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Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: RPGPundit on March 08, 2007, 09:15:05 AM
For the record, fuck that shit.  This isn't RPG.net where the "mods" are special elite people with authority mere mortals are not permitted to imitate.

The whole basis of what can make this place work is community reinforcement. Now, if someone starts tossing around orders, when they aren't actually an Admin, they're probably putting on airs and you can tell them to fuck off.  But I don't accept the "you're not a mod" response to someone who's just pointing out shit you're doing that's less than ideal.

This place will work because people can call each other on their shitty behaviour, knowing that its not because they have the authority of a "mod" that they can do so, but just because they're part of the site.

RPGPundit
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Settembrini on March 08, 2007, 09:15:55 AM
We are all mods.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Koltar on March 08, 2007, 10:18:51 AM
Okay , but I'm not getting one of those scooters just to be a "mod".

- E.W.C.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Abyssal Maw on March 08, 2007, 10:44:44 AM
I'm not a mod, I'm a rocker! (http://web.archive.org/web/20011220123839/www.geneseo.edu/~jmd1/mod.html)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Seanchai on March 08, 2007, 11:34:56 AM
If we're all mods and we all call each other, doesn't that mean we can all play the RPGnet-style "I'm just an overworked volunteer" martyr card when challenged?

Seanchai
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: JamesV on March 08, 2007, 11:54:55 AM
Quote from: Seanchai
If we're all mods and we all call each other, doesn't that mean we can all play the RPGnet-style "I'm just an overworked volunteer" martyr card when challenged?

Seanchai


Fuck man, I'm just trying to have a good time talking about dice and the finer points of orc-slaughter when you have to step in and mess things up, by posting.

I paraphrase Tom Petty:

Let me ban you tonight
I'll take put on a ignore file
It's torture that you folks don't see
Just how much I mod for thee

But let me get to the whole, I'll ban another troll
And turn the snark up loud, I'm too alone to be proud
You don't know how it feels
You don't know how it feels to be me!
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Seanchai on March 08, 2007, 12:21:20 PM
Quote from: JamesV
Fuck man, I'm just trying to have a good time talking about dice and the finer points of orc-slaughter when you have to step in and mess things up, by posting.

I paraphrase Tom Petty:

Let me ban you tonight
I'll take put on a ignore file
It's torture that you folks don't see
Just how much I mod for thee

But let me get to the whole, I'll ban another troll
And turn the snark up loud, I'm too alone to be proud
You don't know how it feels
You don't know how it feels to be me!


I'm sorry, but poetry is against the rules. As a mod, I made this ruling up on a whim, don't have to inform anyone about it before I enforce it, and will now threaten you with the mod hammer if you don't immediately acquiesce to my infantile power trip fantasies.

Seanchai
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Gabriel on March 08, 2007, 12:54:29 PM
You are all cocksmocks.  I'm banning every single one of you fucktards.  Consider this topic locked.  Any attempts to start a new thread will be dealt with.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Werekoala on March 08, 2007, 12:55:08 PM
Quote from: Seanchai
I'm sorry, but poetry is against the rules. As a mod, I made this ruling up on a whim, don't have to inform anyone about it before I enforce it, and will now threaten you with the mod hammer if you don't immediately acquiesce to my infantile power trip fantasies.


That's a group attack on Poets, and as such consider this a warning.

My mod voice is Plum.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Koltar on March 08, 2007, 12:58:18 PM
Quote from: Gabriel
You are all cocksmocks.  I'm banning every single one of you fucktards.  Consider this topic locked.  Any attempts to start a new thread will be dealt with.



 Who let Curt in ?




(ITs a joke - alright?)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Koltar on March 08, 2007, 01:08:43 PM
Quote from: Koltar
Who let Curt in ?




(ITs a joke - alright?)



 I meant the above as a joke - then I go over to the big Purple & Pink - and see that he just got suspended.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: One Horse Town on March 08, 2007, 01:22:36 PM
Quote from: Koltar
I meant the above as a joke - then I go over to the big Purple & Pink - and see that he just got suspended.


That's alright, he'll be back as a mod again soon enough and that'll force him back into more moderate language again. Although, it's a tad dubious that the actual attack has been edited from existence. Probably to stop it being used against him in the future, which i can understand. But hey, if you're going to be the police, you should police yourself so that editing previous remarks shouldn't be necessary.

Edit: Erm...he's logged on over there right now.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Seanchai on March 08, 2007, 01:28:55 PM
Quote from: Werekoala
That's a group attack on Poets, and as such consider this a warning.

My mod voice is Plum.


Damn!

But I thought the group attack rule only applied if you were originally part of a group that is between six and twelve million members that you once self-identified with but now realize that you consciously had no choice to be a member of. Oh, and isn't a frat or the Republicans.

Seanchai
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: RockViper on March 08, 2007, 02:25:33 PM
[Nelson] (http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t221/tgdye/RPG/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg)[/Nelson]

Quote from: Koltar
I meant the above as a joke - then I go over to the big Purple & Pink - and see that he just got suspended.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Mr. Christopher on March 08, 2007, 03:33:58 PM
Quote from: Koltar
I meant the above as a joke - then I go over to the big Purple & Pink - and see that he just got suspended.

:eek: Curt must really dislike Nelzie's mother.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: mythusmage on March 08, 2007, 03:43:41 PM
You're all sick, angry people.

(Stating the obvious. I will now suspend myself long enough for the next page to load.)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: James J Skach on March 08, 2007, 04:20:29 PM
Fuck you, cunts!  Everyone knows the only model for moderation is the Moderator/Poster model.  Only fuckwits would believe in some kind of distributed moderation approach.

Jesus Fucking Christ! Don't you Fucktards know if you deviate from the Moderator/Poster division, designed when forums were first created, you're not even taking part in a forum anymore?

Edited for typing errors - not spelling errors as that fucktard Werekoala claimed - butt-nugget.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Werekoala on March 08, 2007, 04:23:48 PM
Tone it down, James. Over-reliance on "/" could offend people who have trouble with dichotomy. Also, learn to spell. This is your last warning.

My mod voice is plum.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: James J Skach on March 08, 2007, 04:30:39 PM
My "Fuck you, Moderator" voice is...well...black.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Seanchai on March 08, 2007, 04:32:52 PM
Quote from: Werekoala
My mod voice is plum.


Really? 'Cause plum is hard to read on laptop screens. Maybe some mods should have plum colored mod voices and some should have purple.

Seanchai
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: TonyLB on March 08, 2007, 04:50:28 PM
Seanchai:  That's a brilliant idea.  People can pick a mod voice that either blends, or doesn't, based on how much they want to exert authority.  However, for commenting on moderation outstanding you must be punished.  The only punishment sufficiently painful:  YOU must now be a moderator!

My mod-voice is: white.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: James J Skach on March 08, 2007, 05:03:15 PM
The white just proved the background is not quite white.

For your insolence, you will be banned...or not...depending on Pundit's most recent 24 hours of Pipe Smoking and Drinking intake.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: James J Skach on March 08, 2007, 05:05:59 PM
My fucking Pundit voice is Royal Blue, Motherfuckers!
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Gabriel on March 08, 2007, 05:08:33 PM
Quote from: TonyLB
People can pick a mod voice that either blends, or doesn't, based on how much they want to exert authority.


or however much they need to compensate for penis size.

Hmmmm.  It looks as if my mod voice is standing out the most.

::checks pants::

Crap.  Time to change to 100pt bolded red font.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: TonyLB on March 08, 2007, 05:08:47 PM
Quote from: James J Skach
The white just proved the background is not quite white.
Yeah, I know.  I tried silver at first, but it stood out even more clearly.  Ah well :emot-sigh:
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Spike on March 08, 2007, 05:54:14 PM
Quote from: James J Skach
The white just proved the background is not quite white.

For your insolence, you will be banned...or not...depending on Pundit's most recent 24 hours of Pipe Smoking and Drinking intake.



Thats funny, on my screen his white mod voice is invisible unless highlighted...

No sign of words at all except for his 'My Mod voice is:" bit...
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Blackleaf on March 08, 2007, 05:58:10 PM

// Ban idiot users
$ban_ip = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'; // ip address format

$visitor_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
if($visitor_ip == $ban_ip)
{
die("Attention idiot. You are banned from this site!");
}

$visitor_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$ip_list = explode(",", $ban_ip);
foreach($ip_list as $ip)
{
if($visitor_ip == $ip)
{
die("You are banned, fool!");
}
}

?>

(http://www.uoguelph.ca/~stuartr/images/button.jpg)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Seanchai on March 08, 2007, 07:04:11 PM
Quote from: TonyLB
However, for commenting on moderation outstanding you must be punished.  The only punishment sufficiently painful:  YOU must now be a moderator!


Excellent, excellent.

Now that I am a moderator, I declare today to be Whimsy Moderation Day. Here's how it works: Roll on the tables below and apply the results. Good luck!

Are you guilty? Roll 1d6
1. You're a kiss-ass. No moderation for you!
2. You haven't done anything—yet. We've got our eye on you.
3. Collateral damage. You got hit by a stray mod bullet. Roll on the tables below.
4. Surprise! You're the vicitim of a sudden rules change. Roll on the tables below.
5. Surprise! You're the vicitim of the sudden creation of a new heretofore unmentioned rule. Roll on the tables below.
6. You did what the mods themselves do, but, surprise!, it turns out that's against the rules. Roll on the tables below.

What are you guilty of? Roll 1d6.
1. You were a dick.
2. Trolling.
3. Being intentionally obtuse.
4. Thinking bad thoughts/planning to do something against the rules someday.
5. Making a group attack against an individual.
6. Said Cessna was a bad moderator.

What's your punishment? Roll 1d6.
1. Public ridicule by the mods.
2. Temp ban and public ridicule by the mods.
3. Temp ban, public ridicule by the mods, invitation extended by mods for public ridicule by entire site.
4. Perma ban and public ridicule by the mods.
5. Perma ban, public ridicule by the mods, invitation extended by mods for public ridicule by entire site.
6. Blissful kiss of the mod hammer.

For how long? Roll 1d6.
1. Mods just tell you that you're luckily—you should have been punished but weren't in order to demonstrate how lenient, kind and open-minded they are. But watch out, they've got their eye on you, mister!
2. Two and a quarter days.
3. Until the next full moon.
4. Bolonga.
5. It's being discussed backstage.
6. Asking how long you're being punished for just demonstrates your unwillingness to meekly accept your oh-so-deserved punishment—add another week. Want to ask again, scum?

Announcement by mod. Roll 1d6.
1. "We're temp banning LovedByAll for violating the new rule that no screen name can begin with the letter L. To forestall any questions about when and why this much-needed new rule was created, I'm closing this thread."
2. "If you don't like this ruling, please feel free to contact the site administrators, who also don't care."
3. "I can't expected to act like a grown up—I'm a volunteer. And it's so damn hard! People expect things of me because I stepped up and accepted responsibility. Now fuck off and die, your moronic asswipe of a Republican! P.S.: D&D sucks and your mother is a bad lay."
4. "Here comes the mod hammer! Let's the public and conspicous ass kissing begin!"
5. "You dare to question the will of the gods, mere mortal? Ha! I smite thee with my godly peenar and consign thee to the presence of RPG Pundit!"
6. "You always questioned my whimsical, half-baked decisions and that got old. I never liked you, but was always willing to barely tolerate your presence so I could point you out as an example of how tolerant and good-natured the moderators are when other people questioned our behavior. But now you've suggested I'm a bad moderator. Although you've never broken a rule, your comment hits close to home and now I'm going to have a wee public tantrum and ban you. Goodbye."

Seanchai
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Werekoala on March 08, 2007, 07:35:39 PM
Thou art truly like unto the Gods themselves.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Dr Rotwang! on March 08, 2007, 08:03:50 PM
My mod voice is (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Eddie1.jpg/180px-Eddie1.jpg)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Kyle Aaron on March 08, 2007, 08:19:56 PM
I have a most bodacious mod voice!

(http://digitalius.csmalecki.com/albums/billted/normal_PDVD_088.jpg)

"Be excellent to each-other!"
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Werekoala on March 08, 2007, 11:58:30 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!
My mod voice is (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Eddie1.jpg/180px-Eddie1.jpg)


Oh jeebus.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Stumpydave on March 09, 2007, 02:56:23 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Eddie1.jpg/180px-Eddie1.jpg)


Kill it with fire!
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: JongWK on March 09, 2007, 09:07:02 AM
Quote from: JimBobOz
"Be excellent to each-other!"


(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/rvilliers/Misc/billandted.jpg)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Dr Rotwang! on March 09, 2007, 09:09:25 AM
Quote from: JongWK
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c220/rvilliers/Misc/billandted.jpg)

Totally.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Christmas Ape on March 09, 2007, 09:33:35 AM
Wow. I think I've read ALL of those Announcements from the Mods at one time or another, though phrased differently, and the asskissing always looks like a spontaneous demonstration of worker....I mean poster...support and gratitude. The mods are at least "hard done by" enough to not demand it. But by god, they've got OG and the assorted Tangencites to lead the charge of fearful toadying.

Good Doctor R!, are you aware of your signature typo? That's a clear violation of our English, Motherfucker! policy. If you want to enjoy the privilege of posting in Our Most August Presence in future, I suggest you read the site rules, which are clearly defined and in no way amount to 'capricious vendetta bannings are at our discretion'.

My bandwagon voice is chartreuse.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: UmaSama on March 09, 2007, 09:41:37 AM
You know what?
You're all banned, as a matter of fact I'll just delete all of your accounts.
Have a nice day.:hehe:

Except JongWK of course, he Asian and as such he has superpowers.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Gunslinger on March 09, 2007, 02:25:36 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!
My mod voice is (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Eddie1.jpg/180px-Eddie1.jpg)

Is that the guy from the wildly popular Midnight Madness?
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Blackleaf on March 09, 2007, 02:58:20 PM
Quote from: Christmas Ape
the asskissing always looks like a spontaneous demonstration of worker....I mean poster...support and gratitude.


Every time I visit I end up wanting to listen to Faith Collapsing by Ministry...
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: kregmosier on March 09, 2007, 05:37:57 PM
Quote from: Abyssal Maw
I'm not a mod, I'm a rocker! (http://web.archive.org/web/20011220123839/www.geneseo.edu/~jmd1/mod.html)


...and I'm a Mocker!

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/305/ohsnapzs2.gif)
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Dr Rotwang! on March 09, 2007, 10:59:16 PM
Quote from: Gunslinger
Is that the guy from the wildly popular Midnight Madness?
That is Eddie Deezen.  You may know him as the voice of Mandark on Dexter's Lab, and his filmography is right here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214430/).

His crowning achievement, though, is this one (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089823/).
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: Zachary The First on March 10, 2007, 11:35:16 AM
Quote from: UmaSama
You know what?
You're all banned, as a matter of fact I'll just delete all of your accounts.
Have a nice day.:hehe:


I believe this is the point where we are supposed to fawn over your decision and come up with variations on asking you to have our man-babies.
Title: "You're Not A Mod"
Post by: peteramthor on March 10, 2007, 04:43:14 PM
Quote from: Stumpydave
Kill it with fire!


Yes with fire, the biblical cleanser!