Mods: Please delete this forum

by **InkL0sed** on Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:04 pm

The (not yet) Recovered was much more fun. We need a good deletion to rile up the forum-goers and get the lurkers out of the woodworks. I'm actually semi-serious.

by **hecter** on Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:10 pm

Could we not...

by **Nikolai** on Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:14 pm

InkL0sed wrote:The (not yet) Recovered was much more fun. We need a good deletion to rile up the forum-goers and get the lurkers out of the woodworks. I'm actually semi-serious.

I find myself semi-agreeing... the only big problem is that we'd lose the fun long-running threads.

by **jiminski** on Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:27 pm

Nikolai wrote:
InkL0sed wrote:The (not yet) Recovered was much more fun. We need a good deletion to rile up the forum-goers and get the lurkers out of the woodworks. I'm actually semi-serious.

I find myself semi-agreeing... the only big problem is that we'd lose the fun long-running threads.

not meaning to upset anyone .. but many of those old threads are the core of forum stagnation. They represent a place for people to wallow in melancholy and regret for a golden age of posting!
"ahhh it's not like the old days .. i miss Blinky and Pongo so.. oh you remember when blah blah blah .. we won't see the likes of those days again! everyone is shit now, even me without so and so here!"

heh a mild exaggeration i am sure but cutting the dead-wood out aint such a bad idea.

by **pimpdave** on Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:34 pm

jiminski wrote:not meaning to upset anyone .. but many of those old threads are the core of forum stagnation. They represent a place for people to wallow in melancholy and regret for a golden age of posting!
"ahhh it's not like the old days .. i miss Blinky and Pongo so.. oh you remember when blah blah blah .. we won't see the likes of those days again! everyone is shit now, even me without so and so here!"

heh a mild exaggeration i am sure but cutting the dead-wood out aint such a bad idea.

My question is, how did anyone function before there was a history to wallow in?

Blinky and Pongo had it pretty good cause the forum was still new, or relatively, anyway. I mean, this site is only about 2 years old, right? Maybe 3?

So with the old stuff gone, there'd be less precedent to impede creativity. People wouldn't be saying "see, it's been done before here, here and here." When there's nothing new, anyway, it's just not ever so easily put in front of our faces in other media formats.

by **legendkiller717** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:58 am

or, possibly, everyone could just not acknowledge the people who constantly refer to the past when they do, thus forcing them to either stop whining or start being interesting, ad not have o delete anything, giving the chance to go back and find something interesting or useful one day when you are bored. best of both worlds.

and they say the best way to initiate change and fresh thinking is to not ask, but to force, the old guard to follow the agenda of the mass...

just a thought

by **InkL0sed** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:05 am

legendkiller717 wrote:or, possibly, everyone could just not acknowledge the people who constantly refer to the past when they do, thus forcing them to either stop whining or start being interesting, ad not have o delete anything, giving the chance to go back and find something interesting or useful one day when you are bored. best of both worlds.

and they say the best way to initiate change and fresh thinking is to not ask, but to force, the old guard to follow the agenda of the mass...

just a thought

The problem isn't specific people. The fact of the matter is things get old on a forum with history. It's more of a mental thing. In a new forum, there'd be such a sense of excitement, like having a blank page in front of you. It's like a fresh start, and it's invigorating.

by **legendkiller717** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:14 am

InkL0sed wrote:
legendkiller717 wrote:or, possibly, everyone could just not acknowledge the people who constantly refer to the past when they do, thus forcing them to either stop whining or start being interesting, ad not have o delete anything, giving the chance to go back and find something interesting or useful one day when you are bored. best of both worlds.

and they say the best way to initiate change and fresh thinking is to not ask, but to force, the old guard to follow the agenda of the mass...

just a thought

The problem isn't specific people. The fact of the matter is things get old on a forum with history. It's more of a mental thing. In a new forum, there'd be such a sense of excitement, like having a blank page in front of you. It's like a fresh start, and it's invigorating.

yeah, but to lose some of the value here in the old posts is kinda not worth it to just have something new...its much better to just say"i'm going to be original and creative", and if you cant, well then maybe you never really had anything to say...

by **InkL0sed** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:16 am

Hence why I'm only semi serious.

On another note, I find it ironic that your name is legendkiller, and yet you're defending the status quo :lol:

by **TheProwler** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:48 am

It isn't that the "good old days" were any better...

It isn't that your choices are being narrowed because some things have been done before...

It doesn't have to do with the content in the forum. It has to do with YOU. At first, you found it exciting. Then the excitement calmed. Then it became a little boring at times. You want the old feeling back. But it won't come back, because it is a one-time thing. That initial excitement will never be felt by you again. Others are feeling it right now. Because they are new. Although when you whine about how much better the "good old days" were, you take a little bit of excitement away from them.

A lot of things are like this in life...exciting at first, but then it fades...

It's like a new girlfriend.

It's like heroine.

It's like kidnapping and torturing the paper boy.

The first time is always the best.

by **Gregrios** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:06 am

TheProwler wrote:It isn't that the "good old days" were any better...

It isn't that your choices are being narrowed because some things have been done before...

It doesn't have to do with the content in the forum. It has to do with YOU. At first, you found it exciting. Then the excitement calmed. Then it became a little boring at times. You want the old feeling back. But it won't come back, because it is a one-time thing. That initial excitement will never be felt by you again. Others are feeling it right now. Because they are new. Although when you whine about how much better the "good old days" were, you take a little bit of excitement away from them.

A lot of things are like this in life...exciting at first, but then it fades...

It's like a new girlfriend.

It's like heroine.

It's like kidnapping and torturing the paper boy.

The first time is always the best.

I think they refer to that as "right on the money"! 8-)

by **jonesthecurl** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:29 am

No, with the paper boy thing, it's still thrilling the third time.

by **jonesthecurl** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:30 am

Actually, the second one's best - that's the first time the new victim gets to hear the previous one still screaming.

by **pimpdave** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:35 am

Is that because you've gone and raised taxes on Joe the Paperboy?

You sick twisted monster!

by **Nikolai** on Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:19 pm

jonesthecurl wrote:Actually, the second one's best - that's the first time the new victim gets to hear the previous one still screaming.

So the second one's best because it's a first? 8-)

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:28 am

Nikolai wrote:
jonesthecurl wrote:Actually, the second one's best - that's the first time the new victim gets to hear the previous one still screaming.

So the second one's best because it's a first?

I know. Ironic, ain't it?