Fucking Hell

Discussion in 'Suggestions and Feedback Archive' started by Spanner, Jul 6, 2010.

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  1. Spanner

    Spanner The Tool Member

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    I've noticed over the past few weeks that there has been an influx of idiots swarming the forums like a vuvuzela concert. Yes, it's the summer, when school is out and people have time to do whatever they want, but seriously, there is a lot of fucking shit on this board which makes it unbearable to read at times.


    We have new members who don't read the pinned threads that people made for their convenience as well as dickwads posting retarded topics that make this place look like a fucking mental institution.


    I think this place suffers from a lack of moderation, and I think that it is time that we looked at bringing a few more moderators into the equation, with inactive mods being dropped. One person I would recommend is MarkeyJester. He seems to be someone who would be capable of handling this forum with care, making it look less than a dumping ground for rejected Sonic Retro Pending Members.


    I don't know who else to recommend other than myself except everybody knows that this place would be a laughing stock if they had me on board. Moving on!


    If this place needs to look like somewhere decent, it's worth getting some people in to take out the trash. Thank you for reading.
     
  2. Yuzu

    Yuzu WATCH OUT YOU'RE GONNA CRASH Member

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    MarkeyJester's a recommendation for me, he clearly knows what he's on about and goes out of his way to help users. Of course, we all start somewhere as newbies, but this is just atrocious.
     
  3. DanielHall

    DanielHall Well-Known Member Member

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    Huh. Thanks for that.


    But yeah, MarkeyJester seems to know how to handle the forums properly.
     
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  4. Selbi

    Selbi The Euphonic Mess Member

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    While we had topics like this at least 9000 times (as you said), it's still necesary (sadly).


    Seriously, we need new Staff Members, but not random selected guys, but people who are often online and trusted! I think MarkeyJester would be a good choice too, since who knows how to handle with people very well. And since the Project's Section will never be finished, don't come up with "but he's already a Project's Supervisor".


    And another thing, this isn't just directed to Qjimbo, but also Ordos and everybody else who's responsible for the forum!
     
  5. theocas

    theocas #! Member

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    What I think is going on here is that all the Admins here just think "whatever" and post stuff which is fine, but I really don't think they are doing their job as admins. It also seems to me that the people that are responsible for the forums think that this place is dead, and they go on and mind their own business and don't even come to do anything. First of all, we need to clean the shit out of this place, including the Trash, and get some more Moderators or Admins that are actually users that come to the forums quite often, and seem to know how to run a place like this. No offense Qjimbo, OrdosAlpha and everybody else who's responsible for the forum, but I just don't think that you're really doing your job. Just take this topic for example: 2 pages of shit, nothing that helps the person who asks or other people, and it makes no sense what some people there are saying. MarkeyJester sure is a good bet to make an Admin or Moderator, but I think that Selbi and I know how to handle the forums properly.
     
  6. DanielHall

    DanielHall Well-Known Member Member

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    Haha. The title of the topic was "How could I make this" heh. How could he make this....


    But anyways, this Forum needs more Mods/Admins. two particular Mods come on every now and again, the other two don't come on at all!


    A particular newbie came on earlier and started mentioning about editing palettes in hex, to which I (and other people) kept giving him the answer to, which he obviously wasn't paying attention to. Not that I have anything against newbies, but that topic was taking the piss. He made two pages of pretty much the same question, to which we kept giving answers to, to was seemed to be him either not knowing how to hack or him not listening. And let's not forget making stupid, offtopic bullshit comments. This place really does need more moderation though. Why not to the responsible people who come on here regularly? We'd have much more moderated forums then, so we can put our feet back and let the good times roll. =P
     
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  7. theocas

    theocas #! Member

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    Maybe we just need a bot here that automatically deletes every topic on the forum every week :huh: But really, there are only 2 people with the power to moderate/administer these boards that actually still come here, but they just never do anything. We need more Staff. And it better happen soon, or SSRG will become known as a dump for shitty questions and dumbass users.
     
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  8. Dark Lips

    Dark Lips Well-Known Member Member

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    Yes Markey would be good as a Mod... I would also like to be a Mod as I must say I have also have had enough of seeing the same shitty topics posted by people too lazy to search for themselves before posting.
     
  9. DanielHall

    DanielHall Well-Known Member Member

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    I'm sure everyone sensible in this site would like to be a mod, but not everyone can.
     
  10. Dark Lips

    Dark Lips Well-Known Member Member

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    Well Just putting my hand up to say I would be more than willing if it meant getting SSRG back on track.
     
  11. DanielHall

    DanielHall Well-Known Member Member

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    Heh, why don't we mod MarkeyJester? It's his 20th today apparantely. an SSRG happy birthday. :D
     
  12. theocas

    theocas #! Member

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    Yeah, he'd probably be surprised as to why he got made a Mod. But that requires an Admin, and that requires one of them lazy ones to log on and notice this topic. Everyone, put a link to this topic in your sigs!
     
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    honestly I think markeyjester is in a good position to be a Admin or a moderator on the forums. and as SOTI said about the members that's new to the site, I honestly don't know how they become members in the first place and think they know what they are doing, yet they seem to keep on asking questions that has been answered by others many times. I also agree with theocas of how some of the admins here are not really doing their job like they are suppose to except for Qjimbo and ordos in my opinion anyway since they are on most of the time. even as to what Dan said about this new member who posted a simple topic of how to edit the pallet in hex which was answered many times within the topic but somehow kept on asking how to edit it. To me I think that if stupid things on the site continues to happen as it is, it will be nothing but a site with idiots that doesn't take the time to do research themselves instead of asking 24/7 like total dumb-asses or just doing things thats just unnecessary.


    also markey if you happen to pass by here. hope you have a happy 20 birthday :D
     
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  14. theocas

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    Actually, Markey's birthday is June 7th. But it's the 6th where I live. Let's be a bunch of meanies and hold his special present back from him until the 7th :D


    Anyways, quite a few people here need to shape up quick. But what I find even worse is some peoples posting and spelling skills. Although I'm not a huge spelling nazi, I sure do think people need to use capital letters. They and the shift key been invented for a reason. Oh damn, it is too hard to type while having ice cream in both hands :D


    What am I trying to say - we need to get SSRG back on track quick. I think we should probably just delete all shitty non-useful crap threads and start out fresh with lots of more Staff.
     
  15. DanielHall

    DanielHall Well-Known Member Member

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    I don't know.


    Some of the crappy topics are funny to read.
     
  16. theocas

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    But I think they negatively affect the quality of SSRG, and it's reputation. Maybe not delete them, but at least move them to a forum that can only be seen by members, or even better, the topic's hidden to everyone except the ones who posted in it and Admins/Mods.
     
  17. Qjimbo

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    Due to popular demand, Markey is now a moderator! Apologies for the lack of attention from me lately, had a lot of stuff going on. I should be back to finish off the projects section in couple of weeks (hopefully sooner!)
     
  18. MarkeyJester

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    Thank you everyone for the happy birthday.


    Now I would like to point out that, this forum doesn't just need moderators, and I think that you lot dissing the staff doesn't put you in a good position either, I for example have seen staff around, mainly OrdosAlpha who has infact been doing his job and well in my opinion. I can see where you're all coming from that this place does draw attention to n00bish people, but people don't stay n00bish forever you know, maturity grows eventually and is learnt, how you lot act on the forums too handles a small percentage of that learning.
     
  19. IWasAPerson

    IWasAPerson Part Of This Complete Breakfast Member

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    Awesome on Markey becoming a mod! I am one of the many people in a line of approval of Markey becoming a mod, and I'll stop here since everyone else has said what I would say already.


    That being said, there have been a lot of idiots who are posting and just don't seem to get it. The topics are really starting to pick back up again and I'll agree that it seems sometimes like a haven for rejected Sonic Retro members. I'll admit that I've been a lurker trial member at Retro for a long time, but I didn't even want to waste my posts until I got some sort of presentable material over there. But, I'm just derailing everything at this point...


    Aside from the changes in quality control with board moderation that could be made (and again have been mentioned), I think it would be a good idea to extend the site approval quiz. Probably to include basic knowledge of what ASM is and what the difference is between hacking in hex and hacking in ASM (just 'cause that one topic here really is irritating). Or something along the lines of that. That way, we'd be able to weed out more people who will just flood the board with help topics and be bad for the community. It won't be a great solution, but it should be a start and should get some people to at least read the guides here and on Retro before being quizzed.


    It's a really tough problem but hopefully we can solve it here. And btw, if you end up reading this happy birthday Markey! And congrats on becoming a Mod!
     
  20. theocas

    theocas #! Member

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    AS mentioned before, we really need to do something to slow the flow of retards to this site. Something like what Retro has would be fine, but it would make people think we're idea stealers and so on. My idea was that Members can join after passing the quiz, and they get access to all normal forums, except the Lounge, and the Trash. Each of their posts is hidden from view of the public aka unregistered members until let's say 3 members with about 100 or more posts approve it. Then it will become visible to the public, and the Member that started that topic is considered to be changed into a full-fledged member. That way we can hopefully reduce the load on the Staff and let everyone have a say in this forum.


    Anyways, this is a real difficult problem but I hope we can solve it without it getting out of hand. Happy Birthday Markey! Hope you can help us in making SSRG a better place with less retards by your approval as a Mod.
     
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