Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 It's Spiderweb Smiley Awards 2012 !!! Which lucky emoticon will be voted as The Spiderweb's Smiley ? This poll is a tribute to our little friends who make our posts so colourful and fun to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Why can I select the thumbs down as a post icon, but not as an graemlin? (I wanted to just write "really"? but it seemed too spammy even for this thread. Ah, who cares. Really?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 -removed- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 One man's spam is another man's treasure. But there is a dividing line, somewhere, that separates the stuff almost everyone thinks is spam from the stuff that enough people will appreciate to make the others shut up. I don't know which side of that line this topic falls on, and I'm not holding my breath to find out. I will say, though, "SW's cute smileys" have nothing to do with SW and are in a thousand places all over the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 If only I looked as cute as dustpuppy when I and not like a deranged psychopath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 The best emoticon is clearly . --- Originally Posted By: Nikki Why can I select the thumbs down as a post icon, but not as an graemlin? Dunno, that's just the default. Also, if Dikiyoba is allowed to say it, today's avatar is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Thanks, Slarty. You've made me see reason. I do resent the last paragraph, though. You should cushion your blows a bit more. Nikki, I'm sorry. I was overreacting; I take smileys a little seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Compared to what Alec or TM might have said, Slarty's blows are cushiony soft. Anyway, I can't help but feel that Aran won the thread with the first response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 manasilaayi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S I will say, though, "SW's cute smileys" have nothing to do with SW and are in a thousand places all over the internet. Originally Posted By: BMA I do resent the last paragraph, though. You should cushion your blows a bit more. It's a factual statement, and not even a disputed or controversial one. It is not a blow. Is anybody else getting a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Is anybody else getting a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now? My, what a harsh, cruel question to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 topic drift: BMA is your loc sanskrit for India? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Is anybody else getting a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now? My, what a harsh, cruel question to ask. You monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: nikki =? diki topic drift: BMA is your loc sanskrit for India? Yes. Google Translate's language recognition is pretty good for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dantius Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Is anybody else getting a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now? My, what a harsh, cruel question to ask. You monster. I'm going to go ahead and admit that this is over my head. Does someone care to explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Also, if Dikiyoba is allowed to say it, today's avatar is awesome. No. Minus 8 points. Actaeon: You probably need to reread the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nikki, you've outdone yourself again. I am sitting here chuckling aloud at your latest avatar / PDN combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Actually, Slarty provided me with the name this time; I just made the avatar. We brainstormed several possible names, and whilst I was loathe to use them (because I'm stubborn, mainly and this is my baby), there were a couple that were outstanding. This is one of them. The next two will probably also be guest names because they too are great, which I'll provide avatars for. (As an aside, I've also recieved much more feedback in the last hour or so for this name than I have for any others. Maybe Slarty ought to be doing these. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The avatars are what make it, really. This one was a particularly inspired transformation: completely different from the original and yet clearly still the original. And I can't deserve too much credit for sticking an a where an unt was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Originally Posted By: HOUSE of S Is anybody else getting a really uncomfortable sense of deja vu right now? Again?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Trenton, you are now taking the spamming thing a bit too far. Although you have gotten much better about it since you first joined, it has gotten worse again lately, and today you have already made 20 posts, most of which have one sentence or less (see the post above) of actual content. You even started an entire topic with the admitted purpose of increasing your postcount. The forums are not a chat room. If you just stuck to the posts where you actually have something substantial to add to the conversation, I think you would find yourself feeling more appreciated. So please consider this is a friendly, but stern, official warning. Stop spamming the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yeah, only alorel, slarty and diki are allowed to do that XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Please Touch where any of them has made a post comprised of only a smiley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Aran did it in this very thread. Of course, the post meant so much more than just a face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt BMA Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 He was only making his vote public. The Smiley Award (Spiderweb's Smiley) 2012 goes to . and get consolation prizes. EDIT : And Slarty, you can add this to the data you've been collecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 The only ones I use are , , , and , which is why they use their old UBB graphics. After the upgrade, I deemed the new happy and sad faces to be ugly, and and didn't exist at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He may have been making his vote public, but he was clearly doing so just to make another post, and it was one too many spam posts. A spam post here and there is one thing, but a constant stream of them is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 See, this is why quoting the person you are referring to/responding to is important. See, BMA's post comes right after somebody mentioned Aran's emoticon-only post, so it seems fair to assume he was referring to that. And yet, he could just have easily been responding to Slarty, since Slarty had asked Trenton not to post meaningless posts with no real content. I guess the bottom line is, I want Slarty to be referring to Aran in the above post, because then I can offer Aran a shoulder to cry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 You can get away with a low content post now and then, especially if they're funny, if you have a consistent history of meaningful, interesting posts. The spam warnings come when the aggregate usefulness level of your posting drops too low. —Alorael, who wonders when the EndeavorBot will be able to rate not just post levels but also post interestingness level. Get on that, Aran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I confess, I am a spammer. I can't help it. *cries on Nikki's shoulder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Originally Posted By: Officers Jenny (honest!) See, this is why quoting the person you are referring to/responding to is important. See, BMA's post comes right after somebody mentioned Aran's emoticon-only post, so it seems fair to assume he was referring to that. And yet, he could just have easily been responding to Slarty, since Slarty had asked Trenton not to post meaningless posts with no real content. The quote feature is not necessary to fix that problem. All you have to do is be clear about who you're referring to. Instead of saying "he" in a thread in which you could be talking about 20 people, just use a name. It really is that easy. This isn't to pick on anyone, btw. I just want to debunk the claim that quoting the post above you is "important." It's not, and in most cases, it should be avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Has Aran always had the Archivist custom title, and I never noticed? Or is it a recent development? Just curious. It's cool, either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He's had it a fairly long time. Of course, considering how I have no sense of time on these boards that could mean anything from a week ago to 2005. I think it's semi-recent - maybe a couple of months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Slarty, it would seem easy to avoid posting the quotes by simply addressing the reponse to a name, But then again, Some people like to change their name from post to post. I don't even remember how I learned to link HOUSE of S. to Slarty. It must have happened during one of those late-night, early-morning sessions, when I was typing in my sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 cough*NikkiSylaeNalydAlorael*cough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm not saying that there's never a good reason to use quotes in these kinds of situations, but these are edge cases that offer no argument against my main point: usually, it's not necessary. And since everyone offering these edge cases is in fact perfectly able to identify me, or Nikki, or Alorael regardless of our current PDN, they aren't even really edge cases. Moving on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Harehunter: If you use a browser that can handle user.js, I would recommend installing Niemand's UBB.threads member number script. It restores the Old UBB's display of mem# in the post author info thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 The quote feature is also useful when it's important to clarify which one of a person's posts you're replying to also you're coming across as kind of a jerk about this slarty, there are lots of times when failing to quote a post can cause unforeseen confusion and it's better to be safe than sorry. if quoting the whole post would unnecessarily overembiggen your post then just quote the part of the post you're responding to. there's certainly no need for you to get all snooty about whether people use quote tags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I have used Lilith's technique before, and for the reason she gives of not overembiggening the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Originally Posted By: Lilith also you're coming across as kind of a jerk about this slarty, [...] there's certainly no need for you to get all snooty about whether people use quote tags This. When it comes to quotes, use them or don't use them, depending on your preferences and the situation. Just make your posts as easy to understand and easy to read as possible. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 That last sentence is really the point I was trying to make in the first place. I guess I was a bit grumpy about it. In any event, I apologize for ruffling your feathers, Lilith & Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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