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Gone Gonzo
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This really needs a good updating but it is a great guide ^-^

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The Rockerfly:
This really needs a good updating but it is a great guide ^-^

Yeah, I'll be on it in the next few days. I haven't been able to touch the internet (well, at least not for a great period of time) in a while and with a substantial update on the way, I haven't found the time necessary to complete it. Rest assured, once I get the time to properly make and polish the update it will be up. This weekend at the very latest.

Gone Gonzo
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Lord Krunk:

The Rockerfly:
This really needs a good updating but it is a great guide ^-^

Yeah, I'll be on it in the next few days. I haven't been able to touch the internet (well, at least not for a great period of time) in a while and with a substantial update on the way, I haven't found the time necessary to complete it. Rest assured, once I get the time to properly make and polish the update it will be up. This weekend at the very latest.

Good luck ^-^

Gone Gonzo
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Kuliani:
Ok, added Labyrinth and Ultrajoe to the list of mods in the Posting Guidelines thread. Ultrajoe actually wanted to keep his forum title instead of taking the Red Guard title, if anyone was wondering.

What about Baby Tea? Or did that happen recently?

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scotth266:

Kuliani:
Ok, added Labyrinth and Ultrajoe to the list of mods in the Posting Guidelines thread. Ultrajoe actually wanted to keep his forum title instead of taking the Red Guard title, if anyone was wondering.

What about Baby Tea? Or did that happen recently?

Yes, it was a recent thing.

Kuliani said that Red Guard #3 would not be disclosed until he agreed. I think it can be safely assumed that Baby Tea was him.

Updates soon.

Community Manager
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Note that I added definitions for thread necroing and thread duping. Announced here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Inside-The-Escapist

Added Baby Tea to the roster of Red Guards.

Gone Gonzo
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Kuliani:
Note that I added definitions for thread necroing and thread duping. Announced here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Inside-The-Escapist

Added Baby Tea to the roster of Red Guards.

Thank you for these clarifications. Maybe now we can spend more time in enjoying this forum, rather than arguing about how it should work.

And congratulations to our new Guards.

Gone Gonzo
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Kuliani:
Note that I added definitions for thread necroing and thread duping. Announced here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Inside-The-Escapist

Glad to see this, as this is one of the most discussed topics on The Escapist.

Oh, and I'm also glad to see you've updated the mod list now! :)

Paperboy
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ok so now i know what to fear

Paperboy
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Str8up_wizard:
ok so now i know what to fear

fear the banhammer i shall

Paperboy
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isn't one of the things were supposed to report, wierd its on the thread about reporting just this thing. hmmm i have half a mind to let it slide, half....

Gone Gonzo
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Str8up_wizard:

Str8up_wizard:
ok so now i know what to fear

fear the banhammer i shall

You know that you quoted yourself right? Anyway you have nothing to fear unless you plan to breach the rules.

On the Record
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Holy cow, that bot joined tomorrow.
That's crazy.

Also, the bot lies. With online music distributors, it would actually be better to give away your music.

Beat Writer
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Very nice, even though there's a few slight typos...

This site somewhat reminds of the ol' chatbox in Kingdom of Loathing... It always amazed me how fast people got banned, but I guess that's what you get for having mods on at almost all hours of the day o:

Str8up_wizard:

haveyaheard:
~snip~

isn't one of the things were supposed to report, wierd its on the thread about reporting just this thing. hmmm i have half a mind to let it slide, half....

Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner!

That is one stupid bot, though. Kinda reflects upon its creator, I think :)

I reported it. You should too, probably.

Paperboy
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Knight Templar:

Str8up_wizard:

Str8up_wizard:
ok so now i know what to fear

fear the banhammer i shall

You know that you quoted yourself right? Anyway you have nothing to fear unless you plan to breach the rules.

so very true, but i was killing two birds with one stone, i was addin in what i wanted the easiest way (was to lazy to click edit) and i also got to have a DRAMAZICT PAUZE! yay...

i just think its funny that that guys first post is spam and its on the article saying do not spam. i find that humorous.

Gone Gonzo
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berethond:
Holy cow, that bot joined tomorrow.
That's crazy.

The bot is probably in in a different timezone, so it was registered as joining on the 2nd. Mystery solved.

And I didn't even need a Scooby Snack...

Gone Gonzo
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swytchblayd:

Str8up_wizard:

haveyaheard:
~snip~

isn't one of the things were supposed to report, wierd its on the thread about reporting just this thing. hmmm i have half a mind to let it slide, half....

Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner!

That is one stupid bot, though. Kinda reflects upon its creator, I think :)

I reported it. You should too.

There's no probably needed in that sentence. If it's against the rules, you should definately report it. Leave no survivors.

Pulitzer Laureate
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WHY IS HE NOT BANNED ANYMORE :'(

On the Record
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That's serious ban material up there. Reported a dozen times.

Botched Necromancy:
-snip-

Would you kindly please stop posting your desktop background on our forums.

On the Record
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Botched Necromancy:
I can just make a new fucking account...

They can ban your IP you know.

Pulitzer Laureate
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Cpt_Oblivious:
Would you kindly please stop posting your desktop background on our forums.

WIN

Gone Gonzo
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Cpt_Oblivious:
That's serious ban material up there. Reported a dozen times.

Botched Necromancy:
-snip-

Would you kindly please stop posting your desktop background on our forums.

I don't think he's going to go somehow. But I am getting seriously pissed off at him posting that damn gay porn on every thread I go onto.

Who calls for IP ban?

EDIT: Ahhh Cpt..... Ninja'd!

Gone Gonzo
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I like KITTIES!

and 100% cotton socks

This man speaks the truth, we should all like Kitties, and 100% cotton socks really are comfortable.

Gone Gonzo
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Joined: 23 Apr 2008

ColdStorage:

Botched Necromancy:
OMG REPORTED

Not to take away your ePower fantasies, but I can just make a new fucking account...

Well can you stop it?, its not an ePower fantasy, I'm just asking you to stop it. Your making a mess of the forums, for what exactly?. All your posts will get deleted, all your doing is making the Mods hit delete a bit more than they normally do.

Your not a nuisance, your just making a mess.

Ignore the destroyed troll - in fact, we may as well edit all our comments to remove even his brief existance from the forum as if he never was.

Gone Gonzo
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Cpt_Oblivious:
They can ban your IP you know.

I thought that was what being banned did as standard.

Lord Krunk:
Bans are the moderator's last resort, a way to eliminate a user's foul activity on the forum for good, by going so far as to ban the very IP where the user came from (and thus preventing them from creating a new account). Better known as the Perma-Ban.

Oh, and congrats on getting over 5000 posts.

On the Record
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Zombie_Fish:
Oh, and congrats on getting over 5000 posts.

Thanks.

Gone Gonzo
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This was a helpful guide I must say. For a somewhat new poster on the Escapist, It sure helped me figure out the guidelines on the forums. When I first joined I feared that something I might say could get a probation by accident, (I say probation because there is no reason for me to be troll or feed them getting me suspended or banned), but thanks to this I can honestly say, I have no worries.

Thank you Escapist!

Infamous Scribbler
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Aww, man. That mean sI can't get those badges because I was on probation when I started? I thought it meant you have to have a clean streak of 1000 and Mod Wrath resets the badges' counters.
I'm confused, though. It said that newcomers get waarnings, and it was like my 10th post, called pointless, which I didn't think it was.

EDIT: No, wait I remember. It was well deserved, I had posted offensive material, since I discovered this site not more than 10 minutes after I finished lurking on 4chan. I forgot that other places had rules, and standards, and the sort.

Gone Gonzo
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I must say, this was a very helpful thread. I have had some question since I joined and have been too shy to ask a moderator. Thank you for clearing up these issues.

Beat Writer
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Joined: 28 Jan 2009

This was a very helpful thread. I've been here a while, and yet it still allowed me to follow things more closely!

I have to say, very very well done! Cudos to you!! XD

Gone Gonzo
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Did you actually get banned for this or is that ending something you put in yourself and i'm just gullible.

Gone Gonzo
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Dazza5897922:
Did you actually get banned for this or is that ending something you put in yourself and i'm just gullible.

It's just a joke you can do with BB Code, he wasn't actually banned for it. When someone's banned the post gets spoilered and it will say "User was banned for this post, click to view."

User was banned for this post... ironicly. (permanent)

Paperboy
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((Don't mind me, just testing to see if something works, sry if this causes any trouble))

Anonymous Source
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Thanks, as a new user I found this post quite helpful...

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