A Pemaban, Perma- Permanent
Ban - Ban
A ban that is never lifted.
The account becomes basically pointless
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[QUOTE=NickFury6;24181348]Gold used to mean something back in the day, but now it's given out like candy due to a mini forums 'achievement' you get from staying here a certain amount of times and making a certain amount of posts.[/QUOTE]
In case you were wondering, certain time is two years, certain posts is two thousand.
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[QUOTE=PR057R337;24181323]What's permaban?
And I don't know what so special about being Gold.[/QUOTE]
oh and also, Gold members get access to their own little forum Called the Gold Members Forum (GMF).. Apparently it's just a toned down OIFY
That may or may not be true. Some day that secret will be revealed to you.
[QUOTE=ashxu;24178510]is removing the ban message bannable?
e.g they get banned, and when they are unbanned, they remove the "User was banned for "<reason>" - <mod>"[/QUOTE]
Yeah I'm pretty sure it is. Or messing with it.
[QUOTE=Mokkan13;24182007]oh and also, Gold members get access to their own little forum Called the Gold Members Forum (GMF).. Apparently it's just a toned down OIFY[/QUOTE]
It's crap but better quality than GD/FT
[QUOTE=Mokkan13;24182007]A Pemaban, Perma- Permanent
Ban - Ban
A ban that is never lifted.
The account becomes basically pointless
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In case you were wondering, certain time is two years, certain posts is two thousand.
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oh and also, Gold members get access to their own little forum Called the Gold Members Forum (GMF).. Apparently it's just a toned down OIFY[/QUOTE]And they get access to the refugee camp. And no, a lot of permas get lifted.
[QUOTE=Thorny;24181408]are we ever going to get new VG section mods[/QUOTE]
don't be silly of course not, that would make my job too easy
[QUOTE=Craptasket;24182450]It's crap but better quality than GD/FT[/QUOTE]
Anything looks good compared to general and fast threads.
How do I post a poll?
never done it before and I just want to know
[QUOTE=Zorgoth64;24187416]How do I post a poll?
never done it before and I just want to know[/QUOTE]
End of the "Additional Options" box, towards the bottom of the new thread page.
[QUOTE=NickFury6;24180986]I know this has probably been asked multiple times, but I honestly do not feel like searching through 70+ pages to find it or a liable answer.
But does Garry have anything on his mind, even a brief idea to change the quality of Facepunch? Being no more low quality threads filled with typos, bad grammar, and an overall terrible choice in topic? That reminds me back in the day when there was a system that provoked people to make good threads and to type sentences that were reasonably readable. I also remember a time when even the younger viewers used to try a bit harder with the quality, but now it just seems like Generation Y is taking over this place without even a second thought about reading the rules before making a terrible thread related to their 'terible parints!!!" or that "justin beeber sucks!!1!"
I read the Refugee Camp once every so often just to vaguely flatter myself to how clueless the majority of facepunch is beginning to be. It's like they whine about "whyed i get baned?!" without having any common sense or putting thought into their posts. General Discussion seems to be becoming the new OIFY while OIFY is becoming a psuedo-/b/.
I just am wondering if Garry has any idea about large-scale changes to overhaul the quality here, Because it's a huge turnoff to visit the games section or General Discussion just to see that 3/4 of all the threads are childish arguments posted in attempts to be funny or 'serious' yet are literally unreadable.[/QUOTE]
I am working with several other mods and compwhizii with the current upgrade to vbulletin 4 in [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=980694]the facepunch labs[/url].
There is much discussion in our secret notes about things such as smartness, instabans, and so on. Nothing is for sure, but if things do come to fruition they will be done with newer, better, [i]smarter[/i] systems.
I've also taken a lot of time to think out the current thing with member levels. It's pretty obvious Gold Members were originally supposed to be special. They started out as people who pre-ordered the game, donated money, or were bumped up by mods, but when the recent 2k posts/2 years thing hit, many of the new golds became cocky and retarded, more often than not acting like they're above the law no matter where they post.
Some of the features regarding golds is potentially [i]removing gold status as soon as you're banned,[/i] for whatever reason. Golds are expected to be older, wiser, and more respectful on the forums, to be representatives for the younger members. That's why garry chose the 2 year/2k posts requirement. If you can't be that, you don't deserve anything special by that point.
On top of that, new members may be given restrictions for a time period or X amount of posts so spammers can't make new threads outside of the help forum sections.
[QUOTE=ashxu;24178510]is removing the ban message bannable?
e.g they get banned, and when they are unbanned, they remove the "User was banned for "<reason>" - <mod>"[/QUOTE]
This is a good question, I'll bring it up next time I have the chance. Obviously though, your ban history will show you were banned and have a link to the post anyways, so there's no [i]real[/i] avoiding it.
Regarding removing Gold Status on a ban, I think it's bit extreme. It may be a good idea if it's for a troll or excessive flamer but for a simple mistake I think it's a bit too far.
[QUOTE=Jimbomcb;24182474]don't be silly of course not, that would make my job too easy[/QUOTE]
well it's been months now so one begins to wonder
not that you're not good enough for us xx
[QUOTE=daijitsu;24187479]
Some of the features regarding golds is potentially [I]removing gold status as soon as you're banned,[/I] for whatever reason. Golds are expected to be older, wiser, and more respectful on the forums, to be representatives for the younger members.[/QUOTE]
That would actually be an amazing idea.
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[QUOTE=starpluck;24187834]That would actually be an amazing idea.[/QUOTE]
For trolls, yes. For someone who be mistake posts in the wrong forum I'm not so sure.
[QUOTE=cbrain;24187919]For trolls, yes. For someone who be mistake posts in the wrong forum I'm not so sure.[/QUOTE]
It'd have to depend on ban reason, for trolling/pure out flaming sure, but for indeed posting in the wrong forum, or other minor things, a ban is enough.
(see below)
[QUOTE=daijitsu;24187479]
Some of the features regarding golds is potentially [i]removing gold status as soon as you're banned,[/i] for whatever reason. Golds are expected to be older, wiser, and more respectful on the forums, to be representatives for the younger members. That's why garry chose the 2 year/2k posts requirement. If you can't be that, you don't deserve anything special by that point.
[/QUOTE]
Although i kinda like that idea i think it should be limited to severe cases of shitposting like trolling, flaming, spam or racism.
I've specifically been talking about a checkbox next to a ban reason for degold, if not just a button altogether.
Ah ok. Would be awesome if it showed up through the event log.
I think it would look awesome like a ban reason
[highlight](User was de-golded for this post ("Utter Douche-Rocket" - garry)[/highlight]
[QUOTE=daijitsu;24188179]I think it would look awesome like a ban reason
[highlight](User was de-golded for this post ("Utter Douche-Rocket" - garry)[/highlight][/QUOTE]
That would be a good idea, and maybe if the same user would behave again, he gets re-golded
[QUOTE=Mokkan13;24181218]Sorry, wasn't around for Facepunch 1.0, do you just mean smartness? or..[/QUOTE]
Christ, the fact that people assume that old FP means smartness makes me feel so old.
[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;24181230]You can't stop mass stupidity with out starting a mass banning. And that will lead to complaining. And that will lead to anger. Which in turn will lead to more bans. It's a vicious cycle. The only thing you can do is sit back, and watch.[/QUOTE]
It worked back in 2004. Permabanning for absolutely any infraction at all, including using "lol" at all, those were the days.
Also if Garry ever used the term, "Utter Douche-Rocket" I would like him alot more.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;24188179]I think it would look awesome like a ban reason
[highlight](User was de-golded for this post ("Utter Douche-Rocket" - garry)[/highlight][/QUOTE]
Or just like...
[b][i](User was de-golded for this post ("Utter Douche-Rocket" - garry)[/i][/b]
...to avoid getting confused between bans/degolds.
Or do it in Gold for irony
[B]What sick man send babies to fight?[/B]
[highlight](User was banned for this post ("Not relevant/dumb" - Rusty100))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=CarlBooth;24188379]Or do it in Gold for irony[/QUOTE]
There's no BBCode for that
You can make your own BBCode easily in vBulletin.
[QUOTE=cbrain;24188662]You can make your own BBCode easily in vBulletin.[/QUOTE]
But that would need an update which would probably take a while
[QUOTE=kmlkmljkl;24188805]But that would need an update which would probably take a while[/QUOTE]
Nope, there's a section in the admin CP where you do it. You just enter the tag you want to add, for example [gold], and then whatever HTML tag(s) it would need.
Job done.
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