The Unholy Trinity, The Firm (Official Thread) |
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![]() Upd: Sorry about how late I was in posting the new mission. I just recently got a new job and haven't had time for cB. Congrats to all members who finished mission 05, and I hope you like mission 06. Experience pionts will be updated as soon as Chérie posts them in the thread. Mission 05 (02/26/07-03/06/07): Anime Otakus Rules: New Mission 03/17/07 ![]() So far The Unholy Trinity has been given a bad reputation as being disrespectful and crude, but actually we are here to speak freely without fear of hostility or reprimand. Not to say that we are miscreants, but rather revolutionaries on a mission of liberation for the free thinking mind. The idea that all members of this site must conform to an emotionless state of almost mechanical etiquette is a declination of uniqueness and all human rights. Our mission, nay our crusade is based on the belief that all should be able to speak free and clear without looking behind their shoulder for a tyrannical authority figure in need of a name for themselves. Simply put, members of The Firm are expected to: ![]() You must find your own path. We do not accept applications. All are welcome to try, and many will enter into the Firm. We do not choose, rather it is through your own skill and admonition that you will be allowed to become one of our followers. To walk the path you must show interest in the JUC. Simply put, to join The Unholy Trinity: ![]() Follow the path, we will choose only the most devoted followers to rise in within the tiers of The Unholy Trinity.
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Done. Uh oh, not another Dani to confuse things. XD Hi there. =]:] ^^ Oh I'm Danielle. Love me. <h1>Rawr</h1> QUOTE The fact is that 90%(not really a fact. More of a guesstimate) of the people on this site come here in complete anonymity and prefer to stay that way. Actually, one of the things I like most about cB is the fact that I know a majority, if not all, of the active members here on a first-name basis. If I notice that I don't know a user's name, I set out to fix that. In fact, in your post and frequently on AIM you refer to me as libertie or lib and I must say it takes some getting used to when I'm not being referred to as "Dani" (clarification: I'm not complaining, just saying it's a funny thing that sticks out to me when people call me by my screenname)! I actually like how cB is a pretty tightly knit group of people (or, as it stands right now, several tightly knit groups of people) and quite possibly the fact that you're being met with such "oppression" could be because you haven't yet found a way to integrate your group in with the rest of the community. My point is that people at cB don't as much hide behind anonymity as you're implying - many are very open and several are now close friends off the forums (phone, skype, AIM). That having been said, why the no bashing rule? As you can tell by the reactions you've gotten from the community to some of your comments, people get ticked when they're being trolled. Your point, "Because one person's idea of fun differs from anothers doesn't mean that fun should be abolished." ... When has that EVER worked? I don't like it when my upstairs neighbor has friends over at 4am and they beat on the floor (my ceiling) and play loud music. Clearly, they're having a lot of fun, and clearly I am miffed about not being able to sleep. Am I wrong, then, for believing that they should be more quiet, thus potentially ruining their "fun"? Surely, of course, there are forums in existence (I've been to a few) where people can mess around and throw jabs at each other, but the atmosphere at this particular community doesn't allow for that type of behavior. edit; By the way, in response to the "if you don't like it, don't read it" idea, I am offering honest commentary and I'm not at all trying to disagree with your group or make personal attacks here. I mean everything I said with the highest amount of respect and I hope you can see that. |
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Uh oh, not another Dani to confuse things. XD Hi there. =] Actually, one of the things I like most about cB is the fact that I know a majority, if not all, of the active members here on a first-name basis. If I notice that I don't know a user's name, I set out to fix that. In fact, in your post and frequently on AIM you refer to me as libertie or lib and I must say it takes some getting used to when I'm not being referred to as "Dani" (clarification: I'm not complaining, just saying it's a funny thing that sticks out to me when people call me by my screenname)! I actually like how cB is a pretty tightly knit group of people (or, as it stands right now, several tightly knit groups of people) and quite possibly the fact that you're being met with such "oppression" could be because you haven't yet found a way to integrate your group in with the rest of the community. My point is that people at cB don't as much hide behind anonymity as you're implying - many are very open and several are now close friends off the forums (phone, skype, AIM). That having been said, why the no bashing rule? As you can tell by the reactions you've gotten from the community to some of your comments, people get ticked when they're being trolled. Your point, "Because one person's idea of fun differs from anothers doesn't mean that fun should be abolished." ... When has that EVER worked? I don't like it when my upstairs neighbor has friends over at 4am and they beat on the floor (my ceiling) and play loud music. Clearly, they're having a lot of fun, and clearly I am miffed about not being able to sleep. Am I wrong, then, for believing that they should be more quiet, thus potentially ruining their "fun"? Surely, of course, there are forums in existence (I've been to a few) where people can mess around and throw jabs at each other, but the atmosphere at this particular community doesn't allow for that type of behavior. edit; By the way, in response to the "if you don't like it, don't read it" idea, I am offering honest commentary and I'm not at all trying to disagree with your group or make personal attacks here. I mean everything I said with the highest amount of respect and I hope you can see that. Everyone deserves a say in this community. I think that libertie brings up a good point, but libertie, you have to understand that most of the things that Jeremy will write are just to yank your chain or make you squirm. By replying the way you did, he's only going to make up something that will make you squirm even more. A quote Jeremy seems to live by: Nick Naylor (Thank You for Smoking): "That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong." Have fun talking to him, he really breaks the mold... in real life he occasionally makes me so frustrated I want to punch him. LMAO ![]() |
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I don't think people quite understand that 'Having a say', doesn't mean 'Every idea that is put forward get's implemented, and everyone is held in the same regard, with no attention being paid to their past.' It also doesn't mean that every club, or society, or thread will be held in the same esteem, and nor will every member. Everyone starts out equal, but thing schange if you show that you don't deserve it.
No one is being told that they cannot have a say, or that you cannot express your opinions. Go for it. But accept that those choices will cloud people's perceptions of you, and if you are detracting from other people's enjoyment, then you will be dealt with. It is how you react to that which makes the difference. There is no real point acting like it's a struggle for free speech, when you had it to begin with, and sacraficed you're right to be taken seriously through your own actions. I think you're misguided, and i think that you are addressing your efforts to the wrong place. But, I'm not stopping you from being so, or doing so. It is your right. Go nuts. |
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I thought you weren't going to post again. Under your own definition, quit "spamming" in our thread buddy.
QUOTE Oh, and I'm not joning. As if. But, alas, that would make any further posts on my part spam, so, i depart. QUOTE could be because you haven't yet found a way to integrate your group in with the rest of the community. Should we be force to conform to this single closed minded community. Should we be forced to conform to the rest of the community? We will be different, and we take pride in it. |
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Any further posts along that specific line would have been spam. In any event, justifying my departure as a desire not to spam was really just an excuse not to express the real reason why I hold this thread in contempt.
My last post was relevant to the discussion. Furthermore, it was part of my right to speech on Cb. You want it, and have it, and with it comes opposition to what you say. The fact that I posted here is demonstarting that. Also, the 'quit spamming yourself' style argument was cutesy enough, but if we want to get technical, half of these posts have been spam, and that's MORE than enough justification to close this thread down. So pick your arguments more carefully, or you're going to get bitten. I'm not going to close it, because frankly I'd rather have this floating around than whatever tedium would inevitably come next. Lesser of two evils, and so forth. But really, that could change. |
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Any further posts along that specific line would have been spam. In any event, justifying my departure as a desire not to spam was really just an excuse not to express the real reason why I hold this thread in contempt. My last post was relevant to the discussion. Furthermore, it was part of my right to speech on Cb. You want it, and have it, and with it comes opposition to what you say. The fact that I posted here is demonstarting that. Also, the 'quit spamming yourself' style argument was cutesy enough, but if we want to get technical, half of these posts have been spam, and that's MORE than enough justification to close this thread down. So pick your arguments more carefully, or you're going to get bitten. I'm not going to close it, because frankly I'd rather have this floating around than whatever tedium would inevitably come next. Lesser of two evils, and so forth. But really, that could change. James, I only quoted you. It is your right to speak freely. If you begin to look like a moron in the process it's not my fault. You can say whatever you want. I was only saying what I want. I don't want to turn this into an argument. Don't threaten me. If you aren't going to have fun in our thread. Leave. Wanna see spam... check this out: http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=143779 or http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136247 or http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153554 If your going to close this for "spam", close all the other topics that members enjoy. I mean, just to be fair and equal. ![]() PM: Me if you would like to talk about it. If you publicly reply to me, I will publicly reply to you. It's only fair, and I shouldn't receive punishment for it. |
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I wasn't talking about punishing you. I was talking about closing down a spam-ridden thread.
I don't want to talk about it particulary, it won't be productive, and in any case I don't particularly see what cause it would be promoting/detracting from in any event. And who said I wasn't having fun? I just said I didn't want to join. But my time I have to waste on you is up, and I have a conversation to have with someone worthwhile. As I said, go nuts with this. But if I were you, i wouldn't kid myself into thinking it's some sort of worthy cause. You're only fooling yourself. And like I said, I'm not going to close a thread which sticks to it's purpose and doesn't violate any forum rules, which I'll assume those do not, given their length. I just told you not to push the spam thing, because it's not in your best interests. |
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I wasn't talking about punishing you. I was talking about closing down a spam-ridden thread. I don't want to talk about it particulary, it won't be productive, and in any case I don't particularly see what cause it would be promoting/detracting from in any event. And who said I wasn't having fun? I just said I didn't want to join. But my time I have to waste on you is up, and I have a conversation to have with someone worthwhile. As I said, go nuts with this. But if I were you, i wouldn't kid myself into thinking it's some sort of worthy cause. You're only fooling yourself. And like I said, I'm not going to close a thread which sticks to it's purpose and doesn't violate any forum rules, which I'll assume those do not, given their length. I just told you not to push the spam thing, because it's not in your best interests. All of these arguments in our directly relate to our team/club thing. They are defending our clubs integrity. Its not spam, and most of the posts in here are more than 2-3 sentences long. You will see how successful this club will be. I promise. I only see these nine posts as being spam. yeah your a real nazi communist right there,son. ..I request immunity. ![]() edited. ![]() oops damn jeremy, you got told! and under what you consider to be spam... I don't think people quite understand.... Any further posts along that specific.... I wasn't talking about punishing you... That's not bad considering there are 81 (now 82) posts in out thread: The FACTS:
I would like to ask you, James... what is a club? Is it not a group of people who come together because they share a common idea or purpose? Might I ask you to consider "what is the Zumunda (spelling, I don't care as long as you get the point) Club's purpose?" Isn't the purpose just to simply have fun? Don't you think that would lead to spam? If you take our thread away for "spam" it's only fair to take their's away also. Would that be right? No, it's not right. Have we done anything wrong? No, if you consider defending our club with replies against skeptics like yourself I beg to differ. Cut the crap James. If you think your promotion to staff is going to keep me from replying to your public criticisms in the tread that I and several members created then you're oh so wrong. Get off your high-chair little boy, do you want my respect? You'll have to earn it. I have respect for Dutch of Dork, Libertie, and Mona Lisa because they respect me. Start respecting me, and I'll start respecting you. P.S. James, numbers don't lie, however people do. Like I said, if you don't want to have fun in our thread LEAVE. Like I always say, "PM Me if you would like to talk about it. If you publicly reply to me, I will publicly reply to you. It's only fair, and I shouldn't receive punishment for it." This post directly relates to our club (it's defending the integrity of our club), and it is not spam. |
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That's not bad considering there are 81 (now 82) posts in out thread: The FACTS: 10% of these posts are spam (not that bad). (9/81) less 50% of that spam is from our members. (4/9) Funny thing is, more than 50% of them were made by mods, and you're threatening to close our thread because your fellow staff members are spamming in our thread.. The others posts short posts directly relate to our club (people signing to say hello to the team/agreement with other posts... etc.). (5/9) 60% of those posts were made by you (james), and even you consider them to be spam. (3/5) if we don't count your spam 33% of the spam is still generated by staff members. (2/6) if we don't count your spam only 7.3% of this post is inhabited by spam. (6/81) TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS: STOP THREATENING US WITH THE SPAM CARD, WE HAVE FAR LESS SPAM THAN ANY OTHER CLUB ON CB, AND MUCH OF IT IS CREATED BY YOU! haha. Josh, if only you would debate like this with us at work, we'd probably begin to believe you. I completely agree. It is very stupid and hypocritical to accuse us of a spam thread when it is your own group doing the spamming. That's like a farmer striking his cow for poor milk when he feeds it dog food(Search for the metaphor. It's there if you're smart enough). As far as me being "told", I agree with what was said to an extent, but I did say I may be and probably am wrong. Plus there is kind of a difference between internet fun and tangible, real life fun. Anyways, lets try to keep this post to what it originally was which was to welcome any potential members. As far as selective membership, it is in my understanding that all you have to do is PM Josh, Jake, or Me(I'm not on often so Josh or Jake) and you are accepted regardless of who you are. That is the whole "interview" process as Josh put it. If you want to join, great. If not, don't. But if you have no interest in the club, don't try to tell us how we can make it better, it's good enough. But we do want deconstructive criticism. So enjoy and hopefully we'll be on long enough to get a decent following. P.S. I got an excellent Jake. Bumper Sticker - Proud Parent of an Ex-Convict Tombstone - He is in Death As He was in Life, Full of Chemicals Palindrome - Now on a Seaport, Nino on Intro, Paesano Won |
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P.S. I got an excellent Jake. Bumper Sticker - Proud Parent of an Ex-Convict Tombstone - He is in Death As He was in Life, Full of Chemicals Palindrome - Now on a Seaport, Nino on Intro, Paesano Won Nice dude, keep up the good work, and thanks for your support. I think the only reason I can't debate you at work is because we are debating things that arn't based upon fact (Evolution vs. Creation... etc)... now lets see about getting that license... <,< |
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I'm Cattt. :] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,722 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,831 ![]() |
Honestly James, you need to stop being so immature. Is there a reason why you cannot take this to PM?
This club has a purpose, if you read the first post, unlike the Zamunda Tribe. After 9 pages of consistent spam, that thread did not state its reason for its presence, yet no staff members threatened to close it. If you do not think that this topic is worthy of your time, then do not keep posting. You are not wanted here anyway. |
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I think that there's a common misconception among a large amount of members that Createblog.com is treated as a country with a democracy in which the people have control and follow the rules of the United States or something. I'm sorry, but this isn't a democracy. It's a website. No, you really don't have complete freedom of speech. There are consequences for what you say. You cannot bash other members, no matter how fun you think it is. That's it. You can't fight it. You may think that's stupid, but that's too bad, because that's the way it is. You have to be cordial, or you can leave. This argument comes up about every 2-3 months and it's ridiculous. I don't know why no one can deal with following rules and think they're some revolutionary because they're fighting against it. Again, terribly sorry, but it's been done before, time and time again. You're not bringing up a new point; on the contrary, the point is quite moot. You can't just say anything you want and that's all. Please get over yourselves and deal with it.
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TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS: STOP THREATENING US WITH THE SPAM CARD, WE HAVE FAR LESS SPAM THAN ANY OTHER CLUB ON CB, AND MUCH OF IT IS CREATED BY YOU! For the record, I never said anything about spam because I see a "club" as a place where discussion will sometimes get off track. Face it, it's a gathering of several people who have decided they have something in common, so in that aspect, they get along. There will be friendly communication, and I don't think that's something that should be discouraged. If we ban that, we might as well ban all clubs (which I know is your point, and I know this has already been done in the past and I don't see any need for it now). Also, as a sidenote, you chose the "cB Liberals" topic as one of your examples of spam, and I'd like to point out that while a good portion of the posts are "can I join" and "yay so and so joined", now that it has its foundation, we've had a good several posts that have actual substance. It's less of a club and more of a place to discuss politics from a more liberal perspective. Also, the point is to bring more activity to the debate forum, which may not be happening yet, but I'd like it if that did happen. Just wondering why you chose that topic out of all your examples, because it actually has a clearly stated point, not just "we're ___ let's gather here!" |
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For the record, I never said anything about spam because I see a "club" as a place where discussion will sometimes get off track. Face it, it's a gathering of several people who have decided they have something in common, so in that aspect, they get along. There will be friendly communication, and I don't think that's something that should be discouraged. If we ban that, we might as well ban all clubs (which I know is your point, and I know this has already been done in the past and I don't see any need for it now). Also, as a sidenote, you chose the "cB Liberals" topic as one of your examples of spam, and I'd like to point out that while a good portion of the posts are "can I join" and "yay so and so joined", now that it has its foundation, we've had a good several posts that have actual substance. It's less of a club and more of a place to discuss politics from a more liberal perspective. Also, the point is to bring more activity to the debate forum, which may not be happening yet, but I'd like it if that did happen. Just wondering why you chose that topic out of all your examples, because it actually has a clearly stated point, not just "we're ___ let's gather here!" It was nothing against you Libertie. It was only directed towards the staff members talking about spam, and if you would like me to remove the link I would be glad to. There was no reason for posting that link that post other than to prove a point (to stop bringing up the spam issue). You defend you post, I was only making a point. I think that there's a common misconception among a large amount of members that Createblog.com is treated as a country with a democracy in which the people have control and follow the rules of the United States or something. I'm sorry, but this isn't a democracy. It's a website. No, you really don't have complete freedom of speech. There are consequences for what you say. You cannot bash other members, no matter how fun you think it is. That's it. You can't fight it. You may think that's stupid, but that's too bad, because that's the way it is. You have to be cordial, or you can leave. This argument comes up about every 2-3 months and it's ridiculous. I don't know why no one can deal with following rules and think they're some revolutionary because they're fighting against it. Again, terribly sorry, but it's been done before, time and time again. You're not bringing up a new point; on the contrary, the point is quite moot. You can't just say anything you want and that's all. Please get over yourselves and deal with it. This is not a democracy, I understand that. Why are we bringing up free speech again? Where does it say that we bash others in our first post? I would like to understand where you guys are getting that idea? We aren't talking about bashing when it comes to free speech, we're talking about the way that people are on this site. Members criticize you and tear your ideas apart unless you conform to a close-minded state that this community tends to show far to often. This post is nothing but the ideas of several members (not just Jake, Jeremy, and I) fused together, and you people consistently criticize us for it. I don't see what's so wrong with that, but apparently the community does:
PM Me if you would like to talk about it. If you publicly reply to me, I will publicly reply to you. It's only fair, and club shouldn't receive punishment for it. |
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well moving on from the arguments and crap..
Id like to push to the trinity members an idea that Josh had mentioned durring the hiring what ideas we have to make new members to Createblog actualy want to come back. Besides that this site offers layouts and such.How can we as a whole make new members actualy become official members and make them feel comfortable enough to post without feeling stupid? Especialy with people who are new to the whole online forum scene Think of something. |
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well moving on from the arguments and crap.. Id like to push to the trinity members an idea that Josh had mentioned durring the hiring what ideas we have to make new members to Createblog actualy want to come back. Besides that this site offers layouts and such.How can we as a whole make new members actualy become official members and make them feel comfortable enough to post without feeling stupid? Especialy with people who are new to the whole online forum scene Think of something. We are going to offer missions in our club that encourage people to contribute to the community. This is going to be the way people will rise in the ranks. New missions will appear every week. Example Mission:
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hmm the feedback forum.
I personaly try to stay away from posting in there becasue i feel that too much arguring goes on in there...but if we must ..lol |
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Tomatoes are a good source of lycopene.
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Tomatoes are a good source of lycopene. Discuss. The tomato is quite possibly the least honest food there is. It lies constantly. The biggest, most obvious lie about the tomato is that it presents itself as a proud vegetable, when in fact it's just a lowly, gnat infested fruit. Foods should learn their place. Fruit should understand they are second-rate and should never meet the eyes of their betters(vegetables). Even the drink V8 is mostly tomato juice, so it should be called V7F1. The carotenoid Lycopene has been discovered to reduce the risk of certain kinds of cancer. Who the hell do they think they are!! Cancer is a normal part of human life and it should not be prevented, but accepted(if anyone has cancer or knows someone with cancer, EAT TOMATOES BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!!). This was a reply to what I took as a serious post in this forum and should be treated likewise. |
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man, I really don't want prostate cancer... I should eat tomatoes... maybe our first team missions should encourage members to eat tomatoes... a healthy team is a good team :]
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I pray to Captain Planet. He is my god. He does miracles like taking pollution down to zero. Hail the prophet Phil Collins for writing his theme song. :O!!!!!!!!!!!! *shine* PHIL COLLINS!!! ZOMG, he is.... I LOVE HIM... *googley eyes* Phil Collins wrote:
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