Yes |
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54.4% (548) |
No |
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3.1% (31) |
Never put up irrelevant options, it's stupid and means that you won't get the results you created the poll for. |
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42.5% (428) |
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On the Record  Posts: 5973 Joined: 7 Feb 2008     | |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 12251 Joined: 16 Jan 2009    |
Xitel, Berethond, and I, actually. Whee! We're super-special-awesome! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4758 Joined: 20 Mar 2009    |
Neon and Sanity also have Neos now. As well as some others probably. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 12251 Joined: 16 Jan 2009 |
It seems like everyone's getting Neo now. He seems to have lost a tiny bit of his hard-to-get reputation. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4758 Joined: 20 Mar 2009 |
Seeing as it's a one shot thing, I doubt he would be losing much of his reputation yet. Give it time and it may come to be but not yet. |
Community Manager  Posts: 612 Joined: 14 Dec 2004     |
As of this post, 26 accounts have been awarded the Neo badge. Remember that these forums are the same system as the WarCry forums, which have been around a lot longer. |
On the Record  Posts: 5165 Joined: 3 Mar 2008  |
And you have to remember that with the ever-growing forum population, it still remains at a very miniscule ratio. It's still just as rare as it ever was. Updates Ahoy! 18/9/09: Changed 'only 3' to 'very few' with regards to those who havew acquired the Neo badge, to avoid confusion. Thanks to PedroSteckecilo for pointing that out. I was originally going to make a 'appeals' section, with a list of mods and staff to contact, but the OP is getting too big and unwieldy, and Preview is screwing up every so often to reflect this. It doesn't really matter though, because the message you recieve after you get Probed/Suspended/Banned asks you to do that if you must anyway. |
Red Guard  Posts: 4925 Joined: 14 Oct 2007  |
If you just add a note that any of the mods can be contacted in the case of necessity and/or query it'll work. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 976 Joined: 27 Aug 2009     | How do you add videos? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4758 Joined: 20 Mar 2009 |
Type in [youtube=*insert Youtube ID Here*] and from there just put in the bold section the video ID -- that's the part of a Youtube URL for a video after the watch?v= And the result would be the video below. If you still need help, just quote me and see what I write at the bottom of this post -- please note, with Youtube videos, you should put them in spoilers, the only reason why I'm not in this case is to make it easier to understand. |
On the Record Posts: 5165 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
Fair enough. I'll write it in next time I get the chance. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 533 Joined: 6 Apr 2009     | is it a bug that several threads stopped to return to the first page after someone reply in them, or is it a new function to encourage some threads to die, by making them sunk in the forum order ? |
Paperboy Posts: 25 Joined: 15 Sep 2009     | handy stuff |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4758 Joined: 20 Mar 2009 |
That's happened to me before. I think it's just a bug and the forums haven't noticed a new post in them. The thread usually comes back up after a while on page one but I don't think it's a new system, as it's been happening to me for ages. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 533 Joined: 6 Apr 2009 |
it happned before for a few minutes, maybe an hour top, but now i'm replying in subjects that are on page 9, and stay on page 9 after i reply... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 494 Joined: 22 Feb 2009   | A bit harsh though, I'm on probation for starting a comment (to come back to later - started at home, turned off laptop to move from house to Uni, came back, and found I was on Probation) |
Community Manager Posts: 612 Joined: 14 Dec 2004 |
We have an option to sink posts so that replies do not bump them back to the front page. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1817 Joined: 14 Jun 2009   |
May I ask why they aren't just locked? It just seems to me that they serve the same purposes - just with a lock, you realise that the thread is over, and if they're sunk then it's a bit confusing. At least, I was confused why one of my threads wasn't returned to the front page after a reply, until now at least. Just a query: do you think you could put a little symbol (akin to the 'lock' symbol, just not a lock...) just to alert people that it's been sunk, just to recognise it? |
Community Manager Posts: 612 Joined: 14 Dec 2004 |
A Sink is less than a Lock. We do it when the thread hasn't yet "earned" a lock, but is on it's way there. Locking a thread frustrates those that are in a heated discussion, so we hate to do that. When a thread is going downhill due to the subject matter or discussion, sinking will almost stop any newcomers so that the current heated discussion can cool down so that they don't get themselves locked. Here's a metaphor to help color what I just said: Or, the mods can stealthily pull the few that are arguing to the side so no one else overhears them so they can continue their argument without interruption, jail time or teargas. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 178 Joined: 11 Aug 2009    | many thanks, i feel free to post my true opinions now! |
On the Record  Posts: 6738 Joined: 10 Apr 2007    |
Wow! Great idea. Very nice feature to have. I know I've often been in a back and forth with people I like on here who nevertheless have very different opinions from mine, but the thread has gotten locked because of the people who see the topic and run in just to toss off a silly, flame-bate one liner. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 680 Joined: 16 Jul 2009   |
My best friend on here Neonbob got this badge to he got a rank or whatever under your username and it said Noble Literate. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009  | Krunk, do you think it is worth me adding this to the community thread? Especially now it is stickied. I'm planning on a major overhaul of that thread sometime in the coming week so may you please let me know your feelings on the matter? Thankyou. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3778 Joined: 29 Dec 2007    |
Inverse I thought you had left us, maybe I just wasn't looking however. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009 |
No I was definitely gone for at least four or five months. Study commitments originally which turned into a staying away in general because it was going to be hard to come back because I thought I'd just have to leave again when my life became busy. But I'm back around, and enjoying posting once again. It's good to see you! |
Beat Writer  Posts: 147 Joined: 11 Oct 2009    | A good read and easy to understand, has me lookng out for anyone with a Neo badge now :D |
On the Record  Posts: 6532 Joined: 8 Nov 2008  |
Hey!
Of course you will. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009 |
Yup. Subtle hint with the Neo badge as well lol... |
On the Record Posts: 6532 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
Yup. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009 |
Yes, you're at least 2000 posts higher than when I last saw you. It's been quite enjoyable actually seeing who has jumped up in post counts and by how much. I also congratulate you on obtaining Neo, that is a very fine effort indeed! |
On the Record Posts: 6532 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
Yeah, I'm a loser, aren't I? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009 |
Lol, I didn't mean it in that way! (If I hadn't left and had posted at much the same rate I'd probably be up to 6-7000 posts probably myself... I mean I've put on 100 in a day since I've come back). I haven't had one yet either, but I'm only halfway to Neo. Hopefully I don't say anything stupid. |
On the Record Posts: 6532 Joined: 8 Nov 2008 |
Well, best of luck to you. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3774 Joined: 3 Feb 2009 |
Why thankyou, that's very nice of you. It'll be good to see you around once again. |
On the Record Posts: 5165 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
Hey, welcome back! I'm absolutely fine with you using it for the Community Thread, and as for the question on its usefulness... well, it'll attract more attention tho the thread. More attention means that less people should get banned/probed, and (ahem) I get the Forum Inferno badge quicker. Hehehehe... Anyways, back to the important stuff. Great to see you again! |
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Hey Krunk,
I thought I'd point out that several more people have acquired the rare NeoBadge, I know for a fact that xitel has joined our ranks recently and I think one other Escapist has it as well. So I think there are now 5 People who have this badge.