Hrqls: this board is about brainking and its future

To be pedantic, that's not what this page says. It says Board for everybody who is interested in BrainKing itself, its structure, features and future., so, from the description one could deduce this board doesn't have a topic, just a vague restriction on who can read/write the board.

I don't care much (although I find the smiley posts a waste of time) about what goes on on the board, but if people are eager to slap others with "off topic", perhaps people should start with clearly defining what is on topic. As it stands now, nothing is defined to be either on, or off topic.

ive gone and deleted anything that could be considered an off topic post from myself - i challenge others to follow my example....

Andersp: i dont know which post by redfrog you mean, if he posted on how many points in a game he scored then it was definetly off topic and should not have been posted here

this board is about brainking and its future .. so not only its future (but i think you didnt mean only its future)

my agreement with jasons emoticon was because discussing the oneliners just multiply the oneliners into many posts making it multiple-post-one-liners

your post itself wasnt offtopic though, i should have clarified that, sorry

i hope i am not using double standards, if you think i do please send me a pm
once in a while there was a user (i dont think he is fluent in english) posted the standings in a tournament, he did this about once a month .. it was off topic, but as it always remained to be 1 post and didnt lead to a real off topic discussion i led that one go by .. some weeks ago he posted 2 posts about a tournament though and i directed him to the tournament board.
thats where i try to draw a line .. when a (series of) post(s) is about to clutter the board and hiding the on topic posts into off topic ones .. then its time to do something .. an occasional off topic (single) post might slip through though as its often more confusing to remove/redirect the off topic one that to let that single 1 remain

if you want to discuss the modding or have tips/ideas please dont hesitate to send me a pm .. i am always eager to learn (but also might have my own opinion ;))

Andersp: i agree with both your points at most times

the thing to do about the oneliners destructing a discussion is to ignore them or let a mod take care of them (and if no mod does take care then send a pm to the mod of the board) .. at least dont react to it and multiply the onelines into many-posts

the emoticon from jason was appropriate though .. he could also have stated his post in a several lines, but this 1 emoticon serves a better purpose by keeping the board on its intention

Jason: In the mood I'm in I could say a lot of things in response to that. I choose to take it as a joke and say............

Jason: Thanks for giving more power to my post about childish oneliners with smileys  :)

TarantinoFan: please take this to another board

rabbitoid: Removed as requested.

rabbitoid:

Hrqls: Thankyou. Now I understand. I missed the point of the book discussion being off topic as I read it to still be about the moderators. I do see your point though.

rabbitoid: :) thanks for your support :)
but please lets concentrate on brainking and not the spammers ;)

at the moment no players are hidden or banned on this board

Could someone in authority please unblock Dano, or at least Ed? At least they were fun. The current spammers are too repetitive.

TarantinoFan: there were 2 questions/comments on the last couple of pages :
- the connection to brainking is bad for some users
- badessi stopped being a comod on this board

for problems with the connection please read the blog entry at brainking.info :
http://brainking.info/archives/403-The-world-of-delay-and-waiting.html

about badessi and her reasons to stop being a comod of this board, she posted her own message explaining everything
some people tried to make it sound like something else though and they continued in that line .. from that lead some more post which were not related to brainking at all anymore .. of course those messages can be fun and wont be censored .. but please post them at the appropriate board, some people like to come to this board and get info about brainking itself without all other posts thrown into as well .. if they want to read the other posts they can go to the general chat or some other dedicated boards

Fencer: And PS. Don't be a hypocrite. If you want me to try something new next time how about you try it too instead of your ******** one liners.

Might be something new if you actually answered the question. What is off topic about the subject?

Fencer: Yes very unoriginal of me to ask a question!

As we all know that questions go unanswered or are replied to with snide comments from you or threats of removal by the mods.

TarantinoFan: Not too original. Try something new next time.

Off topic?

I fail to see how a discussion about the functionality of the site is off topic.

Brainking isn't running so well lately. It's Structure is failing in the eyes of quite a few members. It's Features are unviewable a lot of the time. We are refused access to it's features on a regular basis. And my personal view of it's features is that there are too many. It needs to be stripped back. Please do not feature any more red numbers until I can view the features that have been offered before and are hard to use because of lack of functionality.

And last but not least. From the tone of this board recently the Future of Brainking isn't looking so hot! I do believe the suggestion is that it's future will be a lot less solvent.

And I believe that discussion of moderators and global moderators comes under the heading of either Structure as they are an integral part of the smooth running of this site or they are a Feature of this site to be seen on every board.

So someone please tell me where the off topic is??????

pauloaguia: oh yes, ok thank you very much!

Ewe: On your message box: http://brainking.com/pt/MessageBox

Foxy Lady: I agree! Too many people are here to cause trouble, seems especially on this board!

So back on topic....I read the news about the 'trash' box but I dont see it yet, where do I look? Thanks

I really wish members would stay out of ppls private lives,it's really none of anybodys business.

ScarletRose: Just be patient. There are more things to be released this year. It's too early to specify them.

So Fencer.. how can us lifers continue to show support? Is there still a store? And why is it your Wife stopped designing T-Shirts..

I am not leaving the site at this time, just stepped down from moderating. I am working alot of odd hours, have alot going on with my family life and yes, have some trouble with my internet...some of it due to a transition from RR to comcast in my area...and probably some problems with the site here...so yes, my pages load slowly, but I have no problems with anyone on the site here and am do not want my leaving to be viewed as "being on the front lines of discontent".

We have some great new globals, and I felt that with Hrqls, coan.net and redfrog taking care of things here, this board was in good hands without me, so stepped down. That's really all there is to it. They can give the time and attention the board needs and I'm just not able to do it at this time.

Thanks to those of you for your kind words and support, but really that's all there is to it.

But can't resist one more time saying...

please return this board to its intended purpose, brainking, it's structure, features and future.

And.... thanks for understanding

redfrog: I trust he reads this board,that should do the trick.

Jim Dandy: sounds like a good idea - hrqls would be the one to ask - and maybe in a PM?? Thanks!

redfrog: maybe the definition of " use the board as its intended" needs to be redefined.

A recurring topic, an off topic, an untrue topic - all rolled into one...baddessi has her reasons, which are distorted in posts here - please get the posts here back on topic.... thanks!

anything else along this line will just be removed for the sake of those wishing to use the board as its intended...
thanks!

beach: She did not leave the site, she only stepped down from moderating the boards. Hopefully, after a break, she will mod again.

Jim Dandy: hahahaha.......gotta love this man LOL

Bernice: We "mere males" are forever appreciative that women ying our yang,never forget that

Jim Dandy: well you can guarantee it will be a beauty, because it was written by a woman, not a mere male.

and as for being "scorned" as you put it....we do not and have not ever heard from the "woman who was scorned"....have we?

Bernice: The owner needs us "certain users"/"Troll"  for the balance :)

Yikes,I'm waiting for the books to be released
I can't say the irony isn't lost on me,that some of those who previosly held the power of censoring comments regarding untrest are now on the front lines of discontent.........and I have no dog in this race

beach: congratulations LOL....you have become one of us... the selected few...."certain players"....but please remember beach, it is your fault, not the site.

Andersp: she will be missed so will all the others that have recently left. Of course with the problems here at the moment (dare I say the lack of speed and ability to be able to even play games) you cannot expect paying members to stay

Andersp:She found it too hard to moderate boards when her pages wouldnt load properly, let alone try to play her games. 

Rose: Cant blame her...well i will miss her anyway

Rose: OMG.....another one....what is this place coming to? Fencer will have to put the prices up to cover all the revenue he is losing, either that or stop going on holiday LOL

Andersp: not missing,, quit

rabbitoid:

Where is Baddessi?

srnity: try to connect... obviously.

Boot me twice and then tell me "Unable To Connect" ................................w...h...y...? What'd I do???

joshi tm: Many many thanks to Fencer for that alternate Logik piece set. At last I will be able to play Logik without writing everything down on paper

Well, if I wanted to be nitpicking, I would say that I can hardly distinguish the new green from the yellow, and that I have tried to explain in the discussion boards why letters would have been a bit better than numbers. But that is of no importance compared to the new Logik pleasure I am about to enjoy !

By the way, the team tournament waiting room is a nice improvement to. After 2006 was a year of terrific improvements and I must say that I was a bit disappointed by 2007, this makes me very optimistic about 2008

Bernice: Objection overruled.