Mashirosen, that seriously was the best post ever. I laughed my ass off when I read it. Bravo.

Anyway, back on track, I was once in Gaia, because, you know, several other forum members went on there. But I soon lost intrest because it was all aboutr the post whoring. Sure, there were serious discussions, occasionally, but it was all about the post count, getting the gold, buying that one thing to make your avatar look groovy. I lost interest after a couple of weeks.

They even have a forum SPECIFICALLY for spamming the crazy, nonsensical shit that so many want to post lately, and they still give you gold from it. Isn't that just grand?

synk, Mash is talking about stuff like this: http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=1725

and like this: http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpo...91&postcount=1

I looked around that, then ran right back here. I for one am happy that this place is run as is, with spam kept pretty much controlled. I don't really see the relevenince to a just-spam thread here. It'd be like serving beer in a crystal glass or something along those lines.

Yeah, compared to other places (including a board I'm running), this place sure does have armored duct tape wrapped around them cans of spam.

Though there was something I noticed that I wanna point out... I used to be a Gaian, and I dunno if it's still like this, but check this -

The quicker you post, the less gold you get. Kind of like a combo buffer in a fighting game - the more hits you string the less damage you do until you're doing pixels of damage to their lifebar.

I'd be like - first post, ten gold. Second, five. Third, two. Fourth, one. Another peice of gold after 10 posts, then 100, then 1000. If you waited an hour or two though, you could post again and get ten more gold.

*shrug*

'Course, I don't think many people noticed it because there'd be people posting in every post from the very start of Gaia to the latest threads with three words: "i need gold"

On top of that, you seem to get gold doing just about anything on the site, so eh - merely browsing the site gets you gold. Whataboutthat? D:

... Okay, I know I've missed the point and landed in the trees and bushes and high grass outside the strip. Figured I'd point that out though.

If threads like that are all that occasionally appear, we've nothing to worry about. Hence my post. Now, I certainly have no problem with this forum (why would one post if he/she did?), I just have the impression that some people are fairly harsh.

Topical conversations alone do not solely reveal a person's intelligence or provide complete ideas of a person's character. * shrug * However, things are running smoothly here, so I am not trying to sound like a whiner or to seem to be complaining. It's an opinion...

I was one of the advocates for a spam thread here. I understand its not going to happen, but I'm still undecided on whether it would work or not. Spam on Gaia is really dumb. Most of the people there have no sense of comedy, which I believe should be the purpose of spam. Gaia is however cool in that you can collect items to make yourself look better. The problem is, as of right now there is no other good way to make gold than post. I think they are adding other non-forum ways of making gold though. We should create a guild (in Gaia) of all those that are members here and there. What do you think?

Look what you've done Mashirosen. You've created a thread for mostly spam right here. I'm sorry.

That's an irony no one expected.

Anyway, I just joined Gaia and am still learning the ropes, but I would join it.

How is this thread spam if you're discussing the topic at hand?

Synkronized, if you have a problem with me, kindly address your comments to me directly.

Oh, also... to the people going to Gaia... don't wear flame clothes. It's kind of like putting a big sign on your face that says, "Hello, I'm a total newb. Please flame me generously." It seems unfair to do that because of what you wear... but a bunch of REALLY stupid newbs all wear flame clothes and ruin it for everybody. Not that you should actually want to wear them anyway... they look kinda stupid.