Are new people allowed on the forums?

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:00

I'm just wondering if theres some unwritten rule that you must continously harass a settler once hes arrived on Apolyton?

I post in the OT and suddenly a huge barrage of "DL" came. I know this means double-login, but I thought it was a forum joke, not tar and feathers to scare newbies away.

ixnay · February 3, 2003, 00:02

Don't let that scare you away. Get a few posts under your belt and try to make intelligent contributions to existing threads. The fact that your first post was a thread in the OT about a rather far-fetched sounding problem didn't help any either. But if you are truly a real person, just keep at it.

Mr. President · February 3, 2003, 00:04

The answer is, don't post in the OT.

vovan · February 3, 2003, 00:05

Well, in the normal parts of these boards, being a settler is just fine. But OT... well, it's a jungle out there, son. Personally, I don't have a problem with Settlers, and I actually post in the OT occasionally. But there are so many people that register DL's to do some flaming or trolling in the OT, that if you are a settler it is almost an automatic assumption that you are one.

So, my advice to you is, don't leave the forums altogether, but spend some time with people who actually have lives over at the on-topic part, get some post count, and then dive into the OT.

Oh, and you won't get beyond settler in the OT, did you know? The posts there don't count.

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:11

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Originally posted by vovansim
So, my advice to you is, don't leave the forums altogether, but spend some time with people who actually have lives over at the on-topic part, get some post count, and then dive into the OT.

Only problem with that is: I dont own ANY of the games that the rest of Apolyton deals with and that means I can't add anything to the discussions taking place. Plus, I have a problem that I need solved.

Ming · February 3, 2003, 00:13

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Originally posted by PolishPatriot
Only problem with that is: I dont own ANY of the games that the rest of Apolyton deals with

Then what the hell are you doing here.

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:16

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Originally posted by Ming

Then what the hell are you doing here.

Even the moderators are this aggressive?!

For your information, Ming, I was playing a game of Age of Kings and I overheard a few of the players speaking about a game called "Rise of Nations". I was bored, so I decided to search it up and I found this site. I hung around for a few and then decided to post one of my problems.

Hopefully that will explain it for the moderators and the members.

vovan · February 3, 2003, 00:20

Well, actually, I don't want to sound "aggressive" or what not, and it is sad if a real person is held as a DL, but Ming is right. If you just want to solve that family problem, then a game forum isn't quite the place to go. I mean, it is first and foremost the place to talk about civ games. And in the off-topic, the members of the community talk about ... off-topic things. Once again, I am not sure it is the best place to solve your problems like that.

Otherwise, these forums are a great place for discussions on games, RoN, included.

Ming · February 3, 2003, 00:20

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Originally posted by PolishPatriot
Even the moderators are this aggressive?!

Usually we are when somebody posts for the first time in the OTF, and then comes to the community forum to whine after just a few posts... Plus, the person is hiding behind a proxy server, and changed his email address before making a single post...

Yeah... I would say we are aggressive

So your explaination is just more BS

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:23

I have no idea what a proxy server is, so I can't really say anything about that.

However I changed my e-mail address because this forum actually required a REAL e-mail address to post. And still, I dont see whats wrong with posting an off topic problem in well, the off topic forum.

However, I can see that I've clearly overstayed my welcome. When the people begin to harass me and then the moderators, then clearly I'm not welcome here at all.

Alexander's Horse · February 3, 2003, 00:28

That you rimmer?

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:31

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
That you rimmer?

What?!

Ming · February 3, 2003, 00:35

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
That you rimmer?

No AH... he isn't one of your DL's

vovan · February 3, 2003, 00:41

Heh, you know what a DL is, and fake your e-mail address during registration. You are also the family ne geek, and you don't know what a proxy server is.

What's wrong with THAT picture?

Lefty Scaevola · February 3, 2003, 00:49

Tell the no life losers in the OT that you are a beautiful girl/woman, and they will fawn all over you, except for the gay guys.

Lefty Scaevola · February 3, 2003, 00:53

Oh, and by the way, my traditional gretting to a new OT poster, made in mockery, satire, and hyperbole of the "DL dance" type greeting is:
"A NEWBIE! RAPE HIM! RAPE HIM!"

ixnay · February 3, 2003, 00:55

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Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Tell the no life losers in the OT that you are a beautiful girl/woman, and they will fawn all over you, except for the gay guys.

This is true. Moreso if you find pics somewhere and post them.

PolishPatriot · February 3, 2003, 00:59

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Originally posted by vovansim
Heh, you know what a DL is, and fake your e-mail address during registration. You are also the family ne geek, and you don't know what a proxy server is.

What's wrong with THAT picture?

I would think most people would enter fake e-mail addresses to keep from getting spam.......

Since when does geek automatically equal computer expert.

Lefty Scaevola · February 3, 2003, 01:06

It does not. I was a nerd decades before there were home computors.

notyoueither · February 3, 2003, 01:31

I'd been around for months before i posted a thread in OT. I also had several hundred posts on topic.

I still got the DL dancing idiocy, so don't feel bad. Think of it as an initiation.

Nubclear · February 3, 2003, 01:59

Ming!!!!

Why did you scare away the DL?

We could've had some high quality forum drama....

Ming · February 3, 2003, 02:25

Doubtful...

Nubclear · February 3, 2003, 02:26

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Originally posted by Ming
Doubtful...

.......Ok, maybe not high quality. But we'd have some really cheap entertainment (I hear that chicago movie theateres are extremly expensive)

Rasbelin · February 3, 2003, 03:11

Heheh, what a nice little DL drama.

/me seals his mouth.

But sure some good DL entertainment would be welcome.

The Pioneer · February 3, 2003, 03:55

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
That you rimmer?

I couldn't help myself laughing out loud when I read AH post!

So long...

Jamski · February 3, 2003, 04:15

Can someone post a link to his original post please? I don't want to go blindly into the OT without a guide to hold my hand.

Thanks in advance

-Jam

Rasbelin · February 3, 2003, 04:19

Have fun.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=75967

Chris 62 · February 3, 2003, 04:25

You all look like DLs, especially that bald guy...no good spammer.

Jamski · February 3, 2003, 04:50

OK, I've read it now, and...

Imagine if he was for real, and he did kill his parents and dump them in the river, someone would be on a MAJOR guilt trip then... mentioning no names

This gets my goat (?!?!)

-Jam

TheStinger · February 3, 2003, 06:04

I don't know waht a proxy server is, does that mean I'm a DL