22-09-2004 00:22									#31
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Rasbelin, your avatar looks like an advert for tampons.[/frivolous post]

	22-09-2004 01:10									#32
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So I'm not the only one then.

	22-09-2004 01:48									#33
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It's still the official logo for the city of Tampere. At least when it comes to travel marketing and municipal affairs. Of course there's the official insignia too.

	22-09-2004 02:21									#34
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Do you ever get that "not so fresh feeling"?

	22-09-2004 03:47									#35
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Less spamming, MORE CONTENT.

We have had racing games, (one that went over 50 game turns) and the final post count was well under 500. If people were in it just for the post count, it would have taken 3 threads.

	22-09-2004 03:50									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Apocalypse I find FG to be annoying and there were many succesful threads in normal OG without the FG. It's annoying to sift through threads that many people only post in to raise their post count.

Yeah, it's not like they're clearly marked with a label like "FG" in the title.

	22-09-2004 03:55									#37
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I know they are. I generally don't look in them, but still it isn't always easy to find other threads that are innersperced.

	22-09-2004 09:00									#38
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Spam portion of post

Out of curiosity Kuciwalker, are there any groups you haven't joined yet?

On-topic portion of post

The forum games don't interfere with normal OG discussion so why change anything?

Rant against the managment

Buying post counts sounds very elitist. Why bother posting on-topic when you can just buy a post count.

EDIT - portion edited out due to inapplicability.

	22-09-2004 09:15									#39
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quote: Rant against the managment Buying post counts sounds very elitist. Why bother posting on-topic when you can just buy a post count

I think they will be the first to agree with you...it was suggested by someone else that Plus users be allowed to pay for post count increases. It was rejected by the owners and I think MarkG meant his comment to be facitious.

As for your on topic portion of the post....I agree completely. The FG tag has accomplished it's purpose. If you don't want to read about the FG's....don't read the ones with FG in the thread title....or is that too simple?

	22-09-2004 11:47									#40
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quote: Originally posted by rah We have had racing games, (one that went over 50 game turns) and the final post count was well under 500. If people were in it just for the post count, it would have taken 3 threads.

Yeah, sorry I couldn't join that game.

quote: Originally posted by Spikie The people who post like crazy then disappear when they get the next title are the ones that confuse me.

Agreed. While it is nice to have a large post-count, it is a byproduct of having fun at this site.

	22-09-2004 12:28									#41
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Amazingly, there are actually some groups that Kucikoo isn't a member of, specifically the demogame teams. I'd suppose those are mutually exclusive?

	22-09-2004 13:23									#42
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While I maintain my stance as previously stated, I have noticed a couple of FG threads which are lacking a "FG" label.

Perhaps Rah could become harsh with FG threads that don't obey The Rules?

	22-09-2004 16:13									#43
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quote: I say we eliminate post count for everything except the OT. That way people who are tempted to spam to increase their count will do so there, and only people who really want to post on topic will do so in the other forums.

That actually does have some logic to it. If nobody was really interested in their post counts anyways. But then that would kinda make itself redundant wouldn't it. Damn.

	22-09-2004 17:36									#44
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Since I hadn't looked at the other games forum for a while, I went over to see if perception matched reality.

Out of the 25 threads that I view on the main menu page, only 8 threads were FG (including the topped thread)...

It looked like a lively forum with many discussions about other games, and some well visited FG's.

So what's the problem...

	22-09-2004 17:42									#45
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Actually there are 11, not 8. Some just aren't labeled. That's about half.

	22-09-2004 17:59									#46
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Then it sounds like a good balance to me

I'm still trying to "understand" what the problem is. There seems to be a healthy discussion of other games... and many of the members (or spammers if you prefer ) are active in the discussion of other games while also playing FG's.

I remember how "slow" the other games forum was prior to the start of FG's. There wasn't even a need for a mod, just an occasional peak once in a while. Now it's a viberant forum... Why "fix" something that isn't broken

	22-09-2004 18:07									#47
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Some days I'm busy and don't get a chance to review every thread to see if it's a game. Most people are putting the FG: in, and when then don't and I catch it, I add it. Some get overlooked. This is not a full time paying job.

	22-09-2004 19:49									#48
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You are doing a good job really.

	22-09-2004 21:43									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Ming Since I hadn't looked at the other games forum for a while, I went over to see if perception matched reality. Out of the 25 threads that I view on the main menu page, only 8 threads were FG (including the topped thread)... It looked like a lively forum with many discussions about other games, and some well visited FG's. So what's the problem...

Quite.

And as for the content, in my experience (and I play a fair few FG) lately we have been cracking down on slow play, and as a resultthe threads don't tend to, uh, meander to other topics. As Rah says, many games finish in a small number of posts.

	22-09-2004 23:12									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Ming I'm still trying to "understand" what the problem is.

What exactly do you mean by the "quotation marks" in that "context"?

You're going about it the wrong way. It's not a bug, it's a fea--, er, I mean, it's not a problem, it's an opportunity. Previously, when many people have actively discussed a certain thing in a forum that's clearly and separably different from the rest, they've been given a forum of their own. *shrug*

	22-09-2004 23:54									#51
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Just "Top" all the Forum Games, that way we know where they are at.

ACK!

	23-09-2004 00:09									#52
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Quite. And as for the content, in my experience (and I play a fair few FG).. .

Do you think the computer geeks at your work site read this before restricting your access to Poly??

Monk

	23-09-2004 00:15									#53
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Probably. Damn geeks.

if you heard that I didn't mean it, and I think you guys do a *really* good job.

	23-09-2004 00:28									#54
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Wink, wink; nudge, nudge....

We all know that you only play from home. Why can't they understand that??

Monk

	23-09-2004 00:36									#55
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Forum games are a completely seperate thing then other games. Why else would they be labled? I would like to see a split but can see that the moderators don't want one. Oh well.

About paying for post counts. I think it's a fantastic idea, since I don't give a crap about my post count.

	23-09-2004 01:06									#56
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quote: Originally posted by Bloody Monk Wink, wink; nudge, nudge.... We all know that you only play from home. Why can't they understand that?? Monk

I only play at home and in my lunch break.

	23-09-2004 07:44									#57
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There will be no splitting the "Other Games" forum at this time.

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	23-09-2004 09:14									#58
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Banana! Er, really, another forum isn't necessary. No, make them wade through all the FGs anyway. Tempt them to become absorbed in the FG consciousness. Force them to play every FG game in order to get down to the regular threads.

Been listening to Kerry too much.

	23-09-2004 12:33									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Qilue While I maintain my stance as previously stated, I have noticed a couple of FG threads which are lacking a "FG" label. Perhaps Rah could become harsh with FG threads that don't obey The Rules?

The FG tag was added by us forum gamers as a courtesy to others who don't want to play.

	23-09-2004 16:04									#60
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If we wanted to be "harsh"... we could probably ban about half of the active posters