These forums are WAY too strict...

.a · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2002

I hear Schupo's hung like a horse.

Bringer of Death · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:

BX^3 · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

i say we lock this for a stupid reasons to make him mad.
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YuMeXsHiNjItE · Trick Member Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: San Diego, CA

No, no, no.

NO.

Seriously, ask yourself.

This forum is meant to encompass all kinds of information. This forum has a large userbase, and also has been around for quite a while. The topics that are currently in discussion in the forums probably cover anything and everything anyone could think of regarding DDR. The userbase covers all types of people: adults, teenagers, children.

It is hard to create a forum that successfully is tailored to suit everyone's needs, and even more so to maintain it that way. If someone needs to have a firm hand and keep some order, they should, or quite honestly, possibly DDRFreak wouldn't enjoy the same popularity without the security of knowing that it is a (generally) safe environment for safe discussions about topics people enjoy. The moderators do a great job of keeping the forum, which is in all truth, the essence of the entire website because it is the one place where all the users have input and discussion about every bit of news that happens, and where ideas are heard.

We are a society in its way, and this society has its rules to abide by so as to try and not to leave everyone out that couldn't otherwise participate. I can live without having to say a bad word, and it's not so hard to not be rude. Organization is also a must. For you to ask to tailor the site to your needs is pretty selfish, don't you think?

If you really must, you can try to open your own forum. But, seeing how disgruntled a lot of us sound at this, maybe you should consider who might need to think twice about their words and actions.

emi lover · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Location: mia

I agree somewhat these forums are starting to get ridiculous

, but everything in life doesn't work out in your favor...If anything they should losen up on some topics.
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crunchwrap · Trick Member Joined: 19 Oct 2006

Finally, someone (emi lover - who's actually my cousin

) agrees with me at the fact that these forums are too strict!!! Hmmm, it seems like people I talk with in the real world agree with me - how strange is that!

gasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Location: Montreal

Seriously, it's not a big deal. If anything, they need to be more strict. Especially with postwhoring.
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Mitternacht · Trick Member Joined: 25 Feb 2002

This place... Strict? I think not

If you post in the right sections and what you post isn't something thats been discussed a few hundred times already then you should be good to go ^^
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Shinmizu · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject:

emi lover · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Location: mia

whatever we barly share intrests other than ddr i like anime rpgs shooting games and everything but fighting games and he likes DOA x2 and fightingames hates anime and anthing thats not comidy prity much we r very diffrent so i dont think that apply......
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.a · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2002

If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, I hear Schupo's hung like a horse.

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0rion · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

I... thought you were done arguing, Crunchy.

Look, a lot of new people take it personally when their topic gets locked. But this isn't GameFAQs or IGN. This is a different message board with different rules. You are not entitled to any form of freedom of speech on a private forum, so you argument is already reduced to absolutely nothing.

And on a more practical note, what exactly happens to you when a topic gets locked? Nothing. Unless the topic is absolutely out of hand (something that occurs rarely even under the worst of situations), you don't get any warning points for it. You get one or two jaded people making a smart-ass remark that you probably deserved because you were too lazy to actually check the backlog, and that's it. What, did someone hurt your pride on an anonymous Internet forum? Suck it up and quick acting like an infant.
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Tobias Preener · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:

For the most part, I agree with Sir orion. DDRFreak is one of the most mature forums compared to other message boards out there (and thats saying a lot), and the reason is because of the rules here. It is to keep the boards from falling into chaos, and it has worked very well. As long as you know what you are doing and you're not a retard, the rules shouldn't be a problem.

My only problem sometimes is how sometimes the rules are usually too strictly enforced, as in no leniancy. I understand no postwhoring, but not even a couple game threads? Like two? A lot of people usually have fun in them, and it pisses me off how mods will lock it with no leeway of the rules at all, ending it for everyone, especially if it has over 2000 posts. If it broke the rules, then why wasn't it locked in the first place? Not locking it implies that it is ok, and locking it after it has gone for months kind of makes everyone mad. And don't give me that "JDogg pays for lots of bandwith, and we don't want to waste it." He makes a lot of money from the ads on this site. So money is not an issue. What I'm saying is, let us bend the rules occssionally.
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Flameboat · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:

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Are you talking about the exclamation game? It was pretty retarded to begin with, and after a few thousand posts it had completely deteriorated into something random and idiotic.
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Bringer of Death · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

I have two combinations of three words, anyone can choose either combination:

"Suck it up" or "Go somewhere else"

Sucking it up really isn't that difficult around here. Have an objective and intelligence with your post and things should be just dandy.

As for letting something go on for days. Moderators aren't checking every forum on DDR Freak 24/7. If you need a moderator, PM them. Some of us are able to be contacted on AIM (like myself). You just have to be patient, we want to help.
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crunchwrap · Trick Member Joined: 19 Oct 2006

I know you "mods" say you want to help, but I sometimes feel you guys are completely taking advantage of your ability to lock topics when you're bored. When I was in a chat room on another website (I know I'm comparing apples and oranges, but it's the same concept), one of the members who runs that chat room threw me out for using caps on one of my sentences, and for me saying that he's rediculous for saying "easy on the caps". I came back into that same chat room, he told me I was being a douche, and I started saying "how was I being a douche?", etc. until he threw me out again admitting that he "was bored". I feel that, just like in that chat room, Mods in this website are taking advantage of their ability to lock (aside from these forums being too strict).

mistercow_pnoy · Trick Member Joined: 17 May 2005