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Quick! Fetch the church elders and some holy water! This evil must be eradicated! But yeah it is annoying when you click on a seemingly normal thread...and it's from a year ago. | |
Aha! The first of many I hope. You will help fight the good fight from wherever you prefer, what is your chosen class my good friend? | |
Well the most noble position I could possibly take would be at the back away from fighting with a crossbow. How's that sound? | |
As you wish my friend, may your aim be true and your will be indomitable! | |
*Stands up* You have my sword! This shit is annoying. (I hope for irony's sake this gets necro'd in a year's time, though.) | |
I aim for this evil to be eradicated once and for all, I thank you for your help Popadoo, may your sword stay as sharp as your wit :) | |
I've seen mod wrath handed out for thread necromancy, so, use the report button? I guess?
And my bow! | |
I intend to, ever so much! However we cannot beat the evil with a mouse click alone!
Glad to have you on board Topaz, Kill many a necro for the good of the internet! | |
I'm just waiting for someone else to quote my post with the obvious reply. | |
And my Halberd![1]
Consider it done | |
This is stupid. When someone makes a new thread people say "OMG USE THE SEARCH" When someone uses the search people say "OMG WHY Y U NECRO THIS??!?!??!" The community needs to stop being hypocritical. Have it one way or the other. Either let people make/necro threads or stop all discussion at all and let the forum die. | |
Ah, we appear have a buzz kill in our midst.... If your with us, you are welcome to stay, if not, there is the door!
This thread is for people devoted to the loyal crusade against the dark arts! EDIT: You too LilithSlave, only the righteous may post here! | |
I don't see what's so bad about it. You can either revive an old thread, or make a new one. No method is absolutely accepted throughout the internet. Making a new thread while linking to an old one is somewhat safe, but not anywhere near absolute. And it's not as if you can answer this by, "once a topic has run its course, just leave it alone and don't discuss it again". No, there are only so many things out there that can be discussed. Eventually you're going to hit that bar. And you're going to have to either never post again and let the forum die forever, or you're going to have to revive a discussion that has been done before. Apparently I got ninja'd by Matthew94. | |
Nooooooo!! Do you realize what you've done? | |
Call the priests and purge the blasphemers!
Devils work! The antichrist is among us! Repent, you vile demon, or experience the righteous punishment of God! | |
*meh* It's generally contextual, though some can't tell the difference. 'Search button is over there, you idiot' is generally for threads on a topic of which there has been a sudden proliferation... and we appear to be hit by pony threads... again... anyway, such as ponies, ME3's sucky ending, CISPA, etc. etc. not really for necro'd threads. OT: I have my chair and my popcorn, which I'll enjoy myself thank you... *sits down* *noms popcorn as motley crew assembles* i.e. bovvered? =_= | |
Thank you my friend, together we shall destroy all that dare threaten the balance of the internet! | |
I'll do it. Mark my words. | |
Fine then, I will raise an army of foul necromancers just to spite you!!! Muhahahahhahahahah | |
I agree with this; we need to decide which one pisses us off more and stick with it. For the record I find necro threads more annoying. I'll get my torch and pitchfork. | |
And my Axe! I just had to say it, and I want to join the fight! | |
I really don't see anything wrong with continuing a discussion | |
OH GOD NO! RUN TO THE BUNKER EVERYBODY!!!!!!! RUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!
And no, I already said that I would be doing the Necro. Back off | |
I shall stop you like I have stopped all the others! The moderators and I will crush your attempts at necromancy with one fell strike! | |
Thats not how you fight zombies. You have my The Winchester. | |
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In that case you have my cup of tea while we wait for things to blow over! :D | |
It's more like when you try to restart a thread from a year ago, where most of the posters are no longer active on the forums anymore, or the topic is no longer relevant. OT: I pledge myself and the forces of Darkshire, along with my personal honor guard of Scrooge McDuck, a Diresheep, and a catgirl maid! We shall fight alongside you to the ends of time, and I will cut down any foul beast that stands on the path to victory! | |
And my Pauldrons!
Let us purge the heresy brethern. Kill the dead and make them burn, | |
Perhaps we should allow some forgiveness to the newcomers, for they know not what they unleash. If battle we must, my ever-burning spear shall be ready. -- Serious part now. There is a difference between starting a new thread when there are several on the same topic recently, recently be the key word, or even currently and posting a comment in a thread where the last post is 2 years old. 2 years is enough time for new people to show up, old people to leave, and current people to have new or different thoughts on a subject. Then necroing posts usually (from what I've seen) aren't coming up with an idea, but responding to the long dead original idea. Threads that get necro'd also generally are no longer in people's minds. Unknowingly reading an old thread only to find out you've already participated in the conversation is pretty annoying. Short version: I don't think it's hypocritical to be against both repeat and necro'd threads, we just need some sort of suggested guideline for when it's been too long/long enough and how to handle restarting an old topic, even if "don't" is the answer to that. | |
For the record, I just made this... | |
And my bike!
What? It's a pretty bike. | |
This. Create a new thread for a topic that's been done to death and you'll get image macros and calls to use the Search bar, you noob. Necro a thread to avoid having to create one, and you get called at for necroposting. Choose, people. Either way, you're not stopping the newbloods from asking us if we've gone Imperial or Stormcloak via another rendition on that freaking old poll; because *their* interrogation feels genuine and special to them. | |
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and for thy possession, the ends of the earth. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt dash them in pieces, like a potters vessel. Be wise now therefore ye kings. Be admonished ye judges of the earth. Serve the lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his wrath be kindled but a little!
And my overly-large bayonets! (Yes, it's great to join the escapist ranks. This is indeed a fitting first post) | |
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We may have lived in naivety for too long my friends, the fire of hope is dying quick, and we have done nothing!
Many of you may ask what I am referring to... Well my people, I am of course referring to the plague that is, Thread necromancy!
Oh it is a dark power that only few dare to wield. Yet there has been a dangerous increase in the dark art of late. It has claimed the dignity of many innocents who unknowingly post in a thread that should have been laid to rest long ago....
I'm calling together an army, but I need all of you, the Escapist community, to rise up, and face the evil force head on! To report the corrupted beings who dare interrupt the rest of a thread that has done it's duty, and only wishes to rest in peace!
I plead to the Moderators, who battle long and hard to keep the evil at bay, to bolster their efforts once more! So that we may all save our souls!
Finally, I thank you all for reading, good luck, and good hunting my friends. Many of you may fall in this battle. But know that you will die seeking a just cause, for the future of the Escapist!