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07-21-2007, 08:34 PM
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#451
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How about forcing new users to have one post in the introduction forum before they are allowed to post anywhere else? Not only will this encourage new persons to introduce themselves, it will end the problem with all the spambots that seem to have targeted the forums.
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07-22-2007, 05:31 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
How about forcing new users to have one post in the introduction forum before they are allowed to post anywhere else? Not only will this encourage new persons to introduce themselves, it will end the problem with all the spambots that seem to have targeted the forums.
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True. Perhaps also increase the minimum length for the first post. I think most will be in excess of 300 characters if answered fully.
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07-22-2007, 06:44 PM
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#453
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
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I don't think anyone should be required to post an intro before they can post elsewhere (some people may want to test the forum out before deciding to stick around) but not letting them start threads (other then in the intro section) until they have a specific thread count (if that is even possible)
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07-23-2007, 03:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
How about forcing new users to have one post in the introduction forum before they are allowed to post anywhere else? Not only will this encourage new persons to introduce themselves, it will end the problem with all the spambots that seem to have targeted the forums.
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Hell no!
Besides, that'll just make it known to any spambot archives that the intro forum is the place for spambots to post.
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07-23-2007, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwestern Washington
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Perhaps this has been asked before (potentially by myself, even), but why is the members list hidden? It gets annoying searching through old threads just to look up a member.
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07-28-2007, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Originally Posted by Circle V
Perhaps this has been asked before (potentially by myself, even), but why is the members list hidden? It gets annoying searching through old threads just to look up a member.
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I agree...
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07-28-2007, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwestern Washington
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Further, the FAQ button leads to a page with only one question on it and the new posts function is disabled or defective... the latter in particular would be exceptionally useful.
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08-09-2007, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Temple of Love
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I don't know if someone mentioned this already because there is no way in hell I'm going to look through fourteen pages but id like to have a religion thread section, simply because I would love to get to tear through a few idiot Christians from time to time
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08-10-2007, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Iowa
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Your comment is exactly why there isn't one I am sure.
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08-10-2007, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Saphyra Runa
Your comment is exactly why there isn't one I am sure.
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sadly i think you are right
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-10-2007, 05:13 PM
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#461
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Norway
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Go make an intro. Make sure to fill out the questions.
And don't call all christians "idiots."
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08-10-2007, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Temple of Love
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Originally Posted by Cyntrox
Go make an intro. Make sure to fill out the questions.
And don't call all christians "idiots."
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Ill stop calling them idiots the day they stop being idiots, deal?
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-10-2007, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Norway
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Originally Posted by Wormboy
Ill stop calling them idiots the day they stop being idiots, deal?
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Then you might as well start now.
I'm not a Christian. I find the whole religion absurd, frankly. But does that make every Christian an idiot? For example, HumanePain on this very board. Is he an idiot? No, he's a highly respected member.
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08-10-2007, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyntrox
Then you might as well start now.
I'm not a Christian. I find the whole religion absurd, frankly. But does that make every Christian an idiot? For example, HumanePain on this very board. Is he an idiot? No, he's a highly respected member.
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being respected doesnt make you intelligent for one thing
believing a jew lived 2000 years ago, walked on water, turned water to wine, raised the dead, was executed, came back to life, watches over you, can forgive you for your past, and was the son of a giant invisible man who lives in the sky watching over you and who created everything
that DOES make you an idiot
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-10-2007, 07:07 PM
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I won't try to defend Christianity, but should I call every American idiots because I don't like Bush?
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08-10-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyntrox
I won't try to defend Christianity, but should I call every American idiots because I don't like Bush?
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just the ones who voted for him, not all of us like bush
all christians believe in christ
see the difference?
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-11-2007, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by Wormboy
just the ones who voted for him, not all of us like bush
all christians believe in christ
see the difference?
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The majority obviously votes for Bush... So my statement still stands.
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08-11-2007, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by Wormboy
being respected doesnt make you intelligent for one thing
believing a jew lived 2000 years ago, walked on water, turned water to wine, raised the dead, was executed, came back to life, watches over you, can forgive you for your past, and was the son of a giant invisible man who lives in the sky watching over you and who created everything
that DOES make you an idiot
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Hm. If what a friends brother who studied on some vatican-camp thingy a few years back says is true, the more senior clergy just believe the bible is a guideline, and is entirely euphamistic.
That's a bit like the CEO of McDonalds refusing to eat a BigMac really, isn't it? Christianity is just a franchise for the weak.
I'm going to put that in my sig. I occasionally come up with the odd gem after all.
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08-12-2007, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Katanshin
Hm. If what a friends brother who studied on some vatican-camp thingy a few years back says is true, the more senior clergy just believe the bible is a guideline, and is entirely euphamistic.
That's a bit like the CEO of McDonalds refusing to eat a BigMac really, isn't it? Christianity is just a franchise for the weak.
I'm going to put that in my sig. I occasionally come up with the odd gem after all.
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im stealing your quote lol, i love it
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-12-2007, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Cyntrox
The majority obviously votes for Bush... So my statement still stands.
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Actually no.
A president doesn't need a majority vote to become president, he only need the plurality vote.
He could have a 20% approval rating and win if there were other eight candidates with an average approval rating of 10%.
And in any case, let's work with your statement:
The majority approves of Bush.
Well, the totality believes in Christ.
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08-12-2007, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Actually no.
A president doesn't need a majority vote to become president, he only need the plurality vote.
He could have a 20% approval rating and win if there were other eight candidates with an average approval rating of 10%.
And in any case, let's work with your statement:
The majority approves of Bush.
Well, the totality believes in Christ.
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Then I should be able to dislike Americans more than everyone else by statistics.
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08-12-2007, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Texas
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I wish there were a "Religion" section. I was actually surprised to see that there wasn't. After all, most boards have one, and there is already a "Politics" forum.
Religion also appears to be a favorite subject of some of the users here, but it's not very pleasant to waltz into a seemingly and originally unrelated thread only to find baiting and flame-starting about religious topics going on where, in a section specifically dedicated to such discussion, there might be real debate as opposed to inane mud-slinging.
Plus it's one of my favorite topics. :3
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08-14-2007, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Actually no.
A president doesn't need a majority vote to become president, he only need the plurality vote.
He could have a 20% approval rating and win if there were other eight candidates with an average approval rating of 10%.
And in any case, let's work with your statement:
The majority approves of Bush.
Well, the totality believes in Christ.
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Couldn't have said it any better myself
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Kontan - "Eventually, you ended up looking like the freaking grim reaper towards the end of the game.
Now we got this cracked out jungle hobo...."
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08-14-2007, 04:06 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by Umbrellacake
I wish there were a "Religion" section. I was actually surprised to see that there wasn't. After all, most boards have one, and there is already a "Politics" forum.
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I'm curious whether the person responsible for G.net upgrades actually reads this thread? Posters have been asking for a religion section since this thread started. Just wondering. But for my two cents' worth, I would also like to see religion threads packed neatly into their own little corner. The religious propaganda strewn over the whole forum does get very annoying.
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08-14-2007, 12:20 PM
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Didn't there used to be one? I could have sworn that there was and it was removed because there was all of zero threads that didn't consists mainly of hate, disillusionment, and prejudice. Then again it was a few years ago so it may have been a different forum but I think that it was this one
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