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Talk to the Soul | ~B.B. | Know Your Duardo |  | Hero | ISFJ | 77135 | 94371

"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."

I see it (▓▒░) all the time in the Files Forums. I find it annoying and just another way to draw attention to a thread. Anyone else find it annoying?



Example: ░▒▓Duardo's Best map EVER!▓▒░1 million+ DL's(With Pics) Comment/Rate

  • 12.25.2007 8:46 PM PDT

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I!▓▒░Never!▓▒░See!▓▒░It!

... Ugh. That is annoying. :( It's pretty obnoxious, that's for sure.

(Sorry, just trying to be funny. My mistake)

[Edited on 12.25.2007 9:04 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2007 9:04 PM PDT
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Odd, thats the first time I've ever seen it (maybe because I rarely check the fileforums).

  • 12.25.2007 9:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: El Roboto
Odd, thats the first time I've ever seen it (maybe because I rarely check the fileforums).

It's because you have your head in the clouds, chuckle-monster.

No, it's frequent, but not that bad. :D Just a tad annoying... Not sure what to do about it. Can people be warned for being "Annoying"?

  • 12.25.2007 9:11 PM PDT

I don't find it annoying at all...

Character mapping, asterisks, etc...all good. :)

  • 12.25.2007 9:17 PM PDT
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Can someone take a screenshot? All I see are black and white squares because I'm on a Mac- unless that's what you're supposed to see, in which case those are hideous.

  • 12.25.2007 9:21 PM PDT

It's sort of like the people who have gamertags that look like xXxXxNAMExXxXx -- they're just using innocuous-looking characters to make it seem like graphics.

Like you mentioned, I've really only noticed it widespread in the Files forums, but it doesn't really bother me overmuch. It's the people whose posts look like this:

▓▒░dud3z ch3k 0ut my 4wsum m4p l0lz ░▒▓
...and then proceed to bump it ten times with slight variations of that.

[Edited on 12.25.2007 9:26 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2007 9:22 PM PDT

Similar...it's just squares of many dots.

  • 12.25.2007 9:23 PM PDT
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Yes and im sick of people in the halo3 fourm putting those into their topics

  • 12.25.2007 9:30 PM PDT

how do you even make ░▒▓?

other than copy and paste.. which i just did :P

░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓

  • 12.25.2007 9:51 PM PDT

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."- John F. Kennedy

They folded out of the system immediately
after I received the message, without so
much as a "Thanks for saving us from
becoming plasma on Tau Ceti, Durandal".

I think it can be an annoyance. It's pretty much the same thing as posting in all caps or overusing the bold/italics/underline markups. It simply draws attention to the post for the looks rather then the content.

  • 12.25.2007 10:13 PM PDT
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So it's annoying. Big deal. Ignore it and get on with your life.

  • 12.25.2007 11:27 PM PDT

I▓▒░agree▓▒░this▓▒░is▓▒░annoying.

It's easy to ignore though.

  • 12.26.2007 2:35 AM PDT

Posted by: gronfors
how do you even make ░▒▓?

other than copy and paste.. which i just did :P

░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓░▒▓

Alt codes?

  • 12.26.2007 2:48 AM PDT
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Yes it's annoying!

Why'd you do it?!

I usually edit very obnoxious thread titles when I see them.
-TGP-

  • 12.26.2007 3:51 AM PDT

Yes it is annoying. If it were up to me I would treat it the same as a thread with an all caps title.

  • 12.26.2007 3:54 AM PDT
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So now I'm a beta tester. Let's see where this goes.

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║make a rule about it. ∞
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  • 12.26.2007 4:39 AM PDT

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As a general rule I ignore people who do stuff like that actually.

I know I came to your thread...I suppose I'm a lying then...

  • 12.26.2007 4:56 AM PDT
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It's annoying sure. But annoying things seem to get people's attention. Which is what the thread creator ultimately wants.

  • 12.26.2007 5:34 AM PDT

Found in the Screenshot Forum's Adverts in others threads = BANNED - Bumping = BANNED Sticky:
Posted by: ash55
CHECK OUT MY SCREEN DESPITE MY ANNOYING ALL-CAPS TITLE!!

Naturally, all-caps titles = Lock. "Decorating" your title with symbols = Lock. Overusing exclamation or question marks = Lock. Just keep your thread tidy so the forum doesn't look like an unorganised mess.



I think that clears up the issue, right?

  • 12.26.2007 6:53 AM PDT
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Ya, it is very annoying. It's against Pezz's rules though.

  • 12.26.2007 7:32 AM PDT
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Nvm, it's against Ash's rules.

  • 12.26.2007 7:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Billy Bishop
Nvm, it's against Ash's rules.

I thought it's always been against the rules. "Thread Decoration" was something I remember Shishka cracking down on in the past.

It is bloody annoying.

  • 12.26.2007 8:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: ash55
Posted by: Billy Bishop
Nvm, it's against Ash's rules.

I thought it's always been against the rules. "Thread Decoration" was something I remember Shishka cracking down on in the past.

It is bloody annoying.

Probably, I just remember reading up on stickies and seeing your post about it in the Screen Shot forum.

  • 12.26.2007 8:42 AM PDT

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