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I asked Mike for a title, but what do I get?!

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:06 pm
by Athlon Powers
OK, I asked MikeC for a title in addition to some other things in a Private Message...
Dear MikeC,

Long time no see buddy! How have ya been?

Anyway, i have two questions...

1) Could I be a moderator of the Off Topic Section? It in a way is my home turf...

2) Can I have a Friend of SPCR title? I did start Off Topic in a way and it has been a big success...

Thanks!

Your Friend,
Athlon Powers
But guess what happens?! :(
Hi AP,

1) we hardly have any need anywhere for mods; I shuffle a couple of misplaced posts each week, tell people to calm down sometimes...
2) Those titles indicate "subscriptions" provided in return for donations of $ or articles. Granting you that title would not be fair to all the others who contributed more...

Mike

PS -- I never disliked you. I might have told you to calm down once, but not like? naw...
So as a response...
I thought Friend ment more like benefactor...

Can my personal title be "Court Jester of SPCR?" I dont mind...

Your Friend,
Athlon Powers
...and he replies...
you're welcome to put that in your sig. :)
So in defiance I started this thread! :twisted:

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:08 pm
by Rusty075
PLease edit your polled to include:


D: Banned

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:10 pm
by Athlon Powers
Rusty075 wrote:PLease edit your polled to include:


D: Banned
Dang, now the poll is screwed up. Can a moderator fix the repeated entries?

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 3:24 pm
by DryFire
What about village idiot?

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:53 pm
by NeilBlanchard
I'll vote IF you fold... :P

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:55 pm
by DryFire
lol neil

i'll vote if he folds to.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:28 am
by Ralf Hutter
NeilBlanchard wrote:I'll vote IF you fold... :P
Is that "fold" as in Poker, or "fold" as in Protien?

Looks like Rusty's "banned" suggestion was the one that everyone was looking for. 73% are voting for it as of right now. :)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:12 am
by Rusty075
But the question is....when the public speaks, will he listen?

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:32 am
by DryFire
i kinda like ap i don't want him banned

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:32 am
by Ralf Hutter
Rusty075 wrote:But the question is....when the public speaks, will he listen?
Well, this is a democracy......

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:35 am
by GamingGod
can we vote more than once? :D

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:38 am
by Ralf Hutter
GamingGod wrote:can we vote more than once? :D
Only if you do a "Digitalix" and sign up under different user names.

(I think that's what Rusty did for this post :))

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:39 am
by DryFire
i still havn't voted. but i know what ap voted.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:36 am
by dago
For those who don't know what a "court jester" is (non native english speakers like me, for example) :

from this page :
The court jester made his first appearance in medieval courts around 1202. Whether it was March or April, I'm not sure, but it was 1202. Jesters were a lot different back then. They didn't have the sort of nobility that they do now, they were just fools. They did pratfalls, physical comedy, and other things as well as the classic juggling. Many were musicians and acrobats as well. Unfortunately, theirs was not a particularly loved trade, and many jesters were treated badly. Their currently oh-so-cool clothes came about as a result of patching together loose bits of cloth just to make something warm to wear. The jester's lot was not a happy one, and the jester was often the one beheaded when the king had a bad day.
and, in exclusivity, the picture of the OCJ of SPCR, aka AP :

Image

(1st time karma whoring on spcr's forums ???)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:46 am
by al bundy
Hehe I wonder if that jester dog is silent...

8)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:06 am
by frosty
I think it is kinda low to post a private msg or any kind of private email from someone, that would really irk me.

I vote Ban!

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:52 am
by 1398342003
Ralf Hutter wrote:
Rusty075 wrote:But the question is....when the public speaks, will he listen?
Well, this is a democracy......
A democracy run by a dictator, he's been elected for life.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:18 am
by DryFire
actually its more likea a totaltarian dictatorship. Mike has basically total control over the site and forums.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 11:40 am
by Rusty075
Ralf Hutter wrote:
(I think that's what Rusty did for this post :))
Turns out I didn't need to, judging by the voting so far.

I say that if by a week after he started the poll, if it's still a majority vote for banning, then he should just walk away. It is his poll after all. If the vote came out with the majority wanting him to be moderator you know he'd scream like a baby about "The Will of of the People" He started it, he needs to follow through.

I agree with Frosty that it is wrong to post private messages without the other party's permission. (That's why they're named "private") But I wouldn't expect someone like Athlon Powers to know, understand or care about that.

As for him being a Jester..... there's one problem.

Jester's had a job to do, entertain people.

Does anyone find this kid entertaining?

And I know some people are going to say, "What did he ever do? Everybody makes posts that are off topic or not useful sometimes" And I agree with that. You should be able to make posts just to crack a joke, or to interject something off topic. That's fine, in fact it adds interest. But when your whole goal appears to be annoyance, and you have very little of any value to add, then it's too much. Athlon Powers is too much.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:13 pm
by Athlon Powers
Ouch, the way this is going is frightening. :o

As ever, Rusty075 is at my throat. *yawn* "He's" kind of like a bad nightmare that trails you... (The "he" is to avoid breaking Rule #8 or whatever it is. :P)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:16 pm
by 1398342003
DryFire wrote:actually its more likea a totaltarian dictatorship. Mike has basically total control over the site and forums.
It's a democracy, but Mike has the only vote and the only gun.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 12:18 pm
by Athlon Powers
1398342003 wrote:
DryFire wrote:actually its more likea a totaltarian dictatorship. Mike has basically total control over the site and forums.
It's a democracy, but Mike has the only vote and the only gun.
Aha! So you are saying we by ourselves are a Democracy because we cant do anything to each other? Imagine if Rusty057 had moderator powers! :o I'd be gone in a second! :lol: I think I like it the way it is better...

Rusty075: Can I replace the Court Jester in my signature with "Rusty's Scapegoat?" :)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:48 pm
by 1398342003
No, I am saying that there's only one voter. Then again, the only difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is the number of voters.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:54 pm
by Rusty075
Athlon, I never said I'd ban you. I never even said that I don't like you.

It's the behavior that annoys me. The useless spamming that wastes people's time.

I differentiate the actions and the person. I'm sure you're a lovely person, who will be even better once school starts back up and has less free time to fill. :lol:

But you didn't answer my question...if the majority says you should take a hike, will you?

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:27 pm
by GamingGod
Its like Kirsten Dunst's said, "Its not a democracy, its a cheerocracy." God I love that movie, Kirsten Dunst in a cheerleader uniform, and a bikinni too!!!

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:39 pm
by DryFire
gaming i think you may want to go to the beach every once in a while. If girls in bikinis excite you that much.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:52 pm
by Rusty075
On second thought, GamingGod will probably just end up in jail if he goes to the beach. :lol:

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:28 pm
by Zhentar
I was just gonna ask gg when he was going... so I could sternly warn anyone who I care for in the slightest to not go withing 20 miles of that beach in any circumstance :)

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:22 pm
by MikeC
Gun? Someone mentioned I have a gun? In a holster? A rack? Or its it more like one of those ack-ack thingies for shooting down planes? Ammo? Where is it??! :lol:

Seriously, nothing much to be hopping about here. If you all really felt AP should be banned, you wouldn't even respond, this thread would die from loneliness & AP woiuld just be muttering shuuucks in the corner. As it is, he's obviously entertaining enuf of you to keep this thing alive. :wink:

BUt I do have to say that quoting Private Messages is pretty damn cheesy. Nothing I said was particularly interesting. No blackmailable incriminating material, ya know, but it's the whole spirit of the thing...

Bad boy AP! Naughty naughty! Mebbe mommy spared the cane too often...

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:04 pm
by Zhentar
Speaking of blackmail, I was hoping for some tips. Stalking girls is one thing, but what about hunting down blackmail stuff on 'random' people.

I need it for the howto I'm preparing; how to blackmail F@H onto all university computers for incredible PPD.