Enough already!

[jpetermann]

There was a time 2-3 years ago when guys like Thugsrook, Duvie, Technonut, Myself and a few others were nearly WEEKLY getting new Intel CPU"S to test. There were many late night weekends when we would all stay up waiting for the next report from our overclocking adventures. It was a highlight of the AT forums. Those were great days! And even the AMD guys were interested and very appreciative of the time and effort put into those threads. I myself use AMD at the moment, but I still liked my INtel overclocking.

Today, as much as I still like these forums, you hardly ever see the detail that went into those original threads. It is good to still see Duvie posting great info, and well as a few other guys. I am glad for that. I am not glad for idiots that come in here, have 3 posts to there name and then bash and insult guys like Duvie, when he clearly has the facts in hand and knows his stuff. Those types should be banned forever, they do this forum no good at all. They just cause fights, and take up post space.

Maybe I am just an old timer now, but those were the good old days, and I know that many of you remember them. Wouldn't it be great to get back to pushing hardware to the extreme and posting it for all to see, and ignoring the trolls and idiots who do nothing more than post flame-bait? I would rather see 1 great forum post on overclocking a CPU than the useless nonsense that has been posted here the last week. Let's get on to overclocking!

 

[HDTVMan]

You right the moderators need to step in for a few days and get rid of the latest influx of war mongers.

 

[AnandThenMan]

What moderators? It's clear there is basically no control. There are flame wars left and right and nothing is done. I haven't been on these forums long, but it is one of the least moderated forums I have ever seen. If it keeps up I will just stop coming here.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: AnandThenMan
What moderators? It's clear there is basically no control. There are flame wars left and right and nothing is done. I haven't been on these forums long, but it is one of the least moderated forums I have ever seen. If it keeps up I will just stop coming here.

agreed, i know they are volumteers giving their time but there are just too few of them it seems like,I am sure there would be a lot ofpeople will to donate their time to helping moderate AT if only were asked.


Btw how does one apply to be a mod?


Great post Jason . :thumbsup:

 

[Canterwood]

The trolls just need to be ignored.

People just keep taking the bait.

Ignore them, move on, and then we can get back to productive debate.

 

[nick1985]

That is basically what this thread is about.

 

[fatty4ksu]

Agreed, time to end the trolleshness. (sp?)

 

[Budman]

Maybe there should be a MOD competition!!!

Who can ban the most Trolls in one week.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Agreed, time to end the trolleshness. (sp?)

coming from the troll of the week....:laugh:

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Budman
Maybe there should be a MOD competition!!!

Who can ban the most Trolls in one week.

Nik will clean 'em up.

 

[Pederv]

Last week was my first post in almost 3 years. The way things have been this past week, it might be another 3 years.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Anand recruit more moderators!

 

[theMan]

i think we should also ban the word "fanboy" it is really angering me, when people just blatantly call people that because they say that one product is better than another. ENOUGH!

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: AnnihilatorX
Anand recruit more moderators!

:thumbsup:

 

[Zebo]

You guys talking about that idiot that crawed out of a slop-troth Porky? Or that other moron Dothan?

Yea they bad apples or probably planted seeds.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: AnnihilatorX
Anand recruit more moderators!

:thumbsup:

Yea I vote for budman..he's here a lot and straight shooter.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: Zebo
You guys talking about that idiot that crawed out of a slop-troth Porky? Or that other moron Dothan?

Yea they bad apples or probably planted seeds.

:thumbsup:

 

[Technonut]

Originally posted by: pastorjay

Maybe I am just an old timer now, but those were the good old days, and I know that many of you remember them. Wouldn't it be great to get back to pushing hardware to the extreme and posting it for all to see, and ignoring the trolls and idiots who do nothing more than post flame-bait? I would rather see 1 great forum post on overclocking a CPU than the useless nonsense that has been posted here the last week. Let's get on to overclocking!

Sounds good to me....

 

[drifter106]

Someone posts a thread in a monotone way of speaking and it doesn't take but 5 or 6 replies and it starts all over again. I for one have read through the threads as they have been "nurturing" and have tried to dissiminate between the FACTS, CHARACTER ASSASSINATIONS, GARBAGE, and GOOD DEBATE (somewhat lacking) and find it disappointing to say the least as to how this has led people astray. For what it is worth let me make this minor assertation...it is obvious that certain individuals KNOW what buttons to push to get other members attention and they do it quite well. I see very knowledgeable people lowering their standards and playing into their hands. For me, and I think I can speak for a lot of other people who lack the technology savy that some of you possess, that we can see through their facade for what its worth. All you have here is a lose-lose situation...nobody wins...I hope those involved can put this behind them and move forward...

believe it or not your positive threads DO help a lot of people...keep it up!!!

thanks

jd

 

[amheck]

Shouldn't this be in OT or Brag & Moan? Especially from a "longtime" member like yourself

 

[SketchMaster]

You have a very good point. For one thing, it would be great if there were more ?how to?s? around these Forums. I have been thinking of doing one for Case and Cooling but haven?t gotten around to it, mainly for my lack of good grammar and spelling.

As for the bum's you guys have floating around here (I am most likely one of them, even though I only torment the guys in Off Topic) I think it would be neat if the Mod?s would randomly hand out ban sticks to who ever they think will do best, a sort of Forum Deputy?s.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: pastorjay
Maybe I am just an old timer now, but those were the good old days, and I know that many of you remember them.

You've just exposed yourself to be a grouchy old man. "Hey Thugs, remember that day I received my P4 2.8C that hit 3.8GHz on air?" Thugsrook shoots back, "BAH! Those wimpy chips were nothing compared to my P4 1.6A that went 2.5GHz on some huge voltage, er, ahem, until it suffered from SNDS." Zebo jumps in with " You n00bs! That was nothing compared to my Celeron 1.0A that was SMOKING along at 1.6GHz with some Kingmax PC150 BGA SDRAM." Nowhereman rises from death-ban to say, "Yoo kidz tehse dais no nothnig! My Celeron 300A ran at DOUBEL teh clock spd afte r i stuck it in teh freezer for a while." Zap chips in, "Eh, yer young whipper-snappers these days don't know the meaning of the word overclock, with your BIOS settings and Windows overclocking software. What happened to jumpers? What happened to having to solder a new crystal in to increase clock by a MHz or two like my 386DX-25 running at 27MHz?"

That was a joke. I have no idea if pastorjay ever had a 2.8C, Thugsrook ever had a 1.6A or Zebo ever had a 1.0A. However, yes I did have an overclocked 386 and yes, Nowhereman did have a 300A that would run at 600MHz on his Abit BH6 after he stuck the CPU in the freezer for 20 minutes (plus he did write crappy like that and he was banned for life from here )

What moderators? It's clear there is basically no control. There are flame wars left and right and nothing is done. I haven't been on these forums long, but it is one of the least moderated forums I have ever seen. If it keeps up I will just stop coming here.

The moderators are all hanging out at Off Topic looking for AOL n00bs 'trolls in training wheels" to bust - or is an AOL email address still banned from signing up?

Maybe I am just an old timer now, but those were the good old days, and I know that many of you remember them.

You must be kidding about the "good old days." What I remember is Nowhereman getting banned and resurrecting himself numerous times and handing out "license to troll" graphics. I remember H8tank being banned. I remember the fake NowhereMom death - sheesh I even contributed to the memorial web site for her and her avatar was "retired" here. I remember Dennilfloss being probably the only moderator to be banned for life. I vaguely remember WombatWoman. Whatever happened to Russ NCNE?

Whatever happened to anandforums.gisystech.com? For that matter, whatever happened to the good o'le UBBS AT forums?

*SIGH* I knew I stopped going to Off Topic for a reason.

 

[Zap]

Oh yeah, whatever happened to the "butter" thread?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: SketchMaster
You have a very good point. For one thing, it would be great if there were more ?how to?s? around these Forums. I have been thinking of doing one for Case and Cooling but haven?t gotten around to it, mainly for my lack of good grammar and spelling.

As for the bum's you guys have floating around here (I am most likely one of them, even though I only torment the guys in Off Topic) I think it would be neat if the Mod?s would randomly hand out ban sticks to who ever they think will do best, a sort of Forum Deputy?s.

OT: If grammar is what is holding you back from a good post, shoot it over to me, and I'll help with that part of it, and we'll get it posted... I'd do anything for more informative posts, and less inquisitive posts.
Tas.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: SketchMaster
You have a very good point. For one thing, it would be great if there were more ?how to?s? around these Forums. I have been thinking of doing one for Case and Cooling but haven?t gotten around to it, mainly for my lack of good grammar and spelling.

As for the bum's you guys have floating around here (I am most likely one of them, even though I only torment the guys in Off Topic) I think it would be neat if the Mod?s would randomly hand out ban sticks to who ever they think will do best, a sort of Forum Deputy?s.

Yeah
Just bash your guide out and we'll take care of the grammar and spellings.