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Topic: So, uh LotRO Beta (Read 69242 times)
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Signe
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Hopefully, Blizzard makes an effort to be on time since that's the same year the world ends. (but you know Blizzard) Anyway, you're not new, Gutboy, and have lost your lurker status. I hate wannanewbies!  |
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Cheddar
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The issue (at least my primary concern) is that we cannot guarantee your actions- when you get special access to a beta (not that this occurs!) you are a reflection of the f13 community. Currently many people here have good relations with various MMO companies; to see this just note how many developers post here and chip in their 2 cents.
The last round I took was a special one. Really it was to make sure none of the longer term members were left out. Note that post count does not necessarily make you a respected member! Hell, some of my gaming buddies have very few posts; Zug, SlayerK, Chinchilla, etc. Some people play with us but do not post!
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No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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stray
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makes sense in some ways Makes sense in all ways. Do you walk into strangers' houses and expect them to feed you too? Besides, there is no sign that says we're a beta giveaway site. It's nobody's fault but yours for thinking that. We're not even a gaming site in the traditional sense. It's more of a general community site. And that community is welcome to anyone. We're not unfriendly to newbs. We're unfriendly to presumptuous pricks who want to use us, and don't care about us outside of that. So fuck you. Tryin' to make us feel bad for not accepting your leeching with open arms... What the fuck is your problem? That goes for any asshole who expects handouts in their first post. |
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« Last Edit: December 31, 2006, 01:02:47 PM by Stray »
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Aranel
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yeah gutboy, geez.. Hey - I AM staying, I know it's calling the kettle Black, but.... I see where you guys are coming from now. |
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stray
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I've warmed up to you already.
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Simond
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We're very welcoming to newbiews. We're just not giving out free shit. This isn't Costco or the Gaming Soup Kitchen.
I hereby claim "Gaming Soup Kitchen" for a future site name. |
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Nebu
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I hereby claim "Gaming Soup Kitchen" for a future site name.
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Piemax
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Nothing wrong with not wanting to give things to new members, especially if the things in question are in short supply- then it makes a lot of sense to give priority to the regulars. But there are various ways of saying that. as far as l "very friendly to newbies" goes, your responses today aren't.
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Modern Angel
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Nothing wrong with not wanting to give things to new members, especially if the things in question are in short supply- then it makes a lot of sense to give priority to the regulars. But there are various ways of saying that. as far as l "very friendly to newbies" goes, your responses today aren't.
That's because you're a retard, you fucking sped. There's no "short supply"; there's no supply. As was said repeatedly, if a developer is gracious enough to give Schild a handful of invites it's because said developer knows that there's a certain signal to noise ratio that can be expected from the long term members here (and I'll not that I don't consider myself a long term member yet in the least). Jesus... as if someone would be friendly to someone coming up and demanding special treatment out of the blue. It's not "mean to newbies"; it's "mean to mongoloid pinheads looking for a handout". There's a massive difference. |
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Piemax
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Woo, someone forgot to take their pills today. I didn't ask for "special treatment," just asked (via private message) to be put on a waiiting list. And I didn't say that anyone was "mean to newbies," though I did say that the remarks haven't really seemed friendly. And that was before your ever-so-gracious remarks. Sorry I rubbed people here the wrong way.
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Modern Angel
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I want to put nails in your eyes. Please note that this is the opinion of Modern Angel only and is not affiliated in any way with f13.net or subsidiary corporations.
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Simond
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I hereby claim "Gaming Soup Kitchen" for a future site name.
As long as I get to be this guy. That'll be the mods' titles. ;) |
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stray
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though I did say that the remarks haven't really seemed friendly The burden is on you to be friendly. As general rule, people don't like the feeling of being used. Don't be surprised if they push you away. And don't be surprised when they push you away further when you blame it on them. |
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Aranel
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Seriously, gut. Let it be. Stop being so demanding. I did pretty much the same thing as you a while back, but hey, at least I was honest.
Looking back, i'm not proud of how I introduced myself to these forums, and if i could, i'd change it.
Maybe one of you administrators could block this certain page from coming up on search engines - because that is how I found this place, and I think it may be why other lurkers are coming.
Again, sorry about my behavior a few pages back to all members.
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SnakeCharmer
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Don't worry about, Aranel. Lots of internet / forum tough guys around here.
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stray
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We're internet tough guys because we don't give away beta keys to strangers -- beta keys that aren't even in our possession to begin with?
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Endie
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I'm an internet tough guy because I can beat all of your asses. Well, I can *say* that I can. That's the joy of teh intarweb. Yeah. How'dya lilke them plums?
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Modern Angel
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I'm a model by day and video game designer by night with a massive penis and perfectly sculpted arms. Just like everyone else on the internet. What sets me apart are my lucious lips.
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stray
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I don't care to beat people's asses anymore. But if they give me their addresses, it'll be my pleasure to pay my own way to fly to their houses and fuck their asses with a pickaxe handle.
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stray
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Or mop if you prefer. Whatever you need baby.
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Signe
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I have always found the phrase, "rub you the wrong way", to be kind of exciting. (in that squirmy in your seat sort of way)
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Strazos
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We're very welcoming to newbies. We're just not giving out free shit. This isn't Costco or the Gaming Soup Kitchen.
This thread has turned into a big ole barrel of funny I almost want to sig that quote. And really, he's right. 100%. If a certain dev is gracious enough to give Schild the ability to give some people access to something, Schild is then kind of liable for WHO he gives access to. If he lets in some jacktard, and they go and do stupid shit like release Fraps videos that basically nuke the NDA, that reflects poorly not only on Schild, but also on the community here as a whole; no one wants to get blacklisted (well, Schild may have already done that with NC soft, but that's another story). So really, it's in Everyone's interest, not just Schild's, that if access is given to Anyone, it is given to people who can be trusted to not abuse the privilege and not be a...well, Haemish could probably come up with a proper obscene descriptor. So Piemax (and really any newbies here), don't take it personally that you have zero chance to get anything from anyone here. It's not a popularity contest. We don't go by highest post count. It's not some sort of raffle contest. It's simply a matter of new people not having any sort of cred here - on the internet, you're a fucking jackass douchebag who cannot be trusted, until proven otherwise. |
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stray
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I have always found the phrase, "rub you the wrong way", to be kind of exciting. (in that squirmy in your seat sort of way)
That's the only way I want to rub. I'm here to spread love. |
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Ironwood
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The key is Reading First. Yes, I know some of the threads are a bit lengthy...but we've all been (more or less) keeping up with them since they began, so don't get too offended when someone barks at you for being a jackass - and by jackass I mean just jumping into a running conversation and saying something that just isn't appropriate.
But, Venom aside, Stray is correct. It's not like the mods hand out prizes to people who post the most or anything. There is a process for stuff like this around here.
Fuck Venom. . . . Sorry, what's this thread about ? |
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Signe
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It's the New Year in Scotland, already. You're drunk. I hope you didn't set anything on fire.
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Gutboy Barrelhouse
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I really do not want a beta invite anyway, because I am one of the ten people that actually have fun with SWG now  . |
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Endie
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It's the New Year in Scotland, already. You're drunk. I hope you didn't set anything on fire.
I'm in Scotland - well, Edinburgh, which is surrounded by Scotland - and while I didn't get to set anything valuable on fire this year the 40-foot tall tree I was standing next to blew over. Fuck fireworks. You want celebrations that involve the city-centre taunting of Greens through weather-related arboreal mis-happery? Come to Hogmanay. I claim drunk-Scotsman exemption from being on-topic, although in my own defence this thread meandered off the subject pages ago. If only Raph would post about HAM in here, too, then nobody would notice. Gutboy mentioned SWG, so we're already guaranteed thread longetivity. |
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Trouble
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The last few pages of this thread have gotten me really excited to see LotRO!
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Xuri
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Does 0.0021 posts per day since Sept 2004 (and reading just about every forum thread since f13.net went up) make me a newbie, a lurker - or both? ;P
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-= Ho Eyo He Hum =-
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Does 0.0021 posts per day since Sept 2004 (and reading just about every forum thread since f13.net went up) make me a newbie, a lurker - or both? ;P
More of a slacker. |
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Signe
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Yegolev
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Shapechanger
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Falconeer
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Beside the fact that your links lead to a "Sorry no matches" page, why did you post them in the first place?
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Arthur_Parker
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He's from Warhammer Alliance, show him some respect.
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