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Getting people more active in forums... a small step, but an easy solution

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Getting people more active in forums... a small step, but an easy solution

Postby Me, Grimlock! » Fri May 18, 2007 7:31 am

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There are players who play heavily but visit the forums only infrequently. How about, insteaed of pritning mottos for TFs and teams 100% of the time, the ticker at the top of the game space could sometimes say: "Newest topic in HMW: [link with name of topic]" or "Hottest topic in HMW: [link with name of topic]". It would help remind some people that there's a forum and also help them realize that topics of interest are being discussed.

Something for the new version....
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Postby Psychout » Fri May 18, 2007 7:36 am

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I worry about you when you start having good ideas.
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 7:39 am

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Psychout wrote:I worry about you when you start having ideas.


Fixxxed. 8)
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Postby Me, Grimlock! » Fri May 18, 2007 8:06 am

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Burn wrote:
Psychout wrote:I love it when you have ideas. You are the king, Me, Grimlock!. You roxxxxors!!!!1!!!1!!! I'm going right now to start your fan club.


Fixxxed. 8)


Double fixxed. 8) 8)
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 8:09 am

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Me, Grimlock! wrote:
Burn wrote:
Psychout wrote:I love it when you have ideas. You are the king, Me, Grimlock!. You roxxxxors!!!!1!!!1!!! I'm going right now to start your fan club.


Fixxxed. 8)


Double fixxed. 8) 8)


aww you've got yourself a fanclub! :grin:

I have one too, but mostly for not very good reasons. :P
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Postby Psychout » Fri May 18, 2007 8:20 am

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Burn wrote:
Me, Grimlock! wrote:
Burn wrote:
Psychout wrote:I love it when you have ideas. You are the king, Me, Grimlock!. You roxxxxors!!!!1!!!1!!! I'm going right now to start your fan club.


Fixxxed. 8)


Double fixxed. 8) 8)


aww you've got yourself a fanclub! :grin:

I have one too, but mostly for not very good reasons. :P
I run the M,G fan club? Cool!!

Badges and Hats and Parties and a Free Monkey for everyone!!

All you need to do is send us $1,000 in unmarked, non-sequential, bills and you can be a member of HMW greatest team's fanclub!

As an added bonus, we'll also send you a new* figure* (not a repaint*) every time I can be bothered*!
8)

Dont delay, join the ineptiboticons NOW!


* = complete and total lie.
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 8:37 am

Motto: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings to randomly click things in the Admin Panel to see what it breaks."
Actually i'm the founder of the Ineptibot fanclub.

You're just the found of the M,G! fanclub.

My club's cooler than your club. 8) ('cause my club is based on V1 Ineptibots!)
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Postby Me, Grimlock! » Fri May 18, 2007 8:45 am

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Psychout wrote:* = complete and total lie.


Because that's exactly what I'm built on: a mountain of lies.

Psychout wrote:Actually i'm the founder of the Ineptibot fanclub.

You're just the found of the M,G! fanclub.

My club's cooler than your club. ('cause my club is based on V1 Ineptibots!)


Gentlemen, gentlemen, you can both have a fanclub. But if you must worship the same thing, please fight it by way of gun duel. Nothing built on me or my Ineptibots will be dealt with in a civilized manner. Pshaw.
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 8:53 am

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Learn to quote. ;;)
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Postby Me, Grimlock! » Fri May 18, 2007 9:12 am

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Burn wrote:Learn to quote. ;;)


Gah. Whatever. Names, names. Problem is I've learned to copy-and-paste too quickly rather than not learn to quote.
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Postby Psychout » Fri May 18, 2007 9:14 am

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Meh, either way, just keep sending the money...

Are we even going to try and keep this on topic? :lol:
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 9:16 am

Motto: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings to randomly click things in the Admin Panel to see what it breaks."
Psychout wrote:Are we even going to try and keep this on topic? :lol:


eh, i'm sure some do-gooder will come along, quote (correctly) M,G!'s first post and attempt to drag it back onto topic or Killjoy Strike shows up to lock it.

Until such time, I say we enjoy it. :grin:
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Postby Me, Grimlock! » Fri May 18, 2007 9:16 am

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Psychout wrote:Are we even going to try and keep this on topic? :lol:


I'd like to, but I'm a banter junkie.
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Postby Psychout » Fri May 18, 2007 9:31 am

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Me, Grimlock! wrote:
Psychout wrote:Are we even going to try and keep this on topic? :lol:


I'd like to, but I'm a banter junkie.
I know your pain.

Thingy wrote:Killjoy Strike

Isnt he just an urban myth?
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Postby Black Jack » Fri May 18, 2007 9:53 am

y'mean like the stig?
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Postby Supercollider » Fri May 18, 2007 9:59 am

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Black Jack wrote:y'mean like the stig?

The Stig lives!
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Postby Psychout » Fri May 18, 2007 10:05 am

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Supercollider wrote:
Black Jack wrote:y'mean like the stig?

The Stig lives!

Which is more than can be said for Alpha Strike.

At least the Stig is good for something...
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Postby Burn » Fri May 18, 2007 4:15 pm

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Sue Storm wrote:
Supercollider wrote:
Black Jack wrote:y'mean like the stig?

The Stig lives!

Which is more than can be said for Alpha Strike.

At least the Stig is good for something...


You're a mean mean person.
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Postby LuckytheWonderLlama » Fri May 18, 2007 4:26 pm

Now, I would just like to point out that this thread is displaying a distinct tendency to become silly.

Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson.

Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this thread not to get silly again! Right!
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Postby Pariah » Fri May 18, 2007 5:40 pm

Lucky curtailing silliness? *kicks self in nuts* :shock:
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Postby Silver Wind » Fri May 18, 2007 10:44 pm

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Your idea does sound like a nice one, but since I know that I hardly ever look at the space where the mottos appear... I doubt that it'd make much of a difference.
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Re: Getting people more active in forums... a small step, but an easy solution

Postby Colinus Maximus » Sat May 19, 2007 11:09 am

Motto: "Always expect the worst, you won't be disappointed."
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Me, Grimlock! wrote:There are players who play heavily but visit the forums only infrequently. How about, insteaed of pritning mottos for TFs and teams 100% of the time, the ticker at the top of the game space could sometimes say: "Newest topic in HMW: [link with name of topic]" or "Hottest topic in HMW: [link with name of topic]". It would help remind some people that there's a forum and also help them realize that topics of interest are being discussed.

Something for the new version....

That does sound like a good idea, and I'd like to expand on it by asking if it would be possible to set it so that it is NOT pulling mottos from players who have not played in more than 3 months or so? Between the ones I see that are blank as their commander hasn't played since before the motto feature was even added to the bios and the ones from those who have been inactive for months at a time it's discouraging. Since the start of this year I've seen one of my mottos once while seeing some of the same mottos from the same inactive players multiple times in the same day.
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Postby Edgecrusher » Sat May 19, 2007 11:15 am

let's see.... idea yeah maybe

PSYCHOUT CHEEF OF THE M,G fanclub??? lmao

Seibertronian myths??? *calls Mythbusters*

anything else I need to say.... oh yeah LONG LIVE SPAM :P
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Postby sprockitz » Sat May 19, 2007 1:57 pm

i frankly stopped coming b/c there isn't really anything interesting or worthwhile to read.
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