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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 27, 2016, 12:25:21 PM »
That's fine, I just wanted to clear up misconceptions that we want a "hostile takeover" or some other ridiculous notion like that. If these misconceptions are the basis on which your side are forming their views, they should be addressed, no?

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 27, 2016, 10:41:24 AM »
If they wanted a friendly merger they should stop acting like this site is a shithole with nothing to offer, or that Daniel owes them the database.

Can you name anyone who acts like this, aside from Thork?

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There's an underlying dislike of John Davis that drives a lot of this, which I don't get because he's almost always been nice about things. When he says something out of order he apologizes for it. People say lots of nasty shit to him, so it should be understandable that he snaps back sometimes.

In actuality, most of his resentment towards us is completely unprovoked. He employed a hostile word filter against us without provocation, and called us terrorists and deplorable human beings without provocation. Apologies hardly mean anything if you continue to repeat your mistakes.

Despite that, I don't think it's true that a dislike for John is driving this conversation. If anything, the opposite is true. If we weren't willing to cooperate with him, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

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My main objection to the merger is that it's unnecessary. Everyone who posts over there are still welcome to post here, even Thork!  Why should Daniel hand it all over to people he doesn't know and isn't friends with? John has been steadily making the technical side better, and no matter how good Parsifal is, no one is perfect. Any forum that draws this kind of attention is going to lag or have downtime now and then.

Let me ask you this: don't you want the userbase to be unified? Because that really is the crux of the issue. You might think it's unnecessary, but even if you think there's any benefit to having a unified userbase, I think it warrants discussion. We both miss out on a huge amount of discussions that could be better served in a single forum, and for those who do use both sites it's a nuisance to have to browse two different sites and talk to two different sets of users.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 06:06:49 PM »
If it's not a concern, I don't see how this is relevant. I've never claimed that this site has no value, and I'm sure most people on our site haven't either.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 04:58:03 PM »
How is that even a concern? It's not like you would be losing any of those hits in a merger.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 04:39:31 PM »
Maybe you guys should've made this pitch before John got the forum working properly... because all this "loads slow, suffers from frequent downtime and is deliberately broken in functionality" just isn't true now.

Funny you should mention it, because there was a lengthy downtime just earlier today. And I've had several 20+ second page loads just trying to post in this thread.

And John was the one who introduced an arbitrary word filter, so in that regard the forum was actually working better before he stepped in.

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What y'all want are all the hits this site gets.

If that were true, wouldn't you also want the hits our site gets? Again, it's mutually beneficial.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 03:50:49 PM »
You claim to have superior, basically, everything.

Incorrect.

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All you need to complete the takeover is our userbase.

I've just offered a solution in which your leadership would continue to have a say in how the site is run and hold control of social media. Would you care to explain to me how that constitutes a "takeover"?

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Lets talk about leadership. Who will own the brand outright?

The society.

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Ultimate decision maker?

I don't see why there has to be one. But, for example - Parsifal could be the ultimate decision maker for the forums, and John could be the ultimate decision maker for social media.

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This is not a simple handshake kind of thing.

Of course, that's why we're talking about it.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 02:53:01 PM »
Actually, you would have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You would get our superior services, our superior technical expertise and active administration, our superior design and branding, and you would no longer have to worry about falling behind in SEO and social media reach. All this without putting in any effort on your part.

But, wait, if you act now, your site will be absorbed and consumed.

That does not sound like a merger.


All we want out of this is a unified userbase,

And in exchange you are offering this site assisted suicide.


If this is the extent of the deal, they are offering nothing.

I guess I don't understand what you want out of the merger. Do you want a site that loads slow, suffers from frequent downtime and is deliberately broken in functionality? Because we're offering to eliminate all that.

To further clarify, I'm viewing the prospects of a merger in terms of what each of our strengths are and what is the best way to combine them. In my view, our side has the better forums, wiki and branding. Your side has the better social media reach and domain value. So the most pragmatic solution would be that we keep our forums, wiki and branding, while your side retains the social media platforms and domain. It's my view that both sides would be much better off, so the idea that you would be "surrendering" anything doesn't really register with me. You'd simply be upgrading, and so would we.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 12:50:50 PM »
Actually, you would have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You would get our superior services, our superior technical expertise and active administration, our superior design and branding, and you would no longer have to worry about falling behind in SEO and social media reach. All this without putting in any effort on your part.
So basically we just have to leave everything to you and pray that you won't screw us over. This reunification deal is horribly lopsided, I must say. I think we'll be fine on our own.

I'm not suggesting you wouldn't have a say in how the site is run. Personally, I would be fine with every admin on this site keeping their admin status.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Opinions on the Merger
« on: May 26, 2016, 08:01:21 AM »
They've already said they want to keep the various services on their site unchanged, so it's clear the only thing they want from us is control over our forum. We might end up gaining almost nothing from reunification, John. I still don't see any problems with both sites going their separate ways; they're doing fine on their own.

Actually, you would have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You would get our superior services, our superior technical expertise and active administration, our superior design and branding, and you would no longer have to worry about falling behind in SEO and social media reach. All this without putting in any effort on your part.

All we want out of this is a unified userbase, which I'm sure most can agree is a good thing for everyone. If that's not something you want, fine - we'll eventually overtake this site on our own. The reason we're reaching out is because we care about the society as a whole.

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I mean, don't you ever wonder why the other site don't want him? If he's as good as his buddies here make out, why would other FE'ers reject him?

If you're really interested, the reason jroa was demodded (and will never be remodded as long as we have control over it) on our site was because he sexually harassed several of our users and on multiple occasions used his powers to create threads in Announcements to spout crude insults at our users (including myself). We were extremely patient with him. People in the real world get fired for much less.

Now, if your side wants to continue shielding a predator, that's your pregorative - but, for the sake of honest discourse, it's better for all of you to know what you're dealing with.

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It's funny he should mention Tom Bishop as one of the people who truly care about The Society, seeing as he's abandoned this place as well. I guess the forums are worth so little of his time that he's yet to have noticed that the people who according to him truly care are also taking off. Maybe he even thinks that TheEngineer is still actively posting here.

Basically it seems The Society boils down to just Daniel and JD at this point, and apparently that's the way they like it. Perhaps fighting this issue isn't worth our time any more than taking care of the forums is worth JD's time.

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But seriously though, we on tfes.org are largely in agreement that Daniel can and should continue to function as a president, but since his focus is not on the forums, other people should be in charge of those instead. For now, that means we're running things on our own accord, and we'll continue to do so until we come to a sensible solution.

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Tom Bishop for president!

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The Lounge / Re: A Friendly Chat
« on: December 01, 2013, 01:38:28 AM »
Literally who

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The Lounge / Re: Why is it so hard to buy presents for girls?
« on: November 30, 2013, 12:24:00 AM »
It's time and money you could be spending on something else. Not to mention that the whole idea behind "surprising" is misguided; if it's not something they actually want and expect, they're most likely not going to end up using it. If it is something they want and expect, they might as well buy it for themselves. So you're just gonna end up exchanging crap, pretty much. It's great for people who produce crap, I guess.

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The Lounge / Re: Why is it so hard to buy presents for girls?
« on: November 30, 2013, 12:07:48 AM »
Surprising other people isn't. Thankfully my family has adopted a policy to not buy gifts for each other on Christmas, as it makes the whole ordeal significantly less terrible.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 29, 2013, 11:59:09 PM »
I would recommend you start ALBW, it's amazing. It may take the spot as my favourite Zelda, even. It's pretty remarkable how much of a complete one-eighty it is from Skyward Sword; there's very little hand-holding, the story plays a very small part and doesn't take you out of the action, and it's probably the most open Zelda since the original, giving you access to the entire overworld from almost the get-go and the ability to complete dungeons in whatever order you want. It does this by allowing you to rent (and later buy) items, instead of giving them to you in dungeons. The dungeons themselves are still focused around one item at a time, but without the obligatory mini-boss sequences which grant you the dungeon items, the dungeon designs here feel more fresh and original. There's also more of an incentive to explore the dungeons thoroughly, as dungeon item chests have been replaced with optional unique rewards. The controls are tight and very fluid, which is partially accomplished by the game running at 60 FPS.

9/10, would play some more.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 28, 2013, 10:48:29 PM »
Who the hell has a data limit in 2013?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 28, 2013, 05:55:17 PM »
Steam Autumn sale is on and Dark Souls is 80% off! I bought a copy already so Supes, if you want it to see if you can run it at all, you can have it.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Worst song/piece of music otherwise EVAR
« on: November 28, 2013, 06:56:36 AM »
Sorry, what's this "one of the most lyrically beautiful songs of all time" again?
Joni Mitchell, you know, one of the most widely respected western folk singer/songwriters ever.

Oh... respected by whom, again?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Worst song/piece of music otherwise EVAR
« on: November 28, 2013, 01:04:37 AM »
Sorry, what's this "one of the most lyrically beautiful songs of all time" again?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 26, 2013, 09:55:54 PM »
Not necessarily "touted", but just in general the huge amount of focus on setpieces over actual level design. Uncharted is pretty much the most blatant example, but virtually any modern shooter is like that.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 26, 2013, 07:53:47 PM »
every shallow CINEMATIC ADVENTURE/SHOOTER on the PS360

Tell me more.

Struck a nerve.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 26, 2013, 06:51:15 PM »
Posting from my 3DS because I can, ha ha!

This browser is awful, actually...

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Now Playing (the Video Game Version!)
« on: November 26, 2013, 05:59:54 PM »
rip supes

I got my 3DS. It's pretty. And cool. I bought Ocarina 3D because why not, and Animal Crossing. ALBW is great.

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The Lounge / Re: A Friendly Chat
« on: November 26, 2013, 09:46:09 AM »
No snow here yet.

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The Lounge / Re: Sylvia Browne is dead
« on: November 25, 2013, 04:18:56 PM »
Uh? How was she any different from other "psychics"? It doesn't seem like anyone ever acted based on her false predictions, so why does anyone care?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: TESO
« on: November 25, 2013, 02:11:44 PM »
Yeah, that's exactly it h4h4h4

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: TESO
« on: November 25, 2013, 11:19:42 AM »
Has anyone checked how Skyrim looks compared to TES:V? Everything in the right place?

 ???

They meant Skyrim's geography in TESO compared to its geography in TES:V.

oh  :-[

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The Lounge / Re: Random Facts
« on: November 25, 2013, 10:14:29 AM »

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