I've been backstage Options

[*BONNIE.*]

Yes I've been backstage people. Guess what I found back there folks. These were the most important topics dicussed.


1. KC
2. KC
3. KC
4. KC
5. KC

The mods said KC is the most well behaved CBer.

Nah I haven't been backstage.

So have you guys ever wanted to go backstage?

[jumpropeforheart]

no because i've seen it at blogring and i was thinking that it would be just as boring here. at blogring, it's just like the lounge, so i don't know why all the members here are so paranoid about it.

[*a painefull euphoria*]

^^meh blogring.
ive been backstage at br.
all they do is talk shit about other members beacuse their too much of a pussy to say what they have to say to their face.
hah
therefore backstage dosnt impress me

[*digital.fragrance*]

^ Well, Blogring just stinks.

[mznikki]

blogring isn't the same as cb, and yes i have wanted to go backstage just to see what its like

[*a painefull euphoria*]

former mod of girls forum at br back in the day [2004].
then i got fired
i wasnt active enough. =P

[*a painefull euphoria*]

oh^^
ah those were the days of being able to tell a person STOP SPAMING
and to have the power of closing what seemed like the 50th topic about periods

[*StanleyThePanda*]

^2x (Suzzette) Yeah, thats what I thought.

blogring isn't the same as cb

Very true.

[*kryogenix*]

I've been to the bowels of hell and back. I've crossed the river styx and lived to tell the tale.

[*a painefull euphoria*]

there i edited the post so it makes more sence beacuse i see where you thought i was talking about cB

[*StanleyThePanda*]

I've been to the bowels of hell and back. I've crossed the river styx and lived to tell the tale.

Aw yes, I loved when you were on staff.
Good times. haha

Anyways, Backstage is cool.. I guess.
its w/e. haha

[*Pl-dot-lS*]

I used to only go whenever Micron did a roll call.

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

I had a dream last night that I accidentally went backstage, but my computer crashed before I could see anything.

I've always wondered what's back there..

[technicolour]

Threads. And more threads.


Not a lot. Really.

[*mona lisa*]

Way to give me a heart attack.



I don't think I had much desire to see Backstage before becoming a mod.

[misoshiru]

^haha. I actually didn't know about backstage until I became a mod...back then. I was so oblivious.

[*mona lisa*]

^haha. I actually didn't know about backstage until I became a mod...back then. I was so oblivious.

Hey... I think it was the same for me. XD No wonder I didn't care. I didn't even know about it! It's coming back now. I didn't realize I was promoted and didn't notice Backstage until about 5 or 10 minutes after when I saw the 'congrats new mods' thread in Announcements and saw my name on the list! How sad. :(

[*stephinika*]

^^
Haha, me too! Oh I remember that...I was like "Where'd this come from?"

I was clueless. =p

[whomps]

^^meh blogring.
ive been backstage at br.
all they do is talk shit about other members beacuse their too much of a pussy to say what they have to say to their face.
hah
therefore backstage dosnt impress me

HAHAHHA, what a coincidence..
Didn't know about Backstage until I became a mod. It was.. wait am I not allowed to talk about it ? Okay.

[*Azarel*]

^ Haha. <3

I've been backstage, too.

[pandamonium]

i dont know what backstage is, but okay lol sounds cool? anyone care to fill me in

[hi-C]

^haha. I actually didn't know about backstage until I became a mod...back then. I was so oblivious.

Ditto. But unlike Mona, I think it was the first thing I noticed. One of the first things I do when I log on is check the list of online users and I'm pretty sure that's how I discovered Backstage.

[smoke]

Ah. yes. Backstage. It is so cool! You guys are so missing out! It's like the COOLEST EVAR!

J/k. It's nothing really, lol. I wasn't too excited about it when I became a mod. We just discuss boring stuff. It's still pretty cool though.

[gelionie]

i dont know what backstage is, but okay lol sounds cool? anyone care to fill me in

It's a hidden forum for the cB moderators to discuss the running of cB and other stuff.

And yeah, I've been to backstage when I was still on staff.
It was pretty cool to be able to post there in the beginning, but you don't find it very much different from the other forums here except it's much organized.

[*I Shot JFK*]

Been there, done that.

It gets interesting occasionally, usually when there is some sort of drama and the mods are bitching constructively discussing the matter without knowing that the people they are bitching about constructively discussing can see them. always entertaining.

Most of the time though, it is just administrative stuff, occasional decision making. the most active thread is their spam thread.

Oh, and if anyone DOES want to view backstage, i would like to point out that there is always a way. it just takes a bit of perceverance and a bit of care. go for it.

[Rachel]

Ahahahah, I love you James.

And I have been backstage too, quite fun. Especially when youre first hired and there are still threads up that talk major bullshit about you and your friends!!! Yayyyy

[*I Shot JFK*]

^

ah YES.

THAT incedent. i had forgotten.

good times, good times...

[*Statues/Shadows*]

^Aww, hahaha, those were good times. I miss those days.

^^meh blogring.
ive been backstage at br.
all they do is talk shit about other members beacuse their too much of a pussy to say what they have to say to their face.
hah
therefore backstage dosnt impress me

..no they don't. Backstage at BR is ridiculously boring.

^ Well, Blogring just stinks.

Not really. The level of intelligence there right now is much higher than the current one on here. Old cB > BR at any point in time, but right now, BR pwns cB as far as members go.

^haha. I actually didn't know about backstage until I became a mod...back then. I was so oblivious.

Hah, me neither, I don't thing. It until after that it became.

I think my modding era was one of the most interesting periods on cB. Obviously, really old school cB would be best, but we had some great drama and whatnot too. And I miss the Fab Five...

[*I Shot JFK*]

^ me too.

again, good times, good times.

i also enjoyed the times when the mods suspected (and in fact came near to proving) that i was backstage. and failed to act. amusing.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

That really was great. And proved a certain other statement that I made that was recently rejected by a certain irritating person *cough*

How sad is it that this is the most interesting topic we've had here in ages?

[Smoogrish]

^haha. I actually didn't know about backstage until I became a mod...back then. I was so oblivious.

ME TOO! I was just scrolling down like I usually did, and then all of a sudden, I noticed another forum. Hahah.

[*I Shot JFK*]

mind you, it can often backfire. witness the nicki incedent. which, i may add, im still slightly bitter about. it wasnt the loosing that bothered me. it was the way we lost.

i hope you are taking notes, children. this will come up in the test.

[Rachel]

Awww fab five! That was back when we could have fun here and not get time out for enjoying ourselves.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

AND I wasn't even the only mod taking part in that brilliant spam-fest!

Yes, James, as am I. Largely because we know exactly what the issue was, and it was minute.

[*I Shot JFK*]

Indeed, indeed.

If only we'd realized what the problem was sooner, i still say we could have salvaged that situation.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Exactly, Such a shame. But I panicked, and it was all downhill from there.

Get back on AIM, I'm home.

[*I Shot JFK*]

in you rdefense, it was a panik worthy situation. sigh. if ONLY people would hav ebeen more cooperative

(ie believed my minor lies)

[misoshiru]

I remember the Fab Five! Back in the days when I was barely active on cB. You know, I just realized, James was the one who actually got me active.

[*I Shot JFK*]

i feel special!!!

i would also like to point out that had i been modded WAY back in the day, a whole lot of unpleasantnes may have been avoided. knew that would come back to bite people in the ass

[smoke]

Yeah, 99% of it is talk about cB. Stuff to move, close, merge, what to do with this, what to do with that, new ideas, etc. The rest is just a "How's everyone doing today?" and stuff like that haha. Not real interesting, as James said. Only when drama goes on. Actually, come to think of it, it's not even interesting then.

[Simba]

The rest is just a "How's everyone doing today?" and stuff like that haha. Not real interesting, as James said. Only when drama goes on. Actually, come to think of it, it's not even interesting then.

Kinda like just waking up and greeting everyone for another day at the office.

[*Azarel*]

i would also like to point out that had i been modded WAY back in the day, a whole lot of unpleasantnes may have been avoided. knew that would come back to bite people in the ass

Word.

[smoke]

^ What unpleasantnesses? Just curious.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

If you don't know, than it's not really worth explaining.

[slipper]

blogring isn't the same as cb

if you look closer, they're both the same exact thing. no, really.

[radhikaeatsraman]

Backstage is all right. Nothing special, except for the shit-talking during times of drama. Besides a overly packed schedule, Backstage is an indirect reason I stepped down. :/

[*Infinite.*]

It's nothing really to be honest. I never knew about it until I got on staff, I guess it wasen't all that important of a topic until recently and people make topics about it...

I always thought we weren't allowed to talk about it -shrugs- I thought I read it somewhere.

[*kryogenix*]

LET'S GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
A LITTLE MYSTERY TO FIGURE OUT?

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Um, well that's most likely because the vast majority of current mods are completely uninteresting, no? And because most of the active members are too stupid and useless to spark anything with an interesting and lasting effect that doesn't involve pokemon?

[whomps]

I.. I.. made a topic about Pokemon the other day. And they said they would own me with their lvl100's ! Yeah RETIRED lvl100's

[misoshiru]

Um, well that's most likely because the vast majority of current mods are completely uninteresting, no? And because most of the active members are too stupid and useless to spark anything with an interesting and lasting effect that doesn't involve pokemon?

Seriously, don't you just miss the times when members here were slightly intellectual?

[*kryogenix*]

Um, well that's most likely because the vast majority of current mods are completely uninteresting, no? And because most of the active members are too stupid and useless to spark anything with an interesting and lasting effect that doesn't involve pokemon?

Pokeman! Pokeman with the pokey and the man and the guy comes out and frgaghahgghah

[alienshards]

The real question now is, will Ash making it to Cerulean City?

[*kryogenix*]

Ya gotta get some rare candies from the numbah one pimp

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Seriously, don't you just miss the times when members here were slightly intellectual?

I mean sure, we were a pain, but we were so much more fun!!


And hush about the pokemon, I don't remember what most of that means anymore.

[alienshards]

Intellectual and interesting do not always go hand in hand. While the former certainly brings greater structure to the debate, the latter does not follow. Rather, it takes wit, not intellect, as well as sufficient fodder to generate proper interesting content.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

The point is, at one time we had it- both, and now we do not have either one.

[*kryogenix*]

The point is, at one time we had it- both, and now we do not have either one.

Who do we have to blame? The Nazis.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Nah, the KKK.

[moninja]

uh.

i used to want to go backstage.
cb's just boring, so i'm guessing that the backstage will be boring as well.

[*BONNIE.*]

Way to give me a heart attack.



I don't think I had much desire to see Backstage before becoming a mod.

Sorry about that Monabot.

Permission to go backstage mam.

[*Azarel*]

I mean sure, we were a pain, but we were so much more fun!!

Fuck yeah!

[*My Cinderella.*]

Nope. Never been backstage.

[*I Shot JFK*]

LOL. Anna, join hands. one day, i STILL say JAK will run this place.

Well, Brenden, for a start the revolution would never have happened (although that would have been a shame, really, as quite a ot of good came out of that), but that was before your time. Basically, if we are in power, we tend not to cause trouble for those who are in power. i.e. when we get our way, we are less difficult to manage.

[smoke]

^ Ah, I see, I see. Isn't that how it usually goes in life? When people get their way, all is good with the world. So it seems at least.

[*I Shot JFK*]

well, if those people are right, then yes!

and as anna and myself are, without fail, always right, no problemo there!

anna is always right actually. it's quite frightening.

[jumpropeforheart]

so if backstage is just a boring playground of sorts, why must it remain top secret? i remember when frankie told me about it once, just the fact it existed, then told me not to tell anyone i knew.

oops...

if it's insisted a lot that because we complain and you'd like to know what you can do to make it better, perhaps shit talking and having a place to run to and say this and that happened isn't the answer.

[*I Shot JFK*]

because it is occasionally interesting, and makes people feel special. like the clubc you used to have when we were little, that were top secret and met in treehouses.

anyway, the existence isnt supposed to be top secret anymore. they gave up on that ages ago, when the feedback fourm was introduced

[jumpropeforheart]

i figured that since everyone knew, but this was back in early 2005.

like the clubc you used to have when we were little, that were top secret and met in treehouses.

but yet isn't it hypocritical to say that clubs in threads (made by members) isn't allowed? or has that been done with since nicki isn't on staff anymore? or perhaps did it just die?

why can't we have our own forums without mod access to talk about them or this and that?

[radhikaeatsraman]

because it is occasionally interesting, and makes people feel special. like the clubc you used to have when we were little, that were top secret and met in treehouses.

anyway, the existence isnt supposed to be top secret anymore. they gave up on that ages ago, when the feedback fourm was introduced

How true, how true.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I resent that. The demolishion of the clubs was a DAMN GOOD IDEA. They're annoying. And stupid. And I don't understand why my lack of modliness should lead to the removal of everythng I came up with. I knew Jorge was the spammer all along! I am always right! Always. Even when I make broad useless statements for no reason (much like this). Always.

Okay, back to hell for me..

[*Libertie*]

I never had a special club with a special treehouse as a child. I need backstage to make up for that.

Okay, so in all seriousness, for those saying backstage is/probably is boring, I wouldn't say that. It's what you would expect it to be - a private forum for us to discuss issues concerning the site/boards so there is some sense of order when we present them to the public. I knew (or suspeceted) that there was some sort of forum for staff members since I've been a moderator on a couple of other message boards, but I wasn't exactly itching to get back there - I understand why it needs to be private, so I never thought about actually trying to sneak back there.

In regards to the shit-talking references - thankfully, this issue has been addressed and put down. I don't see this as a concern anymore.

[jumpropeforheart]

I resent that. The demolishion of the clubs was a DAMN GOOD IDEA. They're annoying. And stupid. And I don't understand why my lack of modliness should lead to the removal of everythng I came up with. I knew Jorge was the spammer all along! I am always right! Always. Even when I make broad useless statements for no reason (much like this). Always.

Okay, back to hell for me..

and i'm not saying it wasn't a bad idea and should be brought back, but how hypocritical does that sound saying that everything we do is public or in p/ms, but they can have their own retreat? now, i understand this is a forum and that's the point, posting in public and i know that "secret" place is right for staff to discuss things, but why can't members have their own place. i'd hate to make it look like blogring, but i'm sure there would be people that would be for this.

[HakunaMatata]

Sometimes I kind of wonder what all the mods actually do backstage, but I've never had a time when I was like OMFG I WANT TO SEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[Looow]

Ive been back there cus .. I was a mod. Haha && I looked up old topics once && they were talking shit . How bitchy huh?

[*I Shot JFK*]

and i'm not saying it wasn't a bad idea and should be brought back, but how hypocritical does that sound saying that everything we do is public or in p/ms, but they can have their own retreat? now, i understand this is a forum and that's the point, posting in public and i know that "secret" place is right for staff to discuss things, but why can't members have their own place. i'd hate to make it look like blogring, but i'm sure there would be people that would be for this.

why would you want a place where moderators cant go? it would get cluttered and messy, unless you gave mod powers to some of themmebers, which would entirely defeat the object. It is not hypocrtical in the least, as the mods are, for want of a more accurate term, ou rleaders, and with leadership comes privaleges.

[jumpropeforheart]

why would you want a place where moderators cant go? it would get cluttered and messy, unless you gave mod powers to some of themmebers, which would entirely defeat the object. It is not hypocrtical in the least, as the mods are, for want of a more accurate term, ou rleaders, and with leadership comes privaleges.

how does giving some members mod powers in one forum defeat the purpose?

[*I Shot JFK*]

Because then they become mods in that forum, and it is not a modless forum, as there would be those who are superior to the others, with the power to decide what should and should not be discussed

[jumpropeforheart]

whatever you think. i guess i could care less if it happens, really.

[*I Shot JFK*]

cop out...

[*Zatanna*]

I was never was interested in seeing anything other than what was visible when I first joined (which really wasn't that long ago, I think I'm just approaching a year in December). I saw "Backstage" before I was informed that I was hired, actually, so it was sort of strange.

There is a Chit Chat topic back there (or a "spam" topic, which is what some refer to it as, which honestly isn't at all far from the truth ;) ). I haven't had as much time to spend here as I used to so I can't really chat much there as often. If I'm here, I'm here for business, so to speak, and contribute as much as I can in the actual forums.

Besides, as Dani mentioned, the whole shit talk thing went a little too far, and no one involved (either chatting, reading, etc) was completely innocent. By-gones (I think, I hope) now, but still. I think that's a dead horse now.

The staff has been (of late) pretty prudent about posting relevant and productive topics/posts, which is great. Everyone is concerned and wanting to do what they can to try and help get cB out of the rut (hope it's cool with me saying that) it's been in.

Oh and Dani - I never had a treehouse either, I'm afraid of heights and terribly claustrophobic.

[Jeng]

i also wonder what goes on backthere. and if theyre talking aobut me :\

[jumpropeforheart]

cop out...

if that's what you want to call it.

[*I Shot JFK*]

^ well, it is, as i did.

and i never had a treehouse either. nicki and i had a tree, but no house in it...

[Heathasm]

i liked it, it was fun.
i wish i could of stepped down and still have been able to go backstage :P

[*Statues/Shadows*]

^ well, it is, as i did.

and i never had a treehouse either. nicki and i had a tree, but no house in it...

It was a nice tree. I miss it.

[*mzkandi*]

i liked it, it was fun.
i wish i could of stepped down and still have been able to go backstage :P

HEATHER! hjhkjhihygifdhiodhgiodgh.....I miss you. =[

[*StanleyThePanda*]

i liked it, it was fun.
i wish i could of stepped down and still have been able to go backstage :P

Aw, yes! I loved when you were on staff!
I'm very happy to see you posting again, Heather. Even if it is only a little bit. haha

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I miss you too, Heather! <33

[*I Shot JFK*]

i would like to join the heather loving fan club!

[Heathasm]

i missed you guys too.
i decided to start back up on webdesign and what better a place to do that than cb since this is where it all started for me