*** Wojjan returns. The key she holds is labeled "SOLVTION" in bright, romanized letters. ***

"We both know, my dear, that the dead will only turn restless when you lock the nether realm. One can not kill that which has no life."

*** dkun sits in his throne, cross-armed, and staring cross-eyed at the document she had proffered him. ***

"What do you propose, then? And what am I looking at?"

"A talisman. A ward used to fend off death, but not the dead. I found it fitting, here, to use as stationary."

"Then I assume these scribblings are you idea of rules, my liege?"

*** Wojjan giggles childishly. ***

*** dkun gets up, and stabs the talisman with his glaive, pinning it to the wall in the same swing. ***

"Listen up, you lot. Things are going to change around here now. Deal with it."

❧

Welcome to the new ITT thread, the third in a line of threads that does not get to page 1000 for fear of excessive shitposting. We have a new rule in place. Only one. Listen closely:

That which you post
must be relevant to
all of the s of
this subforum. What
is not will be gone
before you good and
well realise. Posts
like "morning, Bob"
are in violation of
the new legislation

I want you guys to rediscover the PM feature. If you have a message that addresses one person in particular, do not use a thread for that. I think that's stupid, wouldn't you agree?

You may start acting tough now.

im here for glory

10 out of fucking 10.

I am silently watching

the neither funny nor interesting threads are used as a chit chat place for people, giving such unnecessary rules is only going to make the chitchat move to other topics which people dont like
this place doesnt give postcount, its just for fun. or are we back to "no fun allowed"?

removing off-topic altogether is also a viable solution, don't you think?

I'm too afraid to post here now

dkun wrote: 1rp3z

removing off-topic altogether is also a viable solution, don't you think?

you would break apart our small community here just over something this stupid?

This will hopefully be interesting.

I hope this becomes something interesting for once

I miss such threads in OT

Wojjan wrote: 3z4z45

You may start acting tough now.

Let's begin.






But seriously, why are these in my dropbox

silmarilen wrote: 3y5n4j

dkun wrote: 1rp3z

removing off-topic altogether is also a viable solution, don't you think?

you would break apart our small community here just over something this stupid?

Power makes you do stupid things anyway

you better loosen that sausage

UnderminE wrote: 1z4r1y

silmarilen wrote: 3y5n4j

you would break apart our small community here just over something this stupid?

Power makes you do stupid things anyway

just what kind of "community" is this? don't you mean circlejerk?

power makes you do stupid things? this sub-forum was glorious back in its day. now what is it? a place for evaders and elitists alike

dkun wrote: 1rp3z

removing off-topic altogether is also a viable solution, don't you think?

The fact that this sentiment exists among the people that are supposed to survey this subforum frightens me. That's not stupid, but it's still pretty stupid.

This is the first step towards getting this community to the point where it's no longer a circlejerk, and from both sides of the debate I receive a whiplash. I'll assume this is natural for change.

community as a group of people together, if you want to call it a circlejerk then do whatever you want, in any community if you want to become part of it you will have to know how the community works, who are the respected people, how do people act in general, this isnt any different from that.
if this is a circlejerk then every community can be called a circlejerk
anyway im not gonna continue this discussion, we'll see what happens.

This is the only gold mine osu! will ever have.

Wojjan wrote: 3z4z45

dkun wrote: 1rp3z

removing off-topic altogether is also a viable solution, don't you think?

The fact that this sentiment exists among the people that are supposed to survey this subforum frightens me. That's not stupid, but it's still pretty stupid.

please don't get me wrong when I say this, Wojjan. I have loved off-topic, which is why I requested to be on board with you a little back when. but the direction this forum has been heading is south, wouldn't you agree?

maybe we should get those rules out and about.

silmarilen, I think dkun's and Wojjan's point is that the way previous thread was being used could have been better used in IRC.

dkun wrote: 1rp3z

Wojjan wrote: 3z4z45

The fact that this sentiment exists among the people that are supposed to survey this subforum frightens me. That's not stupid, but it's still pretty stupid.

please don't get me wrong when I say this, Wojjan. I have loved off-topic, which is why I requested to be on board with you a little back when. but the direction this forum has been heading is south, wouldn't you agree?

maybe we should get those rules out and about.

If you have a message that addresses one person in particular, do not use a thread for that. I think that's stupid, wouldn't you agree?

and Mara, I think silm's point is that if you don't let people have chit-chat like that, there won't be any activity in OT anymore in the end. Seriously there are maximum 10 or 15 people who visit OT regularly and post something. If you want to save OT and bring back old days, your solution should not be a "rule"

The funny thing is my response to dkun starts with the exact same reprimand! Really start sending those things around, darlin's.

EDIT: as an added bonus, for a short while from here on out my outgoing PMs will have a declaration of my unconditional love for you personally supplied within. How sweet can this deal get, you guys

hey I just sent a PM! darn, this is getting better already.

so this is now just another thread that will kinda die after 5-10 pages?

I have the feeling that the original thread just jerks and twists in its grave.

this new cover by lindsey stirling


eargasm

It's beautiful

I want to be amazing like that

This thread needs more hope

silmarilen wrote: 3y5n4j

this new cover by lindsey stirling
[VIDEO]
eargasm

Today I found out that the beginning of My Immortal reminds me of Les Mis.
I never thought of Lindsey Stirling's videos as something incredible, but it's never bad either. Keep up the slightly-above-mediocre work, Stirling? Also cover Ghost Love Score next time.

My single post has turned into a double post

I blame witchcraft

I love you, whoever fixed it

and I have to send everyone else my love too

Oh my lord this new thread is SO different than previous thread good job guys

silmarilen wrote: 3y5n4j

this new cover by lindsey stirling


eargasm

violin sounds really nice *drools *eargasm too
i wish i could play that instrument drums,piano,guitar too

UnderminE wrote: 1z4r1y

and Mara, I think silm's point is that if you don't let people have chit-chat like that, there won't be any activity in OT anymore in the end.

So in other words chit-chat is the only thing this place can offer?

You've earned my respect Woj.
Have some Lemon Raspberry Loaf

Mara wrote: 1293c

UnderminE wrote: 1z4r1y

and Mara, I think silm's point is that if you don't let people have chit-chat like that, there won't be any activity in OT anymore in the end.

So in other words chit-chat is the only thing this place can offer?

As you can see, it is because there is no active s. how inactive the game you brought was? We were just playing it as 3 people or so. I guess I will have to copy the PM I sent to Wojjan:

"Why do we need a solution? People in OT "as a community" are/were happy with the current situation. We don't even have "that" active s who visit forums these days anyway, people quit osu! or whatever. And why are we trying to bring back the old OT? Yes, it was good it was fun because it had more people. Not because of the quality of posts, it had too much active s back in those days, that's why even the shitposting was fun. Now just because threads are going around with only 4-5 people, everyone starts bitching about how bad OT is and suggesting people to use PMs. Let's just use PMs and noone visits OT anymore, let's just remove it then. Only solution is activity, not just saying "hey I love OT" and not visiting OT for 2-3 days. Even old s are doing this, anyways. "

UnderminE wrote: 1z4r1y

Mara wrote: 1293c

So in other words chit-chat is the only thing this place can offer?

As you can see, it is because there is no active s. how inactive the game you brought was? We were just playing it as 3 people or so. I guess I will have to copy the PM I sent to Wojjan:

"Why do we need a solution? People in OT "as a community" are/were happy with the current situation. We don't even have "that" active s who visit forums these days anyway, people quit osu! or whatever. And why are we trying to bring back the old OT? Yes, it was good it was fun because it had more people. Not because of the quality of posts, it had too much active s back in those days, that's why even the shitposting was fun. Now just because threads are going around with only 4-5 people, everyone starts bitching about how bad OT is and suggesting people to use PMs. Let's just use PMs and noone visits OT anymore, let's just remove it then. Only solution is activity, not just saying "hey I love OT" and not visiting OT for 2-3 days. Even old s are doing this, anyways. "

well I wanted to write a pm to wojjan aswell, but I don't think i could say it any better.

Morning Bob wrote: 1qd64

You've earned my respect Woj.
Have some Lemon Raspberry Loaf

look at how happy this piece of cake is. look at it.

u ̮ ̮u

why the hell are people getting so mad over this wtf like oh no a thread got locked oh no peppy is community ruiner people with power are so corrupt oh no aaah

Like get over it. Is your inability to now post "hi cdfa" really such a big deal that it requires large drawn out paragraphs exemplifying how anybody with any sort of power has grown deep into corruption?

Like calm down omg

On a more lighthearted note, I've found out how to by the Skrillex

UnderminE wrote: 1z4r1y

"Why do we need a solution? People in OT "as a community" are/were happy with the current situation. We don't even have "that" active s who visit forums these days anyway, people quit osu! or whatever. And why are we trying to bring back the old OT? Yes, it was good it was fun because it had more people. Not because of the quality of posts, it had too much active s back in those days, that's why even the shitposting was fun. Now just because threads are going around with only 4-5 people, everyone starts bitching about how bad OT is and suggesting people to use PMs. Let's just use PMs and noone visits OT anymore, let's just remove it then. Only solution is activity, not just saying "hey I love OT" and not visiting OT for 2-3 days. Even old s are doing this, anyways. "

And how do you think we are going to get people in OT? Shitty threads really don't attract people. They actually scare people away.

10/10 thread, would post again

Dedicated to a special someone in this thread.

Since CDFA decided to leave this post contentless and contextless, it is my duty to make it a pleasurable read.

This is what I think CDFA would say: "mfw all this spaghetti in this thread ikimashou ramen"

CDFA wrote: 2s6v1k

I feel like this is a better avatar than most.

Mara wrote: 1293c

And how do you think we are going to get people in OT? Shitty threads really don't attract people. They actually scare people away.

Do we have to? If someone really wants to be a part of OT, it is easy you know.

Anyways, morning people

g..get?

How2OT
1. post
2. post more
3. sign your soul over

It's easy!

How to sign off?

Mara wrote: 1293c

How to sign off?

You don't.

Morning Bob wrote: 1qd64

Mara wrote: 1293c

How to sign off?

You don't.

Relevant.

i hope this is enough content for wojjan

Well I guess I'm signed on OT forever. :-(

CDFA wrote: 2s6v1k

6/10, needed my face on it.

WAIT

YOU ALL GOT TO BE SERIOUS AND I WAS LATE

CDFA wrote: 2s6v1k

Is your inability to now post "hi cdfa" really such a big deal that it requires large drawn out paragraphs exemplifying how anybody with any sort of power has grown deep into corruption?

I'd never post that anyway

But honestly, we can turn this around. Is posting "morning kyonko" and "morning slimfast" once every 24 hours such a big deal that it requires large, drawn-out narratives of dkun masterfully utilizing a glaive to exemplify how "bad" OT has become? No.

In fact, I can't say OT is as bad as anyone claims.

The point of avoiding shitposts was so OT's s could have a good time in the alienated subforum—didn't matter how. I have no idea how things were "back then" and I don't really care. I was having a particularly good time in OT today, and for some reason beyond my comprehension, modmins decide to take action. The problem is that I see nothing wrong here. OT has been acting as I would expect. Which brings me to my next point:

Mara wrote: 1293c

And how do you think we are going to get people in OT? Shitty threads really don't attract people. They actually scare people away.

People that belong in OT will naturally flock to it, assuming they have the time and leisure to do that. It's how I ended up here, and I don't plan to go anywhere else anytime soon unless peppy decides to overhaul the website (which was why I left my previous board in the first place).

On that note, the only way you can get more s in here is to get people that would browse off-topic forums in circle-clicking, which is a pretty slim chance in itself.

Every Off-Topic always has the same standard. Back when I was in Bungie.net, the slogan was "if it doesn't fit anywhere else, it goes here." In here, it's "for the not-so-logical discussions." OT is always treated as the black sheep—the weirdo in the family. It shares a unique mindset with its s. Trolls are common, random, sporadic humor is the norm, and mods got to act like mini-tyrants but also as caring seniors towards the base.

The most important thing is that the forum can stay active by means others cannot afford—spam, shitposts, and otherwise being uninteligible. I stay in places like these just for that luxury of being stupi--I mean stupid.

(TL;DR) I don't know if it could be better, but it doesn't matter. OT's fine as it is as it has not fallen to absolute circlejerking and/or stagnant inactivity.

Brian OA wrote: 3a1e1z

But honestly, we can turn this around. Is posting "morning kyonko" and "morning slimfast" once every 24 hours such a big deal that it requires large, drawn-out narratives of dkun masterfully utilizing a glaive to exemplify how "bad" OT has become? No.

I actually only made that pretty write-up so you'd have something cool to read, the drama in there doesn't reflect the level of drama the mods feel! Gomen ne~

Okay fine

But wait, one last thing.

If neither funny nor interesting meant interesting, what did the funny and interesting thread we locked eons ago mean?

Brian OA wrote: 3a1e1z

Okay fine

But wait, one last thing.

If neither funny nor interesting meant interesting, what did the funny and interesting thread we locked eons ago mean?

It must have been too funny for OT

or the not so funny and interesting things crawled into it and killed it

Kyonko Hizara wrote: 1g2bq

or the not so funny and interesting things crawled into it and killed it

Sorry about that

oh, is this what happened when i was sleeping because it doesn't look too appealing

so where's my pms guys, i know you missed me and all

oh um, did we start breaking rules already?

It was inevitable

Such is an off topic board's nature.

Off-topic is off-topic

1 . Sleep
2. Wake up
3. Thread gone

Wadapak

>off-topic
>rules

there's the problem. why would you expect anything from off-topic?

In before OT gets wastelanded. :-)

We should just start playing Killing Floor again

that'll fix everything

Zeraphlol wrote: 6o4k48

In before OT gets wastelanded. :-)

this has been said once

why are we not wastelanded

we were, on april fools

thelewa wrote: 3sk2w

We should just start playing Killing Floor again

that'll fix everything

I keep getting killed because I'm bad at that though

Zeraphlol wrote: 6o4k48

In before OT gets wastelanded. :-)

If it was permenently locked then people would unleash hell until it came back

Kyonko Hizara wrote: 1g2bq

Zeraphlol wrote: 6o4k48

In before OT gets wastelanded. :-)

If it was permenently locked then people would unleash hell until it came back

Or until we all get banned trying

Good gravy alot has happened in the few hours that my laptop has been closed!
(inb4 youknowwh-*BLAM*

Brian OA wrote: 3a1e1z

Or until we all get banned trying

Count me in if this ever happens.