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Mint SauceBRONZE Member
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1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England


Posted:
Ok people I know this is covering old ground redface it is just this is really starting to get me down frown I cant even be bothered to go to the chat section cos of this sort of thing. frown
There is a full discussion going on in a thread by linden rathen on [Old link] wink

I just wanted to get your opinion on some of the game threads in chat this is a list of all the ones I came across on the first page. eek

Ok ok some of them aren’t strictly games but they all contain one or two word posts.
Now I haven’t picked out just the ones I dislike because I actually think one or two of these threads are quite enjoyable and some even funny ubblol.

So if you dislike a thread or want it locked or deleted vote for it. If you like a thread or think its funny simply don’t vote for it. biggrin

I don’t want to stir up bad blood just gauging an opinion poll….. ubblove

Thanks all smile hug

before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)


yoniGOLD Member
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3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom


Posted:
i'm glad to see the only 2 that are any good (above you and crumpet are the only no to be voted for

UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."

Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump


.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
the
So I was riding home on the subway today...
thread has to go!!
everytime i see it i loose.

PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
Thank god tobi, i wonder will anything ever be done about the game threads, what if the mods deleted every single one, what would happen then? when i first joined hop the only games around were the male and female auctions and the wrod association game and the hopper above you, they were fine, keep them!!
Death to the shitty threads!

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
Written by: jp sir yoni


i'm glad to see the only 2 that are any good (above you and crumpet are the only no to be voted for




how can you say the crumpet thread is any good? its so pointless, and not in a good way

Im totally with tobi on this one, this thing is driving me crazy!!! mad mad mad

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


Mint SauceBRONZE Member
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England


Posted:
wow i didnt say i disliked any of them just getting opinions

before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)


animatEdBRONZE Member
1 + 1 = 3
3,540 posts
Location: Bristol UK


Posted:
I agree...

The auction threads = Fun
The 'Have you ever' Thread Has a lot of potential to be funny
'Today I will be mostly eating' reminds me of the fast show everytime I read it, and it has the potential to be fun... Although... Second thoughts... Not sure...
Random song game thing is cool, I like to see how obscure a song I can come up with...

The crumpet thread (I don't know why) pisses me off immensely.
As does the 'tarting it' thread. A lot of opportunity for people to fall out. Including people that are together as a couple...

Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.


PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
The way i see it, deleting these threads does no harm, if people feel passionate about it they can create it again, however leaving these threads around seem to be creating so much tension, why cant we just bump them off

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


mausBRONZE Member
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4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:
how many times can i vote!??? wink

love the random song game thread cos people post songs that you forget even existed,and the have you ever one always makes me chuckle.
word association was funny for a while but its been here so bleedin long its just gettin silly!

please please please delete all the rubbish ones,it really puts me off going in social chat,

theres nowt wrong with sillyness,but surely everyone must be gettin sick of at least a few---RIGHT?

PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
ditto

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


.:star:.SILVER Member
Pooh-Bah
1,785 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom


Posted:
I like crumpets as much as the next person but the crumpet thread is silly now. People are posting in it just to keep it on the first page! confused

:notbitterthatican'teatthemanymoresmiley:

SkulduggeryGOLD Member
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales


Posted:
I voted that they can all go....... yep all of them. I can't be bothered with any of them and as the fill the whole of the front page of the chat section most days I can't be bothered to go in there any more. I say do away with them all!

Yep I'm in a throw it all in the bin mood today. Clean up and start a fresh.

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!


mausBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia


Posted:
on second thoughts.... ditto

flidBRONZE Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
Only a few weeks ago, before any of the post whoring threads appeared was I whinging and moaning about it to a group of select HoPpers at Nuneaton.

I think it's great the number of people who've been members for a year who are already sad old gits like me smile

_Aime_SILVER Member
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom


Posted:
some of the threads listed are alright. Its interesting to see what other people do/think/whatever.
It's when it gets silly that it gets annoying.
The pyro of the william and myself were chatting a few days ago about how HoP needs a clean up...

I think actions speak louder than words when I see that not a single thread hasn't been voted for.

PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
I've noticed the main problems people have are 2 things

1) Post whores repeatedly posting in threads with posts of zero value

2) The game threads, simply cos most of thema re of pointless value

Ive noticed that the two coincide, the post whores commit the offence of postwhoring IN the game threads and not much else, the solution is simple take away the game threads and you stop both.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


Fine_Rabid_DogInternet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...


Posted:
ditto

All of em

Not because I dont like em (Ive posted in most of these redface ) but because now they are full of crap.

And also because this is a community, and the almost unanimous decision is death to these threads.

The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."


yoniGOLD Member
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3,099 posts
Location: Bideford and Bath, United Kingdom


Posted:
after seeing that most agree to delete all the game threads i agree. i mean you can keep 1 or 2 but i voted for all but 2 of them anyway and i now agree the crumpet thread was fun but is now boring and pointless. if they all go then i think it will be for the better if there are any that are really really missed then they could be brought back but might as well delete em all even if after a week some come back just cos it's possible in that week social chat will become the place it once was and noone will want to create the game threads again

UCOF "evolution: Poi -> stick -> hoops -> devil stick -> juggling club -> juggling ball -> crayons."

Supergroovalsticprosifunkstication
In other words, it's the thumps bump


LemonkeyStalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.


Posted:
When you find such threads, you'll find another trend occuring. People who detest "post whore" threads, and constantly moan about them, and everyone just follows and agrees.

I think that maybe they are a good way to "break the ice" of meeting people. You cannot just go into a random thread and having a right good convo with someone you barely know. Find some common ground in a random spam thread.

"omg, u lyk crumpets t00, wots uR msn!, lez be fwends".

Willy - is bad for your health...


flash fireBRONZE Member
Sporadically Prodigal
2,758 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia


Posted:
Just to let you guys know that the admin & mods are currently discussing our strategy moving forward. Please bare with us and try to maintain your wonderful patience and tolerance until we devise a solution.

smile

HoP Posting Guidelines
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
If you can answer YES to these 4 questions then you may post a reply.


PyroMonkeyGOLD Member
b...bal...lence?....
370 posts
Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia


Posted:
Ive got a solution.

Alot of them annoy me but some are actually pretty funny, (apologies for starting the simpson quote thread)

But what i reckon...
Set up a new Forum Page (Social Chat, Social Disscussion...) just for these kind of threads

I dunno Call it sumthing like
-Post Whores
-Random Comments
-Fun and Games

Just an idea, keeps the whores happy (must admit im a bit of one) and it filters out the Social Chat Forum so it keeps the real chatters happy!!

NoddyToe Poking Bad Boy
2,865 posts
Location: Lake District UK


Posted:
thats a good idea cuts down on all the crap thats filling up in the social chat forum

(this quote is amazing coming from me) ubblol

Remember.........YOU LOSE!!!


Mint SauceBRONZE Member
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England


Posted:
wow a respoce from the man himself Thankyou malcome

before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)


PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
Well i have done my ratings, thanks malcolm, i suppose your way is and always is the most sensible wink

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


PyroWillGOLD Member
HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom


Posted:
And tobi u should at least learn how to spell the boss's name ubblol





RIGHT EVERYONE, if your unhappy about a threads existence go and rate it NOW



no i said now

well why are you still reading this

no in social chat silly, like this one but the next one up

yet your still reading.......



I spoke to my feet today

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind

Give a man a fish and he'll eat 4 a day hit a man with a brick and you can have all his fish and his wife

"Will's to pretty for prison" - Simian


Mint SauceBRONZE Member
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England


Posted:
erm Malcolm there may be a bit of a problem i reted a coupel of threds last night i rated them cos i thaught they shuld be deleted but it says at the bottom

"You rated this thread Lots of Fun"

yeh just did it again on another.

before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)


Mint SauceBRONZE Member
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England


Posted:
ok ok just woirked it out think you may need to swap somthing round whatever i vote for it gives the oposit result at the bottom wheteher it registers my poinion the oposit way round i dont know it only seems to do it in social chat.

thanks

before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)


Hanzveteran
1,328 posts
Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia


Posted:
ahh, well done Malcolm.

I will admit, I am getting sick of game threads, but only as most forums I am on have become like this, so it isnt just a HoP problem.

Some of the random threads were good though, like the "Pointless PM thread" it was good for getting to know people, which is what random threads should be about, but sometimes for new kids, it is scary going in, and everyone is already all chummy... becomes scary for us (yes, I still sometimes class myself as a new kid)

MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
i agree there are too many games. I have stopped posting to keep threads on page 1 and try to only post meaningfully now. yes I have been a bit of a post whore, but by doing so have met some nice people. and the crumpet thread was hilarious although has died a bit of a death.
apologies to any die hard HoPpers my flagrant posting has offended or upset.

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


TinklePantsGOLD Member
Clique Infiltrator, Cunning Linguist and Master Debator
4,219 posts
Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom


Posted:
I'd say a fair number of my posts have contributed to the annoying threads (oops) but the majority as helped making friends, and as joining up is still fresh in my mind, I remember that it was rather daunting at first and people seemed cliquey (??? that right?), But of course I had a really friendly welcome (and hopefully built bridges of friendship) which made me feel all kinda fuzzy inside!
So I think some good has come out of it.

Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible


DurbsBRONZE Member
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England


Posted:
Fair points, but then us "old skoolers" got to know each other very well without reosrting to pointless post-whoring and meaningless threads (you could argue we know each other better because of this...)



Also, as it tends to be the same people posting in these pointless threads this is creating more of a clique than there might have originally been.

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude


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