This is the part where I give you a slightly humorous intro to this weekly update.
The drama surrounding the topic dedicated to finding shos a new avatar has finally come to a close, with Isa assigning shos the "woman shos" avatar, after they failed to successfully produce an avatar of appropriate size for the other candidate. The whole episode has inspired Bmwsu to try his luck and having people suggest avatars for him. So far it is acheiving just about the same amount of success; shos acts confused in the middle of his attempt, and ultimately, the process is taking longer than it should have (should have been done 2 days ago)
Last week, some heated discussion about karma rates took place in the weekly update's topic. This week's topic to get mad about and discuss is: How the poor avatar choices of other members affects your life
Yesterday some old washed up troll made a brief appearance, and people exchanged phone numbers not belonging to them in the chatbox.
Dando still hasn't made that one post that she has been putting off, and Livio is still inactive.
Flashmarsh made this forum game that's taking the interguild by storm. 'Interguild Island' is an apparently remote island where all of us have been dropped off to, and we don't really know what to do, other than to try to survive, and maybe kill others along the way.
Win of the Week: Flashmarsh's new forum game - Very popular so far
Fail of the Week: Jazz's Filler post - was not appreciated by most people.
Dud of the week: How this topic developed - Not all of it was this week, but: Shos received a new avatar, so it was successful in that sense... But the topic was really dysfunctional.
And now something that I know shos is really excited for, because he mentioned them at least twice this week while acting excited about it: Chatbox posts!
This week, I decided that I would try to not count chatbox comments that didn't contribute to any conversation, Cedric (14 counted) was the main offender that I felt necessary to take posts away from, but I also took 3 away from Yuggy, but this stuff doesn't really mean anything unless you really care about how many chatbox posts I credit to you each time I do the weekly update.
Username #posts %posts
Quirvy 164 15.4 Yuggy 156 14.7 Flashmarsh 154 14.5 Thomas 113 10.6 Cedric 91 8.6 Jazz 71 6.7 Soccer 55 5.2 Isa 53 5.0 Silver 52 4.9
This is your weekly reminder that you are encouraged to refrain from posting stuff that won't help to contribute to a conversation, when in the chatbox. This includes posts such as "=\" or "o:". Besides, we have an actual smilie for o:, it's called
But you shouldn't make chatbox posts solely consisting , either. User Comments (23) | Darvince |
sea level change
Age: 24 Karma: 107 Posts: 2043 Gender: Female Location: The Nuclear Era pm | email
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Wow, I've really dropped out of the chatbox standings quickly. Green Carrots
"Time is a circuit, not a line; cybernetics instantiates templexity."
| | Cedric |
Age: 24 Karma: 13 Posts: 2056 Gender: Male pm | email
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Me too.
Team, listen up. We haven't been doing too well lately, out opponents are too strong for us. We have to improve, in 1 week. Otherwise, we'll be dropped from the list. Go go go, move move move! Stop watching the clock!
Green Carrots | | Darvince |
sea level change
Age: 24 Karma: 107 Posts: 2043 Gender: Female Location: The Nuclear Era pm | email
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They're only statistics. I don't even like using the chatbox anymore because I think I'll post something irrelevant or silly and be the cause of a huge argument.
"Time is a circuit, not a line; cybernetics instantiates templexity."
| | Cedric |
Age: 24 Karma: 13 Posts: 2056 Gender: Male pm | email
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You're free to post! You don't have to worry about it. I think you'd know what's silly and what isn't, it's easy to tell. | | Silver |
Karma: 121 Posts: 3581 Gender: Female pm | email
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Wow I've been really dropping in chatbox posting. Huh.
Darvince, you shouldn't really be afraid to voice your thoughts or anything in the chatbox! I do it all the time, and I bet a lot of other people do the same thing. (Like Thomas and Quirvy.) And hey, arguments can be interesting to read (but not exactly to participate in) so... well, you get my point, don't you?
Green Carrots | | jellsprout |
Lord of Sprout Tower
Karma: -2147482799 Posts: 6445 Gender: Male pm | email
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Quote: Dando still hasn't made that one post that she has been putting off, and Livio is still inactive.
Well, Dando swore revenge against me three years ago and I am still waiting for it. She works on a different timescale than most of us.
| | soccerboy13542 |
~*~Soccer~*~
Karma: 450 Posts: 4466 Gender: Male Location: 1945 pm | email
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'Cedric' said: Me too.
Team, listen up. We haven't been doing too well lately, out opponents are too strong for us. We have to improve, in 1 week. Otherwise, we'll be dropped from the list. Go go go, move move move! Stop watching the clock!
cedric... you were the one complaining about someone posting "use dubstep. wubwubwubwub."
^don't complain about spam, if you're gonna try to post 100x as much
'Livio' said: You know, I was thinking of getting an internship at Microsoft, but I'm not sure I want their lameness to rub off on me. | | Quirvy |
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Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email
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Guys! Didn't you read the weekly update? You're supposed to discuss and get mad about "How the poor avatar choices of other members affects your life", not "How you would like other members to behave in the chatbox"
Also I wasn't really expecting Dando to make a that post this week, I was just reporting on it because it's something I can report on.
spooky secret | | Shavey Dave |
Age: 23 Karma: 29 Posts: 1702 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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I seem to the think the poor avatar choices of other members includes me...
| | Cedric |
Age: 24 Karma: 13 Posts: 2056 Gender: Male pm | email
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Some of us actually put effort into making/finding the images, you know.. | | Shavey Dave |
Age: 23 Karma: 29 Posts: 1702 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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Ahem. Making my signature and avatar took over an hour.
| | FlashMarsh |
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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Yeah, I'm posting. Nothin' special. Green Carrots | | Bmwsu |
Age: 28 Karma: 175 Posts: 2557 Gender: Male pm | email
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I need to get bookin' on my chat box posts.
| | jazz |
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email
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Bad avatars leave me feeling unsatisfied. Green Carrots | | Shavey Dave |
Age: 23 Karma: 29 Posts: 1702 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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Well I changed my avatar back to my old old one.
| | jazz |
Karma: 108 Posts: 3050 pm | email
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Hmm, which is better : a panda smoking or a TF2 spy? I vote the spy. | | Shavey Dave |
Age: 23 Karma: 29 Posts: 1702 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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Ok, but that's only one person. What do the rest of you think?
| | Yuggy |
I am a wise goat
Age: 25 Karma: 64 Posts: 1609 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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I like them the same... /not helpful | | Darvince |
sea level change
Age: 24 Karma: 107 Posts: 2043 Gender: Female Location: The Nuclear Era pm | email
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'FlashMarsh' said: Yeah, I'm posting. Nothin' special. Green Carrots
>Green Carrots
Also I don't like mismatching avatars, like when Quirvy gave neezles Cedric's current avatar, I swear he travels time to abuse his mod powers.
"Time is a circuit, not a line; cybernetics instantiates templexity."
| | Quirvy |
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Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email
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Oh yeah, official results: Darvince initially didn't contain green carrots in his post, but he took like 1 minute before editing it in.
Cedric didn't put green carrots in originally, but I guess that at some point he noticed it.
Silver's post had it immediately as far as I can tell.
I actually didn't check when I first saw them, but judging by the lack of content in them (especially flashmarshes) I'm guessing that Jazz and Flash had green carrots in their post from the posts original submission, even if their posts were a bit late.
Winners: Darvice, Silver, Jazz, Flashmarsh
Not sure when he noticed it but still deserves mention: Cedric
We now have the facts: 5 people read the weekly update's summary.
Also, I deny all time travel related accusations.
spooky secret | | Cedric |
Age: 24 Karma: 13 Posts: 2056 Gender: Male pm | email
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Yeah I usually skim through the summaries of news posts. I saw something about "green carrots" and at first I thought you were making a really bad Dr. Seuss reference. | | Thomas |
the clique shall prevail
Karma: 111 Posts: 2503 Gender: Female Location: clique pm | email
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Why does the summary even exist? Isn't it normal for a blog to show the first paragraph or 600 characters (whichever is shorter) of the post and then have a "read more" link? You can see what I'm talking about here, here or here. | | Yuggy |
I am a wise goat
Age: 25 Karma: 64 Posts: 1609 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email
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I just saw it now, most of the problem is I generally keep interguild open, so I just refresh and don't see the front page... | | |
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