SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
I have also tried emailing the support@neogaf email but never get any type of response. If its not abandoned why no response?
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SSGMUN10000
Connoisseur Of Tedium
I guess I can see the logic in that. I have been trying forever to get my topic creating privileges back 
The Librarian
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Was browsing another thread, came upon a post of Fist's and see that he has been banned. Look at his post history to discover this. Holy crap.:lolEviLore said:
If you change it, you have my support. Whatever that's worth.Hitokage said:People have asked me not to change it.
I dunno... I think Blackace's is the best. It's short and witty: perfection. Though, I guess it helps that I don't know what "setec" astronomer is.:lolHitokage said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Yeah right. Like people can't recognize sarcasm on the internet.jay said:
iamcool388
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idahoblue said:
Sneakers was aiite.
so I have a question, despite being very vitriolic against video game piracy the mods are very lax with movie piracy, to the extent that people openly talk about downloading screeners and I've seen mods asking for hints as to where to view stuff. Where's the line exactly? Is it providing links and "enabling" people to pirate?
Instigator
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SSGMUN10000 said:I guess I can see the logic in that. I have been trying forever to get my topic creating privileges back
They're probably too annoyed with you to respond hence why you're a junior again.
Have some pride and take it like a man.
Rentahamster
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It's still there. There are still lots of posters who think it's banned.fanboi said:
InEffectMode
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Zenith said:
I have yet to see it as well, but if true, I'd think it is because this is primarily a gaming forum so the talk of pirating games is not seen as anything to be bold about. Movies on the other hand may be seen as open because we as a community weren't led here by films but for the gaming related info we seek, learn, and discuss about everyday. Just speculating here of course-differing levels of association.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
If there's a rule against bad taste there isn't going to be an OT for much longer.HylianTom said:
Byakuya769
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Seemed like the ban had do with the constant puns on top of a pun being in a thread where someone was actually shaken up by a death.
Zenith said:
If you want a logical disconnect about piracy, just look at the way people here treat anime fansubs. There are threads dedicated to them, and I think one or more mods are members of fansubbing groups. Yet at the same time, if you suggested that you had the right to download and play any new Japanese release that hadn't yet been announced for US release, you would be banned in an instant.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
They were.R2D4 said:
Saying that Game X should be on Console Y can get you banned on the gaming-side? I didn't know that.
I would go to the gaming side and say that I wished that the MGS series would come to the 360 (only because Substance was on the original Xbox). I never intended to start a console war or anything.
Guess I know now. :-/
I would go to the gaming side and say that I wished that the MGS series would come to the 360 (only because Substance was on the original Xbox). I never intended to start a console war or anything.
Guess I know now. :-/
Zenith said:
The community is strengthened by the game developers who choose to post here - it's no surprise that there's a zero tolerance policy on game piracy. However, the issue isn't one of GAF admins/mods imposing an ethical stance on board members; it's about maintaining respect for developers who visit and contribute to the forum. Having said that, from what I've seen, piracy is generally frowned upon across the board, even when it doesn't relate to games. I think the lax threads you're describing are the exception rather than the rule. General forum policy seems to be that it's fine to discuss the positives of copyright infringement up to a point, especially if it's impossible for one to obtain specific content in one's country legally; but no matter how lax a given topic may be the line is always drawn at direct links.
jim-jam bongs
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HylianTom said:
I love this thread :lol
It continues to amaze me how many people on this board don't have any basic common-sense when it comes to their posts. Dookkake always posts puns, but the threads that he puns about are news threads; i.e. the subject-matter doesn't directly involve another poster. The pun he was banned for crossed the line because it was making light of a tragic event that actually involved the OP.
How is this hard to understand? There are no unwritten laws of GAF. There is only common-sense and those who lack it.
There is another interpretation of the banning:jim-jam bongs said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18910603&postcount=105
jim-jam bongs
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numble said:
Funny, that looks like the same interpretation to me
jim-jam bongs
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It could also be that mods are applying the "don't shit up threads with useless posts" rule, another common-sense one. The pun-maker gang has been getting so large that the first page of more than half the OT threads is puns and quotes of puns.
chaostrophy
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jim-jam bongs said:
The Bill Hicks joke about pigeons and the JFK assassination is STILL the best damn pun I've ever heard. GAF's pun-makers can't compare and get really tiresome really quickly.
Meus Renaissance
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EviLore said:
Out of interest, do you answer PM's?
The Librarian
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Will you take I.O.Us?EviLore said:
To clarify, the bans made recently over puns haven't necessarily been because it was about dead people, but because in yet another thread they come storming in because they feel they have to and everyone else follows suit. Maybe Mutfox actually wanted to talk about his house? With random news it's not so bad, but it's so horribly played out at this point I'd rather people shy away from it unless they have both the joke and the timing and not just to show everyone you too can make a pun.
"It's not about money, it's about sending a message."
EviLore said:
"It's not about money, it's about sending a message."
Meus Renaissance
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EviLore said:
That's unfortunate
I guess it's annoying, repetitive, and pointless on various levels.MIMIC said:
A month or so ago I said I wished 360's magic the gathering game was on the ps3. Didn't get banned. I think understandable. It's not a AAA exclusive that causes rage and if it can run on the console debates. Simply wanting to get introduced to a card game that is very popular outside of video games is reasonable.
PantherLotus
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DeathNote said:
The original purpose of that specific unwritten rule was because of the dueling Wii vs. HD trolls. It was ridiculous to see everybody in a Wii thread saying that game X should be in HD, and it was similarly retarded to see the other side say that some game should come to the Wii.
I don't think it was ever a specific rule that "YOU CAN NEVER HOPE A GAME COMES TO ANOTHER CONSOLE" but rather a method of preventing the spam from the inevitable systemwarz crowd in every god damned thread.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Bisnic said:
fistful is an experience, my man.
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