[QUOTE=Vodkavia;40436472]Are these culls anything more than a petty attempt to get laughs at peoples' expense, or are they actually meant to actually achieve something?[/QUOTE]
theyre meant to get people like you banned
convert every thread discussing idiot culls into a instaban thread
[QUOTE=HighdefGE;40427515]If one guy is left to send out invites so others can and so forth, then every time somebody gets banned half the forum will go with him.[/QUOTE]
you need 2 inviters to make an invite...
The main problem is Facepunch is full of people pretending to be idiots, which then invites actual idiots into the forum thinking that they are in good company.
[QUOTE=Scrimp;40442391]The main problem is Facepunch is full of people pretending to be idiots, which then invites actual idiots into the forum thinking that they are in good company.[/QUOTE]
Facepunch is full of obnoxiously liberal pseudo intellectuals who think they are smarter than everyone else, myself included.
We need another Idiot cull thread like the one garry made.
[QUOTE=Zeb Brown;40443970]We need another Idiot cull thread like the one garry made.[/QUOTE]
I just hope we won't lure in any older members...
We need to disguise the thread as something that would draw new members in.
[QUOTE=Ridley;40445433]I just hope we won't lure in any older members...
We need to disguise the thread as something that would draw new members in.[/QUOTE]
"FREE *software product* FOR FREE!!"?
[QUOTE=Ridley;40445433]I just hope we won't lure in any older members...
We need to disguise the thread as something that would draw new members in.[/QUOTE]
It's simple, put it in fast threads
£10 says this thread becomes the idiot cull
[QUOTE=Zeb Brown;40446308]It's simple, put it in fast threads[/QUOTE]
Get a Mod to host a cull thread lying about game serial numbers and act. keys being inside.
Let's just go back to circa 08 facepunch, the grammar nazi site we all knew and love, when seeing someoe fall for a ban was like darwinism.
[QUOTE=mzathemind;40451580]Let's just go back to circa 08 facepunch, the grammar nazi site we all knew and love, when seeing [B]someoe[/B] fall for a ban was like darwinism.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you really want that. You wouldn't last very long.
Its the thoughts of it right now that counts.
Idiot culls are stupid.
What are you accomplishing with them? Ban a few members trying to be funny? Maybe some members who have no idea about whats going on (akin to when you used to be able to post in rc threads as a goldie despite getting you banned)
what kind of "quality control" is this? What use is all this other than to alienate new members? This and the invite only thing just sounds like we are full of ourselves. What forum in its right mind does this?
In the end, the "idiots" will still stay, and you'll have a forum living in fear of posting in the wrong place and getting banned.
[QUOTE=dass;40452588]Idiot culls are stupid.
What are you accomplishing with them? Ban a few members trying to be funny? Maybe some members who have no idea about whats going on (akin to when you used to be able to post in rc threads as a goldie despite getting you banned)
what kind of "quality control" is this? What use is all this other than to alienate new members? This and the invite only thing just sounds like we are full of ourselves. What forum in its right mind does this?
In the end, the "idiots" will still stay, and you'll have a forum living in fear of posting in the wrong place and getting banned.[/QUOTE]
whats alienating about banning a bunch of people in a thread titled "don't post in this thread"?
to me it seems kind of obvious what to do when you see a thread like that
[editline]28th April 2013[/editline]
especially if you're genuinely new
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;40455053]whats alienating about banning a bunch of people in a thread titled "don't post in this thread"?
to me it seems kind of obvious what to do when you see a thread like that
[editline]28th April 2013[/editline]
especially if you're genuinely new[/QUOTE]
Why do a thread named like that in the first place?...
[QUOTE=dass;40457281]Why do a thread named like that in the first place?...[/QUOTE]
To ban the idiots who post in them?
[QUOTE=leshrec1;40459928]To ban the idiots who post in them?[/QUOTE]
The idiots who wouldn't be "idiots" if someone didn't make a thread in a public area in which people "couldn't" post and get banned?
People who probably wouldn't do anything bad?
That's like setting a load of cash in the middle of a street and arresting anyone that stops near it on grounds that they are gonna steal it, or as I already said, banning gold members who posted anything in other people's RC threads. Why were they given the ability to post if they aren't allowed to?
Why not add a rule that states "Do not post in threads that titles are in (insert format) format. And occasionally make them, culling people who didn't read the rules.
real talk theres a few threads on here lately taking a rather elitist tone
so lets just clear the air
you're not as intelligent as you think you are, you spend most of your day playing videogames, you have no sex life and your job prospects look pretty shit at the moment or you're still in high school. You aren't above anyone so stop acting like it, we don't need "idiot culls"
[QUOTE=SexualShark;40422294]Ive been wondering recently. With all the idiot problems. Why dont we just have every two to three months have a big ass banme thread? I mean... isnt it worth a try?[/QUOTE]
I would agree but I don't want to be banned.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;40461676]real talk theres a few threads on here lately taking a rather elitist tone
so lets just clear the air
you're not as intelligent as you think you are, you spend most of your day playing videogames, you have no sex life and your job prospects look pretty shit at the moment or you're still in high school. You aren't above anyone so stop acting like it, we don't need "idiot culls"[/QUOTE]
Not just threads, members aswell and in the end, the whole attitude of the forum towards many things on the internet.
[QUOTE=dass;40460698]The idiots who wouldn't be "idiots" if someone didn't make a thread in a public area in which people "couldn't" post and get banned?
People who probably wouldn't do anything bad?
That's like setting a load of cash in the middle of a street and arresting anyone that stops near it on grounds that they are gonna steal it, or as I already said, banning gold members who posted anything in other people's RC threads. Why were they given the ability to post if they aren't allowed to?[/QUOTE]
As an ex-Gold it is more complicated than that IIRC. I was Golded in a time when Gold was 2 years and 2000 posts, there was no Boostar I don't know if things have changed. As a new gold I took an interest in the RC, and for a few days I did what I was supposed to do, read and if a banned user asked for it you could post the post that they were banned in, not taking too many risks. I asked in the refugee camp gold members thread if elaborating on someone's ban was OK, and a few golds said it was OK, little did I know they were idiot baiting and I bit, having posted the explanation I was almost instantly permabanned.
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;40461676]real talk theres a few threads on here lately taking a rather elitist tone
so lets just clear the air
you're not as intelligent as you think you are, you spend most of your day playing videogames, you have no sex life and your job prospects look pretty shit at the moment or you're still in high school. You aren't above anyone so stop acting like it, we don't need "idiot culls"[/QUOTE]
I agree, but man, that's a really massive generalization. There are over 20 thousand active members, if facepunch isn't lying, anyway. I seriously doubt all of them are in the same status like that.
Actually, in my opinion i think facepunch is fine as it is right now...
[i]sure[/i] there are still people like me around
Choose, at random, 100 members and bestow them the ability to permaban 1 person of their choosing. Could it be a rival? An innocent poster? MaxOfS2D? They find their target; a poor sod wishing to bring laughter to the residence of Sensational Headlines. They ban the unknowingly defenseless poster, their greed building from this newfound power. They are greeted with a screen: "Congratulations, you have banned user innocent_bystander321, your first ban! Click here to return to last forum page". They click. And, unto their horror, they are face to face with the nightmare of their dreams: "Welcome to the idiot cull dumbass - garry :D"
-snip, got beat to it-
[QUOTE=Da Big Man;40484725]Choose, at random, 100 members and bestow them the ability to permaban 1 person of their choosing. Could it be a rival? An innocent poster? MaxOfS2D? They find their target; a poor sod wishing to bring laughter to the residence of Sensational Headlines. They ban the unknowingly defenseless poster, their greed building from this newfound power. They are greeted with a screen: "Congratulations, you have banned user innocent_bystander321, your first ban! Click here to return to last forum page". They click. And, unto their horror, they are face to face with the nightmare of their dreams: "Welcome to the idiot cull dumbass - garry :D"[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Da Big Man;40484725]Choose, at random, 100 members and bestow them the ability to permaban 1 person of their choosing. Could it be a rival? An innocent poster? MaxOfS2D? They find their target; a poor sod wishing to bring laughter to the residence of Sensational Headlines. They ban the unknowingly defenseless poster, their greed building from this newfound power. They are greeted with a screen: "Congratulations, you have banned user innocent_bystander321, your first ban! Click here to return to last forum page". They click. And, unto their horror, they are face to face with the nightmare of their dreams: "Welcome to the idiot cull dumbass - garry :D"[/QUOTE]
One day, everyone's accounts get a prompt of "who do you wanna ban".
When they enter a name, nothing happens.
Unless it's "garry".
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