Forum games and spam (Read 4754 times)

then3verend · « **on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:08:23 »

Well recently due to the long wait of v6, quite a number of forum games have risen, and while some seem mildly interesting. Some seem outright pointless in some people's eyes.

What do you think of the forum games that have gone up?

Should there be rules on what forum games can take place?

Are you concerned of the vermilion of post counts?

FlammableCow800 · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:10:34 »

lol i knew the Game! post was going to get stopped by the admins somewhere down the road just never knew when..and had to be right before it could get to 1000 posts.

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:15:00 »

1. the increase of forum games is necessary. if we have nothing to do. we will prob all ragequit noobstown before v6 comes.

2. no. forum games dont need rules. putting rules on games for fun is the start of EVIL.

3. no i am not concerned. what does 'vermillion of post counts' mean?

then3verend · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:18:39 »

Posts that are actually meaningful for some reason, other than 103 on a counting game

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:19:48 »

nope. still not concerned. games are for fun. not to have rules imposed on them over little pointless thing

then3verend · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:22:12 »

Then why are some games being taken down?

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:23:02 »

because apparently overreacting is trending right now. LOL

FlammableCow800 · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:31:04 »

it is not overreacting, when you go onto noobscraft.com on the home it has the most recent 5 posts up. If people are posting on a topic every 10 seconds then it just spams that section and if somebody posts a new topic or makes a new post on a different topic then many people wont see it and wont answer on it. going to the forum section would just be a waste of our time if we could have seen it easier on the home.

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:35:49 »

Quote from: FlammableCow800 on 14 Oct 2013, 01:31:04

it is not overreacting, when you go onto noobscraft.com on the home it has the most recent 5 posts up. If people are posting on a topic every 10 seconds then it just spams that section and if somebody posts a new topic or makes a new post on a different topic then many people wont see it and wont answer on it. going to the forum section would just be a waste of our time if we could have seen it easier on the home.

mmhmmmm yeah no. and i hate to sound like a bad person BUT you did make the topic called "game!" which people have been posting quite a lot, which has in turn, filled up the recent posts spot blotting out other topics.

then3verend · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:39:21 »

Its a valid point, but also it could just be faulty design of the home, instead individual posts why not the last 5 replied topics? i.e
instead of
Re:Game!
Re:Game
Re:Promtion
Re:Game
Re:asuiodhfsdifj

why not?
Re:Game!
Re:Promotion
Re:asuiodhfsdifj
Re:so its 2 am...
Re:favorite AM radio station

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:41:42 »

Quote from: then3verend on 14 Oct 2013, 01:39:21

Its a valid point, but also it could just be faulty design of the home, instead individual posts why not the last 5 replied topics? i.e
instead of
Re:Game!
Re:Game
Re:Promtion
Re:Game
Re:asuiodhfsdifj

why not?
Re:Game!
Re:Promotion
Re:asuiodhfsdifj
Re:so its 2 am...
Re:favorite AM radio station

yeah. i guess thats good

ItsLawrence · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 01:52:05 »

SPAM has always been against our site and server rules, this includes "pointless" posts, when the game (http://www.noobscraft.com/other/game!-15502/) was originally made the posts in the topic did have some meaning to the game in question regarding who was currently winning and other conversations (all of which originally followed the rules of the site). What we don't want is posts which literally add nothing to the site; simply posting a random string of characters is in no way fun or meaningful. As I explained in the post where "the game" was locked, meaningful games where the aim is not simply to post are allowed as long as they follow the other rules.

As for the most recent posts on the homepage of the site, that is simply a list of recent posts made, if you want to view all topics which have had posts made recently then you can see a list of recently updated topics by visiting http://www.noobscraft.com/unread/ or by going to the "Forum" tab then "All Unread New Posts" in the dropdown menu; this page lists each topic which has been posted in only once in order of when the last post was most recently posted and will only show posts which you haven't already seen. Although your suggestion regarding changing the homepage feature may be useful; I'll discuss this with the other admins and you may see it change.

then3verend · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 02:02:31 »

Just reading the last few posts in the game, while seemed like there wasnt a point to the game!
It still revolved back to the main post of currently winning.
why lock an entire topic when you could just delete one or two posts?
does meaningful have to be defined?

Nebih · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 Oct 2013, 02:34:45 »

I honestly don't understand why "Game!" Was banned. Sure people were using it to spam. But I was joking when I said people used it to get a lot of posts. The point of "Game!" was to be the last one to post on the topic.. :C The "Banned person" forum game could be taken as spam then as well.. Oh well. What ever.. ;P

Jackmwoodall14 · « **Reply #14 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 15:58:26 »

Quote from: nebih on 14 Oct 2013, 02:34:45

I honestly don't understand why "Game!" Was banned. Sure people were using it to spam. But I was joking when I said people used it to get a lot of posts. The point of "Game!" was to be the last one to post on the topic.. :C The "Banned person" forum game could be taken as spam then as well.. Oh well. What ever.. ;P

No one will get the last post on the comment due to people will keep posting and posting and they won't be a winner due to no one will stop posting. So the game is pretty pointless due to they won't be a winner and the aim of the game is to be the winner.

sombrerodude · « **Reply #15 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 18:28:18 »

I in all honesty think we should lock the town an nation part of the forum becuase right now it is mostly utopia and imperium staff fighting over who is the best even though v6 haven't even started

Aluxie · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 18:41:35 »

Quote from: Xavier1964 on 14 Oct 2013, 01:15:00

1. the increase of forum games is necessary. if we have nothing to do. we will prob all ragequit noobstown before v6 comes.

2. no. forum games dont need rules. putting rules on games for fun is the start of EVIL.

3. no i am not concerned. what does 'vermillion of post counts' mean?

1. Im pretty sure you can just go play another game or something instead of spamming 1 2 3 ect

2. Personally i think there needs to be some rules to stop the excess spam

Orpheus_only · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 19:14:08 »

Quote from: XXZEPHARXX on 18 Oct 2013, 18:41:35

Quote from: Xavier1964 on 14 Oct 2013, 01:15:00
1. the increase of forum games is necessary. if we have nothing to do. we will prob all ragequit noobstown before v6 comes.

2. no. forum games dont need rules. putting rules on games for fun is the start of EVIL.

3. no i am not concerned. what does 'vermillion of post counts' mean?

1. Im pretty sure you can just go play another game or something instead of spamming 1 2 3 ect

2. Personally i think there needs to be some rules to stop the excess spam

Yupp. Oh, and ...

3. "Vermillion" is a color/dye made from ...eh, poisonous stuff xD "Gajillion" or "Bazillion" would work, or for a more flowery vocab, "myriad" or "bombardment."

Darkwings · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 20:09:01 »

Quote from: ummfredfelizco on 18 Oct 2013, 19:14:08

3. "Vermillion" is a color/dye made from ...eh, poisonous stuff xD "Gajillion" or "Bazillion" would work, or for a more flowery vocab, "myriad" or "bombardment."

Initially made from Cinnabar (that contains Mercury, so it's toxic) and later from an insect (Latin "vermiculus" meant literally "small worm") from which it took the name. Now it's just synthetic.

Nothing to do with quantity, a lot to do with nasty things.
Hilariously been considered a noble color for ages, despite its origin.
The more you know

...and yes, spam threads are surprisingly spam.

86maxsmart · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 20:18:35 »

As Jeager once quipped in lightning fast type, "Do not smap".

Max

gamergirlxo · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 20:54:44 »

For now, yes it is like this where there is spam and stuff but once V6 comes out it'll stop. People are bored, getting impatient and the only communication they have with anybody on the server is through the forums. After V6 comes out it will stop...well decrease anyway.

-gg

Jackmwoodall14 · « **Reply #21 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 21:01:25 »

Quote from: sombrerodude on 18 Oct 2013, 18:28:18

I in all honesty think we should lock the town an nation part of the forum becuase right now it is mostly utopia and imperium staff fighting over who is the best even though v6 haven't even started

They be the one loosing out, Due to while they are fighting, other towns will be making progress

Mayors that claim that their town is the ''best'' and it's not even made yet, will most likely fail, due to they will be wasting their time in dreaming land. Anywho, they should be a rule so that it's 1 town 1 thread not 1 town 100 threads etc instead of locking it;)

sombrerodude · « **Reply #22 on:** 18 Oct 2013, 22:32:49 »

Quote from: Jackmwoodall14 on 18 Oct 2013, 21:01:25

Quote from: sombrerodude on 18 Oct 2013, 18:28:18
I in all honesty think we should lock the town an nation part of the forum becuase right now it is mostly utopia and imperium staff fighting over who is the best even though v6 haven't even started

They be the one loosing out, Due to while they are fighting, other towns will be making progress Mayors that claim that their town is the ''best'' and it's not even made yet, will most likely fail, due to they will be wasting their time in dreaming land. Anywho, they should be a rule so that it's 1 town 1 thread not 1 town 100 threads etc instead of locking it;)

Lol ya imperium has like 30 different threads

DrewG2001 · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Oct 2013, 01:04:18 »

eccept for maby three threads because theres the one thread for TA application one for building ideas and one for announcing the town or something like that

just a thought.

-Drew

Xavier1964 · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 Oct 2013, 01:08:39 »

Quote from: DrewG2001 on 21 Oct 2013, 01:04:18

eccept for maby three threads because theres the one thread for TA application one for building ideas and one for announcing the town or something like that

just a thought.

-Drew

maybe. but that is maybe probably probable that just may be might be a 10% possibility of maybe possibly having too many topics. LOL so confusing even i dont get it. xD

Forum games and spam (Read 4754 times)

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