Sentiments about the state of AGN

mattwdr wrote:1. Breaker is the man, don't doubt him
2. Starkist is always around, how can you forget him?
3. Thanks for not even bothering to mention me, even though I've been around the whole time too...=p
4. No mention of TSA?

I am sick of people complaining about the forums, when everyone is individually responsible for his or her own activity and posting.

It's all relative, isn't it? :shrug: It's entirely obvious that you would see your own posts, and know how much you're posting. Just, not everyone else would see all those posts as you would. Nobody is clairvoyant.

As it's been said (Or at least implied...) in this very thread, it's often the little stuff that you can't see that makes it all add up. Spammers get KO'd well before they cause too much havoc, and topics get moved fairly easily, and ... ... well, I'm not even sure what else is generally done, because there's not that much to even moderate on a forum of this current size. (Hence, is there really a "problem" with the staff? I can only think of one, and it's a minor, if not semi-trivial one. I'll mention it in a bit.) So yes, the Moderators and Senior Moderators are certainly doing their job as a team. As individuals, however, that's not really so easy to monitor. It's easy for one or two people to do all the work and have the rest just sort of be there, but it's also very much quite possible for them to take "turns" in being inactive for a while while those other inactive staff suddenly become active again to take over.

It's also quite possible for staff to go entirely unmentioned and unseen due to taking all of their potentially myriadic actions behind the scenes where nobody can even see them do it. Banning Spammers, deleting posts, making up new rules and debating on policies, advertising for the community, management, etc, ... all done without necessarily being able to be seen by the public. (Hence Private Staff Forums.) I know for a fact that this is very possible. (I do it on Pure all the freaking time.)

But for those reasons, it's important to post once in a while in the public forums just to let people know that you're alive, so these sorts of discussions can be avoided. Just one or two posts a week. That's really all it takes. Two posts a week isn't hard, right? :-/

And yes, Breaker is the man, and No, TSA hasn't been around to do anything at all. (He's even inactive on TheHylia, for whatever it's worth.)

I can see the main reason behind adding an SMOD or two. It's been a small while since the lower staff has tried to get one added because for the simple fact that we can't ban. There's been a few instances where we had to stand behind people like broken soul, zeldapro, gamer07, and woah with a mop and just clean up after them until someone else came along. This by no means is bashing the staff, obviously, and CK has definitely been a breath of fresh air to the forums.

As far as the social state, I see no problems. Sure the place has died down QUITE a bit, but people do grow up and away. We could garner a new generation of members with ZC, but I don't follow that enough to warrant a reply on it.

I would like to see a few new faces as staff around here, sure. Allegedly, current staff does login at least once every few days, which is sufficient, I believe.

I'm not saying that everything right now is a-okay, but a few minor changes in a couple places would work wonders, I think.

It would be cool if regular moderators had the ability to ban people with less than a hundred posts, without having a discussion or anything.

I've been trying very hard to make sure we have different subjects/topics to cuss 'n discuss as I find them. That in turn helps make sure that new ones coming to our community have a reason to stick around and check things out.

I believe our mods/smods are doing a good job. Although I do wish we had easier access to those with the ability to ban.

Ultimately I know that all of this is being discussed and worked out with those higher ups of the board. We all just need to be patient.

I don't really think there's much of a problem really. As long as people get along and spam and such is taken care of then the staff isn't much of an issue. If you want activity that's up to any member to bring it to us. If you want more activity you need to post topics about something, which may require doing something to talk about.

An interesting activity that has occurred in the past that I've suggested once or twice is the AGN Awards. Most active, most talkative, best grammar, longest poster, favorite perma-banned member, most controversial member, most memorable member, member most likely to go to jail, etc. That would at least add fun to the forums for a little bit.

Pineconn wrote:An interesting activity that has occurred in the past that I've suggested once or twice is the AGN Awards. Most active, most talkative, best grammar, longest poster, favorite perma-banned member, most controversial member, most memorable member, member most likely to go to jail, etc. That would at least add fun to the forums for a little bit.

The only problem I see with that is someone getting bent out of shape because they were given the award for being such and such. It could cause some problems and hurt feelings. The other thing is there are some really immature members that would throw a fit because they didn't get an award.

i think i vaguely remember having such awards some time ago. i don't remember if they were "official" or part of the member pages or ??, but i do remember alot of reactions similar to what biggiy was just talkin 'bout

Ah...the AGN Superlatives.

I'm not drunk anymore, by the way.

[strike]Was it ever a problem with the Superlatives before? :shrug:

I could handle such a thing, fairly easily, assuming there could be a temporary new Superlatives forum for it. Best way to go about doing it.[/strike]

EDIT: ... .. ... Okay. ... I really, really need to stop clicking into a topic and wandering away from it for half an hour. People post during that time that I wouldn't be able to see unless I refreshed. .. Boy...

But for what it's worth, I don't really remember seeing any complaints over the Superlatives. I mean I don't have a recollection of any, is all. I can understand how there would be, but anyone who doesn't understand what superlatives are ... well, ... I suppose they *would* act that way, wouldn't they.

If someone wants to start the Superlatives back up, they should go ahead - I'm sure Brian wouldn't mind. There's potential for hurt feelings and drama, but I don't think more so than, say, the current reputation system.

The last round of Superlatives were going on when I joined in 2003. If I remember right Foxy handled the nominations and such.

I agree with Darky... maybe another go around of the Superlatives would be a good thing for the community. 😊

I could be mistaken, but I didn't see anyone complaining about their superlative. The ones that Pineconn gave as examples don't strike me as anything that would seriously offend anyone.

The last Superlatives were run in 2004, and did not include "most likely to go to jail." The results before 2004 seem to have been lost from AGN, but I remember the winner (Goatboy, maybe?) certainly was not upset.

Well, if anyone wants it, I'd be more than happy to volunteer to host it, assuming the necessary provisions are made. (So nobody else has to do all the work, .. y'know .. :sweat: ) Pure did a great set of Superlatives last year, (Also ran by me.) and it worked out quite well. There was a forum devoted entirely to it. People PM'd me their votes, and I'd collect all of the results of the nominations in an invisible thread in that new forum. Then before the time came to vote, I'd manually make every thread; each thread devoted to a category, with the poll choices being the nominations. Each thread is vote ONLY, so nobody can reply to it. I'm not sure if it'd make any difference whether votes bump a topic or not. I think it's best not to have such a thing enabled though, so the topics wouldn't get all shuffled out of order.

I nominate myself for the "Most Apathetic Towards Superlatives" superlative.

Great - We've got one category so far. Other nominations? 😃

No one ever remembers Archie...

Bing back GB.

Also, I think the superlatives would be a great way to promote board activity. I'll volunteer as a helping hand if some one has already called the position of organizer. If not, i'd be happy to set it up. Couldn't be that hard could it?

^^I've already received enough back lash for my support of GB, it's like beating a dead horse at this point.

Best overall poster.
Nicest poster.
Most common sense.
Smartest.
Most down to earth.
Most likely to post at AGN when he's 70.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. We've had calls for reviving superlatives before, but they always went nowhere. Hopefully we can follow through on this. Hey, even this thread is bringing posts from a plethora of members.

This is my nomination for Best Overall Poster:

Hey Tails, you just helped me remember somebody's name! TGF Guy! Now I know who it was I couldn't place in my memory. Thanks!

By the way, this is going downhill. I think I'm going to go back to reading Prrkitty's random news clippings. Hey, I have to get kicks out of something.

His name was Radium! Not Radiant.

I had to laugh. I wonder what happened to that guy. He'd always stop posting for a long time and then post once and then stop again. Looks like he's stopped for good. =(

Most creative.

Best Person With Under 500 posts Who Actually Contributes and Doesn't Just Ask 3 ZC Questions.

I dunno...I'll think of some more later. I just got back from work, and I'm tired.

OK I've been going back thru GD's threads in 2004 to find the results of our last Superlatives and my eyes are crossed now from looking.

Would the results have been noted here in GD or GE?

They were in a separate forum, now closed and hidden. You may be able to view it through your modcp.

bigjoe wrote:
I had to laugh. I wonder what happened to that guy. He'd always stop posting for a long time and then post once and then stop again. Looks like he's stopped for good. =(

He was here a while ago and made a few posts, nothing significant. If you missed a day you wouldn't have seen him. I suppose that's what happens with many old members now.

ROFLOL! Now ya tell me Darky *kiss* I've been looking thru GD and GE trying to find what topics we had for the last Superlatives so we can try to use some of them for this round. Can you find it and post 'em Darky? Please and thank you 😊

Studmuffin Award: Sexiest Male
What Did You Say?? Award: Least Understood
Jockstrap Award: Most Athletic
LUBU Award: Most Caring/Loving
Genius Award: Smartest Member
Bancake Award: Most Notorious Banned Member
Convict Award: Most Likely to End Up In Prison
Billionaire Award: Most Likely to Become Rich or Famous
ROTFLMFAO Award: Funniest Member
Secksay Lady Award: Sexiest Female
All Star Award: Most Popular
Welcome to our Forums Award: Best Newbie
Who Gave You The Authority Award: Biggest Rent-A-Mod
Yes Sir/Yes Ma'am Award: Most Respected
Thought-Provoking Award: Most Interesting Posts
Most Humble
Most Normal
Best Signature
Best Avatar
Best Programmer
Best Photoshopper

I was wrong; there was a "most likely to go to jail." Glenn won that year, and doesn't seem terribly bitter about it. 😉

Thank you very very much Darky.

Shadowbabe... there's the list we used the last time. And I offer my services to help you as well. Just let me know hon 😊

I was nominated for several of the "loser" awards. 😉 I guess it was for my long standing rivalry with J.J. Maxx and the Maxxinoids. (I won't go into it...)

Edit:Actually, it was probably because I am the most egotistical, self absorbed,incoherent,perverted, and lame person here.😃

Ironically, J.J. Maxx is one of the members who I would most like to see post again.😞

I agree... I miss Foxy and JJ posting around here.