A Problem. - Page 4

April 11, 2008, 8:24 PM

Good grief, I really don't see the anger for the name changes. It's not exactly difficult to figure out who's who, and it is structured, thank you very much. We pick a theme, we decide which username we want, we keep it for awhile, we switch back.

Members can join in with the theme if they want to, and everyone has fun, it's just a username. Good grief.

April 11, 2008, 8:27 PM

It's what people learn to identify you by. It's like walking out of your house everyday with your face covered. I mean, sure, I can figure out it's Micheal Jackson pretty quickly, but I'd rather not have to snoop around for it.

And for awhile? Does two days constitute as awhile? *Rhetorical*

April 11, 2008, 8:29 PM

If you can't figure out who's who by the username, use their user ID, or their post count. Like I said, it's not difficult to figure out who's who.

And if you needed to figure out who's who for a particular section, then you just view the staff list. Not difficult. And as I think it's already been stated, we're not going to stop having themed usernames because a small amount of people find it objectionable, it's just a bit of fun, and to see it being taken so seriously is just...sad =/

April 11, 2008, 8:34 PM

I'm sorry, but are you reading my posts?

I'm not voting to abolish the themes at all. I simply said that perhaps they could be stuck with longer or not be done so often. I mean, using them as an excuse to have a new name every week is kind of lame and totally ruins the point of the 60 day rule. Additionally, many (And yes, many on staff) change their names without any theme even currently going on, quite progressively.

It's a small problem, but one that is confusing and somewhat annoying. I just think it could be drug in a little bit.

I'm not going to go to war over it or anything, I just saw someone else mention it, and wonder how many it takes to say something before we can decide it's worth maybe given a tad bit of attention to.

April 11, 2008, 8:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The Scriblerian

I'm sorry, but are you reading my posts?

Clearly I am otherwise, gee, I wouldn't be replying to them, would I?

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I'm not voting to abolish the themes at all. I simply said that perhaps they could be stuck with longer or not be done so often.

We've had two themes so far, since like February. DBZ and FFIX, and a few of us had Spice Girl names for a week. 3 themes in like 3 months isn't that often tbqh.

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I mean, using them as an excuse to have a new name every week is kind of lame and totally ruins the point of the 60 day rule.

Yet, we haven't had new names every week. I've been General Beatrix for awhile now, and everyone else has picked a username and stuck with it.

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IAdditionally, many (And yes, many on staff) change their names without any theme even currently going on, quite progressively.

Not true. Mitsuki hasn't changed her name at all, ditto Bei Bei, Cerridwen, and SS, Zack, Rydia, Warbourne, the RPG directors and Saix and LA have all chose their usernames and stuck with them for a long time. Cerridwen and Rydia and Warbourne only just changed their usernames recently, following the 60 day rule.

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It's a small problem, but one that is confusing and somewhat annoying.

You call it a small problem and annoying, while others call it "fun" and "exciting" everyone has their own point of view.

April 11, 2008, 8:46 PM

I'm sorry, who is Saix and LA? I don't see them on the staff list. And I know for a fact that at least one of the RPG directors has changed his name quite recently-although his 60 days was no doubt up. I mean, both of them have changed their names twice in the past two weeks. Once from a theme, and then again to something else and new.

I'm not going to respond anymore, at least not now. I can see that you will not be changing your mind.

April 11, 2008, 8:59 PM

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Originally Posted by The Scriblerian

I'm not going to go to war over it or anything, I just saw someone else mention it, and wonder how many it takes to say something before we can decide it's worth maybe given a tad bit of attention to.

It's not that hard to distinguish everyone from each other unless we suddenly decide to do a theme where we pretend to be each other.

If it becomes a large problem, we will take care of it.

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I'm sorry, who are Saix and LA?

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I'm almost positive that Saix's infamous smartarse attitude is of no help to distinguish one from the other.

April 11, 2008, 9:18 PM

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Good grief, I really don't see the anger for the name changes.

I feel somewhat guilty for setting that in motion.

Can I just make it perfectly clear that my comment was nothing more than harmless banter? It doesn't bother me in the slightest, I just felt like adding in a wee jab. Evidently, it stung.

And aye, maybe I did phrase that problem with the sub-forums a bit waffly but thanks for being able to fix it.

Finn, if we've been asked to report problems, I'm doing a favour by bringing them to attention. I don't know who you're trying to score points with by getting at me but it's really not needed. Cheeeeeeeeeeers.

April 11, 2008, 9:37 PM

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I'm sorry, who is Saix and LA? I don't see them on the staff list. And I know for a fact that at least one of the RPG directors has changed his name quite recently-although his 60 days was no doubt up.

And I'm sorry, but there was absolutely no excuse for that. People aren't idiots Scrib, I'm pretty sure they're well aware that Dr. Cid is Saix and Tifa is LA (myself). That was uncalled for and sarcasm doesn't fly well with me, you should definitely know that. We're currently discussing on how long we should allow this rule. It was Darkblade's rule when it came to the 60 days and guess what! Look around! Do you see a Darkblade anywhere? Do you see a blue name that would suggest he's still here! Nope! So seriously, get over it. It's not that bloody difficult to distinguish who is who on staff. Deal with it.

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I mean, both of them have changed their names twice in the past two weeks. Once from a theme, and then again to something else and new.

I'm not going to respond anymore, at least not now. I can see that you will not be changing your mind.

Bitch, moan, whine, complain. That's all I've seen from you in this thread and quite frankly, I'm getting really good and sick of it. If you don't like the themes, well that's your problem now isn't it. If we feel things are getting too out-of-hand, they will be taken care of. We don't you need you shoving it down our bloody throats. We're not going to bend to your or a few other people's every whims when it come to our themes just because you don't like them.