24-05-2004 22:23									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan And of course there is the OT people. I tend to semi-lurk there and post every once in a while....although I find it more and more hard to NOT post.

I’ve only popped in on OT rarely to make comments in a couple of football (soccer) threads. On other boards I belong to, their version of OT are nutty places filled with half deranged highly opinionated malcontents. Is this one any different?

	24-05-2004 22:34									#92
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quote: On other boards I belong to, their version of OT are nutty places filled with half deranged highly opinionated malcontents.

Some of us are rather content.

	24-05-2004 22:52									#93
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quote: Originally posted by TheArsenal I’ve only popped in on OT rarely to make comments in a couple of football (soccer) threads. On other boards I belong to, their version of OT are nutty places filled with half deranged highly opinionated malcontents. Is this one any different?

No, it's pretty similar, except Sava, he is perfectly sane

	25-05-2004 00:55									#94
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quote: Originally posted by TheArsenal I’ve only popped in on OT rarely to make comments in a couple of football (soccer) threads. On other boards I belong to, their version of OT are nutty places filled with half deranged highly opinionated malcontents. Is this one any different?

No.

	25-05-2004 01:01									#95
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos The name of the game is "The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", IIRC.

That's what I was thinking of. So now someone with too much time on their hands set up "The Six Degrees of Arnelos".

	25-05-2004 03:31									#96
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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist That's what I was thinking of. So now someone with too much time on their hands set up "The Six Degrees of Arnelos".

The "Six Degrees of MrWhereItsAt" would probably net more Apolyton members. That guy is in every single demogame on this forum, I swear.

	25-05-2004 03:58									#97
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OTOH, you turn up in every damn thread I post in.

	25-05-2004 05:26									#98
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quote: Originally posted by TheArsenal I’ve only popped in on OT rarely to make comments in a couple of football (soccer) threads. On other boards I belong to, their version of OT are nutty places filled with half deranged highly opinionated malcontents. Is this one any different?

Only insofar as they are not quite as deranged, and you can actually glean some interesting and occasionally useful info from there.

	25-05-2004 05:49									#99
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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist OTOH, you turn up in every damn thread I post in.

Yet there are many threads I post in that I'm rather sure you've never seen (or most of the people here, sadly).

	25-05-2004 22:20									#100
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I think the archive of all private forums should be available, so that you don't get tempted to hide bucketloads of spam in there.

	25-05-2004 22:35									#101
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who has been telling tales

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	25-05-2004 23:00									#102
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Its an elitist club, but doesn't serve to boost post counts. Alas.

Well I've seen occasions where one creates an DL to talk with himself back and force.

And I'm so proud to be the n00b representative. I have to say that we have been a little quicker to jump our guns and make the DL dances than the old days (when I first join I mean). Still a few brave n00bs have survived such as GeoModder and Obstructor. It is not easy though, I'm sure.

	26-05-2004 02:46									#103
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos Yet there are many threads I post in that I'm rather sure you've never seen (or most of the people here, sadly).

That's because you, like an ideal gas, expand to fill all available space.

	26-05-2004 02:49									#104
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quote: Originally posted by HongHu And I'm so proud to be the n00b representative.

Nah. That's my job!

	26-05-2004 02:59									#105
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Like anybody knows about you. j/k

	26-05-2004 04:42									#106
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Well, HongHu must be the N00b representive if I call her that.

After all, I believe I was the first to notice her for her posting frequency, due to the fact that I'm relatively new as well.

	26-05-2004 04:43									#107
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quote: So now someone with too much time on their hands set up "The Six Degrees of Arnelos".

Sounds like good material for a poll!

"Who is the Kevin Bacon of Apolyton?"

	27-05-2004 21:00									#108
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quote: Sounds like good material for a poll! "Who is the Kevin Bacon of Apolyton?"

I think that just about anyone could qualify for 6 degrees, but with Mr Where Its At, it would apply for 3 degrees if not less

	27-05-2004 21:07									#109
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With six degrees, I figure we'd net most of the online Civ community.

	27-05-2004 21:25									#110
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Seeing how you're supposed to be able to net thw whole world in 6, of course.

Communities ought to be measured in degrees. I'd say Poly is a 2 degree community, linked through the OTF.

	27-05-2004 21:29									#111
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Actually I'd say it's all linked through Ming.

For example:

DarkCloud-Ming-All the Forum
DarkCloud-MrWhereItsAt-All the Forum that doesn't know ming.

Pretty much the game would be moot unless we considered people who posted less than 30 times fair game

	28-05-2004 01:41									#112
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Why would any newcomer feel intimidated about posting here? Or anywhere else, for that matter? I find that baffling.

	28-05-2004 02:05									#113
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Well... it happens

If you think that a forum is filled with unhelpful jerks... just how long do you think you'd stick around?

	28-05-2004 02:34									#114
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Laz would feel at home.

Well, about the first thing anyone told me in OTF was Che saying that he cut a piece of my flesh and barbequed it. Some people wouldn't perceive that as welcoming.

	28-05-2004 02:41									#115
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Well... it happens If you think that a forum is filled with unhelpful jerks... just how long do you think you'd stick around?

Since August 2000 by the looks of it.

	28-05-2004 02:51									#116
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What/who the heck is "the Gimp", btw?

	28-05-2004 03:50									#117
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Yeah, I thought of Ming when I made that post.

Ming should be the Kevin Bacon of Apolyton.

	28-05-2004 15:45									#118
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quote: Originally posted by Ben Kenobi Yeah, I thought of Ming when I made that post. Ming should be the Kevin Bacon of Apolyton.

never quite pictured Ming going "Footloose"

but then I can see him in Bacon's immortal role as "Chip Diller" in National Lampoon's 1978 "Animal House."

Do you remember Bacon's great line in "Animal House:"

Chip: Thank you, sir! Please, may I have another?

* Paddy the Scot hands Ming a bottle of Jack Daniels

Go hard mate, in the spirit of John Belushi

oh yeah, and John did not need the glass

	29-05-2004 01:11									#119
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud If you think that a forum is filled with unhelpful jerks... just how long do you think you'd stick around?

Until I get bored of toying with them. That could take years.

	29-05-2004 01:15									#120
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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist What/who the heck is "the Gimp", btw?

Long-term readers are well aware of the fact that posts attached to this handle fall very sharply into one of two camps. These are-

1- Impassioned calls to reason and pragmatism with a solid core of humanist compassion.

2- Obscene, frothing rants with copious references to genitalia in impenetrable English slang.

I'm amazed nobody's worked it out yet.