thread idea after posting a not-so-good one, just wait until tomorrow. How is that so hard, abraker?
lowering it to 6 hours seems stupid as well. why do you feel the need to make so many threads? if you're spamming the forums, they're obviously not that well thought out or high quality, are they
lowering it to 6 hours seems stupid as well. why do you feel the need to make so many threads? if you're spamming the forums, they're obviously not that well thought out or high quality, are they
It wasn't a good argument against it. I know this rule isn't that bad, but something inside me feels uneasy about it.DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
if you have a good thread idea after posting a not-so-good one, just wait until tomorrow. How is that so hard, abraker?
Because this is a social community, and in a social community it's not fun to only bring up new topics every 24 hours. Also, if you post a new thread every 6 hours it's not "spamming". That's literally 2 threads per-day. Well, if you don't sleepdaddycoolvipper wrote:
lowering it to 6 hours seems stupid as well. why do you feel the need to make so many threads? if you're spamming the forums, they're obviously not that well thought out or high quality, are they
It is pretty fun for me when I don't have to worry about all the threads I read today showing up on page 4 tomorrow.
It is much easier to keep track off, good OPs don't get flooded away in the blink of an eye.
That being said I wouldn't mind if the same person creates more than 1 quality thread within 24h but that happens like twice per year so it's ok.
Last but not least your opinion is of no significance at all because you're exiled. You have proven to be unwilling to adhere to any kind of ruleset so why are you even trying to discuss it?
It is much easier to keep track off, good OPs don't get flooded away in the blink of an eye.
That being said I wouldn't mind if the same person creates more than 1 quality thread within 24h but that happens like twice per year so it's ok.
Last but not least your opinion is of no significance at all because you're exiled. You have proven to be unwilling to adhere to any kind of ruleset so why are you even trying to discuss it?
Scrolling down is not a real inconvenience to anyone, and being "exiled" is a completely arbitrary thing and has no bearing on the value on one's opinions.
These "rules" should be repealed immediately.
These "rules" should be repealed immediately.
Rather than 1 thread per day, can you change it into 1 thread per 18 hours interval?
Users can only post a new thread after 18 hours from their last one.
Luqanted wrote:
fuck this shit im out
Ephemeral wrote:
all of the GMT that care about off-topic will maintain it, not just me
so maybe like 2-3 people
could always be more
Well you were exiled so, not too much of a surprise
I think OT has gotten a lot better because of the rule change.
People would spam shitloads of threads every day, and most of them were not even worth clicking on at all. Now there's less threads, and the ones that do exist are a lot less shit. No lock sprees needed either.
People would spam shitloads of threads every day, and most of them were not even worth clicking on at all. Now there's less threads, and the ones that do exist are a lot less shit. No lock sprees needed either.
There are less shit threads because there are less threads. You don't have to go through the inconvenience of scrolling through some threads at the cost of everyone else not being able to post what they like.
Once every 24 hours
You're so dramatic about this it's unbearable
You're so dramatic about this it's unbearable
And that's not the only rule. It includes anything deemed to be "too silly" or "too serious".
Topic Starter
you've always been at the whim of my decisions as to what is silly and serious, nothing is new in that regard
Exactly, that's basically why so many threads got locked in the first place. The 1 thread/day limit is pretty much the only real change, imo
How can you still suck up to the mods when half of the things you talk about would be banned if the rules were enforced to their full extent. Threads were randomly locked in the past, but it was definitely far from systematic.DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
Exactly, that's basically why so many threads got locked in the first place. The 1 thread/day limit is pretty much the only real change, imo
I know, mods like you have always come into OT randomly and caused problems at arbitrary whims. Do you actually think you're helping anything, or are you just doing it for the fun of it?Ephemeral wrote:
you've always been at the whim of my decisions as to what is silly and serious, nothing is new in that regard
Probably because I know the rules aren't enforced to their full extent.
How absurd. You want rules to stop people whom you don't like from posting, even if the rules will stop you from posting, but you just assume that they won't affect you for some reason.
Can you provide solid evidence of this?B1rd wrote:
You want rules to stop people whom you don't like from posting,
I'm completely fine with people only posting one thread per day regardless of who they are. I'm also fine with absolutely no politically-based threads being created anymore.
All of my political discussion is kept to ITT, where moderation is obviously going to occur more loosely, regardless of who you are.
What was the point of those assertions there, B1rd?
All of my political discussion is kept to ITT, where moderation is obviously going to occur more loosely, regardless of who you are.
What was the point of those assertions there, B1rd?
I really don't care what rights you would give away, some men just like to lick the boot of authority. What I'm more concerned about it the posting rights of myself and everyone else.
Don't you think you're being a bit dramatic over a forum having basic rules lol
Well B1rd you have unlimited thread posting but 1-a-day thread creating.
Maybe you want to make exceptions and modify for people who legit post quality? That's just my thoughts
Maybe you want to make exceptions and modify for people who legit post quality? That's just my thoughts
No exceptions. It would be unfair to the rest of the users.
If people are too autistic and fail to simply use common sense as the rules, specific rules to counter their retarded behaviors need to be set.
One a day... reminds me of those medicinal pills lmao
Remember now, OT is an experiment, the edicts and what users do are the liquids and instructions to mix
Remember now, OT is an experiment, the edicts and what users do are the liquids and instructions to mix
This is why I made this.Zain Sugieres wrote:
If people are too autistic and fail to simply use common sense as the rules, specific rules to counter their retarded behaviors need to be set.
@Ephemeral: Requesting to have thread posting slots similar to beatmapping. More good threads = less waiting time. What do you say?
wtf are you talking aboutabraker wrote:
@Ephemeral: Requesting to have thread posting slots similar to beatmapping. More good threads = less waiting time. What do you say?
Abraker, you gotta counter Hyerim
Hyerim wrote:
It would be unfair to the rest of the users.
In beatmapping you can have 4 maps uploaded at a time, if your a supporter you can have 5, and for each ranked map you aquire the number rises. (I think it stops like 8).DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
wtf are you talking aboutabraker wrote:
@Ephemeral: Requesting to have thread posting slots similar to beatmapping. More good threads = less waiting time. What do you say?
I guess he means he wants to have "slots" for how many threads we can upload.
That idea makes no sense
Why do you guys feel the constant need to make a thread holy shit. One a day seems reasonable enough
shhhDaddyCoolVipper wrote:
That idea makes no sense
If I speak its dialect then the bird might understand me. At least we won't be stuck with the 24h timer permanently then.
Loooool xdB1rd wrote:
I really don't care what rights you would give away, some men just like to lick the boot of authority. What I'm more concerned about it the posting rights of myself and everyone else.
Why do you care so much? The new rules were put in place as an attempt to clean up OT and make it better for the majority of users
Topic Starter
the latterB1rd wrote:
I know, mods like you have always come into OT randomly and caused problems at arbitrary whims. Do you actually think you're helping anything, or are you just doing it for the fun of it?Ephemeral wrote:
you've always been at the whim of my decisions as to what is silly and serious, nothing is new in that regard
this is not a place to be taken seriously and never has, that's pretty much its charm
i'm not tracking slots or whatever, even exiled is a little much as far as effort goes to keep this place open. it's either that or we legitimately close it and just leave FG/surveys open instead, so you can either deal with this or maybe make your own forums to shitpost on or something? like, that is something you can do if you want. nobody is forcing you to post here.
he would have loved the era where i would just lock the first page of threads because i was bored
Strange i can upload 8 beatmap a time even without any rank mapCanadian Baka wrote:
In beatmapping you can have 4 maps uploaded at a time, if your a supporter you can have 5, and for each ranked map you aquire the number rises. (I think it stops like 8).
I guess he means he wants to have "slots" for how many threads we can upload.
Yeah, this has been changed around a year ago, it works in both ways - having supporter gives you temporary some slots while you can increase it up to 10 (with ranked maps). Ranked maps permantely increases your available slots, up to 10.
On second thoughts if it's making b1rd this mad I wholeheartedly support this new regime
i like this new rules of Off-Topic, but the problem here is that Off-Topic is dying or more like getting peaceful. and what's more is that it's making many people leave Off-Topic as well. (including me, but it's not because of the new rules or osu! related kekekkeke) i recommend Eph not changing this rules and making this shit permanent.
well since i'm about to leave osu! (i'm active at discord), i'll just leave my last message in this holy thread..
peace out.
well since i'm about to leave osu! (i'm active at discord), i'll just leave my last message in this holy thread..
peace out.
These numbers are wrong in its entirety.Canadian Baka wrote:
In beatmapping you can have 4 maps uploaded at a time, if your a supporter you can have 5, and for each ranked map you aquire the number rises. (I think it stops like 8).
Well apparently it got changed a year ago, but these numbers were correct at one point in time.Endaris wrote:
These numbers are wrong in its entirety.Canadian Baka wrote:
In beatmapping you can have 4 maps uploaded at a time, if your a supporter you can have 5, and for each ranked map you aquire the number rises. (I think it stops like 8).
Canadian Baka wrote:
Endaris wrote:
Canadian Baka wrote:
In beatmapping you can have 4 maps uploaded at a time, if your a supporter you can have 5, and for each ranked map you aquire the number rises. (I think it stops like 8).
These numbers are wrong in its entirety.
Well apparently it got changed a year ago, but these numbers were correct at one point in time.
no
Uhh?? They weren't?? I'm pretty positive it was like that. I know for sure non supporters with no ranked maps can only upload 4, I thought if you were supporter you could do 5 and each ranked map you get it adds a number. Apparently they updated it as stefan said
Stefan wrote:
Yeah, this has been changed around a year ago, it works in both ways - having supporter gives you temporary some slots while you can increase it up to 10 (with ranked maps). Ranked maps permantely increases your available slots, up to 10.
@Endaris Canadian baka is actually right
his will be slightly biased because I'm exiled (:) But instead of writing a whole paragraph, I'll just do it modding style! 
Yay!
Yay!Ephemeral wrote:
they're really simple. follow these and you'll have a good time (hopefully): Nok
- you may only post ONE thread per 24 hours. we don't care enough about this to track it to the hour but basically if you post multiple threads in a day, they'll be classed as shit threads and promptly disposed of. I feel like this keeps OT dry and lack of memes
I know that we have discord, but at least raise the limit to 3 threads per day to stop spam
- you can comment freely in any thread without limit. comment away. contribute, make stupid memes, do whatever, just do it in threads as comments, not comments as threads. SeemsGood
- games that involve forums (mafia, last person 2 post, mods vs admins, whatever) go to forum games. they count as your daily thread if you fuck up and post them in OT proper. Also seems good
- if your thread involves an open-ended question and the discussion thereof (what's your favorite anime waifu etc), it belongs in surveys. see above. Seems good too
- try to post entertaining and amusing content. OT is pretty much meant for silly discussions, so being a little silly is fine, but if your "silly" becomes indistinguishable from you actually being absolutely fucking stupid, you risk being exiled. This actually seems decent, but the only problem I have with this rule is the entertaining and amusing content part. Yes, it should still at least have interest, but not limiting it to "whatever Ephemeral finds interesting or funny, or else this will get locked."
- serious discussion topics go to general discussions. topics about religion, politics, abortion, etc et al all go to GD for semi-serious discussion. alternatively, don't have these discussions at all. SeemsGood
- birthday threads must have no less than 3 anime dancing gifs in the OP. you can get exiled for repeatedly ignoring this. it's important. don't ask why it's important, it just is. Stupid, birthday threads are birthday threads
- if you repeatedly break the rules of the grand edict, you risk being exiled.
what does being exiled mean exactly?
exiled users will have their threads locked and wastelanded immediately as soon as a moderator notices. they're still free to talk in other people's threads, but even that privilege will be revoked if they continue being shit.
if an exiled user decides they want to be funny and spam the fuck out of the forum with threads that they know will get closed, they risk getting silenced pretty heavily. they can still make their one-a-day thread without risk, but even that will be closed as soon as a mod notices.
conversation in threads made by exiled users is a short-time thing, you can do it if you want, but it will never actually remain visible for more than a few hours at most.
after a while of being exiled and chatting relatively nicely in other people's threads, an exiled user might be returned to normal. maybe, but probably not. they got exiled in the first place for being a bastion of shit, so they're unlikely to change. Exiled users shouldn't have to be exiled FOREVER, they should have a 1-3 week sentence of being exiled, if they have good behavior (like you said) they won't be exiled anymore
current exiled users:
Luqanted (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/3645130)
roshan117 (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/8261665)
Canadian Baka (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/7880197)
[ - Zekks - ] (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/8106958)
users in danger of being exiled:
nobody, for now.
You barely replied to his post there. Terrible modding skills! Also, don't fuck with the rules when it comes to birthday threads. The dancing anime gifs are vital.
I second thisDaddyCoolVipper wrote:
Also, don't fuck with the rules when it comes to birthday threads. The dancing anime gifs are vital.
By the way, when did those become a thing?DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
You barely replied to his post there. Terrible modding skills! Also, don't fuck with the rules when it comes to birthday threads. The dancing anime gifs are vital.
It was always a thingabraker wrote:
By the way, when did those become a thing?DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
You barely replied to his post there. Terrible modding skills! Also, don't fuck with the rules when it comes to birthday threads. The dancing anime gifs are vital.
No one had to say things were made of energy before that was a true.
Same with the necessity of dancing anime gifs in a happy birthday thread.
The similarity between these 2 things are that they are true no matter what the person believe. Things are made of energy. Dancing anime gifs are a necessity in a birthday thread.
Get you and your lousy semantics out of hereBlitzfrog wrote:
No one had to say things were made of energy before that was a true.
Ftfyabraker wrote:
Get you and your lousy kinematics out of hereBlitzfrog wrote:
No one had to say things were made of energy before that was a true.
abraker wrote:
By the way, when did those become a thing?DaddyCoolVipper wrote:
You barely replied to his post there. Terrible modding skills! Also, don't fuck with the rules when it comes to birthday threads. The dancing anime gifs are vital.
Tradition since OT began.
jeez, you guys make it sound more grand than what it is. we just got tired of having joke birthday threads so we spammed them with dancing gifs, same goes for goodbye threads.
Did you just say dancing anime gifs are not grand.Foxtrot wrote:
jeez, you guys make it sound more grand than what it is.
Are you brain dead?
Dancing anime gifs are the real trash. How do you even celebrate ones birthday without 3 cute anime girls dancing for you?
when did i say that. i never implied that they weren't good.Blitzfrog wrote:
Did you just say dancing anime gifs are not grand.
Are you brain dead?
by drinkingBlitzfrog wrote:
Dancing anime gifs are the real trash. How do you even celebrate ones birthday without 3 cute anime girls dancing for you?
a lot
You got me.Foxtrot wrote:
by drinkingBlitzfrog wrote:
Dancing anime gifs are the real trash. How do you even celebrate ones birthday without 3 cute anime girls dancing for you?
a lot
You got me good.
FTFY DEAL WITH ITBlitzfrog wrote:
Get you and your lousy derailing antics out of here
why 2
Because it's Ephemeral who decides what's funny or notkai99 wrote:
why 2
Topic Starter
questioning exile strikes gets you exile strikes
(hint: are the strikes in the OP or not)
(hint: are the strikes in the OP or not)
no!Ephemeral wrote:
questioning exile strikes gets you exile strikes
oh
lmao
u got me
lmao
u got me
Rule 555: No critical of osuino[ - Zekks - ] wrote:
Because it's Ephemeral who decides what's funny or notkai99 wrote:
why 2
Thanks for the invisible rules!
But can I question the questioning of exile strikes getting you exile strikes and not get an exile strike?Ephemeral wrote:
questioning exile strikes gets you exile strikes
(hint: are the strikes in the OP or not)
Only if you exclaim itabraker wrote:
But can I question the questioning of exile strikes getting you exile strikes and not get an exile strike?Ephemeral wrote:
questioning exile strikes gets you exile strikes
(hint: are the strikes in the OP or not)
If you're gonna be this frivolous at least make the rules visible and update the exile list, not everyone utilizes common senseEphemeral wrote:
questioning exile strikes gets you exile strikes
(hint: are the strikes in the OP or not)
eph marry me.
same
Let's try to copy Zekks and escalate quality exponentially. Two weeks in, let me spill the beans:
Ephemeral wrote:
they're really simple. follow these and you'll have a good time (hopefully):
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SATIRE NOR IS IT BASHING EPHEMERAL IN ANY WAY. IF ANYTHING, THIS IS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.what does being exiled mean exactly?
- you may only post ONE thread per 24 hours. we don't care enough about this to track it to the hour but basically if you post multiple threads in a day, they'll be classed as shit threads and promptly disposed of.
Wasn't too happy about this but tbh it literally changed my life imo, as it enabled me to spend more time on Duolingo and IXL, and to wake up to real life. TBH it gave me more chances to SHUT THE ACTUAL FUCK UP and FUCKING LISTEN TO OTHERS FOR AT LEAST 15 MIN. gonna have to thank him for making this rule and actually pissing me off so I can actually learn some fucking thing... for some reason it seems that I'm forced into W-L situations: one where I'm sad and everyone else is happy, and the other where I'm happy and everyone else isn't. :kms:- you can comment freely in any thread without limit. comment away. contribute, make stupid memes, do whatever, just do it in threads as comments, not comments as threads.
this can give way to derails though, like the ones Blitzfrog and Meah do on a common basis For no-common sense people out there, a topic is said to be "derailed" if it goes off topic. This can happen due to uninteresting topics, or hated people. Case in point: take my "how to prevent locks and exiles" and "Let's get serious for once" threads. The first one contains a 4-entry locklist on Ephemeral on off-topic, meant to improve. Reminds me of that guy who told me to leave the hotel when I was checked in and walking around at 11:50P PST, not a cool guy. Yet.
Anyway, for my other thread, Meah derailed it with bookmark revealing, Granted it was at first a Taiga satire but tbh no one really told me to stop, because of the false assumption of common sense - IM NOT SAYING THAT IT'S BAD, IM SAYING THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS OT AND IF SO, YOU GOTTA TRACH THEM WHAT THAT COMMON SENSE IT TO THE LAST DETAIL. But the comment freely in any thread was a given tbh, just not spamming. (Tfw you realize you need to get a higher level of common sense)- games that involve forums (mafia, last person 2 post, mods vs admins, whatever) go to forum games. they count as your daily thread if you fuck up and post them in OT proper.fair enough imo, but as johnmedina999 pointed out in his MSPA:OTE thread, some games can't actually go in FG. Some of these can actually be spam bins for those lackeys (sorry for insulting) without common sense
- if your thread involves an open-ended question and the discussion thereof (what's your favorite anime waifu etc), it belongs in surveys. see above.It makes sense why you would say this but you're talking about polls imo, which is good. But abraker' sagacious question threads are VERY EVALUATIVE, sparking a lot of discussion, so can you really put that in surveys?
- try to post entertaining and amusing content. OT is pretty much meant for silly discussions, so being a little silly is fine, but if your "silly" becomes indistinguishable from you actually being absolutely fucking stupid, you risk being exiled.I think this kinda sets the boundary line but it's kinda hazy. You have the right ideas but you need to define what is being stupid. Imo I'd say that it's spamming new topics or posts, - like my Satires sadly - not really a survey but tbh I could've just made one thread but Flan locked the first one. Getting messages is hard, so bear with me.
- serious discussion topics go to general discussions. topics about religion, politics, abortion, etc et al all go to GD for semi-serious discussion. alternatively, don't have these discussions at all.again, trying to set the line here. But as abraker writes,
But this probably ties back to being creative. Creativity isn't given to anyone - it's developed like any other trait any human has.abraker wrote:
idk how the fuck to be creative - 85% of the OT population in a nutshell- birthday threads must have no less than 3 anime dancing gifs in the OP. you can get exiled for repeatedly ignoring this. it's important. don't ask why it's important, it just is.I mean, I don't honestly mind doing this but I still have no idea why - deal with it, I have a right of free speech - :thonkang:
Maybe it's to improve spirit? But GIFs, are they - along with the rest of the rules, really that vital to maintaining decent quality? Quality can be achieved with only text and BBcode minus YT and pics and URLs...- if you repeatedly break the rules of the grand edict, you risk being exiled.
exiled users will have their threads locked and wastelanded immediately as soon as a moderator notices. they're still free to talk in other people's threads, but even that privilege will be revoked if they continue being shit.meaning restrictions. Got it. At least I tried to wake up by stopping Satires at the least. (TFW you try to let go :kms:) I mean, you don't have to lock, just WL it, unless WL without locks means that people can still access with the URL
if an exiled user decides they want to be funny and spam the fuck out of the forum with threads that they know will get closed, they risk getting silenced pretty heavily. they can still make their one-a-day thread without risk, but even that will be closed as soon as a mod notices.imo it takes patience. You don't force attention to make others like you or your posts, or get on OT!news. But you gotta try and give them a feeling of what quality is - you can't force common sense values. You just can't. But one-a-day threads by exiled users are already closed by default. So
conversation in threads made by exiled users is a short-time thing, you can do it if you want, but it will never actually remain visible for more than a few hours at most. fair enough BC conversation can be made in what, other subforums, or text and voice chat servers like discord.
after a while of being exiled and chatting relatively nicely in other people's threads, an exiled user might be returned to normal. maybe, but probably not. they got exiled in the first place for being a bastion of shit, so they're unlikely to change.I appreciate you're giving second chances but you can't say "unlikely to change" - they don't even know how to shitpost properly, because they have not been TAUGHT how to.
current exiled users:
Luqanted (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/3645130)
roshan117 (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/8261665)
Canadian Baka (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/7880197)
[ - Zekks - ] (https://osu.ppy.sh/u/8106958)
10/10
users in danger of being exiled:
Blitzfrog - one strike please add Yuudachi-Kim's 2 strikes and tell us where Blitz received his.
Few points I wanna say before this post ends:Allmynamestaken wrote:
If you're asking on how to shitpost then I think you shouldn't be shitposting at all.Happens... sometimes simple is quality on its own tho. You gotta give people chances, to at least try once a week or so, if not once a day.Railey2 wrote:
everyone who can't even think this far on their own must have a REALLY simple mind and should therefore not be allowed to post threads as they would be equally simple and uninteresting (aka what we call trash).This helps to prevent misunderstandings, along with spelling corrections. (Grammar too lol)Foxtrot wrote:
Please read before you post.
I'm willing to see all of your takes on this. Now that I think of this, I can sort all of OT out into Freestylers and Beautifiers.
kai99 wrote:
same