Where did the OFF-TOPIC forum go?

**Firebaal** · 07-13-2001, 11:29 AM

It seems to have dissappered? It's not on the forums page and I tried to access one of my topics I made on their a while ago to see if that even worked and I got a Forbidden message? Whats up with this?

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**sdman** · 07-13-2001, 11:40 AM

http://www.sharkyforums.com/cgi-bin/...n=2452102.1907

**joeyw99** · 07-13-2001, 12:30 PM

they closed it. i'm sad. the other forums are dying fast as a result.

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**praxis** · 07-13-2001, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by joeyw99:
they closed it. i'm sad. the other forums are dying fast as a result.

No they aren't, SF is alive and well...off topic was just a place for spammers to get boners over their quickly increasing post-counts. Just cause they've left to go feel like rock stars in some other forum doesn't mean that SF is any worse off.

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**jac857** · 07-13-2001, 12:52 PM

Yeah but with no off topic forums for them to spam on they'll start coming to this forum & the others. So maybe the off topic forum was a good idea

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**praxis** · 07-13-2001, 01:09 PM

A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

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**Racer^** · 07-13-2001, 01:13 PM

Well, thats what Off-Topic is for.

Even though I hardly ever read the OT forum, many ppl did and I think that SharkyForums is less of a community now that OT is gone. Hopefully, they'll soon add back OT (or maybe just more specific OT forums)...if they're really concerned about spammers, the OT forums should just limit the max posts per user per day.

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shawnmos · 07-13-2001, 01:29 PM

I think that is crap. All boards need an off topic. OT gives people a place to get to know each other and speak whats on their mind. There is no way to really get to know someone by just having them give you tech support. I have made many friends from OT which would have been inpossable without it. I think these forums have turned to crap. My forums have are just like sharky's and they have an off topic. There are already many members. They are here.... http://forums.shawnscomputers.com

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**Predator2** · 07-13-2001, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by praxis:
A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

Well I think you forgot to add a line to your sentence. "IMO"

And if you ever was at OT you would have seen ppl that aren't "spammers" but instead have other stuff in their lifes.

Does these ppl say ANYTHING to you?

SWW, Galen, Valafar, Wyrm, (MR) White and the list goes on.

Do you call these ppl "SPAMMERS"????????

Edit
Ho by the way my count is 95% from CPU/OC, Motherboard and so on, and only 5% OT. Does THAT make me a "SPAMMER"???
/Edit

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[This message has been edited by Predator2 (edited July 13, 2001).]

**Recon** · 07-13-2001, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by praxis:
No they aren't, SF is alive and well...off topic was just a place for spammers to get boners over their quickly increasing post-counts. Just cause they've left to go feel like rock stars in some other forum doesn't mean that SF is any worse off.

Hey there Paraxis I think I remeber you posting there quite often...wonder how many "boners" you got in OT.

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[This message has been edited by Recon (edited July 13, 2001).]

**Sergeant Tux** · 07-13-2001, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by praxis:
A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about.

I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did.

The people that posted most often in OT...you call them 'spammers', were some of the first people to come to SF when it opened up here in Sept. of last year. The things you say make you sound like a completely brainwashed fool, im afraid.

You were hardly ever in OT, so I dont think you even should deserve to put-down the community and the people that were in it in that way.

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**Predator2** · 07-13-2001, 01:36 PM

I Sugest that the MODs CLOSE this tread before it gets out of hand.

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**Recon** · 07-13-2001, 01:37 PM

AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

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Elsa Gladic Pro
SB live Plat
yada, yada, yada,
My Pc is fast enough to
allow me to frag your ***
in Unreal. And thats all that Matters

**Sergeant Tux** · 07-13-2001, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Recon:
AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

Eh, probably by 3pm eastern time it will be locked up tight!

Its all in good discussion mind you, and it hasnt got out of hand....yet.....

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**Predator2** · 07-13-2001, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sergeant Tux:

Quote:

Originally posted by Recon:
AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets?

Eh, probably by 3pm eastern time it will be locked up tight!

Its all in good discussion mind you, and it hasnt got out of hand....yet.....

No your right not yet.
But if Praxis post something BAD it WILL get out of hand PRETTY QUICK.

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07-13-2001, 12:52 PM	#5
jac857 Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Here Posts: 2,911	Yeah but with no off topic forums for them to spam on they'll start coming to this forum & the others. So maybe the off topic forum was a good idea ------------------ My Rig __________________ AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.33 Ghz w/ Retail CPU Fan \| Kingston 512 Megs PC 133 Memory \| IWILL KK266+ Motherboard \| Generic Case w/ Enermax 350 Watt PSU & 1 Case Fan \| Maxtor & IBM(backup drive) 40 Gig 7200 Rpm Hard Drives(80 Gigs Total) \| Lite On 12x10x32 CD-RW \| Mitsumi 1.44 MB 3.5 Inch Floppy \| Abit Siluro Geforce 4 TI 4200 64 Meg Video Card \| CMedia 8738 Onboard Sound \| Speedstream DSL Modem\| Microsoft Internet Keyboard \| Logitech Optical Mouse \| GE Flat Panel Speakers w/ Subwoofer \| Philips 107S 17" Monitor \| PSX Controller hooked up to PSX-USB adapter

07-13-2001, 01:09 PM	#6
praxis Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: seattle Posts: 1,260	A valid concern, but I think they all realize that these other topic areas are not spam-friendly. Spam loves company, any straglers will be easily driven away. Plus, most of those types have left to other forums already, so I think there's little to worry about. I'm glad it's gone. SF's purpose has always been oriented towards computer hardware and software. I never thought they were trying to be the latest hot-spot hangout for chatters. I'm glad they recognized that (I'm assuming here) and severed it like they did. ------------------ I AM ELECTRO spex __________________ spex - clan

07-13-2001, 01:13 PM	#7
Racer^ Hammerhead Shark Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,758	Well, thats what Off-Topic is for. Even though I hardly ever read the OT forum, many ppl did and I think that SharkyForums is less of a community now that OT is gone. Hopefully, they'll soon add back OT (or maybe just more specific OT forums)...if they're really concerned about spammers, the OT forums should just limit the max posts per user per day. ------------------ TBird 880 (oc 110 x 8) / ABit KT7 (YH) VIA 4.29 / 256 MB PC133 RAM / TNT2 16MB (oc 160/160) Det 7.58 / Maxtor 5.1GB 85120A8 & 40GB 5T040H4 / ESS 1869 & NetGear FA311 10/100 NIC / Win2k Pro SP2 __________________ Primary: Shuttle SN41G2 (nForce2) 333 FSB sync. / Barton 2500 w/ 2 x 512MB PC2700 DC-DDR / GeForce 4 4400 / Seagate Bara-V 80 GB / Envision 980e 19" + ViewSonic 15" / Windows XP SP1 / http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6388169 Secondary: ABit KT7 (YH) VIA 4.29 / TBird 864 (oc 108 x 8) / 256 MB PC133 / TNT2 / 40GB 5T040H4 / ESS 1869 / NetGear FA311 10/100 NIC / Win2k Pro SP3

07-13-2001, 01:36 PM	#12
Predator2 Reef Shark Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 403	I Sugest that the MODs CLOSE this tread before it gets out of hand. ------------------ Pentium Overdrive 200@200 Dhry/Whet-stone 427Mips/228 MFlops Asus P55-T2P4 64MB EDO Int/Float 86/114 MB/s Matrox Millenium II Voodoo 2 3DMark2000 474 Creativ 32 pnp __________________ This isn't my main unit any more(It got changed early Jan 2002). Pentium Overdrive 200@200 Dhry/Whet-stone 427Mips/228 MFlops 64MB EDO Int/Float 86/114 MB/s Voodoo 2 3DMark2000 474

07-13-2001, 01:37 PM	#13
Recon Grouchy Tech Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 4,865	AHAHA i was just wondering how long it would take them bets? ------------------ What no witty quote proclaiming my vast intellegance to the boards? 1.0 Tbird Elsa Gladic Pro SB live Plat yada, yada, yada, My Pc is fast enough to allow me to frag your *** in Unreal. And thats all that Matters __________________ www.mi40k.com

07-13-2001, 11:29 AM	#1
Firebaal Catfish Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 132	Where did the OFF-TOPIC forum go? It seems to have dissappered? It's not on the forums page and I tried to access one of my topics I made on their a while ago to see if that even worked and I got a Forbidden message? Whats up with this? ------------------ Celeron 500 BookPC case 128mb pc100 ram maxtor 15gb 7200rpm 2mb buffer hd 4x Cd-Rom Drive (hey dude don't look at me like that, my 52x broke) 2x2x4 acer cd writer 8mb APG intergrated video (3dFX2k score: ERROR, it freezes up thru half the test LOL) Intergrated sound Dexxa Optical Mouse 15" sylvania f51 monitor .28mm running 800X600 at 60 hertz (Help! I'm blind!) USB Boca external 56k modem __________________ p4 2.0a 512 ddr 2100 samsung 181t 18" lcd leadtek gf4 4200 maxtor D740X 80GB logitech Z560

07-13-2001, 11:40 AM	#2
sdman Expensive Sushi Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 40	http://www.sharkyforums.com/cgi-bin/...n=2452102.1907

07-13-2001, 12:30 PM	#3
joeyw99 Tiger Shark Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cleveland, MS Posts: 912	they closed it. i'm sad. the other forums are dying fast as a result. ------------------ Long live SFOT! And now...your moment of Zen! !Scixelsyd Etinu

07-13-2001, 01:29 PM	#8
shawnmos Sleeps with the Fishes Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Naples, FL USA Posts: 1,171	I think that is crap. All boards need an off topic. OT gives people a place to get to know each other and speak whats on their mind. There is no way to really get to know someone by just having them give you tech support. I have made many friends from OT which would have been inpossable without it. I think these forums have turned to crap. My forums have are just like sharky's and they have an off topic. There are already many members. They are here.... http://forums.shawnscomputers.com ------------------ Shawn's Computers Shawn's Computers Forums - you can always find me here. My Cool Rigs! Heatware & Ebay Refs under shawnmos Resistance is futile. NT Jock #14

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