[quote name='hiccupleftovers'][quote name='Mr_hockey66']I agree hiccup that the otts can be fun. Everyone one needs some humor and thats the place to go. Its nice to have a different topic on the boards when things are slow. The main problem is that it has become a gang of the same people posting. Its offensive. Its out of hand. Its creating problems for the site, new memebrs, old members, its causing fights. I wouldn't have a problem with it if it was controlled and not as much. Some people have to work. If I get started it on one topic by time I come home from work its 15 pages long. I think your getting upset cause of a difference of opion. You make this topic then get mad when people say they have a problem with it!? I like the OTTer you guys are a great group. I like the no OTT thery too are a great group. I just think that the OTT topics hurt the site more then they help. I come here for videogame deals. First and formost. If I was a new visiitor and saw some of the crap that has been going on on this site the last few months I would not join here. It seems to childish and hate to say it but very much like gamefags![/quote]
O.K. You have a point there at times it can be offensive to certain groups I guess and it does get a little out of hand sometimes but I have never seen it causing fights. THe only fights I see it cause is by those who dislike the OTs and the OTTs in particular. ANd I already agreed with those wishing for it to be off the front page, fine let's end that conversation but I still don't see the problems that it causes for new members or old members. I mean I see members like Jimmiemac and DennisDFat and if you don't know who they are than they can send people away. But seriously, if there are no Vs. forums or OT forums on the frontpage will it really help any. Will you see every deal? NO most likely not and I don't think CHeapy wants just everyone to see the deals wihtout registering to be a user as well.[/quote]
I've skipped most of the pages here (it has grown almost exponentially since I left for class). But it sounds like the OTTs have come under pretty heavy fire. Now, I'm a pretty conservative type of guy - very traditional. And I know things have gotten out of hand in the OTTs lately. Sometimes I want to puke. I know the pages sometime fly by. But honestly, what concern is that of yours? If you don't like it, don't visit it. I have at times enjoyed being in the OTT. Sometimes, it gets a little rowdy, so I roll my eyes and wait it out. Heck, someone mentioned how there can be fifteen pages when they get home from work, those are usually the rowdy segments! The topic will likely be over soon! If you don't want to read the random jibberjabber or possible pervertedness that happened over the past few hours, don't sit down and read the fifteen pages. It's just like when people were posting every other post about Naruto. I don't care about Naruto, I had never heard of it before, and I didn't want to learn about it. So I'd skip those posts!!! I know, it's amazing, but you too can do it! In fact, the recent spree thread a couple weeks ago that everyone now has a t-shirt in their sig for, I skipped *gasp* the whole thing!!! It's true! But guess, what? It was gone in just a few hours. I guess this is a good time to change my sig. We can't be Nazi's. We're not going to censor on this site. If someone wants to just get away from life, they need their OTT. I don't always participate in the OTT nonsense, but everyone of those OTTers are good guys. After we take away the OTT from the front page, and censor what they can type and how many posts they cab have per hour, what are we gonna do next? March them to Auschwitz?
The same thing holds true for the trolls everyone complains about. If DDF bothers you, say something if it makes you feel big. But this, "OMD, W3 H@V3 2 |3@N |-| iM !!!!shift+one@!!!!!1" has to stop.
People whine about being sick of the trolls, of the stupid topics, of the OTTs, etc... Well, leave the site then! Something far worse than all of that is the whining that goes on! And don't try to twist my words, I'm not saying that you can't whine. That, too, is your right. But if all of these things are making your life such a horrible existence, why not do something about it (leave?), rather than whine people to death?
O.K. You have a point there at times it can be offensive to certain groups I guess and it does get a little out of hand sometimes but I have never seen it causing fights. THe only fights I see it cause is by those who dislike the OTs and the OTTs in particular. ANd I already agreed with those wishing for it to be off the front page, fine let's end that conversation but I still don't see the problems that it causes for new members or old members. I mean I see members like Jimmiemac and DennisDFat and if you don't know who they are than they can send people away. But seriously, if there are no Vs. forums or OT forums on the frontpage will it really help any. Will you see every deal? NO most likely not and I don't think CHeapy wants just everyone to see the deals wihtout registering to be a user as well.[/quote]
I've skipped most of the pages here (it has grown almost exponentially since I left for class). But it sounds like the OTTs have come under pretty heavy fire. Now, I'm a pretty conservative type of guy - very traditional. And I know things have gotten out of hand in the OTTs lately. Sometimes I want to puke. I know the pages sometime fly by. But honestly, what concern is that of yours? If you don't like it, don't visit it. I have at times enjoyed being in the OTT. Sometimes, it gets a little rowdy, so I roll my eyes and wait it out. Heck, someone mentioned how there can be fifteen pages when they get home from work, those are usually the rowdy segments! The topic will likely be over soon! If you don't want to read the random jibberjabber or possible pervertedness that happened over the past few hours, don't sit down and read the fifteen pages. It's just like when people were posting every other post about Naruto. I don't care about Naruto, I had never heard of it before, and I didn't want to learn about it. So I'd skip those posts!!! I know, it's amazing, but you too can do it! In fact, the recent spree thread a couple weeks ago that everyone now has a t-shirt in their sig for, I skipped *gasp* the whole thing!!! It's true! But guess, what? It was gone in just a few hours. I guess this is a good time to change my sig. We can't be Nazi's. We're not going to censor on this site. If someone wants to just get away from life, they need their OTT. I don't always participate in the OTT nonsense, but everyone of those OTTers are good guys. After we take away the OTT from the front page, and censor what they can type and how many posts they cab have per hour, what are we gonna do next? March them to Auschwitz?
The same thing holds true for the trolls everyone complains about. If DDF bothers you, say something if it makes you feel big. But this, "OMD, W3 H@V3 2 |3@N |-| iM !!!!shift+one@!!!!!1" has to stop.
People whine about being sick of the trolls, of the stupid topics, of the OTTs, etc... Well, leave the site then! Something far worse than all of that is the whining that goes on! And don't try to twist my words, I'm not saying that you can't whine. That, too, is your right. But if all of these things are making your life such a horrible existence, why not do something about it (leave?), rather than whine people to death?
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ing read it! DER!
, but some people feel they have a lot to say, which is good. When I try to say a joke, I'd like to knwo that some others thought it was funny, but they could add more than a smiley. We need for people to have stuff to say or there'd be no new topics or discussions. I don't really care about post counts, I never did and somehow managed to get caught up in it anyway. It's a good way to tell who's the big fish of the site, which can be good for when you're new and don't know how things go around here. I've learned the errors of the dark side that I was following towards and have changed my ways.
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