OT posts no longer increment post count...

[rah]

Builder, that quote was a reference to the fact that I am Ming's evil Twin Brother.,

But anyone here that has read my posts knows that I don't, and never have been a fan of post counts.

Mao was a perfect example 10,000 in a year and then less than 100 for the next two months, what was the motivation there? It certainly wasn't content.

And for the rest of you, I personally thought this was a Ming ploy to guarentee that I would never be a deity like him , we're so competitive.

To all those that give a **** about post counts,
it's too bad it was just an experiment, hahahahha

And Mark, ever MP post to set up a game, meant a game was being played with the opportunity to learn something new to post about. (whether it be a tale or a strategy. Most of those players did post meaningful things when games ended), which has much more value than a one line "oh suck me" line in the OT. IMHO
(just couldn't pass up on that) Every post has equal value and I could care less about the counts. My lackluster couple of thousand posts for as long as I've been here speaks for itself.


RAH
The only title I ever wanted was "LORD OF THE FERRETS"

[My Wife Hates CIV]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MarkG on 09-27-2000 04:06 PM</font>

<font size=1>Originally posted by My Wife Hates CIV on 09-27-2000 03:57 PM</font>
I could maintain that for you MarkG
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what? is there a *trust* issue here???

[onepaul]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Urban Ranger on 09-27-2000 01:12 AM</font>


onepaul - why should this thread be locked?!

Markos - you haven't updated the "Name Change Archive" for quite some time now
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I meant lock the post count system...
and get rid of that name change as well...

[MarkG]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by rah on 09-27-2000 04:06 PM</font>
And Mark, ever MP post to set up a game, meant a game was being played with the opportunity to learn something new to post about.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>yeah i know, that's why i edited it out... even those posts have more value than a big part of the OT(big, not all, thank god)


MWHC,
i admit that i'm a little afraid that i could find a "god bless america" over the apolyton logo one day...

[Ming]

ROTFLMAO!

HA HA HA HA!

[Narck]

Sure, turn it off. Noone cares about post count anyway

<font size=1 color="white">Narck post count +1</font>

[rah]

Mark, yes you were quick, it was edited out before I finished posting. I went back and thought I had imagined that.

MWHC, Find some American Flag artwork and I'll Help you out.

Ming, Typical two line response usually associated with spam in OT. Love ya bro.
Oh, I forgot the

RAH
Lord of the Ferrets

[Shadowstrike]

I can see the logic in this. Personally, I think the OTF can have a lot more useful material then, say, Civ2-General. If this was targeted against only two-line responses, I could understand it. But this also affect people who want to have intelligent conversations there. I don't think post counts are important, but they might be for some people.

Besides, the OTF is the only way to get an idea to a vast number of Apolytoners, and killing off the interest is like doing away with the town square. Its possible, but expect a lot of people to leave town.

And stop spamming this thread Builder...

[Alexander's Horse]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by My Wife Hates CIV on 09-27-2000 03:23 PM</font>

Posts counts are Maos life. You want to be like Mao?!


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*Mao lies limp before his keyboard, the life force seeping out of him. Unless the post count is turned back on, he may die *

[Alexander's Horse]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by My Wife Hates CIV on 09-27-2000 03:23 PM</font>

Posts counts are Maos life. You want to be like Mao?!


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Explanation for the above post:

Maybe this is like that scene in the Neverending story where the boy has to imagine Fantasia or it will be destroyed by the Nothing and the little Queen of Fantasia, in this case Mao , will die.

The "little boy" would of course be Mark G Only you can save Mao!!


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[UltraSonix]

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</font>Besides, the OTF is the only way to get an idea to a vast number of Apolytoners, and killing off the interest is like doing away with the town square. Its possible, but expect a lot of people to leave town.
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This and murg's post on the previous page sums up the situation very well. You can have a some people post on the on-topic fourms only, or you can have that, as well as a vibrant OT community (who, just admit guys/gals, live on post counts ).

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No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards... Despite any stupid advertisments you may see to the contrary...

[Murgatroyd]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MarkG on 09-27-2000 03:48 PM</font>
the idea is that on-topic posts show the actual participance in the civ(remember the word) community, while off-topic posts are "simple" conversation(which doesnt mean spam)
if the titles should mean something, they should be related with the actual nature of these forums

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Haven't you been telling us all along that titles and post counts are meaningless? Why the sudden change?

If you believe they are essentially meaningless, what does it matter where the post count comes from? If not, why have you often said they are?

Murgatroyd

[Alexander's Horse]

Personally, I find my post count more a cause for embarrassment than a cause of celebration.

[Dookie]

I agree with Murgatroyd...it reeks of hypocrisy does this. It reeks of hypocrisy I say!

[Dookie]

I agree with Murgatroyd...it reeks of hypocrisy does this. It reeks of hypocrisy I say!