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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 25th Oct 2007 01:12 Edited at: 27th Oct 2007 00:47
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Well the Geek Culture has gotten quite messy recently due to off topic posting and well I've done my fair share and have been a bad influence in people posting and well of course...people's creativity now matter how weird it is should not be trampled upon...but of course there's a time and a place for everything I agree the place is not here.

So I think the mods are doing a right thing by keeping things cleaner...

But what about the nutters? Well we can have a place for all that, I read a mod say something about that this is not MySpace...and well it isn't, but MySpace is, so I've decided to create a TGC Apollo group dedicated to those who want a bit of fun/insanity without messing up a forum.

Hopefully it'll be a good enough detour:

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After people deciding against the idea of MySpace, I have set up a better place for this...please sign up below.

http://cogito.66ghz.com/cogito/?q=forum

There you go mods and forumers, I hope you can relax.

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hahaha it's quite a good idea.

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Bleh, myspace.

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but it clears all the rubbish away from here to somewhere we never need to go

great, eh?

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Thanks and indeed, I think removing our rubbish is probably the best idea. Also if you have something against myspace, then you'll have to control yourself...I mean it's just a place to commute the rest of us - you don't need to become a MySpace whore just to be a part of it, just to have an account.

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Quote: "Bleh, myspace."


Exactly! It's perfect for the job. Myspace would actually look abit better.

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it says i need to be invited to the group by a mod awww


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Alright I'll join up too, I agree with this idea wholly, its time for us to leave geek culture alone and let it be just that. Great idea seppuku.

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Posted: 25th Oct 2007 01:36 Edited at: 25th Oct 2007 01:38
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Cheers, no problem and uh...as for the invitations, I'll try to fix that - I am not a MySpace expert, sorry.

[edit]

you should be able to join without being invited anyway, the settings seem to say you can...

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Damn! 14 threads locked.

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Why doesn't TGC incorporate my post-to-lock system? After 10 posts with the keywords[I posted before this got locked] the thread automatically gets locked.

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Posted: 25th Oct 2007 01:44 Edited at: 25th Oct 2007 01:46
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That could be quite easily abused.

The problem remains, what was the thread doing there in the first place?

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Quote: "After 10 posts with the keywords[I posted before this got locked] the thread automatically gets locked."

Or maybe the people who post that get banned for two years?

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Quote: "[quote]After 10 posts with the keywords[I posted before this got locked] the thread automatically gets locked."

Or maybe the people who post that get banned for two years?[/quote]

Or maybe they alternate at random and don't tell people. Kind of like Russian Roulette, but slightly less fatal.

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Hmmmm seems i can't post until i've been a member for a week, i guess Myspace don't trust me very much.

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OK I've joined now...

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Yeah that's the problem with MySpace, you can't do anything for a week - I guess it's to stop spammers...though it's something spammer can work around surely? Anyway, I guess I'll see MySpace newbies there in a week.

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Quote: "Anyway, I guess I'll see MySpace newbies there in a week."


Ahhh Seppuku-san, you can predict the future, no? You might be correct, i sense there will be a disturbance in the MySpace servers in a weeks time.

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Posted: 25th Oct 2007 02:26 Edited at: 25th Oct 2007 02:27
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Hehe, it's a big place, I doubt you have the time to spam it that much, I'm sure many have tried and failed.

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Thanks Seppuku, anything to stop the rot in this place. It was a flippant remark by me, but if it lets people blurt incessantly without clogging geek Culture's arteries, it's a welcome move.

Geek Culture is a fantastic place to be, when it highlights new technology & gadgets, worthy news items and the like. But 98% of the community couldn't give a dam about new girlfriends and pointless drivel.

Slaps will become more commonplace until we see a better quality of post here. A general question you should ask is: Will people learn anything useful from my post?

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ALL HAIL Seppuku!!
I'm joining up. I was particularly peeved when they locked a very pertinent and rather geeky post "Purpose of Life"
I mean isn't that what geeks are supposed to do. Figure out the purpose of life and be nutty at the same time.
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there was one a week or two before which quite quickly managed to break about 5 rules of the AUP (at least about 3 by me) so they locked your one in anticipation of just having the same old debate again.

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Quote: "You must have a MySpace account for at least 7 days before you can post to the Forums.
Sorry for the inconvenience. But this helps us fight spam in the forums and make MySpace a more enjoyable place for everyone."


Like Grandma said, could be a problem.

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Ooops, double post.

Have I been given like a three year nobbslap?

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I'm sorry, this topc is off topic and needs to be locked.
LOCKED

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Posted: 25th Oct 2007 16:47 Edited at: 25th Oct 2007 16:47
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Cheers Batvink and no problem, that sounds like a generally good bit of advice, I think that would sit nicely in a sticky or something for people to remember and post when a topic is useless.

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Like Grandma said, could be a problem.
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It can't be helped I'm afraid, unless we can find another website that doesn't have this, but then the problem there is, people have already started signing up. A week really isn't all that long, just think of it as the automatic newb slaps new members get at TGC.

If people have a problem with using MySpace that much, we could probably discuss an alternative? (I just thought as a lot of people have MySpace accounts, it wouldn't effect too many)

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we could all go annoy TDK on his forums

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lol.
TDK has been around since the beginning when Lee had just launched Dark Basic, and I don't think he'd like geeks like us messing around on his pristine forums.
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I know it was a joke.

On the other hand, it would be quite easy to get a flame war going on their.


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Should I start a post on "Do you have a geek GF" or would that be locked by the mods on the Geek Culture forums.
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Guys, you know that's not a good idea, just think about it...TDK has more power than you guys can imagine, trying to annoy TDK in the Geek world will be just as bad as annoying Chuck Norris in the real world.

Also:

We've got about 5 people signed up right now, it would be good if more nutters came on and get things moving (thanks Evil Star for getting a discussion going, but of course, in the welcome thread I said 'be nice' ) so more people will be attracted to it...

Also, could somebody make a sig, just so we can advertise it, I would make one myself, but my laptop, as I've said many times is rubbish and all I have on it is MS-Paint.

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Quote: "Guys, you know that's not a good idea, just think about it...TDK has more power than you guys can imagine, trying to annoy TDK in the Geek world will be just as bad as annoying Chuck Norris in the real world."


We wouldn't really dare.

And I would help with the sig, but not only do I only have MS Paint, I'm also quite possibly the most artistically retarded person on the planet.

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I too only have MSPaint.
How about
"Geek Forums. Beware all who enter! Leave your sanity behind."
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Quote: "will be just as bad as annoying Chuck Norris in the real world"
Chuck inhabits all known worlds and dimensions. Don't forget that...

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lol Dazzag. How about joining your fellow zany brothers.
Don't refuse. It would break a fellow Geeks heart.
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What am I joining now? Sorry, only read the Chuck bit Oh, a Myspace thing. Sorry, never got on that bandwagon. Never even looked at it even. Amazing really considering been using the internet since about 1991 and done pretty much everything else.

Although I did start Facebook a short time ago. Mainly though to throw sheep and naughty stuff at the bird. It's amazing how many programmers I've worked with who don't give a monkeys about this sort of thing (but love MUDs and the like). Pretty much all of them annoyingly.

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I have Facebook too... Everyone complains about the applications, but it's not like you're forced to add them, and how many other sites can you have add-ons to challenge your friends to hobo fights?

I'm training my hobo up quite well at the moment, I think...

It's great.

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Quote: " I too only have MSPaint.
How about
"Geek Forums. Beware all who enter! Leave your sanity behind.""


I was thinking of something more subtle, I'll give it a shot as nobody here has photoshop accessible.

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By the way, I reckon Google Ad needs a noob slap from braking the AUP. His just out of control now


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Quote: "it's amazing how many programmers I've worked with who don't give a monkeys about this sort of thing (but love MUDs and the like)."

Thats probably because they have some intelligence...
Hoestly though, probably a good idea if it does what it says on the tin, some interesting stuff pops up in geek culture, but it is annoying sifting through all the crap to find it. I'm pretty glad the mods have decided to do something about it, I mean its fine to have 1 or 2 game threads and the sort, but it was getting out of hand, like the whole geek culture board was turning into a "who can post the most retarded thread" board!

good idea anyhow!

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Quote: "I've had a few too many beers"
Thats the spirit. Me too. Bird is phoning any minute so all is well with the world

Oh, and Facebook would be nothing without the naughty gifts app

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Quote: "Thats the spirit. Me too"

I despair...

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You do? Then I'd best not say me and my friend have been drinking, watching Austin Powers and South Park all evening...

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ALL ALCHOHOLICS HAVE BEEN BANNED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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Yay. The world will become my beer can. Or something like that. Mwahahahah!

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If you want world domination Dazzag, join up with us and join my empire because I can sort something out there.

Also guys...I made a crappy little MS Pain Sig, but it'll do, anyone who wants to advertise our dirty little place may include it in their sig with this code:
[edited with the new URL]


And this is what is looks like:


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I would, but being a perv with my bird on Facebook takes up enough time. And she doesn't exist on MySpace, so I would be pervless and sad. Bit like being beerless...

And what's with the "want" comment, world domination is in the palm of the hand dammit! Mwahahahahahahahaaaa!!!!

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Oh they have World of Warcraft on palm-top now do they? I personally think you delude yourself too much in believing you rule the world (of warcraft) because you're the highest level in the game.

Also, there's a whole community of pervs on MySpace, it'll make you feel at home.

Well I think you prove Bill Bailey's point, the Welsh are certainly lazy.

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Quote: "Also, there's a whole community of pervs on MySpace, it'll make you feel at home"
Ah, but I am only a perv with my bird. You got to have that special someone for those extremely pervy moments.

Quote: "Oh they have World of Warcraft on palm-top now do they?"
Hmmm, you know too much... I will need one of special lead kebabs. Give me your address and which window you will be looking out of tonight will you? Totally unrelated reason...

Quote: "the Welsh are certainly lazy"
Well yes. But it is a good thing. You live longer Although being in Cyprus has shown me a whole new league of laziness altogether.

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