07-11-2003 10:36									#1
	Reality And Mod Appreciation Tired of ads?

Well it certainly has been rather interesting around here the lat few daws with all the mod changes. Seems like everybody got a chance to vent their opinion. Several things come to mind:

1.) It really doesn't matter if we like or dislike the choices. That's the reality. Dan and Mark obviously know what they are doing(hard to question people who have attracted nearly 50,000 members to their site). It is their call and they have made it. Case closed. That's the reality.

2.) The mods here have allowed us all to whine and gripe for days about an issue that we cannot change and that they probably couldn't eithier even if they wanted to (which my bet is they don't). They have taken the brunt of much unwarranted criticism and given smileys and reasoning.

3.) UR has his ideals...as most of us do. So what if you don't agree with them? Does this make him unfit to enforce the rules? I don't care what else you think about UR, but I can tell you from reading his post for a year that he is not stupid. I have not ever known him to be unfair. What quality does he lack to be a mod?

4.) All the mods put in a lot of time here and the growing membership makes it apparent that they do a good job of both maintaining control and making it a pleseant experience.

So....

MAYBE...JUST MAYBE...YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING NICE TO THEM IN THIS THREAD!!

There are plenty of other threads to gripe in so don't do it here.

Last edited by PLATO on 09-11-2003 at 05:51

	07-11-2003 12:07									#2
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Firstly , I would like to congratulate UR on his appointment . Secondly , I would like to thank the present mods for doing the excellent job of maintaining the forum's high quality standards . Thank you .

	07-11-2003 12:23									#3
	Increase Your PM Length

Sometimes I just can't tell the difference between sarcasm and buttlicking

-Jam

	07-11-2003 12:52									#4
	Get a bigger avatar today!

I think you've left yourself open for criticism with those points, PLATO. I'll exercise some self-restraint and let someone else dig into you.

	07-11-2003 15:07									#5
	Put an end to popups!

He merely was stating his opinions. We are all entitled to them, yes?

	07-11-2003 16:39									#6
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Can we please have pop-up ads back so that everyone can whine about something other than mods?

	07-11-2003 16:48									#7
	Support Apolyton

give me a minute....

these days it's easier to find an advertising network which serves gator ads from guns in an army camp....

	07-11-2003 19:18									#8
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

"Reality And Mod Appreciation"

An incongruous title. I find little reality it being a moderator (at another site). It is quite sureal, like being in a David Lynch movie of a Kafka story.

	07-11-2003 19:22									#9
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I think Kafka goes under the name of Lazarus and the Gimp here , Lefty .

	07-11-2003 20:31									#10
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

Mod complaints spammed much
Waterfall of whines and trolls
Ming close thread, ban all

	07-11-2003 21:38									#11
	Remove this text

quote: Originally posted by aneeshm I think Kafka goes under the name of Lazarus and the Gimp here , Lefty .

Then we should have david Lynch and Tim Burton do the film version of "Evil, Evil Finland".

	07-11-2003 23:08									#12
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

What an ungodly concept. Moderators exist to soak up abuse and petty tantrums over the most trivial of trivia. That's they're job. They are they to be moaned at. They are there to help you vent your frustrations and work that psychic constipation out of your system.

They're a sort of prostitute to the emotions, only cheaper.

	07-11-2003 23:43									#13
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Hey, that's a cool definition, Laz.

Of course the choice was made, of course we wouldn't change anything (not that I wanted to change anything, I think UR is a good choice for a mod - at least from what I have seen so far). But we always want to have some fun, and there are few things in the world more entertaining than to pest some mods till they're angry.

	07-11-2003 23:54									#14
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I've personally seen the near-insane amounts of time that Ming and Rah put into to modding. It really cuts into their Civ2 MP time family lives. We should all be thankful that Poly has such obsessive dedicated volunteers.

	08-11-2003 00:37									#15
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

The person who deserves the most credit is Ming's wife, for putting up with the insane amounts of time he spends here on Poly

Asmodean

	08-11-2003 02:32									#16
	Remove this text

quit kissing arse PLATO

It's us versus them, and you know it!

Or, are you just being nice so that you can get away with more?...ah

Uhm,

I'm not mad at Ming for the restriction... I know I deserved it

rah has nice hair.

MtG is super smart and has a super cool wife

UR is the best thing to happen to 'Poly... ever!

Solver, is he around anymore?

	08-11-2003 03:23									#17
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I appreciate reality...sometimes

	08-11-2003 03:25									#18
	Tired of ads?

Mods can be ok.

	08-11-2003 06:38									#19
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Congratulations on UR becoming a mod. I've always liked that guy

	08-11-2003 08:21									#20
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Congratulations on me being a mod. I've always liked myself.

	08-11-2003 09:15									#21
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

quote: Originally posted by St Leo Congratulations on me being a mod. I've always liked myself.

Yup, somebody who calls himself "saint" wouldn't have a problem with self-esteem, that's for sure.

	08-11-2003 15:20									#22
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Interesting that in a lets all suck up to the mods thread, PLATO gets away with subverting the autocensor. I'm glad we don't have no inconsistency here, yep no way...

Personally I don't care one way or the other as long as we won't have to put up with too many refugees at Counterglow.

	08-11-2003 16:08									#23
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by Japher Solver, is he around anymore?

AFAIK, he doesn't have asystole yet, so yes, he's still kicking around.

	09-11-2003 01:37									#24
	Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by spartak Interesting that in a lets all suck up to the mods thread, PLATO gets away with subverting the autocensor. I'm glad we don't have no inconsistency here, yep no way... Personally I don't care one way or the other as long as we won't have to put up with too many refugees at Counterglow.

Actually, I didn't notice until a certain snitch pointed it out in the thread.

	09-11-2003 06:00									#25
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

quote: Originally posted by spartak Interesting that in a lets all suck up to the mods thread, PLATO gets away with subverting the autocensor. I'm glad we don't have no inconsistency here, yep no way... Personally I don't care one way or the other as long as we won't have to put up with too many refugees at Counterglow.

See, that's exactly the attitude that is counterproductive to a community of posters. A "let's all suck up to the mods thread"? I suppose it is simply beyond comprehension to really appreciate the job they do here? If you gripe about them then you are a whiner...if you thank them you are a suck. That is not what it is about. This is simply an attempt to balance things a bit. Upteen threads griping about mods and one to say something nice. Oh well...

I fixed the autocensor bypass. Prude.

	09-11-2003 15:33									#26
	Support Apolyton

This is a family site and you clearly have no sense of humour do you?

	09-11-2003 17:50									#27
	Support Apolyton

reality
mods

	10-11-2003 00:07									#28
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by spartak This is a family site and you clearly have no sense of humour do you?

Sure I do! You were right and I was wrong. Didn't you see the

	10-11-2003 09:33									#29
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

* St Leo listens to **** the mods by the Exploited

Good punk song.

	10-11-2003 10:01									#30
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Hey Plato - I suppose you also send letters of thanks to parking police.