Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Hold on.

Nentendo Kopitiam V 30th [OPEN], Mad World in Chinatown edition

First few post. Thread opened by PhoenixByte on Mar 15 2009, 05:36 AM

I loved kopitiam when it was giving discussion on every single thing, and we debated seriously.

Honestly, its one of the things that rarely happen now. Not in 2007 though.

True also, but then you would also agree that having mod open the thread instead of mad rush will reduce all those craps.

First few post. Thread opened by PhoenixByte on Mar 15 2009, 05:36 AM

Thats the difference.

Well if it's pin pointed that kopitiam is the root of all evil just shut it down. I'll remember meeting a bunch of friends from my days there. I don't how was this sub looks like since I'm relatively new, may be it was better when kopitiam wasn't around.

Gamers should just talk about games, so be it.

and the difference for a mod opening the thread is? he can delete post? is it?

he can do that if a normal user open it too am i rite?

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Added on April 2, 2009, 1:10 pm
Blame the kopitiam laa..it's easier. 

Ok. friend codes stay. I do want some method of trash collection tho. Once people quit caring about their codes i would very much rather delete it. than let it clog there. And let merge DS and Wii.

Piracy threads are a sign of the times. People stress gila right now like you would not believe. More people are broke now than there have been in a long time. I used to take the time to write nice personalized haiku's warning people about pirate talk, but i've run outta witty phrases.
Games related is going to depend on you guys as a community. reviews and screenshots of new games are always going to be welcome here. I think that personal experiences with games are a plus as well. Its not something i can do much since the Wii I bought was a gift to my brother-in-law, my mom is playing Brain Age on my DS, and Steam has been having an awful lot of super mega discounts like you would not believe. (Assassin's Creed USD9.99 for one day only last week)
And for the the "Recommend games to me" threads. the way i see it, 100 people coming around to the Nintendo thread, maybe 5 will stick around for good. Kick around people that ask newb questions, you wont see anyone besides trolls roaming these here parts. Forum is an open exchange. that unfortunately means answering the same question many many times. sometimes, in the same day. its tiring, but i think its a better alternative to a bunch of elitist pricks telling "GTFO NEWB LOLZ"

Lets start from the top

First the over littering of pinned threads.
FAQ Thread - Retain FAQ but add a Q & A section at the end that will cleaned out by the end of the month.
Friend Code Thread - Poster can list the game they have without the code, other forumer that want to exchange FC can PM the poster directly. (taking a leaf out of Mud's book)
Upcoming Game release Thread - Redundant. They can check it at gamefaqs.com. Delete it
Chamber of Commerce - Can be retained but again, redundant. We have a Garage Sales thread specifically selling games. Why put another copy where? You confuses people.
Read Me First Thread - same as FAQ thread. Redundant
Meet-up Thread - Delete all the redundant post. Retain all the stuff that matters only
More Mods - I propose PM to mod. He is here all the time, he doesnt do hammer of justice on new guys. He actually does what he says (playing ori only) and who else is more dedicated to Nintendo then him?
Rewriting entire FAQ - Waste of time, the existing one is already there. New writer can just take that and improve on it.

Kopitiam is the most active thread because ppl try their best to be spammer king. WTF for? I disagree with the fact that kopitiam should be removed but I would propose that every new Kopitiam thread will be opened by the Mod, this will reduce ppl posting more post just so they can have the honor of being the first to open a new Kopitiam thread. get a life.

Zero Piracy Tolerance Policy? You might as well take a gun to the LYN server and shoot it. Piracy exist, live with it. Zero tolerance makes you a Punisher. Never a good thing when there is scarely enough people in this forum. I am not saying you should turn a blind eye on it, but it would be better if you tolerate it but try to steer them towards the light.

Many topics that are started here are non-kopitiam regular. Do you know why? If i were to post a question in kopitiam, immediately one person will answer with a vague answer and then the rest of them ignore it. or, the question is ignored totally. Hence the proposal that FAQ thread is use as a Q & A Thread. It will be better. Point them there everytime they start a thread. report the newly opened thread. and then answer the question there.
Edit: I am willing to keep a look out at the FAQ thread still, if you want new stuff added in. PM me. Do not post it somewhere randomly in kopitiam in the thread and expect me to do it. I am sorry. I have a life.  so if you want something done, PM me, PM the respective related ppl.  But dont TCSS.

Phoenix let me clarify first, I am not targeting you or going against you. it jsut so happen you opened the last thread. So no harm meant.

But seriously, Why are you awake at 5.30am on a sunday morning?

Well the very reason I play game is for fun and enjoyment, and live happy with it. Naturally I would expect to carry on the same mood into this forum as a gamer myself. But it seems like gaming forum should be serious, leave the fun and enjoyment elsewhere, and especially social life elsewhere. To be honest I'm very unhappy with rev's statement calling most of us "no life". You may have living a different life and have very different opinion, but it doesn't that the rest of us are losers with no lives just because we can't live the way you want. Please refrain from insulting others, this will only lead to more troubles.

elitist pricks telling "GTFO NEWB LOLZ"

i'm not going against u either..i just want to know what difference does it make? if a normal user opens up a thread..the mod can still monitor n edit the content...it's the same if the mod himself open it. I still didn't see the difference.

Why am I up? U shud ask that in the kopitiam thread but if it bugs u that much just so u know it's close to prayer time for most muslim and i do wake up early and i dun sleep in even on weekends. So given or not it's sunday or any day for that matter..that is the normal time for me. Of course after that I go out n hv a normal life (if that still bug u)

Mod opening the thread, will reduce the rush of everyone trying to spam more in an effort to reach 2500 post so that the thread can be closed and another person can open a new kopitiam thread. This will reduce the flux of spaming in the kopitiam thread which in turn contribute more to greater discussion instead of one liner, spasm and what not.

If only a mod can open kopitiam thread, the need for everyone else to fill up the thread will be tremendously reduced. That again in turn will make the kopitiam thread less baseless.

Well, to be honest Kopitiam back then wasn't all that different from now, just that there was waaay less chatter, less t&a and pointless one liners.

You know better what you were trying to imply by your statement "I have a life". And you think the root problem is "GTFO NEWB LOLZ"? Well to be honest I hardly if ever see those happening. And kopitiam regulars doing that is even more rare. I still remember the last time we had a heated debate, and I made you pissed but you didn't know that the TS was breaking the R&R by posting a download site. It wasn't "GTFO NEWB LOLZ" as you thought, but it's useless since that's the image that I have given you.

actually, the kopitiam does not to be close whatsoever regardless of the post counts. The way i see it, we create new kopitiam threads so that it wouldn't seem as though it is the most active thread around. I actually dunno who put the cap on 120 pages for a thread to be locked. It can stay open for all we care n we can use the same thread over n over again.

Just as i mentioned before...we dun care about post counts in nintendo kopitiam coz the post count really doesn't mean anything to most of us.

p/s: i dun mind u asking about the 5.30 thingy but still...other ppl hv different lifestyle. who knows some of them are batman in real life. 

The 2500 thing was started somewhere in Nin Kopitiam thread 10, it was mentioned that the thread will start to miss post when its over certain post coutn. From then on, there was a race to fill up the kopitiam thread and see who can make the next new thread. I believe sihum was the one that mentioned that. Again, I could be wrong.