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10091
I'm sorry to hear this, Becky. But sometimes that sort of thing is necessary. It's not fun, but it sounds like it's for the best for your game. Shannon...
Shannon
illandaria
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Jun 1, 2008
10:52 pm
10092
Sorry to hear about that. What you have to keep in mind is that as the admin, the game is your baby, so to speak. If someone doesn't like your idea or...
Nico the Archangel
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Jun 2, 2008
1:27 am
10093
... You do bring up a good point - sometimes it can help to phrase it more in the singular rather than the plural (though there can be times when it might be...
Gregory Griffiths
rynok
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Jun 3, 2008
10:48 am
10094
I wouldn't normally do this, but looking among my players has so not worked, its kinda scary. But WAR needs some new banners for banner exchanges, ad stuff,...
John Penta
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Jun 3, 2008
10:19 pm
10095
I have a rather odd question I'm sure, or maybe just silly and showing our lack of experience, but I hope you will all give me some advise on this. Bit of info...
Brooklyn
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Jun 5, 2008
4:10 pm
10096
I expect people's ads to be succinct and non-offensive, because it's on my site and subject to my terms of service which state: "As a user, you agree to use...
b.l. imai
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Jun 5, 2008
9:28 pm
10097
If I ran an ad group and this happened to me, it would depend on what my rules say about this specific type of advertising that would dictate how I'd react to...
Gregory Griffiths
rynok
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Jun 6, 2008
9:50 am
10098
My title actually has a double meaning, as it seems to apply to two problems I've been having and thus, two questions I have. As a mod, I attempt to make sure...
Tara
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Jun 10, 2008
11:14 am
10099
For the first bit, why not let the person have their own thread or story line or whatever you want to call it? I'm not sure what kind of game you run so maybe...
Sophia F.
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Jun 10, 2008
1:19 pm
10100
On the first point, I really hate this as well and have had issues with it over the years. But one of the nice things about my game is that since it's a bunch...
Shannon
illandaria
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Jun 10, 2008
8:12 pm
10101
For your first problem, I think I played with him once. A player who always wanted to be the center of attention and the mod who allowed him to do that even...
Mikel
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Jun 11, 2008
3:40 am
10102
Is there a shortage of games out there all of a sudden? Last month I was in a flame war. One thing I did was decide to close the archives on my game. Since...
Mikel
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Jun 11, 2008
3:47 am
10103
Well first, congratulations on your five year anniversary! And second, I think I'd be a little cautious of that as well. There are so many people out there...
Tara
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Jun 11, 2008
3:56 am
10104
Ha! No, the world revolves around me. I seem to be the center of like this huge nexus of online RPers... which is weird but seems to be what happens. :-P ...
Shannon
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Jun 11, 2008
4:11 am
10105
Heh. I would probably be paranoid, too....
Shannon
illandaria
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Jun 11, 2008
4:15 am
10106
In all seriousness, as a Head GM I find myself as the spoke of the wheel, and worry that if something happened to me, things would disintegrate. Finding GMs to...
Wes
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Jun 11, 2008
5:12 am
10107
Thank you for the congrats. I may be changing my rant to, "New players and how stupid are they?" One I didn't allow to join cause she didn't have a Yahoo...
Mikel
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Jun 11, 2008
5:27 am
10108
So am I paranoid or is the fact that the archives are now closed enticing people to want to join to find out what is happening? ... I'd say it's more likely...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 11, 2008
11:54 am
10109
One I didn't allow to join cause she didn't have a Yahoo profile. Adult game, sorry you need to have a profile. I can't say, "Sorry you need to have a profile...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 11, 2008
11:58 am
10110
I don't understand what you guys mean by "profile". I mean, I've got several yahoo aliases or whatever linked to my main yahoo account. I could go into each...
b.l. imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Jun 11, 2008
12:14 pm
10111
... For whatever reason, having a valid adult age in the Yahoo profile is something that Yahoo prefers for adult groups. No, I don't know why they consider...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 11, 2008
12:47 pm
10112
Unfortunately, this isn't always so clear-cut. I know that the only reason I have a Yahoo ID at all is because they started using the picture verification...
Shannon
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Jun 11, 2008
4:20 pm
10113
I agree with this, too. People will put whatever age they're going to in their profiles. I'm not really sure that there's anything people can reasonably do to...
Shannon
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Jun 11, 2008
4:23 pm
10114
First Issue: I agree with what some other people said. Make her the bright, shiny center of an independent or loosely-related side plot. Again, as already...
Hez
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Jun 11, 2008
8:25 pm
10115
Agreed, you can put any age you want on your profile and I wouldn't know. But she didn't bother to put any age. There is still the fact that her e-mails were...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Jun 11, 2008
11:31 pm
10116
There is still the fact that her e-mails were strange and gave me a very bad vibe. ... And that's an important point in the end. Too often I don't listen to my...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 12, 2008
1:04 am
10117
... is something that Yahoo prefers for adult groups. No, I don't know why they consider this more "reliable" than anything else, but it's something that's...
William
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Jun 12, 2008
2:02 pm
10118
... That's a very good point. Either way, as a mod I only know what a member tells me. If there's no info in the profile? I can't say that I even thought they...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 12, 2008
3:12 pm
10119
I misunderstood the reasoning here. I thought "better safe than sorry" referred to like, going to jail for having kids on your adult group, or being arrested...
b.l. imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Jun 15, 2008
2:46 pm
10120
When I first started playing and modding, I was too nice. I got walked all over all the time, and I didn't know what to do about it. Eventually, I became a...
Elizabeth Wilde
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Jun 19, 2008
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