Zekiran_Immortal

It would be nice, but I rather think that names would be named, and flames brought out. :/ I don't think you were here for the Clique thing, Ex, it was very shortly before you arrived? It was... probably some of the nastiest flaming and arguments that I've ever seen - here or elsewhere. It hurt deeply and I personally would rather not bring up that again. But then I find I can safely ignore threads even after I've been dissed by someone, though not consistantly I can actually just walk away from some things...

I would love though, to see certain threads where we can just point and shoot - 'this is where you put official things' 'this is where you don't'. Though I never expect a thread to remain completely unjacked unless its subject is sooooo dull or resolved so easily that it fades too quickly.

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Maybe a title system is in order, allow the OP to specify the level of chaos.

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Hear hear!

On the prior subject of whether other places get modded more often than us, it's likely that other sections posters may have developed a much higher tolerance for 'their' kind of posting, whereas in here it's a different, slicker kind of skin that we put on. You're right - if it's not reported it won't get modded. I wonder how weird and wild it'd get if for one day a week people from other sections would be moved around to other sections and see what kind of reports you could generate...


One thing that I doubt that the forum structure supports, but would be of HUGE HUGE help, is more than just a 'report this post to a mod' button. The report button needs a blank area to fill in WHY the report is being made. Even the most simple boards I'm on usually have those, it's a mystery why this one doesn't.

Even just a dropdown: reporting / flaming; /threadjack or inappropriate message; threat; calling out; etc - based on the forum terms for what is and is not allowed. That way the Mods job would hopefully be made easier, and at the same time it would slow down some of the mod-happy people I've encountered at times. Plus just because a post has been reported does not either guarantee action nor make anyone aware of why it needs modding. A flag of WHY the request's being made would have a huge impact.

I threadjack. I try to get some posts back on thread by commenting in some way toward the op's posts.

But this area - like other server sections - represents what I see as the core of Protector players. And there's nonstop banter in our globals, which I certainly love to see and participate in.

I realize there are a few people who decide they resent the banter. There's always the /ignore feature, both here and on the server. I ignore different people for different reasons, both here and in game. But I've never bothered to worry about a threadjack - I can see having the OP ask clearly, "hey please guys, I'm serious" and then let the modsmacking begin. But outside of that, I would hope that as long as the op's still continuing their own banter with or without 'on topicness' the mods learn to leave threads alone.

I'm sure that there are piles of mod reports from one or two or four people regularly. That to me, if I were a mod, would mean "ah, they're at it again" but it wouldn't necessarily mean "time to mod the thread".

Ex, the bigger picture here is that honestly our forum seems to be moderated far more often than others - and for completely different reasons. To me that smacks of preferential treatment toward other forums or posters. That may or may not be TRUE, but that's how I see it and feel it reflects poorly on the mod group.

As my PM to you indicated for another thread, it's really time to sit down with the mods - face to face, if possible - and see what they would do 'if' and simply apply a logical test to certain types of posting.

I'm looking for *quality* moderation, not *quantity* of it. Myself, I've been the owner and admin of several long-standing but more private and smaller boards - and only twice in 6 years have I actually had to lay the smackdown on a particular poster for causing damage to the community.

Here, I honestly don't feel as though the community needs interferance or moderation from outside sources.

That said, I do wish that some 'banter' which rapidly changes to outright attacks - witness Demi and Dirt above, which is PLAINLY obvious to pretty much anyone, from both sides - would be either taken to private messages or emails and hashed out apart from the forums where the rest of us don't need to see the heat.

I know I've been recently guilty of having some issues. I settled them privately and apologized. I have yet to see several others do so - modsmacks or no, I'm sure that politeness needs to be cranked up a notch sometimes.

And THAT said, I don't visit other server forums for precisely that reason: there IS no politeness. It's so noticable here, when someone loses their cool over an issue, because NORMALLY we don't. Normally here in Protector we have a pretty good grip on our posting habits.

Not so true on other server forums, which brings me back to the point of: if it doesn't need to be modded, leave it be. Or, please, balance and fairness - if one section's gonna get modsmacked because of threadjacking, please go to the other forums and do the same. Remind others that their behavior is telling of their attitudes. Recent cross posting and attacks came in several waves, and it became very easily seen that protectorites are often singled out for smacking, where other forum goers don't seem to share that aspect.

It's not okay to favor one section over another. Every indication to me, when I dare go out and read other sections of the server area, is that Protector is heavily modded for no apparent reason, and others are left to flame and be angry. Doesn't seem fair. Again, may or may not be true: I don't hang out in other forum areas often enough to get smacked. But my observation is that this is the case.



Xan and Warface have said it best. We need to respect one another, and I think we need to make certain that if a thread 'needs' to be serious - please state so. Make an effort. That's why I have apologized for my own actions, recently, trying to make an effort.

Very nice! Extremely good renditions of the characters!

Moar!

They don't do paypal yet at the center? or do they? I'd love to be able to just donate that way, I was thinking about it the other night.

awwwww! That's adorably cute!

My friend uses Vue, and does some fantastic work. And like others in here I've tried Bryce to no avail. The whole program isn't as friendly as it really needs to be.

Myself, I just use Terragen and stick stuff randomly on top of it... but then I draw, not render, characters...

Birthday wars!

/e throws pie

My da site
http://lethe-gray.deviantart.com admittedly there's not a lot of heroes and stuff on it, but there ARE elves. Of us.

Well if we can't vote for ourselves,,.



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That was his FIRST TRY!? Wow - that's STUNNING!! What did he use to make it? Sculpey or clay? It's really good!

Are you the same Lessthanhuman on DA that makes fantastic morph manips?

Bumping again, some more progress on the pencils and inks, I have gotten a couple new forms (yay) and am working on figuring out how to get all this done lol.

Bumping before the axe falls. I need to update my page for you to see the slight changes - been a bit busy last couple days.

o.o But what about the post-volleball locker room antics?

Dude, that is like my house and cat fur. It's inescapable.

....? Where do you LIVE?

LOL I love yours! That lineup outside the mission door is great


Usually what happens when I play a scrapper, in this case, Frostfire mission.


Back when herding was still really popular (and possible) I ran into this in the hollows...

During last Halloween's Team Debt Cap Hami raid, Waldo Found ME!

Just plain Not Our Day.

It is a good start! What I've found is, aside from reading up on masters' works and such, is getting some health or muscle magazines. The men and women in those are, while 'ultra hard' most times, ideal for comic book anatomy practice. You can find out just exactly where those muscles are, and how they act when under stress (lifting versus lounging).

Thank you for sharing that!

And he SHOULD be out rippin into enemies nekkid. More people should. At least, in Paragon.

He likes to clean his ears while he's shrugging.

whut!

Aww man I just had an inspiration for another contest but I have exactly nothing to offer in-game

Why not just give it a try, and let folks see your efforts, mmkay? I'd like to see what you'd do with a trenchcoat, or whatnot. Let's not quibble the thing to death before it's had a chance to become fun and popular.

I would!

Hey do you have access to the vet rewards for samurai armor? The padded armor they have actually isn't modern looking like the other stuff I mentioned, and has a nice texturing below it (which you do not have to use when putting patterns on, though it comes with a nice traditional one too). If you've got vet access, that's a nice set to use. >_> if you don't..... um.... wait a month or two.

Have you tried the padded armor option? The one with the segments? That's a really killer set of armor/texture, I think. I don't know if it'd go with the toon though. Not sure about the spandex on a Hellion/Paladin, really, that's why I say. You've got a thing for those armor gloves and boots eh?