Point Counts, PCRs, Mods: Now I'm Paranoid

[Aramis]

I don't pay much attention to who's a king or warlord or settler. Don't care.
I pay no attention to my pc. Don't care.
I cruise through Apolyton on invisible mode and post when I feel like it.
Sometimes my post may be a paragraph or two, or just one word.
Recently I watched what happened at the Civ IV Bug thread at CivIII/PtW. Lots o' PCRs. That got me paying attention. But it's got me worried. And why am I worried? It's like an enforced paranoia where none should exist. Recently, again, I wanted to thank someone in a post for posting some help I needed. I don't wanna pm folks, because I don't much care for getting pms myself, and there may be other people like me. So I had to think 2wice about thinking 2wice about posting. Did it anyway.
Tonight I wanted to explain an earlier post and, again, I had to think 2wice about thinking 2wice. Did it anyway.

The points:
#1 Why are the numbers of posts so d**n important? I want to post when I feel like it's appropriate ( an even a "thanks" is sometimes appropriate, despite marginally OT).
#2 Why are the titles so d**n important to anybody? One has to be an elitist snob of a very low degree to care.

I know, it ain't my website.
Peace.

[Skanky Burns]

If you feel like making a relevant post - do so. The mods are fair most of the time, and shouldn't punish you for making a post that adds to the thread, or even thanking someone else for adding to the thread.

But really, if you don't care about your post count, why do you not want to risk losing it?

I must admit I haven't followed the latest in the Civ3 forum, but mass PCRs seem interesting!

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
If you feel like making a relevant post - do so. The mods are fair most of the time, and shouldn't punish you for making a post that adds to the thread, or even thanking someone else for adding to the thread.

But really, if you don't care about your post count, why do you not want to risk losing it?

I must admit I haven't followed the latest in the Civ3 forum, but mass PCRs seem interesting!

I have to agree,post away if you don't care about PCRs and titles.

The part about Civ 3 IS interesting, have to check it for the first time in a month or so.

ACK!

[vovan]

I agree. Mods are people, too, you know. They won't punish you for thanking someone for help. (Unless that is, you post a thankyou after every word someone says.) They have common sense, and will not punish people that use common sense when posting.

I've been here for a while now, and never had a pcr, ban, or anything like that, not even a warning - even though I used to spend lots of time in Civ3 forums. Thus, you too don't have to worry as long as you don't spam. I don't see a reason for "paranoya" as you said.

[H Tower]

the mods are nice to the new posters on the board usually, it'st the veteran flame warriors that they beat up on. don't worry about it

[notyoueither]

That thread is freakin' hilarious!

Ming pops in several times to remind people to stay on topic... in a thread that is pure SPAM.

So then the next guy asks, 'uhhhh, what is the topic? This is pure spam.' A while later Ming pops back in to ban someone else. Then the next guy...

[Skanky Burns]

Could someone post a link for the search-challenged?

[DrSpike]

Rob: the vast majority of the time you would have to do much more than that to earn a pcr. Like Skanky I don't know anything about the civ3 pcr's, but I am confident they were something like constant flaming or posting off topic.

[alva]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Could someone post a link for the search-challenged?

* alva gives Skanky a white walking stick and guides him through traffice to the other side of the road *

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77850

[Harovan]

You Candle'Bre folks could really try not to confuse the rest of us with your avatar changes. For some reason, I begin to mix up FP with alva.

[rah]

I have never given out a PCR or banned anyone that has simply said thank you or contributed to a topic. So Rob, I'm not sure where your paranoia is coming from. BUT, For the rest of you that are spamming this thread, I will consider massive PCR's.

RAH

[TheStinger]

Mad Bomber got hammered didn't he. Did anyone else smell DL in that thread

[Alex]

I think that with some time and experience you'll know when and where to post things that really stretch the boundaries of what could be considered spam...

Not that I do it, not at all.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by rah
BUT, For the rest of you that are spamming this thread, I will consider massive PCR's.

RAH

see, now you're going to frighten him again!

[rah]

Originally posted by H Tower
see, now you're going to frighten him again!

.....and your point.