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« Reply #45 on: <07-15-12/0151:21> »
(I'm looking at you, Mirikon. Still cant tell what thats a pic of :p)

I'm pretty sure that's Least I Could Do... at the least, I'm 99% sure it's some comic/cartoon character's eyes peering out of a snow-drift.

Ah. Mystery solved, perhaps.

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« Reply #46 on: <07-15-12/0336:49> »
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« Reply #47 on: <07-15-12/0832:04> »
I tend to limit my smites for occasions when people are being really beyond the bounds of sarcasm and normal arguing. When flame wars start, I tend to be pretty liberal with the smites, on both sides. (I even smote myself, once.) Otherwise, I don't bother with it. Likewise, I only give a +1 when someone contributes something to the conversation that raises the level of awesome in the forum. Very subjective, on both counts, I know, but there you go.

(I'm looking at you, Mirikon. Still cant tell what thats a pic of :p)

I'm pretty sure that's Least I Could Do... at the least, I'm 99% sure it's some comic/cartoon character's eyes peering out of a snow-drift.
Indeed it is. The character is Rayne from Least I Could Do, looking out from a snowdrift.

And now I have the urge to stat him up in SR (as a Pornomancer face, natch).
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« Reply #48 on: <07-15-12/1313:01> »
(I'm looking at you, Mirikon. Still cant tell what thats a pic of :p)
I'm pretty sure that's Least I Could Do... at the least, I'm 99% sure it's some comic/cartoon character's eyes peering out of a snow-drift.
Indeed it is. The character is Rayne from Least I Could Do, looking out from a snowdrift.

And now I have the urge to stat him up in SR (as a Pornomancer face, natch).

Given some of the author's other work (LFG comes to mind), he definitely needs to be an elf... and don't forget SINner, Day Job, and Fame (Local)!

Also, Poor Self Control (Braggart), and Poor Self Control (Compusive) for his womanizing and generally... Rayne-ish... behavior.

Dangit, now I want to stat him up.
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« Reply #49 on: <07-16-12/0103:15> »
(I'm looking at you, Mirikon. Still cant tell what thats a pic of :p)

I'm pretty sure that's Least I Could Do... at the least, I'm 99% sure it's some comic/cartoon character's eyes peering out of a snow-drift.

Yes. That is Rayne Summers from the Least I Could Do (LiCD) comic. Makers of the Looking For Group (LFG) comic.

EDIT: damnit. the "New" button took me to the 2nd to last page in stead of the last comment again........... Otherwise I wouldn't have responded since you guys covered it well already.
also when either of you guys stat up Rayne, post it character creation section, I want to see what you come up with.

Oh and Dude, Rayne always envisions himself as Aragorn in fantasy settings. so maybe human after all.
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« Reply #50 on: <07-16-12/0126:37> »
Also makers of Dick On A Stick!  ;D
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« Reply #51 on: <08-16-12/0254:36> »
There needs to either be a tracking system or a general "Here's who smote you" system or the system turned off, IMHO.

For some reason, in two days, I've gone from -7 to -11. Why? I don't know. Did I offend someone somehow and they're now shadowing my posts to drop a smite? Did I say something untowards that several different people took offense to and threw smites to penalize me?

I have no idea.

Nor will I ever know.

That doesn't help the community if you don't say *why* you have negative feelings. All it really does is ... create more negative feelings.

You could have an applaud, but no smite, that'd work fine. Or neither + nor -, that's also fine, but, as it stands?

Hurts my head, like, a lot.

"Well, just ignore it then."

Possible, but if the point is to ignore it, why have it?

Grf.

I'm probably too tired to be thinking about this right now, but... Grf.

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« Reply #52 on: <08-16-12/0443:56> »
-18 now, so someone is being a real jerk Wak.  I think we are going through a spike again, took another 4 smites in the last two days, not as bad as you, but noticeable after lul in the smiting. 

Would be better if people were more upfront about it.  May not make things more peaceful, bu random smiting is annoying and it is better if people just say 'I don't like your take on xxxx, and -1 to you'.   But that will never happen.

I actually think its someone who doesn't or rarely posts, but what do know?
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« Reply #53 on: <08-16-12/1217:51> »
Yeah, it goes back to basic psychology here. If you train a dog by punishing it when it poos on the carpet, but give it a treat when it goes outside, you train it where it should go. When a kid gets a spanking when they have a tantrum and punch their sibling, but get a treat when they're nice, you get behavior changes because you can point to what's good and what's bad.

Applaud and Smite could be used in the same way, encouraging good posts and discouraging bad ones... but only if you know why they're happening. If you don't, it's like just smacking a dog at random. It doesn't know what's up and eventually just becomes a fearly thing that curls up whenever you come near, since you might hit it for no reason.

I hate to break the concept down like that, but, it's the easiest way to showcase the problem.

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« Reply #54 on: <08-16-12/1224:41> »
Yeah, it goes back to basic psychology here. If you train a dog by punishing it when it poos on the carpet, but give it a treat when it goes outside, you train it where it should go. When a kid gets a spanking when they have a tantrum and punch their sibling, but get a treat when they're nice, you get behavior changes because you can point to what's good and what's bad.

Applaud and Smite could be used in the same way, encouraging good posts and discouraging bad ones... but only if you know why they're happening. If you don't, it's like just smacking a dog at random. It doesn't know what's up and eventually just becomes a fearly thing that curls up whenever you come near, since you might hit it for no reason.

I hate to break the concept down like that, but, it's the easiest way to showcase the problem.

That's....actually a rather intelligent and thought out summation. +1 to you, sir, and I am slightly more in favor of getting rid of the rep system than before.

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« Reply #55 on: <08-16-12/1238:21> »
I'd be highly in favor of knowing what post got the applaud or smite. Even if the system must remain anonymous to work, it really does not help unless you you can track what you got zapped for.

I'd also be in favor of not being able to hand out more total applauds or smites than you have posts. that would not limits many old timers, but newbys would have to pick and choose, and ti would become a somewhat limited resource.
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« Reply #56 on: <08-16-12/1750:56> »
I'd also be in favor of not being able to hand out more total applauds or smites than you have posts. that would not limits many old timers, but newbys would have to pick and choose, and ti would become a somewhat limited resource.
Do we really want to give the crazy Canadian the most smiting power of all?
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« Reply #57 on: <08-16-12/2012:30> »
I'd also be in favor of not being able to hand out more total applauds or smites than you have posts. that would not limits many old timers, but newbys would have to pick and choose, and ti would become a somewhat limited resource.
Do we really want to give the crazy Canadian the most smiting power of all?
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well it is better then him taking is cane or shotgun on the newbes ::)
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« Reply #58 on: <08-18-12/1351:38> »
Here's the poll, locking this thread. If you have further comments on the subject, go over there.