Hey read this.

[Yorick]

Yeah, I've been trying to leave for weeks but some of the higher ups didn't want that.

Do you get paid to stick around ?

[Yorick]

Originally Posted by BIGDOG

Do you get paid to stick around ?

no, you don't get paid at all.

[Whistle]

ill take one of there spots if i dont have to wear pants

[AmericanAirman]

Alot of the threads here are good discussion, main hot button issues if you will. I think it all went pretty good but the only problem was that (as far as I saw) noone really paid attention to the WOT rules in some circumstances.

If we keep this around, I'm up for helping with it and I know of a few others, but we need to make the rules so people listen and actually follow them. Input is welcome.

Maybe renaming it from the Way Off Topic to something else, that gets the point of the debates that go on in here. What do you think about more/less moderation? I'm just brainstorming

[Jofaba]

lol, I predict "less" will be the overwhelming responce to that question =P

[4thebeavers]

Why Joafaba weeve?

[Ali G]

Originally Posted by Jofaba

Ali, out of curiosity I checked out Totalbf2. And have concluded that you're joking. You do realize that the OT section is less than like 5 pages right? And that half of those pages haven't been updated in a week? The WOT beats that hands down pants up. And the threads there are more mundane then our Pub.

You're threat to leave to TBF2, I just don't take seriously. 1) You're already a regular there, having posted today. And 2) The WOT is 100X more explicit, and free, than the TBF2 OT.

Prove me wrong. Start posting single threads about videos there. I dare you.

Well no I don't mean actually leaving here. One thing, the admins there really don't care about political discussion so you can post them and slip a few insults here and there without being noticed. I don't see why political discussion is such a taboo here.

[AmericanAirman]

Originally Posted by Ali G

I don't see why political discussion is such a taboo here.

It's not the discussions themselves, its the content of the discussions as time progresses. The thread gets bigger, more off the original topic and turns into a shit flinging contest.

[Yorick]

Originally Posted by Ali G

Well no I don't mean actually leaving here. One thing, the admins there really don't care about political discussion so you can post them and slip a few insults here and there without being noticed. I don't see why political discussion is such a taboo here.

It's true. Political discussion itself isn't really a taboo. But there are a lot of people who don't know how to talk about it without directly insulting other people.

Bah, I can't find it. But there was a post, well there are a lot of posts, where people were complaining about the people who report threads, and calling them things like 'whiners'.

All threads that were reported in this section are posts that deserved a report. The fact that people don't know where to stop is the problem, not political discussions.

The reason most of us didn't want them at all is because a lot of people don't know where to stop.



Ok. I'm leaving now. You know where to find me if you need me.

[Ali G]

Yay for retards!

[l=lCoBrAl=l]

OK I must be really different from you guys, because I dont think its that big of a deal. I've tried to be understanding, but there's been like 3 threads locked in all of like 17 threads started? And maybe 2 of them were because of people not following the rules. Go ahead and prove me wrong, but I'm just trying to make a point. When the generalization was made "you all fked it up", I've been trying my best, and I think ive done a good job with following the rules. I know not all people think alike and I respect others opinions. I know others who have posted in WOT are the same. Because a few people who insist on proving the other person wrong the very detail is just pathetic. They must get the last post in every arguement, and they must leave with a fuller ego. Some people are stupid, so what. I dont like seeing people argueing with each other, but it's not that big of a deal. Cheese left, so what. There's probably more to why he left (personal reasons i bet) than he was just fed up with WOT or the people running it or something. I thought he was a good guy, but that's pretty lame to leave and delete your account because of it. I'm tired of this. I hope you all can see positive in everything rather than all the negative that has happened in WOT. It's debate, people WILL have differences and they work them out. How about let's just put all this drama behind us and move on. What do you all say?

[gungho]

Jofaba & Yorik are/were very fair mods on here, its a shame its gone pear-shaped. This is a great site & I hope it continues to thrive, if you guys need a hand just ask.

[IU2002]

I'm in the same boat as Gungho (and kudos on the avatar there ), we gots your guys back.

[Brindled]

Originally Posted by gungho

Jofaba & Yorik are/were very fair mods on here, its a shame its gone pear-shaped. This is a great site & I hope it continues to thrive, if you guys need a hand just ask.

here, here!
i feel they've been more than fair also...
free rein doesn't come with posting, in the wot or anywhere within fg. someone said it best that jofaba made it in his image of what the wot was to be, but others felt it should be their way. however, if not for jofaba there would be no wot.

and for those of you that say there's no difference, i say you're wrong. it's made a heck of a lot of difference in my fg experience.