Forum Ettiquette

[mr_grumpy_man]

1. Spamming is alright as long as you're doing it to make your post count higher than someone elses.

2. All because everyone else in the thread is discussing a certain topic, doesn't mean they don't want to be reminded about something else. On a different topic. From a different forum. Hosted by a different company.

3. ALWAYS POST IN CAPITAL LETTERS OR THE BITS AND BYTES WONT GET ALL THE WAY TO THE SERVER

4. Insult Velvet, Mut and anyone else who has 'www.gameplay.com' under their name. Use vivid and disgusting imagery. Preferably involving farm animals.

5. Dance

6. Wireplay Browser v3 exists solely for you to get pissed off about (even when it works). The Wireplay 3 Feedback forum is there for you to vent you frustration and make Cacker + co. cry.

7. You are allowed (and indeed encouraged) to go into the Quake 3/Halflife/Unreal Tourny forums and call everyone and their dogs 'Poofs'.

8. Announce to the world, regularly, in capital letters and in every forum that you are, indeed, the L3373S7 of them all.

9. Jump to incorrect and illogical conclusions based on the first two lines of a long thread outlining someone's opinion. It's the only way anyone will respect you.

10. Moderators are there to make sure your abuse doesn't go un-praised.

11. Don't worry about where you post messages, it'll make it's way to the correct forum on it's own. But just to make sure, post it in every forum.

12. Where possible, be insensitive. People wouldn't tell you their problems if they didn't want the piss taken.

13. Use a signature. Make it big - have links to all your favourite sites and show all the smilies. Remember that the six line limit is only there for people who abuse it. And you wouldn't, would you?

14. Use your signature every time you post.

[Skunk]

15. Ignore all of the above :P

[Reality]

except 5. :dance:

[mr_grumpy_man]

Bah. And to think I was willing to support your presidential campaign Skunkeh. :(

[*Fr3aK*]

:laugh:

[mr_grumpy_man]

Addendum:

The forum council (of which I am, of course, the chairman) regularly produces extra clauses to the document outlined above - depending on changes of circumstances and when we discover we missed something out. In this case, the council would like to develope point 4 (specifically that which involves Gameplay staff).

4a. Additionally, Gameplay staff (identifiable by the gameplay.com tags) are not actually proper registered members. They do not represent the forum council, and any guidance provided by them should be ignored. Any criticised sharply.

[mr_grumpy_man]

NAUGHTY SKUNKEH YOU P*********************************R

(Novices will notice this post fulfils points 1 (must catch up with Velvet), 3, 4 (4a), 5 (I am, honest), 12 and 14. Always try to comply with at least 3 points, or your post may be edited or deleted.

[Diablos]

Yeh!



Init?



m00eh

[Mister666]

:laugh:

Nice one Grumpster.
Sorry;
NICE ONE GRUMPSTER!

[mr_grumpy_man]

WHY THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Perfect Blue]

Hahaha!

[mr_grumpy_man]

Its.... a... a... newbie!

/me passes out in shock

[Perfect Blue]

Newbie!?! It shall not remain that way for very long!

[Diablos]

Nooby!

[Slaanesh]

Originally posted by mr_grumpy_man
Its.... a... a... newbie!

/me passes out in shock

Well ya better get ready to pass out again cause here I am, another newbie!

[Diablos]

I :laugh: @ you nooby!

[mr_grumpy_man]

I :laugh: @ :laugh:

[Perfect Blue]

Silly

[Diablos]

:laugh:

[[ELE]Dr. Dre]

lol, i love the way the n00by forum is full of posts by 1000+ post'ers :)

ALSO, GRUMP, U GAVE SOME VERY GOOD ADVICE (VELVET IS GAY) THERE (DID NE1 SEE THE FOOTIE LAST NITE)

n00by's - im going to set my bull upon u, as i hacked gameplay, and know where u live.

/me dances some :)

[Perfect Blue]

What a load of bull.....

[Slaanesh]

:laugh:

[Perfect Blue]

Do you find me amusing newbie!?! :angry:

[Slaanesh]

...yes.

Ur a newbie too!

[Perfect Blue]

:angry::angry::angry:
:angry::angry::angry:
:angry::angry::angry:

[Slaanesh]

:laugh:

[Diablos]

Yo n00bys!

[mr_grumpy_man]

/me spanks all da noobys

[Diablos]

/me laughs

[8 Aragorn]

/me hits all the noobies with a big hammer

like so :imubash:

:dance: :jigga:

[mr_grumpy_man]

/me imus all the nammers with a big hooby

umm...

[Diablos]

:laugh:

[MZhukov]

I want a spanking

Spank me mr_grumpy_man

Harder i say HARDER

oohhoh ya thats the spot

:) :) :)

[Diablos]

:laugh:

[mr_grumpy_man]

Um...

:vomit:

[Diablos]

:laugh:

[Tichinde]

:rolling:

[YCrowley]

Oi I'm a newbie but I don't give a flying f***.
Come and hit me with a hammer if ya think ya 'ard enough
:mad:

[Diablos]

*hits nooby with a hammer*

[mr_grumpy_man]

Watch it Diablos m8, he's only posted 8 times but has already mastered smilies... we may have a 'live one' here.

[Diablos]

*hits nooby again, just to be sure its dead*

[brock landers]

watch this - :@:{:P{[[][[[--.:@P{_P{:>

[brock landers]

oops

[Diablos]

Originally posted by brock landers
watch this - :@:{:P{[[][[[--.:@P{_P{:>

Eh?

[[JA]JEnKiNs]

Nooooooooooooo Playyyyyyyyyerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

I am old and feeble, please dont hurt me ya whippersnapper n00b|£5.

I am also 1337.

SMB!

[Diablos]

Nyaha!

[*Fr3aK*]

diablos is lame.

[mr_grumpy_man]

:laugh:

[Diablos]

fr3ak sexually abuses small animals

[mr_grumpy_man]

:laugh: :laugh:

[Wookie_Monster_UK]

Noobies can learn fast if they need to :.... :shakin:

[[JA]JEnKiNs]

I think some applause is needed here...

Well done noobie wookie man thing...

:D

[T]

lmao
*sniff sniff*

i smell alias :)

[Mori]

/me applauds Grumpy for his remarkable ability to introduce a spam thread to any forum on the boards :)

[mr_grumpy_man]

/me takes a (well deserved) bow

:cheese:

[rider]

mega-noob and likin' it

:)

[Total_Bastard]

/me?

[mr_grumpy_man]

:spam: (http://www.geocities.com/mr_grumpy_man/spamcan.html)

[[O.W.N]Animal]

Now that was a shameless post, nice thread though. :)

[Anarchist]

BAH I AM THE SPAMLORD :E

[Anarchist]

BUT ALL MY SPAM IS L33T :P

[[O.W.N]Animal]

Shut up you wittering little gibbon. :E

[Mori]

/me : a command used on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to emote.

e.g. assuming my nickname is Mori,
/me slaps mr_grumpy_man around a bit with a large trout

produces this text in the chat window:

*Mori slaps mr_grumpy_man around a bit with a large trout


Clever huh? :)

[Edited by Moriarty Elas!xa on 29-12-2000 at 12:32 AM]

[Mori]

Note that if you've progressed to the stage where you're using this command in messages on the forums without realising it, you've probably been spending too much time in IRC.

/me sighs :{

[NoXiD]

/me thinks no one will really pay any attention to you waffling on about / and me's

/me didn't really read it and doesn't know what your going on about

/me runs away

[mr_grumpy_man]

/me... does something...like...really witty... :P

/me gets his coat :cheese:

[armageddon2000]

hahahahahahahaha

YES IT IS FINALLY HERE THE APOCALYPSE,THE ALL MIGTHY APOCALYPSE OR ARMAGEDDON2000?

Hence he set his feet upon the earth,hench the APOCALYPSE was born (thats me)Evil laugh hahahahaha this was enivitable?

THANX

THE APOCALYPSE

[Mori]

Hey Apocalypse dude - just so you know, posting messages with almost exactly the same content across every thread on a forum is called spamming and is a Bad Thing. Also, most people find messages posted entirely in CAPITALS a pain to read through, and - since capitals are usually associated with abusive postings - will probably skip such messages altogether.

[mr_grumpy_man]

It also has to be said that, considering his name, he's a year late!

:laugh:

[Mori]

Well, pedants like me do keep insisting that the real new millennium was January 1st this year... so it looks like Apocalypse is on time, albeit slightly less horrendous (except at spelling) than everyone was expecting :laugh:

[Izzeh]

I think its the "2000" in his name that makes him a year late ;)

Mori, j00 saying spam is bad? tha BG forum must be told, j00 getting burned! :D

[Mori]

Oop, didn't notice that for some reason... lol

As for spam, well, as I've said many times, it IS bad... except for amusing and/or mildly interesting spam on certain forums such as BG1&2, TP&GC, Social...

Of course, some might argue that "amusing and/or mildly interesting spam" would be an oxymoron, to which I give the time-honoured answer: PFEH! :P

[Sar]

Don't worry Mori, I be a fellow pedant re the millenium thang.

:)

And as for Grumps list, I wholeheartedly contest #14.

:E

[CraigKORE]

Originally posted by mr_grumpy_man
:spam: (http://www.geocities.com/mr_grumpy_man/spamcan.html)

[Diablos]

mr_grumpy_man = Spam Queen of the Century

[AliBlahBlah]

Diablos stop using your siggy on every post.

j00 make the forum slow j00 :monkey:

:laugh:

[Diablos]

'k, I'll stop.

[Vampire]

:vampire: