BG Convo #71: Plank is watching you

[Godaime Kazekage]

Originally Posted by megabbaut

The last part made me think of Minecraft

Is it like Skyrim where there's basically endless side quests?

By the way, are you into the Wii U by any chance?

Lots and lots of side quests, but not endless (I think).

I don't have the Wii U. I love Nintendo and have pretty much all of their consoles, but I haven't got the Wii U yet. Mostly because there just aren't enough quality games released for it yet.

[WishfulFairie]

Originally Posted by megabbaut

I like how there's boy talk going on and at the same time there is girl talk...smh

Hush up

Originally Posted by Kakashi Hatake_Yamato

i don't actually do it because I don't really like sweets. But it's fun to watch the other adult refs filch from other tables an run off with a handful
Good times

Hmmmmm. Around the end of HS senior year. So I guess two years.
But I took a break last year because it was the start of college

Stealing shet you won't ever use. Tsk Tsk Tsk.

And how's college going?

[setsun]

If she were going to steal something it would probably be an anotomically correct kakashi android

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

What happened in the naruto-universe? Someone fill me in?

Also LOL@ manga fox trolls "IWD was perm banned for threatening to murder people and the entire forum celebrated"

Even though the arenas staff are members of the wolf pack haha

That and a simple log on can confirm that as BS

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

So just saw the member of the month thread

Bacon won despite coming in third behind myself and the winner the second porn kage

Porn kage the people spoke if you care about this contest at all congrats no matter what the council anounced you are the legit winner

I'll ask the BG's to abstaib from participating in the contest from now on- we are people wjo judge our peers based on their merrits we respect honesty above all else

The userbase spoke and was overruled by a minority

For this we should act- avoid the thing

[Roronoa Zoro]

I honestly thought Sage wuz gonna win and whats up IWD

[WishfulFairie]

We're boycotting MoTM???

ZORO!!!

[setsun]

Well iwd the council is just like the electoral college in respects to motm. They do the exact same thing in essence. Both need to be abolished for the voting to be legit


Also I'm going to take a break from posting comments on facebook especially witty/random/funny comments. Cuz for some damn reason a handful of teenage girls can't take a hint that I'm too old for them............................

If only my charm would work on age apprpriate females -__-

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

Originally Posted by Roronoa Zoro

I honestly thought Sage wuz gonna win and whats up IWD

not much

Sage is good people I was actually surprised I got more votes...next time should be him

Originally Posted by WishfulFairie

We're boycotting MoTM???

ZORO!!!

I can't force you guys to boycott anything

I boycott the contest on the principle that " a forum full of sixteen year olds who are primarily fans of Naruto..are in no shape or form capable of objectively voting for a 'user of the month' who actually deserves it..because kids clique and aren't the most emotionally mature and rational minded people..also if you are a mega naruto fan then you have already shown poor judgment so..you know- yeah choosing not to be a part of this"

the contest itself has little meaning, its a platitude but its one the userbase apparently cares a great deal about..ergo they do kinda deserve some form of being able to have their say

we're volunteer mods..only the green names are paid to represent the interests of Viz media..they enforce on their behalf and while we are answerable to them our function as staffer is to look out for..and protect the interests of the userbase who are viz's profit base"

essentially we serve high masters but we are serving them in service to you..and we should never as a whole forget that

in these small harmless matters where the interests and will of the masses can be acted on and enforced in a manner that wont directly harm the primary interests of this site..there is no reason to summarily ignore it

unless the councils line of thinking was "the average viz user isn't qualified" then whatever..I wont dispute that but then why let them have any hand in the decision in the first place? To make them feel better? To give them the illusion of truth? To spare their feelings? All wasteful and damaging

naw this smells more like "grr too many BG'ers"

"IWD's the devil"

"I don't like that my greatness isn't recognized and I'll white knight colorles and provoke TBC into a total mental breakdown! GRR that's also IWD and Sage and Shikamaru's fault not mine!!"(three guesses who that is..hah!)

"Sage was mean to Eagles!"

"I don't like that porn kage has porn in his name this is a kids forum!"

type decisions

either way..this isn't up to me..I don't care this is not something I participate in it doesn't affect me

but it may affect your forum friends outside the Bg's it maybe something they take seriously..it may even be something you take seriously..and if that's the case then maybe instead of wasting time gossiping about it in the convo we all make a conscience decision to act on our beliefs

I say we because while i don't have a dog in this fight I am one of you

Originally Posted by setsun

Well iwd the council is just like the electoral college in respects to motm. They do the exact same thing in essence. Both need to be abolished for the voting to be legit
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ehh to be fair the college does have its validity..or it did when it was set up

to be fair if the Council was expressly stated to be working like the electoral college I wouldn't be bringing this up or advocating it...

[Throw Rasen-Shuriken]

I already never nominate and never vote. So I don't need to be told.
I also have already told someone to get lost in PM, when they asked me to vote for them.
That's my stance I dislike that contest fullstop and only ever do anything if someone decides to drag me into something that I don't want to be a part of.

[setsun]

True enough iwd true enough

Also dev is lurking..................................

[WishfulFairie]

@IWD
why the hell do I get a damn lecture and not everyone else?! Grrrr
Lol jk

@TRS
But I sorta influenced you to take part in MoTM...
Which is why I am partly to blame for that fiasco...

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

Originally Posted by setsun

Also dev is lurking..................................

let him lurk he knows how I feel about the contest everyone does

sides I'm not raising hell about this because I lost I'm raising hell about this because someone who out voted my arse did

unlike others..

..*has no idea who porn kage is beyond a funny guy who posts in the convo at times*

if its all electoral college like my stance on its gonna change towards "not participating but makes more sense in context now so why do people complain"

Originally Posted by WishfulFairie

@IWD
why the hell do I get a damn lecture and not everyone else?! Grrrr
Lol jk
.

because you're special

[Devroux]

I've heard plenty of you talk about politics, but if you know about politics, how don't you understand how MotM voting works? People cast nominations, members vote a POPULAR vote, the MotM Committee/Electoral College, takes the best of the best and votes on the final winner.

You're daft if you believe one person deserved it over another because despite what you think you know, you just don't know enough. Some of your very own peers are on the committee and you're boycotting them because you didn't appreciate their decision, which was based off of your own?

You guys are boycotting a system that you help run because you also don't know all the information at hand. You just vote on who you like most, then expect the popular vote to win it for you.

[WishfulFairie]

Originally Posted by Devroux

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We aren't boycotting. IWD was just making a statement. Also if someone drops out of the race or doesn't want the win, you don't give it to them
And yes, we don't know all the information, it's just a speculation

Originally Posted by Throw Rasen-Shuriken

<snip>

True....but I still influenced you.

WAR....we're in war alright...espionage

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

Originally Posted by Devroux

I've heard plenty of you talk about politics, but if you know about politics, how don't you understand how MotM voting works? People cast nominations, members vote a POPULAR vote, the MotM Committee/Electoral College, takes the best of the best and votes on the final winner.

because you are literally the first person to ever call it like that and now that you've made it a matter of public record for me I can stop attacking it and go back to ignoring it entirely..thank you very much (and that wasn't sarcasm Dev)

and I still found myself finding many of the results of the last couple years to be bafflingly undeserving people

this time not so much same with Luna..but passing it off as a thing worth voting over when its clearly not is bad policy

Originally Posted by Devroux

You're daft if you believe one person deserved it over another because despite what you think you know, you just don't know enough. Some of your very own peers are on the committee and you're boycotting them because you didn't appreciate their decision, which was based off of your own?

I don't know enough? that 'you aren't acquainted with all the facts about these users" Card probably isn't something you should pull on me- all things considered

I'm not boycotting them because I don't appreciate their decision..I'm encouraging others to stand up and do something about this lingering resentment and frustration I've seen building and festering behind closed doors for the last year

Originally Posted by Devroux

You guys are boycotting a system that you help run because you also don't know all the information at hand. You just vote on who you like most, then expect the popular vote to win it for you.

and you do realize withholding information like that "you guys just don't know" makes us look like two faced cliquish jerks?

[Devroux]

People seem to fear that things are run by popularity when that's exactly how you'd do it yourselves. I haven't seen a single person that has lost the contest ever say, "Yeah. Maybe the council isn't bias and are actually voting right." As soon as you lose, things are a problem.

[WishfulFairie]

Dev, I had a problem when I won. What you talking about...?

[The Immortal Watch Dog]

Originally Posted by Devroux

People seem to fear that things are run by popularity when that's exactly how you'd do it yourselves. I haven't seen a single person that has lost the contest ever say, "Yeah. Maybe the council isn't bias and are actually voting right." As soon as you lose, things are a problem.

I lost and I didn't say i lost because of biased i lost for all the right reasons I'm honestly surprised i got as many votes as I did

but the others?

[Devroux]

Originally Posted by The Immortal Watch Dog

because you are literally the first person to ever call it like that and now that you've made it a matter of public record for me I can stop attacking it and go back to ignoring it entirely..thank you very much (and that wasn't sarcasm Dev)

and I still found myself finding many of the results of the last couple years to be bafflingly undeserving people

this time not so much same with Luna..but passing it off as a thing worth voting over when its clearly not is bad policy

Feel free to believe as you wish, IWD, I can't change that, but you can't change the fact that you're fighting a system full of people that know what they're doing.

Can you keep a secret? PM me if you can.

I don't know enough? that 'you aren't acquainted with all the facts about these users" Card probably isn't something you should pull on me- all things considered

It's exactly the card that needs to be pulled on you, IWD, trust me. Check the chatbox. You'll know exactly why you can't give a straight up, well informed opinion about why the system isn't trustworthy.

I'm not boycotting them because I don't appreciate their decision..I'm encouraging others to stand up and do something about this lingering resentment and frustration I've seen building and festering behind closed doors for the last year

And again, as I posted above, I've never seen someone that has lost NOT think the system is bias after they lost. They've got nothing to say during voting or before, but after they lose, it's a baaaad system.

and you do realize withholding information like that "you guys just don't know" makes us look like two faced cliquish jerks?

Again, perception isn't always correct. Just because we're behind closed doors doesn't mean we're joining together against the general userbase just so "friends" can win.