So someone explain to me....

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  1. Zombie

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    No one was affected.

    What we did is no different then the Last Kitteh thread or the thread with all the pics of women in it or the damn smiley page.

    If it caused a page a few extra seconds to load--- booo hoooo.....

    Many fixed the problem by putting on us ignore.
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  2. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    Something smells fishy in Denmark.

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    Don't you hate it when somebody butchers Shakespeare?
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  3. 14thDoctor

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    If you're viewing the board from a mobile device, those threads could have frozen or crashed your phone.

    You're compromising the ability of some members to enjoy the board.
    I happened to be at work when this happened, but if I'd been posting from my phone, I would have been effected.
    People expect a large number of images in those threads and can avoid them. When you're dropping multiple unnecessary images into threads without warning, there's no way to avoid that.
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  4. Volpone

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    I've just got to say, this whole thread bombing campaign has got to be the most brilliant bit of strategy since attacking Fort Sumter.
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  5. Tamar Garish

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    This. And pyramiding them makes it even worse.

    And with large images in rep...that is not bullshit, either.

    The rep system was not designed to handle large images in bulk and it causes problems with the coding as well as hang in loading.

    O2C is better at explaining this stuff, but it does cause real issues.
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    I really think he was just talking down to apostle and everyone else got in the crossfire.

    So, it's all apostle's fault.
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    In the UserCP page, over-wide and/or dozens of repeated images screw up the layout of everything below (and some things above) on the page, making some elements inaccessible.

    In this particular case, either the number of distinct images or possibly one image in particular (which would be rather difficult to isolate, but has certainly happened before) was crashing Safari on my phone (just checked on an iPhone 3G, it just hung until the OS quit it). So as soon as I got to a computer, I fixed the problem in the least invasive manner possible. I didn't warn anyone (though I was waiting to see Zombie's reaction; without the reps, I would have banned him temporarily until we were sure his account hadn't been compromised - I figured that El Chup and Muad Dib were playing some sort of retarded "follow the leader"), I didn't delete any posts, I just moved the spam to a thread where it could be safely left alone.

    I feel entirely justified in doing this - I can't put anyone on ignore, and I won't have threads causing browser crashes on mobile devices. If I had the chance, I'd do it again. But I don't need to, because the spam isn't breaking the board except in the thread I put everything in. Sure the width is stretched a bit, but nothing's hanging.

    And now I find out this is about acronyms? Are you 4 years old, Zombie? Really. It's like shitting in the sandbox because Anc won't tell you about his secret code.
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  8. Tamar Garish

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    Just stop it.

    Anyone who read the thread saw him talk down to everyone who had an issue with his mystery posting.

    These guys had a pretty good reason to feel slighted and insulted.
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  9. Diacanu

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    :seriousbusiness:

    :sob:

    :dayton:
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  10. Zombie

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    "though I was waiting to see Zombie's reaction; without the reps, I would have banned him temporarily until we were sure his account hadn't been compromised - I figured that El Chup and Muad Dib were playing some sort of retarded "follow the leader")"

    You wouldn't have done shit because any intelligent person would see that I went straight from responding to Anc to doing what I did.
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    I entered the Red Room, saw a thread only a few hours old with 3 pages, which turned out to be 90% image spam, which crashed my browser. Later, on my computer, 4 pages, with no sign of stopping. Checking to see if you had some sort of vendetta against the thread starter was not high on my priority list.
  12. Muad Dib

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    This! I hated to say some of the things I said to Anc.

    I have zero tolerance for a civilian who is disrespectful to an honorable veteran. Likewise, I have zero tolerance for a veteran who is disrespectful of a civilian. Ultimately, the military serves and protects the interests of the civilians. not the government.

    In this case, I think Anc was disrespectful to the people he serves and dishonored himself and his uniform.
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  13. Zombie

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    Another one who can't understand what he reads. Damn the liberal education system in this country!!

    No, O2C you caught us....

    It had nothing to do with Anc being rude about them and basically trying to run people out of "military heavy" threads by speaking in his "secret code". It had nothing to do with him refusing to explain what the acronyms meant and how they related to each other so the NON-MILITARY people could follow along. It had nothing to do with him having an arrogant attitude and consistently talking down to people like we are dirt.

    Yeah it was just about him not telling us the secret code.

    My God O2C with the skill you've displayed here you're sure to find the real killer for OJ Simpson. He will be so proud. :clap:
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    Dude. Too far.







    *Lest anyone think I'm flaming Muad, I wish to clarify that I believe the posters statement was stupid, not the poster specifically.
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  17. Tamar Garish

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    Knock it off, O2C...this is the Help Desk and you're not too old to spank. :nono:
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  18. Uncle Albert

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    This just took a turn for the kinky.

    I approve.

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  19. Zombie

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    :wtf:

    So you want to watch Tamar pull O2C's pants down and spank him?

    I think this thread just got weird.
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    I think it just got entertaining. For the first time.

    O2C did his job, which is to keep the board functioning. End of line.
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  21. Zombie

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    The board was functioning. It's not my fault O2C is using Safari on his iPhone to view this board.

    The board wasn't made for that. Any thread that he goes to that is picture heavy would have done the same thing to his phone (and mine since I have one). There are multiple threads on this board in the Red Room and the Green Room that are massive picture threads yet no one complains about them.

    That's why smart people using their phone will browse with images off or use a different board style or not go in those threads with heavy pictures.

    Had we done no pictures but text spam we'd still get you and others spouting off about board functionality except it wouldn't be about pictures but about readability of the threads.

    So spare us already. It has nothing to do with the functioning of the board and everything to do with people being angry we carpet bombed the threads of a poster who IOHO earned it.
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  22. Muad Dib

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    Not too far at all. His conduct has been very poor and unbecoming of a soldier IMHO. He's a soldier in the US Army. His attitude and statements to the civilians he serves have been very over the top and condescending. He's even referred to the US flag as "just a damned piece of cloth."

    The veterans that I personally know would tear his head off for that shit.

    I happen to be friends IRL with some military historians who are veterans and have taught in some of the army's highest institutes of learning. Without identifying Anc or Wordforge, I discussed that flag comment with some of them. To a man, they all said he should be reported to his CO for it.

    Lucky for Anc that I'm neither vindictive nor do I play fast and loose with WF's poster's RL info.

    Desecrate or denigrate a Confederate flag and you're going to piss me off to the max. Do the same thing to the US flag and you're going to get me just as pissed, if not more so.

    I've been reading his posts for quite some time and thinking WTF! :wtf: I've been trying to figure out if he's suffering from PTSD or something and I've been trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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    I could be wrong, but I don't recall "being polite to people on anonymous message boards" as being part of a soldiers job.

    You take flags very seriously. Others don't.

    When he joined the army, Anc swore an oath to the constitution, not the flag. As far as I can tell, he's kept that oath.
    I'm sure you've made some posts here that your supervisors wouldn't appreciate either.

    How about we not play that game?

    See above.
    :wtf:

    That's some weak shit to throw at someone just for disagreeing with you politically.
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    Care to point out where I've ever denigrated the US flag? Link? I won't hold my breath while waiting.

    As far as historical posts go, I've never posted anything that isn't corroberated by other historians. I've never made claims about Lincoln, Sherman, Black Confederates, the Union's actions, or anything else that I can't back with historical data. You may not agree with my statements or conclusions, but there's data that supports it.

    I won't hold my breath waiting for you to find a link either that says I'm ashamed to be an American or advocating any modern day secession. If anything, you'll find posts where I'm saying let's learn from the past and try to prevent a recurrence.

    So don't even start down that road.
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    Did I say you did?

    Do I give a shit if you did?
    I have no idea what you're on about here, but I'm pretty sure none of it has anything to do with Anc, or why you feel you have the right to screw over people viewing the board with their phones.
  26. Muad Dib

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    ^ You certainly implied it.

    As for my concern about PTSD or wondering what is going on with Anc, that's nothing denigrating towards him. He's on his 2nd tour in the Sandbox. It's a very common issue with veterans who have seen combat. How can anyone who has been in those situations not have it?

    Certainly, we've all seen a change in him. A significant change.
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    Oh, wow...this thread, just....wow....
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    I don't want to get into the whole flag, PTSD thing. Muad Dib you're on your own for that. Good hunting. ;)

    But 14th you're comment is just baffling stupid.

    Most of this board doesn't use phones to view the board. People could have turned off images (like I do) or put us on ignore (like several did).

    You're acting like we killed people, smeared blood all over the place, and then left.

    Life goes on.

    And for someone who has participated in wrecking threads (pie pictures) you (and in fact almost everyone on this board) have no business complaining.
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  29. Muad Dib

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    Oh, and Doc, I'd appreciate it if you would stop trying to derail this thread and get it closed when there are still valid points to be discussed that remain unresolved.

    This is not a CW thread and I'm not going to discuss the CW or Confederate heritage here.

    This is a thread about a board matter. If you want to start a CW thread, start one in RR and if it's a valid topic, we'll talk about it there.
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    My comment about the flag and PTSD was an observation about the changes we've seen. I'll let it go, here and now, because it does not pertain to the matter at hand.
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