No democracy in the forums.

doctopepa · July 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Not political this time. read it.</div>Read this page down to the last and final post by MonsieurEvil:

<a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=4112;hl=doctopepa;st=30" target="_blank">http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin....a;st=30</a>

I can see that now since you (or whoever) lock the topic before I get a chance to explain what i mean. I'm not gonna do that now though cause you'll probably lock this one too.
I think we had a very fruitful discussion going on there.
If there was more time more interesting viewpoints could have come to light.

coil · July 2002

I think there was a bit of confusion in that thread - whether its goal was to replace "bob, tiny," etc as the *nicknames* in the forums, or to actually select *official* names for the aliens.

If it's the former... (as I think you said) good luck - you can't get an established community to change their way of thinking.

If it's the latter (which I think is what MonsE assumed), then he was right to lock it - the team is trying to cut down on the use of the "nicknames" because they eventually want to establish official names and have people actually *use* them. Frankly, most of the PTs don't use the nicknames at all, except for "flier" - we call them by their level numbers, for lack of a "real" name to call them.

doctopepa · July 2002

It's the former. Thank you coil.
If the team doesn't want us to use nicks, then why didn't he say so? Or even make an official announcement?

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

You are being somewhat melodramatic, Doc. Coil is perfectly correct in his statement. We have not made an official announcement because it's been in endless debate amongst the NS team itself. But our thoughts on the current cutesy names are well know.

/me goes off to add Bob, Tiny, Pudgy, and Blinky to the swear filter.

doctopepa · July 2002

Ok, you lost me. I'm not ANGRY if that's what you think.

EDIT: Ok, now i got it. But I didn't know the team hated the nicks. I though team members came up with them.

CollateralDamage · July 2002

Whole debate is kinda silly, we'll just call those critters whatever we want anyway. Nicknames just happen, and they never go away. Vivá la revolution!

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

I guess you missed this thread:

<a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=10;t=4070" target="_blank">We hate the unofficial nicknames</a>

5 pages, with myself, Merx, Flayra, and a bunch of testers talking about how we dislike the names and hope to have the real ones finalized soon and the old ones stamped out.

doctopepa · July 2002

Oh... LOL! But it would have been even more funny if the postname really WAS "We hate the unofficial nicknames"...

As you can see I must have missed that one. Hurry up with the names. And make 'em short and cool, or nobody will use them...

f3rret · July 2002

Didn't Moleculor come up with the name "Bob"? Here I was trying to be cool by using the nicknames.... <b>I WAS ONLY TRYING TO FIT IN, D</b>A<b>MN YOU ALL!!</b>

CollateralDamage · July 2002

conformism2lose

f3rret · July 2002

Um... yeah. Sure thing CollateralDamage....

Maybe I should have added [sarcasm][/sarcasm] to my post...

CollateralDamage · July 2002

yeah, me too. geez.

f3rret · July 2002

Man, I hate it when that happens... <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Teen 1: "Here comes that Human Cannonball Guy. Yeah, he's cool..."
Teen 2: "Dude, are you being sarcastic?"
Teen 1: "Man, I don't even know anymore..."

doctopepa · July 2002

* * * O F F T O P I C * * *

lol <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Nemesis_Zero · July 2002

Erm, MonsE, please read the last phrase of Flayra in the interview on HL Italia.

Bob is slowly winning ground, it seems <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

CollateralDamage · July 2002

Be thankful we took it off-topic, on-topic it will only get locked again by our benevolent dictator.

Now how many smilies do I need to denote my never-ending sarcasm...

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Sgt_X · July 2002

Flay said the interviewer added that. Probably he wanted to sound like he was "in" the community and stuff. (I am talking bout the interviewer)

Nemesis_Zero · July 2002

Awww crap.

MonsieurEvil · July 2002

When are you going to learn that I am infallible?

/me changes name to Pope MonsE the 1st, and moves this to off-topic.

Moleculor · July 2002

(Odd error pops up when you try to post to something right after it gets moved... Really weird&#33<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Yes, that was added by the interviewer without the permission of Flayra.

And yes, I ended up spawning the name Bob (with a simple two word post). I like the nicknames, as they're easy to use, and sound somewhat 'degrading' to the aliens.. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

I personally will continue to use all the nick names I'm used to (Bob, Builder, Flyer, Level Four, and Oh Crap) in game until the rest of the -community- changes.

Why? Because that's the only way to be understood.

Just to drag this on-topic again... Yes, there is no democracy in the forums. Welcome to NS. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

doctopepa · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Sgt. X @ July 26 2002,16:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Probably he wanted to sound like he was "in" the community and stuff.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
haha!
Don't u guys get annoyed when flayra tries to act like he's on the NS team? I think all he wants is friends.

Morso_Rodriguez · July 2002

The nicknames will probably go away when NS comes out and other, non-forum people play, they won't know what forum folks are talking about. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Sgt_X · July 2002

/me hits doctopepa on the head.

That's for driving my Bob vs Swat Team thread so off topic it had to be locked.

/me decatpitates doctopepa.

Bad, didn't u read the sign, "No Joking, Sarcasm or Fun. This is a bloody Dictatorship."
<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Nemesis_Zero · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Moleculor @ July 26 2002,14:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yes, there is no democracy in the forums. Welcome to NS. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Interesting enough, the 'NS' - acronym was already used by a dictatorship (take a look at my location and guess which).

Coincidence? <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

doctopepa · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Sgt. X @ July 26 2002,18:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">/me hits doctopepa on the head.

That's for driving my Bob vs Swat Team thread so off topic it had to be locked.

/me decatpitates doctopepa.

Bad, didn't u read the sign, "No Joking, Sarcasm or Fun. This is a bloody Dictatorship."
<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I don't know what you're talking about. Was I drunk? Am I drunk now? Jeez!

Sgt_X · July 2002

Spin around 5 times and if u fall down at three then ur drunk. If one the first spin both ur legs just give out and you have trouble breathing you're ABC is most likly .1 and you need to see a doctor for a transfusion.
(umm, doh they look like the first 3 letters in the Alphabet, I mean Alcohol Blood Content, the higher this is the better cause it mesuares how much blood is in your alcohol stream, it was in a book somewhere)

doctopepa · July 2002

ROCK ON! And don't forget to listen to tenacious d!
Ok hehe, back to the topic:
This thread is now a manifest of anarchy and utter... What? No s.t.f.u it's my thread! ...anyway, the only way you're safe from the lion is in his ###. If, however I see lamers only trying to raise their status i will see that it's locked (That's what i do best).
LONG LIVE THE POINTLESS THREAD.
(damn i think i just locked it...)

Insane · July 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (doctopepa @ July 29 2002,10:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">damn i think i just locked it...</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Not yet! Yipeee!

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Sgt_X · July 2002

So my friends, shall we have an uprising today? Right, which pointless attempt at a political system shall we try, another Dictatorship or a Democracy, or shall we appoint me king and become a Constitotinal Monarchy.

Insane · July 2002

Hmm.... which ever one involves the most pies <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

But seriously, "Benign dictatorship" is really the only way a forum can fuction properly, I think. A democracy just wouldn't work.

Freemantle · July 2002

Lol, I think 'latent dictatorship' describes it better. It only gets interesting when SpiderMonkey and Jedisar start sending nasty PMs. I've gotten quite a few nasty PMs.

No democracy in the forums.

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