GameRanger Shutting Down?

[Fusion]

Rapid has a point that I like....

"That's like saying let everybody in the world run around, rape, steal, and kill at own will, with no regulation.
Yeah, that'd be such the great idea." Rapid

I would not come to gameranger if your could:
"be allowed to post porn, swear, admit to piracy, impersonate, whatever. Whether their actions are good or bad, its best to let people be free."  TASTY

I am glad there are some rules. Some parents accually care what their kids see.

[Supernatural Pie]

Rapid, you hate the majority of this community. Don't you think there's something a little bit odd about that?

Since you insult iGnome's English skills, let's take a look at your post, and find out just how big of a hypocrite you are.

1.) In the first sentence, you misplace the capitial letter in iGnome's name.

2.) Later in the first sentence; "dropped out in Elementary", elementary doesn't need to be capitialized.

3.) Again, later in the first sentence, in the same phrase, in fact; "dropped out in elementary" should be "dropped out of elementary", the words "out" and "in" should not be beside each other.

4.) In the second sentence; "dumbfuck" should be two words.

5.) In the second sentence of the second paragraph; "Not to mention looking like one" needs to be tied onto the previous sentence, due to the fact that it doesn't stand alone as it's own sentence.

3 sentences ( correcting his 5th error ), meaning that you average 1 and 1/3 errors per sentence.

 

pwned


By the way, this thread has really gotten

Lets try to steer it back to GameRanger shutting down (Though I do love the Rapid bashing!).

[spike]

the fact is, if gr was either like rapid wants it, or complete anarchy, it would suck. the balance between chaos and control is a good thing. no porn links is a good thing, admin control is a good thing, etc etc etc. GR is not your own playground, suprisingly enough.
im a fan of brontos(?) idea, make the membership monthly, if i saw it say something like: 6 bucks a month compared to: 50 dollars for premium membership....., i would choose the six bucks
oh and rapid, the world is alot more complicated than GR, they are not analagous(sp?) at all

[iGnome]

Rapid as Typhy said "Rapid, you hate the majority of this community." and guess what rapid ever single mother fucker who Logs on to GameRanger fuckign hates your fat bitchtits and rapid if you diss my Edumacation It doesnt bug me fuck I pass with shit grades c+s all the way and the odd A if I bother to do the work Listen you fags dont realive Evill is giving you a free program with the ability to play your shitty games with other people he could have stopped running gameranger years ago but he didnt now he needs money many of you gusy have pitched in your money. think about it do you wanna be on iChat or MagChat asking for Ip's for games while you can just join them easly Fuck I could care Less about GameRanger now it has gone to shit everyone fuckign bitches about little things Rapid you need to grow up and get out of your mom's basement. The times I spent On GR were fun but some of you guys need to get lives mostly SK.

[Cobra]

and guess what rapid ever single mother fucker who Logs on to GameRanger fuckign hates your fat bitchtits and rapid if you diss my Edumacation It doesnt bug me fuck I pass with shit grades c+s all the way and the odd A if I bother to do the work Listen you fags dont realive Evill is giving you a free program with the ability to play your shitty games with other people he could have stopped running gameranger years ago but he didnt now he needs money many of you gusy have pitched in your money.

Whew!  All in one sentence!  Well played!

[tasty]

I am glad there are some rules. Some parents accually care what their kids see.

What are you letting your kids play violent games for anyway? Theres nothing I hate more than having someone say "don't swear, my kid is playing" in a R6 game or something. Not to mention, most people don't care about your kids. Raising them isn't our job, and I don't intend to modify my behavior in any way. In fact, GR would probably be a lot cooler if it was at least 16+ only anyway.

[|MP|Buccaneer]

What are you letting your kids play violent games for anyway?

Nice assumption.  Is every game on GameRanger a violent one?  We are talking about GameRanger, not RS or GhR.  There are many games on GR that are fit for children.

Raising them isn't our job, and I don't intend to modify my behavior in any way.

GR is a community, a society.  Societies have rules and laws.  You do modify your behavior to fit those rules or laws, or find yourself kicked out of the community (prison in real life).  It's not about raising the kids for them, it's about polite, acceptable behavior.  Or do you think it's ok for a guy to whip it out and start whacking off all over the salad bar at your local resturant?

BTW, I do have my own feelings on this.  Like if someone asks you politely to watch your language in a room or game.  I think it's a parents job to be on the internet with their children, to guide them and educate them.  And, if you are in a host that doesn't want you to use foul language, you should agree or leave without a fuss, because it is their host.

One point about the "everything is better with regulation".  Tell that to the world when the Spanish Inquisition was going on.  

Anyone else see the irony in an outspoken democrat like Tasty talking about it being better with no regulation? =P

[tasty]

Nice assumption.  Is every game on GameRanger a violent one?  We are talking about GameRanger, not RS or GhR.  There are many games on GR that are fit for children.

I knew someone would say this. I'm just speaking from experience, and people have said this to me in medal of honor, rogue spear, and other such games that I think most would deem inappropriate for any age of child who is also too young to hear cursing. MB this person doesn't let them play violent games, but whatever.

GR is a community, a society.  Societies have rules and laws.  You do modify your behavior to fit those rules or laws, or find yourself kicked out of the community (prison in real life).  It's not about raising the kids for them, it's about polite, acceptable behavior.  Or do you think it's ok for a guy to whip it out and start whacking off all over the salad bar at your local resturant?

BTW, I do have my own feelings on this.  Like if someone asks you politely to watch your language in a room or game.  I think it's a parents job to be on the internet with their children, to guide them and educate them.  And, if you are in a host that doesn't want you to use foul language, you should agree or leave without a fuss, because it is their host.

I was also merely stating my personal preference, that the community not be tightly regulated. The most fun and interesting message board that I post on (the only one I post on besides this) has no moderators at all, its a free for all. People have serious debates about music and politics, and there are also joke threads. Sometimes someone will post a disgusting porn picture in the middle of a serious debate, but I mostly just find it to be funny. Like you said, people controlling their own hosts is their business. That's part of an unregulated GR - the ability to decide who can play on your host and who can't, for any reason you see fit. The reason I don't think GR needs rules or laws (like society) is because the worst thing you can do on gameranger really isn't very damaging. It's all online. In society, you can rape, murder, assault, etc. On GR, (generally) the only things people get banned for are porn, piracy, and impersonation.

Also, don't get all excited because you think I am proposing some libertarian paradise. My ideas about GR were inspired by anarchy  .

[S.p.i.d.e.r.]

I think my point about people just growing up and not being total bafoons while online would be a very good improvement, although still no response from my spellchecker suggestion for GameRanger.

I didn't call gameranger users "assholes" in my comment about babysitting duties on for moderators, just that if people were given better ways to actually do things in a more clean and efficient fashion(i.e. spellchecker, offficial clan support a la warcraft 3, for premium users only of course).

[BTs_Ch A oS]

Dumbfuck can be one word or two (dumb fuck) depending upon context.

[Ace]

im a fan of brontos(?) idea, make the membership monthly, if i saw it say something like: 6 bucks a month compared to: 50 dollars for premium membership....., i would choose the six bucks

Do they not teach math at school anymore?

[Jeb]

to fit in as an example of an asshole...

I'm not a subscriber for personal reasons, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't send Evill a money order with np.  

Looks like you had to much fun ruining your credit rapid...

[Supernatural Pie]

im a fan of brontos(?) idea, make the membership monthly, if i saw it say something like: 6 bucks a month compared to: 50 dollars for premium membership....., i would choose the six bucks

Do they not teach math at school anymore?

I think what he was trying to say was that he would be willing to pay a little more if he could do it month by month. Think of it like financing a car, pay it all up front, or pay a little bit more for it over time.

[Typhy]

It would cause Evill to make less money if he were to offer the ability to pay in smaller ammounts at a time. The way Evill's paypal type service works ( I think ) is it charges him a certian ammount for each transaction that takes place, therefor, the more times you pay, the more of that money goes to his payment service ( I hope this makes more sense to those reading it than it does to me, the writer ).

So many people say "oh, if it were cheaper I'd buy it." That's just bullshit. There are some people who are willing to pay, then there are those who aren't. 90% of the people who are unwilling to pay $50 bucks will also be unwilling to pay $35. It's within Evill's best interest to charge as much as he thinks he can justify, so that he gets more money from those of us who are willing to pay.

[BTs_Ch A oS]

I wonder how he arrived at the magical $50 though......

[Typhy]

50 bucks is a very common price in the gaming world.

Most all new games cost 50 bucks, so I guess Evill figured it'd be a fair price for GameRanger - I agree with him, I might add.

[[OZ] Jedda]

Very true. I would be happy to pay $100US for the gameranger service.

As soon as i get paid, my money is going to Scott.

Dont know why i didn't before.....

I mean, most of us spend a lot of time in our day just hanging on GR, so whats a meazly  50 bucks? I would spend that on other crap i didn't need in a fortnight...

This is for a whole year!

Stop bitching about the price, it should be higher...

Out - J

[BTs_Ch A oS]

Yes yes-- I agree.  I was just pointing out the arbitrary nature of dreaming up the $50 fee.

[Typhy]

I have no problem with newbies not wanting to pay for GameRanger.

I've spent several thousand hours on GameRanger over the course of 4 years. I figure 50 bucks is a small price to pay for that.

I figure anyone who has spent lots of time on GameRanger owes it to Evill to pay.

[[OZ] Jedda]

My point exactly...

People are all to happy to pay 10 bucks to go to the movies, and that only lasts 2 hours.... why not 50 fo a whole year??

Out - J