Props and the Consert Hall
 

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against boonsen. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all that. But out of the last 50 props as of the time of this post, he has 28 of them, 34 of belonging to the classical recordings thread in general. Personally, I don't mind these dudes showing appreciation in other people's uploading, but when it floods the page, I can't catch up on all the forum hilarity. Hilarity is slipping through my fingertips.

I know this isn't a new idea, but let's get the ball rolling again. If any one of you administrator-y types could possibly create an optional filter for what forums display on the props page, you'd be enriching my Gamingforce experience, I'm sure others' would be enhanced as well. It's a win/win, you're not taking any privilege away from the classical loving chaps, just giving the rest of us the option to collectively ignore them.

Or, if it's easier to just universally bar that forum from appearing on the props page, I'm good with that too.

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Nooooo....my precious lulz!

I could have sworn that this was supposed to have happened the last time someone opened up the Concert Hall can of shit that everyone seems to love around here. Anyhow, I hope this happens this time around.

What. More like...

Buckwalt is just a Moderator, like me. Other than handing out infractions and messing with threads in our assigned forums, there's not much we can do.

Yeah, I get that he's not an admin or whatever - but walking in and saying HEY THIS SHOULDVE HAPPENED LAST TIME BLAH BLAH SNARF is like middle management walking in and loudly correcting a CEO in the middle of a presentation.

(The single difference between my saying it and his saying it is that I am not a moderator, and it is not my point to manage.)

In all fairness, Dr. Uzuki would be more like the guy presenting to the CEO while the affected middle-manager bitches at the CEO that he should have done something the LAST time around.

In either scenario the dude would be canned. <3

The difference is tone and pecking order here. Uzuki, nice guy he is, ain't marked down as staff while Buckwalt specifically manages this end of the yard. Not to mention the difference between "Hello I noticed something" and "Oh yeah shit WHY DOESNT SOMEONE ELSE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT I HAVE TOO MANY TPS REPORTS RIGHT NOW.

We need a cover sheet on those.

There was a memo.

Maybe we should take the communist approach, and any props given in Concert Hall are instead distributed to other GFF members.

The posts in The Musician's Library has been rendered to not appear on the latest 5 posts. Can't the same thing be applied on props to solve the riddle?

I believe in the socialist approach in which all props and disses are operated by the moderation and are handed out for use at their discretion.

People aren't even "showing appreciation": the guy actually requires that his posts be propped to PM people the links to his uploads. Kind of similar to these Facebook pages you have to "like" before you can see the actual content.

[hide] tag features works good.

If you're basically holding the files for ransom under the insistence that they prop you first, then the entire exercise of filesharing ceases to be an example of generosity and turns into an absurdist kiss-my-ring processional.

Yes, if people are allowed to download files without "thanking" you first, they'll do so. And the problem with this state of affairs would be...?

Additional Spam:
Ah, yes, this makes them "leechers", far inferior to their cousins the "leechers who can press a button."

Huzzah!!!!!!!

If you love these other forums so much why don't you marry them

Except we don't have a system in place that forces anyone to contribute anything in order to access anything. Trying to jackhammer one in by abusing a system that's meant for silly is kinda :/

And comparing it to a torrent site where you're using your own bandwidth is silly, because you have MEDIAFIRE LINKS. Not only is it not inconveniencing you in any way, shape or form if one or a thousand people grab it, there is no way to track or encourage sharing or contributions.

It's e-dick sucking and you're being a wiener. That's all there is to it.

The **Hidden Content**

*Not for Zerg to be ridiculous with

I enjoy this post.

Frolov is all "BABY ITS TOO BIG IT WONT FIT".

And Agent Di Gun Him is all "OH YOU'LL MAKE IT FIT BITCH".

If I was the only person providing content for a site, I would stop going to that site. I don't need props to tell me that I'm the only person providing content to that site, I would know because I am not retarded.

I hope this helps.

Back in the day when My Stuff was vogue, it WAS customary for people to post what they're downloading from an FTP, or face a ban from the FTP runner. I suppose the prop system is an extension of this system.

Still, any time I see one of those prop-demanding posts, a strong urge to click the diss button develops. Most of the time, I don't. Should I always indulge such urges?

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Also, I am an afficionado of the use of hide tags to prevent leeching. I do not understand why Colonel Skills hate them so much, when he doesn't even have to unhide them :(

So Pang finally gets it. The 'usage' of props in the concert hall has been diverted far from its orginal intent. In fact, the result of such prop-conditioning has become frickin' ridiculous: where there once was words to the effect of 'thank you' and some small semblance of appreciation, there now is a robotic churn of piano posts with 30 mindless props a piece. The same names predictably reappear: leechers now trained to press a button.

I say get rid of the prop/diss button in the CH altogether. But first, make props = disses and disses = props in the concert hall.

I suggest props and disses in the concert hall = disses.

Clearly CH was the best of us.

I'd say that every concert hall prop extends lousy's ban time for another hour.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to tell me.

What's up with the CH'ers editing their posts? Are they really that finicky?

Edit: I drink cold, tall glasses of scrotum juice daily

Guys, listen, hush up. These are two worlds that can coexist by simple non-observation. I had hoped by my pleasantries that we could float over the actual politics of the CH. You've all just shattered my faith. How you sleep at night is anybody's guess.

I still don't see anything wrong with the original suggestions, other than I misspelled concert.

Clearly the most important step to take here is for anyone whose chocopie shows CH as their primary posting destination needs to be prohibited from editing their own posts.

Secondly those same people need their prop totals reset to zero.

Thirdly we remove the prop button in CH and replace it with a massive picture of a cock that you have to stroke repeatedly to access the content of the post.

This, I believe, will be a satisfactory solution for everyone.

Usergroup "CH Asshole" up and ready to rock. These two assclowns are already part of it.

While we're talking about props, can we hide the props for the staff room or whatever that place is called? They don't appear on the complete prop page, but they do show up in the little prop window on the main page, and everytime it happens it's like a collective brag that we're not members of your secret gang. Usually we can just leave you to it.

In this day and age I don't know why there isn't complete transparency anyway.

I can't believe this thread is still going. Oh and that people actually expect CHz to take up your silly requests. Why would he do that? Watching you whine about trivial shit (the mod hut props for instance) is way funnier, and probably a lot easier. Fixing these things to suit your needs would kill the funny. Basically it's like this:

YouTube Video

That's you guys on the right, CHz on the left.

You say as you prop 3 posts in the Hut purely to piss people off. I agree, props in the Mod Hut shouldn't show up on the front page, it's obnoxious to those who can't see the posts. If I see a prominent member has been propped, I generally check to see the post, because it's probably worth reading. If most of our members can't see the post, what's the point in telling them?

Or you could, you know read the forums. That's the real problem here. You want the five latest posts and the latest props page to tell you everything that's going on so you don't actually bother viewing or reading all the threads. Then people of course wonder what's with the lack of activity. It surely wouldn't have anything to do with people wanting the convenience of just reading a few propped posts (OMG SO FUNNY) and then rolling out.


Also those were worthwhile posts in the Hut I never got around to properly doing, thank you very much. :colbert:

E: In addendum, this whole thing is dumb because initially it was conceived that the prop system in CH was an acceptable substitute to all the empty thank you posts, and now that several people (and by several I mean what, a grand total of THREE?) have taken to abusing this suddenly we should punish all of them. Oh no my 50 prop long recent list is full of CH posts, ;___;

I don't have a problem with dealing with/singling out boosen/lousy/Frolov but everything else suggested here is just pedantic whining hth

ee: Consert Hall?

Actually no. To quote myself from the Mod Hut (where I was told I was nuts):

Protip: Five latest props is the same thing, only with thumbs instead of words.

Yes, I was aware of that. You're getting after folks for relying on props instead of browsing forums, and I'm saying the same principle is true for Most Recent Posts. It was a handy thing when we had dozens of new posts an hour, but now it stifles activity. If your post isn't getting propped or in the Most Recent, it will probably fall by the wayside.

But once you've made five posts, the latest five posts thingy becomes useless. I never look at the latest props thing either because the posts open in new windows which I find annoying.

Also, keeping the Hut props on that thing is important as it reminds the rest of you how great all us mod types are.

Just scrap the entire prop system. Has it actually got any purpose?

Yes. Yes it does.

The prop system exists because sometimes an idiotic comment doesn't need a full reply. Sometimes all you need is a nice reminder their idea/comment/life outlook is stupid.

Or, like Captain Tridegree up there, you can reply to the post and diss it at the same time, thus doubly registering your dissatisfaction.

At Gamingforce, we strive to provide you, the user, with as many avenues as possible of telling other people they have fucked up now.

*bump*

Hahahaha, can we re-instate the awards this year so I can nominate that for post of the year?