Sigs getting turned off

[1stdeadeye]

heh well read the last 2 pages, were not really discussing the sigs anymore specifically.

I know that. Again this is the internet. Don't like it here, go elsewhere. Anyone holding a gun to anyone's head to hold them here?

Do I agree with the mods? Sometimes I do, sometimes I do not. How is that different from real life?

When they make stupid or inane decisions, it is all about mind over matter. This is the internet. I don't mind, so they don't matter! If AO is anyone's life then they have no life!!!

Again move on. Back to the fun. Let's all bash CollegeBoy again!!! Maybe the mods can invite him back for sport!!!!

[SCpoloRicker]

Let's all bash CollegeBoy again!!!

YYaaaarrrggghhhh!!!!!

[Muzikman]

So the big question...

it's been almost a week since the sigs have been turned off. Who honestly misses them?

Not I.

[Chronobreak]

So the big question...

it's been almost a week since the sigs have been turned off. Who honestly misses them?

Not I.

i KINDA do...

it was nice being able to see contact info and websites etc EASILY...but clicking on their name is just another step..i know..

BUT im not gonna click on EVERY name to see if they have soemthing worthwhile in their sig...

btw..i cant believe people are still replying here...msot of us replied and then said fine..w/e and dealt with it...

[alooney11]

Man i cannot believe people are still talking about this.

[hitech]

So the big question...

it's been almost a week since the sigs have been turned off. Who honestly misses them?

Not I.

Me.

[Aliens-8-MyDad]

yeah me too... the forums just seem alot more dull and lifeless now, no personality. but also no more post asking people if there sigs look good or mods complaining about sigs not being compliant.

so, its kidna good kinda bad. ill live with it either way.

[FallNAngel]

It's been almost a week since the sigs have been turned off. Who honestly misses them?

Not I.

I do. It's not the sigs so much, as the feeling that I had when they were around. This forum used to be laid back and felt more of a place to just go and chat about paintball. For the most part, very few flames and very few problems. Now that sigs are gone, it kinda feels like we're constantly being watched over and more or less walking on egg shells. I do agree with what the membership is saying about responding to moderators / admins. From what (admitedly little) I've seen, there seems to be a "the mod is always right and how dare you question us" attitude. Does complaint #1 cause complaint #2, etc without complaint #1 ever being dealt with? Yeah... can you really expect it to be otherwise? Solutions to issues are presented and sometimes just ignored or dragged around before being put into place...which causes other complaints.

How does making a controversial arguement to see if people get stirred up about it, then blaming us for when we do, solve anything? It does nothing but create things you don't want to happen.

[punkncat]

I miss the sigs.

Without them this forum looks just like the many others using this template. And may as well be those forums in that there is no life or personality to the pages anymore. Not to mean it has interfered with the posts themselves, it just made the page seem more "black and white".

Know what I mean?

[C_lawgik]

oh well

[JAM]

well maybe we can now focus on content rather than flash...

I don't know, but it's not the end of the world. life will go on w/o sigs. can't we just go back to complaining about SP?




-J

[dre1919]

AO,

Since we are having so much drama over the sig rules and much of it is now falling out on me I have decided to just turn them off.

On another note challenging the mods is not going to get you anywhere. If someone gets banned you should just stand back and not make things worse. If push comes to shove you are going to need a pretty darn good reason to get me to change the mods decisions.

Everyone knows I don't do well with conflict so take that as a threat to the whole forum.

Thanks

Tom Kaye

I took a long time off from paintball and AO in general, then came back here and so much has changed. I did some searching as to where my one of a kind sig went, and I find this thread answering my questions. I gotta say, when this decision came down that was a sad day. AO is no longer AO in my eyes. I know a lot of you have chimed in, and will continue to chime in with "Oh, sigs don't matter...if you don't like it, leave...blah, blah." Well, it's not the sigs themselves...it's what they represented. They are one of the things that made AO different from all the other forum boards on the net. This feeling of community, sharing things with "friends" you've never (or may never) meet, these were things that AO had and no longer does. It's too bad that too many immature kids had to ruin things for us older adults, but such is life though. I would like to say shame on you mods for being so conservative on an issue like this, but then again, I'm sure your job was something akin to managing a kindergarten class. At some point, you get fed up and the death of fun comes out. Sad to see it go that way, but I understand. This is all irrelevant as it will do nothing to change things, but I just wanted my opinion (as a long time AO member) to be heard. Sigs were part of the individuality of AO, and that individuality is gone. We around here pride ourselves on being so different than other boards, but show me now where we are? Because we don't allow cussing? Wow...that's so revolutionary.

As for Tom's qoute above, unlike the masses that generally hang on every word he says I have no problem criticizing him when it's appropriate.

"If someone gets banned you should just stand back and not make things worse"

When was doing nothing ever a good thing? I used to have a saying in my sig from time to time, which obviously couldn't be read now if I wanted it to be. It goes like this:

"Of course we should fear evil men, but an evil we must fear even more is the indifference of good men."

The mods aren't always right, so standing by and doing nothing...saying nothing...in certain cases, that should be viewed as wrong.

I'm sure this opens me up to criticism, but I really don't care. It's the internet, get over it.

~dre

[Beemer]

Maybe. Yes, No, I dont know

Sigs were part of the individuality of AO, and that individuality is gone.

Only because WE let it. We could start a revolution.

Remember the chain is only as strong as the weakest link.

I could put my sig in every post if I wanted and so could You.

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[fire1811]

we have been getting along just fine without them.

this is the first I have heard someone complain about it in over a month

[hitech]

Only because I'm too tired to complain.

And yes, we could put our signatures in every post. But I don't think it will have the desired results.

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