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15 Dec 2005, 10:28
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Average Thex
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Unprofessional?
From the MOTD this morning...
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If anyone who wants free asteroids and is able to get hold of a ticket, at face value, for tonights (Thursdays) Coldplay concert at Earls Court in London, please leave a PM with Kloopy on IRC or SMS +44 7765 843999
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I think personal messages like this can go in the forums. As for offering free asteroids....
BTW Last nights concert was very good
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15 Dec 2005, 10:57
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Re: Unprofessional?
You don't do this humour thing, do you?
You actually think that people were going to get free asteroids. Heh.
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15 Dec 2005, 12:11
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Re: Unprofessional?
Free asteroids without any sexual favours....are you crazy?
What kind of cyber community do you think this is?
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15 Dec 2005, 13:25
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Re: Unprofessional?
Doesnt everyone get free roidsz?
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15 Dec 2005, 13:25
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Thex
BTW Last nights concert was very good
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He'll deduct asteroids from you for that one
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15 Dec 2005, 13:49
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by furball
You don't do this humour thing, do you?
You actually think that people were going to get free asteroids. Heh.
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Humour? My point is more than personal messages from any admin, can go in the forums - not on MOTD. I'm unsure where humour comes into this?
I do not think that anyone will get free asteroids, but someone will think that and besides I don't think any admin should be putting a mesage on MOTD that claims to be able to give out free asteroids (regardless whether they can or not).
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15 Dec 2005, 14:01
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Re: Unprofessional?
Hey, come on! What happened to the good old bribing?
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15 Dec 2005, 14:03
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Re: Unprofessional?
i think it's at this point that "the game's run by volunteers" makes an appearance
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15 Dec 2005, 14:47
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Re: Unprofessional?
It isn't there any more; Kloopy took it down when he realised he'd left it up overnight. This is just free advertising for Kloopy now
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15 Dec 2005, 14:58
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Re: Unprofessional?
I really want to go! :-(
But I've just come home from work ill for the afternoon. I tried to go in this morning and that was a mistake. I guess my boss would be upset if I went down to a gig in London when I was taking time off for recovery.
But Thex... what about the times when we've put personal messages up for marriages or births and stuff like that? And besides, the wording of the mesasage says nothing about giving free roids, I was just asking if there was anyone who WANTED them and who HAD a ticket for tonight!
Sorry.
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15 Dec 2005, 15:02
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Re: Unprofessional?
I better put a halt to the slushfund transfers incase someone finds out about that too....could prove disasterous for community (and police) relations
at least we're safe talking about it on pateam forum tho \o/
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15 Dec 2005, 15:02
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Re: Unprofessional?
wait a minute...
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15 Dec 2005, 15:14
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Re: Unprofessional?
HA! now you made a mistake. I noticed i couldn't see those posts, so obviously you're doing them behind my back. I demand to be let into the circle of trust.
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15 Dec 2005, 15:16
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Re: Unprofessional?
Someone needs to lighten up...
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15 Dec 2005, 15:17
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
HA! now you made a mistake. I noticed i couldn't see those posts, so obviously you're doing them behind my back. I demand to be let into the circle of trust.
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You should be so lucky, on the mods board JJ's running a child porn ring
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15 Dec 2005, 15:22
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by noah02
Doesnt everyone get free roidsz?
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No, just you
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15 Dec 2005, 18:02
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
You should be so lucky, on the mods board JJ's running a child porn ring
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are you involved uncle JBG?
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15 Dec 2005, 18:05
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Rumad
are you involved uncle JBG?
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I'm the child
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15 Dec 2005, 18:17
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th0ng gimp
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
I'm the child
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explains the suppressed personality then - do you hang around with michael jackson too?
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15 Dec 2005, 18:19
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Re: Unprofessional?
Only when JJ lets me out of his dungeon of fear.
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15 Dec 2005, 18:26
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th0ng gimp
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
Only when JJ lets me out of his dungeon of fear.
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i have nasty thoughts now of you in leathette shorts and vest and jj looking over you in his crotchless gimp suit.
thanks for that
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15 Dec 2005, 18:30
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Rumad
i have nasty thoughts now of you in leathette shorts and vest and jj looking over you in his crotchless gimp suit.
thanks for that
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15 Dec 2005, 18:52
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Kloopy
But Thex... what about the times when we've put personal messages up for marriages or births and stuff like that? And besides, the wording of the mesasage says nothing about giving free roids, I was just asking if there was anyone who WANTED them and who HAD a ticket for tonight!
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He stated it was unprofessional and it is, make no mistake. It is however your choice.
Personally I couldnt care less what random is getting married or having a child. If I knew them well enough to care they would be congratulated by me personally, if I dont know them it is simply rubbish clogging up the MOTD which makes me less likely to read it when you put something useful up.
If you put too much crap in the MOTD you risk trivialising is as a useful information source. People will get sick of all the rubbish and stop reading it. Crying wolf etc.
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15 Dec 2005, 19:18
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Phil^
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Mentally many times, I think. It makes his naughty parts tingle.
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Originally Posted by Zo0f
If you put too much crap in the MOTD you risk trivialising is as a useful information source. People will get sick of all the rubbish and stop reading it. Crying wolf etc.
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I do generally try and prune the MOTD, but then people complain things are missing so more bits get added. I know that we tend to put a lot of information in there, but some people don't read it anyway tbh.
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15 Dec 2005, 19:38
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Re: Unprofessional?
Probably best to remove all traces of humor from PA and amend the EULA to ban all possible comedy. You don't want to offend Zo0f or Thex again (fs guys, couldn't you find something worthwhile to complain about? =/ )
Now, the question for the hour is... Zhil in a ballerina costume or JJ with the crotchless suit. Which gets voted as sexiest of PA?
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15 Dec 2005, 19:39
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Squidly
Now, the question for the hour is... Zhil in a ballerina costume or JJ with the crotchless suit. Which gets voted as sexiest of PA?
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both of which will leave deep mental scars and require therapy for the poor person seeing them
( ps you forgot spinner in a dress )
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15 Dec 2005, 19:42
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Phil^
both of which will leave deep mental scars and require therapy for the poor person seeing them
( ps you forgot spinner in a dress )
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Dang. I think appoco in a speedo could be entertaining too tbh. (That's not to say that the mental picture of him in a speedo has been sitting in my mind for a while. Really! )
4 contenders now?
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15 Dec 2005, 19:46
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by mist
i think it's at this point that "the game's run by volunteers" makes an appearance
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But Kloopy isnt a volunteer anymore!
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15 Dec 2005, 19:50
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Squidly
Dang. I think appoco in a speedo could be entertaining too tbh. (That's not to say that the mental picture of him in a speedo has been sitting in my mind for a while. Really! )
4 contenders now?
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Two things
One, come on, a speedo? meaple will never leave me alone
Two, I'm like a rug. Really, no.
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15 Dec 2005, 19:52
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Ice-Lady
But Kloopy isnt a volunteer anymore!
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That's just money for beer and keyboards
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15 Dec 2005, 19:53
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
Two things
One, come on, a speedo? meaple will never leave me alone
Two, I'm like a rug. Really, no.
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Well, someone's gotta get into a speedo damn it! I demand a speedo!
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15 Dec 2005, 22:59
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Phil^
You've been there havent you?
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why do you want to watch?
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16 Dec 2005, 14:10
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Average Thex
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Squidly
Probably best to remove all traces of humor from PA and amend the EULA to ban all possible comedy. You don't want to offend Zo0f or Thex again (fs guys, couldn't you find something worthwhile to complain about? =/ )
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Where is the comedy/humour in that MOTD message?
My question was about if that MOTD message was professional or not - especially as it appeared to offer free roids. My personal opinion is that you should not use your customers as a base for personal gain. I personally wouldn't attach a message at the bottom of each email I send to my customers asking for tickets to a concert in exchange for free IT support.
Also as the topic had a ? I was asking if others thought the same, I appear to be in the minority. Which is fine and I'll ignore these in future. I personally don't like having to scroll down a large MOTD to see what the Ministers message. I would prefer for the MOTD to contain up to date info regularly pruned that is relevant to PA.
As noted messages like this should go in the forums not on the game (again IMHO - the ? allowing for others to disagree and me to accept the majority view).
Actually if someone had posted a joke I'd would not have complained (I have a liberal mind). However no doubt someone somewhere would have as it would have offended them on some level in today's society.
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16 Dec 2005, 17:54
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th0ng gimp
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Re: Unprofessional?
thex you need to get a personality transplant. At the end of the day if someone was going to give up a coldplay ticket for asteroids in a online game, they should be joining you at the personality clinic also.
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16 Dec 2005, 18:57
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Re: Unprofessional?
Thex... I can see where you're coming from... but the one thing that sticks in my mind is that you're picking the most harmless event to complain about. 1 admin having a little bit of fun is harmless, and I really don't think that making a joke about free roids for concert tickets is going to deter anyone from playing... I'm quite certain I will not see a quit thread about how kloopy ruined the person's PA life by mentioning coldplay in the MOTD. (And dude... it's like 2 extra lines. Are you that uptight that you're annoyed by two extra lines in the motd? )
Lighten up fs =/ And Thex, if 'something' ( ) happens on april fools day, please for the love of all things with tentacles don't make another thread about how they're being unprofessional... This is in fact a game, not a career, not tech support, not anything remotely close to what you tried comparing it to. Games are supposed to be FUN.
And tbh, I'll give my left spleen if anyone can get me a ticket to sonata arctica when they play over here
Ooh, and I think a possible meaning of the joke is that kloopy will sell his soul for the chance to see coldplay live
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17 Dec 2005, 16:21
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Average Thex
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Re: Unprofessional?
Oh dear - I'm not too sure who is being too serious here, it appears you lot have managed to identify a joke, which isn't there and then become all serious over it. I think you guys are rapidly heading to humourless central Please carry on arguing with yourselves as it appears to have nothing to do with the question I first asked.
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18 Dec 2005, 14:15
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Re: Unprofessional?
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Originally Posted by Thex
Humour? My point is more than personal messages from any admin, can go in the forums - not on MOTD. I'm unsure where humour comes into this?
I do not think that anyone will get free asteroids, but someone will think that and besides I don't think any admin should be putting a mesage on MOTD that claims to be able to give out free asteroids (regardless whether they can or not).
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Get a grip ffs, it was sooooo obviously a joke !!!
Humour get it ???
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