Apollo's experiment to make a total silly thread

[MykeGregory]

Yes I do. I like the sour taste gushing down my throat.

Thats what she said

[macm]

Only kinda belongs in offtopic...

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[hamolton]

Only kinda belongs in offtopic...

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[Lantry]

Only kinda belongs in offtopic...

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[hamolton]

Only kinda belongs in offtopic...

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[Lantry]

Only kinda belongs in offtopic...

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Look! a Christmas tree!

[hamolton]

aw, I thought we were gunna keep it going :(

[Lantry]

All good things must come to an end somewhat like how AC is going to die because the map restrictions will choke the life out of it until nobody wants to map and then we won't have any maps to play on and everybody will leave ac and the devs will cry because there isnt anyone left to oppress and their tears will slide down the table and short out the heat lamp and they will bring back king neptunes crown and mr krabs will be saved.

[tempest]

@hamolton, Lantry:

do not engage in quote-spamming

[Nightmare]

@ Lantry's last post. hilarious <3

@ tempest's post. Enforcing bad rules while allowing a thread like this to live(outside of off-topic)?

[tempest]

If you check above, I didn't enforce it ;P

[hamolton]

@lumpaz, Lantry
tl;dr

[vern]

All good things must come to an end somewhat like how AC is going to die because the map restrictions will choke the life out of it until nobody wants to map and then we won't have any maps to play on and everybody will leave ac and the devs will cry because there isnt anyone left to oppress and their tears will slide down the table and short out the heat lamp and they will bring back king neptunes crown and mr krabs will be saved.

YOU NOOB!!! STFU!!! PLAY AC!!! QUIT TALKING!!! YOU SOUND DUMB!!!

topic - Yes, Green apples are far superior then the Red ones. Although I enjoy them both the same.

[Viper]

topic - Yes, Green apples are far superior then the Red ones. Although I enjoy them both the same.

I bet you do.

[Frogulis]

I'm hungry now.

[titiPT]

Off-topic or close, perhaps?

[paulmuaddibKA]

I like the rotten apple at the end of the basket, that being a greyish-blue apple...

[Cemer]

No, because any mappers who might have mapped but were dissuaded by the requisites would still be making crappy maps. We might feel the effects of these restrictions later, but right now it hasn't had any impact.

I thought this was about apples.

[jamz]

I thought this was about apples.

It is, but what with all the various threads about maps and mapping, poor Lantry (and, indeed, others) got a bit confused over which thread was which.
I'd have closed most of the threads and rolled them into the minimum number required to discuss your map restriction/quality opinions, but it seems over 1/3 of respondents think the moderation here is already too strict, so my hands are somewhat tied.

I only like green apples, by the way, if it's at all relevant.

[Huntsman]

I lol'd

[Cemer]

I only like green apples, by the way, if it's at all relevant.

It is. Ty for teh explanation

[Frogulis]

Red apples are oppressing human rights

>:(

[Apollo{TyD}]

Ok, I think that this experiment can be stopped now. So what we can learn from this and related threads?

1.
If you want to have a thread with more than 50 replies and over 1000 views then just make a poll with a silly question.

2.
It doesn't matter if the thread is already identified as to be offtopic or to be a joke - the people will continue to discuss.

3.
You can discuss about everything - at the end someone thinks it has something to do with the map requirements. Really, we are only discussing green apples...

4.
It seems to be a kind of a rule: At some point someone is using the term open source (or more indirect here) or human rights (here). If this would going longer then we probably would also get a post regarding the right of free speech... (really, it's all about apples...)

5.
It seems also to be a kind of a rule: At some point someone is putting your subject in relation between the nationality/skin colors. If this would going longer then we probably would also get a discussion about racism between apples..

6.
Be prepared that someone is doing useless quote spams (here, here, here, here and here).

7.
Be prepared that some people think that one thread isn't enough to answer your question or discuss all related aspects. That's the reason why we have also this thread, this thread, this thread and this thread(and of course the x-th discussion about map requirements, weapon balancing, grenade launchers etc).

8.
Be prepared that if you have successfully taken the attention away from someone else and his silly posts then he will start one more poll to stop your silly post and get this attention back.

Additional conclusion:
I wouldn't be surprised if there are already some social studies which can confirm one or more of the statements above as a general rule. For now I would be glad if one or another is not making another stupid thread or another thread about something which has been already discussed to its end. And eat some fruits.

For the mods:
I think we can close this and related threads and move them to offtopic now. And as a side note: It doesnt matter if you reacting fast and hard or slow and moderate, there are always people complaining (samples are in this thread too).

[titiPT]

So i guess the poll's kinda useless now..?

[Alien]

This is very poor output, apple thread was mostly taken as troll stuff related to mapping threads (restrictions) and allowed existence was interpreted as unbalanced moderation (hence human righs), someone take is as fun and someone free opportunity to troll.

I would try some technical thread and related to the game. For example about the map restrictions and their future.

[Bukz]

No, this was about apples, remember? GJ proving his points lul.

[Alien]

I think you have in moderation part of forum, " we will do a thread about apples and let them to discuss about apples", am i right ? :D

[Lantry]

I agree with alien, the reason people (including myself) talked about those things is because it is a joke thread. We aren't confused; I knew exactly which thread I was in when I posted. I was posting about map restrictions because I recognized that this thread was poking fun at hellspell's poll about whether or not map restrictions are killing maps (or w/e it was).
However, you are right about one thing: people will talk much more about something silly than about something serious, mainly because you don't have to think at all before posting an offtopic post (though it sometimes seems people don't think before posting an ontopic post either).

[tempest]

TL;DR: The amount of spam these forums generate is unbearable.
Closed at OP's request.

Thankful people: RR, Apollo{TyD}