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Wait, I'm in a clique? SUUUUUUUGGGGGAAAAR <edited by Avatea, because Sugar is a much better altzernative to the F bomb>! There goes my reputation. But for the most part, I like the folks on the site. Most of us seem to have the same strange sense of humor, we don't put on airs, and we all love to have conversations that are more than just "You!" "Nuh uh! You!"|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
It's a clique. These things happen in large groups of people with at least one similar interest. It will eventually fade to obscurity as people lose interest. These things also happen.
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I really have no idea how/why I got an invite. I didn't think I'd been around long enough to be considered interesting.
Edit: Wait, I can say that on here? Bwah?
According to Wikipedia, Clique is "an exclusive group of people who share interests, views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity."
Well, we do share ONE interest, City of Heroes.... but everything else? Nope. Certainly don't share views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity. And exclusive? What is that?
Let's look it up. From Webster's Online: "excluding or having power to exclude."
Well, since anyone can join and we exclude no one. That's not true either.
So yes, we're a clique... if your definition of clique is "an open group of people that share one interest and have virtually nothing else in common".
Then, yes, we're a clique.
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Originally Posted by Westley
yes, we're a clique.
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He admits it! He admits it!
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Overlord of Dream Team and Nightmare Squad
Anything Proboards and I'm steering clear from it. Proboards forums means that you have no control over what tracking software the company puts in without your knowledge.
Also, I assume that you have ads disabled by paying their ad-removal fee? Well, let's hope that the fee will continue to be paid since you have no control over the ads placed. So the chances of an ad having malicious scripting, or having ads that offer powerleveling or inf. purchasing, is not all that far fetched.
I tend to stay clear from any websites that offer people free software that you have no control over the backend.
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander:
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Firefox + Adblocker Plus. Learn it, Live it, Love it.| I tend to stay clear from any websites that offer people free software that you have no control over the backend. |
Or if you're REALLY Paranoid... there's always hidemy(insert 3 letter word for donkey here).com
I ain't skeered!
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FYI, I wasn't knocking the site. I'm just saying, and you might not have an issue because you are "net savy," there were millions of people infected with trojans over the past 3 months from rogue advertising that had malicious coding embedded into the rotating advertising. Proboards, NYtimes.com, Curse Networks, etc. were all places that unknowingly had this rogue advertisement in their rotating ad stock.|
Originally Posted by Westley
Firefox + Adblocker Plus. Learn it, Live it, Love it.
Or if you're REALLY Paranoid... there's always hidemy(insert 3 letter word for donkey here).com |
Like I said, just because you are "net savy" doesn't mean that your way of staying protected will affect everyone. The first rule of running your own site, be it on your own server or on a free server: take all of your clients into consideration. Don't assume that what you have in front of you is the same thing that everyone else has. Don't assume that your method of keeping yourself clean of security issues on your own website is something that others will be doing. Turning a blind eye to the safety of others, just to save face, is something that you shouldn't do with a smile.
The second rule of running your own site: don't tell people they need additional software or precautions to visting your site. Telling people to download a new browser and to insert another program into it only says, "I don't care if you have a problem. This is the only solution. Even I use it to avoid something that I may not want, but don't care enough to concern myself with."
If you really want Paragon Unleashed to survive and be a mainstay, you need to put 110% into it and not rely (and hope) that the company you are using will do the worrying for you.
I suggest you find a web host and register a domain name. Once you do, set up your own software (phpbb, vbulletin, Ubbforums, etc.) that you can control 100% so you can make the constant security updates that are needed to keep yourself, and your visitors safe. Once you have total control of what appears on the site, and what is running in the background, then you can breathe a sigh of relief and accomplishment.
I hope that you take what I say into consideration. I know what I'm talking about because I've been hosting and running my own forums for close to 15 years. Once you learn how to take control of your forums security, then everything becomes that much easier. And don't think that if a problem occurs that Proboards is going to do much for you, since it's a free service. One more, or less, free account to them isn't going to matter much.
I want anything CoH related to succeed. It in turn helps the game succeed. So I hope that you guys get a great following. But I also hope that you put more time and effort into the forum so that every visitor walks away happy and virus/trogan/keylogger free.
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander:
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Well that makes my decision for me.
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Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
It has a certain lack of smarmy one-liners followed by emoticons.
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Commander, I am a cold-hearted libertarian with no soul. As a result, I believe that everyone's virtual safety is their own responsibility. If they don't know how to protect themselves when they go down a dark alley, then they shouldn't go down a dark alley.
And believe me when I say this, PU is a dark alley.
In regards to trojans, malware, etc.
You know what? I got a trojan warning from my virus protection when I went on Cinemassacre before. The Angry Video Game Nerds official site! There is little to no place that is truly safe on the net, you need to have your computer protected and if you don't then you only have yourself to blame when something goes wrong.
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In all fairness we also share an interest in boobs. You can't forget that.
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Originally Posted by Westley
Well, we do share ONE interest, City of Heroes.... but everything else? Nope. Certainly don't share views, purposes, patterns of behavior, or ethnicity. And exclusive? What is that?
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That's my dilemma too, that and when I'm home I spend my free time in game, not on the forums. I'll come hang out soon.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_Trial
Since I do 95% of my posting during work hours it's deffo not for me...
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I hope this post is meant to be ironic, because lawl.
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Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
It has a certain lack of smarmy one-liners followed by emoticons.
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Vills FTW, bro!
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Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
Also it has a hero-only name which is icky.
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oicwutudidthar!!!! |
Originally Posted by bbq_pork
it has a certain lack of smarmy one-liners followed by emoticons.
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Paragon Unleashed is a fun and cool place.
Paragon Unleashed is a place where a guy can just go and, you know, hang out with friends and family.
Paragon Unleashed believes in the sanctity of human life.
Paragon Un---help me please! they're holding my family hostage! they're making me read this at gunpoint! they're mad, i tell you! call 911 call i don't wanna go back i don't ---*ahem* Unleashed has all the taste and none of the calories of the official forums.
Thank you. 
"America is about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-[censored] speed."
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I stopped after witnessing the Jailbait thread. Stay classy, Paragon Unleashed!
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I hope this post is meant to be ironic, because lawl.
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Paragon Unleashed:
COME FLING SOME!
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Originally Posted by That_Ninja
I stopped after witnessing the Jailbait thread. Stay classy, Paragon Unleashed!
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I told Westley he should stop being the one to give the guided tours. General Knowledge is going to have to take over showing our newest members the "goods".
I heard those PU dabbles in drugs trafficing, arms trafficing and human trafficing.
Also they kick puppies.
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It's for the best, really, as trips down dark alleys usually end in traumatic experiences that causes people to name themselves after animals, undergo intense training, and become humorless avengers of the night bringing vigilante justice on the criminal underworld.|
Originally Posted by Westley
Commander, I am a cold-hearted libertarian with no soul. As a result, I believe that everyone's virtual safety is their own responsibility. If they don't know how to protect themselves when they go down a dark alley, then they shouldn't go down a dark alley.
And believe me when I say this, PU is a dark alley. |
And we really need more Humorless avengers of the night in todays day and age.
I am the platypus!
edit: what the hell? I cannot all-caps in this forum? Another reason to post on PU!
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Only in self-defense!
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Originally Posted by Noxilicious
Also they kick puppies.
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We'll always have Paragon.
For the people who like that kind of stuff, good for them.
For me personally? Nowhere near my taste, no offence to everybody on it but to me it seems a place where people can go and "be naughty" without adults watching them [if that makes sense].
Good luck to them though.
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
Also: PM invitation seems tacky and reminiscent of Cryptic Studios
Also also: P.U. gives me a sense of "P U"
P.U. makes me think of Power Unlimited. A very cool game magazine that comes out monthly here in The Netherlands
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