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Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« on: April 13, 2011, 09:49:16 AM »
OK you all have probably got threads you really like or threads you hated or great fight threads or whatever BUT what threads here do you think show something to the newbies about this place and its personalities and the way we conduct ourselves as a unmoderated/barely moderated Aspie site?

What threads strike you as particularly good recommended reading for those uncultured in our unique ways?

Find a thread and highlight why you think it is good or bad or more importantly, important in being recommended reading. If there is background or whatever, then note that. Tell them why.

Here are a few I thought were good.

http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,12633.0.html

No, for anyone looking at this as thinking I am making light of it or promoting my efforts here

What this is about?

Off memory, Soph was pissing me off here and on a board she ran and so was Austra/Bint (Blasted) and we ended up in a pretty visceral and heated  exchange over a long protracted period of time over many threads.
Do not read too much into the title. There was a lot of nasty shit being flung. No innocent parties really.

Why is it important as recommended reading?

It is a big row and everyone man and his dog throws in their two cents. Big calls are made. People back their position and have it contested. Everyone holds their ground and slowly the issues over many pages get sorted...without bannings, without thread closure, without warnings....this is the beauty of unmoderated boards. Bad blood does get spilled occasionally but it need not be a bad or scary thing. Time and the mere process of going through it sorts it out and all members police themselves.

Good result. YES I do like this thread very much. What Intensity is, in my book.



http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,16158.0.html

What this is about?

There was a member Ricktard who had a penchant for posting pics of himself wanking as an avatar. Pissed many of us off and had us scrambling. He was not sanctioned. A member here Candlemass (Pentagram)  in retaliation started spamming and got punished. I took issue of this with Odeon. He suggested we take it to callout rather than me bitch about it. I accepted.

Why is it important as recommended reading?

Tell me one other site where the owner will be prepared to do exactly what happened here and in fitting with the site's maxim, will be prepared to back his own assertions. What I also like about the thread is that I HAD severely misread some of Odeon's comments and he did of me. There was a lot of back and fro and in the end mostly we agreed to disagree but the journey worth the effort. Not as visceral or heated as most callouts certainly but successful. The issues were sorted and two grumpy old men gruffly shaking hands and walking away at the end of it all.



http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,16396.0.html


What this is about?

Two of the gentlest souls on I2 in a callout.

Why is it important as recommended reading?

Because I2 is about silliness too. These two are good friends and the callout not of their making. Get caught inbetween a fight between these two and the worst that you will suffer is a bad case of hugging. :)


http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,535.0/topicseen.html

Here is where you get to see a lot of the members on here.

Add more people.
I2 today is not i2 of yesteryear. It is a knitting circle. Those that participate be they nice or asshats know their place and the price to be there. Odeon is the overlord

.Benevolent if you toe the line.

Think it is I2 of old? Even Odeon is not so delusional as to think otherwise. He may on occasionally pretend otherwise but his base is that knitting circle.

Censoring/banning/restricting/moderating myself, Calanadale & Scrapheap were all not his finest moments.

How to apologise to Scrap

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 10:07:28 AM »
Richard calls out Butterflies

Quote from: richard
I call out butterflies for being stupid.

 :autism: :LMAO:
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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 10:19:53 AM »
Richard calls out Butterflies

Quote from: richard
I call out butterflies for being stupid.

 :autism: :LMAO:

Three pages in and reply #44 and an exasperated Butterfies says "That's not a question, it's a statement. And a false one at that"

:lol:
I2 today is not i2 of yesteryear. It is a knitting circle. Those that participate be they nice or asshats know their place and the price to be there. Odeon is the overlord

.Benevolent if you toe the line.

Think it is I2 of old? Even Odeon is not so delusional as to think otherwise. He may on occasionally pretend otherwise but his base is that knitting circle.

Censoring/banning/restricting/moderating myself, Calanadale & Scrapheap were all not his finest moments.

How to apologise to Scrap

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 10:39:09 AM »
I have always been hoping I would come across threads that explained why certain long-time members are no longer here.

duncvis
blasted
calandale (I kind of figured this one out but wasn't easy for a n00b)
lucifer
SovaNu
McMorrison
PurposefulInsanity
Willow
GalileoAce
Hadron

I run into their posts, or references to them, all the time and am left wondering WTF happened.

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 10:44:15 AM »
I miss Richard. He was a simple, but gentle soul :)

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 10:47:50 AM »
I have always been hoping I would come across threads that explained why certain long-time members are no longer here.

duncvis
blasted
calandale (I kind of figured this one out but wasn't easy for a n00b)
lucifer
SovaNu
McMorrison
PurposefulInsanity
Willow
GalileoAce
Hadron

I run into their posts, or references to them, all the time and am left wondering WTF happened.


Galileo Ace had a sex change operation and posts from time to time as Kayleigh.

Hadron returns ocasionally as Christopher McCandles.

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 10:49:00 AM »
And Blasted is Binty.

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 10:51:07 AM »
And Blasted is Binty.

Beat me to it.  :lol:

Let's not forget the Eris vs Eclair callout which had all the (straight) Mens chins on the floor.  :zoinks: (and maybe some of the ladies)
I'll just diagnose myself as Goddess of the Universe and have done with it. Hell with autism!  :green: :zoinks:

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2011, 11:05:42 AM »
And Blasted is Binty.

 :indeed:

I'm also zaftig and Cleansed, if I remember correctly  :zoinks:

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2011, 11:17:47 AM »
As a noob i found the previous introduction threads were helpful in me finding out a bit about who is who.

Only drawback is that there are a lot made by people who didn't post much after that!  Of course, when

you are new you won't really know which ones are relevant :zoinks:

i just read loads of em anyways - they make good reading.
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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2011, 11:26:09 AM »
I have always been hoping I would come across threads that explained why certain long-time members are no longer here.

duncvis
blasted
calandale (I kind of figured this one out but wasn't easy for a n00b)
lucifer
SovaNu
McMorrison
PurposefulInsanity
Willow
GalileoAce
Hadron

I run into their posts, or references to them, all the time and am left wondering WTF happened.


For some go back in the elders board to the fall of 2007 there was a big controversy on how the board was run by cal which kinda pissed off a lot of people.
Lots of stuff there

McMorrison wanted change but only on his terms look around here  http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,13586.msg576264.html#msg576264

Some also just felt it changed from what it was and just drifter away
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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2011, 04:42:35 PM »
Will submit the glossary for posterity:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,16516.0.html

And this is the best thread have seen here.
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14061.0.html
« Last Edit: April 13, 2011, 05:27:30 PM by Jack »

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2011, 04:49:49 PM »
Will submit the glossary for posterity:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14061.0.html

And this is the best thread have seen here.
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14061.0.html
Deisel is a sharp motherfucker.  :thumbup: :viking:

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2011, 05:24:59 PM »
Will submit the glossary for posterity:
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14061.0.html

And this is the best thread have seen here.
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,14061.0.html

Those are the same thread.  Am I missing an inside joke?

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Re: Recommended threads to read for Newbies
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2011, 05:27:52 PM »
Oops. Fixed. Thanks for the heads up.