Discussion of the Rules Nobody Finds Silly. [Edited]

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:01 am

Oh for- I just read MS' post 5 minutes ago.

I'm about to remove it now.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:15 am

Thanks.

Since you posted on another topic a few hours after Patricks's post, I thought you had read it then. If I had known you didn't read it then, I would have waited a day or so longer.

But I've to agree with you guys: Some rules aren't really enforced.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:50 am

Marinus wrote:What do you mean with "going too far"?

I just took his own words. There's an expression in Dutch: "Een man, een man, een woord een woord.", which means such as: Do what you've promised.

Going too far example - LittleZBot's signature. It is indeed too big.

^_^ · Post by **^_^** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:54 am

There's also a rule no one but Patrick follows -

Please have only a avatar or only a signature not both

Patrick said something like that.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:01 am

^_^, go to school, learn to read.

Tyteen:
I see. And I agree. Little z-bot may be joking or may trying out to see at what point Patrick is going to enforce that rule. I don't think that big picture will stay for a long time.

But "going too far" is also a matter of personal opinion. Therefore it's good there are numbers for such things (although there are not numbers for everything, such as, how flashing a picture is) Patrick gave the example of the maximum speed of 50 kph with a little margin. (58 should be no big problem) But XPR (and Qloof, before removing the picture) is going way over 100. And Little z-bot is almost going through the sound barrier.

In another topic, Qloof234 wrote:It was more or less a question of "why does this topic still exist".

Apparently most people need the possibility to act silly now and then. Several people said they would like to have a silly-stuff-subforum. Since there isn't one yet, they use to make a silly topic in the off-topic's. And I think that shouldn't be a problem. If there are people who don't like those silliness, they don't need to read that topic. So I don't think such a topic should be removed.

On the other hand, if there come too many of those silly topics, it can be a bit annoying.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:51 pm

There's a fine line between "silly topics" and "spam topics". I'd say a topic about having x amount of posts in x topics is on the latter.

Plus, it'd be more convenient for anyone reading to have both a Silly Stuff forum and an Off-Topic one - I can't be the only one who doesn't want to weed through the off-topic section looking for one that actually is off topic instead of just silly.

As for signature images, I strongly disagree that xpr'd and I were going "way over 100". Assuming that three lines is about 50 kph, then how was my signature - which was roughly 4 and a half lines, that is to say around 60-75 kph - well over 100?

Though I well agree that LittleZBot is going waaaaaaaay over the sound barrier with his signature now.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:10 pm

Qloof234 wrote:Though I well agree that LittleZBot is going waaaaaaaay over the sound barrier with his signature now.

Metro being compared with Maglev

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:30 pm

Qloof, I agree with you about the silly/spam stuff, but I also think there is personal opinion involved, both, about silly/spam stuff and about avatar/signature stuff. The silly/spam stuff bothers you more, and the avatar/signature stuff bothers me more. If you say there should be a silly-stuff-subforum, that's OK with me, although I don't care that much.

I see about the numbers I've to explain better what I mean. I think you are only talking about the signature, but the rule says it's about both; signature and avatar together.

The rule says either:
- 120 pixels + 1 line, or
- only 3 lines.

Before you removed the picture you had:
- 120 pixels (avatar) +
- 1 line (signature) +
- 159 pixels (signature) which is actually more then 120 pixels + 1 line.

So actually you had more then twice then the rule said, hence my "more then 100 kph".

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:28 pm

Marinus, you may now change the topic title to 'Discussion of the Rules Other Guys Find Silly'.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:53 pm

Anyone notice that ^_^ makes alot of spam topics based on me?!
eg. "Why does deeman have 2 users" "DEEMAN HAS A VILLAGE!!!1!1!11!!!one"
Wow, that guy really hates me, or DOES HE?!

DUN DUN DUN!

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:04 pm

DEEMAN223344 wrote:Wow, I really hate that guy.

Fixed.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:04 pm

Nobody, if you like that. I made a little variation though, hope you don't mind.

Deeman, I think you can't be sure about that. Maybe ^_^ is just talking silly without personal reason.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:07 pm

Wait, what? I never said I found them silly, only that you guys seemed to.

DEEMAN223344 · Post by **DEEMAN223344** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:10 pm

Nobody wrote:
DEEMAN223344 wrote:Wow, I really hate that guy.
Fixed.

*Facedesk*

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:15 pm

Don't worry. "Nobody" doesn't necessary have to mean: you. I think there is nobody(word) on this forum who finds every rule silly, and since Nobody(username) got the idea to change the title, I thought it would be a funny wordplay.

billy bob · Post by **billy bob** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:33 pm

DEEMAN223344 wrote:Wow, that guy really hates me, or DOES HE?!

Why do you think ^_^ hates you just because he or she created topics about you?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:37 pm

Tyteen's signature wrote:

Am I supposed to say something about that? About the size I can't say anything, because you've no avatar, and no line text. (And you knew that

)

But...... Is it an image...... or a movie?

Maybe we're all crazy. Probably.

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:44 pm

Tyteen's doesn't actually break the rule since it doesn't state that a pic can't be animated. That being said, I personally find this particular image very distracting and would ask you (friendly) to use something else.

But, yes, the signature rule needs re-discussion and a clearer outline. (coming up)

PMs have been sent to LittleZBot and xpr'd to change their signatures. If LittleZBot was indeed trying to test me or the boundaries, then I just have to say: please don't waste my time!

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:40 am

Midnight Synergy wrote:PMs have been sent to LittleZBot and xpr'd to change their signatures. If LittleZBot was indeed trying to test me or the boundaries, then I just have to say: please don't waste my time!

As a forum owner, I would just go and remove their signature.

Anyways is that pic really that distracting...?

^_^ · Post by **^_^** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:36 am

Yes. the more people will have something like that, the more people would leave or get banned i think

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:21 am

tyteen4a03 wrote:... is that pic really that distracting...?

It's hard to say that it is (as a fact) but Patrick said:

I personally find this particular image very distracting and would ask you (friendly) to use something else.

and I would like to say/ask the same.

Some people, especially people with some kind of autism like me, are sooner being distracted by things then other people. Another example: If there are many people (like on a party) talking all together at the same time, I can't understand anyone, it's just one big mass of noise. While other people have no problem with that, because they can filter the noise and just listen to one person's voice.

Actually I found it quite a coincidence that you put that flashing/moving picture in your signature, just after I wrote:

Therefore it's good there are numbers for such things (although there are not numbers for everything, such as, how flashing a picture is)

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:19 am

Marinus wrote:people with some kind of autism like me

Oh God, you too?

I've got aspergers, myself.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:42 am

I didn't know that, but I got the idea that there are in Wonderland relative more autistic people then there are among all people over the world, maybe because Wonderland puzzles requires a special way of logic. They said I have PDD-NOS, but if I'm right it only means that I've some properties of autism, but not all of them.

~xpr'd~ · Post by **~xpr'd~** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:42 pm

My sister has autism, one of parents has OCD and the other has PTSD. I, for one, have ADHD and also idiopathic endolyphatic hydrops. But the latter isn't important.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:41 pm

I knew all along. I somehow managed to have read posts saying that about you and some other dude as soon as I joined, and recently found them again.

I'm evil.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:42 pm

Same here...

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:14 pm

Thanks to Tyteen and the other people, for removing the flashing and/or big pictures in avatar or signature. (Also thanks to those who never used such pictures)

About autism, I think it has good things and bad things, but remember that (as I've been told) great scientists and musicians like Einstein, Newton, Mozart and Beethoven also were autistic.

^_^ · Post by **^_^** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:32 am

Marinus wrote:
Tyteen's signature wrote:

Am I supposed to say something about that? About the size I can't say anything, because you've no avatar, and no line text. (And you knew that )

But...... Is it an image...... or a movie?

Maybe we're all crazy. Probably.

Its not moving anymore.

~xpr'd~ · Post by **~xpr'd~** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:56 pm

Yes it is. *hides*

^_^ · Post by **^_^** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:40 pm

FOR MEH. ITS.