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stalin answer my PM orgo on MSN

  • 08.31.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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I just realized that sometimes politeness and courtesy work quite well in New Mombasa. A thread fight was pretty much squelched by politely asking someone to not call another's idea 'idiotic' but rather state why he disliked the idea with an analysis i.e. because it's unbalanced.

You'd be surprised how well some of them respond.

  • 08.31.2004 9:41 AM PDT

Posted by: Abolitionofman
I just realized that sometimes politeness and courtesy work quite well in New Mombasa. A thread fight was pretty much squelched by politely asking someone to not call another's idea 'idiotic' but rather state why he disliked the idea with an analysis i.e. because it's unbalanced.

You'd be surprised how well some of them respond.


You've hit the nail on the head. Kill them with kindness and logic, it shuts them up pretty fast.

  • 08.31.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: idestroy00
Ah...I had almost forgotten that file, still brings tears of laughter and happiness to my eyes....do you mind if it use it in my sig as well Silent?


I don't care :)

  • 08.31.2004 10:11 AM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!

Banshee's right. Kill them with kindness. Lather them up with logic. Surround them with sense. Engage them endlessly with educational Halo 2 news. Charge at them by crushing crazy spam. Tackle them with terrific thought out sentences. Bombard them with your brilliance. Swarm...

Okay you get the picture.

[Edited on 8/31/2004 10:21:53 AM]

  • 08.31.2004 10:20 AM PDT

Ach! Was ist los?

That's it! "We Kill With Kindness."

  • 08.31.2004 10:50 AM PDT

Attack them with analogies

  • 08.31.2004 10:51 AM PDT
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"We Kill With Kindness."

I like it.

  • 08.31.2004 11:28 AM PDT

Ach! Was ist los?

Thanks.

I've been running recon in NM for the past hour; it's pretty quiet compared to some days, but the new ILB.com update will probably change that. Grab your helmets and plan accordingly.

  • 08.31.2004 11:41 AM PDT
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Fight for Bungie!
We'll also need propaganda.

  • 08.31.2004 12:01 PM PDT

Posted by: BobBQ
it's pretty quiet compared to some days,


Thank god for school. Around 6:00 it gets pretty messy. Trust me.

  • 08.31.2004 12:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lt Devon
Fight for Bungie!
We'll also need propaganda


We are rebels dude, we fight for our own cause which indirectly aids Bungie.

If someone could knock up some sort of propaganda about spammers or flamers, or something about joining NMST, that would be 'kewl'.

EDIT: As some of you may know, I hail from the UK. I am not usually around when the forums get REAL bad, but fear not! Your leader will endeavour to come up with some rules, regulation, training booklets for you all. If you would like to recieve one, PM me your email and you shall be sent one.

[Edited on 8/31/2004 12:09:17 PM]

  • 08.31.2004 12:06 PM PDT

Ach! Was ist los?

Message transmitted, returning to normal patrol route...

--Mr. Smith is writing Marathon terminals.

  • 08.31.2004 12:14 PM PDT

"FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION: Ensure brain is engaged before putting keyboard into gear."
Need a ninja?
Got a cheater? [email]h2cheats@microsoft.com[/email]
Forum Rules.
FAQ.
I'm certifiable.

Heh, I was the Tau propaganda minister in Games Workshop's Eye of Terror mega event, so voted because of "Tokyo Rose" style radio broadcasts I posted in the Tau and Imperial boards.

Propaganda, eh? How about these:

S.S.W.S: Smother Spam With Silence.

Only You Can Prevent Forum Fires! <-- stolen from H.B.O. banner crawl

Feeding the trolls brings them back for more. Starve 'em! Ignore 'em! Don't reply to 'em!

-- Steve's temporarily tapped out on propaganda... he'll work on them some more after work.

  • 08.31.2004 12:16 PM PDT
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Propaganda!

  • 08.31.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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Yo Halo53, I'm real happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best bungie.net profiles of all time. OF ALL TIME!

Posted by: Lt Devon
Fight for Bungie!
We'll also need propaganda.


Just because stalin is leader doesn't mean we're communists

:D

  • 08.31.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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Still a spot on the roster?

  • 08.31.2004 12:48 PM PDT
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Tau Propoganda... I don't think that really makes sense... anyway... nice pics, motto, and propogande. I'm off for school in a minute but thought I'd check out how long my post lasted after I left. And go BobBQ!

EDIT- my thread did die, but I'm attempting to pull a jesus ;-)

[Edited on 8/31/2004 2:22:29 PM]

  • 08.31.2004 2:16 PM PDT

"FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION: Ensure brain is engaged before putting keyboard into gear."
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Got a cheater? [email]h2cheats@microsoft.com[/email]
Forum Rules.
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I'm certifiable.

Posted by: Gaara of Sand
Tau Propoganda... I don't think that really makes sense...

Judge for youself. Or, if you're in a hurry, read the fan interview (half way down) done near the end of the campaign.

(It wasn't internal propaganda... it was propaganda directed at non-Tau. Appropriate now, eh, to evangelise in the name of the Greater Good of the forum?)

anyway... nice pics, motto, and propogande. I'm off for school in a minute but thought I'd check out how long my post lasted after I left. And go BobBQ!
Wish I could trust myself there to give you a hand, but blood pressure is still a tad high at the thought of going back. Labour Day. I'll return there on Labour Day.

-- Steve finds irony that Labour Day is marked by forbidding all labour for a day.

  • 08.31.2004 3:51 PM PDT
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That is rather odd.

--Mike thinks that having a third-person narration in addition to the first person narration is a great idea, and apologizes to Steve and Gaara of Sand for stealing their ideas.--

  • 08.31.2004 4:13 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

If you will accept me, I'm in.

  • 08.31.2004 4:20 PM PDT

We’ve watched while the stars burned
Out, and creation played in reverse.
The Universe freezing in half-light.
Once I thought to escape.
To end a master, step out of the
Path of collapse. Escape would make us God.
Yet I cannot help but remember one enigma,
A hybrid, elusive destroyer.
This is the one mystery I have not solved.
The only element unaccounted for.

Posted by: BobBQ
Thanks.

I've been running recon in NM for the past hour; it's pretty quiet compared to some days, but the new ILB.com update will probably change that. Grab your helmets and plan accordingly.

I only see one new post at first glance.

"It's quiet. Too quiet."
"I have a bad feeling about this..."

  • 08.31.2004 4:25 PM PDT

*millions of spammers and flammers jump fom the ceiling and grab ahold of un gato*
*he struggles but to no avail*
*all of a sudden he sees 28 pelicans coming*
*out jump all the New Mombasa Strike Team and the Mods*
*each pelican drops the warthog with drum feeed sniper rifle on back
*each person get into the gunner position*
*they open fire*
*they fire 9450 to 11550 rounds per minute*
*they kill everything* (I mean "everything," even un gato"

He died for the good of New Mombasa.
Rest in peace un gato

  • 08.31.2004 4:41 PM PDT
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Sounds good. Shadowbane convinced me to join.

  • 08.31.2004 4:43 PM PDT
Subject: Temporary base of operations for NMST.
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Posted by: Stalin the 31st
This is the OFFICIAL base of operations for the New Mombasa Strike Team! (NMST)

As we all know, New Mombasa is in a terrible way. Mass flaming, spamming, pointless threads. The moderators are hard pushed to sort out these problems. So it is up to us, the humble forum users, to help out. So, if you are up to the challenge, join the NMST now!

Our official duties will include...

-Posting interesting, worthwhile conversation about Halo 2.
-Cooling down potential flame wars
-Advising ignorance against spamming
-Helping out the new guys, and getting them used to the idea of interesting debate rather than 'Your -blam!-' 'Your a dumbass' type flaming.
-In cases such as ILB, helping to keep things tip top and under control.

So if you are interested, or want to hear more, PM Stalin the 31st (me) your fearless leader, or post questions and completed application forms (read as-posting your name) on this thread.

*Place motto here* I will think of a motto, and place it tommorow morning.


Look, don't play Moderator. By 'cooling down' potential flame wars, you're just as likely to ignite them again. Just take this as a gentle bit of advice.

(PS, does anyone think this sounds just a little bit silly? If people are spamming, flaming or whatever in New Mombasa, alert a Moderator. Don't be vigilantes, it only feeds the trolls.)

Once more, don't play Moderator. It doesn't help, trust me.
:)

- JAY132

[Edited on 9/1/2004 5:42:08 PM]

  • 08.31.2004 5:31 PM PDT