Clearly, folks, stuff's gone somewhat awry. We have a lot of new
people, and not everyone knows what we're about or how we do things.
And this leads to stuff like what happened last night. So, in order to
enlighten our newbies, remind our veterans, give everyone who might
randomly show up here the best chance to fit in instead of annoying
all, and generally embetter our board, I say we scrap our old
constitution, which hasn't been dusted off in years, and write up
something new. A rule book, some guidelines, whatever it is you want to
call it.
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Sounds like a good idea.
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You know, PETA would and wouldn't be strongly opposed to the Schrödinger's cat experiment.
I'm in.
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My story is in desperate need
of votes on EM2. Come check it out.
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=918080&topic=40304510
Maybe this time we'll actually get around to ratifying the damn thing.
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My
friend said he found God in the Bible. Well, mine only mentioned him. I
guess it's a contest thing: One in 10,000 Bibles has God in it.
-undertaker shy guy
Yeah, the old one still isn't ratified by 10 of the 17 canonical PMSians. By the way, James, who are those?
I'm behind this idea 100%. I was thinking about it too!
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It was time for a new signature, and HeyDude had no good ideas.
I'm all for it.
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"Once again, this
began as a slower than molasses acoustic guitar and piano song about
death. That's practically Viagra for emo-kids." - Tomas Kalnoky
Sure. This sounds interesting.
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My "Search for topics without a word in the title" petition:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=39037060
Alright, well lets start with the obvious: Newbie information.
To all newbies, new folk, and/or n00bs,
We
here at PMS are a tight knit community. Many of us have been here for 5
or more years, some for as many as 7. Even those who have spent only a
year here are considered to be a part of a very real community. As a
result, we ask a little more of new arrivals than to just show up and
post. Some general guidelines to getting along well here are:
1)
Make an introduction topic. It's common courtesy when one arrives in a
new community to greet the neighbors, basically. Tell us about
yourself. Make yourself more than an unfamiliar username.
2) English. We love English. Use the shift key, use punctuation, maybe write like a teacher would read your posts.
3)
Respect. We all joke around and make fun of some people. We're not some
sort of weird utopia. But seriously, if you come in here and start
disrespecting everyone, we're going to have problems.
Edit/Add away, PMSians.
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"I am a leaf on the wind; watch how I soar." - Wash, Serenity
Is there any way we could get a topic stickied that contains the
Constitution? I don't know how this sticky stuff works. (And yes, that
is what she said.)
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You know, PETA would and wouldn't be strongly opposed to the Schrödinger's cat experiment.
^ I would love to have a Sticky of all of our good
important stuff. However, I've heard that the mods won't sticky on a
Social Board.
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#2 Georgia Bulldogs (11-2), Sugar Bowl Champions
New York Giants (11-6), vs. Dallas Cowboys 1/13/08
I'd like to add a newbie-newbie clause. Something like...
4.
Don't bring anyone else to PMS. Seriously, we have our hands full just
making sure you aren't some idiot. A newbie, which we don't
particularly like, bringing in more newbies, which we don't
particularly like, causes us problems, and makes you look twice as bad
if the person you bring in isn't working out.
Maybe something about sisters specifically. *remembers the arrivals of Gigglegirl and nalabell*
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My
friend said he found God in the Bible. Well, mine only mentioned him. I
guess it's a contest thing: One in 10,000 Bibles has God in it.
-undertaker shy guy
See sig & quote.
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Anyone
who acts like an idiot on this board gets treated like one. If you want
to act the hormone-driven drool-monkey, you'll get mocked for it.
We can't sticky, but we can bump. Certainly no problem with that.
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Set your sights low; there may be money on the ground.
"On with inertia! Down with gravity!"
Sounds like a plan.
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You know, PETA would and wouldn't be strongly opposed to the Schrödinger's cat experiment.
So what other articles do we need? Probably nothing establishing a
concrete systematic government, because we know we hate those. And I
doubt we need anything to regulate games anymore. There's a bit of
marking etiquette that might be addressed but when's the last time an
established PMSian has done something particularly markable?
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Set your sights low; there may be money on the ground.
"On with inertia! Down with gravity!"
Oh no. I am not going France on this board with this multiple
constitution crap. Although I guess the first one wasn't ever ratified.
So we'd still be on Constitution I.
Anihoo,
does anyone have a link to the old one? I suspect that wasn't a bad
document, and we might as well re-address this canonical PMSian
silliness. I have no idea who counts, but it seems like a bunch of 2nd+
wave guys have no reason not to count (I'm thinking AMan, DIM, Mark,
Alex, Pooty &c; all you guys who weren't here the exact second the
board sprang into existence, but who've been part of the landscape
since God knows how long) might as well, since screw it. Really, that
whole system is silly, but that's where we'll begin discussions.
Who's with me? Yay! Wil's right! Let's listen to him. Go Bender!
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Why
is it whenever a flame war starts, people always go after the user
names? For christ's sake, this is a message board, everybody's name
sucks.
-Gold Wyrm
Wait, what did Wil just say?
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Set your sights low; there may be money on the ground.
"On with inertia! Down with gravity!"
There's a bit of marking etiquette that might be addressed but
when's the last time an established PMSian has done something
particularly markable?
And yet I've two modded messages from here. Likely the lurking MBHers (damn, never thought we'd get semi-invaded by that board), but still.
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"I am a leaf on the wind; watch how I soar." - Wash, Serenity
I think we should add something like a reference, or an appendix to traditions and fads here.
Appendix I: Traditions and Fads
Boredom Poll
PMS Pager:
Re:
Newbie greetings (toasters and celestial pointing)
Responding to a topic with another topic
PMS Awards
Yjr vpfr
Kings and windows and antiestablishmentarianism
Feel free to add entries and maybe even write some.
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"And then we die."
~~This is what I like to add to the end of almost every sentence.~~
Great, now one of mine's been modded. One of the AMan quotes. Tho I think this one's the mod's fault as much as anyone.
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Set your sights low; there may be money on the ground.
"On with inertia! Down with gravity!"
I'm gonna bump this, because I'd like to see it done.
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"And then we die."
~~This is what I like to add to the end of almost every sentence.~~
For a link to the old one: http://www.geocities.com/papermariosocial/constitution.html
I have no idea who the 17 Congressional Vets were, besides the 6 who actually ratified it.
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"To truly live, one must first be born." ~ Evan [aX]
Paper Mario Social: The Safe Haven of GameFAQs. (Board 2000083)
Anyway, guys, I propose as Article I what I call the "keep it real"
doctrine. The Keep It Real Doctrine is simple: keep it real. If
someone's being a dick, they aren't keeping it real. Having been told
that one is not keeping it real, it is up to that individual to
determine what exactly they are doing or not doing and try to modify
that behavior to keep it real, in such a way that others are "down"
with what he/she is saying/doing. By beginning to keep it real, that
individual will find that people will have further dealings with him or
her where once they would not. Thus, keeping it real is, in a polite
and rational society, its own reward.
It's
not exactly that simple; it's as easy, for example, for someone not to
be down with a restriction as an indulgence. For example, someone might
not be down with AMan's topic about sexual fantasies (y'know, at its
inception) and might wish to decry it. AMan and the decier would have
to find some solution so that both, not being, perhaps, down with it,
are able to keep it real.
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Why is it whenever a flame war
starts, people always go after the user names? For christ's sake, this
is a message board, everybody's name sucks.
-Gold Wyrm
I have to doubt if this document will ever be written, let alone passed.
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spud2002 is alive! >_>
Wil--that has got to be one of the most confusing things you could ever put in an official document, and that's saying a lot...
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"And then we die."
~~This is what I like to add to the end of almost every sentence.~~
Just got an idea...if we ever finish this Constitution, we can put it
on that fancy WikiFAQs thing! It's as good a place as any other for
peer editing and such.
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"And then we die."
~~This is what I like to add to the end of almost every sentence.~~