2009-07-06: Abuse it and lose it

[Aeroracer]

we are all on a distinguished road..my leads to gallerie lafayette and topshop

where yours lead..

[ACE-FLO]

... to fortunate times, ahead! lol

[Darkdrium777]

DD777, Sounds a bit like you are stirring schitt

Yeah, I suppose you've never done that yourself? Nice try, you ain't fooling me. xD

Anyways, what a great contribution from those users forcing the removal of that feature from the forum. Nicely done people.

[kaori]

... If it can be fixed in some way, that would be great, but I suspect that any system is open to subversion if enough people are ill-willed enough to use it the wrong way.

It is possible I believe, I remember received some grey squares by people like Wotan (who isn't a bad guy). Grey squares give 0 point. Why not let the possibility to "abusers" give only grey squares during some times ?

[KIGO1987]

Is there no way we can let people know that we think something is a good point without having some reputation points system? It seems a waste to add a whole one line post to a thread literally just to say, "good point". There are profiles posts available but you might not want other people to see it. So there are private messages, but they can quickly clog up your inbox if used for that sort of thing. So I think some way of letting people know (behind the scenes) that their post was appreciated without a silly points system would be good.

I guess that could still be abused with things like this whole FTA thing, which, by the way, on the assumption that it really does mean free trade agreement and really does relate to sharing information freely, is possibly the most ironic thing I've heard, seeing as those using it don't even seem to have shared the meaning of this TLA with each other, if their comments in this thread are to be believed.

You sound a bit cut there SR. FTA has been working quite well in real life, and in Wipeout too, but there is always a chance that people abuse it. and some people just epically fuk it up. Which happened. Im just going to keep the FTA with my uni mates now, for assignments and projects. Wipeout FTA, has pretty much come to an end.

[BulletWraith]

guess im no longer on a distinguished road

Roads.....? Where we're going we don't need roads!

[KIGO1987]

Surely Auckland must have roads.

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah, I suppose you've never done that yourself? Nice try, you ain't fooling me.

Fooling you holds no personal gain for me DD777... lol.

re: FTA Fortunate Times Ahead... i've been writing FTA in posts, VMs and PMs - no one even blinked, or anything... Now if you happen to read through those posts you'll see the context it was written in. Always in the same context. I'm not into throwing 'curve balls' - you'll find it all there - in print!

Wipeout FTA, has pretty much come to an end.

Not necessarily, assuming that FTA is the Free Trade Agreement - where Wipers help eachother out with racing tips and other things like, for example, getting advice on how to record an in-game video - can be considered FTA can it not?

And assuming FTA means "Fortunate Times Ahead!", well - if it weren't for this community - I woulda probably still been a crappy flash-speed super cocky pilot... Fortunately I'm not!

[archman]

Why would anyone need an "organization" to get tips or help with lines or whatever? LOL!
"Fortunate Times Ahead" XD

[rdmx]

Surely Auckland must have roads.

Hehe, I think you missed the reference to Back to the Future

[OBH]

Cant believe i missed all this.

Amazing how some of you guys can get so worked up over something so meager. Beggers belief at times.

[KIGO1987]

Yeah i could tell it was a BTTF reference. I was being a shitstirrer then.

[ACE-FLO]

lol, Where have you been OBH?

[OBH]

Not here having a nosebleed about the rep system thats for sure

[KIGO1987]

You English Soccer fans did a rampage, and destroy a small town or something OBH?

[ACE-FLO]

Kigo - lol, leave football out of it! lol!

We do actually love this sport enough to get a lil bit violent over it, true. But that's more the exception, rather than the rule... Unless Milwall and West Ham are playing. lol.

Liverpool FC can do with a some FTA, the fortunate variety ... (cringes into corner)

[infoxicated]

After having some time to think about it, I've come to the decision that from this day forward, no content contributions will be accepted from anyone involved in the FTA debacle. (i.e. avatars, articles, etc.)

This thread is now closed.