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  • #16
    Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
    lots of ways to encourage people to get involved
    From our friends at www.despair.com:
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    • #17
      Excuse my ignorance, but what's a "DL"?

      But surely frequency of posting is not a particularly telling statistic? Doesn't it depend more on what and where you post? I've recently started playing PBEM, which of course increases posting rates quite considerably through the tracking threads. This doesn't necessarily mean you are contributing more to the community.

      Back to topic - if the consensus of opinion is that newer members are being scared off by a perceived "quasi-elite", perhaps Apolyton should look at opening a new forum specifically for newbs to get acquainted with things.
      So if you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste
      Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste

      Re-Organisation of remaining C3C PBEMS

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      • #18
        You'll find the answer and more here: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=115142

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        • #19
          Ah I see, thanks. So basically it's an excuse for poly elitists to form a little club to get their post tallies up
          So if you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste
          Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste

          Re-Organisation of remaining C3C PBEMS

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          • #20
            not quite sure how a DL would get someones post count up

            also a bit lost on the poly elitists bit?
            there are lots of great forums here, lots of different threads, and a vaste array of opinions, games, stories, and community all over the shop... am I missing the point
            Gurka 17, People of the Valley
            I am of the Horde.

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            • #21
              Well, the DL dance has become a tradition, and posts don't count in the OTF, so it doesn't really matter.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Aqualung71
                Ah I see, thanks. So basically it's an excuse for poly elitists to form a little club to get their post tallies up
                Its an elitist club, but doesn't serve to boost post counts. Alas.
                I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                • #23
                  I think the "Elitism" is pretty much confined to the OTF. And the only thing you need to get accepted down there is a bit of perserverance and a high ego/brains ratio.
                  Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                  It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                  The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Zopperoni

                    From our friends at www.despair.com:

                    "A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber

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                    • #25
                      I never got the DL dance when i first posted in OT.


                      But then I think I was a prince when I first posted there.

                      Cause I actually joined poly to post about Civ, wonder of wonders.
                      "A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin Buber

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by lord of the mark
                        I never got the DL dance when i first posted in OT.


                        But then I think I was a prince when I first posted there.

                        Cause I actually joined poly to post about Civ, wonder of wonders.
                        Civ - what is civ

                        /me pours a cold beer
                        Gurka 17, People of the Valley
                        I am of the Horde.

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                        • #27
                          is a bit of perserverance and a high ego/brains ratio.



                          Ego: sure, need lots of it

                          Brains :
                          Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                          Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                          • #28
                            Post counts went out way back but I still think they should count.
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                            • #29
                              Brains definately help. See MtG in a debate if you want to see how effective intelligence can be. But ego is nice to have there too.
                              I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                              • #30
                                Do I count as a n00b?

                                Yes, Honghu might be a n00b, but I still have close to 2.3K posts in a little over a year.

                                Plus I post mainly OT now, so my ppd would be far higher if I did not.
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