tag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:/discussions/search_by_character/ravenblooDDarkdreamsForumwarz: Flamebate Posts by ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-08T00:00:00+00:00tag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/67952Who wants to be my friend?<p>i’m listening to the fragile rightn ow</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-08T14:29:21Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/67944Who wants to be my friend?<p><blockquote><strong>Korn-Nazi Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I’ll be your friend.<img src="/uploads/final/9f232e90f00449f3061cd28560a608a5.gif" height="15" width="15" /></blockquote>
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</p><p>i like your signature because i fucking love nine inch nails.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-08T14:16:55Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/67323Wow...This Week is...Awkward.<p>I was actually wondering if anybody felt the same way- I really don’t ‘get’ this week’s idea, I guess. I’m just not sure there’s enough material there for a forum, though I guess we’ll see as shit unfolds.
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</p><p>Then again, I actually thought Wiccapedia turned out pretty well, for the most part.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-07T16:58:33Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/65677Can we get clarification on what is allowable in discussing forumbuildr submissions?<p><blockquote><strong>MySpace Tom Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I’m not too convinced about the random haters being responsible for most unexpected -5’s. I had a couple enemy ideas this week that I thought were brilliant (for the record, YES WICCAN and Blessed Beyotch) but got axed within the first day. So I tried slight variations on both later in the week and pretty much the same thing happened. I still don’t have a good theory on why I overestimated their chances so poorly, especially since the first still makes me laugh, but I don’t think random downvoting can be blamed. Another enemy submission that I made at the same time as the first two is doing great – and it was the one I thought was going to die quickly and quietly!
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</p><p>In general, I think a useful way to analyze why a submission succeeded or failed is to keep in mind that the vast majority of voters are only giving things at most a few seconds consideration before voting. Any joke that takes more than a few seconds to appreciate is doomed, which means your references need to be very accessible (and you need to know your audience pretty well, of course). I have to admit that I’ve downvoted a couple items that didn’t “click,” only to get them later and wish I could go back and change my vote.</blockquote>
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</p><p>For the record, I upvoted both those names. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" />
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</p><p>I submitted blessed_bee with that bug picture, DefyingGravity, BloodSugarSexMagick, and HoodooVoodooYouDo almost immediately after the forum went up, and they all got immediately exploded. Now I just wish I hadn’t submitted them in the first place, because now my buildrscore’s gonna go down. <img src="/uploads/final/03244612fe04b02ffe851d7afde1dede.png" height="16" width="16" /> What was so shitty about those, by the way? I’m agreeing with a bunch of people in this thread that yeah, I dunno how to improve.
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</p><p>Also, if anybody saw that post I submitted for God Hates Facts about telling a kid that since God made [vegetable] and she didn’t think God was gross, she didn’t think [vegetables] were gross- I was curious to see if that’d do well, cause that actually happened to me when I was a wee one.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-05T00:14:54Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/65676poop on a baby<p>paraone, is it bad that among all these shitty trolls, i have missed you and your crap</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-05T00:10:26Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/62481Why my Wiccapedia logo submission pwns.<p>I have to say I like #2 a hell of a lot. It’s very classy.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-02T12:07:53Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/61958Suggestions Compilation<p>Are there any plans for a leaderboard/E-Peen based off of how many forumbuildr items you’ve voted on?
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</p><p>edit: on second thought this would probably only encourage downvoting</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-01T22:39:12Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/61806Anyone else take a huge downvote overnight?<p>I survived, somehow.
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</p><p>Also lulz, weren’t you saying you were mass downvoting a while back? <img src="/uploads/final/b97b6170ed339ef13859592d232698a1.gif" height="15" width="15" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-04-01T19:44:00Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/60052Tattoo's<p>i wish i did. my mom wont let me get one. and dads too busy fucking the mailman.
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</p><p>i want to get tattooed stitches all over my body, like sally. although i could just get real stitches all over my body.
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</p><p>also i think you are a cool poster, don’t think i am weird</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-31T06:51:20Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59953I am so disappointed in how badly my forumbuildr submissions are doing...<p>...oh, FUCK. I didn’t realize your score could go down. <img src="/uploads/final/03244612fe04b02ffe851d7afde1dede.png" height="16" width="16" />
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</p><p>Yeeeah, I had 4 -5s so far. A couple at 20+, but crap, I’m doomed.
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</p><p>(I thought BloodSugarSexMagick and DefyingGravity were hip, fresh pop culture references, you <em>jerks!</em> I demand a recount! <img src="/uploads/final/b79d64939eac1edfc6ddcfed136b05f2.gif" height="15" width="24" /> )</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-31T01:26:31Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59945I am so disappointed in how badly my forumbuildr submissions are doing...<p><blockquote><strong>Tesfan Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Idk, I though YouBoob was brilliantly done considering it’s not a forum. However, I agree for the most part, one problem I see with wiccipedia is that half the people are just assuming it’s a forum and the other half are treating it as wikipedia (with stuff like “someone needs to edit that out!”.</blockquote>
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</p><p>This bugs me a little bit, but honestly, the broader the topic the better, imo. There have been some forum ideas that I would have upvoted if they were just a little broader- for example, there was a baby names forum that I think has potential. However, it’d be a lot better as a general baby discussion forum, which can contain baby name jokes as well as other stuff.
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</p><p>Honestly, I think the reason why we’re seeing this with Wiccapedia is that people are way too lazy (myself included) to write entire short articles. Massive kudos to anyone who wants to try, though. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-31T01:07:11Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59769Corrupt Bargain?<p><blockquote><strong>Escher Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I’m sorry – which other forums were Pimptastic’s? Because I’ve checked the list, and God Hates Facts is the first one she won with.
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</p><p>Also, which Klans are providing voting blocs? Any proof? Or is this just “wah-wah-wah my forums don’t win so winners must be CHEATING!!!!1!!”? Because it really sounds like the latter.</blockquote>
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</p><p>I do think some of the complaints are sour grapes. Personally, though, I don’t so much care that mine get voted down- it’s not like my shit doesn’t stink like everyone else- but I hate seeing tons of really, really good submissions that <em>aren’t</em> mine getting immediately -5ed.
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</p><p>I’m more talking about regular submissions, not forum ideas- for the most part I think the forum idea voting has been fair. (Mine have gotten shredded, but hey, you win some, you lose some. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" /> )
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</p><p>I think there definitely is a lot of blind downvoting going on, though- I’ve seen plenty of ideas, mine and otherwise, that even if they weren’t stellar, really shouldn’t have murdered within 15 seconds of submission.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-30T22:16:51Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59766Broken word types?<p>@wiccan_holiday is broken. I dunno if there are others that aren’t working- I just saw a submission that had it in there broken. I tried to use it, but got rid of it once it failed several times. Always remember to preview your shit, ladies. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" />
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</p><p>Edit: This seems to be happening with all the new word types associated with Wiccapedia- I’ve seen tarot_meaning and occult_object both not work. Personally I’m holding off on voting on anything involving those word types for the moment.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-30T22:12:06Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59217The -5 system: A mathematical consideration<p><blockquote><strong>Skyreal Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>This is a good point, actually- it might be a good idea to drop the -5 threshold to, say, -8 what with the submission limits keeping everything at a reasonable level.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-30T08:20:10Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59215Awesome work so far this week guys<p>I’m really liking this one too. One of my submissions is something that was actually said to me, so I’m rooting for it. <img src="/uploads/final/8bbe5798e97da5612f401e3ab9b47020.gif" height="15" width="15" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-30T08:17:59Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/59214Sick voting system<p>I’m very much against limiting votes. For one thing, the scale of things is probably only going to get larger, and even now- only having 20 up and 20 down votes for 260 submissions is a little ridiculous. Then people would -really- get screwed by what people see first, because nobody’s going to read all 260 and then go back to vote on the top/bottom.
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</p><p>The system really isn’t that bad, it’s just some of the people using it. I do think having some kind of ‘grace period’ before a submission can be deleted is a good idea, so that more people can weigh in on something. Sometimes you’re at the mercy of the 5 people that happen to be online, who are all downvoting the entire list. </p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-30T08:16:32Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/50673What happened to NAIVE?<p><blockquote><strong>PIMPTASTIC-FROTH Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>NAIVE was cool, but I’m looking forward to God Hates Facts. I wouldn’t mind seeing Wiccapedia win either, since it’s such a clever idea.</blockquote>
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</p><p>Oh yeah, both of those are rad too- I’m just hoping NAIVE hasn’t been totally abandoned.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-22T15:44:39Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/48791What happened to NAIVE?<p>Yeah, so… most of this thread is contained in the title. Was somebody gonna resubmit that? I thought it’d be a lot of fun. <img src="/uploads/final/e32307845dea467893c18b004c8e9c13.gif" height="15" width="15" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-20T17:44:32Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/48787The Avatar Shuffle vs. Ye Olde Dropdown<p>I don’t think it needs to be really complicated, but I think having both the dropdown and the shuffle would be nice. Sometimes I like the inspiration, but sometimes I know exactly what I’m looking for.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-20T17:42:05Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/44544Forumbuildr Score?<p>I got a score of ‘2’, but a good chunk of mine got quickly -5ed. Two of my ideas that got accepted were had at least a hundred up and probably 60ish down.
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</p><p>I really don’t think the score should be able to go negative, and ‘7’ should probably be the baseline number of submissions. In other words, it should be a positive system, not a negative one. </p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-17T00:45:45Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/40905pppllllllbbbbbttttttt<p><blockquote><strong>Mr_Malaprop Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>iliek2bgoodly!!111!111!!!<img src="/uploads/final/3b353602fe43d49af510437f4443c0f4.gif" height="15" width="15" />
</p><p>Oh my god! It’s spreading! Run for your lives!</blockquote>
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</p><p>they know not of the horrors of the world, and are therefore innocent. i only wish i could be as them.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-12T23:21:43Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/40102Simple tips for better Forumbuildr submissions<p><blockquote><strong>Listen2Reason Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>Sometimes I’m tempted to take someone’s entry and re-submit it with the words replaced by word types…but that would probably be wrong. <img src="/uploads/final/127c4a785b9c6b69649cd925894b019f.gif" height="15" width="15" /> Still, I feel bad because some of these entries would be awesome if they just had more word types…</blockquote>
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</p><p>Personally, I think it depends on the entry. I’ve seen some with no word types that are hilarious, and wouldn’t really work well with any. I vote those up. If there’s a funny one with no word types that could easily have them, though, I’ll vote it down.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-12T09:20:24Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/39990woohoo!<p><blockquote><strong>Velveteen Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>one of my submissions is making the grade for once. my name might be on the contributers list come sunday, if it continues to receive this sort of response
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</p><p>everyone else excited about their own submissions is free to celebrate with me in this thread.
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</p><p>you know counting our eggs before they’ve hatched <img src="/uploads/final/73d1fc7f7e136d8aa2ef2d6954e12748.gif" height="15" width="15" />
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</p><p>One of my enemy names is at like, 40, and one of my posts is at about the same. Let us dance together. <img src="/uploads/final/127c4a785b9c6b69649cd925894b019f.gif" height="15" width="15" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-12T01:00:45Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/39983Anyone want to start a play by post game?<p>Voted Paranoia.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-12T00:54:57Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/39042Submission topics per week -- too much or too little?<p><blockquote><strong>jpsteel Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>I think it doesn’t get recalculated until the next forum starts.
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</p><p>If I had to make two suggestions regarding the new system-
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</p><p>-Make it a -active- submission limit. That is, if something gets axed, you should be able to resubmit something new.
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</p><p>I have two that are near the top of Usernames and Thread Titles respectively, but I also had some real stinkers that got exploded, and I’d like to submit something better this time. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" />
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</p><p>Trout, I take it you aren’t releasing information on how exactly buildrscore is calculated? (or you could have posted about it somewhere else and I missed it)</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-11T02:05:41Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/37590How we plan to improve ForumBuildr!<p>Liking the new system, but I think 10 might be a better number than 7. I’m in the same boat- had all kinds of rad ideas and hit the limit way too soon. <img src="/uploads/final/9f81d6c85ad35024304943a201730294.png" height="16" width="16" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-09T22:50:32Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/37376sumtimes i feel lik noone cares abot me<p>i think youre a poser. but i feel bad for you.
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</p><p>so i guess i care. a little bit.</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-09T17:37:31Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/34483MATT DAMON! 1wehrugqh98345@!! <p><blockquote><strong>Mr_Smiles Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>welcome! doo yall w@nt too bee mai phreind?
</p><p>yuo seem liek a rly phun gai. almost az phun as thos trolls.
</p><p>7hey sez realzy lulzy stuff, dose trolls. wai bettor than thos emos.
</p><p>htere always sad.
</p><p>but i lyk tha galz the bestess. their nice tew mi. sometimeses.</blockquote>
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</p><p>i think your a beautiful soul.
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</p><p>has anyone tried to hurt your cats again?</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-06T20:30:35Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/34479HEY EMO GUYS<p><blockquote><strong>bulldyke Posted:</strong>
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</p><p>you’re beautiful. lets forget the world together</p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-06T20:29:28Ztag:www.forumwarz.com,2007-10-31:DiscussionPost/34206How are we going to handle DeviousArt?<p>I didn’t submit any of the winning forum ideas and I don’t know who did, so no, I’m not trying to sabotage anything, sorry. <img src="/uploads/final/3c71268ebeaee4788009fe7f5dfc66cf.gif" height="15" width="15" /></p>ravenblooDDarkdreams2008-03-06T16:20:04Z