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Sep 15, 2005, 12:14 PM
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It's not about time, it's about principle. Do you really deserve a reply if you won't even spend the time learning the rules? I've got a kickass idea. What if whenever someone popped me a PM, it would show a screen just after they click 'send' that would make you type in a code (hidden in the text) in order to send it. It would include veteran application guidelines, like who should apply for veteran, and a few basic rules, and tips? I mean, it'd be easy to see for people who haved PMed me before, they could just look in that spot and it shouldn't be too much inconvenience - but it'd make it a hell of a lot easier on me  So, you would rather inconvenience everyone who PMs you than inconvenience only yourself when dealing with people who ignore rules? Bad, BAD Xbot.
It's not that much of an inconvenience. I guess the first time you PM me, yes, it will, but after that it will be as easy as cake. Just look in that same spot, copy the code, and paste it in the box.
I just think it'd reduce the amount of stupid people who have been PMing me and everyone else probably recently. I guess this long title thing is having a negative effect. I mean...What's the train of thought behind it? "Dude, that guy has 3 lines of titles - he must have moderator access to every forum on the forum, I'm going to PM him and ask him to be my friend even though I've not made any posts yet and this text is really just the way it should be, while my real PM will be in unintelligible leet speak. Yeah, that's a great idea."
I guess it's nice that nobody's asking me what 'veteran controller' is anymore. Those people I just wanted to sterilize so they never have kids, and, therefore, increase the IQ of mankind by 100 points.
TazG, it's kind of like when you grade your classmates' papers at school. Ultimately it's inconveniencing you, but in the end, it's making it a lot easier on the teacher, and thus, that teacher will probably be easier on you. Instead of grading 31 papers, she's simply telling you what the answers are and you're marking them. It saves hours - literally. Just for a few minutes.
Except on FGF that kind of dribbles down. Heh, if we're lucky, we might see less spam. "Oh [Expletive Deleted] it said I have to read everything to locate the code. Well, I guess I'll have to read the rules then..."
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