FloatingFatMan

I still don't see why he should. We haven't joined the US forums, the two sides have merged to form a new community, therefore what's acceptable on one sides culture should be acceptable on the boards. I don't see it as acceptable that the EU residents should have to give way to the US culture where there are differences, just like they shouldn't have to give way to us.

As the French would say... Vive la différence!

EDIT I think we need clear guidance from the rednames on this issue, and quickly. In the case of a cultural difference being objectional to one side but not the other, will it be allowed to remain, or will the objection be sustained? Because if that's the case, then maybe merging the forums wasn't a good idea after all.

How... Totally totally pathetic...

So much for embracing the cultural differences. How about the US lot simply accept that a spade isn't just an offensive term? I can see us EU folks rapidly losing our identities in favour of American mores...

Fight for it mate. You've had that handle on the CoH boards since Dec 2007 and it's not been a problem with ANYONE, so why should you have to change it NOW?

Aye. We tend to use "period" for... something totally unrelated to punctuation...

If you guys want a REAL giggle, then I suggest looking up the wiki article for the 'C' word, and then follow the reference to a certain British medieval streetname...

I'd link it here, but I REALLY don't think the rednames would appreciate it.

Besides, the bad word filter would explode!

Well.. There's one or two candidates I can think of...

No, no no no no no no!

We need Benson!

Eew! God no! I have a perfectly normal cholesterol level thanks (a fact that never fails to utterly astound my doctor, given my girth), and I've no desire to see it go up!

See what I mean? They fry ANYthing!

Scots fry EVERYTHING, in batter usually.

Pizza, sausages, haggis, Mars bars, beer, each other...

A scot! Get him! ;p

Everyone was being pretty nice and polite until we got accused of discussing sex, which we weren't, and which anyone who can read could quite easily see.

Yeah, but we ALL know that you're really a 500lb trucker named Bubba.

It's a DISCUSSION forum, Stase. People like to DISCUSS things. If you don't like it, go read another thread, hmm?

Now now, don't bring religion into it, or you'll REALLY start a forum argument!

And when neither i16 or GR have the promised story progression? Then what?

I suppose you'll say it will be in i17 instead?

At what point do you stop and say "Oi! You've been promising this for x amount of time. WHERE IS IT?"

What's offensive about it? It's mildly annoying that it's spelled "G-A-Y", sure, but that's only because the thread starter though the word gay was banned. It WAS on the old forums...

A fair enough opinion. However, we then get into the slight problem when you have a RP character that's been RP'd daily for over 4 years. Just WHAT do you put IN that bio? WAY too much has happened to her over the years to list much in the bio, and most of it, especially to a new RPer, would be completely meaningless.

Do you care that she was the catalyst for the whole "Requiem War" saga we had on Union? Hell, there's some RPers on Union that don't even acknowledge that it happened in the first place! Does it matter to you that early in her career, she was arrested and tried for the brutal murder of a dozen kids? That kind of info would probably put you right off RPing with the character, in fact; yet it's a matter of public record that she was in fact, tried AND found guilty (and she did it too!), but was released only because it was proven she was under another's control at the time.

With a new char, it's different. You don't have much, so fitting it into 1024 chars is easy. With an old char though, things become much much MUCH more complicated.

So I just stripped the bio from most of my chars, stuck the info on the Union Wiki, and just give basic data in the bio these days.

Besides, the text editor for the bio is SERIOUSLY pants...

I can't tell you, it's against the forum rules.

Y'know... Just a couple of months ago, right after i15 launched, you were CONVINCED that the promised story progression would be in i16. Before that, you were saying there'd be some in i15.

I see you've changed your mind... again.

Oh dear god! The children! Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!!!

Sort of. We started going out on the 29th. I popped the question on a later 29th. My birthday is the 29th. Alas, other committments meant we couldn't MARRY on the 29th, so we ended up marrying on the 6th instead, so Guy Fawkes helps me remember.

Now, would I even consider doing such a crass and obvious thing?

Actually... By fortunate happenstance, my 40th coincides (almost) with my 10th wedding anniversary too. I shall be spending a week in the Canaries without the kids. Just me and the missus, being all soppy and sickeningly luvvy.

You've been talking to ShadowGhost haven't you!? HAVEN'T YOU!?