On the announcement that posts in OT wont increase post count

[Lefty Scaevola]

Free pony rides can turn a classy floor very ****ty very fast. Oh! stble boy, come and muck out.

[Eroberer]

OT posts count!



This is the first time I've ever disagreed with you, MarkG. The OTF is my internet home!

[Dr.Oogkloot]

Hm. I don't like this.
Just when I was nearly going to be King (and lost interest in Civ some time ago).

Now all the spam will migrate to the on-topic forums where it doesn't belong.

Can't there be some compromise? Off-topic posts count half, something like that?

[Imran Siddiqui]

"Why do you feel you are paying any price? Is post count that important to you?"

Easy enough to say when you're already a Deity and have a administrative title.

Who ever made this decision: Not that you'll care, but I'm outta here. This IS discrimination against the OT posters. I can't stand injustice, and this definitely fits my definition. I can't do anything about it, so I'm leaving.

I know you won't miss me. Why? Because like greedy feudal landlords, though you may own the town, but because of your attitudes towards us you are not, have not been, and never will be part of the community that lives there. You won't care one wit if that community loses a member. You are not one of us, and now you are using your right of eminent domain to trample us.

LOL! Yes, I'm only saying this beacuse I'm already a Deity and am a News Editor... Get real! I have been one of the most vocal proponents of getting rid of special titles and post counts all together.

Discrimination? Life isn't fair, people get discriminated against...

Greedy feudal landlords... ROTFLOL! You aren't stumping for the revolution, you are writing a post on a game forum!

That said I don't really agree with Mark, but he has made his decision...

[RedFred]

My feeling is that the old rules kept most of the spam on OT where it belonged. I fear an invasion of spam on to the SMAC boards.

Probably not the right spot for it, but some feedback on the "new look": we now have no end of options and eyecandy. My problem is that 'Poly has always loaded slowly. It is now that much slower.

The only other complaint I have is that I now seem to get an e-mail every time I post. I realise that there is an option to defeat this, but I would prefer that the default was no e-mail and that you would have the option to add it. I say this because I suspect the vast majority of us don't want a ton of extra junk e-mail.

[Gatekeeper]

Irresponsible Assumptions

Everyone:

I've noticed that some posters fear there will be a flood of OTF spam onto the OT forums now that post counts don't count in the OTF anymore.

Talk about an excellent job of assuming and painting everyone who participates in the OTF with your stereotypical paintbrush. Perhaps you'd like it if I, from now on, referred to all Civ players as one-dimensional Quake and Duke Nukem rockheads whose only interest is shoot 'em ups and RTS. Since I am a Civ player myself, though, I know that isn't always true. So I can't employ stereotyping and assumptions as easy as some OT forum posters can about the OTF.

And I speak as one who posts in both the OT and OTF.

CYBERAmazon

[Bird]

First

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


I have been one of the most vocal proponents of getting rid of special titles and post counts all together.

Then

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That said I don't really agree with Mark, but he has made his decision...

Huh?

[TCO]

key issue

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Mark - I think his point is that without the OTF nobody new is going to reach that 1000 post threshold. Hell, I know I don't have 1000 posts outside the OTF... I'm sure there are plenty in the same boat. It wouldn't surprise me if at least two of the mods didn't have 1000 posts outside the OTF - not to say that they aren't on topic posters but the on topic forums move a hell of a lot slower. The "custom avatar" thing discriminates against newbies in the first place and this will do so even more. How long does it take the average on-topic poster to reach 1000 posts? Forever...

Now, with the limit on message length and the need to post loads before receipt of a custom avatar, whilst at the same time removing post count from the OTF, it seems you're doing one thing to try to prevent spam and another to encourage it.

You all are missing the point. The solution is to use Civ2 general or Apolyton Forum as OT forums.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by MarkG
last time i checked this was a gaming forum. last time i checked "other games" and "s&d" where about games.

The last time I checked this was a Civilization site. Last time I checked "other games" and "s&d" weren't about Civilization. So do you have a real point?

[Zopperoni]

Can't we just freeze the post count on the spamming people...I only visit OT most of the time...and I was getting very close to becoming King...and I want my own avatar

[JohnT]

Markos: "last time i checked this was a gaming forum. last time i checked "other games" and "s&d" where about games. "

And the last time I checked "Guns, Germs, and Steel" was about a book.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by JohnT
And the last time I checked "Guns, Germs, and Steel" was about a book.

so you're under the impression that we have a forum for a book?
check again....

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by MarkG
actually, it's really hard to find people to buy ad space on general topic forums these days....

ACtually Apolyton is better since :

a) usually quite smart people post here
b) if not, they are usually funny
c) if not, they get banned
e) Apolyton is the most addictive forum i've been to. I know I'm still here.

Anyway, if we're in this "no promoting spammers" policy, then disable post count for the Community and the Staff forums.

We don't want you mods spamming either! :P

[Evan von Christoph]

Mark could I ask for my 4500 posts back (I know you don't really need something else to do ; it would be much appreciated b/c I made my decision not knowing about this forum change). Otherwise it looks like I'm going to remain settler forever (until civ3 comes out it seems).

[Eroberer]

...in whatever case

I've come to love the changes, Mark, if not the fact that apparently my input here will no longer.