Jay

I accidentally locked all the posts in this thread. Can't undo it. My apologies.

Kenobius Prime said:

Jay is trying to be diplomatic, but I think it's wrong.  I get banned for deleting a post, and Dayv does this shit with no consequence?  WTF??!!

You were banned for doing something you were asked not to do again. You broke the rules, you got banned, end of story. I have yet to see anything that proves Dayv is lying. I won't ban him based strictly on your or anyone else's suspicions.

For the record, I have not donated and will not donate without better documentation.

Any image with a transparency won't work because transparency breaks the resizing function. It's on the bug list.

I, for one, come down on the side of innocent until proven guilty. I think Gaffer is right and the pitchforks need to be laid down.

At issue is the fact that Dayv has misrepresented some things in the past and has edited related posts. Whether the deception was intentional or not--and whether the edited posts are an attempt to clarify or cover up--is impossible to say, but once you get caught rewriting history, your integrity will always come into question.

As I said in my previous post, each of you must make your own determination. This isn't a court of law and Dayv isn't on trial.

Moth3r said:

 

Also, new rule: previously banned members, who begged to be let back in and were given a reprieve because Jay was in a good mood at Christmastime, who then go on to piss off any mod whose name begins with M, get banned.

 

Mods whose names begin with "J" are included also.

ChainsawAsh said:

Warbler said:

Leguman, shut the fuck up.

I did receive a PM from Dayv with a lot of backstory, but no actual proof of illness. As he already said publicly, Dayv claims he burned the only proof.

Surely, the physician who provided the diagnosis can provide another printed copy at minimal cost, which would be worth it considering potential donations that would result.

Lots of conflicting info being sent my way by no one I've ever met in person. Actual proof of anything--from either side--is nonexistent at this point.

Jury is still out.

I removed the PayPal address from Warb's post on the first page until we've figured things out.

I think some documentation is in order. I volunteered this site's resources, leveraged its reputation, and asked its membership to participate in a good faith fundraiser for a cancer victim. If I were to learn that I and others were led to do so under false pretenses, we could have a very serious problem.

Dayv, if you have any documentation that you could send to me personally so you don't have to post it for everyone to see, it would be most appreciated.

I haven't seen it yet, and I'm in it.

Or so I'm told :) I could've been cut out by now and not even know it.

It's still planned for the next update. Real Soon Now™.

Good idea. I'll add it to the feature list.

zombie84 said:

Frink, I don't think you will be banned or punished the second you make some kind of sarcastic remark or off-topic reference. Everyone does that here and its part of the off-the-cuff charm that makes non-preservation discussion entertaining at OT.com. I think its just a warning about doing this chronically without ever contributing anything worthwhile to a discussion. I have to say you are often guilty of this and sometimes it gets a bit old. But if you got in trouble for any "technical" breach of this new rule then we'd all be in trouble as well, and obviously this is not going to happen. So I would say just be yourself but take it down a few notches in areas where it otherwise might impose upon more "informative" discussion, or whatever.

Careful. With common sense like that, you might find yourself an active member here for a long time to come.

A mobile-optimized skin is definitely in the works.

Note that the only thing that would prevent an iPhone user from posting is the WYSIWYG editor. If you disable it, you can post without problems. The current skin is entirely iPhone-compatible.

It's funny how films that have made far, far less than Star Wars over the years have received proper restoration and remastering, resulting in stunning Blu-ray releases, while one of the richest men in Hollywood can't be bothered to drop a couple million on something that has literally returned billions.

The Blu-ray box set is my last hope for the franchise. If it does in fact include only the 2004 edition, I won't buy it. I haven't watched the trilogy in years, and if Lucas can't be bothered with cleaning up the original elements, I can't be bothered with giving him my money.

Any PS3 owners here play Demon's Souls? I picked it up on sale a couple weeks back. It has difficult, unforgiving gameplay, but not in a cheap way. When you die, it's because you screwed up. I'm not usually into action RPGs--most of my combat time in Fallout 3 was spent in V.A.T.S.--but once I got the hang of it, I started to enjoy it.

The other game that's been occupying my time is, of all things, Angry Birds. I've been playing the iPhone version, but it's available for other mobile platforms. Pretty addictive and challenging puzzles with great cartoony graphics, sound effects, and physics. For 99¢, it's a no-brainer.

See if you can start with the lower end package and upgrade later with no penalty.

The only thing I think might be a problem is streaming Netflix HD material to your PS3. They use AVC, so it's pretty efficient, but it'll downgrade you to SD if your line can't handle the bitrate.

I'm not seeing the kind of traffic that really justifies separate sub-forums. It would make sense if new posts were getting pushed off the first page very quickly, but even with a low setting of 25 topics per page, there are topics on page 1 that haven't seen a reply in almost a week. Maybe that's because certain topics are confined to one thread (politics, games, etc.), and joining in on those after so many posts can be daunting to new users.

Off Topic is a section I really don't care about if I'm being honest, so if the membership wants to split it up, I wouldn't be opposed to it.

none said:

google: "site:originaltrilogy.com/forum +your query"

It's finds most things, and it also can bring up topics which are beyond the purge level.  (General SW for instance tends to maintain a 2000 post count, things from around 2005 are slowly getting pruned)

Can you provide an example of a topic that comes up in Google search results but isn't visible in the topic list? Nothing is getting pruned, so if topics are getting cut off at a certain date, there's a bug I need to find.

Welcome to the forum.

If you're referring to the navigation (menus, options, and other things related to getting around the site), then that's something I think we can accommodate in the future.

If you're referring to the actual forum content (posts written by members), that's impossible without using some type of automated translation service, and the results would be no better than what you're currently getting from your translator.

Hopefully, as you read more English, your comprehension will improve and you won't have to rely on the translator as much :)

TV's Frink said:

In all seriousness, can we get some clarification on what threads will get deleted?

You probably shouldn't get too attached to threads started by trolls for trolling purposes who then go on to get banned.

waste my time baiting a troll

You'll notice the redundancy.

Have him send me an e-mail directly (jay@originaltrilogy.com).

xhonzi said:

A few people at my Lost/Lunch group at work are convinced that this proves the show writers knew what they were doing with the "Adam & Eve" skeletons since season 1.  In my mind, it proves they never had any idea and they picked something that 60% fits.

Lost apologists insist the writers have had a detailed plan mapped out from the beginning. Anyone watching the show with open eyes should call "bullshit" on that one.

You can't. It's on the list of upgrades.