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This is a thread for people who will not be or have not been on the site for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Generally, expect the following from this thread:

  1. People announcing their departure or return.
  2. Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
  3. Inquiries about an absent troper.
  4. Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.

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Not that I'm going anywhere, but this is a thread for people who will not be on the forums for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 3:48:36 AM

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19251: Jan 4th 2013 at 4:58:42 PM

Some kind of major policy change I'm guessing.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#19252: Jan 4th 2013 at 5:23:32 PM

Talking about bans does not make me happy.

In a more loosegoing community I go to, there I can talk about it lightly. Not here.

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19253: Jan 4th 2013 at 6:30:04 PM

"loosegoing"? You mean "easygoing", right? I don't see what's so...not loose about here, aside from the mandates on positivity and Big Brother constantly watching.

Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#19254: Jan 4th 2013 at 6:31:13 PM

Trust me, this is a more professional, strict, and overall larger and more organized community than the other one.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19255: Jan 4th 2013 at 6:31:25 PM

And the mind control experiments.

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19256: Jan 4th 2013 at 6:31:40 PM

[up][up]What's the other one?

[up]And the blood. Don't forget all dat blood.

edited 4th Jan '13 6:32:01 PM by 0dd1

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#19257: Jan 4th 2013 at 6:32:32 PM

I'm not telling you tongue

I don't even use the same account.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#19258: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:03:20 PM

Plenty of us are members on other forums. I am on three other forums but I am on TT most often.

Who watches the watchmen?
MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#19259: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:16:06 PM

Tomu I stand a better chance of getting banned then you do.

OTC banned maybe, but permabanned from here entirely? Not so much. (Same goes for Tomu.)

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#19260: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:25:39 PM

I could see OTC banned.

I would still be surprised to see Tomu OTC banned.

edited 4th Jan '13 7:27:13 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19261: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:49:50 PM

I used to go on other forums, but the ones I went on are either defunct, I moved on, or...actually I've only ever been on two other forums as a regular before...or maybe just one, since the first wasn't so much a forum as a collective of fandom societies.

I'm not much of a forum person, I guess. I find it too hard to get acquainted to the customs of a forum, takes too long for my level of patience generally. I don't even know how I managed to get absorbed into this one. If you could even really call it that, since I'm not exactly one of the more known people here despite having been here for like three or four years somehow.

Been thinking about joining the Something Awful forums for a long time, but I feel like it'd be really difficult to get accustomed to that site's customs and culture.

Insert witty and clever quip here. My page, as the database hates my handle.
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19262: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:50:56 PM

The other day, their grognard thread was making fun of a certain troper.

That happened to be me.

<<

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#19263: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:53:02 PM

I basically just go on here and Kanzenshuu because I'm obsessed enough with Dragon Ball to go on a separate forum for it.

[up] Grongard?

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19264: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:55:30 PM

It's a RP term.

In this context, that thread exists basically to make fun of people saying stupid (as perceived by the thread) stuff regarding roleplaying games.

One poster claims it seemed like I was suffering from a serious case of <angry emoticon> PLAYERS!!!</angry emoticon>

edited 4th Jan '13 7:56:23 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

Grimview Catalytic from British Columbia Since: Mar, 2012
Catalytic
#19265: Jan 4th 2013 at 7:56:35 PM

I stay out of OTC to avoid getting myself OTC banned. [lol]

Because... well. I'm argumentative. And likely to be a magnet for heated discussion, even if I'm not actually doing so intentionally. tongue

"Lock up your girlfriends, lock up your wives, Grim's on the loose so run for your lives." - Pyrite
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#19266: Jan 4th 2013 at 8:32:35 PM

Apparently the SA culture meshes nicely with what a lot of tropers want in a forum.

Fresh-eyed movie blog
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19267: Jan 4th 2013 at 9:10:07 PM

How do you mean?

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TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#19268: Jan 4th 2013 at 10:00:33 PM

I mean a lot of tropers found another home at SA, and a large number of them weren't even banned or otherwise clash with the administration.

Fresh-eyed movie blog
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19269: Jan 4th 2013 at 11:55:46 PM

Well, I wouldn't assume they'd all get banned just for being tropers. Some of the people on the site may hate on this site, but they hate on everything. As does everyone in the world.

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MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#19270: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:28:16 AM

^ The Internet: Equal Opportunity Assholes.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19271: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:38:21 AM

We have nothing against SA per se, but when the site is used as a platform to stage attacks on us, we definitely have a problem with that.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
kay4today Princess Ymir's knightess from Austria Since: Jan, 2011
Princess Ymir's knightess
#19272: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:39:29 AM

They seem to be more focused on Reddit and other sites these days.

Can't imagine why. xD

Hydronix I'm an Irene! from TV Tropes Since: Apr, 2010
I'm an Irene!
#19273: Jan 5th 2013 at 7:45:35 AM

That's because they banned TVT topics there. They actually got sick of the bashing, heh.

So they chose somewhere else.

Quest 64 thread
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#19274: Jan 5th 2013 at 8:14:26 AM

Alot of tropers compared to what? Last I heard it was about a handful compared to the general pop of the forum. It also depends on which part of the SA forums they visit.

SA in general is not all that bad at all. I like their media section for one. I also like their gun section from what I have seen.

Who watches the watchmen?
Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#19275: Jan 5th 2013 at 8:29:22 AM

That's because they banned TVT topics there. They actually got sick of the bashing, heh.

Oh wow, looks like they're also taking measures against drama import.

I do sense that Something Awful just does this as a hobby; they're well-behaved inside and quite organized. This Troper, on the other hand... I don't know.


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