What's wrong with our forum moderator staff?

[crazy pyro]

Read the first bleedin' post please to science!

[TheMailMan78]

This forum needs to grant long time users the capability to reach through the monitor and slap the taste out of peoples mouth.

[erocker]

Does somebody need a hug? Not from me of course, I ain't like that.

[DanishDevil]

HUG!

http://img.techpowerup.org/090729/Capture003425.jpg

[TheMailMan78]

Meh. Just been in a crappy mood. I come here to escape (sad I know) and seems like the BS of the world has found me. Need.........random.............violance (collapses)

[DanishDevil]

random violence (www.generalnonsense.net)

[TheMailMan78]

random violence (www.generalnonsense.net)

I was thinking more of this. (http://www.doodie.com/anger_management.php)

[Cold Storm]

Here you go, how about this Mail Man...


TPU, needs a "cool Down" corner. Make a sub-forum that is set with a random Password maker (password changes daily) that only the mods know of.. That way, if a mod thinks we need to be in there... Boom, you got the pass word for the day.


But, then again, we'd all turn into a power hungry pile of morons that try to get the password to see "candy land"...

[btarunr]

The internet is the slowest way of cooling down. Try recreating offline.

[Meecrob]

try walking into the freezer at a local store/fast food joint if you need to cool off :D

[Ammugonevil]

Or just reach into my system.......aahhahaaaaa hot hot hot hot ahaha it burns aahhhhhh

[Meecrob]

try peeing into your system and tell us how that feels :P

[TheMailMan78]

The internet is the slowest way of cooling down. Try recreating offline.

Or fapping.

[Ammugonevil]

try peeing into your system and tell us how that feels :P

Dont drink so thats not problem.,...

[btarunr]

Or fapping.

I should have said "the internets" or "the interwebz" instead. You get the idea, I'm talking about an online community. :)

[Nick89]

Or fapping.

Second'd.

[Meecrob]

"Whats wrong with our forums?"

to much fapping!!!

[rpsgc]

"Whats wrong with our forums?"

to much fapping!!!

Or not enough...

[crazy pyro]

Definitely, I learnt the verb "to fap" from Mailman, probably when the PII X4 955 was announced.

[Ammugonevil]

Seriously what does fap mean.....

[DanishDevil]

OK guys, this is a thread about improving the forums. We've had some good discussions in this thread. Let's not get it closed due to hooliganism.

[Meecrob]

OK guys, this is a thread about improving the forums. We've had some good discussions in this thread. Let's not get it closed due to hooliganism.

careful, somebody may decide they want to shake your hand :S

[crazy pyro]

This thread has experienced far worse! But yeah, let's move on from this fapping talk.

[Nick89]

Ok this is the last time Fapping will be mentioned.

Fapping.

On a serious note I did have TPU connection problems last night... after fapping.

Fapping.

Connection problems.

FAPPING.

[Mussels]

... please stop with the fapping talk.

[DanTheBanjoman]

eRocker, mussels, and danishdevil to name a few are good admins I've encountered here.

They're not admins though.

[crazy pyro]

Danish Devil isn't even a mod is he?

[DanishDevil]

Nope, but I'm no longer just a regular member. You'll see soon enough ;)

Back on topic please :)

[dr emulator (madmax)]

Nope, but I'm no longer just a regular member. You'll see soon enough ;)

Back on topic please :)

when are you going to spill the beans then ?

[Mussels]

hell, i cant even find out what his new position is :P


whats wrong with the forums?

nothing. they're working well right now (which is why this threads quiet)

[Triprift]

Which is the way i like it no drama atm even though give it a little more and we will have some superficial drama thing come up. =/

[Mussels]

Which is the way i like it no drama atm even though give it a little more and we will have some superficial drama thing come up. =/

oh i found something.

On the techpowerup.org site after you upload an image - the clickies to copy the links into your clipboard dont work in firefox. :(

[A Cheese Danish]

oh i found something.

On the techpowerup.org site after you upload an image - the clickies to copy the links into your clipboard dont work in firefox. :(

They do for me :confused:

[Mussels]

They do for me :confused:

WHY GOD WHY!

they've never worked for me. dunno why. i tried less than a minute ago in firefox 3.5.2

[DanishDevil]

when are you going to spill the beans then ?

It's already out there. You just have to be observant.

Hint: It's easier to find on the main site than the forums.

oh i found something.

On the techpowerup.org site after you upload an image - the clickies to copy the links into your clipboard dont work in firefox. :(

I always just copy/paste stuff like that anyway. I don't trust javascript to copy my stuff.

[DonInKansas]

hell, i cant even find out what his new position is :P


DD is W1z's new hooker and blow hookup on the West Coast.:roll:

[DrPepper]

when are you going to spill the beans then ?

He does reviews.

[Mussels]

He does reviews.

less exciting than i'd hoped for.

[dr emulator (madmax)]

hell, i cant even find out what his new position is :P


whats wrong with the forums?

nothing. they're working well right now (which is why this threads quiet)

true absolutely nothings wrong
well as i said probably ages ago i'm tempted to join tpu as a sideline:eek:
just not yet
plus the fact the member name 'll change as i don't think it's quite what's needed
we'll see when i get stuff dealt with ;) anyways back to work 27900

[DanishDevil]

less exciting than i'd hoped for.

Just you wait. Give it about a month and I'll have you excited.

[Triprift]

He does reviews.

Oh man and here i was thinking we were talking about what DD custom title was going to be :o man i need some sleep.

[A Cheese Danish]

Just you wait. Give it about a month and I'll have you excited.

Can't wait! :D:laugh:

:toast:

[El Fiendo]

I second Mussels click on link issue and vouch for it not working for me. Running Firefox 3.5.2 atm but I've noticed it since 3.0.x.

[TheMailMan78]

I applied to do game reviews but alas that is not needed on TPU. Ill just rant on random things instead.

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Nope, but I'm no longer just a regular member. You'll see soon enough ;)

Back on topic please :)

Maybe I know or maybe I dont. The right price will let you know. ;)

[erocker]

DD is now the official TPU WoW gold seller.:p

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

DD is now the official TPU WoW gold seller.:p

And here i was just telling him the other day how i needed 2200g. :laugh:

WHERE'S MY MONEY!

:toast:

[W1zzard]

http://img.techpowerup.org/090826/Capture012826.jpg

ni hao ?

[Kreij]

I applied to do game reviews but alas that is not needed on TPU. Ill just rant on random things instead.

I sent W1zz a PM awhile ago suggesting a gaming news (and perhaps articles/reviews) section for here on TPU with gaming news editors and such, since GPU didn't pan out as planned. I thought that maybe a having a sidebar on the main site (like the most recent posts and articles) would be sufficient as they would not really fit in the hardware news on the main page.

He never replied so I assumed he didn't like the idea or the PM got lost in the tidalwave of PMs he probably receives.

That's okay though, the forums are doing just fine and I enjoy tossing out programming tidbits to help people out.

Hats off to all involved in making this site great. :toast:

[mlee49]

I still think TPU could stand to have a User Review section. Set aside a small subforum for basically beginner's wanting to show off their new equip. Maybe TPU could cherry pick from the people that post there to be sample reviewers. Kinda like a possible springboard to those that want to get into hardware reviewing, or game reviews, or even more specialized reviews.

I would love to see more suggestions, discussion, sharing of ideas on reviewing and posting results. I personally would love to see reviewers helping us noobs critique and develop current hardware analysis.

[Mussels]

I still think TPU could stand to have a User Review section. Set aside a small subforum for basically beginner's wanting to show off their new equip. Maybe TPU could cherry pick from the people that post there to be sample reviewers. Kinda like a possible springboard to those that want to get into hardware reviewing, or game reviews, or even more specialized reviews.

I would love to see more suggestions, discussion, sharing of ideas on reviewing and posting results. I personally would love to see reviewers helping us noobs critique and develop current hardware analysis.

i'd agree with that.

a simple thumbs up/thumbs down system would allow user reviews to be sorted based on popularity, and give good hints as to what user reviewers should be looked at being made into real reviewers.

[TheMailMan78]

i'd agree with that.

a simple thumbs up/thumbs down system would allow user reviews to be sorted based on popularity, and give good hints as to what user reviewers should be looked at being made into real reviewers.

Like me :D

[Crazybc]

I was looking for members introductions and found this :banghead:



I hope theirs nothing wrong with this forum I just joined :toast:

[crazy pyro]

There's nowt wrong with this forum, sure you'll encounter the occasional spammer (encountered my first one today since I joined), you'll also encounter the occasional pain in the backside who gives misleading advice but they're rare on here! Welcome to the forums and hope you make the best of your time here.

[Frick]

Nah, you're good to go. Welcom. :D

[Solaris17]

I was looking for members introductions and found this :banghead:



I hope theirs nothing wrong with this forum I just joined :toast:

Welcome :)

[dr emulator (madmax)]

Like me :D

28116so mm when are you joining tpu?

[crazy pyro]

28116so mm when are you joining tpu?

I think he was joking!

[JC316]

I still think TPU could stand to have a User Review section. Set aside a small subforum for basically beginner's wanting to show off their new equip. Maybe TPU could cherry pick from the people that post there to be sample reviewers. Kinda like a possible springboard to those that want to get into hardware reviewing, or game reviews, or even more specialized reviews.

I would love to see more suggestions, discussion, sharing of ideas on reviewing and posting results. I personally would love to see reviewers helping us noobs critique and develop current hardware analysis.

I love this idea. I have seen it done at other forums and it's nice.

[Solaris17]

nothing is wrong with the forums....now the site....thats were all of hour problems are...you see i have a nifty map here that will explain the situation.

http://blogs.gnome.org/muelli/files/2009/06/america.gif

now over to the left highlighted in red and labeld "commies" is the problem they have a semi 1337 botnet of old school HP's that our actually succeding in soiling TPU's good response time. Forums? nay the forums aint be the problem we face here this day lads its the undersea cables doin the dirty work of the commies!! savvy?

[aCid888*]

The only thing wrong with this forum is it often results in my sexual activities being delayed 30 minutes because I cant drag myself away. :roll:

[DrPepper]

The only thing wrong with this forum is it often results in my sexual activities being delayed 30 minutes because I cant drag myself away. :roll:

TPU is actually slowing down the advance of STD's as well as fixing computers :p

[aCid888*]

I'm not so sure about the slowing of STD's but I know it gives me something productive and funny to read each day. :toast:

[DrPepper]

I'm not so sure about the slowing of STD's but I know it gives me something productive and funny to read each day. :toast:

That's true for everyone who visits but studies show people would rather stay on tpu than do it thus slowing down STD's and lowering cases of rape.

TPU should get a government grant or something like that.

(joking of course :))

[allen337]

I see someone has the itchy close thread finger again. So this site is about only good reviews and comments? Any problems members have need to be a secret? Wow wiz dont remember that in the rules. Techpowerup.com home of only positive posts or we will close them.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=103679


I posted this because the 4th of sept was my birthday, my father-in-law bought me some patriot memory with a free 3dmark Vantage with it, I picked this out because of the free 3dmark with it, payed shipping, the memory was higher than other memory, but, since its free I should get over it,wow. Guess if the memory didnt work I should get over it also after all I got a free 3d mark? Well I spent 6 hours on their forums and downloading the benchmark only to see my key wont work, Im glad techpowerup feels this way. Im done here. ALLEN

[btarunr]

Take you grievances up with Patriot (because they allegedly lured you with a free gift that didn't work), and not Futuremark. Besides that, so long.

[W1zzard]

allen, what kind of replies would have expected if this thread went on? it seems it would only add drama, not solve your problem. pick up the phone (yes, ancient, but works well), call patriot and talk to them. i agree that closing a thread like this seems a bit harsh in my opinion, too but it is well justifiable. still, thank you very much for bringing this up. and yes this thread is for negative feeedback as well

[Mussels]

I see someone has the itchy close thread finger again. So this site is about only good reviews and comments? Any problems members have need to be a secret? Wow wiz dont remember that in the rules. Techpowerup.com home of only positive posts or we will close them.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=103679


I posted this because the 4th of sept was my birthday, my father-in-law bought me some patriot memory with a free 3dmark Vantage with it, I picked this out because of the free 3dmark with it, payed shipping, the memory was higher than other memory, but, since its free I should get over it,wow. Guess if the memory didnt work I should get over it also after all I got a free 3d mark? Well I spent 6 hours on their forums and downloading the benchmark only to see my key wont work, Im glad techpowerup feels this way. Im done here. ALLEN

take a step back, and look at the post. you're telling everyone to avoid futuremark, the #1 video card benchmark - and your post is full of... well, nothing. its a rant, and no more.

the thread was not closed because of anyones comments in the thread - the thread looks like it was closed due to you making a post that would do nothing but aggravate people (which fits the definition of trolling)

[allen337]

take a step back, and look at the post. you're telling everyone to avoid futuremark, the #1 video card benchmark - and your post is full of... well, nothing. its a rant, and no more.

the thread was not closed because of anyones comments in the thread - the thread looks like it was closed due to you making a post that would do nothing but aggravate people (which fits the definition of trolling)


So your telling me im a troll because I spent 6 hours on their forum trying to trouble shoot a problem 100s of others are having where they bought the product and warning others of the problem. wow this world is going in circles. asus is the #1 motherboard and if they ran people off and called them scammers becasue someone bought their product and it didnt work, the other side of some of you guys faces would be showing. Im not worried as much about the FREE product not working as I am how many other people on their forums that bought and paid for the product having the same problem as I am. Seems like we can come up with rules and regulations to protect the companys but not the consumer, is that really what your after?

[Mussels]

So your telling me im a troll because I spent 6 hours on their forum trying to trouble shoot a problem 100s of others are having where they bought the product and warning others of the problem. wow this world is going in circles. asus is the #1 motherboard and if they ran people off and called them scammers becasue someone bought their product and it didnt work, the other side of some of you guys faces would be showing. Im not worried as much about the FREE product not working as I am how many other people on their forums that bought and paid for the product having the same problem as I am. Seems like we can come up with rules and regulations to protect the companys but not the consumer, is that really what your after?

no, i'm telling you that coming onto TPU (who has nothing to do with futuremark) and ranting will get you nowhere.

If all you'd done was state facts and that you got a bad key, your thread wouldnt have got closed - instead you got angry and posted aggressive posts which cant benefit anyone.

[TheMailMan78]

TPU is actually slowing down the advance of STD's as well as fixing computers :p

So using TPU will get rid of my genital warts? I didn't see that in the user control panel.

[RuskiSnajper]

One thing I can confirm it's a bit better atmosphere here than over on guru3d.

[jmcslob]

I want to see a "How to" section such as
How to-solder-someone recently spent a good amount of time on a very good guide
How to- disable Windows features
How to- mod your HSF
How to-do anything relevant etc...
Several people here have found some very interesting ways of getting around certain issue's it would be nice to see those very nice solutions (that indeed work) POSTED (without warranty) in a very easy to navagate subforum

[Mussels]

I want to see a "How to" section such as
How to-solder-someone recently spent a good amount of time on a very good guide
How to- disable Windows features
How to- mod your HSF
How to-do anything relevant etc...
Several people here have found some very interesting ways of getting around certain issue's it would be nice to see those very nice solutions (that indeed work) POSTED (without warranty) in a very easy to navagate subforum

best to make your own thread for forum suggestions in comments and feedback - a wishlist is hardly "something wrong" with the forums

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

@allen

I dont mean to step on anyone's toes but im just giving my opinion on the matter.

From looking at your thread, all it dealt with was ranting and it was not accomplishing anything. That thread was total flame bait. Had the mod's let it go on any further that thread really coulda got outta hand very quickly.

[jmcslob]

best to make your own thread for forum suggestions in comments and feedback - a wishlist is hardly "something wrong" with the forums
uh....well the absence of such a post is a complaint.....:laugh: ok I know....I get your point
However I must say I agree that Allen could have worded that a bit different, and that it's nice to see an appropriate response..That is not a complaint either..I'm sorry :rolleyes:

[W1zzard]

I want to see a "How to" section such as
How to-solder-someone recently spent a good amount of time on a very good guide
How to- disable Windows features
How to- mod your HSF
How to-do anything relevant etc...
Several people here have found some very interesting ways of getting around certain issue's it would be nice to see those very nice solutions (that indeed work) POSTED (without warranty) in a very easy to navagate subforum

we do have an articles section, but due to lack of writers there isnt much going on there. make a nice forum thread with your guide and if it has potential we will add it to our articles section (if you want)

[Mussels]

we do have an articles section, but due to lack of writers there isnt much going on there. make a nice forum thread with your guide and if it has potential we will add it to our articles section (if you want)

i beleive the idea is that having a how-to/guides section would allow everyone to make their guides in one place, and then the best ones can get voted into becoming articles.

[btarunr]

Uh..then how about just posting them in the relevant existing forum section and then being voted into becoming articles?

[Mussels]

because people never find them. my how-to's always get ignored, until i put a link in my sig - and then the comments come flooding in.

[btarunr]

Sticky them (the guides you like). Besides, if it's good enough, it's posted in the Articles section. Don't need number of replies to decide which is better. A guide can sometimes be so complete that not much further discussion is required.

[jmcslob]

Exactly!!! I joined TPU for the Articles BTW, btarunr you have had some really good articles of late, but an article is an article and a guide is a guide, You get the idea from the article and figure out how to use the idea with a guide, They can evolve and be simplified, they don't need to be exact unless that's the only way right...I love the articles and i love to see how some of these guys Mod there systems or how they can squeeze just a little more out of a lemon, and so do a lot of people and I think it would be absolutely be a great idea to give some of these brilliant people a section of the forums to say "here's how you do it" You get to read about these fantastic systems on so many sites but how many sites have a "real member" How To- section...It's one thing to see How a lab did it, it's completely different to see HOW dick richards did it...Trust me several members are just waiting for the chance to SHOW OFF they worked hard and want to share...

[btarunr]

There are quite a few of how-to threads here, and some on merit of their content have graduated to stickys in their respective sections. Now the problem with coming up with a How-to subforum is, that all how-to's will be uncategorized. You'll have a how-to about cleaning your PSU, and then one underneath it on how-to clean your system temporary files/clutter. So it will be a notch harder to go through a sea of how-to's.

[evaadrain]

Hi.

What do you say about people five starring everythread then one starring my clubhouse?

[HammerON]

Uhm ~ what do you mean?

Starring>>>>
–noun 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.

[Cold Storm]

Yeah, from the looks on your profile, you've only made one thread here and That wasn't a club what so ever.... It's PC advice

Then as of looking at the club forum, there is only 3 5 star clubs while everything else is not even rated...

[DanishDevil]

TPU users don't really use the star rating function. The "Thank" feature that you see on every post is a favorite here. As you can see when you browse people's profiles, stars are hard to come by unlesss you are helpful in ways that others are not. Being a long-time member helps as well.

I'm sorry you feel your thread was wrongly rated, but really, Thanks count is much more telling of a member's helpfulness.

We do hope you stick around. Welcome to TPU!

[Mussels]

ohhhh, NOW i get what he means.


http://img.techpowerup.org/091007/Capture173570.jpg


i never use it, or even look at it. so i have no idea about any abuse of that feature.

[Cold Storm]

But the thing is.. if you look at his "thread started" there is only one and it's a What should I buy thread... So, it's almost as someone else, new account, is asking the question

Also note.. Even if the person is only posting in non count sub-forums, you will still be able to find what threads that person has started via his/there public profile

Also note again.. Rating system takes a day or so to even show up.. I rated someone's thread a while back it it took almost 24h to get a 5 star

[erocker]

Hi.

What do you say about people five starring everythread then one starring my clubhouse?

Even with your "other" account that you posted with today has no posts in the Clubhouse forum. So do you have a third account with posts in the Clubhouse forum? One account only on this forum. Personally, I have no feelings towards thread ratings.

[AphexDreamer]

Ok Under default Thread Subscription mode I have it set to No Email notification, but I keep getting emails. Am I missing something or is this a problem.

Its really annoying me to keep deleting 30 messages at a time in my inbox, can some one shed some light?

[Tatty_One]

Ok Under default Thread Subscription mode I have it set to No Email notification, but I keep getting emails. Am I missing something or is this a problem.

Its really annoying me to keep deleting 30 messages at a time in my inbox, can some one shed some light?

Have you also made sure the "receive e mail from other members" box above that is cleared?

[vaiopup]

I think it would be cool if the crunchers/folders had their own "Distributed Computing" section of the forum. :)

Only takes a minute in the software CP and it could raise the awareness level of the projects amongst the forum readership.

Also, it would keep the forum nice and tidy for when/if other TPU distributed computing teams are created.

Simple forum addition that could reap major rewards :)

[AphexDreamer]

Have you also made sure the "receive e mail from other members" box above that is cleared?

Yes none of those receive email boxes are checked and I"m still getting email.

[Mussels]

Yes none of those receive email boxes are checked and I"m still getting email.

make a thread about it (in comments and feedback, ofc), just in case w1zzy doesnt check this thread.

[AphexDreamer]

make a thread about it (in comments and feedback, ofc), just in case w1zzy doesnt check this thread.

Alright then.

[DanishDevil]

I think it would be cool if the crunchers/folders had their own "Distributed Computing" section of the forum. :)

Only takes a minute in the software CP and it could raise the awareness level of the projects amongst the forum readership.

Also, it would keep the forum nice and tidy for when/if other TPU distributed computing teams are created.

Simple forum addition that could reap major rewards :)

We currently have separate F@H and WCG/BOINC forums. I personally don't see an overwhelming need to group those two together, but it may keep the clutter down a bit on the forum index page.

[Laurijan]

I wonder for some time now why i get mails from GN.net which show the reply to a thread inside of them but on TPU i always have to open the link to TPU to read the message posted :banghead:

[W1zzard]

I wonder for some time now why i get mails from GN.net which show the reply to a thread inside of them but on TPU i always have to open the link to TPU to read the message posted :banghead:

because people on tpu click "reply" in their email client and expect that what they type magically makes it into the thread

[Laurijan]

because people on tpu click "reply" in their email client and expect that what they type magically makes it into the thread

Why should it be any different in GN.net?

[W1zzard]

it's probably not .. simply forgot to turn it off there. but gn.net has much less traffic so the chances of this happening are lower as well .. so far there hasn't been a single replied to notification sent to my inbox

[Mussels]

it's probably not .. simply forgot to turn it off there. but gn.net has much less traffic so the chances of this happening are lower as well .. so far there hasn't been a single replied to notification sent to my inbox

seriously, lol.

i can just imagine how many emails you would have got like that.

[W1zzard]

i can just imagine how many emails you would have got like that.

enough to make me turn the text preview off .. same for the private messages.
at least it gives me a smile when people reply back to the automated happy birthday message :)

[Mussels]

enough to make me turn the text preview off .. same for the private messages.
at least it gives me a smile when people reply back to the automated happy birthday message :)

bug report: i never got one :(

http://img.techpowerup.org/091024/Capture210.jpg

[W1zzard]

noted ... low priority .. i'll look into it around 2020

[Mussels]

noted ... low priority .. i'll look into it around 2020

damnit, i'll have Alzheimers by then

[Laurijan]

damnit, i'll have Alzheimers by then

User nicotine as countermeasure! See my sig for the electronic cigarette..

[Kreij]

damnit, i'll have Alzheimers by then

Look on the bright side. When some asks, "What's new?", you will honestly be able to say, "Everything!"

[Solaris17]

Look on the bright side. When some asks, "What's new?", you will honestly be able to say, "Everything!"

its like everyday the world is a surprise!

it's probably not .. simply forgot to turn it off there. but gn.net has much less traffic so the chances of this happening are lower as well .. so far there hasn't been a single replied to notification sent to my inbox

your w1zz magic it into working

[Bo_Fox]

I'm new here, but I think the moderators here are nice! I just left from two other mega-forums (first [H]Forums and then XS Forums--although I think [H] is quite cool after I've given it quite a vacation). TPU seems awesome man. The moderators are just damn cool with giving people space here. They do not act like police at all, nor do we need to see them as police either. They talk here, they are friendly here in doing so, and all that.

I mean, a few of the negative people against the moderators need to start voicing it out here and let's see if the moderators are level-headed with it. If some of the people are being negative, let's hear them out and see if they are just being negative.

Negativity is such a low power. It's also a dark power. But alone, it has nearly nothing. So it must be a great, big number--at least a great, big majority.

I still also think XS is cool, and understand that they just wanted to kill off at least half of the news forum during a certain phase. At least they let me be active on pretty much the rest of the forums, but that's only my small, tiny individual perspective from a tiny life of the entire universe during a single time.

Regards :rockout:

[El_Mayo]

is there a way of making it so that those who register to TPU are automatically registered to General Nonsense by any chance?

[DrPepper]

is there a way of making it so that those who register to TPU are automatically registered to General Nonsense by any chance?

I think it's quite difficult that's why it's not done either that or there's no point.

[El_Mayo]

I think it's quite difficult that's why it's not done either that or there's no point.

mmkay

[erocker]

On the other hand it's not very difficult to register at generalnonsense.net.

Register on the site
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[Kreij]

is there a way of making it so that those who register to TPU are automatically registered to General Nonsense by any chance?

The problem is that if a spammer registers here, they auto-register there also.
It's the same reason that there was no auto-register for GPU.
Even with out auto-register we were fighting hundreds of spammers a day on GPU.
There is a way it could be done, but it is more trouble than it is worth, given that it only takes about 2 minutes to reregister on the new site.

[El_Mayo]

The problem is that if a spammer registers here, they auto-register there also.
It's the same reason that there was no auto-register for GPU.
Even with out auto-register we were fighting hundreds of spammers a day on GPU.
There is a way it could be done, but it is more trouble than it is worth, given that it only takes about 2 minutes to reregister on the new site.

true.. true
was asking out of curiousity anyway :)

[messenger77]

Well,let me think...may be I'm out of my league cos I'm new in here,but this is the best forum that I've ever into...:toast:

[Cuzza]

is there a way of making it so that those who register to TPU are automatically registered to General Nonsense by any chance?

We don't want that. No auto-register keeps out the riff-raff. GN is for seriously nonsensical people only.

[Triprift]

We don't want that. No auto-register keeps out the riff-raff. GN is for seriously nonsensical people only.

Yep ppl like me :rockout::p

[imperialreign]

GN is for seriously nonsensical people only.

A little nonsense now and then . . .

[Kreij]

true.. true
was asking out of curiousity anyway :)

It was a very valid question, and the same one I asked W1zz about when I was modding on GPU, trying to get more people to visit the site from TPU.

He said, "No !@#$ way, it would !@#$ be a @#@#$ cluster !@# for a bunch of !@#".
(Just kidding :D, he just said it would create a lot of security problems)

[TheMailMan78]

I just got a PM from my GN account trying to sell me Viagra and crap. WTF is going on with the anti-spam setup over there?!?

[Mussels]

I just got a PM from my GN account trying to sell me Viagra and crap. WTF is going on with the anti-spam setup over there?!?

that guy died, fast.

[TheMailMan78]

This is what it said....

Dear TheMailMan,

You have received a new private message at General Nonsense Forums from Mariatctfound, entitled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE. READ THIS PLEASE".

To read the original version, respond to, or delete this message, you must log in here:
http://www.generalnonsense.net/private.php

This is the message that was sent:
***************
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*Hello. Please read this brief announcement.*

*Teenage Cancer Trust* - the organization supporting teenagers and young full age with illness of a cancer by means of creation of branches in hospitals of Public service of public health services.

Image: http://s13.radikal.ru/i186/0911/72/4624629a60b0.gif
This is Martin, he was 7 years old. He was sick of leukemia (blood cancer). Now he is in the 44 th Children's Hospital in London.
Our small fund collects money for treatment to Martin. *Please click on one of the ads below* - all the money go to treatment for the boy. *You will not pay anything, but maybe it will save his life. *

Thank you. God bless you.
Maria.

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[Kreij]

Yeah, we all got that. That account died a horrible death too.

[Nick89]

Yeah, we all got that. That account died a horrible death too.

Never mind.

[imperialreign]

Yeah, we all got that. That account died a horrible death too.

Y'know - one thing I've gotta say that I've always been impressed with here (and the new GNU) . . . spam and bot accounts are eradicated quickly.

I can count on one hand the number of true "spam" posts I've seen here on TPU - the mods/admins do an excellent job of keeping that trash in the gutter where it belongs.

If there was an award for "cleanliest message board," TPU would sure get my nomination in a heartbeat. :toast:

[Kreij]

I agree, the admins/mods do an excellent job of taking out the trash.
What also helps is timely reporting of posts by the members, which I've been told is excellent on TPU.
Keep up the good work everyone.

"Just say no" to spam. lol

[Triprift]

Y'know - one thing I've gotta say that I've always been impressed with here (and the new GNU) . . . spam and bot accounts are eradicated quickly.

I can count on one hand the number of true "spam" posts I've seen here on TPU - the mods/admins do an excellent job of keeping that trash in the gutter where it belongs.

If there was an award for "cleanliest message board," TPU would sure get my nomination in a heartbeat. :toast:

Definitly imperial spammers get ninja kicked quick pronto in the blink of an eye its uncanny. :nutkick::toast::rockout:

[Jstn7477]

In the brief time that I have resided here at TechPowerUp, I have felt that everything has been running great. The mods are pretty cool, they can be part of the thread and you don't have to "fear" them, but at the same time they make sure that things don't become out of hand. I haven't experienced the wrath of spammers or bots so I can't comment on that. The forum members are nice and informative for the most part, and some even have a nice sense of humor. Overall, this community is pretty awesome and if I didn't enjoy it here, I wouldn't have signed up for my free user account or participated in the forums.

[Triprift]

Thanks for the great endorsement of TPU futher evidence if it was needed that were all a part of the best forum on the net.

[Binge]

I'm not trying to force the issue, but I got a PM today after saying to someone that they needed to display the asking price of an item in their FS thread. When I joined I was given an immediate warning to post the asking price of my sale items, or the thread would be removed. Have things changed? What are everyone's views on the subject? I personally do not believe items should be posted without an asking price.

[Solaris17]

I'm not trying to force the issue, but I got a PM today after saying to someone that they needed to display the asking price of an item in their FS thread. When I joined I was given an immediate warning to post the asking price of my sale items, or the thread would be removed. Have things changed? What are everyone's views on the subject? I personally do not believe items should be posted without an asking price.

its always been upto discretion you either get locked or you get warned as for the past few months it seems that you get w/e that mod feels is a good amount of time to put your price up if you havent. and imo their doing a good job and keeping it fair.

[erocker]

its always been upto discretion you either get locked or you get warned as for the past few months it seems that you get w/e that mod feels is a good amount of time to put your price up if you havent. and imo their doing a good job and keeping it fair.

lol wut? Slow down there buddy, I cannot comprehend what you are writing. Bad spelling is fine and bad grammar is fine, but when you put the two together it's hard to understand.

Include your geographical location in the first post so people can have a guess at shipping costs.

This forum is provided as a community service. We are not responsible for any transactions or losses that result from postings in this forum.
Advertising the sale of illegal items, such as but not limited to narcotics, pornography, and other items deemed illegal, will result in said post being deleted and poster being immediately banned. Authorities may be notified of the poster's IP address as well.
No Dealers, Merchants or Resellers. This forum is for private deals only.
No links to auctions or other sites. (No Ebay links)
Trade only goods that physically exist. No virtual items such as software licenses or WoW accounts. Items that can be sold on techPowerUp! can only be items that fit within this website such as but not limited to computer and gaming hardware.
Don't post if you do not have physical possession of items for sale. You must have the items in your possession to sell them.
As a courtesy to others, if you have sold your items, or the items are no longer available, please post so in your thread so needless inquiries are not made.
Once a sale is final, edit the first post saying the item is sold.
Required 24 hour time period between seller post bumps
No "Free Ipod" stuff or other referral links.
Post a picture of the physical item you are selling/trading, along with your techPowerUp! forums account name handwritten on a piece of paper in the background. This is to validate that there is an item being sold and that you are the seller. -Have your pictures ready before you post your thread! No pics, don't post or your thread will be deleted.
"Feeler" threads, or threads to "check the interest of item(s)" are not acceptable.
Please remember to insert a link to your heatware if you are selling an item. This is also to validate you are a valid seller. If you don't have a heatware, please read all about how to get one here. This is required.
After you have sold an item, please post that it has been sold on the first post so that other people know that the item is not for sale.

When posting in FS/FT, you must follow these guidelines-

Only post in a FS/FT thread if you are...
1) Bumping the thread. (Once every 24 hours for sellers)
2) Interested in the item and asking a question.
3) Negotiating the price of an item you want to buy. (But this should be done through private messages.)

Don't do these things in FS/FT threads:
1) Argue over whether prices are fair, or...
2) ...say that something else is cheaper elsewhere.
3) Argue with other members.

These guidelines will be strictly enforced, with infractions resulting for repeat violations.

Follow those ^^ There are no problems. Prices aren't required but it will indeed help sell your items. Many people don't want to haggle or offer a price.

[andrewsmc]

lol wut? Slow down there buddy, I cannot comprehend what you are writing. Bad spelling is fine and bad grammar is fine, but when you put the two together it's hard to understand.



Follow those ^^ There are no problems. Prices aren't required but it will indeed help sell your items. Many people don't want to haggle or offer a price.

Ty erocker.

[Mussels]

dont forget that sometimes no mods are around when threads are made, so it can take a couple of hours before it gets dealt with.

i'll see them and report them for example, but since i'm not a mod of B/S/T we have to wait for E to get his ass out of bed :P

[Kreij]

One of the problems with the forums, is that a certain Aussie mod is always making excuses.
I'm not around, or it's not my sections to moderate.
Where is the old fashion work ethic where everything is taken as a personal challenge?
Where is ... uh ... Hahahaa... crap. Sorry can't keep a straight face on this one. :laugh:

You're doing a great job Mussels, even without the rainbows.

[ShiBDiB]

wheres the pr0n

nomnomnom :D

[btarunr]

wheres the pr0n

nomnomnom :D

Here: http://www.google.com

[Kreij]

Okay, you may all think I am out of my mind, but I am a little concerned about the lack of drama that is occuring on the board recently.

I know that overly dramatic posts are dealt with quickly and concisely, but it seems to me that some threads are being crushed before they are given a chance.

One of the things that make a public forum appealing to the users is the fact that they can hash out their differences in a civil manner and only get clobbered when that civility disappears.

Why are threads being closed because the opinion in the thread differs from another thread that already exists, and someone wants to start another based on a differing opinion? In my opinion, that is the whole purpose of a forum. Just because a thread already exists on a topic does not mean that another thread on that topic does not serve a purpose.

That kind of heavy handed oversite is going to produce a forum that seems like all of the users are on Prozac. I understand that we do not need 50 threads on the same topic, but I think that each thread, as long as it is not completely redundant, deserves a chance to engage users in an appropriate manner to discuss the intent of the original post.

As always, just my opinion on what I see going on TPU.

[erocker]

In regards to the thread I locked that you are speaking about, it's really not needed. It would of turned out to be the exact kind of thread that was already started in the first place. The CoD MW2 thread has been somewhat troublesome and has required moderation several times. Another thread on the same topic would just cause more problems.

[TheMailMan78]

I would like to see a two sub-sections in the gaming area. One dedicated to Consoles and one to PC games. That might help with some of the drama.

[Kursah]

I would like to see a two sub-sections in the gaming area. One dedicated to Consoles and one to PC games. That might help with some of the drama.

+1, I've wanted that for a while, but I don't think it'll stop much if any drama in that area. There will always be those that wanna poke, pry and instigate no matter, and hell even someone's opinion is likely to offend someone else out there, but really even at it's worst, TPU's drama could be much worse imo.

I'd still like to see an expanded gaming section on TPU, starting with just Console and PC, maybe going from there. I realise this is a PC Tech forum first and foremost, but this place has grown so much since I joined in '06, to me expanding the gaming section by one topic just makes sense. The idea has been shot down every time, but I forsee it happening someday in the future.

[Kreij]

In regards to the thread I locked that you are speaking about, it's really not needed. It would of turned out to be the exact kind of thread that was already started in the first place. The CoD MW2 thread has been somewhat troublesome and has required moderation several times. Another thread on the same topic would just cause more problems.

Erocker, my friend, you know that I am not one to cowtow to the flagilating demands and preferences of the user base of a forum. All must be kept in check, in order to maintain a structure that does not alienate nor ostracise any user for thier personal opinion.

However, it has always been (at least in the past) a TPU trait that as long as you had something to say that was not redundant to another thread, and not outside the bounds of what was acceptable, that you had a forum in which to speak. If threads are closed because previous threads were problematic, then a whole arena of discussion is censored.

I am not sure if this is the way to go. This forum thrives on dissenting opinion. The concept of a thread being "needed", is of course up to the discrection of the moderators and I will not make specific reference to any moderators actions, but I will state my concerns in this section as that is why W1zz placed it here.

Don't get me wrong, you are all doing a great job of policing the forums and this post is not singling you out, Erocker. I've noticed in the last couple of months a worrisome trend in several instances.
I do not have the access to the "lounge" to take this up there, so I can only use this section to take a step back and review and discuss what is happening.

[TheMailMan78]

Honestly I haven't noticed anything odd. They had a game discussion thread and someone wanted to make a thread dedicated to discussing the same damn game? Of course it should have been closed. It only makes sense.

[Nick89]

I would like to see a two sub-sections in the gaming area. One dedicated to Consoles and one to PC games. That might help with some of the drama.

YES.

[Marineborn]

agreed, if they have a diffrent opion that is what a discussion thread if for, just because there if more haters then lovesrs for a game, that doesnt matter, its a open discussion thread

[Polaris573]

Erocker, my friend, you know that I am not one to cowtow to the flagilating demands and preferences of the user base of a forum. All must be kept in check, in order to maintain a structure that does not alienate nor ostracise any user for thier personal opinion.

However, it has always been (at least in the past) a TPU trait that as long as you had something to say that was not redundant to another thread, and not outside the bounds of what was acceptable, that you had a forum in which to speak. If threads are closed because previous threads were problematic, then a whole arena of discussion is censored.

I am not sure if this is the way to go. This forum thrives on dissenting opinion. The concept of a thread being "needed", is of course up to the discrection of the moderators and I will not make specific reference to any moderators actions, but I will state my concerns in this section as that is why W1zz placed it here.

Don't get me wrong, you are all doing a great job of policing the forums and this post is not singling you out, Erocker. I've noticed in the last couple of months a worrisome trend in several instances.
I do not have the access to the "lounge" to take this up there, so I can only use this section to take a step back and review and discuss what is happening.

Looking at the threads that were closed they very clearly, and without any ambiguity, cover the same subject material as the thread posters were redirected to. Despite the alternate phrasings of their titles their purpose was to give a reader's opinion of Call of Duty. It is truly in your best interest to have reader's opinions on a game consolidated into one thread. It creates a one-stop shop where you can see how all your fellow members feel about the game, rather than forcing you to keep track of several threads. It has always been the case that threads covering near identical topics will be merged or closed and have members redirected to an alternative thread. A single thread makes reading easier for you and searching easier for people using search engine to find information. It is incidental that having one thread for COD opinions makes moderation easier. That was not the primary purpose behind the closure of the other threads for discussion of the game.

It... was... FOR THE GREATER GOOD :roll:

Hash out your COD differences all you want in the COD discussion thread. Just don't resort to name calling and flaming to get your point across and everything will be fine. I can guarantee that when it comes to moderation none of the staff care one bit whether you love COD or hate it. The only ideas being suppressed are whether one member thinks another is "a whiny bitch" or not. [JEDI MIND TRICK]That's not the drama you're looking for[/JEDI MIND TRICK]

[sneekypeet]

I vote for Jedi mind trick code myself:D Now how to persuade them w/o a hand coming out of the screen to wave fingers in front of them.

[NastyHabits]

I come to sing the praises of TPU, not to bury it.

I want to say that this is the best forum I've ever been on. I've seen an absolute minimum of flaming, name calling, etc. I found everyone to bend over backward to help others. I've been in this field, as a career, since 1982, and I still learn things on TPU. It's the first place I go in the morning, and the last thing I check at night. This is a great community. To borrow an appropriate cliché, "May it live long and prosper".

[r9]

This is the only forum that I`m registered to not just at this kind. And I`m 100% satisfied and happy to be part of the community. Hate whiners though. I think that some times TPU mods can be too serious at times.

[douglatins]

I think us here are a great community, some times i see a newly registered member with a crazy and wrongly explained problem with hardware/ software, instead of instantly shutting him off, or making fun if he has absolutely no experience, TPU always tries to help the guy out. Even more if its a hot chick, though no way to tell at first... So i'm always under that assumption, hehe

[RaPiDo987]

I come to sing the praises of TPU, not to bury it.

I want to say that this is the best forum I've ever been on. I've seen an absolute minimum of flaming, name calling, etc. I found everyone to bend over backward to help others. I've been in this field, as a career, since 1982, and I still learn things on TPU. It's the first place I go in the morning, and the last thing I check at night. This is a great community. To borrow an appropriate cliché, "May it live long and prosper".

You took the words out of my fingers ;). I have to watch how much time I'm spending on TPU because the Mrs. is starting to get annoyed of my addiction to this place. I notice that other forms (Mr._Thomas_hardware) allow a lot of flaming and disrespect but not TPU:rockout:
Keep up the great environment.:D

[Kreij]

I come to sing the praises of TPU, not to bury it.

I want to say that this is the best forum I've ever been on. I've seen an absolute minimum of flaming, name calling, etc. I found everyone to bend over backward to help others. I've been in this field, as a career, since 1982, and I still learn things on TPU. It's the first place I go in the morning, and the last thing I check at night. This is a great community. To borrow an appropriate cliché, "May it live long and prosper".

I entered the electronic field in 1982 also. Time flies when your having fun !!
TPU is hands down the best site/forum. People complain from time to time that the moderators are a a little heavy handed, but that is why this board is as clean as it is.
Now if only W1zz could bring back GPU, I could die a happy man. :laugh:

[T3kl0rd]

Great website with intelligent people posting in the forums, learn a lot from this site. W1zz's reviews are always informative. Several awesome software programs have been downloaded from this site like ATI Tool, RBE, GPU-Z, etc. Keep up the good work.

[RuskiSnajper]

I have something to say ... view at your own risk and furthermore I will not be held responsible of any brain damage by viewing the below spoiler!

I have no complaints :D Keep up the good work.

[Polaris573]

I didn't know we had spoiler BB code. :ohwell:

[Mussels]

I didn't know we had spoiler BB code. :ohwell:

we've had it for ages

[Cold Storm]

:D Not for ages, but for about 6m.. :D

[Mussels]

:D Not for ages, but for about 6m.. :D

my attention span is about an hour. Beyond that, its techically an age.

ice age, dark ages, iron age, age before i played dragon age... age after i played dragon age... the ages i spent on the toilet after that spicy chicken...

[Cold Storm]

my attention span is about an hour. Beyond that, its techically an age.

ice age, dark ages, iron age, age before i played dragon age... age after i played dragon age... the ages i spent on the toilet after that spicy chicken...

:roll: good one.

I just know via being the one that asked.. :roll:

Now, gotta think of a way to ask for us to see "all the post" when we quote a person.. But, that's another thread and another topic.


As for TPU. :respect:

[Triprift]

Hmmm i can tell ya whats wrong with TPU CS not posting enough only 10.14 posts a day lift your game old son. :p

[Cold Storm]

Highest I ever had it was 10.50 ppd... When you work about 16h a day, you really don't see the "want" to.. :D

[Triprift]

Yeah mines gone down to a fair bit was nearly 8 at me peak now a pitiful just over 5. *sigh*

[exodusprime1337]

title should be changed to what is not wrong with our forums, seems over the last 64 pages or so i've been through over the last 6 months or so went from complaining to people complaining about the complaining and now to everything is just A OK!!!

whatever though, i'm very happy with the forums, wish i had more to post on but that's just my noobishness at work.

[Bo_Fox]

title should be changed to what is not wrong with our forums, seems over the last 64 pages or so i've been through over the last 6 months or so went from complaining to people complaining about the complaining and now to everything is just A OK!!!

whatever though, i'm very happy with the forums, wish i had more to post on but that's just my noobishness at work.

Cheers! :toast:

I love the positivity of the community! It's always heart-warming... yeah, the topic should be changed to "what's NOT wrong..."! LOL..

[Triprift]

Yeah i always thought that myself and thought that anyone visiting the forums and thinking of joining my be put off if this thread is going flat out. Things recently seem to be going great guns i havnt seen any real issues and most of us seem to be getting along wich i love as it reinforces my belief that tpu is the best forum on the planet.

[LifeOnMars]

What I like about this place is the sense of community brought about by the "regular" posters. I'm not a big poster myself but love it if I see a thread made by Chicken Patty, Erocker, etc... Also for me being a Brit, it's nice to have a good mix of all nationalities. Also I find the reviews and the news here are second to none and I have learnt alot since joining.

[Kreij]

What I like about this place is the sense of community brought about by the "regular" posters.

That must be because we get enough fiber in our diets.

[Cold Storm]

That must be because we get enough fiber in our diets.

I get more Protein in my diet then Fiber.. Gotta keep that #2 down to a one day thing.. :roll:

Yeah, we have our spells here, but we tend to come back as a stronger "family" after it happens.

[LifeOnMars]

That must be because we get enough fiber in our diets.

:)

[Bo_Fox]

Steevo is what's wrong with this forums, IMHO. If anybody else had problems with him, please let us know here. It'd be nice to see him banned, for the sake of integrity here on TPU.

[A Cheese Danish]

Steevo is what's wrong with this forums, IMHO. If anybody else had problems with him, please let us know here. It'd be nice to see him banned, for the sake of integrity here on TPU.

I don't see a problem with him, but this is not the place to discuss this. If you feel the need he needs to be
banned and don't like his actions or whatever, PM him and discuss it with him. And also PM the mods and discuss
it with them as well.

[DanTheBanjoman]

Steevo is what's wrong with this forums, IMHO. If anybody else had problems with him, please let us know here. It'd be nice to see him banned, for the sake of integrity here on TPU.

Wrong thread, if he crosses some line report the post in question.

[Mussels]

Wrong thread, if he crosses some line report the post in question.

oh, he did. check the mod lounge.

[Bo_Fox]

I don't see a problem with him, but this is not the place to discuss this. If you feel the need he needs to be
banned and don't like his actions or whatever, PM him and discuss it with him. And also PM the mods and discuss
it with them as well.

Ah, ok, thanks.

I'm still a bit new here, but Steevo kept on attacking me with rude/harassing posts, to no end, after I asked him a few times not to.

Ok, I'll try PM'ing some of the mods, but I think that Mussels does not like me??? I just feel so defeated here. Any further advice, guys?

(EDIT: I just saw Mussel's post above. Please, mods, I'm trying my best here for the sake of TPU, that's all.) I'll be PM'ing you, Danthebanjoman.

[A Cheese Danish]

Ah, ok, thanks.

I'm still a bit new here, but Steevo kept on attacking me with rude/harassing posts, to no end, after I asked him a few times not to.

Ok, I'll try PM'ing some of the mods, but I think that Mussels does not like me??? I just feel so defeated here. Any further advice, guys?

Like Dan said, report the posts of him "harassing" you or posts that you feel aren't right.
Don't forget, Mods have lives as well as you and can't be on call 24/7. If they don't respond right away,
give it time. Just take it easy and if something comes across that you don't like, report it.
If anyone says "You're an idiot" in a post, don't worry too much as the mods definitely won't ban someone
over that.

[Bo_Fox]

Like Dan said, report the posts of him "harassing" you or posts that you feel aren't right.
Don't forget, Mods have lives as well as you and can't be on call 24/7. If they don't respond right away,
give it time. Just take it easy and if something comes across that you don't like, report it.
If anyone says "You're an idiot" in a post, don't worry too much as the mods definitely won't ban someone
over that.

Cool. I did report the posts, but Mussels got mad at me for doing that??

Thank you for the advice.

[btarunr]

Bo Fox..

1. This thread isn't meant for your problems with another member. Report any posts you find go against the forum guidelines.

2. You can use your creativity in the report text box, not in this thread.

3. Don't expect the mods to respond to such reports with 911 urgency.

4. If no action is taken after a while, it's more likely that action was taken covertly / course of action is being dicussed internally / action wasn't necessary, than the report being completely ignored by the mod team.

5. Life isn't always fair, boohoo.

[TheMailMan78]

Cool. I did report the posts, but Mussels got mad at me for doing that??

I'm not going to discuss it here on this thread any longer. Thank you for the advice.

Ok Bo_Fox. Listen to me very carefully. The mods here are fair. Established members have reputations with the mods. Some members are liked and some are hated but I have never seen a mod take that into account here. They seem to look at each situation individually and disregard who is involved. If you reported a post it was seen and dealt with. I assure you. Ill give you some examples.

Erocker I think of as a friend here. He's helped me out a ton of times. However hes also given me the most infractions. Why? Because like I said they do not play favorites.

Another example would be Bta. When he first signed up as a regular member him and I clashed do to many reasons. Now hes mod you would think my life would be hell. But its not. Him and I PM each other and talk about off forum topics sometimes. Now I also think of him as a friend.

Dan is a brutal dictator that will have your first born for breakfast if you piss him off. He will trash you and kick you while your down. But you know what? He does it with love. His assholeness has an ability to put things into perspective for some members. I used to be offended by him. I even got banned by him a few times but now I listen to him. Why? Everything he says has a point. Its just if your a pussy you'll miss out on he's trying to help you.

Mussels rapes newborn bunnies. Watch out for him.

My point to all this is listen to the mods and never wear bunny ears.

[Bo_Fox]

I have recently gotten an increased number of reports from forum members that are unhappy with the way our forums are run.

I hear of mods being out of line, double standards, censoring, unfair infractions etc.

Because I do not follow the forums closely enough to really see what's going on in every thread I have to rely on the moderators to do a good job. With the recent complaints I am wondering if this is the case, and if not what could be changed to make this a better place.

Please post all your _constructive_ comments here, no fighting/drama. Also ideas how to resolve such conflicts are welcome. I am taking this very seriously.

If you are afraid of posting publicly email me to w1zzard@techpowerup.com, I will then add your post here

Hi Wizzard,

How are you doing? In response to your respectful OP above about taking the integrity of TPU forums "very seriously":


Please allow me to finish the issue with trying to confirm whether or not this AF issue in the thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106814 is a serious issue in many games that still has not yet been fixed with the latest drivers. Several indications suggest that ATI's new perfectly circular AF method has extreme trilinear optimizations in use.

I know that you are a busy person, but could I ask you for just one favor, to let me open a new thread on this issue, and let me continue my efforts in good faith (as long as Steevo could be kept out of that thread)?

I try not to break the rules, and to be sincere about the topic, and will try much harder from now and on. I think that I did pretty good by not following Steevo as an example most of the time, by the way.

Hopefully the fruition of this thread will be a very good thing for TPU, with the ultimate result that we all bring this to public attention and hopefully get ATI to give us an option to force full trilinear with AF.

Thank you very much for reading,

Sincerely,
Bo_Fox


P.S.-- I really think that Mussels did not like me from the beginning, and that erocker no longer treated me in a cool, friendly manner. Some of their posts in that thread were quite frankly, insincere and erroneous just for the sake of giving me a hard time. One poster that seems to be doing some harm to the forums with excessive insincerity is Steevo -- a couple guys PM'ed me about Steevo being such an annoyance. One guy said that he actually stopped folding for TPU all because of Steevo. I could tell you who he is, if you want to ask him about it. Hope this helps, respectfully. Hope the drama was not too much.. I'm trying hard, and will try harder to make peace with everybody (after recently adding Steevo to the ignore list).

I already emailed this to you, but added a bit here and posted it here to save you the trouble of posting it here.

__________
If my efforts just do not go well in favor in your eyes, I would very much like to be banned from the Graphics Card section, so that my presence will be done over with in this section that does not show very much appreciation for my efforts. It will also prevent me from wasting my time there, which is unappreciated anyways. Most of my activity was there.. perhaps I could contribute better to other sections of the forums if I stop wasting too much time in the graphics section. All is for the better, I guess, either way.

Thanks again for reading.

[Black Panther]

Dan is a brutal dictator that will have your first born for breakfast if you piss him off. He will trash you and kick you while your down. But you know what? He does it with love. His assholeness has an ability to put things into perspective for some members.

:roll: that's siggy material! (For whoever has the guts) I can't stop laughing, because it's so true. Dan rocks as a mod, and I learnt to love his sense of humor.
:rockout:

Bo_Fox, I don't want to get into any issue but please don't take online 'life' so seriously. I mean, it isn't nice to feel offended and unliked whenever someone posts disagreeing with you. You shouldn't feel offended and hated just because of that. You know, sometimes I say stupid things and people laugh at me, I end up laughing too. Sometimes I get certain comments because of being a girl, well I smile and sometimes play along. What springs to my mind is once a certain member (who's now quite a good friend) posted a picture directed at me saying that women's place is not in front of a pc but in the kitchen. It made me laugh... but it could also be seen as sexist, offensive and degrading?
But come on it's just playing around, sometimes people post to get a reaction, sometimes people think they are funny, or that they are helping others by teaching them yet almost every funny comment can be construed as the poster picking on you, and almost every 'teaching' comment can be construed as being a condescending know-it-all. But why the bother of interpreting them as such? Go for the half-full glass man, not for the half-empty one! :toast:

[TheMailMan78]

Hi Wizzard,

How are you doing? In response to your respectful OP above about taking the integrity of TPU forums "very seriously":


Please allow me to finish the issue with trying to confirm whether or not this AF issue in the thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106814 is a serious issue in many games that still has not yet been fixed with the latest drivers. Several indications suggest that ATI's new perfectly circular AF method has extreme trilinear optimizations in use.

I know that you are a busy person, but could I ask you for just one favor, to let me open a new thread on this issue, and let me continue my efforts in good faith (as long as Steevo could be kept out of that thread)?

I try not to break the rules, and to be sincere about the topic, and will try much harder from now and on. I think that I did pretty good by not following Steevo as an example most of the time, by the way.

Hopefully the fruition of this thread will be a very good thing for TPU, with the ultimate result that we all bring this to public attention and hopefully get ATI to give us an option to force full trilinear with AF.

Thank you very much for reading,

Sincerely,
Bo_Fox


P.S.-- I really think that Mussels did not like me from the beginning, and that erocker no longer treated me in a cool, friendly manner. Some of their posts in that thread were quite frankly, insincere and erroneous just for the sake of giving me a hard time. One poster that seems to be doing some harm to the forums with excessive insincerity is Steevo -- a couple guys PM'ed me about Steevo being such an annoyance. One guy said that he actually stopped folding for TPU all because of Steevo. I could tell you who he is, if you want to ask him about it. Hope this helps, respectfully. Hope the drama was not too much.. I'm trying hard, and will try harder to make peace with everybody (after recently adding Steevo to the ignore list).

I already emailed this to you, but added a bit here and posted it here to save you the trouble of posting it here.

__________
If my efforts just do not go well in favor in your eyes, I would very much like to be banned from the Graphics Card section, so that my presence will be done over with in this section that does not show very much appreciation for my efforts. It will also prevent me from wasting my time there, which is unappreciated anyways. Most of my activity was there.. perhaps I could contribute better to other sections of the forums if I stop wasting too much time in the graphics section. All is for the better, I guess, either way.

Thanks again for reading.

Dude I told you in a PM that airing out dirty laundry like this on a forum is a FAST way to piss off the mods. Whats the first thing you do? Make a post like a fucking Korean dry cleaner! You're on your own mate.

[Polaris573]

Ok Bo_Fox. Listen to me very carefully. The mods here are fair. Established members have reputations with the mods. Some members are liked and some are hated but I have never seen a mod take that into account here. They seem to look at each situation individually and disregard who is involved. If you reported a post it was seen and dealt with. I assure you. Ill give you some examples.

Erocker I think of as a friend here. He's helped me out a ton of times. However hes also given me the most infractions. Why? Because like I said they do not play favorites.

Another example would be Bta. When he first signed up as a regular member him and I clashed do to many reasons. Now hes mod you would think my life would be hell. But its not. Him and I PM each other and talk about off forum topics sometimes. Now I also think of him as a friend.

Dan is a brutal dictator that will have your first born for breakfast if you piss him off. He will trash you and kick you while your down. But you know what? He does it with love. His assholeness has an ability to put things into perspective for some members. I used to be offended by him. I even got banned by him a few times but now I listen to him. Why? Everything he says has a point. Its just if your a pussy you'll miss out on he's trying to help you.

Mussels rapes newborn bunnies. Watch out for him.

My point to all this is listen to the mods and never wear bunny ears.

I'm hurt. You left me out.

[TheMailMan78]

I'm hurt. You left me out.

Its because I hate you.

Your in school banging 18 year old girls heads against bed posts and having keg parties.

[n-ster]

Bo_Fox you can't be serious... Just make another thread about squares and circles if that pleases you but leave the mods alone lol

[Black Panther]

Lol I remember not long ago I got so really worked up into posting trying to see if the 5970 would fit in my case that someone replied to me telling me to go and buy a console!
I did feel a bit hurt at first... then I re-read all the posts I made in that thread and saw that were I to continue like that I'd be doing the whole of TPU a favour if I sold my pc and bought a console! :roll: Re-reading my same thread made me see that people had been posting solutions and ideas which I kept missing out and I had kept plodding like a blindfolded horse further complicating my own ideas :laugh:

[troyrae360]

im intrested to see the outcome of Bo_Fox's squares and circles thread

[TheMailMan78]

I'm interested to see the outcome of Bo_Fox's squares and circles thread He will bitch that the mods gave him an infraction for going off topic when he talks about triangles.

[Bo_Fox]

:roll: that's siggy material! (For whoever has the guts) I can't stop laughing, because it's so true. Dan rocks as a mod, and I learnt to love his sense of humor.
:rockout:

Bo_Fox, I don't want to get into any issue but please don't take online 'life' so seriously. I mean, it isn't nice to feel offended and unliked whenever someone posts disagreeing with you. You shouldn't feel offended and hated just because of that. You know, sometimes I say stupid things and people laugh at me, I end up laughing too. Sometimes I get certain comments because of being a girl, well I smile and sometimes play along. What springs to my mind is once a certain member (who's now quite a good friend) posted a picture directed at me saying that women's place is not in front of a pc but in the kitchen. It made me laugh... but it could also be seen as sexist, offensive and degrading?
But come on it's just playing around, sometimes people post to get a reaction, sometimes people think they are funny, or that they are helping others by teaching them yet almost every funny comment can be construed as the poster picking on you, and almost every 'teaching' comment can be construed as being a condescending know-it-all. But why the bother of interpreting them as such? Go for the half-full glass man, not for the half-empty one! :toast:

Yeah, you're right. Nobody's perfect, but I try.. and I'll just keep on trying harder.

Sometimes funny insults and attacks can be ok, but too much of it just aint cool.. it aint cool at all.

The half glass is full, *ahem*, the half glass is full! :pimp:

Dude I told you in a PM that airing out dirty laundry like this on a forum is a FAST way to piss off the mods. Whats the first thing you do? Make a post like a fucking Korean dry cleaner! You're on your own mate.

It's what W1zzard respectfully asked for. No fear, dude, no fear.. (like a Jedi)! He actually said to not be too afraid himself!

He will bitch that the mods gave him an infraction for going off topic when he talks about triangles.

Hahahahha you're just too funny! :roll: I do see your constructive humor, and I'm not lying! :laugh:

[Solaris17]

What i dont understand (and im not agreeing i dont have an issue with staff really) is that their seems to be a double edged sword. The OP stated their was reports of staff problems. however i see a couple things wrong here.

A. We were told voice our opinions.
So we voice our opinions and get infracted for sating names

B. we dont state names but then the staff demands examples or it didnt happen.
we give examples and get called trolls (point A)

the poster makes a post like this stating the paradox of points A and B and mods come back with if their is a problem PM them.

the PM response confuses me because wasnt the whole point to shed light on the problems? I mean unfair staff is still unfair staff even through PM right?

not really targeting anyone just kinda playing devils advocate

[JC316]

Ok Bo_Fox. Listen to me very carefully. The mods here are fair. Established members have reputations with the mods. Some members are liked and some are hated but I have never seen a mod take that into account here. They seem to look at each situation individually and disregard who is involved. If you reported a post it was seen and dealt with. I assure you. Ill give you some examples.

Erocker I think of as a friend here. He's helped me out a ton of times. However hes also given me the most infractions. Why? Because like I said they do not play favorites.

Another example would be Bta. When he first signed up as a regular member him and I clashed do to many reasons. Now hes mod you would think my life would be hell. But its not. Him and I PM each other and talk about off forum topics sometimes. Now I also think of him as a friend.

Dan is a brutal dictator that will have your first born for breakfast if you piss him off. He will trash you and kick you while your down. But you know what? He does it with love. His assholeness has an ability to put things into perspective for some members. I used to be offended by him. I even got banned by him a few times but now I listen to him. Why? Everything he says has a point. Its just if your a pussy you'll miss out on he's trying to help you.

Mussels rapes newborn bunnies. Watch out for him.

My point to all this is listen to the mods and never wear bunny ears.

+1. I used to disagree with most of the mods here, Dan in particular. Now, I really like the guy, he is cool in an asshat sort of way. Sometimes shit just happens here, but the mods usually try and fix it.


Bo_Fox, I don't want to get into any issue but please don't take online 'life' so seriously. I mean, it isn't nice to feel offended and unliked whenever someone posts disagreeing with you. You shouldn't feel offended and hated just because of that. You know, sometimes I say stupid things and people laugh at me, I end up laughing too. Sometimes I get certain comments because of being a girl, well I smile and sometimes play along. What springs to my mind is once a certain member (who's now quite a good friend) posted a picture directed at me saying that women's place is not in front of a pc but in the kitchen. It made me laugh... but it could also be seen as sexist, offensive and degrading?
But come on it's just playing around, sometimes people post to get a reaction, sometimes people think they are funny, or that they are helping others by teaching them yet almost every funny comment can be construed as the poster picking on you, and almost every 'teaching' comment can be construed as being a condescending know-it-all. But why the bother of interpreting them as such? Go for the half-full glass man, not for the half-empty one! :toast:

+1. This is a group of jokers, so don't be serious. You should see some of the crap done to my pics. Damulta and exreven had a field day with me, but I don't take it seriously, I just laugh about it.

[TIGR]

I'm not one to complain and overall enjoy these forums. But I wasn't pleased about the mods' reactions in my thread here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=109702

[TheMailMan78]

+1. I used to disagree with most of the mods here, Dan in particular. Now, I really like the guy, he is cool in an asshat sort of way. Sometimes shit just happens here, but the mods usually try and fix it.



+1. This is a group of jokers, so don't be serious. You should see some of the crap done to my pics. Damulta and exreven had a field day with me, but I don't take it seriously, I just laugh about it.

Are you talking about this?

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7463&d=1177248862

I mean that never gets old :laugh::roll::laugh:

[MRCL]

I'm not one to complain and overall enjoy these forums. But I wasn't pleased about the mods' reactions in my thread here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=109702

Well the FS/WTB section is very strict, which is good for buyer/seller protection. Everybody will get reminded immediately by anyone (not just moderators) if they're not following the rules.

But the pic with your name is epic :roll:

[TheMailMan78]

What i don't understand (and I'm not agreeing i don't have an issue with staff really) is that their seems to be a double edged sword. The OP stated their was reports of staff problems. however i see a couple things wrong here.

A. We were told voice our opinions.
So we voice our opinions and get infracted for sating names

B. we don't state names but then the staff demands examples or it didn't happen.
we give examples and get called trolls (point A)

the poster makes a post like this stating the paradox of points A and B and mods come back with if their is a problem PM them.

the PM response confuses me because wasn't the whole point to shed light on the problems? I mean unfair staff is still unfair staff even through PM right?

not really targeting anyone just kinda playing devils advocate
I see where your coming from here but there are "ways" to handle things without naming names or pointing out other peoples mistakes. I do it all the time and get my point across. If people listen then great. If not then I move on.

A while back I got an infraction from Erocker. I didnt think it was fair so I took it up with a senior mod. (Polaris) He looked at the situation and the infraction was made into a warning instead. Honestly infractions do not bother me. I know when one is coming but if I didnt "earn" it Ill take it up with the powers that be. Ill never air out my issues directly as some have started to do here.

[Polaris573]

I cannot keep track of everything. If one of you has a specific complaint about a staff member then you need to send a senior moderator or Urlyin a PM when it happens not stew on it for days and then pile it all on when you notice someone else complaining. This makes my job much easier and it makes it much more likely that I can/will do something. I guarantee I am not gong to read multiple 20 page threads this afternoon sifting through for insults or unprofessional behavior by staff and members.

There are different levels of staff for a reason. It is my responsibility to oversee the actions of the moderators as wells as the members.

[TIGR]

Lol thanks MRCL. I understand them being strict. I don't consider this being a big deal, but just saw this thread and figured if the admins want to know what makes TPU's members happy vs not so happy, I might as well contribute for the sake of making the forums better.

[JC316]

Are you talking about this?

I mean that never gets old :laugh::roll::laugh:
Yeah, that is one of them that haunts me.

I'm not one to complain and overall enjoy these forums. But I wasn't pleased about the mods' reactions in my thread here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=109702
I too have clashed with mods of the vagueness and "case by case" discretion they used to employ there, but I finally learned not to take it personally and conform to the thread.

Well the FS/WTB section is very strict, which is good for buyer/seller protection. Everybody will get reminded immediately by anyone (not just moderators) if they're not following the rules.

But the pic with your name is epic :roll:

+1

[erocker]

I'm not one to complain and overall enjoy these forums. But I wasn't pleased about the mods' reactions in my thread here:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=109702

Serious questions.:) You weren't pleased that I made the rules more clear just for you? :( Or do you feel that I should of just deleted your thread like everyone else and kept my mouth shut? How do you think I should of dealt with the situation? :)

I realize that I can come off harsh towards some members at times, but I assure you all it's never done out of anger or annoyance. Most of the time in those instances I may be busy so I just get to the point. I can confidently aknowledge that I'm not the same moderator I was when I initally started moderating. We all need critizism, and any input anyone can give me is always appreciated. :toast:

[TheMailMan78]

Bo Fox I suggest you go and fap. When I fap the sky becomes more blue and the birds sing to me.

[n-ster]

Serious questions.:) You weren't pleased that I made the rules more clear just for you? :( Or do you feel that I should of just deleted your thread like everyone else and kept my mouth shut? How do you think I should of dealt with the situation? :)

I realize that I can come off harsh towards some members at times, but I assure you all it's never done out of anger or annoyance. Most of the time in those instances I may be busy so I just get to the point. I can confidently aknowledge that I'm not the same moderator I was when I initally started moderating. We all need critizism, and any input anyone can give me is always appreciated. :toast:

TBH, I have seen plenty people that put "upcoming" sales... I didn't know it was against the rules :p Guess I know now...

[El Fiendo]

Bo Fox I suggest you go and fap. When I fap the sky becomes more blue and the birds sing to me.

That sounds like a horrible fapping experience. World won't even leave you alone long enough to do your business. Instead it sends its avian minions to pester you while it fecks around with the master contrast. I'd like to get my rocks off, not experience psychedelic-ish experiences without the use of psychedelics. Tripping balls every time I lighten my balls sounds like torture.

[Phxprovost]

my problem with the forum is there is not enough activity, not saying there is a lack of content...just saying that i wish the community was bigger :o

[n-ster]

my problem with the forum is there is not enough activity, not saying there is a lack of content...just saying that i wish the community was bigger :o

a larger community sometimes brings less enjoyable members, as I see it now, TPU has awesome members, but there is medium level activity and low when not during popular times.

I prefer quality over quantity though

[Bo_Fox]

Bo Fox I suggest you go and fap. When I fap the sky becomes more blue and the birds sing to me.

LOL! We just finished watching the movie, The Hangover on Blu-ray. Plenty of fapping in the movie. It's hilarious.. if you haven't seen it yet, you gotta watch it!!

Humor's great. I love the humor that you guys here keep on making, to keep TPU an overall great, upbeat place.

(On a serious note, W1zzard, do you want me to forward all of the PM's with bad rep about Steevo to you, in private? I'll ask all of the guys who PM'ed me about Steevo recently today for permission to do that.)

Hey, I wanna flatter you W1zzard for making this great thread.. it shows how you care about the community and the integrity of the forums before anything else. Although erocker and mussels could have done a million times better in that 5870 thread, I just got a PM from a guy saying that erocker and mussels are his two favorite mods that he has ever dealt with in his life. People just did not receive me very well in that thread, but that's probably 50% because of the fact that I did not have a HD5k series card, so maybe it was just "humorous" for them to continually give me a hard time about the topic.

Now @ TheMailMan78, what humor should I think of? Anointing your brilinear rod instead of fapping it so that it becomes more truly trilinear? Hahahhaha :roll:

a larger community sometimes brings less enjoyable members, as I see it now, TPU has awesome members, but there is medium level activity and low when not during popular times.

I prefer quality over quantity though

Same here. There's gotta be heavenly quality with pearl gates everywhere, imbued by the magic of Bo_Fox here on TPU forums! All it takes is faith in me, and you go to TPU heaven! Yes, just a drop of faith and trust in my words, and all becomes sheer beauty!

Ahhhh, I'm dreaming...

[KainXS]

this has derailed the thread and gotten it closed a little while ago, if you have a problem with steevo and you already reported him, then wait a while, if nothing happens its probably because the mods probably looked at it and thought it wasn't worth enforcing, but most people looking at this are only going to see someone picking a fight and raising trying to raise invisible bansticks because they don't like it when people make them look wrong or get in a little skirmish, its a forum, this always happens . . . . . . .

[Mussels]

Things get reported, mods take a look at it and deal with it as neccesary. We dont report back on what was done and why, unless we feel it was a necessary part of the solution.

As a general statement: reporting someone for doing something you dont like, is the right step.

Acting like a child, reporting every post they make, PM'ing multiple people/mods, and posting in various threads about it is likely to cause MORE of a problem, than the original post you didnt like.

In bo fox's case, the post he reported was actually not a problem one at all - steevo informed him he'd broken a rule. That swung the scales from "user reporting a problem" to "someone having a childish tantrum", in my opinion.

[Bo_Fox]

Hey Mussels, let's please call it a truce and wait until W1zzard looks over this response to his sincere inquiry. You know that Steevo made many posts in that threat with totally out-of-whack intentions. Reporting a few of his posts were done for your convenience so you would not have to look for them in that huge thread.

I'd just like to know if I have permission to continue the inquiry into the 5870 image quality by opening a new thread, or to otherwise be banned from the Graphics Card section. @ erocker and mussels, please spare me a little faith, rather than try to make it impossible for the community to gain more respect from ATI with an option for Full Trilinear filtering (at least if somebody can confirm and provide comparison screenshots of simple textures in Mass Effect for example). No need to take it so personally against me, man.

Can we wait until W1zzard's response, please? I really hope that we can all just lighten up and become more friendly, dudes! You're a nice guy, I think, and sorry if the 5870 AF issue drove you nuts because I did not have a 5870 card. :p I might be persistent, but it's in good faith for all owners of HD5k series cards!

[troyrae360]

Hey Mussels, let's please call it a truce and wait until W1zzard looks over this response to his sincere inquiry. You know that Steevo did about 8-10 posts in that threat with totally out-of-whack intentions. Reporting a few of his posts were done for your convenience so you would not have to look for them in that huge thread.

I'd just like to know if I have permission to continue the inquiry into the 5870 image quality by opening a new thread, or to otherwise be banned from the Graphics Card section.

Can we wait until W1zzard's response, please? I really hope that we can all just lighten up and become more friendly, dudes! You're a nice guy, I think, and sorry if the 5870 AF issue drove you nuts. :p I might be persistent, but it's in good faith for all owners of HD5k series cards!

I was quite intersted in your finding (wether they be true or not) I recon it was a good thread, go ahead and make another one, and just ignore stevo if you dont like what he is writing:p

[Steevo]

If i really bother you and others that much, add me to your ignore list. I won't be offended, I swear. I'm not here to be your personal yes man, neither is anyone else. I joined way back as the software was great, the people know when to move on, and also remembered that this is the internet, where women are scarce, and 40 year old men are 16 year old girls. You seem like a smart guy, cultivate that and learn to move on when somethign needs to die.


That thread was old, useless, and served no purpose. If you have a legitimate claim then get a 5870, try it out, post your results, your process, your objective and let it get peer reviewed. That is what makes the difference between a good site like TPU and someone with a axe to grind.

[Mussels]

Hey Mussels, let's please call it a truce and wait until W1zzard looks over this response to his sincere inquiry. You know that Steevo made many posts in that threat with totally out-of-whack intentions. Reporting a few of his posts were done for your convenience so you would not have to look for them in that huge thread.


I am being nice. i have given no infractions, and it wasn't me who closed your thread.


I'd just like to know if I have permission to continue the inquiry into the 5870 image quality by opening a new thread, or to otherwise be banned from the Graphics Card section. @ erocker and mussels, please spare me a little faith, rather than try to make it impossible for the community to gain more respect from ATI with an option for Full Trilinear filtering (at least if somebody can confirm and provide comparison screenshots of simple textures in Mass Effect for example). No need to take it so personally against me, man.

I've taken nothing personally.


Can we wait until W1zzard's response, please? I really hope that we can all just lighten up and become more friendly, dudes! You're a nice guy, I think, and sorry if the 5870 AF issue drove you nuts because I did not have a 5870 card. :p I might be persistent, but it's in good faith for all owners of HD5k series cards!

last i heard, he was in vegas or something. He may be away for a while.

Its not what you're doing (exposing driver issues, starting discussions, etc) its the how. There is a fine line that you cross, and its difficult to explain precisely what you're doing wrong.

For example, its very difficult to trust someone who speaks of the gospel of 5xx0 cards having AF issues, when you dont have one, and havent done your own testing. No one has reason to trust that, since we dont know the details behind the second hand images you're using. When you get righteous and defensive over it, it makes you APPEAR like you are trolling - no legitimate basis behind your statements, yet you argue it zealously.

[Bo_Fox]

If i really bother you and others that much, add me to your ignore list. I won't be offended, I swear. I'm not here to be your personal yes man, neither is anyone else. I joined way back as the software was great, the people know when to move on, and also remembered that this is the internet, where women are scarce, and 40 year old men are 16 year old girls. You seem like a smart guy, cultivate that and learn to move on when somethign needs to die.


That thread was old, useless, and served no purpose. If you have a legitimate claim then get a 5870, try it out, post your results, your process, your objective and let it get peer reviewed. That is what makes the difference between a good site like TPU and someone with a axe to grind.

Yes, but why continually try to undermine my efforts with every chance you got, even if it's completely off topic and so detrimental to the thread? Why keep on attacking me personally? I asked you a few times to stop and leave me alone. If I open a new thread, could you give me some peace and let me attain some success in resolving the issue for the sake of all of you guys. Ever since the alienbabeltech site pointed it out, I really wanted to find out before buying a 5870 card. A few people were starting to help me out and there are more who are interested. Why try so hard to destroy all of my efforts, man?

Thanks, though. :toast: (But if I were a mod here and also your best friend for 20 years, in all of its fairness, I would still have given you a warning, then 2 infractions for the next 2 times you broke the rules, and then banned you by the 4th time.)

(also, Mussels, thanks for the reply. Can we move on and try to finish working together as a community to resolve the lingering issue for the sake of the gaming community?)

[Mussels]

merely because steevo points out problems with your logic or method, does not mean he has to leave your thread. It means you need to step up your game, and either counter his arguments with fact/more evidence, or as he suggested - let the thread die until that evidence is available to you.

[Bo_Fox]

merely because steevo points out problems with your logic or method, does not mean he has to leave your thread. It means you need to step up your game, and either counter his arguments with fact/more evidence, or as he suggested - let the thread die until that evidence is available to you.

Ok, I'll try harder to be as neutral as possible in responding to his "questions" or remarks. I do not mean to point the obvious, but maybe 80% of his posts directed at me were insincere and only meant to disrupt the progress or to try to tick me off, or to spam, or to break as many rules as possible to show off his "immunity"?

Hey, I'd like to stop for now and fly somewhere else. I'd just like for Steevo to leave me alone with finishing my own inquiry into the AF issue.

[imperialreign]

where women are scarce, and 40 year old men are 16 year old girls.

Hmmm . . .


y'know . . . that might be why the women are scarce around the i-netz . . .

[Steevo]

Hmmm . . .


y'know . . . that might be why the women are scarce around the i-netz . . .

I woudn't know, being a voluptuous 16 year old asian virgin girl who is lonely.

[imperialreign]

I woudn't know, being a voluptuous 16 year old asian virgin girl who is lonely.

TBH . . . that sounds like the basic plot and story for most animes . . .

Question, then, do you model new ASUS hardware when not posting here at TPU?


:D

[Goodman]

Hey Mussels, let's please call it a truce and wait until W1zzard looks over this response to his sincere inquiry. You know that Steevo made many posts in that threat with totally out-of-whack intentions. Reporting a few of his posts were done for your convenience so you would not have to look for them in that huge thread.

I'd just like to know if I have permission to continue the inquiry into the 5870 image quality by opening a new thread, or to otherwise be banned from the Graphics Card section. @ erocker and mussels, please spare me a little faith, rather than try to make it impossible for the community to gain more respect from ATI with an option for Full Trilinear filtering (at least if somebody can confirm and provide comparison screenshots of simple textures in Mass Effect for example). No need to take it so personally against me, man.

Can we wait until W1zzard's response, please? I really hope that we can all just lighten up and become more friendly, dudes! You're a nice guy, I think, and sorry if the 5870 AF issue drove you nuts because I did not have a 5870 card. :p I might be persistent, but it's in good faith for all owners of HD5k series cards!

You're the one with the problem , quote form you ...
Steevo, is it your purpose of life to try to disparage me? Don't you have better things to do with your time? I mean, you seem to spend a lot of time researching on whatever you can find against me, but all of your efforts have proven to be futile so far.


I think you're the only one that have nothing more to do with your time trying convincing everybody that you're the only one that is right in everything...

You should choose Mr_right that would fit you perfectly :rolleyes:

[Triprift]

my problem with the forum is there is not enough activity, not saying there is a lack of content...just saying that i wish the community was bigger :o

Yeah i get that from time to time as i go on hours that are say now mid arvo Aussie time is morning or late night in Europe Us wich equals very quiet. Picks up though if i stay on long enough.

[Mussels]

Ok, I'll try harder to be as neutral as possible in responding to his "questions" or remarks. I do not mean to point the obvious, but maybe 80% of his posts directed at me were insincere and only meant to disrupt the progress or to try to tick me off, or to spam, or to break as many rules as possible to show off his "immunity"?

Hey, I'd like to stop for now and fly somewhere else. I'd just like for Steevo to leave me alone with finishing my own inquiry into the AF issue.

the lesson there, is that if you act neutrally and he doesnt, he gets in the shit and not you for retaliating.

[n-ster]

IMO this should not have even been brought to W1zzard :p leave the poor man in Vegas alone xD

Mods and Senior Mods are here for the micro-management

I just got a PM from a guy saying that erocker and mussels are his two favorite mods that he has ever dealt with in his life

Yes, I said that, and I mean it... But it seems you have not taken my advice of forgetting about all this (and leave the mods etc alone) and do your damn thread :laugh: And don't worry, Mussels and erocker do not hold grudges either xD

remember that their criticism can help you make a much better point... ;)

Best of luck for your circle square thing :toast:

[Bo_Fox]

@ Goodman, so you're just like Steevo, wanting to stab anybody who's right when he's not? If you were around Einstein, he would've had a much shorter life. Well, at least thanks for quoting my sincere questions about Steevo!

@ troyrae360, take a look at the AF image in that same [H]ardOCP article. It's natural for many reviewers to exclaim the new AF method without investigating it thoroughly (specificially the trilinear filtering quality).

Silly friends :p ;)

the lesson there, is that if you act neutrally and he doesnt, he gets in the shit and not you for retaliating.

Could you please just understand (or admit) that it has been Steevo's intention to retaliate with me ever since? It was always to attack me, to undermine me, to find my faults, to turn the tides over just for the sake of insincere argument rather than constructive discussion. I'm told by everybody here to report a post if it appears to be excessively rude or harassing or spamming, and I did that, and then I'm the bad guy for doing that?


Please go ahead and ban me from the Graphics Card section, to help me break free from this juvenile place where people do not want a solution for anything. I'm tired of those games where people think I'm playing when I'm not. Dealing with cynical people who refuse to leave me alone because I do not have a HD5k series card (like Steevo who has a major, major problem with trying to harass/provoke me) is not my cup of tea. Thanks. :toast:

Bye bye, Graphics Card section.

BAN ME from that section PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockout: That way, we all get what we want (peace and all, etc..)! It's a win-win situation, right?

[Triprift]

How about just letting it go completely seriously is it that important?
ive had a few post which have gotten me fired up but then i just walk away from the lappy and let myself calm down no use getting an infraction over it. Press the report button and let the mods handle it. Please dont go on here complaining about it non stop and then knocking this place. And dont say about your hardware as my lappy is lame as but i havnt had any run ins with ppl in regards to it.

[Bo_Fox]

How about just letting it go completely seriously is it that important?
ive had a few post which have gotten me fired up but then i just walk away from the lappy and let myself calm down no use getting an infraction over it. Press the report button and let the mods handle it. Please dont go on here complaining about it non stop and then knocking this place. And dont say about your hardware as my lappy is lame as but i havnt had any run ins with ppl in regards to it.

I just want to be banned from the Graphics Card section forever because I do not want to stumble across that section again. And dont worry, it's not my nature to criticize people's hardware just for the sake of self-aggrandizement, if you read my posts. People here just misunderstand me because of cynicism. A cynical person is seldom a happy person.

[kylzer]

Not much bad bout the forum

least i have a large inbox :)

[sneekypeet]

There isn't a way to ban someone from a section. It is just up to that user to stay away if it is that much of an issue. Asking to be banned means exactly that, in the context of all of TPU.

[Bo_Fox]

All right, then I hereby ban myself from that section. Sorry friends, but there are more anti-friends than friends. (At least insincere people or contemptuous people who dislike me for some reason.)

It's hard to enforce it upon myself, but what shall I do? Do a virtual "pinkie handshake" with you and say my vows?

I just unsubscribed from all those threads! Thanks anyways for explaining, Sneakypeet. You probably know that the Graphics section is usually the most controversial section with the most arguments/flame wars/fanboys, etc...

[Triprift]

Just add Steevo to your ignore list and dont go there for a while easy.

[Solaris17]

exactly due just put him on your ignore list. people are on mine im on peoples. doesnt hurt my feelings of course youll be tempted to see what they say but you only have yourself to blame for getting angry at a post you blocked from yourself. and remember the internet is for info and all sorts of stuff. basically this is the internet.


you
http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/cn/v/v4/w249/1481653_320_240.jpeg

you using the internet
http://static.stickam.com/media/video/converted/1746/0259/2/6db80487-6264-11dc-b617-2d3fef8e92cd.flv.jpg

BS you come across on the internet
http://i2.bebo.com/043b/5/mediuml/2008/04/29/18/602140758a7597631011ml.jpg

but its w/e because at the end of the day the internet is like
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/soapbox/charlieee-and-and-friends_7907_1.jpg

well basically its alot like that but your experience may differ i browse on a vtec

[Triprift]

Lol good show young man good show indeed. :toast:

[Mussels]

Could you please just understand that it has been Steevo's intention to retaliate with me ever since? It was always to attack me, to undermine me, to find my faults, to turn the tides over just for the sake of insincere argument rather than constructive discussion. I'm told by everybody here to report a post if it appears to be excessively rude or harassing or spamming, and I did that, and then I'm the bad guy for doing that?

he has quite a few infractions in his list. I wont go into details, or state either way that they're related to the posts you've mentioned - but he does have them regardless.

We deal with the posts as we see fit, and we do not advertise it to the other parties when we do so.

You are "the bad guy" for breaking a forum rule (triple posting) and then wasting everyone's time with a forum-wide tirade against steevo. One reported post or PM is enough, period.

Oh and we cant ban people per section. its a total ban from the site, or no ban.

[TheMailMan78]

Let It Go!

[InnocentCriminal]

Bo Fox I suggest you go and fap. When I fap the sky becomes more blue and the birds sing to me.

Until you're done then the skies cloud over and everything goes a darkly grey again.

[JackAttack]

I think this place is the absolute best. From my experience as I am new I have nothing but good things to say about it.
We are dealing with people and personalities here, and that is always a tough thing to deal with.

I'm glad I found the place...rock on!

[Mussels]

I think this place is the absolute best. From my experience as I am new I have nothing but good things to say about it.
We are dealing with people and personalities here, and that is always a tough thing to deal with.

I'm glad I found the place...rock on!

for a personality thats hard to get along with, see Themailman. He thinks infractions are pokemon, and is trying to collect them all. seriously.

[TheMailMan78]

for a personality thats hard to get along with, see Themailman. He thinks infractions are pokemon, and is trying to collect them all. seriously.

I'm easy to get along with! I think very few people have a problem with me. Its just hard to contain the awesomeness that is TheMailMan!

[Mussels]

I'm easy to get along with! I think very few people have a problem with me. Its just hard to contain the awesomeness that is TheMailMan!

bad dog. sit. stay.

[Tatty_One]

I just want to be banned from the Graphics Card section forever because I do not want to stumble across that section again. And dont worry, it's not my nature to criticize people's hardware just for the sake of self-aggrandizement, if you read my posts. People here just misunderstand me because of cynicism. A cynical person is seldom a happy person.

May i ask... why your so desperate to get banned from that section? can you just not go there if you feel so strongly?

I would be the first to admit..... at times I can be VERY cynical, over my 49 years my faith in human nature has declined to a worrying degree....... only to be dragged back up by some act of complete individual generosity or just warmth, whilst most of this is in the "real world" and not on the interwebz...... one example of that sits here in these forums...... where a well known and respected cruncher from another forum suffers from cancer (and has now sadly died), members here raise some money to help him as he was not well enough to work towards the end and he had a young daughter...... truly heartwarming stuff, more importantly though, just one example of why this community is as good as it REALLY is, however, despite my Cynical outlook on occasions....... I am very happy!

[lemonadesoda]

This thread, "what's wrong with our forums" is about strategic, constructive, criticism. It is not a place to start a personal witch-hunt, or attempt a public vendetta, or to whine and threaten bean spilling.

The last 3 pages are just this. Indulgence in self-righteousness. It's unattractive.

[InnocentCriminal]

"Bugger tits! I spilt my beans!"

>.<

[Triprift]

This thread, "what's wrong with our forums" is about strategic, constructive, criticism. It is not a place to start a personal witch-hunt, or attempt a public vendetta, or to whine and threaten bean spilling.

The last 3 pages are just this. Indulgence in self-righteousness. It's unattractive.

Tell me about it the fact this thread keeps reviving itself thanks to trivial stuff that can and should be resolved before hand is just frustrating. :banghead:

[Mussels]

Tell me about it the fact this thread keeps reviving itself thanks to trivial stuff that can and should be resolved before hand is just frustrating. :banghead:

but at least it gets vented HERE, rather than derailing threads in the rest of the forum.

[InnocentCriminal]

Even though these posts may not exactly belong here and are deemed unnecessary (to which I agree with) it might actually be helping our troubled forum brethren vent their issues.

Mussels you beat me to it!

:D

[Triprift]

but at least it gets vented HERE, rather than derailing threads in the rest of the forum.

True but i keep thinking any visitors checking out this thread would look at the amount of pages and thinking there must be alot of trouble here when the truth is totally different.

[Mussels]

True but i keep thinking any visitors checking out this thread would look at the amount of pages and thinking there must be alot of trouble here when the truth is totally different.

if they read this thread, buried deep away in the forums - they're too far gone to leave.

[TheMailMan78]

May i ask... why your so desperate to get banned from that section? can you just not go there if you feel so strongly?

I would be the first to admit..... at times I can be VERY cynical, over my 49 years my faith in human nature has declined to a worrying degree....... only to be dragged back up by some act of complete individual generosity or just warmth, whilst most of this is in the "real world" and not on the interwebz...... one example of that sits here in these forums...... where a well known and respected cruncher from another forum suffers from cancer (and has now sadly died), members here raise some money to help him as he was not well enough to work towards the end and he had a young daughter...... truly heartwarming stuff, more importantly though, just one example of why this community is as good as it REALLY is, however, despite my Cynical outlook on occasions....... I am very happy!
I didn't know he had passed. Who is watching over his little one now?

[jjFarking]

This thread shouldn't be. Simple.
No matter how good the intentions may be, there will always be scope for abuse. A thread like this is almost an invitation for some to do exactly that.
We all know how constructive critisism (fwiw) is easily abused or misunderstood, especially in the written form.
As a global moderator on a help forum, we employ a Live Help system, which can double as a complaints area, by being able to utilise something akin to a private chat room a la IRC.
Disputes of any kind need to be handled away from the public eye. A thread like this one, puts it all back into the open - right in the view of the general public; the very people that shouldn't see, or be exposed to, this.
Think about disputes out in the open; on the street or in a shop. How do people feel when there are others arguing publicly?

Disputes should be kept private: either through PMs, or some other form, that can directly address the points of view of all parties concerned & come to an amicable conclusion (whichever way that goes).
Ultimately, a forum is only as good as the people that frequent it. Whether moderation is applied badly, or not at all, is important, but less important than the first impression people get when first joining or browsing. It sets the mood..
Everytime someone posts here, it will show right at the top, so people go here first. That's not necessarily a Good Thing™ for a potential patron..

OK, I'll shut up now :p

[Mussels]

No matter how good the intentions may be, there will always be scope for abuse. A thread like this is almost an invitation for some to do exactly that.

thats the point. they play up and cause crap HERE, not on the rest of the forum. There are legit complaints/criticisms, and there is BS crapola - both of them belong here.

[jjFarking]

thats the point. they play up and cause crap HERE, not on the rest of the forum. There are legit complaints/criticisms, and there is BS crapola - both of them belong here.

And this thread guarantees that this will only happen here, without expanding into/from other areas of the forum?
I'm not entirely sure I follow :/