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soapyfish
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Hi,
I was going to put this on the [TGC Future] e-mail thingy but couldn't remember the address.

My thought is such, what's the thinking on allowing users to ban people from their threads. Most people here are great, with only the odd weird post here and there but then there are certain people who always seem to cause trouble, and it's them I'd like to keep away from my threads.

I don't know anything about how forums work so don't know how easy or hard it would be but I think a lot of people would benefit in the long run, not only the people whose threads stay on-topic and spam free but also the people who change the way they behave because they suddenly find they've been banned from everyone's threads.

Apologies if you've already answered this question but I've read a few posts over the last few days that have made me more than a little cheesed off, and they weren't even my threads.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 11:48
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thats actually a great idea...

/bans Jimmy
/bans Raven
/bans ...etc



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Benjamin
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Yesh, would be great to be able to ban moderators from threads too..


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/bans benjamin

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Jimmy
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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 11:52
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Better idea.

How about a broken approval system that fails brilliantly at updating threads when the posts are allowed, not to mention screwing the post count over?


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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 11:54 Edited at: 18th Jul 2005 09:07
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Well obviously you couldn't ban mods. But that does sound like something that could be useful. That way you could actually carry on discussion without worrying that someone will come along and start posting completely off-topic.

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bans CattleRustler/
bans Lee/
bans all the mods/
bans Megatron Kitty :-P
bans Slap Me (untill he becomes Merranvo)

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Yes, that'd be useful. Somebody was acting bad, just keep them away from your thread...


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ionstream
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Nice sig generator, digital .

Yeah, a per thread-ban would avoid people changing the subject over past disputes (Raven vs. The World).

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 15:26
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Quote: "(Raven vs. The World)."
are you sure it isn't a little bit bigger than that?

This "banning" can result in 2 things. 1, it actually works. 2 (more likely) raven, jimmy, and others ban people who dissagree with them. And THAT would be bad.
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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 15:46 Edited at: 18th Jul 2005 09:07
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Quote: "And THAT would be bad."


How so? If they created the thread...they should be able to allow who they want to make for good discussion in their view.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 16:00
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Let's say that someone creates a disscussion... I don't know. If you ban everyone that posts against your views you are not having a disscussion anymore. It is a war between who can do something and who can't...

It really is something you have to visualize. A password to open any thread. You have to know the thread starter, and only post copies of what the original starter posted.

Of course not everyone would do this... but it can (and may) happen.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 16:11
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Not worth the trouble.


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Quote: "Not worth the trouble."
Agreed. He should spent that time getting the source boxes working properly again and so we can edit them or do away with them so people use the snippet tags instead.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 16:25 Edited at: 17th Jul 2005 16:35
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Talking about code snipits... is there anyway to fix this...


http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_pic.php?i=605522

error in FireFox.


Mod Edit: Image too wide, shrink or hyperlink.

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Posted: 17th Jul 2005 22:54
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Definately not worth the trouble...


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Posted: 18th Jul 2005 04:48
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You can't be ignorent your whole life...in the real world you'll have no choice but to listen to the criticism and opinions of others. Sorry but theres no "Block" button to use on your Boss and Mother.

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how about more mods?

i'm sure Leys would LOVE to be one

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Posted: 18th Jul 2005 08:56 Edited at: 18th Jul 2005 09:08
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Quote: "
i'm sure Leys would LOVE to be one
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I'd prefer not, believe it or not, I DO have other things to do

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Posted: 18th Jul 2005 09:00 Edited at: 18th Jul 2005 09:06
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The mods we have now are much better then the wet-rags we had back in 02-03.

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who cares how GOOD they are,

we dont have enough, there's so much crap around these threads that no one takes care of, and all the mods have to say about that is "we have better things to do"

what i think, get 2 mods per more common board
1 for the less common

never have a problem again

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Posted: 18th Jul 2005 09:12
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I have a better Idea...

Have Mods on MORE.

How Many Mods Can You Spot?

Unjust1, Elron, NFL, Ninja Matt, ZioNz, PrestonC, Brendy boy, Banjo, X Trade, LightHawk, MikeS, Jonny Ree, Dangerous, Torq, Chenak, Nicholas Thompson, TDK, lagmaster, Cloggy, BigB, Jackson Guitars 07.

How Many Mods ARE there?

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Quote: "2 (more likely) raven, jimmy, and others ban people who dissagree"


I wouldn't do that. Raven would, but I wouldn't. I like a good rumble, you should know that by now.


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Quote: "Unjust1, Elron, NFL, Ninja Matt, ZioNz, PrestonC, Brendy boy, Banjo, X Trade, LightHawk, MikeS, Jonny Ree, Dangerous, Torq, Chenak, Nicholas Thompson, TDK, lagmaster, Cloggy, BigB, Jackson Guitars 07."


Erm..what? Do you think these people are mods? Do you think they should be modS?...

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I dont believe any of those are mods...

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NO... those are the people who are logged in...

available at the bottom of http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum

Quote: "I dont believe any of those are mods..."


so there are no mods loged in now... This is BAD.

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That's what you get when you hire lazy people.

And pay them in Chocolate.

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Relevance

Are you saying that you want to hire the people listed below the main forum page?

Van B just loged in.

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To answer your question, yes I agree, you are not that bright.


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Let me put in some stress marks

Are you saying that you want to hire the people listed below the main forum page?

Now you can clearly see my meaning.

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Quote: "I dont believe any of those are mods..."


MikeS is a mod.


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Aww Merranvo I'm flattered. You devoted your entire profile to talk about me. Not only what you wrote is stupid and doesn't make sense, but people don't even know what in god's hell your talking about! Keep trying, and get a day-job someday,

your buddy,

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Techically the profile is dedicated to "BADUSER" if you wish to claim the title "BADUSER" you may.

"BADUSER" is anyone, I am just waiting...

A guy posts about a user having trouble reading... He later posts that he knows of no mod cp. It is stated that there IS a mod cp in the post directly above his.

What can we Infer...


Why did you fall for that little trick anyways? "Read my profile"

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@Megatron!!!
You P everyone off!
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MaddA Chief... get a Gmail, your buddy at yahoo has a E-mail to you but yahoo doesn't accept large files.

(Don't Ask)

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Quote: " It is stated that there IS a mod cp in the post directly above his."


There isn't. I do not know when you will stop pulling stuff out of your ass, since it's getting annoying now.


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do me a favor... try to READ the posts..

Quote: " !!! Now you can put the following characters in projects,mails,proposals or requests and profile: <, >, '
- You can no longer assign Project Manager as a position to member you recruit. Executive has all the same powers as Project Manager except deleting the actual project
- Removed "None" as a member position
- You can no longer edit requests or proposals that do not exist
- You can no longer post requests, proposals and mails with invalid category/subcategory and people that do not exist
- You can no longer view mails and projects that do not exist
- Now your inbox turns green if there are new mails waiting for you. If you click on it, it becomes normal color again.
- Inbox now sorts the mails by their date(newest first)
- Now admins can assign moderators who can Edit or Remove Proposals/Requests that are violating TOS
- Fixed a major exploit where users could edit proposals and requests that did not belong to them!
- Now there are seperate image buttons for the edit/delete request to correctly display the website on 640x480
- The title bar when viewing projects is no longer blank
- When you accept a proposal, the mail no longer appears in your inbox instead of the accepted user
- Users that are already in a team can not reply to a proposal made by the same team
- When a project is being deleted, all of the references such as requests will be deleted as well
- Added the following categories/subcategories:
Writing
-> Articles
-> E-Books
-> Story Telling
-> Translations
Audio
-> Sound effects
-> Music
-> Voice actors
-> Telephony
Web Development
-> Hosting
-> Flash
-> Site Design
-> CSS
-> XML
Netowrking
-> Dedicated Server
-> Windows Server
-> Linux Server
-> Network Layout
Hardware
-> PC
-> Circuits
- Registration process updated, now you are no longer required to enter a nick
- When firing member, the text display properly now
- You can't fire member that are not in your team
- Project managers can no longer be fired
- Formatting rules are removed from the inbox page(since they could be cut)
- Now the option when leaving a team is "Yes, Leave the team" instead of "Yes, Remove the team""
"


And because I know you are gonna say otherwise... this is posted on the first page of the thread. Above my post about loging in

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Well, I really think there should be a user rating. If no complants your user rating would be at %100. It could be displayed to the right of the user's name. To the right of the button that says "Profile" there could be a "Rate" button. There you can rate the user and submit a percent. Then the percentages would be averaged out for your final user rating.

The whole idea I'm sort of getting from how Ebay has that complaint thing. Its nice that ebay has this cus a guy stole $130 from me.

Tell me what you think guys,
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Merranvo: There is nothing there about a mod control panel.

MaddA ChieF: Is it possible to get up to 900%?


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Technically you are right... but unless you want me to post EVERYTHING, don't streach it.

USER: "You are logged in as a mod, login as a user"

BADUSER: "Reason 3: For all I know, the mod CP is not in yet." (this was the rebutle to being a mod.)"

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@Megaton
What the heck do you think...
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Merranvo: For god's sake, can you PLEASE shutup already? You are hoesntly the most persistant bugger I've ever had the honour to meet.


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Or you just can't comprehend (nor accept) what I am saying.

Wait... Mouse was worse.

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Enough.


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