playBunny: On this one we actually agree. My husband and I tend to do 'file' and 'save as' and save the complete web page in html, so that we still have a record of everyone's postings once they have vanished into thin air. Handy if you need to take them to an un-censored venue :)

harley: It's very simple in my view. Hiding and giving yourself time to deal with the people who write messages is far superior to a mass deleting of the messages and ignoring the people who wrote them. Bad decisions were most certainly made.

The effort that goes into a post doesn't matter? Please, feel free to spend a couple of hours on a post and then watch as it gets thrown away without you being given a copy, in fact without you even being informed. Would you then agree or would you be asking why you weren't simply put on hide?

How many of those people who think Jason was right actually had their work destroyed? Yes, work.

Mods normally do message the person if they delete a post, but general chat has been pretty busy today so the mod there didn't have time to message everyone.

The subject was asked not to be discussed there because its upsetting for many people. Once that was asked people should have stopped posting, and any posts made after the mod said 'stop' should be, and were, deleted. The effort going into typing them isn't really an issue for the mod, just how appropriate the post is.

Jason had a very difficult job today with some tough decisions. I realise many feel he made wrong choices but just as many think he was right. Its not as simple as right or wrong in this case.

The moderators there are deleting posts without regard to the effort going into typing and the posts do follow the discussion board's guidelines. Jason says he deleted them because we were told to not talk about a certain subject any more, but then he blanket deletes them all. I had posted a few about a completely different topic and they were deleted also.

Just what's the deal? We are told to take it to that board and then we are told to stifle once we move it there?

And let's take a look at how that General Chat board is moderated. There's six moderators! Any one of them can delete anything unilaterly. Just what kind of a system is this? Only one moderator should have that power, this rest should just have the power to hide. And not a blanket hide either, but of each individual post. Six moderators! Ludicrous! The other five had already left the posts and some had responded. Then ol' Jason wakes up, bores of the subject, justifies his action because of the aforementioned warning and deletes them all. This is not right! Why should anyone participate in a public discussion board if their writing can be summonarily deleted at the whim of any person? If there's going to be so many moderators then all of them should need to form a concensus before deleting posts.

Just because a moderator bores of a subject or doesn't want to hear about is no reason to delete. A moderator's job is to keep the discussion on topic, without profanity, or racial epitats. That board is general chat. This means all subjects are on topic. So why do we have to have so many moderators there? One is all you need. None of my posts had any rude words in it. Statements and questions, that's it. Someone doesn't like them, too bad. I didn't write anything personal except about my own feelings. Why should I have to suffer at the hands of a lazy person that can't even take a tenth of the time to send me a message about his concerns compared to the time it took me to compose what I posted? Inconsideration is what it is.

Thank you Marfitalu & Luke Skywalker :-)

Radiant Aunt: It's the "What is new" link in the menu, just above the profile

On which board can i read the server news?

Pedro Martínez: Yes it's highly irritating, he never moves with me until the games are down to at least an hour

But why isn't the game time suspended when the server doesn't serve?

Anencephal: Get used to that. Fungame changes his weekend days every week in order to prolong his games as much as possible. I recommend not to start any games with this sick guy.

Anencephal: i believe you can change them once a week

Is it possible to avoid timeouts with changing weekend days?

I had some games with a player which his days were sunday and monday on monday, no timeout
And now they are tuesday and wednesday, no timeout again!

Looks like we both moved at the same time. I just took longer to change screens.


Might I say we are on the same wavelength?

Eriisa: If you checked the event history I already banned him.

I had a couple of periods of what I call the white page of death. I remember hearing one that the server will reset after a period of time. My guess is it did that.

buh bye. Now back to our peace and quiet........

LL@ScarletRose You were faster then me... *waves @ Dano... yep, you have been recognised!!

tehual: Hi Dano.. long time no chat, heh??

are the yiffing and yapping harrassergangs

ellieoop: Well, said.

<his name is filip, and the door is that way>>>>>>>>>

I guess this server will never work reliably as long as the socalled webmaster is mainly busy with chatting and playing all the time. Barely made it to avoid timeouts, to think before moving a luxury thus.

alanback: I just signed on 15 mins ago and had no problems getting on any page.

alanback: Yes me too for about an hour earlier

alanback: I had the "Can't find page" version of inaccessible. As that's both the US and the UK I guess Fencer or Liquid are having a fiddle with a wire or a piece of code.

alanback: I had that too, probably just a glitch.

There have been two periods of time in which the site was totally inaccessible . . . has anyone else experienced that? When I clicked on a BrainKing link the browser would simply return to the page it was on before the click.

emmett: I 2nd!!!!! All in favor "YAAAAAAAAAA or NAAAAAAAAAA unless you are International Lion Members then you may "ROOOOOOOARRRRRRR"

Sorry, been drinking myself....will leave bk for awhile :snigger:

more or less what though?

MidnightMcMedic: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. "It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less."

I want someone to define normality to me :snigger:

im done now

playBunny: I see both your sides in this, but the one thing I don't think anyone would be pleased about is seeing all the love and emotion be replaced by a disagreement, especially between two caring people.
Can't we just agree to disagree and try to get back to normal?

playBunny: Please, this isn't helping anyone. Theres no definite right answer here, its a delicate subject and it will do more harm than good to go over and over posts and reasons.

playBunny: and then "one more day" and then " another day"

Its not impatients...

Stevie: so quick?? im sure its been a week hasnt it? Im sure that has been near a week.

No the parade has been length but Panda's message heralding a transition to normality was only 5 or so hours ago.

Most other site relevant topics get shoved over to APPROPRIATE boards within a day or 2.

This is a special case. That sounds like a traffic-warder/park-keeper mentality.

Im sure we have given extra time this time for good reasons..

Yes

but the site is also meant to move on.

Ideally in a natural unforced way with patience being exercised by those who make the transition more quickly.

I come to this board to hear about the site. and all I see now is red numbers that mean not alot.

I would suggest that they mean you're being impatient.

Its coming to the point that its not worth coming here to hear about the site,,, because it wont be about the site. Im sure I am not the only one

I would suggest that they are being impatient too.


One more day! Would that have been too much?

Tuesday: I'm sorry, all is fine where I am

Tuesday: No problems here... :)

unfortunately there is never really ever a flow on these boards.. everyone is shushed immediately if they so much as steer off topic.. Can anyone tell me a verbal conversation which actually stays on topic..

other than one that is just a Hi.. how ya doing? and then dribble for 2 mins afterwards..

Anyway.. I moved the snowball fight over to general.. however.. the mood is now lost..

If you scroll down to panda's beautiful message, she asked that we try to get back to normal.
I think we should respect her wishes.
That's all I meant.

Stevie: Panda posted her wish to see the site continue on and uh, let the mood change.

Seems to me it is, with some light-heartedness along the way.

So lets just let it go.

playBunny: so quick?? im sure its been a week hasnt it? Im sure that has been near a week.
Most other site relevant topics get shoved over to APPROPRIATE boards within a day or 2.

Im sure we have given extra time this time for good reasons.. but the site is also meant to move on.

I come to this board to hear about the site. and all I see now is red numbers that mean not alot. Its coming to the point that its not worth coming here to hear about the site,,, because it wont be about the site. Im sure I am not the only one

Stevie: Because here is where the parade has been taking place. This is where the emotion is.

See if the topic and mood continues over on GC. It might do but then it'll get mixed up with whatever was going on there already. If it doesn't that'll be because the move dampened it down to nothing. Either of those seem a bit of a shame to me, especially the second.

It's not a major deal, it's just that I wouldn't have been so quick to start hustling people away with "let's move the party next door".

Theres never a good time to call the board back to normality, but when respects have been made and the subject has moved on (with a few posts questioning their place here now) it seems as good a time as any.

Tuesday: my advice...be yourself= can't go wrong there!

I think the point is that this board is supposed to be about Brainking and it's features.
That chat and snowball fights are better on the Members board or GC...

Personally, I think any topic that is currently mentioned in "Server News" is appropriate for this board.