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I remember that. That was a cool gametype.

I like it because it's fun. Plus it has some pretty good music.

A bunch of terrorists crash fuel-loaded airplanes into two skyscrapers in New York City, killing thousands of innocent people is congruous to an administrator removing a sub-forum where people post hate-filled invective about his staff from his website's message board? Aside from the fact that I don't really agree with invoking 9/11 when talking about deleting a sub-forum, the situations don't really parallel each other, unless you're just talking about the resulting outrage. In any case, we made no secret that UnMod was going to be deleted. We'd been talking about it for months, and people knew. They just didn't think we were serious. That said, it was still a surprise when it actually was deleted. Fallout was expected. After all, we'd been dealing with an inordinate amount of nonsense for nearly a year. We knew people would be angry and complain vehemently, but I personally was honestly surprised with how vicious and depraved some of the stuff that was posted got. There was absolutely no justification and no excuse for some of the things said. In the end though, it was just a bad decision to delete Unmod while most of the site staff was attending Magfest, because we didn't have "all hands on deck" to deal with the inevitable backlash. I was one of the main proponents for the deletion of Unmod, and I argued heavily that the forum should actually be deleted completely and replaced with a new one rather than just renaming it, but deleting it without preparation (i.e. the way it actually went down) was not the way I'd have done it.

When OCR switched from phpBB to vBulletin, the banlist didn't transfer correctly. As a result, all of the people who'd been banned previously were no longer banned. Once a few people discovered that, they spread the word and all started posting again. Larry and I starting going back and banning everyone who'd been banned before again, and people got angry about this, so they started using alt accounts to spam the forums. This was about a week before UnMod was deleted. UnMod was deleted on a Saturday night during MagFest. Most of the site staff was in attendence, partying up and generally having a good time, save for me and Smoke (who was a moderator at the time). Once the forum was actually deleted, there were only two moderators available to deal with the subsequent fallout, which was pretty bad. There was a lot of spam in General Discussion that night, and not just whiney threads; there was some really vile, abusive stuff being posted, particularly about pixietricks, who was a judge at the time. Most of this was coming from a stream of alt-accounts that were being banned as soon as they posted something, but it was still a massive amount of garbage coming through. There was one particular graphic that was being posted over and over again that featured some pretty hateful, abusive comments. Smoke and I tried to delete and ban as soon as we could, but we were still getting used to the new forum software, which had only gone live a week before. The worst part about that night for me was that someone had written an image-embed script and made it so that if any of the site staff loaded the image that was in a post, they'd see some innocuous brain-teaser (it worked by checking the client's hostmask), whereas everyone else would see the previously mentioned abusive graphic. I realized that this was happening about 10-15 minutes after the first usage of it, and connected to OCR via proxy so that I could moderate the forums properly; using a proxy would prevent me from seeing the harmless image and show me what everyone else was seeing. After about 10 minutes of non-stop editing, deleting, banning via proxy, I realized that I was spending my Saturday night--hell, the last couple of months--on one of the most worthless endeavours ever: trying to moderate childish, ignorant, hateful people with an unbelievable sense of entitlement. That night showed me the absolute worst the community had to offer. I shut off my computer and decided to watch kung fu movies with my dad instead. The next day, I resigned from all of my staff positions on OCR. I went off on a tangent for a little bit, so to get back to the point: people were banned because they did some bad shit. Mostly spamming and harassment.

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. It's very good, but very odd. Forget about the hype; just watch it for what it is.

That's been around for quite a while. And, hey, I liked FMA. :\

OC ReMixes are still there. Hover the mouse over "Tune In" up top and a menu will appear. You can click "OCR Radio" to get streaming remixes.

Yeah I don't see how not caring about special features makes a person a moron. !?

No they can't. You know people actually investigate before doing these kinds of things, right? In any case, this thread has basically turned into Mythrill's Conspiracy Theory Hour, so we're done.

I'm not confusing anything. xD I'm a Muslim, and I'm of South Asian descent. I don't have to volunteer any of that information when in a job interview. But someone looking at my last name, which is "Ansari," can make an assumption that I'm Muslim. And they could discriminate.

Yes, it's legal. When I applied for a job at a nuclear power plant, they did a background check on me. They asked me for two personal references and two professional references. The first two to get an idea of what kind of person I was, and the second two to get an idea of what kind of worker I was. When they talked to my two personal references, they asked those two people for references about me as well; that is to say, they asked my friend Jeff to provide two people who knew me so that they could talk to them as well. Not illegal in the slightest. Most companies don't go that far; they usually just ask for one or two professional references. And concerning the point about employers not being allowed to ask if you're married or whatever during an interview, that's true. But if you happen to mention "I'm married" during your interview, that doesn't invalidate anything. So if they do a quick google search on you and see that you've told the entire internet that "I'm married," that's pretty much the same thing. As for this: So? That's the same as in a face-to-face interview. The interviewer could take one look at me and say, "Oh this guy looks like a middle-easterner, I can't hire him." He look look at my surname and say "Ansari; that sounds like a Muslim name. I can't hire this guy, he's a terrorist!" He doesn't ask it outright, so he just makes some assumptions and discriminates based on those assumptions. It could happen. Internet? Face-to-face? What's the difference? There is none, really. If someone is going to discriminate, they're going to discriminate, and it won't matter where they get their info, or even if they get info at all.

Because you've published it on the Internet. You've created a dossier with all of your details and published it for the public to read. Once you publish that information, anyone can read it, and it's not illegal to read that. It's, like I already said, a character judgement. Employers don't just look at your resume; they talk to you, try to get a feel for what kind of soft-skills you have. Can you work in teams? How do you work with other people? Are you more of a lone-wolf type? Do you have leadership qualities? This kind of stuff doesn't always come out on a resume or even in an interview. It's not unreasonable at all. If I was going to hire someone for a full-time position and sink a load of money into salary/benefits and integrate them into my workforce, I want to know that I'm getting my money's worth. Or you do the smart thing and use social networking profiles to your advantage and advertise yourself.

You guys know that when you interview for a job, they're not just trying to see if you're qualified, but they're making a character judgement, right? That's why people always tell you "have a firm handshake, look them in the eye, etc. etc. blah blah blah." Employers almost never hire a person based on qualifications alone. If they did, there'd be no need for interviews; you'd just be hired based on your resume. xD Employers have always taken a person's character into account, and yes, they will use the internet to do their research. It's very easy to misrepresent yourself in an interview, and employers will use whatever tools they can to make sure they're making the right decision. If that means not hiring some dude who spends his weeknights boozing and posting pics of himself vomiting all-over his carpet, or some gamer who brags about pulling all-nighter Gears of War 2 sessions, or some chick that posts slutty pics of herself at bars, then that's their prerogative. They're making a character judgement.

The difference here is that we're not talking about whom he shot. We're talking about the sequence of events. In the original version of the Original Trilogy, Han shot Greedo. In the Special Edition, Greedo shot at Han first but missed, and Han quickly shot him in retaliation. This was done because Lucas wasn't sure about Han killing Greedo in cold-blood like that. It was a "retaliation shot." The DVD re-release of the Special Edition, Greedo and Han shoot at each other at nearly the same time; Han dodges and Greedo is killed. "Han shot first" is a common turn of phrase used by Star Wars fans to express their distaste with some of the revisionist changes made to the Original Trilogy. The problem with "Han shot first" is that it implies that Han shot Greedo before Greedo shot Han. That never happened. Greedo never got a shot off. Han didn't shoot first. Han just shot. Period.

The verb "to shoot" doesn't require an object after it. Sure, it's nice to have, but you don't need it. I can say, "Han will shoot," or, "Han shoots." "Han shot" is perfectly valid grammar.

Where where? The expression is "Hear, hear!"

Alright, so we've got Ashamee, Doulifee, Tensei-san, Bleck, and me all watching Shinkenger. So far we've gotten up to Episode 4, so if you're interested in joining the fun, make sure you get all the episodes that are out and catch-up. Ash and I talked about doing a catch-up marathon this Saturday afternoon to get current with the episodes broadcasting in Japan. After that we're gonna hit it anytime a new ep comes out.

Stop spamming. Only warning.

Please edit your post and make it readable.

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Makoto Jungle Jazz, baby!! Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, the music-maker.

What happens when you post a shitty, vague, slightly bitter thread? I lock it. You got a problem or an issue? Talk about it intelligently, instead of being a douche. It also helps if you say what you're actually talking about and if you know what you're talking about.

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No. Han shot. Period.

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