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Solice Kirsk: Jun 1, 2004; .

Len posted:

People don't read stickied announcements

Then those fools are missing out on the savings they could be having through NordVPN!

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:42

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 08:37

sweet geek swag: Mar 29, 2006; Adjust lasers to FUN!

Usually the paper bag test is used by racists to determine if someone is too black. Negromancer was using it to make sure they were black enough. I just wanted to make sure the absurdity wasn't lost on people.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:42

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

Solice Kirsk posted:

Then those fools are missing out on the savings they could be having through NordVPN!

A whole bunch missed out on STOP PUTTING NWS poo poo IN SPOILER TAGS as well because people keep doing it

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:45

fauna: Dec 6, 2018; Caught between two worlds...

cumshitter gone wild

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:46

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

like oh... lil ol me... disaffected, Bad punctuation...... lol. lmao.

If it weren't for the different format it'd be impossible to know if it were the pink forum or someone whose post history is otherwise entirely erratically hashtagged Good Omens slash

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:48

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Pick posted:

If it weren't for the different format it'd be impossible to know if it were the pink forum or someone whose post history is otherwise entirely erratically hashtagged Good Omens slash

lmao

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:51

fauna: Dec 6, 2018; Caught between two worlds...

Nuns with Guns posted:

everyone you disagree with is part of that fyad hive living in your house and scratching the walls at night while you try to sleep

this is literally my life

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:53

Homeless Friend: Jul 16, 2007

just remembered that goon who asked for help about hillarys email server lol, what in the world

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:56

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

fauna posted:

this is literally my life

Are you sure it's not some slur-spouting squirrels instead?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 00:56

UCS Hellmaker: Mar 29, 2008; Toilet Rascal

God sometimes it sucks that zendeathrobot deleted tons of his old posts in threads. You miss out on him tearing into mancer calling him out for making poo poo up

# ? Dec 30, 2019 01:14

FuturePastNow: May 19, 2014

Keru posted:

This reminded me of the time a goon had a meltdown in the Battletech LP thread because "noname posters" were coming into the thread to "clearly vote AGAINST my preferred scenario!" and it ended up getting them a ban because, I don't remember which mod it was, got the report, checked out what it was for and basically went "wait this is over a loving LP scenario vote? I'm disgusted you'd waste time on this nonsense".

Oh, that's right, I mentioned it in here before:

Keru posted:

There was the hilariously terrible goon ShadowDragon8685 who had a meltdown in the long-running Battletech Let's Play thread, because people 'voted wrong' when we were picking what scenario to play next

He actually reported people for voting against his preferred scenario because he is a genuinely terrible human being, who later ragequit mid-scenario because he was playing so goddamn awful he nearly got a Big Important Character killed by being an inveterate coward.

There's a pastebin, which I can't find now, of his 'antics' where he goes to great lengths to suck himself off about how great he is at Battletech, but that's not very interesting to read if you're not already very interested in Battletech.

He really loved using big words to sound smart as well. Sanguine has become a thread in-joke because of this.

Oh gently caress.

I know this person. There's nothing I can add except that he's still the same sort of idiot in another game now.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:29

Runa: Feb 13, 2011

GulagDolls posted:

hey this LP thread is 2087 pages long. that's all

It has a part two thread that's still going

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:34

fool of sound: Oct 10, 2012

Xarbala posted:

It has a part two thread that's still going

I joined the forums to post in the battletech LP lol

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:35

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

And to link to the Pastebin of Shadowdragon being a turd:

Malachite_Dragon posted:

drat, I missed the dunking on ShadowDragon session
Dude was so loving full of himself; he accused another goon of 'fearquitting' in a MegaMek session because dude refused to go through a custom map that he'd set up. Said custom map had him in a mech with super-long range weapons, on the top of a mountain, facing down into a very narrow ravine with nothing to hide behind.
"You don't want to charge into my killzone? Heh, guess that means I win "

E: I still have the Pastebin of that! https://pastebin.com/7duqsq8i

I sometimes miss following that LP. I had a good time with the 'movie' scenario, even if I did almost derail the whole thing by almost killing one of the stunt pilots. Never not kick the HD!

Malachite_Dragon has a new favorite as of 02:40 on Dec 30, 2019

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:37

Ariong: Jun 25, 2012; Get bashed, platonist!

Here�s one for the forums historians.

quote:

Hello everyone, I hope you have had a happy holiday season.

One of the challenges that the mod team had faced recently is that mods, as unpaid volunteers, sometimes get drawn away from the forums by real life. That�s fine! That�s great! Unfortunately, it becomes inconvenient when something flares up in a way that is urgent, and the mod responsible for that forum is unavailable. For similar reasons, the admins are not on call 24/7 either.

In the new year, the mod and admin team are going to try something new to help with this: we�re reinstating the old Something Awful position of Super Mod.

What is a Super Mod?
Basically they�re a forums-wide IK, a kind of half-step between an mod and an admin. They have the same buttons that IKs have for all forums and as such can lend a hand with modding when necessary.

What do they do?
Much like IKs, they're here to help the normal, full time mods. They won�t be setting policy or rules in any subs other than the ones they mod on a day to day basis. They won�t be handing out the heaviest of punishments, although they do have a bit more discretion on how long a probation to issue than an IK. Ideally you won�t see them at all. They�re there to pop in and deal with sudden issues that need immediate attention. Long term solutions are still up to the full time mod when they are available.

How many will there be? Who are they?
Right now we have two lined up. More may come in the future but we think this should cover us for now. Cyrano4747 (mod of Science, Academics, and Languages and The Firing Range) and Reene (Games) have both accepted the positions. They are both already very active in the mod forum and have shown a lot of willingness to work with other mods on complex issues in the past.

Day to day none of you should really notice too much of a difference. But, if a thread is starting to spiral and one of these two come by and ask people to calm down and lower the temperature until the regular mod can be reached, treat them like you would any IK in a similar situation.

I�m glad Renee is now a Super Mod, they�re cool. I think they�ll be a big help for [thing we can�t talk about here anymore] :silent:

. I must admit, I don�t really understand the difference between a super mod and an admin. It seems like a super mod is just a reserve admin.

Keru posted:

There was the hilariously terrible goon ShadowDragon8685 who had a meltdown in the long-running Battletech Let's Play thread, because people 'voted wrong' when we were picking what scenario to play next

A) thank you for bringing this here, it is very funny.
B) I miss slowbeef. Was he the moderator with the longest tenure ever?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:50

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

Ariong posted:

I must admit, I don�t really understand the difference between a super mod and an admin. It seems like a super mod is just a reserve admin.

It's a baby admin, like how IKs are baby mods. They don't have access to the panel nor the ability to approve any mod queue punishments outside of those available to standard moderators. They'll typically defer to the "real" moderators of a subforum outside of emergent situations, and ideally they never have to flex their powers at all, but they're there to help handle crises cross-forums when necessary.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:53

Ariong: Jun 25, 2012; Get bashed, platonist!

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

It's a baby admin, like how IKs are baby mods. They don't have access to the panel nor the ability to approve any mod queue punishments outside of those available to standard moderators.

I�m not quite sure what �no access to the panel� means as, having never been a mod or admin, I don�t really know what the panel is or does. Does that mean that they can�t probate or ban people?

Also, if they can�t approve punishments outside of those available to standard moderators, does that mean they can only approve sixers? As far as I know that�s the only kind of punishment mods can approve.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:04

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Ariong posted:

I’m not quite sure what “no access to the panel” means as, having never been a mod or admin, I don’t really know what the panel is or does. Does that mean that they can’t probate or ban people?

Also, if they can’t approve punishments outside of those available to standard moderators, does that mean they can only approve sixers? As far as I know that’s the only kind of punishment mods can approve.

I think they can't see reports they just give sixers if they see some bad posting

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:07

UCS Hellmaker: Mar 29, 2008; Toilet Rascal

I don't think slowbeef was, I think some of the AI mods have or were around for a super long time. Or the more obscure forums had people that have or were around for a good part of a decade

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:08

riderchop: Aug 10, 2010; av by @daikonquest!

Sid Vicious posted:

I think they can't see reports they just give sixers if they see some bad posting

ya, like yours lmoa

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:09

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

PuddingKnight posted:

ya, like yours lmoa

Haha wow what the gently caress pudding Knight out of no where with the ownage

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:09

Ariong: Jun 25, 2012; Get bashed, platonist!

Sid Vicious posted:

I think they can't see reports they just give sixers if they see some bad posting

Ok, I get it now. I�m not sure why I didn�t get that from �forums-wide IK� as that�s pretty much the long and short of it.

UCS Hellmaker posted:

I don't think slowbeef was, I think some of the AI mods have or were around for a super long time. Or the more obscure forums had people that have or were around for a good part of a decade

That would make sense, a lower-traffic subforum would logically see less mod burnout. Still impressive that slowbeef rivaled their tenure despite modding what was once one of the most prolific parts of the site during much busier times.

PuddingKnight posted:

ya, like yours lmoa

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:14

FuturePastNow: May 19, 2014

FuturePastNow posted:

Oh gently caress.

I know this person. There's nothing I can add except that he's still the same sort of idiot in another game now.

Follow-up: I consulted a panel of Star Trek Online drama researchers, and they have informed me that ShadowDragon is a racist on Reddit nowadays (spoilered because it's unsettlingly racist):

That post was originally here, and he deleted it quickly as he was obviously logged into the wrong account.

He also likes posting awful Star Trek Online fanfic (and ruminations on the breast sizes of his MMO characters), but that's leading us outside of the SA portion of his saga.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:18

Crocoswine: Aug 20, 2010

FuturePastNow posted:

Follow-up: I consulted a panel of Star Trek Online drama researchers, and they have informed me that ShadowDragon is a racist on Reddit nowadays (spoilered because it's unsettlingly racist):

That post was originally here, and he deleted it quickly as he was obviously logged into the wrong account.

He also likes posting awful Star Trek Online fanfic (and ruminations on the breast sizes of his MMO characters), but that's leading us outside of the SA portion of his saga.

fuckin lol, of course out of all mmos it would be Star Trek Online

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:22

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

will the super-mods get the moperator star?

my money's on Dr. Eldarion or NYC_Tattoo for longest modreign.

Crocoswine posted:

fuckin lol, of course out of all mmos it would be Star Trek Online

oh, there're such sights and immersion tears in that game.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:37

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

Ariong posted:

I�m not quite sure what �no access to the panel� means as, having never been a mod or admin, I don�t really know what the panel is or does. Does that mean that they can�t probate or ban people?

Also, if they can�t approve punishments outside of those available to standard moderators, does that mean they can only approve sixers? As far as I know that�s the only kind of punishment mods can approve.

Oh, sorry

The administrative panel is what is used for editing subforums, changing user names and avatars, uploading images and smilies, adding and removing mods and IKs, assigning non-standard thread tags -- etc -- pretty much everything an admin does that a mod can't gets done through the panel. As per the name only admins have access to it.

Regarding sixers Jeffrey just changed the code so that mods and supermods autoapprove punishments up to three days.

I think they're just sticking with their current stars.

e: it occurred to me that since "panel" was something that I didn't even think to explain, I will also clarify that most mods only have powers in their specific home forums. Is that standard knowledge? This account can only issue probations etc in PYF and PI, so that's why when you see me ban people in other forums it's on the admin one. The supermods get buttons in all of the forums, like admins do, rather than in only their home forums like standard mods. That's the super bit.

LITERALLY A BIRD has a new favorite as of 04:29 on Dec 30, 2019

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:47

GulagDolls: Jun 4, 2011

3 days...just make it infinite time. see who goes mad with power first

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:49

Snow Cone Capone: Jul 31, 2003

Brute Squad posted:

will the super-mods get the moperator star?

my money's on Dr. Eldarion or NYC_Tattoo for longest modreign.

oh, there're such sights and immersion tears in that game.

Is NYC_T still actively posting? I know he's got more duties nowadays but he used to mod SA-Mart with an iron fist, nowadays for better or worse there's a lot more goofy stuff that goes on in there.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:53

Keru: Aug 2, 2004; 'n suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us 'n the sky was full of what looked like 'uge bats, all swooping 'n screeching 'n divin' around the ute.

FuturePastNow posted:

Oh gently caress.

I know this person. There's nothing I can add except that he's still the same sort of idiot in another game now.

No loving way, hahaha.

The best part about his probation in the Battletech thread is that it wasn't from people reporting him, it was because he'd made a ton of reports about people 'voting wrong' or whatever.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:56

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

Snow Cone Capone posted:

Is NYC_T still actively posting? I know he's got more duties nowadays but he used to mod SA-Mart with an iron fist, nowadays for better or worse there's a lot more goofy stuff that goes on in there.

yes! as an admin now too.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:00

Solice Kirsk: Jun 1, 2004; .

Lincoln's Wax had a really long run and so has Hieronymous Alloy.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:23

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

Oh, sorry The administrative panel is what is used for editing subforums, changing user names and avatars, uploading images and smilies, adding and removing mods and IKs, assigning non-standard thread tags -- etc -- pretty much everything an admin does that a mod can't gets done through the panel. As per the name only admins have access to it.

Regarding sixers Jeffrey just changed the code so that mods and supermods autoapprove punishments up to three days.

I think they're just sticking with their current stars.

e: it occurred to me that since "panel" was something that I didn't even think to explain, I will also clarify that most mods only have powers in their specific home forums. Is that standard knowledge? This account can only issue probations etc in PYF and PI, so that's why when you see me ban people in other forums it's on the admin one. The supermods get buttons in all of the forums, like admins do, rather than in only their home forums like standard mods. That's the super bit.

Oh, okay, I thought the Supermods were just like an Idiot Emperor and only had the power to give sixers, but apparently they can do other mod stuff too?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:37

Nuns with Guns: Jul 23, 2010; It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

Oh, sorry The administrative panel is what is used for editing subforums, changing user names and avatars, uploading images and smilies, adding and removing mods and IKs, assigning non-standard thread tags -- etc -- pretty much everything an admin does that a mod can't gets done through the panel. As per the name only admins have access to it.

Regarding sixers Jeffrey just changed the code so that mods and supermods autoapprove punishments up to three days.

I think they're just sticking with their current stars.

I'm glad you guys could figure out how to extend the probation times mods could auto approve!

The 6-hour limit was a pretty arbitrary bottleneck and I hope it helps relieve some of the pressure and lag in responses during crazy times.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:37

fool of sound: Oct 10, 2012

Tunicate posted:

Oh, okay, I thought the Supermods were just like an Idiot Emperor and only had the power to give sixers, but apparently they can do other mod stuff too?

I didn't know it till I got IK'd but IKs have literally all the powers of mods but cannot see the mod forum or reports. That's the only difference.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:39

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

Nuns with Guns posted:

That was in reference to the time that the Games Done Quick or whatever thread was locked and gassed because of them spamming porn of child cartoon characters

It was Goldmined.

e: correction: the last year's thread was goldmined, this year's thread is still on the Games forum.

ChubbyChecker has a new favorite as of 04:45 on Dec 30, 2019

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:43

LITERALLY A BIRD: Sep 27, 2008; I knew you were trouble
when you flew in

fool of sound posted:

I didn't know it till I got IK'd but IKs have literally all the powers of mods but cannot see the mod forum or reports. That's the only difference.

Except. Except! They didn't get the new improved autoapprovals, they still only autoapprove sixers (provided the new code is working right

). Jeffrey has been busy.

That's correct, Tunicate. They're still only primary mods of their own forums, but they're available now to put out fires in other subs when the appropriate mods and/or the admins aren't around.

That's the hope, Nuns. :lol:

We might not be able to close fyad but in the meantime we are trying to put measures in place to respond more effectively to forums disasters in the future.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:47

UCS Hellmaker: Mar 29, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Oh god yeah Dr elderan has to be the longest serving. He's been around for longer then I have it feels. I still love when he posts just burns in bfc. Moneyball threatened to coupons someone and the deal guru popped in with

"I don't want his dumbass gently caress you"

I think the period where fishmech was chained still haunts him. Nothing beats the guy who found the ignore limit because people kept bothering his coupon threads.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 04:52