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Ma Cherie · 01-24-2006, 03:24 PM

acually i took that from my 20 year old friend..., but still i gave up reasoning with you misfits because you always try to make me mad so why not just whine the way you want me to, ya know?

Shooting Star · 01-24-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357

I have a problem with all of these spamming noobs. Why did you guys join a music forum, if you were going to talk about each others signatures, and how pretty everyone else is. And do not tell me "just skip over the stupid posts". because, frankly, I shouldn't have to. This is a music forum, and it has some of the most intelligent members of any forum I have been to. It is ruined by the fact that we get people on here like fFeEeEkK and SittingBehindYou, who just want to post whore, and fill our lounge up with stupid forum games.

mosesandtherubberducky made a great thread. It was a game thread, but it was created to expose everyone here to new music. It was posted in the General Music forum 2 days ago, and it has 9 replies. Mostly by me, him, and PTS. That is pathetic. If the game was "post a pic of yourself, and the person below you rates it" it would be filled with 8 pages by now. But no, since it was about music, it doesnt get replies. PEOPLE, THIS IS MUSICBANTER, not rate the person above you's avatar-banter. If you want to talk about that shit, go to www.offtopic.com you can spam about whatever you want. Don't do it here. Urban has made a bunch of great music threads, and they get 5 or 6 replies, but then, he goes out and makes a "compliment someone" thread in the Lounge and, badabing...INSTANT SUCCESS (not a dig at you Urban

) That is ridiculous. All of you newcomers who have joined just to pic whore yourselves, are pathetic. Get a life. This a place to discuss music. If you aren't going to do that, then I will watch every post you make, the second you cross the line, I am reporting you to a mod for spamming. Hopefully you will be banned.

There is a spot for off-topic banter and all... And I'm going to look at it logically. I love music. It's gotten me through some very tough times and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't listen to at least one album or a bunch of songs. I'd say music makes up anywhere between 10-20% of my life. That's a large chunk, but it still leaves 80-90% of other things that hold my interest. You devote a forum to one particular area and you're bound to only get so much stimulation, there's only so much you can talk about with music before it gets redundant. The other majority of discussion ends up in off topic banter isn't surprising at logically thinking. Even if you lived, ate, and breathed music you'd still have a deal more to talk about, and for a lot of people I'm sure music is a nice thing but isn't their priority, and joining a music forum they did to meet other people who enjoyed music and not to obsessively talk about only that. Like if you don't care what someone ate for breakfast, don't go into that thread. If the mods think it's a waste of space or the sites bandwidth, they'll delete it. It's all relative.

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 01-24-2006, 03:29 PM

i understand what youre saying and all. people come here to talk about music but thats not their whole life....and they also want to talk about other things......

but....

THIS IS A MUSIC FORUM.

and the parts of the forum dedicated to MUSIC are DEAD compared to the off topic area. stop it with your comments like "people dont want to talk about only music...

if they want to talk about other things then they can go SOMEWHERE ELSE.

sleepy jack · 01-24-2006, 03:31 PM

I second that and theres the fact alot of threads in here are fine, but alot of them just seem to be made for the sake of being made. Its not that the lounge is bad, its just if you come here to dicuss what you ate for breakfast then thats kind of lame.

Ma Cherie · 01-24-2006, 03:33 PM

tru but the music stays in it designated spot.... unfortunately. they post the $hit here because it descripton says offtopic banter.
i don't talk much in the music forums becase of the fact that what i like is hardly listend to, or not liked at all.
there i addmitted my fault. go find yours now.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 01-24-2006, 03:34 PM

This is going round in circles. This is the point where someone states how they dont want to have to go elsewhere to discuss these offtopic things, because theyve built up relationships [I dont know the right word for this here] here, and want to share it with the people they know.

Which is all valid.

Thing is, youre never gonna get rid of all the spammy pointless threads. Its just how it works. Every few months, this forum goes haywire with n00bs and everyone complains and then the major posters all threaten to leave yadda yadda yadda.

How about you just deal with it for once? The mods here do the best they can, even with you all not appreciating this. Theres a limit to how much we can step in though, we shouldnt have to babysit you, with each and every post. We'll step in where we can, be happy we do that.

sleepy jack · 01-24-2006, 03:35 PM

I really don't see how making a thread about it and trying to adress it isn't dealing with it.

Shooting Star · 01-24-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe

THIS IS A MUSIC FORUM.

and the parts of the forum dedicated to MUSIC are DEAD compared to the off topic area. stop it with your comments like "people dont want to talk about only music...

if they want to talk about other things then they can go SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I realize it's a music forum, but like I've already said only so much can be said about music before it grows redundant. I'm not going to "stop it with my comments like 'people dont want to talk about only music'" because that's how I feel and I'll argue it until I believe otherwise. And honestly, if it's newbs that are posting in the Lounge, just pretend like that section doesn't exist and only focus on the music. That way your eyes won't be plagued by the site of breakfast threads, and newbs, and you can post about music all you want right.

If you don't want people to talk about anything but music on a music forum, you'd be better off asking the administrating team to remove the Lounge section of the forum.

I do agree with the basis of what you're saying, and especially what Crowquill is getting at.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 01-24-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

I really don't see how making a thread about it and trying to adress it isn't dealing with it.

Its not. Its complaining. Forgive my bluntness here, but there are so many threads complaining about the n00bs and the lounge. We tried discussing other subforums for it, nothing happened, as per usual. We're now cutting down pretty much as much as we can with spamming members and threads.

Theres a limit to how much we can do. And put up with.

sleepy jack · 01-24-2006, 03:38 PM

We're not saying you can't dicuss stuff off topic stuff, alot of the threads in here do have a point. But nearly everything is stupid forum games now and as i've been saying its like there just being made to be made.

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Originally Posted by ArtistInTheAmbulance

Its not. Its complaining. Forgive my bluntness here, but there are so many threads complaining about the n00bs and the lounge. We tried discussing other subforums for it, nothing happened, as per usual. We're now cutting down pretty much as much as we can with spamming members and threads.

Theres a limit to how much we can do. And put up with.

Just fucking lock it like other threads that are bitchy then.

01-24-2006, 03:24 PM	#71 (permalink)
Ma Cherie The Forums Sadistic Ghost Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: beyond midnight, in the abyss of time, the syren in the night Posts: 457	acually i took that from my 20 year old friend..., but still i gave up reasoning with you misfits because you always try to make me mad so why not just whine the way you want me to, ya know? __________________ I'm not a freak on a leash, I'm just the freak holding the leash. http://www.myspace.com/yukiko_mori

01-24-2006, 03:33 PM	#75 (permalink)
Ma Cherie The Forums Sadistic Ghost Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: beyond midnight, in the abyss of time, the syren in the night Posts: 457	tru but the music stays in it designated spot.... unfortunately. they post the $hit here because it descripton says offtopic banter. i don't talk much in the music forums becase of the fact that what i like is hardly listend to, or not liked at all. there i addmitted my fault. go find yours now. __________________ I'm not a freak on a leash, I'm just the freak holding the leash. http://www.myspace.com/yukiko_mori

01-24-2006, 03:34 PM	#76 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	This is going round in circles. This is the point where someone states how they dont want to have to go elsewhere to discuss these offtopic things, because theyve built up relationships [I dont know the right word for this here] here, and want to share it with the people they know. Which is all valid. Thing is, youre never gonna get rid of all the spammy pointless threads. Its just how it works. Every few months, this forum goes haywire with n00bs and everyone complains and then the major posters all threaten to leave yadda yadda yadda. How about you just deal with it for once? The mods here do the best they can, even with you all not appreciating this. Theres a limit to how much we can step in though, we shouldnt have to babysit you, with each and every post. We'll step in where we can, be happy we do that. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!