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Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Crono

3. Politics and News will now be Politics & Religion. A separate sub-forum for non-divisive, non-political news stories has been added.
Please, no. Separation of church and state - or in this case, separation of religion and politics. If you want to make it a "Religion and Philosophy" forum, that would be better, but I don't think we need another subforum. Non-political news should be in OT, not a subforum. P&N should remain P&N.

Meh, most religious threads here end up in the same pointless flaming that goes on in P&N anyway. AT is not the place to go for serious religious discussion.

The flaming goes on, but there is some exchange of information and serious debate that goes on (really) in religion and philosophy threads.
All important issues are hotly debated (even to the point of attracting trolls), but that doesn't mean we should only have "fluffy" topics on the forums. Though politics and religion are both potentially volatile categories, they shouldn't be lumped together in the same forum.

Your're right, AT isn't the place for religious discussion, but I see no reason why the occasional religious topic can't pop up in OT. I don't think we have more than 1 or 2 out of every 100 threads become a religion thread.
 
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Originally posted by: AmberClad
Originally posted by: sao123
If this were true... wouldnt it be posted
here?
Derek has been occupied working on the Spring '09 Video Card Buyer's Guide.

Still would be posted there....

Some people don't visit OT, so they wouldn't even see this thread if. AT isn't that stupid, although if some of those changes were real then I might have to retract that statement about them not being stupid....
 

Greenman

Lifer
Oct 15, 1999
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It's a pity this is a joke, because I think the rep system would be a blessing as long as it applies to mods as well as the rest of us. That would be the single biggest improvement to AT since it's start up. We all know who the asshats are, we all know they should be kicked to the curb, since no one behind the scene's has the intestinal fortitude to show them the door, the rep system would allow the members to do it.
 

boomhower

Diamond Member
Sep 13, 2007
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rep and auto vacations will be severely abused. This is a disaster in the making.
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: Greenman
It's a pity this is a joke, because I think the rep system would be a blessing as long as it applies to mods as well as the rest of us. That would be the single biggest improvement to AT since it's start up. We all know who the asshats are, we all know they should be kicked to the curb, since no one behind the scene's has the intestinal fortitude to show them the door, the rep system would allow the members to do it.

Nope rep system is horrible cus people would find ways to abuse it. People would rate each other down just cus they like PS3 or Xbox or if they're conservative or liberal.

BUT THIS IS A BIG SHENS ANYWAYS SO WHO CARES!!!!!!!!
 

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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tbqhwy.com
5. As all they've done in the past is encourage neffing, titles such as "lifer" have been eliminated. All new titles will be rep-based.

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that screams april fools joke like no other
 

aircooled

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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Originally posted by: xSauronx
Originally posted by: SmoochyTX
To spend so much time on a forum and have nothing to show for it....

But obviously this is an April's Fool joke. Because how else could Zim or anybody else in a TV show thread (like me!!) actually post about what's going on when having to wait five minutes between posts?

i missed the 5 minutes part, thats ridiculous.

at least we'll always have the pickle
(unless aircooled dies)

I'll try to stay alive through Thursday. :)
 

Saint Nick

Lifer
Jan 21, 2005
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If this is true, I might actually quit posting.

Which wouldn't be bad, eh? ;) I'm not that bad of a guy, am I?

But seriously, I might stop coming here.
 

trmiv

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Obviously it's an April Fools joke.

Unfortunately though the real joke is FuseTalk, which is the one big April Fools joke that never seems to end.
 

HopJokey

Platinum Member
May 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: trmiv
Obviously it's an April Fools joke.

Unfortunately though the real joke is FuseTalk, which is the one big April Fools joke that never seems to end.

No way, I love FuseTalk. That time warp feature they just added has upped the level of entertainment to 11.
 

Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: HopJokey
Originally posted by: trmiv
Obviously it's an April Fools joke.

Unfortunately though the real joke is FuseTalk, which is the one big April Fools joke that never seems to end.

No way, I love FuseTalk. That time warp feature they just added has upped the level of entertainment to 11.

Madness will take its toll.
 

amdhunter

Lifer
May 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: HopJokey
Originally posted by: trmiv
Obviously it's an April Fools joke.

Unfortunately though the real joke is FuseTalk, which is the one big April Fools joke that never seems to end.

No way, I love FuseTalk. That time warp feature they just added has upped the level of entertainment to 11.

:thumbsup:
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: DrPizza
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8. There are two separate rep systems - ....

meh. Last I heard there were going to be no reps. What happened?
This will be abused.

Hey olds, I'll reps you if you'll reps me :D.

Originally posted by: xSauronx
i still dont know why most Elite members are elite, and its always bugged me. a suitable custom title would be just as good.

I've seen some elites post some of the most inane dribble I've ever read... makes me wonder how they even got the title in the first place :eek:.