Importance of ranking - Page 7

Alexander's Horse · January 22, 2003, 23:53

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Originally posted by Ming

Yeah... right...

Actually the funny part was the innocent poster you banned sent me a Pm thinking I could get him off the hook

Rasbelin · January 23, 2003, 01:48

Horsie,

your sense of humor doesn't match up with anyone else's.

Ming · January 23, 2003, 01:49

Yeah... innocent... right...

He must be the unluckyest person in the world... He shares multiple servers and IP addresses with you, and remarkably, hasn't posted in a long time. As a matter of fact, the last time he posted was when you were restricted. And after this long time away from Apolyton, he didn't start posting again until you were restricted again... and using the same servers and IP addresses as well...

And even more interesting... the posts he made the last time you were restricted were in YOUR DEFENCE... gee, what a surprise.

So he must be either a DL... or just a very unlucky person.

Alexander's Horse · January 23, 2003, 01:56

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Originally posted by Ming
Yeah... innocent... right...

He must be the unluckyest person in the world... He shares multiple servers and IP addresses with you, and remarkably, hasn't posted in a long time. As a matter of fact, the last time he posted was when you were restricted. And after this long time away from Apolyton, he didn't start posting again until you were restricted again... and using the same servers and IP addresses as well...

And even more interesting... the posts he made the last time you were restricted were in YOUR DEFENCE... gee, what a surprise.

So he must be either a DL... or just a very unlucky person.

In other words, that's your story and your sticking to it.

Still, you banned an innocent poster - is he still banned btw?

Ming · January 23, 2003, 02:06

Yes... your DL is banned. And that isn't going to change

Alexander's Horse · January 23, 2003, 02:09

Poor guy - LOL.

You never catch any DL's from me and then you ban some innocent poster on suspicion of being my DL

Did you ever tell Mark or Dan you did that?

Ming · January 23, 2003, 02:16

Yes... we all laughed about your lame attempt in the staff room. Anybody that checks out the posting history and the IP addresses can only laugh at just what a poor attempt it was on your part

Alexander's Horse · January 23, 2003, 02:19

attempt at what?

Ming · January 23, 2003, 02:24

Just to show you how lame your DL attempt was... here are the first two posts Rimmer ever made... and just for the record, right after you were banned.

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Can a new guy comment?

I saw this argument. Mr Ming asked them to stop and after a couple of parting shots each they did. Ming just asked them to stop nicely, he didn't seem ticked off, he didn't issue a warning or threaten bans or anything, and they complied pretty fast. So it looked like it was all over.

Then a long time after it was over and done with, like about 4 or 5 hours later, the Mark G guy comes online and brings the long dead thread to the top and bans the Horse guy! My conclusion was the Mark guy did it because he likes the Lancer guy and doesn't like Alexander Horse.

Is that a problem?

And here is his second post...

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Yes but what I don't understand is why did Mark do anything when Ming the Moderator had already dealt with it and it had been over for many hours with both guys quitting the argument? I don't see much difference in what the 2 of them were doing and it all looked pretty mild, and kinda funny. The only difference was the way the 2 of them were treated, one banned, the other not. The Pm reason looks like a technicality to me.

That's why I think Mark banned the horse just because he doesn't like him or he agrees with the Lancer or something. Alexander the horse had long gone and quit the fight, as Ming requested.

Is Mark a fair kind of guy?

Yes indeed... his first two posts on Apolyton. And then he disappeared the minute you were unrestricted... and hasn't posted except for the times you have been restricted... using ONLY your IP addresses...

Pretty lame if you ask me

Rasbelin · January 23, 2003, 02:43

I guess AH won't get satisfaction until he has managed to prove that Inafatuation was actually someone else and not his sweet DL.

What a farse...

Skanky Burns · January 23, 2003, 03:44

Ming, it might actually be another person...
How old is his kid, and can they type yet?

The Pioneer · January 23, 2003, 05:05

Somebody that DLs with a passion may also be a split peronality. The two people in one body may never meet and that could create such situations where one does not know the other!

SO long...

DrSpike · January 23, 2003, 05:53

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Originally posted by Ming
Yes indeed... his first two posts on Apolyton. And then he disappeared the minute you were unrestricted... and hasn't posted except for the times you have been restricted... using ONLY your IP addresses...

Pretty lame if you ask me

Hehe.....what's that in your hand AH? It seems to be smoking.........

Oerdin · January 23, 2003, 06:12

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Originally posted by Tuberski
Rank does ALWAYS tell the story. There are several people in the OT that are Prince or higher that are always rude.

ACK!

Like who? I'v notice most people sometimes being rude and sometimes being nice. It kind of depends if they got their panties in a bunch over the discusion or not.

Alexander's Horse · January 23, 2003, 06:18

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Originally posted by Ming
Yes... we all laughed about your lame attempt in the staff room. Anybody that checks out the posting history and the IP addresses can only laugh at just what a poor attempt it was on your part

I would have thought if it was lame then that would tend to indicate it was in fact not my DL

Skanky Burns · January 23, 2003, 07:32

I admire your "never give up" attitude.

Rasbelin · January 23, 2003, 07:44

Wow! Horsie even has a fan club.

Should we have "I love Horsie" T-shirts and other merchandise next?

The Pioneer · January 23, 2003, 08:07

You got to admire his the coolness with which he reponds to all these accusations. ...one might believe otherwise with all his arguments

So long...

mrmitchell · January 23, 2003, 08:36

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Originally posted by Ming
YOUR DEFENCE

You're the first American I've ever known to spell defense with a "c".

You must, by extension then, be a DL of some European dude. (Man, that dude sure is dedicated to his DLs...)

...or you could just be spelling it that way because a large part of Poly is European.

The DL story is more interesting though.

Skanky Burns · January 23, 2003, 08:43

Nevermind.

Rasbelin · January 23, 2003, 10:29

Skanky,

what's your point now?

I didn't refer to your message.

Skanky Burns · January 23, 2003, 10:37

Disregard it then.

DrSpike · January 23, 2003, 11:39

Eh? What's Skanky done now?

FrustratedPoet · January 23, 2003, 11:53

God knows what he's done, but whatever it is I expect it proves his location field to be inaccurate.

/edit: also, on the subject of spam in the Nation States forum - I'd like to point out that the very few posts I've made there have received great critical acclaim (see sig

). There is some gold amongst all that spam.

Alexander's Horse · January 23, 2003, 17:50

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Originally posted by Rasbelin
Wow! Horsie even has a fan club.

Should we have "I love Horsie" T-shirts and other merchandise next?

Only if you want to be permanently banned as a DL.

DarkCloud · January 24, 2003, 22:33

Maquiladora-

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Thats alot of winking.

I always wink a lot

And always try to end on a happy note!

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We need want a separate OT-post counter.

...If OT posts hadn't been deleted in the past, then we could do that ourselves

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We will need a level above Deity at some point, but not for a while. Logically the gap between levels increases.......30,000 for "superdeity" would be consistent with the other boundaries.

But then we wouldn't have a civesque rating scale

...I wonder if Mark ever thought that anyone would reach Deity-status by some day

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Yeah... and I thought the Democracy games were bad...
Nation States bring it to a whole new level

Ha

All us oldies are going to have to join them to keep up

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AH made 20k posts and still had time to spam up a DL? Now, that takes dedication.

AH has 2 DL's- havent you heard?

finbar and Hydey!

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 02:58

yeah.....more like Hydey and Raz

Ming · January 25, 2003, 03:55

And rimmer, the lame horsie attempt for a DL...

Dis · January 25, 2003, 04:30

I vote against having any titles other above diety.

There is already too much reason for people to spam.

Ming · January 25, 2003, 04:44

No kidding...

But I will admit, the current system promotes the following reasons to spam...

People who don't want to be settlers
People who want to make the top 20 and be on page 1
People who want a custom avatar