List o' Discouraged Memes?

[p0lar_bear]

Yeah, I know that many want ALL *chan memes banned, no exceptions, but you have to admit, sometimes it's funny, and works with the situation. However, for every proper, witty, funny, or epic use of a meme, there are probably about 50 more unfunny, done wrong, or just plain fucking stupid posts that just can't help but reference a meme in a lame attempt to save itself.

MAJOR EDIT:
Let me reiterate that I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE A FINALIZED "DON'T EVER DO THIS SHIT" LIST, but rather a warning that making a post that abuses or misuses any of these memes, trends, etc will probably result in you getting a slap on the wrists from the staff. Likewise, I'd also like it to be a list of "we've been here, we've done it, we don't feel like going back." Perhaps enforce that you can use them if you want to, but if you do it wrong or if it's not funny, you will get a shitposting infraction or something. In addition, this is not a definitive list of what we find unfunny while everything else is okay.

Here's my list with examples, do note that off-site links may very well contain offensive, NSFW content.


Candlejack (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Candlejack) (especially this, I sincerely regret ever bringing it onto these forums)
Rickroll (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Rickroll) (this meme has been done to death, anyone who uses it now should be shot, or in this case, permabanned)
I herd u liek mudkips (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Mudkips)
Pimp My Ride/Xzibit/Sup Dawg... (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Pimp_My_Ride)
Over 9000 (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Over_9000)
Fail/Epic Fail
:awesome: (Also suggest following suit with SomethingAwful and renaming it to :iamafag:)
THIS ___ IS SO DAMN GOOD [IT NEEDS ITS OWN DAMN THREAD] (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13417) (Only Timo (http://www.modacity.net/forums/member.php?u=18) should ever make these)
IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lazer)
I accidentally X (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Accidentally)


Open to suggestions, please try to keep it on topic.

[CN3089]

teh




z0r

[t3h m00kz]

There's one I noticed that's not on that list.

Here's a hint.

http://rampancy.net/sites/rampancy.net/files/images/weapon_cutout.png

[SnaFuBAR]

thank you. "chargin' mah lazar" "shoop da woop" bs needs to go.

[Reaper Man]

I accidentally in this thread,

[n00b1n8R]

At first I was like :awesome: but then I was like idk my bff jill but in the end I accidentally in all your base.

[Sel]

At first I was like :awesome: but then I was like idk my bff jill but in the end I accidentally in all your base.

ban this meme faggot

[Heathen]

Only timo
I have no beef with timo, but even he would admit, that that is a little unfair to start making exceptions no?
Even for a mod or a senior member or whatever.
I like the idea but this is a little harsh to ban them :/
Some will be used in habit or just as a harmless joke. I think it should just be more stressed that there is a time and a place.


E: Maybe change up the guidelines a little or clarify...
Like...keep it out of this and this thread or leave it in this and this thread. I can understand the annoyance of randomeme's but like the image I just posted in the Pics thread...it follow's one of your banned meme's.
I am just saying...maybe just ban for the excess use of said meme's or something...

[rossmum]

thank you. "chargin' mah lazar" "shoop da woop" bs needs to go.
And any 300 memes, two with one stone right there


I have no beef with timo, but even he would admit, that that is a little unfair to start making exceptions no?
Even for a mod or a senior member or whatever.
I like the idea but this is a little harsh to ban them :/
Some will be used in habit or just as a harmless joke. I think it should just be more stressed that there is a time and a place.
Timo is actually funny and knows when to use which, so I see no problem with an exception in that case. If someone can make a proper use of a meme to the point where it's genuinely funny, then I don't see a problem. When the same memekid idiots just spout the same shit like a broken record (and a completely inappropriate one, at that), infractions and/or bans are deserved.

[n00b1n8R]

Does this go for stupid gearbox memes (you'll grow into it) too?

[rossmum]

If they're used in entirely the wrong place, yes.

Pretty sure that was an H2V meme, by the way, not GBX.

[InnerGoat]

Does this go for stupid gearbox memes (you'll grow into it) too?

You're thinking of Champ hacked it.

edit, :awesome: :snafubar:

[sevlag]

i dunno..but I'm guessing any form of "1337 speech" also refered to as noob speak..should any action be taken if a member uses it excessively or not? I find it rather annoying to see threads where one or more users do nothing more than spell every other word with a number or a combination of numbers to form a single letter.

but yeah, should action be taken on excessive noob speak or no?

[mech]

Bye memes :mech:

[Reaper Man]

i dunno..but I'm guessing any form of "1337 speech" also refered to as noob speak..should any action be taken if a member uses it excessively or not? I find it rather annoying to see threads where one or more users do nothing more than spell every other word with a number or a combination of numbers to form a single letter.

but yeah, should action be taken on excessive noob speak or no?
Uh, that doesn't happen here. Part of the AUP is to type legibly.

[Sever]

Hell, that bans half of the memes already!

Also, probably the only meme I've posted here was the last good one of its kind.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f87/sever323/halo_3_Elephant_WIP_by_DEEhunter.jpg?t=1237212002

[Champ]

You're thinking of Champ hacked it.

edit, :awesome: :snafubar:
:mysterysolved:

That was a fun night.

[p0lar_bear]

I have no beef with timo, but even he would admit, that that is a little unfair to start making exceptions no?
Even for a mod or a senior member or whatever.
I like the idea but this is a little harsh to ban them :/
Some will be used in habit or just as a harmless joke. I think it should just be more stressed that there is a time and a place.

I didn't make an exception, that was my two cents. Plus, this whole thread is about exceptions. I didn't make this thread saying "GUYS OUTRIGHT BAN THIS SHIT NO MORE EVER," I made it saying that it should be made as a warning: if you're gonna attempt this shit, it better be good, otherwise you will get disciplined for it.

Keep in mind that I'm not staff. This is a suggestion, and I'd like the staff to consider it, and possibly implement it.

[teh lag]

Much as I hate the idiots that are always doing this, I don't think having a list of stuff is the right way to do this. Humor is more of an on-the-spot judgment IMO; any predetermined set of rules is going to be flawed and require exceptions, which just ends up being even more confusing. Rather, I think just an addition to the AUP explicitly stating that overuse of memes in general will lead to infractions is sufficient; it covers the general idea and allows sufficient leeway for the exceptions that will always occur. It's not just memes either - just the general behavior type of mindlessly regurgitating phrases and bad jokes because people saw cool people do it. Of course, that's pretty much already what the "shitposting" infraction says... and hardly anyone who does this regularly has read or cares about the AUP.

Having a ruleset specifically pertaining to what is and what isn't funny just... seems like an overly reactionary response to something that really requires more than pointing to a list and saying "look, its not funny, it says so right there." I get the idea that it's more of a suggestion or warning than a "this shit will get you banned no matter what" list, but then I don't think it needs to be something as specific as a list at all. Humor is by nature very hard to grasp, and certainly couldn't be explained in a simple set of rules.

And of course, without jokes every now and then the site is no fun. I like when we can have an occasional joke thread... it's just when it spills over to discussions that should be serious or becomes overdone or is ruined by the kids who think everything funny must be imitated that it becomes a nuisance. As long as it's not out of control in those respects (as, admittedly, meme usage has been recently) then there's really no problem.

Basically, this seems a little extreme for something that could be handled far more easily. I'm not opposed to the idea of a warning, just the idea that a "list" could encompass the entire problem.

[Llama Juice]

Can we still dance?

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[teh lag]

God damnit Llama... of all threads can we have this one stay serious?

Points for uniqueness though >_>

That's actually a pretty good example of how to be funny.

[Heathen]

I didn't make an exception, that was my two cents. Plus, this whole thread is about exceptions. I didn't make this thread saying "GUYS OUTRIGHT BAN THIS SHIT NO MORE EVER," I made it saying that it should be made as a warning: if you're gonna attempt this shit, it better be good, otherwise you will get disciplined for it.

Keep in mind that I'm not staff. This is a suggestion, and I'd like the staff to consider it, and possibly implement it.
Shit, thats true. I forgot.

But still, I like that you guys are basically saying what I was thinking. Thats cool.

[p0lar_bear]

:words:

I agree with what you're saying, and I don't want to discourage humor, but I still think we need some sort of record of trends and memes that have hit this site and have been done to death, e.g. Candlejack. I (regretfully) brought that here in the Post Your Quotes thread when I was talking to Ross over XFire and started doing it to him. It picked up from there, and next thing we knew, memekids like Emmzee started derailing threads with it because they thought it was hilarous, and nobody else was laughing at it. I actually enforced an unwritten "Stop that shit" because, even though occasionally someone would breathe new life into it and do something funny with it, all of the trendwhores would immediately suck the life, posting it all over other threads.

And Rickroll; not only has that been done to death here, it's been done everywhere else too. I'd think I speak for everyone when I say "stop doing that shit, it's not funny anymore."

[Gamerkd16]

Why are Fail and Epic fail in there? Those aren't really memes are they? Just a way of speaking....like FTW and W00t.

[n00b1n8R]

:iamafag:

[Mr Buckshot]

Why are Fail and Epic fail in there? Those aren't really memes are they? Just a way of speaking....like FTW and W00t.

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING. Explain plz?

How about numa numa dance memes?

[Rentafence]

I can't fucking stand fail/epic fail. It just makes you sound like a tool. Especially when people say it in person.

[jngrow]

I can't fucking stand fail/epic fail. It just makes you sound like a tool. Especially when people say it in person.

Yeah, it's fucking annoying.

[teh lag]

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING. Explain plz?

How about numa numa dance memes?

You see, this is what I was talking about - we're bound to miss stuff, and then people will start going "OH WELL LOOK HERE ITS NOT ON THE BANNED LIST SO DERP DERP DERP I CAN DO IT OLOLOLO". I just think an open-ended warning against annoying behavior such as shorthand and overused/unfunny/irritating memes would be much more effective.

For the record, it's not a "meme" exactly but still an incredibly irritating way of speaking. That furthers my point however; it's not just memes.

[Heathen]

:iamafag: (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8382&page=137) is banned but is http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-razz.gif (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-razz.gif)


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[rossmum]

Why are Fail and Epic fail in there? Those aren't really memes are they? Just a way of speaking....like FTW and W00t.
First up, those (FTW, w00t) are annoying as shit.

Second, I think we've all noticed that a lot of posters here and otherwise are coming to use 'fail', 'win', and 'epic' as the only three adjectives in their vocab. I'll admit to previously doing so myself and I still overuse shit like 'awesome' simply because I can't be arsed to work out a better description, but when every fucking post is just 'epic this, epic that, fail lol' it makes me want to hurt the people posting them.


You see, this is what I was talking about - we're bound to miss stuff, and then people will start going "OH WELL LOOK HERE ITS NOT ON THE BANNED LIST SO DERP DERP DERP I CAN DO IT OLOLOLO". I just think an open-ended warning against annoying behavior such as shorthand and overused/unfunny/irritating memes would be much more effective.

For the record, it's not a "meme" exactly but still an incredibly irritating way of speaking. That furthers my point however; it's not just memes.
Just whack an 'etc., etc.' on the end.

vOv

[n00b1n8R]

Ban hth, I'm fucking sick of seeing that at the end of every "I'm better than you gosh you're dumb" post.

[Limited]

I can't fucking stand fail/epic fail. It just makes you sound like a tool. Especially when people say it in person.
The word tool needs to be banned too. #gbh/gbx stuff needs to go too.

[rossmum]

I haven't seen the word tool used all that much recently, actually... do you propose we start adding words to the list just because one member doesn't like them?

[Champ]

The word tool needs to be banned too. #gbh/gbx stuff needs to go too.
Didn't know people were still upset from #gbh. Honestly guys...Let it go..

[Llama Juice]

I JUST FEEL LIKE BEING UPSET AT WORDS!

http://hockeypuckdog.com/jen/badger.gif

Honestly... we're all grownups here.

tbh... just start banning people for miss use of memes add that into the TOS or whatever lol. Make a specific infraction thing just for that, it'll solve all of our problems.

But... tbh... this is like... when a woman has her period. It's not the gross blood and stuff that's anoyying, it's hearing her bitch about it.

But that's just my http://www.siguccs.org/Conference/Fall1996/penny.gifhttp://www.siguccs.org/Conference/Fall1996/penny.gif

[Limited]

I haven't seen the word tool used all that much recently, actually... do you propose we start adding words to the list just because one member doesn't like them?
Ha, course not, I was making a point...fail's a word, yes if people keep using epic fail then yes that is annoying.

#gbh stuff is just stupid, due to the fact its an inside joke, that the majority of us dont get....

[Heathen]

Lol, but thats what this thread is about....

I am perfectly fine with the overuse of meme's.

Stupid is as stupid does.




They never post anything worthwhile anyways and if they do, I am not digging through the leetspeak to read the stupid shit they post anyways. I just ignore it.

[Mr Buckshot]

They never post anything worthwhile anyways and if they do, I am not digging through the leetspeak to read the stupid shit they post anyways. I just ignore it.

Same here. Ignoring the problem may not make the problem disappear, but it's only a problem if you choose to see it as such. The way in which some users here try to "solve" the problem has only made it worse.

It's like seeing a guy in class pick his nose. It's not nice to look at, yes. But do you just look away from him, or do you act like a jerk and go up to him and tell him how disgusting/dumb he is? I pick the former.

Also, am I the only guy who has not even heard of at least 1/3 of the memes posted here?

[Ifafudafi]

With the exception of Rickrolling, over 9000, and epic fail/win, most of those can be both applicable and humorous under the right circumstances. It's like banning "fuck" because I fucking use the fucking word every fucking occasion I possibly fucking can. It's like stopping a leg cramp by removing the leg.

Now a clause for "repeated usage of memes in a context that is clearly not funny or applicable" would certainly be appreciated, but I think an outright ban is going just a little too far.

[supersniper]

i'm tired of asian jokes.
they're just getting old.

[Ifafudafi]

Actually, instead of what I just said, I think the Unconstructive Post and/or Irritating Post infractions/warnings pretty much cover this issue. Someone sees an idiot being an idiot, get a mod to slap them with one of those.

Much simpler and easier without a need to drastically change site policy.

[Heathen]

Same here. Ignoring the problem may not make the problem disappear, but it's only a problem if you choose to see it as such. The way in which some users here try to "solve" the problem has only made it worse.

It's like seeing a guy in class pick his nose. It's not nice to look at, yes. But do you just look away from him, or do you act like a jerk and go up to him and tell him how disgusting/dumb he is? I pick the former.

Also, am I the only guy who has not even heard of at least 1/3 of the memes posted here?
Meh, I knew about 50:50

[p0lar_bear]

Changed up the wording of the OP to better clarify.

[Rentafence]

Ha, course not, I was making a point...fail's a word, yes if people keep using epic fail then yes that is annoying.

#gbh stuff is just stupid, due to the fact its an inside joke, that the majority of us dont get....

You don't use fail by itself to describe something. Fail is a verb.

[TeeKup]

Same here. Ignoring the problem may not make the problem disappear, but it's only a problem if you choose to see it as such. The way in which some users here try to "solve" the problem has only made it worse.

It's like seeing a guy in class pick his nose. It's not nice to look at, yes. But do you just look away from him, or do you act like a jerk and go up to him and tell him how disgusting/dumb he is? I pick the former.

Also, am I the only guy who has not even heard of at least 1/3 of the memes posted here?

Of course you don't act like a jerk, that's in real life. You pull him to the side later and tell him he probably shouldn't do that.

This is the internet, it's different. Yes there is a degree of common courtesy and respect but if someone is acting like a complete tard people are going to call him out. That's the way it has always been and that's the way it always will be.

Buckshot if you are going to cry about it every 4 posts then go bring it up with an admin if it really upsets you that much.

[Rook]

There is no need for rules...

let the forums trolls run wild. :worship:

[rossmum]

With the exception of Rickrolling, over 9000, and epic fail/win, most of those can be both applicable and humorous under the right circumstances. It's like banning "fuck" because I fucking use the fucking word every fucking occasion I possibly fucking can. It's like stopping a leg cramp by removing the leg.

Now a clause for "repeated usage of memes in a context that is clearly not funny or applicable" would certainly be appreciated, but I think an outright ban is going just a little too far.
read up bro, that's exactly what we're suggesting


Of course you don't act like a jerk, that's in real life. You pull him to the side later and tell him he probably shouldn't do that.

This is the internet, it's different. Yes there is a degree of common courtesy and respect but if someone is acting like a complete tard people are going to call him out. That's the way it has always been and that's the way it always will be.

Buckshot if you are going to cry about it every 4 posts then go bring it up with an admin if it really upsets you that much.
better watch out or you'll be added to the dreaded ignore list

[n00b1n8R]

So what brought on all this baawing over meme's anyway?
I havn't noticed a marked increase in memewhores lately >.>

Was there a thread that got deleted or something?

[Heathen]

No idea...

[Heathen]

Actually, instead of what I just said, I think the Unconstructive Post and/or Irritating Post infractions/warnings pretty much cover this issue. Someone sees an idiot being an idiot, get a mod to slap them with one of those.

Much simpler and easier without a need to drastically change site policy.
http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-f5h.gif (http://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?s=&action=showsmilies)http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-tinfoil.gif (http://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?s=&action=showsmilies)http://www.modacity.net/forums/styles/source/buttons/report.gif (http://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?s=&action=showsmilies)

That's what that is for isn't it?
Because that's what I use it for...

[rossmum]

So what brought on all this baawing over meme's anyway?
I havn't noticed a marked increase in memewhores lately >.>

Was there a thread that got deleted or something?
No, there were a few members who were posting literally nothing but godawful attempts at humour and shitty memes.

[Bodzilla]

No, there were a few members who were posting literally nothing but godawful attempts at humour and shitty memes.
This, and we thought it would be a good time to try and steer the sight in the right direction.

We dont want a forum thats made solely for shit posts, we want to encourage some smarter behaviors, better threads and make the place more interesting then it is.
To do that we needed to draw a line somewhere, and these select few people happened to be standing on it.

[LinkandKvel]

This, and we thought it would be a good time to try and steer the site in the right direction.

We dont want a forum thats made solely for shit posts,

It's been like that for a while. A few of you guys didn't even clean up your act UNTIL we got new members.

[Bodzilla]

I've always been of the opinion that although i play around and make dick jokes if it's a serious thread that allows well structured thought out opinions i leap at them with my own.

Thats the difference.
where not the fun police, but time and place ya know.

[Mr Buckshot]

Meh, I knew about 50:50

to add to this, you also have to take into account that not everyone here is aware that something's a meme. Like I said I haven't even heard of many of the memes posted, I don't browse internet humour as often as I'd like to. Some of us seeing the "meme" for the first time so far are actually amused.

[DaneO'Roo]

This thread is fucking stupid.

You guys are the ones who use/used them to death, now that you've had your fun, no one else can use them?

What about new people, who are new to a meme, and find it funny?


"hurr shitty memes are shitty"

I guarantee I could dig up more than 10 posts from any one person using the same "shitty meme". If we were to step back in time a year, you'd all be banned/warned (except the admins of course), following this threads ideals.

You shouldn't be banning a meme, you should be banning the idiot behind the fucking post. Stop ruining the fun for the rest, and stick to a rule that can't be abused by opinion.

If someone finds OMGWTFSHOOPINGMAHNIGGERBEAM funny, leave them be, chances are, so did you. Otherwise your just shutting the gate once the horse has bolted.



heh, seems I'm late here, basically what Mr Ifafudafudidafudafi said.

[p0lar_bear]

This thread is fucking stupid.Thanks, I haven't gotten my fill of pointless PMS yet.


You guys are the ones who use/used them to death, now that you've had your fun, no one else can use them?

What about new people, who are new to a meme, and find it funny?Pretty much, though most of "us" only used them sparingly and properly while the rest of the brainless memekids decided to run the shit into the ground. Boat was here. People got on it. It left. It ain't coming back.


You shouldn't be banning a meme, you should be banning the idiot behind the fucking post.Someone retitle my thread to something more appropriate please, since nobody seems to be reading past the fucking thread title?
e: Thanks Goat Lag Goat. :haw:


I guarantee I could dig up more than 10 posts from any one person using the same "shitty meme". If we were to step back in time a year, you'd all be banned/warned (except the admins of course), following this threads ideals.But this is now. Not a year ago. You see, a funny thing called "change" happens over the course of a year. Some change is for the better, some is for the worse. When things change for the worse, people tend to address this change and suggest a way to make it better. Then along comes a half-baked conspiracy theorist who can't adapt to change, thus failing to see that people have changed, and attempts to discourage the suggestion by pointlessly pointing out that this suggestion would make us all horrible people if it had been in place a year ago.

[teh lag]

e: Thanks Goat.

that was me :smith:

And you two keep it cool, I'd like to have this not go down in flames.

[Bodzilla]

THIS ___ IS SO DAMN GOOD (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13417) (Only Timo (http://www.modacity.net/forums/member.php?u=18) should ever make these)
[I]FUCK!

[El Lobo]

#gbh/gbx stuff needs to go too. Stupid rockwilias.

[Bodzilla]

The game.


ban it so it looses.

[Heathen]

pssh, is it really that overused?

[Bodzilla]

it's really fucking gay.

and it never has anything to do with anything at all.

It's not like it's being used as a parody to something in the thread, a run on joke or even a bad pun.
It is what it is, out of place, boring unoriginal and of course...
really fucking gay.

[English Mobster]

Agreed. Ban Discourage it.

[n00b1n8R]

You're all just made coz you lost it :smug:

[Cortexian]

You're all just made coz you lost it :smug:
You lost it typing that though.

Fuck now I lost it.

[p0lar_bear]

I've won the game.

It is over, you can go home.

Disputing this cold, hard fact means infractions. Don't test me.

[=sw=warlord]

I've won the game.

It is over, you can go home.

Disputing this cold, hard fact means infractions. Don't test me.
y so srs?

[Arteen]

Could someone explain what the game is? I don't know what you guys are talking about.

[=sw=warlord]

Could someone explain what the game is? I don't know what you guys are talking about.
Basicly the idea is everyone is supposedly playing the game but when they think of said game they loose so the idea is to try and get other people thinking about it without you purposely thinking it yourself.

[English Mobster]

In English:
You are all playing the game. Right now.
You cannot win the game (except P0lar), and if you think about the game, you lose.
But you automatically keep playing.
Why? Because that's the rules of the game.

[klange]

I hereby request that improper use of "loose" vs "lose" be grounds for an infraction as an irritating post. No offense to warlord...

[Syuusuke]

Why? What if I have twitchy finger and type the o twice.

Looser.

[klange]

Why? What if I have twitchy finger and type the o twice.

Looser.

This is an irritating post, k?

If you screw up, edit it. We already have rules concerning grammar and spelling, I don't see why they can't be extended to include this horrendous and oft-made mistake.

[p0lar_bear]

As much crap as we already get for being elitist, I really don't want to enforce that al l gestapo-like because it's just dumb. Sure, I don't like those stupid mistakes as much as the next person and would prefer it if people would get it right, but warning or infracting them for it just feels excessively condescending.

[El Lobo]

Seems stupid to warn someone for a spelling mistake as simple as lose and loose. If their post is so riddled with spelling and grammatical mistakes that it makes it impossible to read then yeah, go ahead and maybe warn them, but for misspelling one word? Ridiculous.

:lobo:

[Ganon]

Personally I nominate caramelldansen to be banned from the internet.

[Bodzilla]

hey everybody! -rep admiralbacon!


:iamfag:

[Kalub]

I'm looking for a new game to pirateurchase, any nominations?

[Bodzilla]

tf2
nao.

[Kalub]

I tried the demo of that game... I failed miserably. :(

[TeeKup]

Personally I nominate caramelldansen to be banned from the internet.

Pfft, as if that'll ever happen.

[annihilation]

Can WEEGEE be banned too? He scares the shit out of me.

[p0lar_bear]

No, he will not be banned.

Or discouraged.

Also,

http://assets.knowyourmeme.com/i/1676/original/WEEGEE.jpg

[annihilation]

He's peering deep into my soul.

[Heathen]

http://www.modacity.net/forums/images/customavatars/avatar3494_9.gif

[Syuusuke]

I have not heard or seen some of these memes

[English Mobster]

It's because you haven't -repped AdmiralBacon yet.

[Inferno]

Go get spore. I heard it sold really well....








... On thepiratebay.

[Boba]

Go get spore. I heard it sold really well....








... On thepiratebay.

the wit is killing me

[Heathen]

wat...wat is that post even doing in this thread?

Get out.

E:
ban get out frog

EE: and the guy that replies to my post with the get out frog.

[n00b1n8R]

World of Goo!

[Kalub]

I like bukkake!



Fixed that for you brosef, :P.



I've never heard of it.

[n00b1n8R]

Fixed that for you brosef, :P.



I've never heard of it.
..really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_goo
http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/
Don't you fucking dare pirate it, it's already got 90% piracy as it is and this is the sort of game that really should be supported to get other devs to go out on a limb and make original masterpieces as well.

[Kalub]

Eww... the game reminds me of Fantastic Contraption.

[ODX]

World of Goo is quite possibly one of the greatest video games of this age. It's original, not a shooter, does not try to be a reality simulator, and has a great soundtrack. It's also pretty inexpensive, and made by two great people who went out of business due to the massive amounts of people who pirated it. (I think)

[Heathen]

played it back in the day as tower of goo.

[n00b1n8R]

That level's still in there in the first chapter. As the sign painter said:
"One of the Goo's remarked that they felt like they had been here before, but things were less refined back then."

Also, 2D boy is still very much alive and they're starting to prototype some ideas for possible new games.

[Zezima]

How about Leeroy Jenkins?

[klange]

How about Leeroy Jenkins?
Has anyone even used this here... ever?

[Heathen]

No.

[Con]

Why do we have this thread? People ought to know when to stop, and if they don't then that's their problem.

[p0lar_bear]

Why do we have this thread? People ought to know when to stop, and if they don't then that's their problem.

At the time I wrote it, meme abuse was abundant (and I wasn't an admin). :v:

[TheGhost]

In for unsticking.

Honestly let the -rep speak for itself. Sometimes people are funny, other times they are not.

[Dwood]

I came to this forums thinking people would have added the teal thing to the list o' discouraged memes, heh.

[Heathen]

Nah, its not funny enough to be hated.

[Bodzilla]

it hasnt been done to death, and hell at the time it was creative.

takes a bit longer.

[FRain]

i also think that ban spress should be discouraged.

they just should be

in all seriousness banning 4 people in one day was a bit harsh

[p0lar_bear]

i also think that ban spress should be discouraged.

they just should be

in all seriousness banning 4 people in one day was a bit harsh

Not our fault that 4 different people managed to accumulate points at around the same time.

[teh lag]

i also think that ban spress should be discouraged.

they just should be

in all seriousness banning 4 people in one day was a bit harsh

You seem to have no idea what actually happened.

1) That was the fourth time staff had had problems with CAD's thread that week.

2) There was ample warning that the next people who decided to be smartasses would get banned. Snaf infracting chains' post should have been enough to demonstrate that we were tired of it.

3) Of the five people that got banned, four were only banned until the end of the week. There is no excuse to be bitching about a four-day ban when the people knowingly and willingly brought it on themselves.

4) Inferno, the one who was banned for longer, got pushed into 11 infraction points and was sent into detention - that would have happened regardless of any threat of banning.

I said this yesterday; it doesn't seem to have sunken in. If you want to be a dumbfuck, you must be willing to deal with the consequences. If you cannot deal with the result of making a joke at a bad time or want to be a whiny bitch about it, then don't make the joke. We've had this discussion too many times. There is a specific time and a specific place to make a joke and people who can't understand that shouldn't be in the business of trying to be funny.

[Rook]

so serious in this thread, just lay off the ban button next time aight,

[Heathen]

in all seriousness banning 4 people in one day was a bit harsh

Seriously? Right after Lag clearly warned them?

[Captain Pakundo]

NEED A DISPENSER HERE

[Heathen]

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8599/dispenser.png

[sevlag]

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8599/dispenser.png

thanks, but a spy just sapped yo sentry

[blind]

discouraged meme: freelancer posting.
not 'freelancer stop posting', seriously freelancer.. stop.
posting

[FRain]

You seem to have no idea what actually happened.

1) That was the fourth time staff had had problems with CAD's thread that week.

2) There was ample warning that the next people who decided to be smartasses would get banned. Snaf infracting chains' post should have been enough to demonstrate that we were tired of it.

3) Of the five people that got banned, four were only banned until the end of the week. There is no excuse to be bitching about a four-day ban when the people knowingly and willingly brought it on themselves.

4) Inferno, the one who was banned for longer, got pushed into 11 infraction points and was sent into detention - that would have happened regardless of any threat of banning.

I said this yesterday; it doesn't seem to have sunken in. If you want to be a dumbfuck, you must be willing to deal with the consequences. If you cannot deal with the result of making a joke at a bad time or want to be a whiny bitch about it, then don't make the joke. We've had this discussion too many times. There is a specific time and a specific place to make a joke and people who can't understand that shouldn't be in the business of trying to be funny.

Ah, okay, I did not know that they got points'd. I thought that you had already warned them and that the next would be a ban, as you said.

[TeeKup]

I'm going to throw out a shout from the back row here and ask what started this whole Gazelle thing.

[TheGhost]

Ah, okay, I did not know that they got points'd. I thought that you had already warned them and that the next would be a ban, as you said.

Just what we need! People who are ignorant to what is going on, complaining and spreading false information!

(To be clear, I'm not talking about you specifically, but several people in this thread have expressed similar sentiments.)

[CrAsHOvErRide]

Nerds :v:


Seriously, you people are arguing over something that is so redundant that anyone reading this thread assumes you guys have too much free time. :golfclap:

[Cortexian]

discouraged meme: freelancer posting.
not 'freelancer stop posting', seriously freelancer.. stop.
posting
No, the whole Freelancer Stop posting thins is old now, it should be it's own infraction tbh.

[Heathen]

I'm going to throw out a shout from the back row here and ask what started this whole Gazelle thing.

honestly, its confusing and annoying.

[blind]

No, the whole Freelancer Stop posting thins is old now, it should be it's own infraction tbh.
infraction

[Heathen]

I never thought it was that funny after the initial post of the sign.

[Pooky]

No, the whole Freelancer Stop posting thins is old now, it should be it's own infraction tbh.
It's not a 'thing', stop posting.

[Ganon]

No, the whole Freelancer Stop posting thins is old now, it should be it's own infraction tbh.

nice try, now stop posting.

[Cortexian]

no I'm serious, it's just getting extremely bland and over used now, on the verge of getting annoying.

[Ganon]

like u

[Bodzilla]

dont start shit in here fellas.

mods are watching.

[Ganon]

mods are watching.

discouraged meme right there ^

[TheGhost]

:lock: is coming

[blind]

okay theghost, can the memes.

[TheGhost]

I can just put ironic substitutes for meme words. For example:

"accidentally" --> "purposely"
"teal" --> "purple"
"stop posting" --> "keep posting"

[Rook]

I can just put ironic substitutes for meme words. For example:

"accidentally" --> "purposely"
"teal" --> "purple"
"stop posting" --> "keep posting"

"haruhi" --> "faggot chick"
"SOS Brigade" --> "FOX News"

[blind]

freelancer stop posting

[InnerGoat]

No, the whole Freelancer Stop posting thins is old now, it should be it's own infraction tbh.

The world doesn't revolve around you.

[Heathen]

freelancer stop posting

Freelancer stop posting = I am a huge faggot

Sub that.

[InnerGoat]

If it gets filtered everyone will spam it. Not doing that.

[blind]

*Freelancer post* = I am a huge faggot

Sub that.
fixed that for you

[English Mobster]

Alright guys, enough is enough. Let's not get this topic locked.

[paladin]

why not...

[Rook]

Let's not get this topic locked.

because this topic is amazing? :tinfoil:

[paladin]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Rook again.

:ohdear:

[English Mobster]

BECAUSE GIVING THE MODS MORE WORK TO DO AND HAVING THEM LOCK TOPICS IS BAD, OK? :maddowns:

[paladin]

I USE ALL CAPS CUZ I R COOL

[teh lag]

BECAUSE GIVING THE MODS MORE WORK TO DO AND HAVING THEM LOCK TOPICS IS BAD, OK? :maddowns:

actually this was pretty easy

[TheGhost]

:lock: