04-05-2001 09:10									#1
	Respect for The Gods of Apolyton Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

It seems like few posters here have good grace and form when addressing requests to administration, and their flattery skills are woefully deficient. Let me show you an example from another forum of an effective style in which to couch a request to Administration:

"O great and magnificent Thuderfall, puissant Grandmaster of CivFanatics. We have heard tale of upcoming further benefits, which you, in your unbounded munificence, have deigned to grant us, your humble followers. We have heard that you have most generously decided to grant to your unworthy flock, further user friendly attributes of this, your glorious oracle, the CivFantics Forums, That when we have entered one of our lowly but sincere post offerings to your glory, that we shall be returned to the bottom of the thread, and that when we click upon the name of the devotee who made the last reply on the topics page, we shall be instantly and rapturously transported to the bottom of thread, for we, your servants, all know, that the bottom is our proper place, when in your august presence."

Then Bada Boom, Bada Bing! we got the two new features.

If you have have boken your logon or user name try the above style in your PM, E-Mail, or post request. You may just find yourself instantly and rapturously tranported to the top of the to do list. You go even farther if you have a smile, a gun, and a buttload of flattery.


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Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
Pontificator Pendanticus
older richer & wiser than you
Did I mention that I like spellcheckers?
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Lefty Scaevola (edited May 03, 2001).]</font>

	04-05-2001 09:18									#2
	Increase the size of your Attachments

Also remember to swallow...your gum.

	04-05-2001 09:27									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Just to follow up on this sage advice...

This type of approach usually doesn't get you far:

"YOU ****! Can't you fix *******(fill in the blank)! I though this was a ******* service business. I've been waiting 4 ******** months for you guys to do it. I'm STILL WAITING! Why don't you get up off your *** and do something about it. How can you call yourselves professionals!

As you will note, there is a big difference between this one, and the first post in this thread. As you would probably guess, the first one has a much better chance of working.

I hope this helps clarify things

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Ming
ACS Civ II & OT Forum Moderator
Ming@Apolyton.net

	03-05-2001 22:34									#4
	Get a bigger avatar today!

A course in butt kissing, with a ringing endorsement from a moderator! What are you guys trying to do, kill our fun?!!? How can we mock the uncouth and ill-mannered slobs who post here if you give them such sage advice?!!? You guys keep quiet, or you will spoil everything! No good, smart alec, nice guys! Just dripping sweetness and kindness between the bunch of you, makes me sick.

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All knowledge begins with the phrase: I don't know.

	04-05-2001 01:42									#5
	Get a bigger avatar today!

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Ming on 05-03-2001 12:27 PM</font>
"YOU ****! Can't you fix *******(fill in the blank)! I though this was a ******* service business. I've been waiting 4 ******** months for you guys to do it. I'm STILL WAITING! Why don't you get up off your *** and do something about it. How can you call yourselves professionals!

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Did really someone try to receive help by that message?

	04-05-2001 02:18									#6
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Indeed so, a few months ago IIRC.

	04-05-2001 05:00									#7
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Thranduil on 05-03-2001 04:42 PM</font>
Did really someone try to receive help by that message?
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Not that exact message... but one very similar to it
Needless to say, I don't think anybody bothered to correct his problem

	04-05-2001 05:24									#8
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

This is as good a place as any to request that you ******** fix a ******* problem that I have please. It seems that as I'm typing a bunch of ******* stars will appear in my sentences. I know I don't like it and am sure that if happened to you *****,that you ******** wouldn't like it either.

Thank you.

	04-05-2001 05:26									#9
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

LOL *********

	04-05-2001 10:16									#10
	Suffering from ads?

Well, in my first month on the job, I had someone whine to me with about that level of affection and regard. (not Lefty's post, Ming's )

Ass kissing, though, makes me really wonder what they've got up their sleeve.