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pandora
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posted October 17, 2006 02:55 AM |
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Now back ontopic!
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Aculias
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posted October 17, 2006 02:57 AM |
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Ah ok Thx.
Yes on topic.
I agree that the floodreport is a bit different then when i was new.
Thank goodness too because I used to reply way more then 20 times a day.
I think people should earn it as well.
I dont think people should take advantage of getting QP either.
It should be earned with work.
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the_gootch
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posted October 17, 2006 05:36 AM |
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Back in the old days they were so hard that people would try harder to get them & it was still hard.
Pfft, the mods back then sucked. I'd never seen a tighter cabal of evil chumps who doled out rewards to their little buddies. You wanna talk about cliques? Those jokers were the worst.
Edit: Not that any of it matters. Whatever happened to having a good time here and not worrying about whether or not the other guy got a bigger piece of cake? I'll tell you what. I smell a sense of entitlement with you because of your tenure here. Remember, noone here owes you anything.
And yet you demonstrate another aspect of human nature, Aculias, that I find rather bemusing. You're barely 30 years old and already you're talking about, "The Good Old Days!!!11"
I don't quite remember those days Aculias. Help me out here. Are you referring to the days of Angelspit and company? Are you referring to the incestous squad of Hexa and Romana?
Are you referring to the rampant and unchecked Europeanism that was permeating and infecting all things good here?
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Aculias
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posted October 17, 2006 06:24 AM |
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It was harder to get QP in those days.
Now you will get a QP if you make a good thread.
Back then it was not just about the thread but the replies in the thread.
You dont see many QP in replies hardly anymore.
Every mod was different.
Every mod has thier own way of how to moderate a forum.
In the old days meaning the different mods that used to run the place & how the environment was.
Every mod is different.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 21, 2006 06:42 PM |
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there are certain types of thread to which qp's are always given.
we all know what they are.
when I saw kookas recent post in HC's Got Talent (vote vote vote </subliminal advertisement> of all the plastecine figures I knew it would get a qp. Not that it doesn't deserve one, it definately does, but I could tell that one was coming asap. You can easily tell the posts which are deterimined "quality" by the major mods.
There are some exceptions too of course.
But most qp's are made through these threads/posts, they're everywhere. FOG's handy guide to sense of humour. Long posts, threads which involve everyone interactively, alot of the community (Game Quiz, HC's Got Talent, MYT) long conversation topics (not so much, but sometimes) and heartfelt outlets of anguish always ( ) .
Again, I'm not saying these threads are bad at all, but hey, maybe this might help you get some qps.
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bjorn190
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posted October 21, 2006 07:13 PM |
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I should red stars should be easier to gain for ME, and way harder to gain from everyone else! That way everyone will know of my greatness! 
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william
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posted October 22, 2006 10:40 AM |
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Well I just recently got another qp, you see I am starting to improve already
People, overtime, will see that I am not that bad of a person, sure I made mistakes, but doesn't everyone?
I may have gotten a few penalties but that wont stop me from posting here, and that wont stop me from having fun here aswell.
I used to be a very big qp hunter, but now realize that qps are not everything, they are not the end of the world, they do not determine if I live or die, they are just rewards for good posting, they do not change me at all, but they perhaps change what other's may see me as, for example: i have 5 penalties people may see me as a bad poster, but if I have +8 qps then people may see me as a good, positive poster.
I would encourage all of you to not become bad posters, well not really bad posters, but not have a bad image or name for yourself, that is bad later on in life, as I have found out both her and in Real Life.
My bad image or name at school means people pick on me just trying to make me do something stupid, but I just simply ignore them or tell a teacher.
That applies here aswell, some may see that you have quite a bad attitude and short temper and may purposely try and target you and provoke you into doing something stupid which may result in a penalty or temporary ban or perhaps even permanent ban, which does not do you any good whatsoever.
Stay away from those penalties and you shall be fine, which is a lesson that I have learned, and probably many other people have learned aswell.
But remember that qps are not everything, they don't determine what you are or believe in, not the end of the world, do not determine anything, they are just rewards for you contributing and making good posts in particular threads.
Do not become a qp hunter like what I used to be, because that both annoys the moderators, members and ofcourse Valeiry the admin here.
And when you annoy them you might get into trouble, perhaps warnings first then penalties.
Also when you get a penalty do not make a petition or a thread declaring that you get you're qp back, because thats what I did and many people did not like that.
I have also seen other members here do that when they have gotten a penalty, but you should listen to the moderators as they know best.
You will see over time that if you continously make good posts/threads, thast people may like you more and that the red stars may seem easier to gain and that's good for you and maybe for other people, as the other people may look at you and go "wow that person makes quite good posts and threads, he seems like a good member here" or perhaps something like that.
Same applies to if you make heaps of bad posts/threads they may think the opposite of if you are good.
That's what you do not want to happen, because that would make you're time here a little worse and you ofcourse want you're time here to be enjoyable and fun, like nearly all of us here at HC do.
Just keep posting good stuff and you will see that you may gain red stars over time.
But I still think that red stars should not be eaiser to gain, but only you can make them seem that they are easier to gain.
Thanks.
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william
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posted October 22, 2006 11:39 AM |
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Edited by william at 11:41, 22 Oct 2006.
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Every mod is different.
Yeah I agree, but every mod is not different in what they do, help out everyone, handing out qps, cleaning up their particular forums etc.
Some moderators may hand out qps more freely than perhaps other moderators.
Pandora, quite an active moderator these days, is one of those mods that hand out qps more freely and more often then say other moderators such as Lich_king or others, but that was just an example.
But I would have liked to see how the moderators back in "the old days" were like, but I much prefer the moderators that we have got now, they are a good bunch and work really good together, or so it seems...
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@DS thats kind of right lol, the more and more that you ask for quality points/red stars, then the more likely that you will not get them, but you are right, very right infact.
I have learnt that by some moderators telling me via aim or msn and hcm, the more you ask the less likely you shall recieve.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 22, 2006 12:06 PM |
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exactly, when you give up and just sit down all lazy you realize it's under your *** on the couch
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posted October 23, 2006 02:59 AM |
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Gaining QPs is all about mindset.
And I'm not saying you should go out there and try to make every post a book in effort to get QPs.
What should you do?
You should try to give to the board your best without expecting anything in return. That sounds corny, but it's true.
People have complained about favoritism this and favoritism that. Nonsense. Every post you make gets you closer to a QP.
Pandora said overall contribution and attitude do a lot for whether or not something gets a QP.
Say you have a member that has made pretty good discussion in a forum. Started some interesting QPs recently and then he/she makes a much better than average post. That person is much more likely to get a QP, because of recent contributions to the board.
Moderators do read their forums and do take into account genuine efforts. And yes we can tell the difference between someone QP hunting and someone who is just posting to share with the community.
Now I think I'll point out a member that I'd say is a role model in the community. (Not to put anyone else I didn't mention down) He's a responsible, nice to everyone, contributes good discussion almost all the time. He's TitaniumAlloy. Of course not all of his posts are spectacular, but he definitely gives something good to the board every time he posts or at least tries to. When he first visited the board, I quickly noticed him since he was always positive and putting in effort. It took quite a while for him to earn his first couple QPs. In his first year I think he only had 3 or 4 QPs, but look at him now. He's kept at it and now he has 15 or more.
The point isn't that you should go around trying to be like TitaniumAlloy. He eventually found his niche in the community and earned himself several QPs over a short period of time.
It's also not just about posting for fun, having a good time. Anyone can do that. Though don't get me wrong, having fun and enjoying posting is maybe the most important thing to earning QPs. This is the major and usually only difference between people who are QP Hunters and everyone else. QP Hunters aren't posting for fun nor to contribute to the board. They are posting to earn QPs.
But anyway maybe if you've found that you haven't been earning QPs, you should ask yourself what have you given to the board so far? Have you really tried to improve your favorite discussions? Have you really tried to create new interesting threads? I'm not saying to crank out a bunch of threads to see if one catches, that's QP Hunting. You shouldn't flood the forums with silly threads. Every thread, post you make should be something you would be proud to say gave something to the board.
Just do your best, but never force anything. You just have to be patient and make sure your put in enough effort to make sure the things that do end up working are that much better in the end.
And now to give you a corny cliche that you can take home, put in your fridge, and then have as a midnight snack while you are browsing HC in the wee hours of the morning...
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
Life isn't fair. Get over it.
Talk to the hand, cause the face don't wanna hear it.
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Aculias
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posted October 23, 2006 03:39 AM |
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You have been around here awhile.
You should know better then that.
Sometimes I think being a mod has gotten to your head Sox.
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Miru
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posted October 23, 2006 06:21 AM |
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[pecustyle]
Find opportunitys to get a QP and take them, don't make them.
When something is confusing or hard in the community then fix it.
I made the member clock because people were having trouble, and I got a QP.
Don't search for ways to get a QP.[/pecustyle]
And never forget 2Xs wise words (I certainly won't)
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and stop spamming up the VW
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angelito
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posted October 23, 2006 10:38 AM |
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1 more thing u should NOT do:
1. Contacting a Mod by HCM, MSN, AIM or whatever, and "lead him to YOUR new post/thread". Like "Have u noticed my new thread?", "Should I add something so it is worth a +qp?". This will for sure result in the opposit action of the Mod...
And also don't force friends of you here on board to do such things for you....same result.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 23, 2006 12:04 PM |
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yeah I think the 20 post thing would suck, glad I missed it
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pandora
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posted October 25, 2006 08:37 PM |
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I'm starting to feel like it's really not worth the trouble.
For every HCM I get asking me to give a QP to someone somewhere - I seem to get another QP from someone demanding to know why I gave that QP.
It's really really messed up.
Please don't ask me anymore on HCM about stars. If you have something to say, say it in public in a feedback thread - let there be a discussion about it. I'll go with the popular consensus.
I'm tired of being a punching bag/sounding board for people who are angry about QP's.
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posted October 25, 2006 08:41 PM |
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posted October 25, 2006 08:42 PM |
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Man. Why does anyone feel so strongly about someone else getting a star? Seriously, everyone needs to lighten up a bit on the whole star thing. Just post for fun and to make people happy - if you get one then great, feel good about it, but don't begrudge someone else the same happiness 
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posted October 25, 2006 08:45 PM |
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posted October 25, 2006 08:50 PM |
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I agree that maybe it was touching on a humour that we don't quite get But Pandora liked it and thought it was QP worthy so she gave him one. I don't have a problem with that. SHe has to take all the crap of being a mod, sift through pages of things to delete, deal with complaints, try to keep the members happy.
I think she has the right to give a qp wherever and to whoever she likes. Others getting qps should not make anyone feel less worthy. Just let it go...
You don't have to agree that it was a qp post, but you don't have to let it get to you {anyone} either.
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pandora
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posted October 25, 2006 08:53 PM |
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How come the one-liner about Kooka was funny.. but if I give one to DS its crap?
Is it really so important that I defend every last bit of it? Okay fine...we'll go your way then TNT.
DS spent ages on the whole Tixie thing, it was pretty darned funny (and, you may not know it was done with some urging from others, but he agreed to be the man er chick)
He's also posted his opinions about stars and he's been positive and helpful around here.. he's gone through bad times personally, but he hasn't taken it out on the community - even when some people tried to start a flame fest against him
The original post by Bort was one that I'd all but forgotten... and as I was reading DS's reply all I could think was... "Hmm, I don't think he understood the question" Then he hit the punchline and I spit my coffee all over the place (hmm, maybe -qp for making me spit my coffee...)
So there, for all of that he got a star.
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