So we have to be nice now?

[BRP]

1. Only start threads if they really are necessary or helpful.

Those perimeters are broad. Also how do they interact with being "advanced" requirement?


EDIT: Also there were sharks in Standard too. People forget the purpose of these "sharks." Not to be rude, but to run out poor/false opinions. If someone answered someone incorrectly it wouldn't go unnoticed.

[SubzeroDiabolos]

I say let's wait until it's finished and give it a week to see what it'll be like. Right now nobody know, not even Jesus, how it'll go. Your personnal opinion on this doesn't make it fact.

[BRP]

Yeah, but your opinion of my opinion is also not fact apparently.

Jeez, calling people's arguments opinions doesn't seem to get us anywhere! We will have to think this through another way.

[evilpaul]

I'm pretty sure Sonomaa just got tired of getting PMs from people complaining about their threads being moved to Standard and decided to merge them and tell people not to be fucktards in the new sticky.

[SubzeroDiabolos]

I think we're out of option but to fight over the internet then.

[ringthree]

I say let's wait until it's finished and give it a week to see what it'll be like. Right now nobody know, not even Jesus, how it'll go. Your personnal opinion on this doesn't make it fact.

Agreed. A little patience and open-mindedness can go a long way.

I know, I know. I am a hopeless dreamer.

[Rocl]

This change was clearly made because not enough people realized they are not their f*cking O.Kotes.

[ringthree]

This change was clearly made because not enough people realized they are not their f*cking O.Kotes.

We are family friendly now. All new staff, all new... well, we dropped the "fucking" at least.

[konoko]

Honestly, Standard seemed to be the real advanced section, people talking about the math behind the game, how to play what job in what way in what situation.

while advanced was just QQland

ive gotten more information, and a better quality of information, from standard, then ive ever really seen in advanced, where people just bitch and moan about server drama, and how SE hates us all, and can never do an update correctly.

[Deemos]

Honestly, Standard seemed to be the real advanced section, people talking about the math behind the game, how to play what job in what way in what situation.

while advanced was just QQland

ive gotten more information, and a better quality of information, from standard, then ive ever really seen in advanced, where people just bitch and moan about server drama, and how SE hates us all, and can never do an update correctly.

lol, that's the after-endgame, you experienced everything then you start complaining everything from A to Z 'till you explode or someone Napalms you - the advanced section

[BRP]

lol, that's the after-endgame, you experienced everything then you start complaining everything from A to Z 'till you explode or someone Napalms you - the advanced section

That goes in the blogs and livejournals.

[LinktheDeme]

Advanced really was only just updates and drama before the merge. Standard made a lot more headway and mods moved some topics that would be considered advanced just so they could feel like they're doing things and show their e-peen

[Mizango]

Agreed. A little patience and open-mindedness can go a long way.

I know, I know. I am a hopeless dreamer.

Nah, just delusional. It seems to be contagious.

[Neosutra]

Being patient with stupidity just encourages it.

[Mizango]

Being patient with stupidity just encourages it.

Right on. We are on some same page type shit, 29 dimensions and what not.

[Plow]

Why not just merge event and advanced?

Standard was way too useful to lose imo. It's like Alla except instead of idiotic shitheads getting called out on being wrong by other idiotic shitheads that are also completely wrong, they got called out by people that at least have a damn clue.


Meh, I guess only time will tell how much is really lost, but I foresee a rather massive drop in the raw quantity of useful threads and posts due to the simple intimidation factor.


Hell, how about an "FFXI spam" forum, where we can post whatever the hell we want, with no bearing on post count etc., as long as it pertains to FFXI?

[Silenka]

People complain enough about regular spam as it is, I can't see a FFXI spam section making many people happy or being easy/fun to moderate.

[Plow]

People don't complain about the spam forum, people complain about spam *outside* the spam forum.


Just editing response to khamsin in here:

Good idea. It's been done.

Sorry, I meant just as in only. Like, merge event and advanced, but leave standard as is.

[Khamsin]

Why not just merge event and advanced?

Good idea. It's been done.

[Yugl]

What's the point of a spam thread anyways?

Not that my vote matters, but an idea for future revisions would be:

- Make "What's Better" its own section so people can use the search more often. As it is now, the search function is broken and incapable of using quotation marks for specific searches. Ironically, when searching for information regarding Uggy pendant, I came up with a thread that had that very same complaint. If What's Better becomes it's own section, it would mean easier searches since you can select the section. It would also bring the option of gear guides.

- Specific NM section. Similar to the event strategies thread, it would be nice to see all information on single NMs piled in one thread. There's a bundle of information regarding set up and solos or NMs, but it's either scattered (That is one thread has some useful information and another has more) or in another thread with an unrelated title. Again, this would improve search functions by allowing for a limited region of information.

Edit: Khamsin own lmao