ITT we discuss why you staffers can't moderate Microsoft's Window
 

Ok assholes, enough dancing around this subject. Myself and a number of others are starting to get pissed off here.

I'm sure by this point you understand the problem. There are tonnes of shitty, terrible posts in that forum. Devo reports them by the fuckload, I'm sure you've all seen that by now. However, unlike the other gaming forums, nothing is done about this.

So we GFF denizens who prefer a decent browsing experience when we read that forum ask for help from the mod team! Do we get any assistance? No. We get excuses.

"But the Window gets less activity in it than the other gaming forums!"

The only excuse that holds any real truth or point to it. Yeah, it does. We get it, the Xbox isn't the biggest thing around here. Whoopee. So there are less posts in there.

But that should make it easier to moderate! You only have to skim through or see a few posts a day to determine what's good and what needs to be removed like a tattoo of a giant penis on your forehead.

"But I don't give a shit about Xbox!"

Are you saying that of all the staffers, even the useless ones, we don't have a single one with even a passing interest in Microsoft's console? Or at least one with enough of an interest in gaming in general to peek his head in there from time to time? I find that hard as fuck to believe.

Seeing as how there is not a lot of activity in there, how difficult is it to stick your face in there for a few minutes and earn that badge below your title?

And if no existing member of staff exists that would do the job, there are plenty of others who would do a fine job. None of them care about anything but fixing up the current state of that forum.

So let's get some GOOD reasons for why you guys aren't in there.

And I don't want any shit excuses like the ones we got recently from Mush or Face that are along the lines of "It isn't a big deal" or "There isn't even a problem in there". Thanks.

Is this even a word.

Edit: Well, there is some discussion being made among the mod team right now about this issue, so it isn't being ignored entirely, but the end result does seem to be in question as of this point.

1 entry found for tonnes.
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n.

A metric ton.

I'm sorry I don't speak American.

Additionally, yeah. Discussion. Or so I've heard. And the end result of that discussion so far has been these bullshit excuses I discussed above. What is there to talk about? Just MODERATE IT.

If worse comes to worst, just assign someone different to mod that place on a weekly basis. Everyone can share the responsibilities they don't want then! No one gets fucked more or less than the next guy!

Funny thing is that this is an annual thing with MW. I had to make a thread JUST LIKE THIS ONE a year or two ago because the Window was suffering from the same problems it was now. We got a solution, but it was temporary.

I agree that the Window really, really could use some long-term help here.

Apology accepted, communist filth.

Honestly I don't care enough to have an opinion, I just wanted the chance to imply Megalith was at the heart of a grand spam conspiracy.

Oh, you guys

Microsoft's Window has a lot of shit posts

Do you know who makes shit posts

Oh wait it's shitty posters

Hey guys does anyone know the names of some major Window posters

Hands up



Guys I can always get myself remodded if you want law & order so badly

It's no sweat man

Really, making Pang a moderator again would only make things worse, but thanks for the offer!

You are, in essence, asking us to put out a fire by throwing more gasoline on it.

This is very detrimental to our health, you see.

Let's also bring back and remod Cain while we're at it.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.

I suppose by driving away all the posters from Gamingforce we would also solve the Windows problems at the same time!

SKILLS YOU ARE A GENIUS. ='D

But I could delete a lot of posts

I have a good talent for that

Seriously I can work with Devo since she knows everything

She will say "Pang, delete this" and I will do that immediately

I am not seeing any flaws in this plan! Massive numbers of posts will get deleted! Delight will flow through the kingdom of airplanes.

1) We have been discussing that already, like, this week, and today.

2) We always know it is a problem. As Tails said that he posted a thread a long time ago, we do discuss this as we realize it becomes a problem.

3) There is no good excuse why we don't do it. If you assigned me to it, I might watch it for like a week and then I'd abandon it because I don't have an XBOX and I frankly don't really give a shit enough to read posts about XBOXs and XBOX games and the like. I get that you are saying, "Well, you're a mod, read the posts anyway asshole!"

Let's say that ANGST was the undermodded forum. You wanna read every post in that forum? It's harder to do when you really don't give a shit about the topic.

I think only one moderator on the entire team owns an XBOX product.

4) Rotating mods is not a good solution to success in a forum. You gotta know the posters, the trends, the styles.

5) As Pang pointed out, there is a lot of shit in XBOX because there are a lot of shitty posters who want to talk about the XBOX. This kind of limits our pool of mod candidates to fill that hole with -- it always has.

6) If Pang wants to mod huge XBOX posts I am IN FAVOR.

Hey what's up.

I'll just add that I am currently not in favor of Pang ever modding anything ever again.

Hey it was great chatting, thanks for your time.

Well, that's exactly it. No one has the necessary motivation to mod XBOXWINDOW out of genuine concern because that is logically impossible! HOWEVER: Modding out of pure malicious spite? Totally doable.

Let's get this show on the road. INITIATE OPERATION: STERILEBOX

Would you guys be fine if we just gave Pang access to ban people? He wouldn't even have to delete posts; who would go back and look at old XBOX threads anyway?

This is an easy problem to fix.

Get someone who frequents the forum to moderate it. Just because Tube and Megalith were saying it doesn't mean it's a retarded idea.

I might have said "sure" back in 2003 when Pang was a witty and constructive poster. Nowadays he's no better than half the people he'd end up banning anyway.


Mikey, I assume http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/im...n-supermod.gif means you probably should.

We can discuss this! You know, if anybody has a compelling reason why a mod should not be appointed to mod a forum that you insist needs more modding, please speak up!

"I hate his guts and he's a jerk" is not a reason! You must explain why that's relevant!

One can only imagine what your list of candidates looks like!

Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006
Devo for Microsoft's Window Moderator 2006

It's short, but it doesn't include the names "Zeal" or "Megalith." Depending on the day, it may or may not include "TubeRacer."

Are there days of the week during which Tube isn't on the rag, Merv?

Because I don't think the End Days are upon us yet!

Supported for ironical comedy reasons.

DEVO FOR INEVITABLE IMPLOSION 2006

sir are you implying youd make a better moderator than dev

because if so, i might have to shoot you so as to prevent you from further infecting the gene pool

But he was a staffer Tails! Proof enough that he's totally a trustworthy person to appoint to this task!

Just like Decker

No, I am sure Dev will make a great moderator for the ten minutes before her logic modulator shorts out as a result of becoming the very thing she can't stop complaining about all the time.

Look, Tails? I was wrong, and I'm sorry.



WACKY ASIDE: The worst thing Decker ever did was get rid of Tifa, let's not be unfair

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