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Mike Junior Member USA 103 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 05:21:55 What is this "War Room" board? It seems to me that it merely just serves the purpose to tease non-moderators and encourage a strange and cruel "hierarchy" of members. ====================== Current Macs: iMac G4 (main mac) PowerMac 7300/180 (server) PowerMac 6100/66 (no monitor!) Quadra 610 (no monitor!) Performa 400, upgraded to 475 (busted monitor!) Apple IIe (dead, but I still keep it :,( )
~tl Junior Member United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 08:32:27 no one knows what goes on in there ... and quite frankly most dont want to ... screams of pain are heard originating from that board ... so my guess is its where they interrogate the prisoners of war ... and the whole "mods only" thing is just a front to keep it secret Orcadian MLA Division 68ks Liberated: 2
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 17:13:40 As a democratic environment this board is, full of freedom, libery, etc. We must have a vote as to whether we should open the war room to the general population. I vote FOR the opening of the war room to the general public. All else in favor? _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO
geekwurkz Junior Member USA 156 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 20:46:34 Well... I'll second that... gets dragged off to undisclosed location by unknown agents nick ------------------------- DJ Corps "Bass is Good" 68k Liberations: 3 (PB 140, Centris 610, Classic) A-II Liberations: 1 (IIgs) In Progress: ?? (too many too count)
Fedorenko Junior Member Australia 463 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 21:35:32 Why is our choice to decide whether the war room is accessable to us? Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure...
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 21:51:56 I've had my chances trust me! it's a place where the moderators can discuss current issues without us getting under foot... although I think they should make a special exception for those with purple stars Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 23:08:20 quote: As a democratic environment this board is, full of freedom, libery, etc. We must have a vote as to whether we should open the war room to the general population. Just because the mods in this place are fairly lenient and usually pay attention to people's suggestions, it doesn't mean that this place is democratic at all, and it was never advertised as being as such. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 23:29:56 I just love this place. I'm secretly giggling like a little girl after reading this thread..it's so hilarious! Think of websites as Communism without Stalin and the gang. More controll, less blood. :)
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 23:35:49 No way, the War Room will never be opened. And yes, we are pretty lenient, as mods. As a matter of fact, i don't recall using my moderating powers for quite a while now. If you want to see tough mods, go to the 'Fritter. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 26 Jun 2003 : 23:40:21 By the way my vote was with the site's operators to keep the place closed. It's an essential feature, and being an admin on several other sites, it's important to say things without others around. :)
geekwurkz Junior Member USA 156 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 12:53:31 Yeah... I just use PMs on my forums but without that feature I guess it is somewhat nessicary... nick ------------------------- Nooooo! You Found My Hidden, Secret ChatRoom irc.freenode.net:6667 #elgatoconqueso
Christophillis Forums Squadron Commander USA 688 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 14:28:25 Ahh the War Room... how does this little board always bring up such topics as these. quote: It seems to me that it merely just serves the purpose to tease non-moderators and encourage a strange and cruel "hierarchy" of members. And ~Coxy and ML5 are correct, We are lenient, and it is true this place isnt a democracy. Also I too dont see it becoming open any time soon. -------------------- Christophillis- Portable Squadren Commander 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Total 68k Macs Liberated: 6.02x10^23 Or just 6
Da Penguin Senior Member USA 1094 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 16:42:14 me hits the tiny 'apply for mod-ship' button again, heck, its been 6 months since my last submital... ~The Penguin \| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line \|* \| Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy \| \| "The choice has been made, but now you must understand it" \|
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 19:09:19 Lol, don't you wish? "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
Da Penguin Senior Member USA 1094 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 20:05:54 Yeah, I don't realyl ahve much to apply othjer than a good bit of linux skills, newton stuff, and general graphcis design. I lik ebein the forum goer I am though, hehe. I atleast got admin powers on my own forums ~The Penguin \| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line \| \| Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy \| \| "The choice has been made, but now you must understand it" \|
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 23:01:39 Nothing happens in the War Room. Absolutely nothing. Seriously! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 23:08:32 there's a button I can hit to apply for modship?? (.ME remembers that hte last time ML5 used "modpowers" was on MY thread that I worked on for SO LONG because I mentioned someone's real name or something) (URGHH.....) anyway... other than that sometimes the war room goes for long time with no posts and from what I've heard all they talk about is how they need new moderators but never seem to actually appoint anyone .ME raises hand patiently to become a mod Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 27 Jun 2003 : 23:26:17 The day we have a button to apply for modship is the day we change the name to the 68,000 Mile Hiker's Army! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2003 : 06:52:16 quote: Nothing happens in the War Room. Absolutely nothing. Seriously! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums Indeed. Trust us. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2003 : 09:58:50 quote: quote: As a democratic environment this board is, full of freedom, libery, etc. We must have a vote as to whether we should open the war room to the general population. Just because the mods in this place are fairly lenient and usually pay attention to people's suggestions, it doesn't mean that this place is democratic at all, and it was never advertised as being as such. true... VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!! (actually i dont care anymore) _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 29 Jun 2003 : 07:04:25 lol "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
Mike Junior Member USA 103 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 10:16:37 Open the war room up for a day and let us see what the heck you're doing in there. Then close it back up. ====================== Current Macs: iMac G4 (main mac) PowerMac 7300/180 (server) PowerMac 6100/66 (no monitor!) Quadra 610 (no monitor!) Performa 400, upgraded to 475 (busted monitor!) Apple IIe (dead, but I still keep it :,( )
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 12:04:36 hehehe im chuckling as i read this because its such a sticky subject... its generating almost as much response as the time i suggested different options for possibly adding a ppc section but lets not start that debate again... i dont care about the war room; the mods occasionally have to talk about things that we dont all need to know about, such as banning people (well... i cant think of anybody thats been banned, but...) and how to treat a certain situation... and then there was the time that cinemo logged in as supermod and posted about dancing on his head PS: it would be pretty cool if you opened it up for a day to let us read it, not post, and then sealed it off FOREVER (to the public, not to everyone ) ________________________ Founder, IBM PS/2 Liberation Front PS/2's Liberated: 2 http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave Owner of the Token Worthless Post Edited by - llamaboy487 on 30 Jun 2003 12:09:04
~tl Junior Member United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 12:06:51 quote: Open the war room up for a day and let us see what the heck you're doing in there. Then close it back up. nah ... that would spoil the surprise for when (if ever) we are finally admitted to that club ... but really ... i dont care about it really ... its just stuff about the running of the forum ... and most people wouldnt find that really interesting would they Orcadian MLA Division 68ks Liberated: 2 Edited by - ~tl on 30 Jun 2003 12:15:42
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 12:39:29 quote: Open the war room up for a day and let us see what the heck you're doing in there. YIPES! Don't open the War Room. Please, don't open the War Room. I'm sure it is a Pandora's Box of boiling anger and steamy passions that range from the depths of despair to dizzying heights of ecstasy. If released it would swirl about the forums in a maelstrom of bitterness and resentment that poisons all the threads that it touches. The War Room is very dangerous stuff. For immature audiences only. Not suitable for the more delicate members of the 68kMLA. Everything in the War Room should come with the Warning: DANGER: Professional Posters On Closed Forum, Do Not Attempt At Home! I say that we keep them mods locked up in the War Room while us grunts rule all the other forums. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 13:00:49 this is true im sure there are lots of comments in there about members of the MLA that would make the members that are the subject of the comments VERY angry so its probably better if we just leave the War Room locked up. can we petition to rename it NORAD, or Central Command, or something? EDIT: perhaps we could call it House O' Moderators ________________________ Founder, IBM PS/2 Liberation Front PS/2's Liberated: 2 http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave Owner of the Token Worthless Post Edited by - llamaboy487 on 30 Jun 2003 13:04:37
Mike Junior Member USA 103 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 16:17:40 Take the war room off of the front page then and stop teasing us with it. Even when I had a mod only forum on a board I used to run I didn't advertise that fact in the face of every other poster. The mere fact it's closed up conveys the image that something illegal or questionable may be going on in there ;) ====================== Current Macs: iMac G4 (main mac) PowerMac 7300/180 (server) PowerMac 6100/66 (no monitor!) Quadra 610 (no monitor!) Performa 400, upgraded to 475 (busted monitor!) Apple IIe (dead, but I still keep it :,( )
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 16:58:55 quote: Take the war room off of the front page then and stop teasing us with it. Even when I had a mod only forum on a board I used to run I didn't advertise that fact in the face of every other poster. I'm not even sure if this software supports hidden forums. Either way, it's never going away, as like everyone has said, sometimes some issues come up that mods need to talk about privately. So...yeah, it will never be opened up. Sorry. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 17:18:22 quote: Take the war room off of the front page then and stop teasing us with it. I find the War Room's presence to be motivational. It keeps me striving for that 9th interrupt level of 68k enlightenment. I seek that floating-point nirvana in which my former life is but a virtual memory G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
llamaboy487 Full Member USA 516 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 17:49:54 please dont interpret this as a flame, because its not... but why do you care so much about the war room? ________________________ Founder, IBM PS/2 Liberation Front PS/2's Liberated: 2 http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave Owner of the Token Worthless Post
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 20:20:40 quote: quote: Take the war room off of the front page then and stop teasing us with it. I find the War Room's presence to be motivational. It keeps me striving for that 9th interrupt level of 68k enlightenment. I seek that floating-point nirvana in which my former life is but a virtual memory That was great! Anyway, the reason why we wouldn't open the War Room is because of all the billions of topics full of vile slander and other various insults. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 20:51:48 I'm still interested in this button that lets you sign up be a mod! anyway... PHPbb2 supports hidden forums! I don't think that they should hide it though... it IS a motivation and it's part of the MLA and shouldn't be hidden... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Stryder Junior Member USA 382 Posts	Posted - 30 Jun 2003 : 23:26:41 It would be easy to "hide" the War-Room with the current Snitz being used. This isn't really a big deal though and seems to be a redundent discussion at this point. It's there, has always been there, and will continue to be. I can't think of a time when it ever constituted a problem. It really takes a hyper-active imagination to think that the people that provide such a great place to the public would be plotting against them. As the song goes, "Let it be". "One slip and down the hole we fall" Stryders Community http://www22.brinkster.com/originalstryder/db/default.asp Come and check it out.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 02 Jul 2003 : 21:36:09 hyperactivfe imagination???? OHNO!!! I DON'T HAVE A HYPERACTIVE IMAGINATION!!! Maybe jus' a little bit lets' start some warroom folklore!! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"

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