Petition for Political Party CivGroup Icons

[Inverse Icarus]

I would like to see small political party icons in the civgroups. People already plaster things like "Communist Party of Apolyton" in their location fields (myself included), don't you think it's time to make little icons that people can choose?

[Robert Plomp]

I agree. And we need elections for the poly-parlement every 6 months. Not that the poly-parlement would have any power, but it'll be nice anyway :D

[DrSpike]

Gaming site.......not going to happen.......[optional if Dan]thanks for your interest[/optional if Dan]

:D

[sabrewolf]

first the AU civgroup please... :)
we've been queueing for half a year now :(

[Robert Plomp]

Democratic elections have everything to do with civilization. How do we want to organise things.

If something is civilized, it's democratic parties :doitnow!:

[Ming]

Again, the decision on this is up to the owners. However, based on past similar questions, I would have to agree that Comrade Tassadar has probably predicted the answer ;)

It's a gaming site... not a political site.

And as far as "elections" for political parties not related to games go... I will continue to stop any that I see. Past elections led to much spam and many rules violations... so they will not be allowed.

Now for the traditional line.... this isn't a democracy ;)

[Gilgamensch]

Originally posted by Ming
Now for the traditional line.... this isn't a democracy ;)

Maybe you shall include it in your quotes, might make it easier :D ;)

[Skanky Burns]

We should make a list of the standard admin/mod responses. Then rather than going into a thread and saying "This isn't a democracy" they could just say #3. For "We have carefully reviewed your decision and have taken it very seriously. Unfortunately our answer is no", #7.

Think of all the time they could save! :cute:

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Ming

Now for the traditional line.... this isn't a democracy ;)

Somehow I had a feeling you were going to say that. ;)

[Gilgamensch]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
We should make a list of the standard admin/mod responses. Then rather than going into a thread and saying "This isn't a democracy" they could just say #3. For "We have carefully reviewed your decision and have taken it very seriously. Unfortunately our answer is no", #7.

Think of all the time they could save! :cute:

Or just include all possibilties in their quotes/sigs, this way they just have to post, but not even need to bother what :D

Bu the number system is also quite OK, but might make some discussion (too) short:

Q: ????????
A: #5
Q: But.......
A: #7
Q: What about........
A:#1

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
We should make a list of the standard admin/mod responses. Then rather than going into a thread and saying "This isn't a democracy" they could just say #3. For "We have carefully reviewed your decision and have taken it very seriously. Unfortunately our answer is no", #7.

Think of all the time they could save! :cute:

Shhh, think of all the fun predicting responses we could miss out on. :D

[MarkG]

#7 :D

[-Jrabbit]

Please, grand lords of Poly, spare me from exposure to even more political propaganda than I already suffer on this site.

Ppl have location and sig lines to advance their personal agendas.
That, IMHO, is more than enough.

[-Jrabbit]

(x-post.)

:unworthy: Thank you Markos! :unworthy:

[Robert Plomp]

I didn't got the intention to give any power to the elected parties. I intended something like the european parlement :D:D:D

[MrWhereItsAt]

Just imagine the increase in spam and personal attacks we would get....

[Ben Kenobi]

Shhh, think of all the fun predicting responses we could miss out on.


:lol:

That should be a new standard.

Numbers for common responses. :b:

[DarkCloud]

#7's a good choice.

I see no need for political party civgroups- that bar on the left is getting quite crowded enough ;)

and as was menitoned- this IS a gamesite! ;)

--
By the way, perhaps this thread should be closed?

[Theben]

#1, of course, would be "keep it up and I foresee a restriction in your future." ;)

[Theben]

Originally posted by DarkCloud
By the way, perhaps this thread should be closed?

No, now we need to work out the # system!:doitnow!:

#2 follows #1, so it would be "You just couldn't leave well enough alone... see you in a week."

[Arnelos]

Ban all political parties and retain the Theocracy of the g0dZ and the Great Banana! :doitnow!:

:cute:

[DanQ]

DrSpike: :D

Comrade Tassadar: :lol:

That pretty well sums it up. :)

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Dis]

communists should never be allowed to organize. They should be rounded up and banned on a systematic basis.

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
first the AU civgroup please... :)
we've been queueing for half a year now :(

MarkG, have anything to say about this? :expect:

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by Dissident
communists should never be allowed to organize. They should be rounded up and banned on a systematic basis.


The Polycaust :cute:

[Robert Plomp]

Markos, send me your password so I can take the throne by force :doitnow!:

I'll help you preventing this evil democratcy :doitnow!:

[MarkG]

strange , i thought we had an AU group

mail me an icon and the name(s) of the news editor(s) and i'll do it. i'll also need a Letter of Pledge to Write Articles signed with blood by the news editors

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by MarkG
strange , i thought we had an AU group

mail me an icon and the name(s) of the news editor(s) and i'll do it. i'll also need a Letter of Pledge to Write Articles signed with blood by the news editors

Ah, the glorious ways in which business is done. :)

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by DanQ
DrSpike: :D

Comrade Tassadar: :lol:

That pretty well sums it up. :)

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Dan; Apolyton CS

You and Mark don't even need to post any more - we are too well trained. :D

[Robert Plomp]

Let's try to see if you can really forsee Dan and Markos' reactions.

What would Dan/Markos react to:

1. Can we vote for a new OTF moderator?
2. Will you cover the new Tiberian Sun game?
3. Can we have flag for South Dacota?
4. Will you create a politics-forum?
5. Can I post some pirated games here?
6. Ming did an awefull thing, what will you do about it
7. Are you a communist?
8. Why don't you care about freedom of speech?
9. Can we have images in our signatures?
10. Will you manually insert the real join-dates for all the 1970 people?

now let's see how knows most about Markos and Dan.

[Gilgamensch]

1.) This is a private forum, live with it.
2.) This is a private forum, live with it.
3.) This is a private forum, live with it.
4.) This is a private forum, live with it.
5.) This is a private forum, live with it.
6.) This is a private forum, live with it.
7.) This is a private forum, live with it.
8.) This is a private forum, live with it.
9.) This is a private forum, live with it.
10.) This is a private forum, live with it.


I think this will address it.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Let's try to see if you can really forsee Dan and Markos' reactions.

What would Dan/Markos react to:

1. Can we vote for a new OTF moderator?
2. Will you cover the new Tiberian Sun game?
3. Can we have flag for South Dacota?
4. Will you create a politics-forum?
5. Can I post some pirated games here?
6. Ming did an awefull thing, what will you do about it
7. Are you a communist?
8. Why don't you care about freedom of speech?
9. Can we have images in our signatures?
10. Will you manually insert the real join-dates for all the 1970 people?

now let's see how knows most about Markos and Dan.

I'll bite.

1. No, moderators are appointed by the admins.
2. No, it's RTS.
3. No, we don't wish to get into the quagmire of adding flags.
4. No, the OT is sufficient.
5. No, it's against stated site rules.
6. Probably remove him from the forum mods list for a few days but do essentially nothing. He's worth too much. :)
7. Neither admin is stupid enough
8. You can have your say, but not if it conflicts with site rules, which we decide.
9. No, images in sigs gets out of hand.
10. Can't really be bothered, there are more important things on the to-do list. Also the 1970s people like the situation as it is.

:D

[Skanky Burns]

1. Not a democracy
2. <strike> The Sims </strike> Tiberian Sun will not be covered by this site.
3. No.
4. This is a gaming site.
5. Sure, go ahead.
6.
7. *ban*
8. This is a private forum, live with it.
9. We have carefully reviewed your decision and have taken it very seriously. Unfortunately our answer is no.
10. Its on the to-do list.

:good:

[DrSpike]

Hehe too slow Burns. Mine are better anyway. :)

[Gilgamensch]

Actually, me thinks Shanky is closer.

But maybe because he has read them to many times ;)

OK I admit, when posting I was a bit lazy, but it all comes down to it :D

[Arnelos]

1. No. {thread closed}
2. No, we will not be covering Tiberiun Sun. {thread closed}
3. {complete silence while spam builds up in the thread for a few days}........... {Ming closes thread}
4. {spam builds up in thread for hours, probably days} .... No, that's what the OT is for. {more spam in the thread} .... {thread eventually dies or is closed by Ming}
5. No, you may not. {thread closed}
6. {complete silence}
7. {complete silence}
8. You are able to exercise freedom of speech as long as it does not violate site rules. {different reactions based upon moderator's or admin's mood}
9. No, images in sigs gets out of hand (NOTE: blatant copy of DrSpike's here... I think he's right about this one :p ) {thread left OPEN and builds up some spam before it eventually dies}
10. {thread builds up spam for a while} It's not really a compelling need. {thread left open to build up more spam about long-time posters... eventually either dies or Ming closes it, more likely it dies after about 3-4 pages of spam}

[sabrewolf]

my slightly adjusted answers ;)

1.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
2.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
3.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
4.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
5.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
6.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
7.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
8.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
9.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
10.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed

edit: i didn't copy the idea.. just didn't refresh the thread before replying :)

[Gilgamensch]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
my slightly adjusted answers ;)

1.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
2.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
3.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
4.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
5.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
6.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
7.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
8.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
9.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed
10.) This is a private forum, live with it. thread closed

edit: i didn't copy the idea.. just didn't refresh the thread before replying :)

That's OK, you modified it anyway and I got the idea from either the FAQ or one of the replies anyway. So can't claim it's mine anyway ;)

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by Gilgamensch
That's OK, you modified it anyway and I got the idea from either the FAQ or one of the replies anyway. So can't claim it's mine anyway ;)

i meant the "thread closed" part which arnelos brought up before. yours was purposely used and modified ;)

[Gilgamensch]

Originally posted by sabrewolf


i meant the "thread closed" part which arnelos brought up before. yours was purposely used and modified ;)

you have my blessing ;)

The thread closed I completly forgotten...... :rolleyes: can't beleive it myself.........:nono:

[-Jrabbit]

Yeah, the new deities and many other long-timers seem to have become de facto enforcers of the site owners' wishes and policies. I find this extremely amusing and not just a little ironic.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Hehe too slow Burns. Mine are better anyway. :)

Your number 7 is better perhaps, but I used that extra minute between our posts to make mine funnier. ;)

[DrSpike]

By your low standards, perhaps. :)

[Skanky Burns]

Now that doesn't even make sense. Even if I did have low standards, I would be holding your post to that very same set of low standards. And mine would still beat yours. :D

[DrSpike]

Obviously not, since someone with as low standards as you might not appreciate some forms of humour. :D

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by MarkG
strange , i thought we had an AU group

mail me an icon and the name(s) of the news editor(s) and i'll do it. i'll also need a Letter of Pledge to Write Articles signed with blood by the news editors

Thank you for your kindness :unworthy:

[Last Conformist]

There should be a group icon for people who are in no groups! :doitnow!:

[Imran Siddiqui]

Just because you have no friends doesn't mean they should try to make you feel better about it :cute:

[Tassadar500]

No one is friends with MarkG? :cute:

[Arnelos]

It sound like there should be only one political party group icon: The religion of the g0dZ (site owners) and their high priest, the Merciless Ming. :crazy: :p

[Arnelos]

'poly doesn't have the :crazy: smilie? Hmm... I thought it did. Oh well.

[Tassadar500]

MZO has one.

[Kuciwalker]

Does MZO have :vomit: ?

[Harry Tuttle]

Hmmm, let's see, which Political Party CivGroup icon should we choose?

[Tassadar500]

M? What party is M?

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by Nuclear Master
M? What party is M?

The only party there is!

[Kropotkin]

Of cource that would be great. If people indentified their political profile next to their avatar no one would have to deal with the hassle of actually reading other people's arguments before flaming them! :cute:

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
Of cource that would be great. If people indentified their political profile next to their avatar no one would have to deal with the hassle of actually reading other people's arguments before flaming them! :cute:

:lol: :b:

[Last Conformist]

Kropotkin: I like that kind of thinking! :b:

We'd, however, have to pay Ming to mercilessly track down and eliminate people who chose misleading icons. Imagine you complemented on a commie's post just because he used a GOP icon? :eek:

[Kuciwalker]

It'd make the forum more n00b-friendly, too. Those settlers could start flaming right away!

[mrmitchell]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Let's try to see if you can really forsee Dan and Markos' reactions.

What would Dan/Markos react to:

1. Can we vote for a new OTF moderator?
[Dan] We have carefully considered your request. Unfortunately, for the present time the answer is no.
[MarkG] no (http://www.imarton.net)

2. Will you cover the new Tiberian Sun game?
[Dan] After extensive study of your request, we have decided it is outside the realm of our site's focus.
[MarkG] no, unless i get a hundred new members before the week is over (http://www.imarton.net)

3. Can we have flag for South Dacota?
[Dan] Careful deliberation has been applied to this idea, and the answer is no.
[MarkG] no but did you know imarton got a flag? (http://www.imarton.net)
4. Will you create a politics-forum?
[Dan] Although this idea has merit, we believe it is outside our site's core focus.
[MarkG] imarton.net (http://www.imarton.net)
5. Can I post some pirated games here?
[Dan] No.
[MarkG] no, especially if they find out (http://www.imarton.net)

6. Ming did an awefull thing, what will you do about it
[Dan] And lose my weed supply! Are you ****in' CRAZY MAN!!!!1???!111
[MarkG] Ming has been given a slap on the wrist. We have enlisted Richard Simmons to apply the slap.

7. Are you a communist?
[Dan] No.
[MarkG] maaaaaaaybe (http://www.imarton.net)
8. Why don't you care about freedom of speech?
[Dan] Your idea has merit, but this website is privately owned, and thus we are at our discretion to remove content we may feel is turning away new members.
[MarkG] ..|.. (http://www.imarton.net)

9. Can we have images in our signatures?
[Dan] Signature images have been considered, but it was decided that they are unnecessary and add excessive load time, so, for the present, no.
[MarkG] only news posts should have images, silly! (http://www.imarton.net)
10. Will you manually insert the real join-dates for all the 1970 people?
[Dan] That's Markos's job.
[MarkG] no. we're trying to keep our average age down for advertising purposes. (http://www.imarton.net)

[Lawrence of Arabia]

:lol:

[Arnelos]

Nice work there, MrM. :b:

[Skanky Burns]

:lol:
That was very well done. :b: