tag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:/discussions/search_by_character/KittysanForumwarz: Flamebate Posts by Kittysan2010-10-04T00:00:00+00:00tag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/861097this weeks forum<p>This week’s forum is even worse. <em>Fapfiction.net</em>? Don’t we already have <em>Fanfiction Freaks</em>? While the submitter may be new to ForumWarz (at level 36?), I can’t help but wonder who upvoted it. I surely didn’t – tried nuking it and upvoting everything else, but that still didn’t work.
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</p><p>The fact that the forum that came in second is basically the same concept as <em>Anarchist Playbook</em> doesn’t help, either. <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/30/fc4c73ee-2af9-11de-9c23-001ec94d5d3f.png" width="18" height="18" alt="" />
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</p><p>Now the only way not to have this duplicate forum is to tell everyone <strong>not</strong> to submit the required logo, style, and icons for it, so it can’t be published.</p>Kittysan2010-10-04T03:57:25Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/850183NewDotMoarFiles - Know when new .moar files are available to extract<p><blockquote><strong>SanDyk Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Duh. Especially when the code is written in JavaScript which is totally different to Java :rolleyes:</blockquote>
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>Kittysan Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I’m not an expert <strike>JAVA</strike> coder.</blockquote>
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</p><p>Here, happy now? I guess you were only here to nitpick me instead of offering anything related to the subject at hand.
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</p><p>Anyway, I decided to clear my FireFox cache. Now, the Neona’s Streak Marker works with Kosher’s and Forums Bookmarks pages. But it’s still not working with the Vanilla Helper page, which is even weirder.
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</p><p>Also, Neona’s Streak Marker seems to be in conflict with SuperKosherCrazyCareers. If both are on, then the streak Filter option isn’t workable. The forums in the streak are still shown after the filter is applied. Those forums are still marked with Pistachio scoop, so at least you know which one is already pwned.
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</p><p>quangntenemy’s Streak Marker, however, works everywhere after the clearing of my cache. Although I like the simplicity of Neona’s script, I guess it’s time to make the switch.</p>Kittysan2010-08-25T06:01:38Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/849742NewDotMoarFiles - Know when new .moar files are available to extract<p>I seriously have no idea; I’m not an expert JAVA coder. Besides, when the Streak Marker had a problem with the ö in <em>Nientendö Official Forums</em>, only that one forum wasn’t marked as pwned, but all others forums that were part of the streak were still marked as intended. But now, no forum is marked at all.
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</p><p>However, I can tell you that some other scripts, like Forum Helper still works (albeit not updated in my case.) The sorting function of SuperKosherCrazyCareers also works, but the streak filtering is not. So I think it’s not about my Firefox or Greasemonkey. In fact, I was in the middle of doing my Kosher’s job yesterday when suddenly the Streak Marker <em>that worked perfectly just a few minutes before that</em> stopped working. Weird.
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</p><p>Anyone has the same problem? SuperKosherCrazyCareers is the strangest case since one function of it works and another doesn’t.
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</p><p>Also, is the link <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/bookmarks/streak" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/bookmarks/streak</a> supposed to be accessible? I still think that could be part of the problem.
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</p><p><em>EDIT:</em> I’ve done 4 more jobs today, and now the Streak Marker worked every time I finished a job and returned to Kosher’s via the <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/characters/me" target="_blank">Character</a> page link. But it didn’t work after a refresh, or anywhere else, or clicking the link again after that. It only worked one time and one time only after I finished pwning a forum. Now that’s just ridiculous.</p>Kittysan2010-08-24T06:17:51Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/849426NewDotMoarFiles - Know when new .moar files are available to extract<p>Streak Marker scripts aren’t working again. These includes the original Neona’s version, <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/52514" target="_blank">quangntenemy’s version</a>, and Wrong’s <a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/58092" target="_blank">SuperKosherCrazyCareers</a>.
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</p><p>All of them draw streaks information from <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/bookmarks/streak" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/bookmarks/streak</a> which is, coincidentally, not accessible. Could this be the source of the problem? Or is it only me?</p>Kittysan2010-08-23T14:44:09Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/844787Chowder Grows Up.<p>After <em>The Powerpuff Girls</em> and <em>Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy</em> were over, nothing on Cartoon Network interests me anymore. Except maybe <em>The Clone Wars</em>, since I’m a Star Wars fan.
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</p><p>(And yes, I watched <em>The Powerpuff Girls</em> and I’m not afraid to admit it.)</p>Kittysan2010-08-08T03:05:28Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/843753Buying a lot of zomg im so fat.xpeg<p>It has been more than two months since the last time people posted in this thread. I don’t know what you are trying to accomplish, or if you have already accomplished it (testing the space limit of the free pre-ForumWarz Orange Tubmail service, perhaps?), but here’s more files I’ve collected over the months:
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</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451328-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451328-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451329-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451329-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451330-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451330-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451331-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451331-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451332-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451332-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451333-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451333-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451334-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451334-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451335-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451335-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451336-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451336-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451337-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451337-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451338-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451338-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451339-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451339-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451340-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451340-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
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</p><p>Thirteen of them, in perfect numerical order. I guess Kyoubai was empty because the Domination round has just ended and people jumped on the chat. Or maybe because it is dead.
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</p><p><em>EDIT:</em> Three more files, half an hour apart, and the numbers are still consecutive. I guess it’s dead.
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</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451341-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451341-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451342-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451342-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451343-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/451343-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a> </p>Kittysan2010-08-04T21:30:36Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841139JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>Guess “ad hominem” count as two words. In that case…
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</p><p>The plagiarist and friends knew, if they used enough ad hominem, name-calling and mockery, they could divert readers’ attentions from the crime. And they <em>did</em>!</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T01:39:53Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841136JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p><blockquote><strong>Skyman747 Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>And then kittysan, after making the bold accusation of plagarism, FUCKING DARED the man to go grocery shopping naked.</blockquote>
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</p><p>The plagiarist and his friends knew, if they used enough ad hominem, name-calling and mockery, they could divert readers’ attentions from the crime. And they <em>did</em>!</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T01:28:49Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841133JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>Having killed his father and bedded his mother, Oedipus went insane, gouged his eyes out, and died.
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</p><p>His two sons found him and skull-fucked him.</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T01:14:19Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841132JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>Old lady Felicia loved her cats so much. When her money finally ran out, she slit her wrist, leaving her corpse for them to eat.</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T01:08:51Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841130JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>“Father, I wonder…” says young beautiful Adam. ”...Is there really heaven?”
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</p><p>“Yes, my son.” Father Michael smiles kindly. “Take off your clothes, I’ll show you.”</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T00:42:46Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841129JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>She doesn’t understand those outrages. Mere <em>drawings</em> of naked boys aren’t hurting anyone. At least not her little brother, who always enjoys being her model…</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T00:26:01Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/841127JB Presents a Contest for 100 BP: Transgressive Nanofiction!<p>He posted those naked humiliating pictures of himself at his weakest moments, not because he is masochistic or exhibitionistic — he just wants those damn BPs <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/22/bfd7044a-20a6-11de-9e17-00221924d7d8.gif" width="15" height="10" alt="" />.</p>Kittysan2010-07-25T00:15:17Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/777482Dude sent to prison for loli manga<p>Two important questions:
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</p><p><ol>1. In the process of creating lolicon (i.e. sexual <em>drawing</em> of young girls engaging in sexual acts), are <em>real</em> children actually harmed in the process? Do lolicon artists use real girl models to draw them? Do they use child pornography? Their own children? (Heaven forbid!) Medical pictures? Or do they just copy them from prior lolicon artists?
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</p><p>2. Do people who have lolicon fetish go out and rape/seduce/abuse <em>real</em> children? Or do they just use those materials to satisfy themselves, alone and in private? If there are lolicon fan who go out and hurt real children (and I’m sure there are), how many are them? And most importantly, how many are them compared to the whole lolicon community?</ol>
</p><p>As far as I know, lolicon is <em>still</em> legal in Japan, while child pornography and child abuse is definitely not. Looks like Japaneses know how to draw the line: if no <em>real</em> children is hurt, it’s a victimless crime, and you can do what you want.
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</p><p><strong>P.S.</strong> In time like this, I’m glad I have an obacon/siscon (older girls/big sisters) fetish. At least no one can put me in jail for <em>that</em>.</p>Kittysan2010-02-12T09:12:53Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/764875Rowdyruff Boys<p><blockquote><strong>Chawin Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>oh great, you’re back.</blockquote>
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</p><p>Why can’t I?</p>Kittysan2010-01-20T15:05:39Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/764388Rowdyruff Boys<p>I still love the original Powerpuff Girls (not the Japanese magical girl nonsense.) Too bad all good things must come to an end.
</p><p>I’m not a fan of the Rowdyruff Boys though. I myself prefer the adorable little Bubbles.
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</p><p><em>What?</em>
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</p><p><em><strong>WHAT?</strong></em></p>Kittysan2010-01-19T13:38:44Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/764385Buying a lot of zomg im so fat.xpeg<p>Thread fell to page 3 with no new reply in a month. But there are still sellers on the market.
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</p><p>I offer two more:
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/416066-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/416066-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/416067-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/416067-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a> </p>Kittysan2010-01-19T13:37:13Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/727584Buying a lot of zomg im so fat.xpeg<p>Two more, same price:
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</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/392289-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/392289-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a>
</p><p> <a href="http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/392290-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg" target="_blank">http://www.forumwarz.com/auctions/show/392290-zomg-im-so-fat-xpeg</a> </p>Kittysan2009-11-01T13:36:17Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722098Kittysan Voting Fraud?<p><blockquote><strong>handofg0d Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Already made Clint.
</p><p>If it turns out you’re innocent or not who cares. You dared me. I accepted. I win.</blockquote>
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>handofg0d Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>That’s how dares work.</blockquote>
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</p><p>That’s not how investigations work, smart guy. Nobody “wins” until the final verdict comes out.
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</p><p>If the mods <em>really</em> decide to do it, that is. <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/22/1912238a-1401-11de-bd52-001c23d677ba.png" width="16" height="16" alt="" />
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</p>Kittysan2009-10-22T00:28:01Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722054Kittysan Voting Fraud?<p>Go ahead, make my day.
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</p><p>Now, if it turns out that I’m <em>indeed</em> innocent, what reparations will I have? And what punishments await those who slander me?</p>Kittysan2009-10-22T00:00:55Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722048This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p><blockquote><strong>Lee_Harvey_Oswald Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>We did read it, and lol’d at people like you whose entire lives depend on games like this.
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</p><p>I don’t even care, from that post I have determined you are a gay dooche who has no life.
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</p><p>I’m going to request this thread be moved to whiny bitches, because that’s what you are.
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</p><p>I’ll even report my post myself.</blockquote>
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</p><p>First, my entire life doesn’t depend on this game, but I’m not going to let anyone slander me here, either.
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</p><p>Second, your using of sexual orientation as an insult, combine with ‘nobody cares’ attitude, shows that you’re extremely immature.
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</p><p>Third, the original intention of creating this thread is to report the current ForumBuildr forum as plagiarized idea. That fact still stands despite all the thread derailments and ad hominem attacks from mterek.
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</p><p>And finally, people with responsibilities <em>do</em> care about it. Evil Trout, for one, does, because this plagiarism problem directly affects the game itself. As long as the problem is not resolved, the thread is going to stay here.</p>Kittysan2009-10-21T23:58:33Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722012This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p><blockquote><strong>Johnny Mac Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>It is when nobody really cares. <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/97/1543b368-1401-11de-bd52-001c23d677ba.gif" width="50" height="15" alt="" /></blockquote>
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</p><p>Right, people on the internet don’t care who’s right or wrong, or don’t care to actually <em>read</em> anymore. I’ll remember that. <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/36/b3fed0c2-2091-11de-8d77-001ec94d5d3f.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="" />
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</p><p>Oh well…
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</p><p>TL;DR – mterek is pissed that I have won a lot recently, and has to resort to false accusations that I cheated to win. Period.
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</p><p>Happy now?</p>Kittysan2009-10-21T23:38:41Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722008This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p>Right, because having someone falsely accused for being a cheater is so funny… <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/51/791a86ae-3766-11de-b5b7-00221924d7d8.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="" />
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>Lee_Harvey_Oswald Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I’m sorry, I know this is cd, but I dont believe any of these people are actually serious, I cant comprehend that at all, I just cant.</blockquote>
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</p><p>You should try it sometimes. Perhaps you’ll be more serious when it’s you who’s on the receiving end.</p>Kittysan2009-10-21T23:34:37Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/722000This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p>Off-topic once again, because mterek fails to understand human language
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>mterek Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Except he doesn’t.
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</p><p>1. A style is posted from Thursday-Friday and gets a decent vote total.
</p><p>2. Kitty-san submits a near-identical style on Saturday or Sunday.
</p><p>3. Leading up to publishing, Style #1 loses votes and Kitty-san’s style wins.
</p><p>4. ???
</p><p>5. I AM THE BEST STYLE SUBMITTER EVER.
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</p><p>This isn’t what Shii is saying where the styles are really similar simply because the posters are trying to match the forum colours. I mean the difference between two styles is literally a lowered banner, a font change, or 1-2 colour changes. And for some strange reason, Kitty-san’s entries tend to get the necessary votes in the short span of time between submissions.</blockquote>
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</p><p>Sheesh. You haven’t read what I wrote, have you, mterek? Which part of the <em>extremely detailed design process</em> you don’t understand? Perhaps it was my fault for trying to explain too much, because you don’t seem to have the concentration and mindpower to read more than one paragraph.
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</p><p>Let’s me recap the whole thing for you TL;DR generation out there:
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</p><p>1. Recently, all my styles are submitted on Thursday, within a few hours after the logo has been determined.
</p><p>2. It is possible that my first submitted style isn’t doing well. In that case, I <strong>resubmit</strong>, tweaking a few things.
</p><p>3. For <strong>PeTV</strong> and <strong>Nientendö</strong>, my styles were <strong>submitted first, gained early lead, never came down, and won in a landslide.</strong>
</p><p>4. I used GIMP to pick best colors. Right color set is halfway to victory. After that, it’s minor tweaking to please the viewers.
</p><p>5. I never claimed my self to be the best style submitter ever. I just happened to win a lot lately. Don’t put your word in my mouth.
</p><p>6. Why do I win amidst many similar styles? Because <strong>I care about details</strong>. I don’t rush my job and keep everything as default, like you.
</p><p><strong>7. All your accusations are incorrect and false.</strong>
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>was Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Do you think there is, gasp, <span class="font_size_30"><span class="color_red">VOTING FRAUD?????</span></span></blockquote>
</p><p>Although this was your quote, the following response isn’t directed at you, <strong>was</strong>...
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</p><p>I dare you. <span class="font_size_30"><span class="color_red">I FUCKING DARE YOU.</span></span> I dare you to go tell the mods. I dare you to call for an investigation of any possible voting fraud.
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</p><p>After ghax’s voting scam, do you really think that Crotch Zombie is going to let that happen again? Instead of admitting that <strong>I can design styles that people like, and you can’t</strong>, you have to come up with false accusation based on false observation. You insult not only my victory, but my reputation, and my integrity as well.
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</p><p>How about this? If the mods can find any hint of fraud, or alt abuse on my part, let them <strong>Permaban</strong> me and strip all my design E-Peens. But if they can’t find anything suspicious, let they ban <strong>you</strong> instead for slandering and ad hominem attacks. I think it’s only fair this way. Because frankly, you can’t accuse someone of fraud, have your accusation proven false, and get away with it.
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</p><p>So, do you dare to accept my challenge? If you do, go ahead and tell the mods to investigate. Otherwise, <strong>SHUT UP</strong>.
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</p><p><strong>P.S.</strong> Since the forum is a total ripoff, I’m boycotting it the same way I boycotted <strong>Fran Is Fat</strong>. This means I’m neither submitting nor voting. So this is the chance for you to prove yourself. Try to win it instead of accusing others as hack designers and cheaters.</p>Kittysan2009-10-21T23:21:59Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/721967NewDotMoarFiles - Know when new .moar files are available to extract<p><blockquote><strong>MC Banhammer Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>How long ago did you install it? There have been some upgrades to handle the special characters (like dash and apostrophe).</blockquote>
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</p><p>It looks like umlaut isn’t count as special characters, or isn’t expected. Because the script doesn’t work with <strong>Nientendö Official Forums</strong>.
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</p><p><img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/43/d4c691d0-284f-11de-a073-001ec94d5d3f.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="" /> As long as the new version of the script is not updated, you have to be <em>very</em> careful with it. <img src="http://uploads.forumwarz.com/cdn/43/d4c691d0-284f-11de-a073-001ec94d5d3f.gif" width="20" height="20" alt="" /></p>Kittysan2009-10-21T21:45:07Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/720785This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p><blockquote><strong>Raepdog Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Jesus fuck dude a simple “I match the logo and use non-eye-cancer font” would be suffice.</blockquote>
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</p><p>Well, I thought of posting it as a new thread, “<strong>My style design principle</strong>”, or something like that. But that seems too much like self-promotion. And it’s likely to generate hatred instead of admiration. So I decided to reply in this thread, where the accusation started.
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</p><p>And sorry for the length. But since mterek doesn’t seem to understand how my designs win, and had to resort to calling me copier and cheater who use trivial gimmicks to win. So I have to go on in details on how I <em>actually</em> do it.</p>Kittysan2009-10-19T22:08:04Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/720773This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p>This is completely off-topic. But it’s my own thread. And it’s me who is unfairly accused. I don’t feel like starting a new thread just for it. So please bear with it, or skip this post otherwise.
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</p><p><blockquote><strong>mterek Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>You’re also a hypocrite.
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</p><p>You claim to be good at submitting styles, but most of your styles are near carbon copies of styles that were already doing well for several days before <em>mysteriously</em> getting a surge of downvotes right before the forum gets posted.
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</p><p>So, I’m <em>both</em> a sore loser <em>and</em> a hypocritical plagiarist? Now I’m very disappointed. I don’t expect this to come from someone like you. And what the hell is <em>mysteriously downvoted</em>? Are you implying that I commit voting fraud, as well?
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</p><p>I don’t know what do you mean by “most” of my style. As far as I can remember, I have won in style design only 6 times. There were <strong>TravelAnimosity</strong> (June 28) and <strong>RAWR</strong> (July 26). Then recently I hit a streak <strong>AskThieves</strong>, <strong>Outside</strong>, <strong>PeTV</strong>, and <strong>Nientendö</strong>, missing only <strong>Fashion Fascists</strong>. (Seven wins, if you count <strong>BattleThreadz Lamebait</strong>.) I don’t think you can remember the first two wins of mine, so I’m assuming you are pissed off because of my most recent wins.
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</p><p>And every one of them, I submitted early. <strong>PeTV</strong> and <strong>Nientendö</strong> in particular gained huge leads on all competitors from start to finish. For <strong>PeTV</strong>, I consider them my masterpiece. It won in a landslide. For <strong>Nientendö</strong>, I never really like it, because the logo that narrowly lost was mine (hence the bitter style name “<em>Seriously, the other loger</em> [sic] <em>is better.</em>” ) I submitted the style and left it there in disgust. Turned out it won.
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</p><p>For the other two, I still submitted them early. And as you said, doing well for some time before being voted down. What do I do? I <em>resubmit</em>. I already know the colors used, I just tweaked some little things and submitted again, and won. For example, when the style <em>Brave New World</em> for <strong>Outside</strong> didn’t do well enough, I changed a few things and submitted it as <em>Brave New World Redux</em>, which won.
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</p><p>So, as you can see, your accusation of “most” of my style are carbon copies are false. If I was plagiarizing anyone, it was <em>myself</em>. And I believe there is no rule against submitting more than one styles, or submitting styles with a few minor differences from others.
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</p><p>As for my “secret” for successful design? This:
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</p><p>You do realize that there’s basically one way to win Forum Style, and that’s to copy the colors in the logo as closely as possible, and that typically results in many very similar forum styles.</blockquote>
</p><p>It’s intuitive, really. The style <em>must</em> match the logo. You can’t pick an entirely different set of colors and hope to win. Because it usually turns out very ugly (unless you’re a damn good artist who can get away with that.)
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</p><p>So how do I pick the right colors? With <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="_blank">GIMP</a>. Its color picker tool can show color code in RGB format (i.e. 000000 – FFFFFF) which is, of course, perfect to use in ForumBuildr style submission. I downloaded GIMP to use in designing logo and topic icons for <strong>Web 1.0 Veterans</strong> in August. Before that, only two of my styles won. None of them required precise color selection. <strong>RAWR</strong> consisted of primary colors: black, white, and red, which is very easy to select. And <strong>TravelAnimosity</strong> used an entirely different set of colors (and yes, I <em>could</em> get away with that, and I consider it another of my masterpiece.) With help from GIMP’s color picker, I can get the exact colors, leading to my recent winning streaks.
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</p><p>This method doesn’t always work, though. In a logo with few primary colors, it can get boring quickly. That’s why my styles for <strong>Doprah’s Book Cult</strong>, <strong>Pushy Parents</strong>, and <strong>Fashion Fascists</strong> didn’t win. The winning styles are from people who use their own imaginations and add/tweak colors around so they aren’t too repetitive.
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</p><p>This is true, but it doesn’t explain why one of several seemingly generic styles gets a lot of votes at the end, netting Kitty-san 4/5 past style wins. Clearly, people must place huge value on Arial font and slightly enlarged margins, because honestly such dramatic changes don’t really impress me that much.</blockquote>
</p><p>The keyword is <em>seemingly</em> generic. You see, when styles are so similar (forced by colors of the logo), it’s <em>minor details</em> that count. You think dramatic changes are unnecessary, because default font and margins are good enough. Voters, on the other hand, see them as boring. Hell, I’ve seen people complaining about how tables are always 600 pixels wide, center aligned, even though they look best that way (and I, for one, will not going to change it, no matter how repetitive it is.)
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</p><p>And you want to know my secret criteria on how to choose font and margins? Easy, there are three fonts. Since Courier has a <em>very limited</em> use, we actually has two. What’s their difference? Arial is tall and thin, Verdana is short and wide. If the forum logo uses tall and thin texts, I switch to Arial. If texts are short and wide, I leave the font at Verdana. Simple as that. Of course, if the logo itself uses either of these fonts, it is an obvious choice to use in the design as well. For Courier, I once tried using it in <strong>Outside</strong>, because the logo itself used it. Turned out, Courier-font-using <em>Brave New World</em> was voted down. So I switched to Arial, which the logo also used (Arial Black, or maybe Narrow Condensed), resubmitted with exact same colors as <em>Brave New World Redux</em>, and won.
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</p><p>For margins, there are no rule at all. I choose what looks best. Design <em>is</em> art, after all. For my 6 winning styles, two have body margins, one have body and logo margins, and the other three have none. Also, half of them use Arial fonts, the rest use the default Verdana. So your accusation of me using Arial and margins as a gimmick to win is also false.
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</p><p>I design all of my styles with painstaking attention to <em>details</em>, with correct colors, font, and margin, to create the best-looking forum, at least to me. I never rush anything. Even the <strong>Nientendö</strong> one, which I hate, I took time to pick the right colors, from a non-uniformed background with hundreds of color shades. That’s my commitment to design. If there is no way for me to top the existing designs (which is rare, because now I always submit quickly) I don’t submit and vote for it instead. Sometimes people agree with me and vote for me. Sometimes they don’t. I can live with that.
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</p><p>In the end, mterek, it’s you who’s not creative enough. It’s you who doesn’t care for minor details. It’s you who doesn’t change things from default. That’s why you lose. Now that I’ve told you my secrets, either follow it or devise a way to counter it. And stop complaining and accusing already.
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</p><p>Sorry for the thread derailment. Now you can resume discussing about this week’s entry and how to fix it.</p>Kittysan2009-10-19T21:48:37Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/720705This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p><blockquote><strong>man-man Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I came across the HTDTE page, and the rest of the guy’s website, and found it freaking hilarious. I didn’t really expect the sub to win to be honest, so I wasn’t expecting this to come up. If it offends you that I saw something awesome and wanted to maybe make some buildr jokes about it then… well I don’t even know what recourse there is at this point. My sincerest apologies if I’ve pissed off the plagiarism police.
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</p><p>I haven’t gotten around to submitting anything yet (end time is 2am here, I’m busy all morning and most of the afternoon… could be this evening before I’ve got any time to make with the funny). I don’t know how people are so quick, but I was watching the scores last night – mine was in a very close 2nd/tied for first (at one point in a 3-way tie for first) for a fair while before the end, and took the lead with a couple hours to go. Anyone obsessively watching buildr to get their subs in quickly would have had some time to at least realise that Illuminati Job Board wasn’t a sure thing and start thinking.</blockquote>
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</p><p>I’m surprised at how <strong>man-man</strong> handle this, which is pretty well. And yes, the <strong>HTDTE</strong> page is hilarious. Still, it doesn’t mean someone can submit that idea as his own, let alone win it.
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</p><p>As for suspiciously quick submissions, if those aren’t yours (and I believe the admins can verify that,) then fine. Those logos are low quality ones which can be patched up within 30 minutes or less anyway. I’m sorry for directing my suspicion of foul play at you. After ghax’s one-man alt abuse, it’s easy to believe only one person is responsible for <em>all</em> the wrong things that happen.
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</p><p>Now if we’re going to fix this, apart from changing the description, the forum name, <strong>International Earth Destruction Advisory Board</strong>, must be changed as well. Because that too, was written by Mr.Sam Hughes. Even the word “Geocide” <a href="http://qntm.org/?etymology" target="_blank">was thought up by him</a>.
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</p><p>I offer another solution, that is <a href="http://qntm.org/?contact" target="_blank">contacting Mr.Hughes himself</a>, asking if he’s okay for ForumWarz to expand upon his joke. Who knows? This could benefit both parties involved. It won’t hurt to try, will it?</p>Kittysan2009-10-19T18:32:33Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/720373This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p><blockquote><strong>Skyman747 Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Do you have nothing better to do than google every idea that wins and isn’t yours?</blockquote>
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</p><p>I take that as an insult. Seriously, don’t you think that’s it’s possible that I happened to read that before, and remember it, because the site is <em>well-known, well written, and funny</em>? Even Wikipedia links to it as a reference, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_killer#External_links" target="_blank">this article</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_device#External_links" target="_blank">this one</a>.
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</p><p>Sheesh. I reported an idea theft, and now I’m a sore loser?</p>Kittysan2009-10-18T22:29:05Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/720365This week's forum is a total ripoff.<p>Vague?
</p><p><blockquote><strong>man-man Posted:</strong>
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</p><p><strong>International Earth Destruction Advisory Board</strong>
</p><p><strong>The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board is an independent scientific institution which monitors the current status of the Earth and the number of times it has been destroyed.</strong> Also under their purview is the thorough research into, and categorisation of, the possible methods by which the Earth may be destroyed.
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</p><p><strong>International Earth-Destruction Advisory Board</strong>
</p><p><strong>The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board</strong> (IEDAB) <strong>is an independent scientific institution which monitors the current status of the Earth and the number of times it has been destroyed.</strong> In the event of the Earth being destroyed it will be the IEDAB’s job to relay this information to people who need to know and provide advice on how to proceed.
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</p><p>The IEDAB is funded entirely by charitable donations.</blockquote>
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