"Transition 2006": Executive Changes

[Ming]

Originally posted by Lancer
This reminds me. Just before the whole stinking mess goes down the toilet in Lancer's crapper there's alot of splashing and swirling which I refer to as 'Transition '06', just to add a little spin to the swirl. As the years change just update. It makes the whole toilet going experience more exciting.

I see nothing here that will grow Poly, quite the opposite, but the excitement! Wow! A Royal Flush!

You are welcome to your opinion...

But we are welcome to ours as well. Some of us are working really hard to improve an already great site. Some of us care about the community and just want to make it stronger and better.

[techumseh]

I do appreciate it, as do hundreds of others

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Ming


You are welcome to your opinion...

But we are welcome to ours as well. Some of us are working really hard to improve an already great site. Some of us care about the community and just want to make it stronger and better.

Good luck with that.

[Harry Tuttle]

Thank you to MarkG and DanQ and all the others for keeping such a wonderful site going strong all these years. Many more to come.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Locutus
- Our email anti-spam software updated and made enormously more effective, which I *think* benefits all PLUS email accounts (but at the very least all Staff accounts, which has actually made email a viable means of communication for us again -- for me anyway)

You mean to tell me that when I had 3 free month's of Poly PLUS (Apolyton Sage No. 10 ) That I had an e-mail account also?

ACK!

[vovan]

Originally posted by DrSpike
And Locutus and Mark are real people, whilst Ming and Rah are mysterious Ming Rah entities.

Obviously, these Ming and rah characters are just Mark's DLs. He could not longer maintain three accounts with top post counts, due to real life time constraints, and hence one of them got phased out.

Does this mean that the babe thread rules will change?

That alone would make me an avid supporter of this "transition".

Any way: good luck, Markos, with those sites you link in your sig.

And Dan and the new co-owner trio - keep up the good work.

[Dis]

just found out aboutt his from a thread in civ4. For some reason I tend to ignore all topped threads and announcements.

I especially look forward to the new civ4 guy. We need to keep that really up to date seeing as that is still a new game, and I feel it's been way too neglected. If we are going to attract new people to the site (who will stay) we have to have new content on the new games.

so big props to the civ4 changes.

Now, about getting post counts back in off topic...

[Dis]

and I'm still available to be off topic moderator.

[Lancer]

I offered myself up to DQ as a substitute to Ming a while back. Said I'd bring in a couple folks to help. Would have looked to you Dis, and Zkribbler. Most likely Zkrib would have had the sense to turn me down. Still, it would have put 'the people' back on top. People who really care about the community rather than just having a bit of fun at others expense. Now things are worse. Still, alot better than when I was 17 and facing a real threat to a real community. This is relatively meaningless.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Lancer
Still, it would have put 'the people' back on top. People who really care about the community rather than just having a bit of fun at others expense. Now things are worse.

Hmmm... I guess volunteering a ton of our free time over the years to make this a better site doesn't count as caring about the community

[Beta]

Originally posted by Ming

Some of us are working really hard to improve an already great site. Some of us care about the community and just want to make it stronger and better.

Right on, Ming!

Just want to reiterate what most folks have said with a big thanks to Mark, and all the best with future endeavours.

And to Dan and crew, congrats and best wishes with the changes. Having managed large corporate changes before, I appreciate that transition is often a time of personal and professional stress. You have the support of the membership.

Apolyton is a great place; and will only get better under your leadership. Rock on! Love live Poly!

[Sava]

Originally posted by Ming


Hmmm... I guess volunteering a ton of our free time over the years to make this a better site doesn't count as caring about the community

No.

You could just be one of those people that likes spending time with retarded children.




If that's the case, this would be an entirely selfish endeavor on your part. You would just be satisfying your own needs, feeding the care-giver aspects of your personality

Is a love for Civ what keeps you active here? I think it's probably much more complicated than that Ming. It's okay. You can let it all out. Don't worry, I've got some tissue.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Sava
No.

Your opinion... But I must ask, how much have you given to the civ community.

You could just be one of those people that likes spending time with retarded children.

Are you implying that people like you and lancer plus other members of this site are retarted children?

I came to this site to discuss civ. And I still do. Unlike some of the posters, I'm still an active player of both Civ 2 and 4. I give my time freely to help this site since it is my home on internet.... not because I like spending time with retarded children

Is a love for Civ what keeps you active here? I think it's probably much more complicated than that Ming. It's okay. You can let it all out. Don't worry, I've got some tissue.

As I stated, I still love Civ. I play it, talk it, and enjoy the civ community. What is your reason for being active here... do you still play civ?

My reasons for being active here are very clear... are yours or Lancers?

[rah]

Originally posted by Sava
No.

You could just be one of those people that likes spending time with retarded children.

........MUST resist obvious joke.
Ming has spent time with you?

I've contributed my time to pay back the community for providing me with thousands of hours of enjoyment on MP games and chatting on the site with other gamers.
We've invited them into our homes (much to our wife's chagrin) We've met them for drinks, food, games and parties. It's ALL about the people.

I have now stupidly agreed to contribute additional time.


Anyone that thinks it's all about power truely doesn't understand.

You really have to enjoy the community to put up with the crap that we do. (him more than me )

[Harovan]

Has the new crew of owners the same prudish attitude as the old one had, or will finally babe threads and pr0n attachments be allowed? With other words, is this braindead "family site" concept still alive?