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Valid points there D_Stirls, especially regarding to the importance some people place towards postcounts. However I think that's the whole point of the Wasteland, an "off topic" section for users to talk about things other than cars.

the problem with the wasteland because it isn't a section it's a single topic you can have a concise conversation about a specific topic because it gets lost in the rest of the dribble.

P.S. Damo was just an example that came to mind not meant to single him out, it must be his average of 11 posts per day that drew my attention.

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I get what you're saying Dale but it would be more crap to moderate, hence from where we stand, the wasteland thread is more than enough.

To create a subforum as you've mentioned would be something that Christian (aka Prank) would have to establish.

I know Andrew may come across as tough occasionally but I have to back him in what he's trying to achieve, ie not taking any ideas from ns in the way they do things and remaining true to the original concept and idea behind this forum.

the problem with the wasteland because it isn't a section it's a single topic you can have a concise conversation about a specific topic because it gets lost in the rest of the dribble.

yeah i agree.

a fair few valid points that i have made/questions asked have fallen on deaf ears in here.

cant complain, cos on the other hand i have derailed a few good convos too :(

yeah i know Heslo, but when people say post whore, the finger is usually pointed at me, but i can name a handful of others (not just in sa) who actually whore around without any contructive posts.

is it coz my e-penis is bigger carl? :(

im just on alot, i contribute to alot of stuff. oh well. if you have a look around the sa section, the threads have been staying on topic lately, has anyone else noticed?

I get what you're saying Dale but it would be more crap to moderate, hence from where we stand, the wasteland thread is more than enough.

To create a subforum as you've mentioned would be something that Christian (aka Prank) would have to establish.

I know Andrew may come across as tough occasionally but I have to back him in what he's trying to achieve, ie not taking any ideas from ns in the way they do things and remaining true to the original concept and idea behind this forum.

well you need more moderators then, that's easily solved. You may knock NS.com but it is one of the biggest performance forums in the world so they must be doing something right, and despite popular opinion they do actually have some reasonably tough moderators.

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is it coz my e-penis is bigger carl? :cheers:

:(

lol

im just on alot, i contribute to alot of stuff. oh well. if you have a look around the sa section, the threads have been staying on topic lately, has anyone else noticed?

i reckon that this can be put down to the mods being moar active :)

IMO a good thing... not a fan of ns.com factor

.:EDIT:. good point D_Stirls, i think its just the user : mod ratio that lets it get out of control

yeah i know Heslo, but when people say post whore, the finger is usually pointed at me, but i can name a handful of others (not just in sa) who actually whore around without any contructive posts.

is it coz my e-penis is bigger carl? :(

im just on alot, i contribute to alot of stuff. oh well. if you have a look around the sa section, the threads have been staying on topic lately, has anyone else noticed?

i would love to see a line up of the top 10 Average posters per day.

Cos i know you would be claiming Steve would be up there but his average is only 6.4

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yeah fair point, i can think of other users who have also only posted "don't mind me, just whoring through" or similar.

i dont think the state of the sa forum is as bad as it is made out to be, the moderators are not only doing there job well but the users have stayed generally on topic in alot of the threads.

Dale, no i wouldn't claim him in that top 10. Wtf is everyone trying to claim here? Are we trying to point out "over-active users"?

One of the threads you may be referring to might be Amanda's pregnancy thread, yeah?!

This thread was started well before the tougher rules were enforced and to shut that down now when she's ready to give birth would be plain heartless.

TBH That was the most off topic thread I've ever seen

Do you people really believe I give 2 shits about children, the procreation, the drama? Sorry if this shits you all off, but this is exactly the point of what andrew is getting at, even tho I know full well I'm twisting his words. I know a bunch of folks who have kids and yeah, they're always very proud and what not, but I have to quote Bill Hicks here and say "Your children are NOT special". Hell. even cockroaches procreate.

Yeah fair enough, if someone wants to share something cool like having a kid, leave it to wasteland. But straight up, that thread contained a hell of a lot of bitching about the "other half" which leaves us with one half of a story. At that stage, I tuned out. How many pages has that thread gotten to, within 9 months?

If you need someone to talk to or vent, fair enough but picking a car forum at random and venting to people you hardly know publicly... cmon dawg... thats not what this is for...

Mods. Don't pretend there is a grey area here. Its black and white.

Signing off, one heartless bastard.

-D

TBH That was the most off topic thread I've ever seen

Do you people really believe I give 2 shits about children, the procreation, the drama? Sorry if this shits you all off, but this is exactly the point of what andrew is getting at, even tho I know full well I'm twisting his words. I know a bunch of folks who have kids and yeah, they're always very proud and what not, but I have to quote Bill Hicks here and say "Your children are NOT special". Hell. even cockroaches procreate.

Yeah fair enough, if someone wants to share something cool like having a kid, leave it to wasteland. But straight up, that thread contained a hell of a lot of bitching about the "other half" which leaves us with one half of a story. At that stage, I tuned out. How many pages has that thread gotten to, within 9 months?

If you need someone to talk to or vent, fair enough but picking a car forum at random and venting to people you hardly know publicly... cmon dawg... thats not what this is for...

Mods. Don't pretend there is a grey area here. Its black and white.

Signing off, one heartless bastard.

-D

Sorry but i must as he just said every thing i have been thinking for the past 8>9 months.

+1

And that is meant as +1 to what he was saying not my post count :lol:

yeah fair point, i can think of other users who have also only posted "don't mind me, just whoring through" or similar.

i dont think the state of the sa forum is as bad as it is made out to be, the moderators are not only doing there job well but the users have stayed generally on topic in alot of the threads.

Dale, no i wouldn't claim him in that top 10. Wtf is everyone trying to claim here? Are we trying to point out "over-active users"?

Sorry i should have written "SOME" not "YOU".

Just out of interest who do you think would be on that list cos' i can't think of any, well any that i haven't just look at.

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