Gandalf Parker and the SEIV Forum

Fyron · #1 May 29th, 2004, 05:22 AM

Just so there is no confusion, Gandalph Parker is the new:

Director of Community Relations and Tech Advisor for Shrapnel Games Inc

Atrocities · #2 May 29th, 2004, 05:41 AM

I don't know what to say about what is going on. I simply have no information. As a moderator I am often the very Last person to know anything.

If it was my call, I would leave the forum alone. Simply put it has survived and thrived because of the people who have come here since 2000.

If change is made I know that it will kill what we have here and when that day comes, I will no longer post here.

But I am optomisitc that if the new Director of Community Relations and Tech Advisor for Shrapnel Games Inc knows how we feel, then perhaps he will agree not to make any changes.

This is our community, but it is shrapnels forum. So in the end, it is their call and the call of the person to whom they have placed in charge. Like it or not change happens.

So by all means let him know how you feel, but please also understand that there are two sides to every coin.

Lets be honest and see what happens.

mac5732 · #3 May 29th, 2004, 05:41 AM

I have read Gandolf's post, and I must say it disheartens me to see that this forum may be going the way of many others on the net. This place is unique in many ways as well as being the most friendly, and enjoyable place to be. We have all made new friends, had good laughs, joked around, had good times and enjoyed a brewski or two together. To tamper with something that has been a resounding success as forums goes should be given very heavy thought as well as discussion with Shrapnel, MM and who ever.

If you have read our forum, then you will see that even tho there are OT's the majority of discussion and Posts concern SE4 and its mods.

How many Mods have you made of SE4 Gandolf?? I don't see your handle listed in any of the threads answering questions or keeping a conversation going..

If you go ahead with what you are saying imho you will kill this forum and it wil die a slow death. You might have new people come here, but answer me this.. Who will answer their questions, not only on the game but on the mods if most leave. In addition, how many new mods will be made or those in existance made better if you turn people off with restrictions?

There is an old saying. "If its not broke, Don't fix it". That says it all

just my 2 cents

just some ideas, an upset Mac

Deathstalker · #4 May 29th, 2004, 10:20 AM

This forum has been my homepage since the early days of se4 (before any patches). Its been the best community I've belonged to. I used to frequent the DC Comics message Boards and the Wizards of the Coast magic Boards (MTGO) and have since left both due to over moderation (esp when DC erased all the 911 threads as they did not refrence 'comics').

my 2cents, leave the community the way it is please. The rest of life is quite full of regulations and expectations and its nice to have a place that is both professional (se4 related) and friendly(the ot Posts etc).

Best way to tell how good the community is...when was the Last time you saw a Troll around here?? And even then the situation was resolved much more maturely then any Boards I've seen.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 May 29th, 2004, 11:16 AM

Gandalph Parker, about a week ago I posted in the thread 'despair' that I had schiziophrenia. And there wasn't one troll. Not one. I have been on about 6 forums that I can remember and there is only one other I have been on where I could feel confident enough to say that. And it had precisly the same attitude towards OT Posts that this one does and much the same feel.

It isn't the on-topic Posts that have done that. It's the off-topic Posts.

Look through the old Posts. We've gotten agitated before. It's brought us all closer together.

Mephisto · #6 May 30th, 2004, 01:17 AM

*Moderator mode /on*
Hi all!
There is some concern from Shrapnel that to many OT topics will drive away newcomers to the extend that they will not join the community.

To this end I would like to ask all of you to maybe cut the amount of OT threads present on the top of the board down a bit - just post your OT question in one of the other OT thread. Since we all read all the threads (aren't we?) your question will find an answer in short time without creating another OT thread of it's on.
Please don't see this as a harsh rule and don't be afraid to create an OT topic if you have the urge to, just keep an eye out that the forum is not swarmed with OT so the newcomer won't find a SE4 topic.

I hope the message will be taken by you as I intended it to be - friendly and only a beg, no threat and no "I will come down on you if you don't comply!".

Thanks for your attention!

*Moderator mode /off*

Arkcon · #7 May 29th, 2004, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mephisto:
*Moderator mode /on*
Hi all!
There is some concern from Shrapnel that to many OT topics will drive away newcomers to the extend that they will not join the community.

To this end I would like to ask all of you to maybe cut the amount of OT threads present on the top of the board down a bit - just post your OT question in one of the other OT thread.
*Moderator mode /off*

Seems fair. Will do. Would be nice if, in addition to some question threads, some old fasioned announcement threads made it to the top. And maybe the Cantina thread could bubble up for a bit, let everyone know we have a sense of humor, without being too weird.