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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2008, 11:00:41 AM »
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What scares me is that I can see the rationale. Flame wars generate traffic, in posts/hour. To the higher-ups, traffic is the sole indicator of a successful forum. Thus, to get a temporary surge in board traffic and meet some end-of-financial-year target, G0 is deliberatiely inducing (and WizOs are supporting; see the False Information thread on this board) as many rabid flame wars as he can. Then, next year, the forums will be a desolate wasteland that can be scrapped to cut costs. I hate to be cynical, but there's my 2cp.

You know, its wacky enough that it just might be the real reason...you may have broken their code... :o

Or maybe I am simply deluding myself because I still refuse to believe that anyone could be that big of an imbecile... :P
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2008, 11:05:11 AM »
Though it is difficult to believe such vileness can exist, it does. The only solution is to put it down so it cannot spread.
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2008, 04:24:48 PM »
That would explain why aelynith isn't banned.

He's not banned because he is on-topic 90% of the time, even though he is a troll.


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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2008, 04:38:32 PM »
That would explain why aelynith isn't banned.

He's not banned because he is on-topic 90% of the time, even though he is a troll.

So he's a troll with his own properly zoned real estate. Got it.
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #24 on: May 22, 2008, 04:51:11 PM »
So he's a troll with his own properly zoned real estate. Got it.

Every get the feeling that Trolls are racist against people?


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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2008, 05:00:11 PM »
Did anyone notice the "new" Character Optimization forums?

http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=699

I wonder if 699 was random.

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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2008, 05:14:41 PM »
Did anyone notice the "new" Character Optimization forums?

http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=699

I wonder if 699 was random.

Is it just me or are the colors on the forums really ugly with the slime green everywhere.

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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2008, 05:18:17 PM »
Did anyone notice the "new" Character Optimization forums?

http://forums.gleemax.com/forumdisplay.php?f=699

I wonder if 699 was random.

Is it just me or are the colors on the forums really ugly with the slime green everywhere.

I use the d20 Modern skin on the WotC forums, so mine is Gray and Red instead.


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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2008, 04:02:30 AM »
Did they nuke the CO Board?  or is the old one archived somewhere?
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2008, 04:04:21 AM »
Did they nuke the CO Board?  or is the old one archived somewhere?
Not dead, just well hidden.  Its under Gleemax->RPGs->d20 Character Optimization.  Not sure how much longer its going to last.

On the other hand, the idiots have begun to trickle into D&D 4th Edition -> Character Optimization.

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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #30 on: May 23, 2008, 04:23:20 AM »
Did they nuke the CO Board?  or is the old one archived somewhere?
Not dead, just well hidden.  Its under Gleemax->RPGs->d20 Character Optimization.  Not sure how much longer its going to last.

On the other hand, the idiots have begun to trickle into D&D 4th Edition -> Character Optimization.
I understand the logic to have 2 CO boards, but having them so incredibly fucking far from each other doesn't make much sense for those of us that use the boards.  I really wanted to continue visiting CO over there and see the differences for 4e, but they're trying to make it difficult now :confused
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #31 on: May 23, 2008, 04:31:58 AM »
I understand the logic to have 2 CO boards, but having them so incredibly fucking far from each other doesn't make much sense for those of us that use the boards.  I really wanted to continue visiting CO over there and see the differences for 4e, but they're trying to make it difficult now :confused
Is it so hard to add another favorite to your browser?  :o

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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2008, 04:34:56 AM »
Is it so hard to add another favorite to your browser?  :o
Not really. It's just annoying.  The reorg shouldn't necessarily be about what the big-wigs want. It should be about what will get the most traffic to the boards, and making navigation more difficult doesn't make sense.
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2008, 07:49:18 AM »
Hey people.
The reorganization drove me away from Gleemax today. The 3.5 boards have really been pushed completely away to the bottom of the 4e page. The 3.5 charopt is nowhere to be found. As far as I am concerned, if they want to alienate their fanbase, they've succeeded in alienating me!
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2008, 11:09:26 AM »
Hey people.
The reorganization drove me away from Gleemax today. The 3.5 boards have really been pushed completely away to the bottom of the 4e page. The 3.5 charopt is nowhere to be found. As far as I am concerned, if they want to alienate their fanbase, they've succeeded in alienating me!

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Sunic may be more abrasive than sandpaper coated in chainsaws (not that its a bad thing, he really does know what he's talking about), but just posting in this thread without warning and telling him he's an asshole which, if you knew his past experiences on WotC and Paizo is flat-out uncalled for. Never mind the insults (which are clearly 4Chan-level childish). You say people like Sunic are the bane of the internet? Try looking at your own post and telling me you are better than him.

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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #35 on: May 23, 2008, 12:17:42 PM »
I understand the logic to have 2 CO boards, but having them so incredibly fucking far from each other doesn't make much sense for those of us that use the boards.  I really wanted to continue visiting CO over there and see the differences for 4e, but they're trying to make it difficult now :confused
It'd be nice if the edition-specific CO boards were located near their own editions.  I've only found the old CO board via the URL.  It seems every two days it's in a different location in that drop-down list of theirs.  I have to re-learn the navigation everytime I open their GD site.
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2008, 12:22:19 PM »
Hey people.
The reorganization drove me away from Gleemax today. The 3.5 boards have really been pushed completely away to the bottom of the 4e page. The 3.5 charopt is nowhere to be found. As far as I am concerned, if they want to alienate their fanbase, they've succeeded in alienating me!

Same here.  I signed up here at BG the other day after reading all the threads and seeing where the majority of all you CharOp maniacs were going  ;)

That Gleemax mess is one of the worst marketing ideas I have seen in quite awhile, and I have worked in internet advertising for almost 7 years now.  A really haphazard attempt at blending product and content/product-support which seems to have resulted in a larger than expected hard-base disapproval.

And yeh the colors are nasty too.  :eh


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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2008, 04:53:43 PM »
After seeing the reorganization, I think I will start copying my "handbooks" over here. If the links on them get borked, I don't know how in the hell I'd ever find some of them again...
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #38 on: May 23, 2008, 05:12:59 PM »
Yeah, I already copied the code to my old modified vampire template and all related links.  I'm not sure if I'm going to post it here yet or not.  I just didn't want to lose it.
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I suggest carving "Don't be a dick" into him with a knife.  A dull, rusty knife.  A dull, rusty, bent, flaming knife.
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Re: Stupid new Gleemax reorg...
« Reply #39 on: May 23, 2008, 08:01:08 PM »
I had quite a time finding the old CO boards, I figure  to hell with it.  I hope that Dictuum Mortuum moves his handbooks here in the future. Putting that aside though I think Ill just come here rather than going back to WoTC.  The reorg is just silly while Im starting to warm to some of the 4ed concepts I feel that the way they are going about it is terrible.
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