Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Pretty much. —Alorael, who supposes all the mods could clamor for one and win him over. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of mods, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 So the mods are all men (apparently; as far as I can see) except Lady J? Hm, I wonder how many ladies are on these boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Lady J is long, long gone and no longer a mod. We've had several female moderators over the years, but currently the only active one is Lilith. And on the non-binary front, there's me. Hi. Dikiyoba wouldn't rely on PDNs too much to figure out people's gender. They can be misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Lady J is long, long gone and no longer a mod. We've had several female moderators over the years, but currently the only active one is Lilith. And on the non-binary front, there's me. Hi. Dikiyoba wouldn't rely on PDNs too much to figure out people's gender. They can be misleading. For instance, I am not actually a lizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Toby-Linn is still a mod as far as I know, but she hasn't been active in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Picture threads are probably your best bet in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Sylae being a Mod means you have to be ready to stand in for the Blue Man Group at any time. ...and occasionally get turned green for no apparent reason. *shakes fist at UBB* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I want to be Yellow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall In Half Now Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Saunders. Also, the last election was apparently in 2005. I dugged through a bunch of old folders on my computer and found the pic I made of a 'votecard'. (which were not really used. It was a joke.) Did pictures work for ordinary users yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Originally Posted By: In Half Now Saunders. Also, the last election was apparently in 2005. I dugged through a bunch of old folders on my computer and found the pic I made of a 'votecard'. (which were not really used. It was a joke. i remember you posting that. you seemed legit upset about Mod Election Drama. i felt a little bad about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall In Half Now Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I don't remember being upset though. I probably could've been mildly displeased? Basically all I really remember is that I thought the votecard was vaguely amusing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Perhaps we could have elections for meaningless positions. All the drama of a campaign with none of the satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon Perhaps we could have elections for meaningless positions. All the drama of a campaign with none of the satisfaction. It'll be just like real politics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 You must excuse my bringing this up again (and it's not like I always harp on history), but I've been really fascinated with the Terror's Martyr. Can't get him out of my head. Pity he was before my time, and I couldn't meet him. I just searched him up, and it turns out that the very first result that Google can give me is Terror's Martyr University, which is related to BoE/A. He must have been a very interesting fellow indeed, if he was banned multiple times. I was thinking, what if he pops back in again, or what if an existing member suddenly declares himself to be TM ("Hi everyone, I'm the old TM you know, and I must say, it's really very nice to be back on these boards" ?) Would he recieve a grand welcome from everyone who knew him, or be immediately thrown out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Given the terms of his ban, he would be kicked as soon as he was discovered. He is not allowed to interact with these boards in any manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I'm not sure where you're getting that information from, Master1, but it's not quite accurate: there is really nothing special about TM's ban at this point. He would not be treated differently from most other banned members. I can tell you, as someone who still talks to him occasionally, that he has pretty much moved on in his life and has little if any interest in the boards anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Khoth Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Part of me wants there to be never any mod elections because of all the drama. Part of me wants there to be mod elections every year because of all the drama. (And on the subject of custom titles, why won't the forum software let me have my navel trauma back?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: Khoth (And on the subject of custom titles, why won't the forum software let me have my navel trauma back?) Mods should be able to edit their own custom titles on the edit profile page. If you don't have that option, then something is wrong and very weird. Dikiyoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Khoth Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Mods should be able to edit their own custom titles on the edit profile page. If you don't have that option, then something is wrong and very weird. It tells me only admins can edit mod profiles. I'm tempted to do it in sql but I don't want to accidentally destroy the database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 You need to use the regular Edit Profile page on UBB itself, *not* on the Control Panel. I just saw your queries, I'd be careful with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Khoth Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Aha, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 @Slarty (Slartucker?) I just saw you've got a whole lot of comics based on some members here, and TM figures nicely in many of them !!! In fact, I didn't know you were of such a jovial type; you always seemed to be very serious and all!!! As for the comics, they are really very good and it's nice to see the mods all cartooned-up (why have you stopped ?). In fact, after seeing those comics I'm not afraid of any mod any longer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I also found Slarty vs Desk to be a bit of a disconnect, but people are often more serious in a professional capacity than informally. I certainly encourage you to retain some fear of the mods. Perhaps reading Dikiyoba's stories would help with that (bot armies and GIFTRs and resurrection machines are not to be taken lightly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 It's because Slarty vs. Desk was written six years ago (exactly to the day, in one comic's case) back when he was a newbie and not a mod. (In fact, Alorael is the only current mod who was actually a mod back then, and about half of the posters caricatured were newbies themselves.) People can change a lot in six years. Dikiyoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I was certainly a newbie once, but I think that time was well before I made the strip. As Drakey states in one strip, Arancaytar was a mod at the time. (A "bacon boi poser model mod" at that.) Keladon and Khoth were also mods, although they don't appear in the strip. A lot of those jokes are not very timely any more. I remember thinking that the Poser jokes in particular were uproarious in the context of the A4 Poser model debate. But we really did have a vibrant community for a couple of months there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S But we really did have a vibrant community for a couple of months there. Yeah, that was the era when we had group AIM chats, both spontaneous and planned multiple times each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S You need to use the regular Edit Profile page on UBB itself, *not* on the Control Panel. I just saw your queries, I'd be careful with those. Ooh, I've been wondering about that for some time now but never thought it worth actually asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: Slarty I was certainly a newbie once, but I think that time was well before I made the strip. Yeah, I guess Tyranicus and I were the only real newbies at the time. The rest of you just seemed like exciting newbies instead of stuffy oldbies. Quote: As Drakey states in one strip, Arancaytar was a mod at the time. *checks* Huh. Arancaytar really did ascend at the same time as the final few comic strips. Dikiyoba remembered Arancaytar being appointed later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Yeah, that was the era when we had group AIM chats, both spontaneous and planned multiple times each week. Hey, yeah, I attended one of those! We should have another sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Yeah, that was the era when we had group AIM chats, both spontaneous and planned multiple times each week. Hey, yeah, I attended one of those! We should have another sometime. I vaguely remember that. I also attended one probably 7 or 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Originally Posted By: BMA =I was thinking, what if he pops back in again, or what if an existing member suddenly declares himself to be TM ("Hi everyone, I'm the old TM you know, and I must say, it's really very nice to be back on these boards" ?) The thought of TM returning in such a way makes me laugh. I cannot readily envisage any of the current members being TM, nor can I see him saying something like that if he did return. There is life beyond Spiderweb; even the most persistent people who have been banned have eventually left for good. TM communicated by proxy for a little while on roleplaying threads. Emperor Tullegolar returned for a while with a different account (and made enough allusions to being a former member that it was an open secret) and hasn't been seen since. Even Commander Ed stopped being a nuisance after getting thrown out a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Perhaps they're all somewhere in Dallas, rooming together and plotting our downfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Originally Posted By: Goldenking ...returned for a while with a different account (and made enough allusions to being a former member that it was an open secret)... You know, the past doesn't always need to get dragged up, but if it's going to get dragged up, let's at least speak about it accurately, and not give new members the wrong idea. If you're banned, you can't just come back with a different account: that one will simply be banned as well. If you make your identity an open secret, that will only hasten your re-banning. (If you are banned and you do want to come back before the ban is lifted, your best recourse is to talk to *i and explain why you want to return.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yeah... you're right, Slarty. Are you not able to lock threads yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 He can, but I'll beat him to it. I think this thread has run its course, and speculating about hypothetical things that the mods may or may not do if something happens in future isn't going to benefit anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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