We have to do somthing! Created 20 years ago2004-12-02 23:54:57 UTC by Rileymo

There has been a recent increase in cussing/flaming/spamming.
This worrys me greatly. We have to do something, or this sites
going down the hole.

It's incurred by the flood of new mappers who signed on because of the recent release of HL2.

I agree it's not a good idea to flame n00bs, but not all newbies behave inappropriately. Most of them clue in immediately and learn the proper etiquette of forum posting and uploading maps to the vault. It's those few that just seem unable to learn form their mistakes.

Its a pity nobody hears the silent majority.

Just ignore all the crap, and everything will be fine - most importantly, keep yourself moderated.

Think: "What use is my post, maybe i should read over it..."

Instead of posting crap like this:

http://www.cariad.co.za/twhl/forums.php?pgt=1&action=viewthread&id=5882&pg=1

Bring back the TWHL i joined 520 days ago...

another problem behind this, is that there seems to be a campaign running to remove anonymous posting. the obvious solution to this is simple - dont. what we really need is a forum system which logs the posters IP and can be viewed by the moderators. if theres a continuing problem, they ban the IP and delete the member profile (if they have one).

I don't think it's that simple, stevezor.

Isn't there already a topic on this? To be honest, I don't think its anything to worry about. Remember when this same thing happened a few months ago? It was quite chaotic fro a while, then it toned down...

TWHL is drowning thread? that was sad...

I think its fine. Just not the flaming.

Spam is ok. if its in a spam thread.

I reccomend a three-strike-your-out basis.

Guys, this is getting annoying now. Will you please stop all trying to pile in telling atom how to run his site in absentia, seeing as most of you can't come up with ideas that actually work, like IP-based bans.

Enough with the "end of the world" and "it was better in my day" threads, yeah?

i agree.

But you cant hide the fact that, WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!

It was certainly better when I joined, but I agree with Seventh. SHUT THE HELL UP! Let atom decide how to run the place.

I'm not telling atom how to run it, I'm telling the users to stop spamming and flaming.

The best way to deal with Troll's is to ignore them.
By posting a reply to a comment, you only fuel the argument...

Do not reply to posts that annoy you.
Do not make comment.
If you ignore them they will go away.
Stick to the topic...
Simple isn't it?

So Yeah... we have to do something and that something is nothing!

OK.

Agreed. It'd help if someone deleted those useless anonymous posts though, no?

They do get deleted, but the thing is that someone is usually comments back before they delete it.

Which is why we need perhaps 1 or 2 more moderators.

My point exactly

we need someone from the US that can delete posts a night.

Rabidmonkey?

Once again, Andy is the voice of reason. And the beauty is that ignoring the spammers/flamers actually works!

If there all good ideas how how atom hasn`t done even the ones he listed there?

Atom never intended the site to get this big - it started off as a simple experiment in PHP, then grew enormous...

we're lucky he's still paying for the bandwidth...

He likes us.

1st time ever the process has been below 2000 milliseconds!Maby cause it is getting late

hes not paying! as far as i know, he just schlyed a website into his dads network when nobody was looking. ?_?

schly.

still be nice if the was an improvement on this " Processed in an extraordinarily slow 3276 milliseconds ".

th is his dads networks? erm...

Mr. MoneyBags...

He has no reason to. And I don't really mind. So long as he pops in every now and then, I'll be happy.

What we really need is NOTHING AT ALL.

I rather like the current forum system. Besides, none of these ideas will be implemented.

Already have contacted him.

Contact Atom

he replied to mine, once.

ANd it took like 5 years. [/sarcasm]

We are an expeiriment? OMG! I don't want to be a guinea pig!

wrong thread perhaps? rileymo....

/me looks back at ZK's toon impression of Anonymous...

I say we develop HL questionaire that stops noobs. You have to get good results to become a member!

Hey buddy! You leave my family out of this, OK?

A (random) quiz that must be answered correctly to enable members (noobs) to:

1. Post more than 6 words in ANY post.
2. Have access to the Map Vault.
3. Have a journal.
4. Exist.

Benefits of new quiz system

1. Un-intelligence will no longer be a problem.

2. No crap no-description/screenshot maps will be posted, filling up the map vault with absolute rubbish.

3. Only the foolhardy will have access to the site.

4. And there will be no skulduggery.

Any suspicion that members may be consulting Google will be subject to harassment and possible exclusion.

EXAMPLE QUIZ

1. In which country did the ?sauna? originate?

2. On which day and which year did America declare itself an independent country?

3. Which is lighter, gold or plastic?

4. What should you say in English if someone sneezes?

5. How many cents are there in an Australian dollar?

6. Who wrote ?Animal Farm??

7. Name five methods of transport?

8. Name ten countries where English is an official language.

9. Name ten parts of the body lower than the neck.

10. Which explorer discovered the sea-route to India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

11. What is the currency of Greece?

12. Which country is popularly called ?The Land of the Maple Leaf??

13. In Britain whom would you give a tip to?

14. Name three festivals celebrated in English-speaking countries?

15. ?A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind?. What are these sayings called?

16. What do English people say before a meal?

17. Which U.S President was assassinated in 1865?

18. Which is longer the Danube or Volga river?

19. When did England last win the football world cup?

20. Which planet is named after the Roman god of war?

Oh, and one more thing. There will be a new TWHL Bill of Rights which forbids Anonymous persons under the constitution of Half-life.

i cant answwer some of those... :

6. George Orwell

Um, "foolhardy"? "Marked by unthinking boldness"?

1. Japan?
2. 1776, um, July 4th?
3. Depends upon the polymer (not "plastic")
4. "Chrissake man, get a hankie"
5. 100
6. Sr. Orwell
7. Foot, boat, train, car, 'plane
8. Ooh, that's tricky. England... America? (Do they call it English officially?) Australia, New Zealand. Not too hot at geography.
9. Depends on which way up you are
10. Columbus?
11. Probably something that ends in "us". Or maybe the Euro.
12. Canada, eh?
13. Me.
14. Christmas, usually, and Stag Nights and, uh, New Year.
15. Idioms? Or are they axioms?
16. "Gizz'a pint"
17. Lincoln, at a play.
18. Ooh dear. I'll say the Volga.
19. 1966. BC.
20. Mars

Coulda done a lot better if I'd cheated, but that was all off the top of my head. So, how'd I do, mister Jaz?

you acctually answer these?

Lol @ Seventh-Monkey

OK, heres the correct answers. You didn't do too badly 7th...

1 - Finland

2 - 4th July 1776

3 - Plastic

4 - Bless you.

5 - 100

6 - George Orwell

7 - Train, car, coach, bus, tram, ship, boat, motorcycle etc.

8 - England, Ireland, USA, Canada, India, Kenya, Singapore, Barbados, South Africa, Pakistan etc.

9 - Chest, leg, arm, shoulder, foot, knee, fingers, toes, thigh, shin, ankle etc.

10 - Vasco de Gama

11 - Drachma

12 - Canada

13 -Waiter/Waitress, taxi driver, hairdresser

14 - Christmas, Easter, St. Valentines day, New Years day, Thanksgiving day etc.

15 - Proverbs

16 - Nothing!

17 - Abraham Lincoln

18 - Volga

19 - 1966

20 - Mars

8. INDIA! HELLO THATS LIKE 1 BILLION PEOPLE LOLOL NUBS.

And greece has Euro.

1. In which country did the ?sauna? originate?
hmm.. Japan.. I think.. or finland..

21. What nationality was the person who invented the internet as we see it today?

US? no, no...

Japanese?

no.... BRITISH!! FOOL! Called Tim Berners-Lee.

1. Hmmm... hot smelly sweaty room... Russia?

2. the 4th of July

3. I think it depends on the ammount of each substance

4. either "bless you" or "kazoontight"

5. 100 (cheated off seventh)

6. George Orwell

7. By foot, by plane, by train, by car, by bus.

8. well, there is no official language here in America, so: England, um, thats all I know.

9. That depends on which way you are standing, on your hands, or on your feet.

10. Magellian? Im wrong there.

11. Euros

12. "Oh Canada"

13. someone who asks for a hint.

14. New Years, Christmas, Easter.

15. silly

16. "Where the bloody hell is my supper?"

17. Not sure, Lincoln?

18. No one knows. They have not been streatched out, and if they were, they could circle the earth many times.

19. When hell froze over.

20. Mars. That was the easiest!