Notice to Users

[Hamma]

Look folks, I am patient around here. I like a laid back moderating style where mods' are not always up everyones ass. I expect most people to fend for themselves by using our ignore features, or just telling the person to chill. This will continue to be mine, and the entire staff's moderating policy. However it has come to my attention that there are a bunch of people who want to abuse their posting abilities. I have handed out 4 bans this morning. Some of these users are not even new. Let this be a lesson to new users that we are not going to take any bull, just dont spam and we will get along just fine.

The game was just released, there is a HUGE influx of new traffic and users right now. Everyone must accept the fact it may be a bit noobish around here for a while. I refuse to close new registrations, or implement a GameFAQ's type policy. Then all I have created here has gone to waste because it then becomes the elitist community I do not want to be a part of.

So those of you who have been around for a while I ask to chill out, this time will pass. Things will calm down and the newbs will filter through, some will stay, others will go. Such is the life of an online community.

[Yuyi]

:love:

[Onizuka]

Can you tell us who you have banned?

[Hamma]

No need for that.

[�io]

Ok so by the tone of your post i guess my new proposal will be shot down too but i'll give it a shot anyway.

Dio's Plan C : Create a new section called "Old timers" (or something like that) accesible only to people who where here pre-beta and a few peeps who got here after that but would be worthy.

I understand you want this to be a free forum with little to no moderation and all but do understand that some of us would like to be able to visit PSU without having to ignore 3 new guys a day.

[Hamma]

That is the type of elitist community i dont want to be a part of. 3 a day is a bit extreme :p

[�io]

Heh, i knew you were gonna say that. :(

And 3 a day is an exageration but not by much, you aren't on as often as i am. I read 98% of every thread in the lounge and GD forums and trust me, there's a lot of n00bs out there.

[Hamma]

I read every new thread whenever I come on to the forums. Everyones description of "noob" is different :p be patient. We would have been foolish not to see this coming before the game released. It hasnt even been a month yet, people will come and go. Like it or not we are all noobs in this infant community :p

[�io]

Yeah but there's a difference between newbs and n00bs.

Newbs is just a new guy, same like you or i was once before, n00bs is the fucktards who are making a lot of the good people leave or think of leaving. It isn't about elitism and shooting down any new guy who we don't know, it's about making sure the new guys are PSU material, not OF material who found it's way here, course lately PSU has been OF like so it can be hard to tell. :(

[1024]

Originally posted by �io
Ok so by the tone of your post i guess my new proposal will be shot down too but i'll give it a shot anyway.

Dio's Plan C : Create a new section called "Old timers" (or something like that) accesible only to people who where here pre-beta and a few peeps who got here after that but would be worthy.

I understand you want this to be a free forum with little to no moderation and all but do understand that some of us would like to be able to visit PSU without having to ignore 3 new guys a day.

i would like to see ths happen. It would be nice to get away from all these new people asking, "Whats' a suppressor?"(exaggeration :rolleyes: )

It would kind of cool to be talking only with the smart people for a change

[�io]

See that's the thing i'm not fed up of that kind of stuff, it does get tiring after a while but it's cool. But the crap like some people *coughJaged"clones"&TekDragoncough* are posting and the frequency that kind of shit happens makes me think of something i never thought i'd have to do. :(

[HollowPoint]

Hmm PSU forum whores complaining about newbs.

Tres interessant...

[Onizuka]

look i am a n00b!

[�io]

Originally posted by HollowPoint
Hmm PSU forum whores complaining about newbs.

Tres interessant...

Again i'm not complaining about the newbs, i'm complaining about the n00bs.

Il y a une tr�s grande diff�rence.

[Searo]

Sweet, I qualify for 1337 forums. BTW, I'm Flameseeker, been here since January.

[Denali]

Originally posted by �io
it's about making sure the new guys are PSU material, not OF material who found it's way here, course lately PSU has been OF like so it can be hard to tell. :(

I'm not OF material at all. Mainly why I play infield. I DH sometimes too. But never OF.

[Ryuuji]

Hamma...... I love you

[1024]

Originally posted by Ryuuji
Hamma...... I love you


....wtf...? :huh:

[Sp3ctre]

What do you class as spam?

[1024]

synthetic meat

[Squeeky]

I'd like to share my thoughts on the subject real quick.

Hamma is right. I would love to talk to people who have been here a certain amount of time, but that is so elitist that it's not funny. I want to help Hamma make this a good place, with very little moderation. Closing threads is very rare around here, deletion is almost non-existant. Moving threads is not really moderation just putting the threads where they need to be.

This is the kind of community i like, it's why i stayed here in the first place. There was no eliticism like all other communities. You get the people who wont even talk to you if there a vet because they wanna be an elitist asshole. If you guys have noticed, i welcome every new forum member that i see post. I want to let them know, that even someone like me who has been here for 6 months is a nice guy and that we will welcome them with open arms.

Now, onto the situation of moderating. I think the amount of moderators we have now is ok, i would like to see one or two of the more active staff members get forum moderating so that things that need attention (misplaced threads) dont get cluttered around alot. It's just a matter of keeping on top of things in my mind, but i will leave that decision up to Hamma. He has to have been doing something right if there is nearly 5,000 forum members and a ban list of 4 people :p

Edit: My views on this subject do not reflect the views of other PSU Staff

[Ouroboros]

Eh, I remember when I first joined the forums. No one would listen to me when I posted on certain subjects. It's all a matter of time I guess. But people spamming like mad do get on my nerves. :)

(Five bucks Hamma says something like no one listens to you even now)

PS:
What the hell kind of a quote is this?
"PSU: <==3"

[Destroyeron]

There's an ignore feature?

[Squeeky]

To ignore, click on the persons profile and then click "IGnore this user" at the bottom

[Prowler]

Originally posted by �io
Ok so by the tone of your post i guess my new proposal will be shot down too but i'll give it a shot anyway.

Dio's Plan C : Create a new section called "Old timers" (or something like that) accesible only to people who where here pre-beta and a few peeps who got here after that but would be worthy.

I understand you want this to be a free forum with little to no moderation and all but do understand that some of us would like to be able to visit PSU without having to ignore 3 new guys a day.

This guy has a plan.:cool:

[�io]

:lol:

Thanks but as Hamma and Squeeks said, they don't like it. :)

I also have a plan E (man my plan's aren't very lucky huh) but i hope not to use it, hopefully i can to figure out a good plan D.

[Squeeky]

No offense Dio, i lub joo, but the idea just isn't what i wanna see this forum come to.

[Violator]

i agree

[Onizuka]

Originally posted by Sp3ctre
What do you class as spam?

what you just said lol

[Mtx]

check check

[�io]

Originally posted by Squeeky
No offense Dio, i lub joo, but the idea just isn't what i wanna see this forum come to.

No offense Squeeks, i lub j00, but your idea just isn't what i wanna see this forum come to...well more like stay this way :

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9797

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9961

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9910

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9939

As well as many many many others posts in valid threads that just suck, heck just hit search on Reaperofdeath27 and you'll see 3 out of 25 posts that are more than 1 liners. Even then they have 2 or 3 lines at the most.

I understand want Hamma wants but you can't have both, either you moderate a forum or it WILL become a shithole like the OF, we all know it (even Hamma posted a poll about it) PSU's quality has been on the decreasing side for a while now and it's just getting worse.

Anyway i'll shut up now cause either way what i think doesn't matter, this is Hamma's place and he runs the show, we just get to watch it, i hust hope that it stays as good as it always has been... :(

[BladeRunner]

Dio, I hate to say this but you seem to beating a dead horse here. Hamma has said very clearly that he doesn't want an elite group to form or be recognized at all. You keep coming back, you even mentioned that you were okay with not having an elite group, but that you think some people just aren't "PSU material." Don't you think that's just reintroducing your idea of elitism?

Personally I've never ignored someone, but I have no problem scanning over spam to get to the real topics. I still feel really good about the forums.. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't come here. Why subject myself to pain?

[Hamma]

98% of the people in those threads you linked are temp banned.

As for private forums, and closing regs, and gamefaqs systems.. it isnt gonna happen on my watch. I would be the day I make my last post :p

I will ban and warn folks as needed. But in any influx of users, there are going to be idiots that need to be delt with. And they are delt with.

[Squeeky]

Originally posted by Hamma

I will ban and warn folks as needed. But in any influx of users, there are going to be idiots that need to be delt with. And they are delt with.


:clap:

[Hamma]

I was well prepared for this, we knew there would be an influx of users :p

[Squeeky]

Don't expect the influx of users to go down anytime soon either. It has been a steady flow of 15-20 per day since release.

[�io]

Well i'm not gonna make another post about my view, i'd probably just end up getting tired and on your nerves. Let's just hope that this kind of stuff never happens so i can continue to enjoy our great community.

[1024]

Maybe a room for poeple with more than 1000 posts....bah beating a REALLY dead horse :rolleyes: :D

[LSnake23]

BTW i have to ask, what is OF anyway? And why bother having an elite group, just to stay away from n00bs? I agree with Hamma on this thing will eventually blow over. And yes their will be people who will skip through all the info and training and ask annoying questions, but just remember when we were in beta, there were alot of things we didnt know since the beta site lacked info and we had to figured out the hard way. These non beta people are just getting the easy way out and thats fine, make the Emiper ur in stronger faster. They ask a question? answer it, it will be 1 less question for all of us to answer. I can imagin ALOT of people asking the same thing over and over again. But in the long run, question will be answer from n00bs themselves to other n00bs, its like a rabit multiplying. So I dont really see the point for the "elite group" that ur calling it. Never been in one cuz i dont see the need for me to be in one.

BTW squeeky, waz the deal with ur sig changing constently, how many do u have 4 million? werid how i just noticed it :p

[�io]

OF = Official forums

And again, my problem isn't the newbies it's the n00bs, people who just got here and flame everybody and/or spam and/or think they own the place. I do NOT have a problem with new guys asking questions.

[mikkyT]

Hey Dio you dictionary boy what does OFN mean then? :)

And if you want those who where here pre-beta to be in some private forum then... OMG I've landed I must be 1337 w00t w00t :)

Seriously, newbies can be dealt with, everyones a newb once. N00bs can either learn or be banned. Whats wrong with that system? :)

[MaestroBabeh]

Definately a good idea

[Hamma]

For once I agree with mikkyT :D

LSnake23, be thankful you never had to deal with the OF :)

[Strygun]

Originally posted by mikkyT
Seriously, newbies can be dealt with, everyones a newb once. N00bs can either learn or be banned. Whats wrong with that system? :)

well said!

[ho]

:p

[Hamma]

For example, ho. I can ban him at any time

[ho]

yea but then..no more mansechs

[�io]

Originally posted by mikkyT
Hey Dio you dictionary boy what does OFN mean then? :)

And if you want those who where here pre-beta to be in some private forum then... OMG I've landed I must be 1337 w00t w00t :)

Seriously, newbies can be dealt with, everyones a newb once. N00bs can either learn or be banned. Whats wrong with that system? :)

OFN = Old fucking news (kinda like this this debate :lol: )

Anyway i didn't want to post here again but i kinda have no choice. What's "wrong" with this system is (and no offense to current staff) said bannings or warnings take to long, yeah Reaper and the other asshats were banned (or temp banned dunno which) but after how many spam posts?

The problem isn't that the asshats don't get delt with it's that by the time they do get delt with they already cause damage to the community.

Anyway hopefully this debate will die soon, as i said i(or anybody else for that matter) have no say in this, it's Hamma's place and he runs the show. I'm just trying to help this place get better, like i said we all (including Hamma) noticed this place getting worse with each passing n00b, i thought Unreg overreacted when he left but the way things are going i have no doubt he won't be the last to check out. :(

[Mtx]

I thought the lounge was rather boring butI see you guys darkened a thread or two.

:borg:

Assimilate the newbs or noobs. WTF ever right? :D

[Hamma]

Patience.

Ang ignore list, a very powerful feature.

[NeoTassadar]

When you ignore someone, do they see your posts? If they can, that could cause problems eventually.

[Hamma]

Yes, they see your posts. But you dont see theirs.. thats the whole point behind it :p

[NeoTassadar]

If they see yours, that can lead to things like:
"What you can't defend against my l33t flames? What's wrong? Respond to me, dammit!"
Sure you won't know, but your image would go down a notch.

[Hamma]

Yea but what difference does if you cant see it.

[NeoTassadar]

Originally posted by NeoTassadar
Sure you won't know, but your image would go down a notch.

[Hamma]

I dont see how your image would go down a notch.. becuase you refuse to respond to a childish attack or something :p

[Hamma]

behold the new [I] link at the bottom right of each post, quicker way to ignore :p

[NeoTassadar]

It could be someone intelligent who is just flaming or frustrated...one minute, then I wouldn't ignore him. Maybe he made a good point by some fluke.

[Hamma]

True, true. That is always a possibility. hehe

[Onizuka]

Originally posted by Hamma
I dont see how your image would go down a notch.. becuase you refuse to respond to a childish attack or something :p

oooh thanky thanky. Ill jamm that button 24/7

[Mtx]

Sorry Hamma is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her.

Him or her?

Not even your loved puter knows what you are?! :p

[NeoTassadar]

That's why it didn't work.:D

[Hamma]

The damn server doesent know my gender :brow:

[ho]

:brow:

[xXxHitmanxXx]

im a bit late on this thread, (and sorry for interupting any conversation going on at the time of this post) but i'd like to add my 2 cents :love:

this is a great forum, everyone is humble, and the admin/mods actaully post and be friends with the other members! :eek: which, is not usual at other forums *cough*official ps forums*cough* so thats why this place is cool. i'm hoping to jump right into the crowd, and become a friendly fast. ill start off by making a sig tonight, :cool: so thats about it.

Hi, I'm hitman, but call me soupy, cuz thats my PS name. (signed up as hitman, but changed online alias when i signed up on PS)

mods: if you can, plz change my name to LtSoupy :groovy:

merci et j'aime le Universe de Planetside ;)

[LSnake23]

Originally posted by Hamma
LSnake23, be thankful you never had to deal with the OF :)

Well I go there every once in a while just to see waz up. Its not so bad IMO.

[Squeeky]

Originally posted by Hamma
The damn server doesent know my gender :brow:


Hottness x2

[Ryuuji]

x4

[LSnake23]

why not x infitity (SP?)