Today is the day

[techumseh]

that Mark G gave as the latest ETC (estimated time of completion) to restore our threads that were deleted when our forum was wiped out. This is one of a number of promised ETCs that have been given since the great calamity. Let us see if this one is for real.

[AGRICOLA]

LOL, it's now Sunday where I am.

[Sarsstock]

Indeed it is Sunday in our little corner of this earth. Let us wait and see what happens next.

[biru biru]

It's barely Sunday here, but I was drinking pretty heavy last night, so I'm not fine-line sure about that...

[AGRICOLA]

Be of good cheer. You did the smart thing.

Some of us waited for the Good Tooth Fairy (aka Mark G) to show up before midnight as promised. Disappointed again! Sob.

[techumseh]

The weekend has come and gone, and no restoration of our threads. Personally, I'm getting very frustrated at the lack of progress. We get promises and assurances, but no action.

This forum represents the sum of our community's efforts over a number of years, including graphics, advice, scenarios - even sounds. It's deletion was a shock, and no real explanation has yet been given.

I urge SL members, supporters and former members to go to the Apolyton community thread on this issue and let the management know clearly that we want our forum restored without further delay. Thank you. http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=132298

[Exile]

Sounds good, Brian . . . . .

. . . but the last time I ventured to complain in the community forum, a pack of boot-lickers jumped on my complaint and seemed to think that somehow I was in wrong for daring to say anything. Like a bunch of monkeys hurling their defecation. Markos doesn't really have to do anything, especially if he's got a cabal of toadies ready to leap to his defense no-matter-what.

I don't go to any forums on this site other than this one now.

Btw, Brian, just in case this post seems, um, negative (lol) let it be known that I'm on your side. We've lost out, and it seems that that's that. (I've always wanted to use that word 3 times consecutively and be grammatically correct.)

[Sarsstock]

I agree with you both. Especially as the post count regeneration thread was just closed down today it seems that many are dead set against us making our displeasures known in public.

[Mercator]

Um, what?! I'm sorry... I closed that.

I just don't see any point in us complaining in this forum, because we all feel the same and none of us here can do anything about it.

MarkG is the one you need to talk to, and you can find him in the community forum. More specifically the thread techumseh already linked to earlier.

I don't know what you were complaining about, but you're wrong about the community forum, Phenix. I do visit it regularly. Things just go... differently. I guess the people there have just grown accustomed to the way things happen. There definitely aren't any boot-lickers.

If you don't want to go to the community forum, fine, but all you'll be doing here is preaching to the converted.

... Don't make me have to close this thread either please.

[Exile]

I disagree, Merc. My own experience IS otherwise. I'm not going to debate this--I KNOW it's the case.

There sure ARE bootlickers there. Their motivation is pretty obvious, though. Mostly OTers who are trying, as hard as they can, to ingratiate themselves with the site managers. This isn't an unusual thing. Haven't you seen the Flame Warriors' site? Markos, et al., are the "Royalty," and these other people are the various combinations of some of the other, less savory types. I think the "little dog" sums it up nicely.

I'd post the url, but it's easier to just do a google search with the phrase "Flame Warriors." In case some of you folks haven't seen it yet, it's hilarious. Take a look.

[Mercator]

I've seen it...

But their main motivation tends to be spamming, not bootlicking.

But then maybe I'm too naive, or you're too cynical, or maybe a bit of both.

[Exile]

I'm cynical.

I don't know about your hypothetical naivte'

Just came from there. There are a few new warriors, but the real entertainment is in their own forums.

We're all admonished about viewing others through the lens of stereotyping, but from what I've seen on the net, these guys have it DOWN.

And I retract something now. I think the snarling monkeys are the perfect characterization of what I ran into last time I ventured into the community forum on this site.

And yes, the juvenille obsession with increasing one's post count is very likely a big part of the motivation for such pointlessness (ever since the OT doesn't count posts.)

[Broken_Erika]

Originally posted by Mercator

... Don't make me have to close this thread either please.

if you close this one then where will we b**ch?
besides, the more we spam, the closer we get to our old post counts, and i am really tired of my avatar
at least i don't have to worry about my title for a while,

[techumseh]

I'm surprised that you'd even consider closing this thread. I think it's clear - post on the thread over at Apolyton Community to express your displeasure to the administration, post here to communicate with your fellow SLers about what we should do about this as a group.

Let's remember, Scenario League is autonomous from Apolyton. They host us, but we make our own decisions. We can either stand up for ourselves or continue to be ignored. Let 'em hear it!

[Mercator]

Okay sure, I wasn't planning on closing this (yet)... But I'm not quite sure what communicating exactly we could be doing about this other than posting in the Apolyton/Community forum... No communicating among SLers about this has happened here so far anyway.