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Geebs61 · Post by **Geebs61** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 1:28 am

Guidelines to success:

1) Think hard about what you are about to post. Do it twice. Once before you start, and again after you have written it out. But before you click "Submit." This will both help you decide whether your contribution will be helpful or not and will allow you to proofread what you are trying to say. If you are in doubt, open a word processor and paste what you wrote. Then spell check it.

2) Lose your 13375p34k(leetspeak). It has no place here. This includes substituting "U" for "you", "R" for "are", etc.

3) You are no better than any other person here. Even the mods. They are given the power to moderate things because they are trusted to uphold the rules of the boards. They are to be respected. And every other member deserves the same respect.

4) Number of posts/amount of portables created does not correlate in any way to your seniority. I have been a member of Ben's organization for well over 3 years now. But I am not a "Senior Member". I have no problem with this either. Your seniority is based on the quality of your posts.

5) Just because you cannot physically see a person does not mean that they do not have feelings. I have witnessed several occurances of heckling that may or may not have meant to be mean. But they did hurt someones feelings, and this angered me probably more than the person who was hurt.

6) Everyone makes mistakes. We are all apt to post something we don't mean now and again. In this case make an apology. If everyone else follows the other rules, you will be forgiven, and life on the boards will go on.

By following all of these guidelines everyone can be successful in keeping the boards clean and friendly to both new-comers, and old farts like me.

7) If you arent a mod, and you think a topic needs to be dealt with, DO NOT make a post saying "this is dumb, some mod please lock this" Making a post such as that, you are undermining authority. it wont get it locked any faster, and it just makes you look like a power hungry dink. You have no clout, quit acting like you do. This does not undermine rule #3 in any way. Modding is their job, not yours. They don't show up to your work and tell you what to do.

8 ) DO NOT make a new topic to address a current issue you have with a person's conduct, or a certain topic on the board. This will not make the issue solved any quicker and will in all likelihood cause a worse problem.

9) If you believe a rule has been breached, it is a matter for PM's. Take it up with a mod, admin, or the person you believe is ill informed of the guidelines.

Just shut up and study it. Live by it.

Niku-Sama · Post by **Niku-Sama** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 1:42 am

Venkman wrote:Get a load of what F-man sent me! Ha, HA!

From: FDSMAN
To: Venkman
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:29 pm
Subject: VENKMAN Quote message
VENKMAN GET A NEW FIRST IMPRESSION OK STOP ACKING LIKE A MOD I AM TAKING THIS WITH YOU PERSONALLY LEAVE ME ALONE OK AND IF YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE I WILL SART A WAR WITH YOU

I

PM's (private messages) have that name for a reason

i dont go arround making all the conversations i have had with Nes-Man public

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:25 am

FDSMAN wrote:GET OFF MY BACK VENKMAN STOP DOING STUFF LIKE THAT OK YOU JUST GOT IN THIS FORUM AND YOU ALREADY THINK YOU CAN WIN ANY WAR STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD, EVEN IF I APOLOGIZE YOU WILL STILL MOCK ME, I KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PERSON YOU ARE, you are the kind of guy who doesn't accept an apology becuase you want to keep fighting, well, unless you get as many posts as I have I'l never listen to you and my posts will always grow, so stop now or i will start a war this is your one and only warning

copulate pathetic on so many levels.

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:48 am

sorry for starting this thread, this was ment to be a public apology, to those other members but, you guys think its a joke, and the censor program isn't working

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:54 am

OK...

1. FDSMAN, It's good that you apologised. (You never seemed to offend anyone to me.)

2. Venkman, back off already.

3. Alchemist, please watch your language.

4. gannon, HK-47, Black Six, Ben, SOMEBODY please lock this.

Let's not get into a gigantic flamewar, OK? That's not what these forums are for. He comes in and apologises and you all have the nerve to flame him for it. I have been down that road, and it's not fun at all. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

(I can hear you all saying "yes, Mr. Rodgers", BTW.)