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#127 Nov 19 2012 at 1:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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I would introduce a new mute option, where instead of disallowing posting, it would simply hide a person's posts from the entire community. Not like with below-filter ratings and the ignore list, where you can click to expand; I mean that nobody would have any idea that the muted posters were attempting to post at all. This way, from the muted person's standpoint, it would appear that they were still posting and engaging in conversation, but everyone around them was ignoring them. I would be greatly amused by this.

This should be a thing.


Technically it kind of is. it doesn't get used very often though, and they catch on really quickly. I think Danalog was the last one to utilize it though.
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#128 Nov 19 2012 at 4:11 AM Rating: Decent
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Hah! In a suprise twist no one saw coming, For the first time ever in the history of ever, I'm going to ask the admins and users questions of my own, thus violating the basic Principal of the ask an admin thread and voiding space time's warranty! So without further dew;

1. To all the forum users of the world, if someone were to wave the magic "poof, you're an admin for a day" wand at you, what would be the very first thing you would do as an admin, and why?

2. Would you rather fly in a helicopter, or fly in a jet fighter?

3. For the admins, What is the best thing, and the worst thing about being an admin, in your oppinion?

4. and finally, why doesn't anyone ever ask about the theoretically secret but deliberatly poorly hidden forums with the 500 irrgulear and disturbing shaped pinyata's wearing monicles tied over a vat of molten pudding that we put there specifically to get people to ask questions about?


1. Implement a series of filters that only get activated under certain rare conditions. They would effectively temporarily turn every post into one repetitive phrase. For example PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI or CAW CAW CAW CAW.

2. A fighter helicopter... with jetpacks!

4. I've made a few posts in some imaginary forum places, but after a certain update a few years ago any posts made in those types of forums were invisible to us normal posters. So I guess I stopped looking for them.

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#129 Nov 19 2012 at 7:00 AM Rating: Good
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#130 Nov 19 2012 at 7:36 AM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Nilatai wrote:
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I would introduce a new mute option, where instead of disallowing posting, it would simply hide a person's posts from the entire community. Not like with below-filter ratings and the ignore list, where you can click to expand; I mean that nobody would have any idea that the muted posters were attempting to post at all. This way, from the muted person's standpoint, it would appear that they were still posting and engaging in conversation, but everyone around them was ignoring them. I would be greatly amused by this.

This should be a thing.


Technically it kind of is. it doesn't get used very often though, and they catch on really quickly. I think Danalog was the last one to utilize it though.
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#131 Nov 19 2012 at 8:08 AM Rating: Decent
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This question is mainly for Pikko, although I reckon anyone can go ahead and answer it too >_>

Just wondering, how are you doing? Haven't heard from you in quite a while.
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#132 Nov 19 2012 at 8:32 AM Rating: Good
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1. Implement a series of filters that only get activated under certain rare conditions. They would effectively temporarily turn every post into one repetitive phrase. For example PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI or CAW CAW CAW CAW.
Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel Jophiel.
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#133 Nov 19 2012 at 8:59 AM Rating: Excellent
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Assuming "Admin" gives more power than simple housekeeping, I'd get rid of the ad creep on the forums. Kao knows what I'm talking about.

Also, I'd find my copies of PC Gamer and send them to me.
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#134 Nov 19 2012 at 9:35 AM Rating: Good
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How much do you think the separation of new games' databases and forums into individual sites has hurt the community on ZAM? Are people just not looking for third-party forums anymore because of better O-Boards?
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#135 Nov 19 2012 at 10:26 AM Rating: Excellent
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Hah! In a suprise twist no one saw coming, For the first time ever in the history of ever, I'm going to ask the admins and users questions of my own, thus violating the basic Principal of the ask an admin thread and voiding space time's warranty! So without further dew;

1. To all the forum users of the world, if someone were to wave the magic "poof, you're an admin for a day" wand at you, what would be the very first thing you would do as an admin, and why?

2. Would you rather fly in a helicopter, or fly in a jet fighter?

3. For the admins, What is the best thing, and the worst thing about being an admin, in your oppinion?

4. and finally, why doesn't anyone ever ask about the theoretically secret but deliberatly poorly hidden forums with the 500 irrgulear and disturbing shaped pinyata's wearing monicles tied over a vat of molten pudding that we put there specifically to get people to ask questions about?


1. Beer, many hopefully. Then fall asleep at the computer and claim I'm working.

2. Helicopter, I'd throw up in the other one.

4. Hippies.
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#136 Nov 19 2012 at 1:52 PM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:

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1) Why do hotdogs come in packs of 10, while hotdog buns come in packs of 12?

It's actually a trick. There are really 12 hotdogs in the package, but 2 of them are made of dark matter, and thus inobservable by current scientific detection methods. Technically they are in their own pocket universe, caused mainly by the materials from whence they were created. Don't ask, you don't really want to know, and the hot Dog gestapo would have to "dissappear" you if you knew the horrible secret.


I heard that this theory was the reason Peter Higgs went into Physics. Luckily he's kept his real intentions under wraps and they aren't on to him yet.

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1. To all the forum users of the world, if someone were to wave the magic "poof, you're an admin for a day" wand at you, what would be the very first thing you would do as an admin, and why?


Obviously I would change your title to "Property of Torrence". After that I would collect "the best of" all the idiotic posts and put them into one forum for everyone's amusement.
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#137 Nov 19 2012 at 1:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:


3. For the admins, What is the best thing, and the worst thing about being an admin, in your oppinion?


The community :)

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#138 Nov 19 2012 at 1:59 PM Rating: Excellent
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How much do you think the separation of new games' databases and forums into individual sites has hurt the community on ZAM? Are people just not looking for third-party forums anymore because of better O-Boards?


I think that's a lot of it. At some point the game companies decided to foster community, and they've done a halfway decent job of it. Has it hurt us? I dunno, we still tend to segregate by game, regardless.
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#139 Nov 19 2012 at 3:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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Can I get a hall pass? I REALLY have to go to the bathroom, Kthnx.
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#140 Nov 19 2012 at 3:37 PM Rating: Excellent
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Oh, And if someone is willing to donate their eyes to Bjiou so he can see better who do we send them to so they can be sent to him, Put on dry ice of course.
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#141 Nov 19 2012 at 11:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Spoonless wrote:
How much do you think the separation of new games' databases and forums into individual sites has hurt the community on ZAM? Are people just not looking for third-party forums anymore because of better O-Boards?

There are really 3 main culprits for the population decline from our peak. The rise of at work webpage blocking software cut our numbers by at least a third. That and facebook and other large agregate social media sites took their toll. The resonance from the origional site sale lost us another huge chunk of people who will never likely return. We are growing, and while the Official boards are generally more popular when they exist, we retain a certain status as being somewhere that people can go to complain about / at the official boards without fear of reprisals.
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Can I get a hall pass? I REALLY have to go to the bathroom, Kthnx.

Ok, but this is your one for the symester.

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Oh, And if someone is willing to donate their eyes to Bjiou so he can see better who do we send them to so they can be sent to him, Put on dry ice of course.

I dunnno, pick one of the admins with an I in their name at random? Wait a minute...
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#142 Nov 20 2012 at 2:18 AM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Tyrrant wrote:
Oh, And if someone is willing to donate their eyes to Bjiou so he can see better who do we send them to so they can be sent to him, Put on dry ice of course.
I dunnno, pick one of the admins with an I in their name at random? Wait a minute...
You'd just use them for some sort of doomsday machine.


And on a sidenote, how many rateups have I gotten for making you that avatar a couple years ago? Smiley: tongue
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#143 Nov 20 2012 at 2:25 AM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Tyrrant wrote:
Oh, And if someone is willing to donate their eyes to Bjiou so he can see better who do we send them to so they can be sent to him, Put on dry ice of course.
I dunnno, pick one of the admins with an I in their name at random? Wait a minute...
You'd just use them for some sort of doomsday machine.

And on a sidenote, how many rateups have I gotten for making you that avatar a couple years ago? Smiley: tongue


You really shouldn't encourage him with an answer. His ego is almost at Tiffany levels with out a reply.
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#144 Nov 20 2012 at 2:33 AM Rating: Good
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Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
Hah! In a suprise twist no one saw coming, For the first time ever in the history of ever, I'm going to ask the admins and users questions of my own, thus violating the basic Principal of the ask an admin thread and voiding space time's warranty! So without further dew;

1. To all the forum users of the world, if someone were to wave the magic "poof, you're an admin for a day" wand at you, what would be the very first thing you would do as an admin, and why?

2. Would you rather fly in a helicopter, or fly in a jet fighter?

3. For the admins, What is the best thing, and the worst thing about being an admin, in your oppinion?

4. and finally, why doesn't anyone ever ask about the theoretically secret but deliberatly poorly hidden forums with the 500 irrgulear and disturbing shaped pinyata's wearing monicles tied over a vat of molten pudding that we put there specifically to get people to ask questions about?

1. After the maniacal cackling? I'd simply wait for an opportunity to ban someone. I'm sure a spammer would show up sometime that day and I've always wanted to ban one.

2. Jet fighter. With my fear of flying, getting into a helicopter means I'm being evacuated from somewhere awful. Flying in a jet fighter, however, is far too cool an opportunity for me to pass up, so I'd tell my fear to shut up and suck it up.

4. I believe that the answers you seek lie here.
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#145 Nov 20 2012 at 5:21 AM Rating: Good
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Am I too late?

What would you do with a surprise baby?

I'd get rid of the books, movies, TV and anime forum and fold that back into the OOT. Then I'd write a script to revolve Uglysasquatch's avatar once a day...through all of Kirby's avatars.

JET RIDE. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAHHHHHHHH

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#146 Nov 20 2012 at 7:41 AM Rating: Good
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I'd take away Ari's Admin powers

And I'd ride the helicopter as I don't like the idea of wearing puke.
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#147 Nov 20 2012 at 8:21 AM Rating: Excellent
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I'd get rid of the books, movies, TV and anime forum and fold that back into the OOT.

Fold all the off-topic stuff back into =4. Between all of them, you'd almost have one active forums where the threads changed from day to day.
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#148 Nov 20 2012 at 9:27 AM Rating: Good
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Frack that, I want a place where I can cuss and be all inappropriate and thingy.
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#149 Nov 20 2012 at 9:42 AM Rating: Excellent
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That's why I said to merge it all back into =4 and not all in =28.

Like the good ole days when =4 was all we had and all we needed. How many forums that get two threads a day do we need?
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#150 Nov 20 2012 at 9:49 AM Rating: Good
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That's why I said to merge it all back into =4 and not all in =28.

Like the good ole days when =4 was all we had and all we needed. How many forums that get two threads a day do we need?
I'd be in favor of this. It might balance out the politics talk a little.
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#151 Nov 20 2012 at 9:55 AM Rating: Good
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That's why I said to merge it all back into =4 and not all in =28.

Like the good ole days when =4 was all we had and all we needed. How many forums that get two threads a day do we need?

If someone hadn't gone and started the omnibus thread craze you might still be seeing three threads/day/forum.
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