6gc.net OT forum Options

[SeverX13]

Ok so i might get some people mad or get some people not a fan of me but i dont understand why people are being so uptight about the OT forum. the point of the OT forum is just that. off topic. This is just a forum. we all need to lighten up. If people are complaining about peoples threads or posts in the OT forum than y did the thread to talk about anything get closed? its perfect. People cant talk,debate and joke about ANYTHING. if it gets to dirty or over the line a mod can just clean it. I jsut dont understand why everyone is so uptight about the off topic forum. Seriously who wants to be part of a forum that is so uptight. Most of us are adults here. i seriously feel like some of the people complaing about jokes or any type of unseriousness are the ones acting like middle school kids. If it was in any other forum section i could understand. but the off topic? come on people. lighten up. we all need to laugh. if no ones laughin than your not living. there are plenty of options to fix these problems. i know im gonna get critisized for this but i dont care. i needed to get this off my chest.

[samir0189]

I have to agree with you man, this site is getting lamer each day. I have to think about things before i post and sometimes i refrain from doing so cause it may be viewed as an "unnecessary" post.

And its not just the OT imo, its all of the sections, you can't even give an honest opinion anymore. you get flamed if its negative towards the OP. Its like, why did you post if you DON'T want my opinion?! Gotta take the good and the bad, everybody doesn't like the same thing. Big deal.

[whatthe]

cmon guys lets hug it out?

This post has been edited by whatthe: Nov 20, 2008 - 11:02 AM

[RUNNIN-LOW]

i agree too!!! but what do u do?? i say its fun cuz the OT forums does give me something to laugh about and makes my day at work go way faster..
adding more to it and cHecking out the other celica forums we are one of the most active forums around here.

This post has been edited by RUNNIN-LOW: Nov 20, 2008 - 11:56 AM

[njccmd2002]

the OT forum is the one i read now most of the time, since it makes me laugh. The other forums are so slow now a days.

but sometimes i do know it gets out of hand, so children, no name calling please.

[D-Man]

LoL. This is why i have the ability to block me in my signature

Otherwise this is a loosing battle. I agree with you all, but this is still a loosing battle. The fourms are at the mercy of whom so ever moderates them, And we are subject to the actions taken by the moderators. Seconly, The moderators primarily act upon a direct result of our less humorous members. When they report a post, it becomes the mods duity to remove/edit said post. So it only takes one whinny person to ruin all of the fun for everyone; and while that seems unfair, it's just how this paticular fourm is managed.

I'm not saying that i enjoy all of my posts being deleted, or that i'm not allowed to be the high energy and obseanly hallarious person that i am... But it's how things work on this paticular fourm. Too bad we can't have a back room to go into. One that isn't accessable to the genneral public or our titty-baby members. That'd rock.

[manphibian]

I know we keep saying it, but this will be sorted when the new features are implemented.

Until then, stop whining all the time

[manphibian]

Here's a quote from Celiracer18 who PM'd me what he was posting....

OT isnt just a board to post funny pictures and link to troll threads. It's still just as serious as the others just not on the same topics. you could still post funny things but watch what you put on it. Flaming other cars, linking to troll threads, rediculous topics, while being funny they are completely unnecessary and can be left in their original place.

here's some good examples of threads for OT:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63462
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63460
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=62117

Things like networking, catching up with old members, news on things related to the site's general topic, and opinions on items are great ways to use an OT forum.

BAD examples of OT threads:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63412
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63581
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63617
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=63623

Chat threads, rants, troll threads, random threads asking general questions are poor uses of space and none of them have need to be on here for any reason. If you would still like to share these things with people, go to 4chan and make a thread, use the MSN or AIM threads on here to hook up with the other members that want to pass on their work for the day. Those random question threads can always be answered with a quick search on google/etc.

From what I've noticed most of the people contributing to this mess have joined within this past year. Some have improved, some have gotten worse. Dman you are your own subject, I have NO CLUE why you are not on mod preview yet but i don't blame the mods for not wanting to sort through ~20 posts/day.

[manphibian]

what the hell....

i'll open this back up so you can all complain a bit more, then you'll feel better

[RickJamesBish]

But I don't understand what's so bad about a chat thread...it gives people a place to talk and bond on a FORUM, which in itself is a place to share opinion, and that's bad?

This post has been edited by RickJamesBish: Nov 20, 2008 - 2:17 PM

[Supersprynt]

It's private bandwidth. Play properly or just find another forum to use there are plenty of other. Join the actual off topic forum.

If this was a publicly funded forum you have a leg to stand on but since this is privately funded its just going to do nothing but irritate the majority and the mods by constantly complaining. Nobody is forcing anybody to be here.

[D-Man]

...I get called out by name...

BTW those "bad examples" were some pretty good & fun-loving threads But Celiracer18, if you notice, I also do alot of helping too. I've got quite a knowledge and do help people out; And more often than given credit for.

Dont get me wrong, i'm not calling anyone out here, I'm just throwing out an answer to an unasked question. And while on that note, Manphibian (& other mods) My last post on this thread was not calling you guys nazi's or anything. But only mentioning that that's what ya'll have to do as moderators. Ya'll have to ensure that the threads stay to the high standards that is 6gc.net, and that most other fourms lack. Also i was trying to plainly say that things are brought to your attention by the "report this post" feature.

Anyway, this thread is useless. I've spoken my peice. And as before, and the time before that, 6gc will not change overnight because of some bickerting between the conservitive and the outlandish. Blah. Lock it back up.

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[99GT]

Rules are rules. Gotta pay to complain.

Want to chat, theres msn messenger, aim just add each other. Talk all you want.

This is a car forum.

It's kinda ridiculous, on our local forum they were trying to have a body building sub forum... its so stupid.

Car forum, don't like it get out.

[DEATH]

My God - are you sure it's not Celiracer3yo? Seriously - don't like off topic - don't go there. Real simple. Grow up, stop acting like a child and just because you have 0 sense of humor - don't force others to see it your way. I agree that the Troll threads which show pictures of people randomly taken from Myspace and proceed to bash them for 40-100 pages are bad and we don't need them around here. Doubly so for threads bashing people's cars - these are personal affronts and should not be allowed.
A random thread where anyone can talk about anything as long as it's not lude or harmful to others or their cars is great. it helps some of us pass the day. It makes us smile etc etc.
If a few people want to act like tittybabies because it hurts their little feelings - then maybe they need to get in better touch with the world around them. Perhaps they should worry more about themselves rather than run off and be little tattle tales.
I swear - I haven't used any of these adjectives to describe people since elementary school - know why? Because I have yet to run across adult or near adult people who act like elementary school people. Are you the same type of people who try to get shows like South Park and Aqua Teen taken off the air? Are you the same people who favor censorship in music?
Grow up.

Furthermore - opening up off topic [Or whatever we are waiting on that will allow this type of thing] to be truely off-topic with the understanding that all off-topic-ness in the other forums must stop will only help keep all the other forums clean. Then our friends here who can't handle the affront to their fragile little eyes can feel safe in the other forums and open off-topic at their own peril.
Also don't forget what one very wise person said here recently [Cause it's 100% true] - take all the fun out of this place and it WILL become a ghost town.

I'm sorry - I don't mean to rant - I really don't. But I hated crybaby tattletales in Kindergarten and I thought I was through with them - guess I was wrong.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 20, 2008 - 2:41 PM

[presure2]

It's private bandwidth. Play properly or just find another forum to use there are plenty of other. Join the actual off topic forum.

If this was a publicly funded forum you have a leg to stand on but since this is privately funded its just going to do nothing but irritate the majority and the mods by constantly complaining. Nobody is forcing anybody to be here.

QFT.
christian is working on somthing that will make most of you guys who like to whore it up happy, and keep us as mods happy as well.
i'd love to be the one to let the cat out of the bag, but thats chris' place, and all i can say is that he is working on it.
just cause its off topic does NOT mean anything goes.
it means anything not directly related to a 6gc, yes, but there are still rules to follow, and we ask all of you to use some common sense in applying them.
for example, posting links to other forums' threads where people are just straight up being bashed, (for whatever reason) is just wrong, and should and will be closed.
there are tons of things like that, that arnt "written in the rules" but to me it just seems like common sense.
if your here to just use up christians bandwith with crap like that, go elsewhere, period.

::edit:: damn D, you must type fast. lol your reply wasnt there when i started mine..lol:::

[DEATH]

it means anything not directly related to a 6gc, yes, but there are still rules to follow, and we ask all of you to use some common sense in applying them.
for example, posting links to other forums' threads where people are just straight up being bashed, (for whatever reason) is just wrong, and should and will be closed.
there are tons of things like that, that arnt "written in the rules" but to me it just seems like common sense.

I wholeheartedly agree


BTW - I apologise to the mods whom I think are doing a great job of walking the line between over board and above board and I understand how hard it is to define that line. My post above may contain some stuff I should not have posted and if you want to edit it or have me do so - I understand. I love this place - always have and I don't want it to become the lame ghost town it can be with all the fun taken out.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 20, 2008 - 2:50 PM

[D-Man]

::edit:: damn D, you must type fast. lol your reply wasnt there when i started mine..lol:::

Me? Or Death?

[RickJamesBish]

I agree with DEATH...of course the mods have to do their jobs, but half the threads that were closed weren't even harmful. OT should stay OT, and if a chat thread gets closed, then all of OT should go.

[manphibian]

I agree with DEATH...of course the mods have to do their jobs, but half the threads that were closed weren't even harmful. OT should stay OT, and if a chat thread gets closed, then all of OT should go.

When you have contributed ANYTHING of any use to anybody, maybe then you have a say how things work here.....

[RickJamesBish]

I agree with DEATH...of course the mods have to do their jobs, but half the threads that were closed weren't even harmful. OT should stay OT, and if a chat thread gets closed, then all of OT should go.

When you have contributed ANYTHING of any use to anybody, maybe then you have a say how things work here.....

A chat thread that was going successfully?

If people like me weren't around, this forum would be useless since it would only be knowledgeable people running things. That's why I'm the dumbass that asks everything and anything so you guys have somewhere to direct your intelligence on 6GC's. Then in turn, I someday won't be the 6GC-illiterate noob anymore and I can in turn pass my knowledge on.



This post has been edited by RickJamesBish: Nov 20, 2008 - 3:18 PM

[manphibian]

I agree with DEATH...of course the mods have to do their jobs, but half the threads that were closed weren't even harmful. OT should stay OT, and if a chat thread gets closed, then all of OT should go.

When you have contributed ANYTHING of any use to anybody, maybe then you have a say how things work here.....

A chat thread that was going successfully?

If people like me weren't around, this forum would be useless since it would only be knowledgeable people running things. That's why I'm the dumbass that asks everything and anything so you guys have somewhere to direct your intelligence on 6GC's. Then in turn, I someday won't be the 6GC-illiterate noob anymore and I can in turn pass my knowledge on.

Yeah, however did we manage before you turned up?

[RickJamesBish]

And who would you have to lecture?

[Supersprynt]

If people like me weren't around, this forum would be useless since it would only be knowledgeable people running things.

People like you don't need to register they can just search what they need to find.

[D-Man]

Everyone is being so fussy today. I hope my daughter is in a better mood, because someone needs to cheer me up after all of this. So far, RJB is the most positive one here... And that includes a thread with me. Ya'll are depressing me now.

cmon guys lets hug it out?

+1

[njccmd2002]

I will just say this once. 6gc is becoming less visited by me, and some others i used to see.

I laugh at D-man comments. I shake my head with RJB. but at the everything is well balanced.

honkong, RJB, they may have different opinions or looks. D Man is out of this world. without them there would be no fun topics to read..

I feel like we are attacking people now, as complaints are a direct hit.

Really, and seriously , if its not the fact that i want to see what D-man posts, i would not log in for many days, because frankly nobody is interesting in helping anybody else. Everybody is selling their cars, and posting their new cars.

It is becoming depressing, more and more. People leaving and stuff. All this rant, yes this is private site. I respect that, but it relieves me of my daily stress, and i think i have more stress that half the people over here.

I love my celica, i drive it everyday, and its better with this site, because it helps me take care of it. But lets not ruin this site.

This place is nor a circus, nor a church. Lets keep it balanced.

[RickJamesBish]

I resent those statements.

[DEATH]

Well said.
Edit - I meant njccmd2002

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 20, 2008 - 4:04 PM

[RickJamesBish]

He did have good points, the church and circus idea is a good indicator of how it should be here.

[RickJamesBish]

People like you don't need to register they can just search what they need to find.

Au contraire.

[D-Man]

I will just say this once. 6gc is becoming less visited by me, and some others i used to see.

I laugh at D-man comments. I shake my head with RJB. but at the everything is well balanced.

honkong, RJB, they may have different opinions or looks. D Man is out of this world. without them there would be no fun topics to read..

I feel like we are attacking people now, as complaints are a direct hit.

Really, and seriously , if its not the fact that i want to see what D-man posts, i would not log in for many days, because frankly nobody is interesting in helping anybody else. Everybody is selling their cars, and posting their new cars.

It is becoming depressing, more and more. People leaving and stuff. All this rant, yes this is private site. I respect that, but it relieves me of my daily stress, and i think i have more stress that half the people over here.

I love my celica, i drive it everyday, and its better with this site, because it helps me take care of it. But lets not ruin this site.

This place is nor a circus, nor a church. Lets keep it balanced.

Namely Me
That has to be the coolest thing i've heard all day.

This post is going into my notepad for later usage.

And as for my name coming up so much, Why don't ya'll dedicate a thread to trashin or praising my name That'd be better than my Celica progress thread Hell, that'd almost be as good as Manny's progress thread

(no i'm not full of myself at all )

[DEATH]

Can we keep this serious guys? I feel this is a legitimate topic.

[presure2]

And who would you have to lecture?

I resent those statements.

He did have good points, the church and circus idea is a good indicator of how it should be here.

People like you don't need to register they can just search what they need to find.

Au contraire.

I will just say this once. 6gc is becoming less visited by me, and some others i used to see.

I laugh at D-man comments. I shake my head with RJB. but at the everything is well balanced.

honkong, RJB, they may have different opinions or looks. D Man is out of this world. without them there would be no fun topics to read..

I feel like we are attacking people now, as complaints are a direct hit.

Really, and seriously , if its not the fact that i want to see what D-man posts, i would not log in for many days, because frankly nobody is interesting in helping anybody else. Everybody is selling their cars, and posting their new cars.

It is becoming depressing, more and more. People leaving and stuff. All this rant, yes this is private site. I respect that, but it relieves me of my daily stress, and i think i have more stress that half the people over here.

I love my celica, i drive it everyday, and its better with this site, because it helps me take care of it. But lets not ruin this site.

This place is nor a circus, nor a church. Lets keep it balanced.

Namely Me
That has to be the coolest thing i've heard all day.

This post is going into my notepad for later usage.

And as for my name coming up so much, Why don't ya'll dedicate a thread to trashin or praising my name That'd be better than my Celica progress thread Hell, that'd almost be as good as Manny's progress thread

(no i'm not full of myself at all )

seriously, you two clowns are really starting to push my buttons here.
you cant even keep your post whoring out of THIS thread?
keep pushing.

[99GT]

One of the new features should set limits on postings of some members.

[RickJamesBish]

Well, the only post that didn't go along with my main point was quote #2. Everything else goes along with my retort to manphibian.

[96bluevert]

One of the new features should set limits on postings of some members.

...Specifically in O/T

[Rayme]

If at the very least all of you clowns (you know who you are) would at least stay on topic of the thread, it would be way better.

Forums rules:

4. Please refrain from posting pointless posts, such as posts that are just smilies or posts that say stuff like "I'm with stupid" or "Page 2 Owned!"). This includes sarcastic posts about making fun of someone's car, or playful arguing with one another in a thread. These posts simply take over threads and turn them into useless garbage.

Off topic means non celica related topic, not random merde topic. Some people want genuine advice about stuff and the internet is a very good way to get opinions from other people, and you guys just come in and play like a bunch of kids in front of the malls. You know, they are there, add to the atmosphere but in the end - are completely useless in the picture.

[samir0189]

If people like me weren't around, this forum would be useless since it would only be knowledgeable people running things.

People like you don't need to register they can just search what they need to find.

This thread is starting to get off topic too. All I'd like to add at this point is, first of all, isn't this a forum? If people don't join it would just be a database searchable for all, since apparently every question relating to 6gcs now end with "USE THE SEARCH BUTTON NOOB", instead of just helping the person out, the answer is probably just as easy to type as "SEARCH!"

So in that case, why do we need a forum, people like RJB who need to know stuff get turned away.

Without D-man this place would be drab, his posts, although not always relevant, are funny. Sure RJB excessively states his opinion. Set a limit of posts if thats a problem, not just for them, for everyone. I've seen great examples of times where they have helped people too, no one points that out, surprisingly. It's always negative with everyone here.

And njccmd makes a great point, everyone is selling their cars recently, which means more people NOOBS are gonna join and alot of them are going to get turned away with this constant bickering and crap. I'm starting to get turned away as it is now.

6gc is becoming more of a "let me see who got banned today" or "what great topic went to sht today" instead of intriguing content.

[presure2]

i love how 99% of the people who complain are new members, whove been here less than a year.

its always that way for some reason...lmao

do you even know who the last person who was banned WAS?

[CelicaST_CALI]

these forums are moded fine...i used to think they weren't but then i thought about it.there are really only 2 mods..(idk where snaptshot/def went) so they do a dam fine job for managing 50+ posts a day...but the OT section is still a part of 6gc.net and should have to follow the same rules as the rest..if u don't like it gtfo and join another forum...

[samir0189]

i love how 99% of the people who complain are new members, whove been here less than a year.

its always that way for some reason...lmao

do you even know who the last person who was banned WAS?

No I don't, frankly I don't care, it's truly not any of my business.

But this is just the thing I'm talking about, new members are ALWAYS being talked down to like we are children, just as you are to me right now. Yes you may be older than me, yes you may be more knowledgeable about the 6gc than me, and I do look up to you and what you have achieved with your celi, I really do. But this is exactly what I'm talking about, just cause I'm new here it doesn't or SHOULDN'T make my opinion or thoughts any less valuable.

You guys should appreciate new members for having fresh ideas and being eager to learn about the celi. That's why we're all here anyway.

And I don't see how this is a complaint, or my last post, I made a statement based on my observations. I did not complain.

[presure2]

we welcome all new members, and encourage them to learn as much as they can about theyre celicas.
just not the ones who are here to start crap and spam up the boards with usless crap.

[hongkongnerdboy]

I will just say this once. 6gc is becoming less visited by me, and some others i used to see.

I laugh at D-man comments. I shake my head with RJB. but at the everything is well balanced.

honkong, RJB, they may have different opinions or looks. D Man is out of this world. without them there would be no fun topics to read..

I feel like we are attacking people now, as complaints are a direct hit.

Really, and seriously , if its not the fact that i want to see what D-man posts, i would not log in for many days, because frankly nobody is interesting in helping anybody else. Everybody is selling their cars, and posting their new cars.

It is becoming depressing, more and more. People leaving and stuff. All this rant, yes this is private site. I respect that, but it relieves me of my daily stress, and i think i have more stress that half the people over here.

I love my celica, i drive it everyday, and its better with this site, because it helps me take care of it. But lets not ruin this site.

This place is nor a circus, nor a church. Lets keep it balanced.

is hongkong me? or did someone join while i was absent and have a similiar name?

[GriffGirl]

i love how 99% of the people who complain are new members, whove been here less than a year.

its always that way for some reason...lmao

do you even know who the last person who was banned WAS?

RJB?

This stuff comes up periodically. I got on the bandwagon one of the last times it came up too. But ya know, really, it's not worth getting all worked up about. I think everyone needs to STFU and just be cool until Coomer releases his update/upgrade/feature thing. Really guys - there's bigger fish to fry than who posts what in OT. Ultimately, yeah - it's private bandwidth and we all get to be here for free. To me that means if you don't like the rules, move on. Otherwise, we could all use the reminder once in a while to chill the f**k out and help keep this site a quality site. When lame useless crap starts appearing under the site header when Celica stuff is googled, you know it's BAD TIMES.

As for some of the new (and not so new, including myself, I know) people posting useless posts - no, they're not a really direct contribution to the community. But if lurking is how they get to learn anything of use, they can apply it in their own lives and in turn make useful posts in the future. I lurked on here without posting much of anything at all for like 4 months. I'd like to think that the more time I spend on here, the more I learn, and in turn, the more I'm able to contribute.

Find a useful balance.

[samir0189]

we welcome all new members, and encourage them to learn as much as they can about theyre celicas.
just not the ones who are here to start crap and spam up the boards with usless crap.

Yes, you guys say that you welcome new members, but I do not see this implemented, I honestly don't.

I do get what you are saying about people spamming the boards, it makes your job and other mod's jobs more difficult, and it gets very annoying when good threads get messed up because of immaturity and back and forth crap.

And for the record I'm not trying to start "beef" with you or anyone else, I'm just saying that from the way I see it as a noob, everyone here with "seniority" bullies the new guys.

Edit: i think im getting further and further off this topic about off topic, lol.

This post has been edited by samir0189: Nov 20, 2008 - 7:48 PM

[CelicaST_CALI]

I will just say this once. 6gc is becoming less visited by me, and some others i used to see.

I laugh at D-man comments. I shake my head with RJB. but at the everything is well balanced.

honkong, RJB, they may have different opinions or looks. D Man is out of this world. without them there would be no fun topics to read..

I feel like we are attacking people now, as complaints are a direct hit.

Really, and seriously , if its not the fact that i want to see what D-man posts, i would not log in for many days, because frankly nobody is interesting in helping anybody else. Everybody is selling their cars, and posting their new cars.

It is becoming depressing, more and more. People leaving and stuff. All this rant, yes this is private site. I respect that, but it relieves me of my daily stress, and i think i have more stress that half the people over here.

I love my celica, i drive it everyday, and its better with this site, because it helps me take care of it. But lets not ruin this site.

This place is nor a circus, nor a church. Lets keep it balanced.

is hongkong me? or did someone join while i was absent and have a similiar name?

thats you......everyone needs to remember..

THIS SITE IS FREE


of course 6gc.net welcomes new members...its when people come to this site and after like 2 months just start bitching about stuff becuse they think there opinion is so much higher than everyone elses...EVERYONE ON 6GC HAS A SAY ON ANY MATTER,regardless of time on boards..i thnik we are nice to new people..its not like we say "shut up your new so u cant say anything"

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Nov 20, 2008 - 7:49 PM

[presure2]

^^ and this is coming from a guy who has been warned multiple times about post whoring, and now gets it.

those of you who dont get it, should really take heed to what he said.

sam, i encourage you to point out specificly where i have NOT helped and welcomed new members where i can, and where i have bullied new members, or old members for that matter.

i dont "bully" anyone, i enforce the rules that we have to follow on this site.
if someone cannot follow them, or more importantly dont WANT to follow them, there are pleanty of other celica sites out there to go ahead and join.

[samir0189]

^^ and this is coming from a guy who has been warned multiple times about post whoring, and now gets it.

those of you who dont get it, should really take heed to what he said.

sam, i encourage you to point out specificly where i have NOT helped and welcomed new members where i can, and where i have bullied new members, or old members for that matter.

i dont "bully" anyone, i enforce the rules that we have to follow on this site.
if someone cannot follow them, or more importantly dont WANT to follow them, there are pleanty of other celica sites out there to go ahead and join.

I'm not about to go and point out everyone's faults and flaws, and I never said you specifically were the culprit either.

I know you have to enforce the rules, and I applaud the job you do for the most part.


I feel like there's something else i need to say but can't think of how to word it at the moment, i've got an essay to write tonight too so words are hard to come by. I may edit later.

[samir0189]

OK

I think we can all avoid these mods vs. members discussions if we keep some form of ethics or morals in mind when we post. Like the, "don't say anything if you don't have something nice to say," but that doesn't mean you should hold in your opinion either. I think that's where we're getting hung up, with extreme opinions, and there are some people who like to make their extreme opinions known.

Secondly, I think for those who get offended or those who hit the "report this post" button, instead of just making the mod close what could have been a good thread*, perhaps make it known to that person what offended you, that way they know for next time what may be offensive you know? If no one tells them how are they to know?

*I'm not saying some threads don't deserve to be closed because some really DO.


presure2- I apologize, maybe bullying wasn't the correct word. word choices>me tonight. Perhaps its annoyed, and I don't blame you if you or anyone else is somewhat annoyed with new members if all it entails is cleaning up after them and useless clutter.

Sever- you make the most EPICCCC threads. lol.

[njccmd2002]

well said, now group hug and /thread.

[SeverX13]

wow i didnt expect this to get so in depth. I apologize if i pissed some mods off. i just needed to start the thread and see how many people were thinkin the same way i was. I respect EVERYONE on this forum. Ive learned this by being an ass to random stranger back in the day and it turns out that he is one of the coolest guys ive talked to. Everyone on this forum deserves respect. and also deserves to not get disrespected on an opinion they might have. Sure some of you really dont like other members. but you dont have to post a negative comment or remark about that member. I saw we /thread and wait to see these "big features" b4 we really offend someone on the forum


~Brent~

[hongkongnerdboy]

that pic made me LOL

[CelicaST_CALI]

thats d-man going against the grain hahaha

[xredjokerx]

Wow, after reading all of this... I completely changed my mind.

At first, I agreed with sever, i also felt like.. why the huge commotion and strict rules on the OT section? Why are so many threads locked? Why are so many threads deemed "inappropriate"? Why can't we just talk about whatever we want?

But, as I read through this thread, I came to a realization and a revelation. 6gc is a car forum that's STRICTLY focused on 6 generation celicas. Pointless threads are well, pointless. We're not here to blabber about online crap, or complain about life. We're here to talk about CARS! One of the best arguments made was that this is a PRIVATE forum, privately funded at least, so we have to adhere to the rules set by the owner and the moderators if we are to be part of this exclusive forum.

So yeah, I won't post pointless threads in the OT section anymore.

I'm definitely looking forward to the updates on the site, but until then, I think I'll be visiting here less frequently because yeah, the 6gc forum is not the place to talk about whatever we want, its a place to discuss 6gcs.

Thank you mods for keeping it clean

[presure2]

But, as I read through this thread, I came to a realization and a revelation. 6gc is a car forum that's STRICTLY focused on 6 generation celicas. Pointless threads are well, pointless. We're not here to blabber about online crap, or complain about life. We're here to talk about CARS! One of the best arguments made was that this is a PRIVATE forum, privately funded at least, so we have to adhere to the rules set by the owner and the moderators if we are to be part of this exclusive forum.

So yeah, I won't post pointless threads in the OT section anymore.

I'm definitely looking forward to the updates on the site, but until then, I think I'll be visiting here less frequently because yeah, the 6gc forum is not the place to talk about whatever we want, its a place to discuss 6gcs.

i couldnt have said it better myself.

[Jeunesse]

I have just observed, of course coming from my experience too that new members are mostly on the off topic threads because.... here it goes... they don't know much about the 6g yet, and they just want to contribute or be a part of a thread and be recognized. And how will they do that? comment on off topic threads but sometimes they get out of hands and just needs some reminders, as they go along and learn they contributes to the more helpful threads. yea?

edit: note that I'm not consenting or defending any thread whoring but simply explaining.

This post has been edited by Jeunesse: Nov 21, 2008 - 8:29 AM

[SeverX13]

Wow, after reading all of this... I completely changed my mind.

At first, I agreed with sever, i also felt like.. why the huge commotion and strict rules on the OT section? Why are so many threads locked? Why are so many threads deemed "inappropriate"? Why can't we just talk about whatever we want?

But, as I read through this thread, I came to a realization and a revelation. 6gc is a car forum that's STRICTLY focused on 6 generation celicas. Pointless threads are well, pointless. We're not here to blabber about online crap, or complain about life. We're here to talk about CARS! One of the best arguments made was that this is a PRIVATE forum, privately funded at least, so we have to adhere to the rules set by the owner and the moderators if we are to be part of this exclusive forum.

So yeah, I won't post pointless threads in the OT section anymore.

I'm definitely looking forward to the updates on the site, but until then, I think I'll be visiting here less frequently because yeah, the 6gc forum is not the place to talk about whatever we want, its a place to discuss 6gcs.

Thank you mods for keeping it clean

i do agree with most of that. but YES this is a car forum but this is also a social place. we all share the same love for the celica. thats why we are on here. but for me, i like to bond with people in more ways than just cars. so thats why i like the OT section. i can get to know members and just make some new friends. If this site was all uptight and serious i doubt alot of people would still be on here. sure some seriousness is needed to run a site like this. but the OT section and the funny comments by some members make it worth while. Blabbering about online crap is Off topic. there nothin wrong with that unless its inappropriate. but the complaing about life you should def just talk to a friend in person and keep that away from the forum.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Bored at work, so here I am. Anywho...

6gc is becoming less visited by me.

That applies to me as well. I'm usually here to check out the meet threads, see what's for sale (that's how I got my fuel pump and AFC Neo), skim Manny's, Shannon's, and Stef's build thread, exhange some PMs with people, and that's about it. Meaning I'm here maybe 5-10 minutes every few days. Most new posts I've seen have been reposts of reposts of threads that were posted a little further down the page. Almost everything that needs to be known could be found by searching and/or in the STICKIES in each section granted some of them could use a bit of an update.

As for the forums being privately funded: It doesn't necessarily have to be (at least I don't think so). For example, another forum I'm on, the lead Admin who is currently hosting the forum on a server in his home, wanted to update the hardware and just make the forums better in general through software and hardware. He mentioned how much it would cost to do so and a few of the members thought it would be a good idea to set up a way where the members could contribute and donate to help out, so thus a paypal account was set-up to help out the forums and it's been going fine so far.

*shrug* just my 2/100 of a dollar.

[manphibian]

We can talk about the same thing forever, but we all know it's just a case of balancing fun with seriousness and usefulness. We try our best to keep the balance right, but we obviously can't please all of the people all of the time...

I don't want people to stop posting anything OT, of course it's good to talk about other stuff now and again, but this site is different to most others in that the main focus is on the cars. In my experience, most other sites consist of people just waiting for someone to post so they can flame them and show how hilarious they are and how many fail pictures they have in their photobucket account

And as for noobs getting flamed... if you think this site is bad, you need to look around a bit. There are tons of people willing to help new people! We actively moderate threads where people get flamed. As long as people have made a reasonable effort to search for themselves, which is fair enough right?

Now, pleeeease keep posting and making threads and keep 6GC a useful, interesting and friendly community

[DEATH]

Goddamn Luke for President!

[xredjokerx]

yeah sever, thats what i want as well, but the thing is, we have to adhere to the rules that the mods and owner imposes upon us. so.. if they say it doesnt go, then it doesnt go.

btw, i had a quick idea, why not just have the OP label the topic (NSFW) in the title if it even MIGHT be inappropriate, then it'd be up to our own discretion to view the topic, just an idea.

[presure2]

yeah sever, thats what i want as well, but the thing is, we have to adhere to the rules that the mods and owner imposes upon us. so.. if they say it doesnt go, then it doesnt go.

btw, i had a quick idea, why not just have the OP label the topic (NSFW) in the title if it even MIGHT be inappropriate, then it'd be up to our own discretion to view the topic, just an idea.

the reason that is not allowed is right in the rules.

THIS IS A FAMILY ORIENTED SITE.

[lagos]

I hope it isn't out of place to post this, but a few of the local car guys around me all use a site called http://sotsyndicate.com/ . Its pretty well run, and strictly for post whoring with very liberal rules.
Its not a car site, so its no competition for 6gc, but if you guys want to post random stuff, thats a common place where you could all meet at and have your fun.

[speedz]

or just go register on supraforums.com and go to the OT section. you wont stop laughing

[D-Man]

Goodness... This thread is still going? I though Manphiban summed it up in his first post on page one when he said that it'll be fixed with the new updates.

[presure2]

ok i think everyone has said enough here.

closed