• Why so few blue privileges?
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I've got a feeling it's just Garry being lazy, the forums get updated irregularly, with a lot of time in-between. Also, with the servers being taken down because of traffic floods, and other stresses with the forum becoming more and more populated it can be hard to balance performance. also bluez r shiet
It's because you're shit tier.
Garry wants money, that is the only way to convince people to buy gold.
[QUOTE=Crash15;39954522]Fuck you, I feel like a noble in this situation.[/QUOTE] Well feeling like one doesn't change facts now does it
I am happy to join with you today in what may go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our Forums. Not long ago, all facepunchers were treated rather equal. Apart from the silly join date elitism, no group had any more rights over the others. This was a beacon of light in the forum community, as many forums slowly switched to having a paid membership group. But not long after, gold membership was completely restricted to the buying man. At first it was not a problem, for the only benefits were benign and frivolous; after all, who really wants another OIFY or slightly bigger avatars. But when this forum was started, it was a place of equality. It should remain that way. It is obvious today that Facepunch has failed in remaining equal. Us fellow men of blue have been stripped of our rights for free information searching. We have been stripped of our right to a free and open board. I come to you today as a fellow member, one who has been bound to the bluehood eternally. We do not walk alone, for there are many of us lowly blues out there, each being treated as a low class serf. This is intolerable, for what makes golds better? A bigger avatar? Nay. A moving avatar? Impressive, but nay. Private forums? Once again, nay. The ability to search should be allowed for all, not for few. We all stand here today in protest, but I promise to you, I say to you friends today that even with these difficulties we face today and tomorrow, I have a dream. I have a dream that one day this forum will rise up once again and live out to hold the truths of equality. I have a dream that blues and golds can once again get together as friends, equal friends. I have a dream that even the OIFY, a subforum of immaturity, revolution, and terribleness, can enjoy the same benefits and rights as all others. I have a dream that all blues will be judged not by their colour, but by their posting and content. I have a dream today. We can make this happen. Let us stand together in protest against this cruel mistreatment. Judge us not by our colour, not by our avatar size, but by our content. Allow us the freedom to search for our past content, to find our past mistakes and make up for them. Use them to aid in our continual improvement. I have a dream that this forum will one day return to it's former glory, a safe-haven. A place of true equality for all residents of the internet. No one member is better than the other. This is my dream, and together we must make it so.
I wish you could work to get gold instead of paying. I could clean garry's office in return for a gold upgrade :V:
[QUOTE=buro;39961572]I wish you could work to get gold instead of paying. I could clean garry's office in return for a gold upgrade :V:[/QUOTE] Do not succumb and relinquish yourself of your bluehood! Be proud to be a fellow blue!
[QUOTE=Unib5;39950442]I've rarely found any blue members that have been here since 2008 or before. We are a unique kind. [/QUOTE] We hide in the shadows. Forever lurking, forever blue.
I laugh at you common blue folk as I sip my coffee.
I always forget the threads that i comment. :(
I was a few posts away from hitting that 2 year 2000 post mark but then "Fuck you!" 5 year 100 post mark. And now it's pay-only. Hng.
[QUOTE=markinluck;39981658]I always forget the threads that i comment. :([/QUOTE] This is why I started bookmarking my posts in a folder called "Facepunch posts". [QUOTE=mdeceiver79;39958044]Then you'd need loads of new database enteries. Either several per account (per post made) or 1 really big string per person. Its more efficient to use the search to find current db enteries.[/QUOTE] Sorry for sounding dumb, but I don't really know what that means, or how it's inneffecient.
[QUOTE=Bernie Buddy;39982004]This is why I started bookmarking my posts in a folder called "Facepunch posts". [/QUOTE] I do that too, and when the posts are getting old i remove them and fill up the folder with a new batch. Then i carefully observe them for a couple of days waiting for them to get ratings or replies. Almost like a farmer waits for his plants to grow fruit.
everyone is equal here, but some are more equal than others.
Did garry get rid of the 2000 posts/2 years gold member ship thing? I don't remember.
[QUOTE=KlaseR;39983814]everyone is equal here, but some are more equal than others.[/QUOTE] Oh yes just like how everyone is rich, but some are more rich than others. Or how everyone is healthy, just some are more healthy than others. [sp]:v:[/sp]
[QUOTE=fskman;39984596]Did garry get rid of the 2000 posts/2 years gold member ship thing? I don't remember.[/QUOTE] Well we can check if you get 100 more posts.. that or it is because you have been here longer than 2 years.
If he didn't remove that two year + 2000 posts limit I would have got gold months ago. Oh well. At least I still have the large avatar, I think Garry made the avatar size smaller for blues at some point.
I like my avatar small.
[QUOTE=Blazyd;39950023]Viewing your latest posts/threads you've made or clicking "find latest posts" is considered searching. or you can just ask a friend of yours that is a gold member to search for you (unless you have no friends!!)[/QUOTE] I have no friends.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;39984779] At least I still have the large avatar, I think Garry made the avatar size smaller for blues at some point.[/QUOTE] It's currently set to 80x80, which is alright with me but yours is clearly larger. I think if you try to change it, you will have to downsize.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;39994372]It's currently set to 80x80, which is alright with me but yours is clearly larger. I think if you try to change it, you will have to downsize.[/QUOTE] Nope. Current maximum is 60x60. It used to be 80x80. (I too was so close to getting Gold, then the condition being removed :( )
i dont care about special forums/bigger avatars, i just wanna be able to search my damn posts
[QUOTE=polarbear.;39995093]i dont care about special forums/bigger avatars, i just wanna be able to search my damn posts[/QUOTE] Just use google or bookmark them.
Just use your read threads section to monitor threads you have posted in and the discussion there? Thats what I did before, and what I still do. It's more efficient than bookmarking or going back and searching for your posts.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;39984688]Well we can check if you get 100 more posts.. that or it is because you have been here longer than 2 years.[/QUOTE] Its gone. If things stayed as it is since I joined,I should of been gold a couple of months ago
Use the "Read" link at the top of the page to find active threads you are currently following, for threads you want to look back on subscribe to them, you can view all threads you are subscribed to as a blue. The bigger issue for me is that if I update my avatar I drop in size so I cant change my spider to fit the holidays. Which does really affect my use of the site, so for now I dont plan on paying for gold. [editline] edit [/editline] Looks like somehow I missed the last page so most of the content of my post was just stated, anyway I stand by it.
I just use the Google search. Unfortunately it's not always that effective. I don't really have any other use for the gold other than that, anyways it's a waste of money on my end (paying $10 for forum search and bigger avatar is not something I can afford) and I'm too lazy to ask for one.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;39950075]Should money come over equality? No mah brother![/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc[/media]
[QUOTE=Flarey;40002536][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc[/media][/QUOTE] This is now the song of our people. (Also holy fuck that video, I've never seen it before but wow it's crazy.)
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