Forum Rules (the thread you NEED to read before posting) [Archive]

View Full Version : Forum Rules (the thread you NEED to read before posting)

JBMoney

05-17-02, 11:30 AM

<normalfont>General Overview:</normalfont>Bressler.org exists because I pay for the applications and hosting costs out of my own pocket. There are no ads, no pop-ups, no direct marketing, or anything else that generates income to me on this site. As private property, "Freedom of speech" is not gauranteed, especially if it's being used to flame or show disrespect to other members, or to the community.Think of Bressler.org as an extension of my living room and you are my guest. If you're making everyone else in the room uncomfortable, you will be asked to leave. Who makes these distinctions? I do, it's my living room. Get it? There is no possibility of my being wrong about it either, because I establish what is and isn't acceptable in my living room.If you think these rules are unfair, tough. You are welcome to leave, pay the monthly costs and put in the work to start your own Forum somewhere far away from here. Rules and Guidelines :<ul><li>Before posting, please ask yourself the following question: "Am I making a post which is either funny, informative, or interesting on any level?" If you can answer "yes" to this, then please post. If you cannot, then refrain from posting and keep lurking. </li><li>Avoid reposting (copying and pasteing) complete articles written elsewhere. Firstly, by doing so you are probably breaking copyright law. Secondly, we all know where to find the Drudge Report and we're probably not surfing Bressler.org for the HOT news, but to hear what member opinion is on that news. Share yours, instead of filling up the database with text that's already printed legally elsewhere. Finally, your point can almost always be made by excerpting an article and providing a link back to the source... this also keeps original authors from getting really pissy as it's free advertising for them. There are rare occassions when you just gotta copy & paste it all (e.g., the article is only six sentences long) , let's keep them rare. ALWAYS PROVIDE A LINK TO THE SOURCE!! </li></ul><ul><li>Don't be a malicious Fucktard. Across the entire board, with the exception of "Fight Club", we treat other members of the board with standard courtesy. Any malicious flaming or purposeful antagonizing of fellow board members is unnacceptable. Continued abuse = ban hammer.</li></ul><ul><li>Don't SPAM the board. This goes for political candidates, commercial enterprise and blatant pimping of personal websites. I like seeing people's personal sites, put them in your sig line so everyone can see them, but don't be an ass about it. If there's a special event going on that you want to advertise, that may be of interest to members, private message me (JBMoney) first.</li></ul><ul><li>Don't screw up the forums or the computers of people using the forums. Adding any malicious hidden links (ie, URLs that are hidden to log people off the forums, or direct them to other sites), or active script, may result in your virtual crucifixion.</li></ul><ul><li>Discussing and planning cross-forum personal fights is whiney teenager bullshit. We don't care about the slights you imagine you've been subjected to at another web site. Don't even post it!! Further.... DO NOT break other people's Forum rules while claiming affiliation with Bressler.org.</li></ul><ul><li>Posting any image which is larger than one screensize (800 horizontal or 600 vertical) in a forum post is frowned on. If you have something special you want people to see that doesn't fit these guidelines, post it to the Gallery and link to that. </li></ul><ul><li>No Image Leeching!! Do not use the IMG tags to post images hosted on other sites. This is the equivalent of stealing their bandwidth! If you don't pay that site's bandwidth bills, you are not allowed to use the IMG tag to post their images on this forum. If you found an amusing picture that you want to show us, upload it to your own webspace and use IMG, or just put a link. You can also upload it to Bressler.org, but then you are eating my webspace in perpetuity, so it better be worth it... THINK ABOUT IT! Conversely, do not post Bressler.org/Bushwhacked.net images on other sites, without asking me first, because then you are stealing from me!</li></ul><ul><li>Take it easy on the Signature Lines!! Feel free to use a signature line, but keep it compact and consider its impact on other users. Do not use up more that 100 pixels in screen height. Make sure sig images are no more than 25k in size. If you are posting to a Photoshop thread, or another graphically intense thread, either DO NOT use your sig image at all, or limit it to your very first post on that thread. Use a little common sense.</li></ul><ul><li>DON'T cross-post the same message to several message groups.</li></ul><ul><li>DON'T post pornography, unless it's really good, and then, only post it in "The Grotto" discussion group. Now, I'm sure we can have considerable debate about WHAT IS PORN? For purposes of this discussion, if I'm a pre-school teacher surfing at work and I can't look at a particular picture here, then it's porn. No penis, no anus, no nipple, no poon, no scat, etc, except in "The Grotto".</li></ul><ul><li>DO take the time to format your post, as if humans might be reading it, and show a little respect for the rest of us. For example, if you are cutting and pasting from a forwarded email, DO NOT leave the stupid little ">" or other marks indicating how many other degenerates have passed the same message along. Also, often in the same instance, at least make an attempt to get rid of excessive line breaks in your post so that a three sentence post doesn't take up an entire screen.</li></ul><ul><li>DO use the appopriate message group. If you don't see one that fits, use the 'This, That & Whatnot' Forum.</li></ul><ul><li>DON'T take things personally and get all emotional like some sexually ambiguous Australians might do.</li></ul><ul><li>DON'T post illegal software, etc...</li></ul><ul><li>We will ban anybody attempting to circumvent any rule in a way that they obviously feel is remarkably clever and witty (especially Stibroker). </li></ul><ul><li>DO have some fun. Insult the French! <normalfont></normalfont><normalfont></normalfont><normalfont></normalfont><normalfont></normalfont></li></ul><normalfont>By registering and/or posting here, you warrant that you've read and understand the regulations.</normalfont><normalfont>JBMoney and Moderators of the Bressler.org Forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. Learn to live with the pain that you may just be a natural born fucktard at times.</normalfont>

cuda

05-17-02, 11:37 AM

hmmmm... nothing in here about no post padding. :D

JBMoney

05-17-02, 11:54 AM

Bressler.org Forum Edicts #1:

Handed to the masses on 4-17-02.
In response to an inquiry from Spaz59.
Source: http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?&postid=16948#post16948

"This board isn't America. It's Bressler.org where I serve a lifetime term as benevolent dictator. If you don't like it, feel free to leave. The other option is to ban your whiny ass. Your call." - JBMoney

JBMoney

05-17-02, 12:20 PM

Bressler.org Forum Edicts #2:

On colloquial definitions.

"Pulling a Scannady"

An attempt to pull a thread hopelessly off topic by completely ignoring the substance of a post and targetting the least relevant sentence or comment (often a cliche).

Example #1: "The Pearl Harbor Gambit"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1755&highlight=Pearl+Harbor

Example #2: "The Opposite of Normal Gambit"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1959 (Page 13)

=====================

Variant: "The Double Scannady"

'Pulling a Scannady' on your own thread.

Example: Auff's "The Francis Conundrum"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2195

JBMoney

05-17-02, 12:47 PM

Bressler.org Forum Edicts #3:

On colloquial definitions.

"Pulling a Cuda"

Making a very brief, sometimes partial sentence, post that is totally unrelated to the original thread topic. Often an example of "Post-Padding" (Edict #4).

Examples: Mostly deleted, but they can still be found occasionally.

First Known Usage of Term: "Fox ends 'Ally McBeal' run"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1917 (Page 2)

=================

Variant #1: "PhotoSlop"

A graphical 'Cuda' where a Photoshop image is posted to a completely unrelated Photoshop thread, causing considerable confusion and doubts as to the poster's sanity.

Example: MonGoose's "Skakels Fate" in "Image Macro Asylum" Thread

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?&postid=23866#post23866 (Page 11)

JBMoney

05-17-02, 01:08 PM

Bressler.org Forum Edicts #4:

On colloquial definitions.

"Post Padding"

Posting strictly for the sake of increasing your post total and/or 'making the leaderboard'. An especially frequent practice when one is approaching a board milestone (e.g., 1000th post). Discouraged outside of "Fight Club" because it can become "Thread Kill" on otherwise serious subjects.

Example: "No Post Padding On My Thread"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1621

Origin: "New Hallmark Card"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1613

Although this thread was the origin, it is not an example as it was a result of the board attachment feature being disabled. Other posters, jealous of the thread starter's usual ability to make coherent posts, made the accusation and swarmed like shameless vultures.

=================

Variant #1: "Dueling Posters"

A shotgun conversation between two or more posters designed to quickly increase post counts, without really putting much thought into them.

Example: "The BresslerBot5000 Paradigm"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1621 (Pages 38-42, *possibly deleted)

=================

Variant #2: "Land Rush"

'Dueling Posters' fighting for the honor of grabbing a milestone post. Participants in a 'Dueling Posters' scenario will fight it out for the 1000th post on a thread, or similar milestone. Posting rate will increase to such a fury that none of the participants will really know the 'victor' until it's long over.

Example: "Word Association: Mother of All Threads"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1018 (Pages 63-67, *deleted)

JBMoney

07-20-02, 12:48 PM

Bressler.org Forum Edicts #5:

Handy Acronyms:

BTC = Better Than Cuda

Simply, to do something better than Cuda did it.

Example: "Gaming Challenge 4: Alchemy"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?&postid=28459#post28459

Origin: JBMoney in "PART 3: You Don't Know Jack (about Bressler.org)!!!"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=27806&highlight=better+AND+than+AND+cuda#post27806

=================

CTB = Can't Take Bressler

Two possible meanings: 1) JBMoney is owning your ass in a Gaming Challenge or other endeavor, 2) JBMoney is in one of his overbearing anal-retentive tyrannical moods and is deleting and moving posts all over the fucking place.

Example and Origin: Cuda in "PART 3: You Don't Know Jack (about Bressler.org)!!!"

http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showthread.php?&postid=27810#post27810

yitzy

01-10-05, 03:32 PM

<ul><li>Don't piss me off.</li></ul><ul><li>We will ban anybody attempting to circumvent any rule in a way that they obviously feel is remarkably clever and witty (especially Stibroker). </li></ul><ul><li>If your username has anything to do with raw fish, you must post or be banned.<normalfont></normalfont><normalfont></normalfont><normalfont></normalfont></li></ul>

I realize this is quite old, but I have been wondering about these for a while, and I am 'afraid' to start a new thread while this one exists.

a) How exactly does one 'piss JB off'? (or try not to?)

b) What did Stibroker do?

c) What's with the raw fish?

cuda

01-10-05, 03:39 PM

Now you did it.... *takes a few steps back away from yitzy* :worry:

DMS

01-10-05, 03:45 PM

Yitzy means raw fish in hebrew? :confused:

STIBROKER

01-10-05, 03:46 PM

and stibroker is not even my original name......he blew that one up into little bitty piece's...........and I have to pay him......

DMS

01-10-05, 03:51 PM

Oh yeah sushi girl. *slaps forehead*

cuda

01-10-05, 03:57 PM

I've got my own "Edict." (http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showpost.php?p=21865&postcount=5) With a Variant even! *sticks out chest* :)

I think that might make me a forefather or something. :shrug:

JBMoney

01-10-05, 04:18 PM

a) How exactly does one 'piss JB off'? (or try not to?)

It varies by day. Good rule of thumb is never to copy what Stibroker does, just because 'he's a regular so it must be ok'. He's kinda my charity work.

yitzy

01-11-05, 12:03 PM

It varies by day. Good rule of thumb is ...
Okay, so far so good. I got the answer to one of my earth-shattering deep questions-of-life!

One 2 more to go (that I have asked so far, in this thread. I can probably come up with some new ones in due time!)...

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

yitzy

01-11-05, 12:06 PM

I've got my own "Edict." (http://bushwhacked.net/forum/showpost.php?p=21865&postcount=5) With a Variant even! *sticks out chest* :)

Do you mean to imply that you had never read that thread before?? It is over 2 years old!!!

I hadn't either. :laugh:

It goes to show you how bored a guy can be (at work no less!) that not only did I read all of the current threads, I looked up some old ones too!!! :p

yitzy

01-11-05, 12:10 PM

Yitzy means raw fish in hebrew? :confused:
LMAO!!

Not in hebrew. Maybe in Swahilii?

In any case, so I don't 'have to post or get banned.' Neither do you, but you do anyway! (That isn't necessarily good or bad!)

Then again, maybe DMS stands for fish in greek!!

Then again, there's always French that we haven't started on yet. :beer:

DMS

01-11-05, 12:25 PM

Then again, maybe DMS stands for fish in greek!!

DMS stands for da mighty sparrow, the greatest calypso singer ever IMHO. :cool:

STIBROKER

01-11-05, 01:09 PM

He's kinda my charity work.

CAN YA FEEL THE LOVE.......before jb found me i was a worthless soul.....no internet savy ....could not spell worth shit ......punchuation......HA.....let alone insite.....but with the jb money scholorship FUND he has shown me a better way to behave on the net......bannings have been lowered...hell some site's have let me back on.....I could not have done this with out the JBMSF (http://bressler.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17756)......
AND AS ALWAYS WE ARE ONLY HERE FOR JB'S AMUSEMENT......

yitzy

01-11-05, 03:40 PM

CAN YA FEEL THE LOVE.......before jb found me i was a worthless soul.....no internet savy ....could not spell worth shit ......punchuation......HA.....let alone insite.....but with the jb money scholorship ....
I am sure you will quite pleased when I point out that your spelling is now definitely worth sh*t! ;) (I sh*t you not!!)

I suppose it might have been much worse and this is a great improvement!!

Texan

01-11-05, 06:57 PM

I suppose it might have been much worse and this is a great improvement!!

Exactly!! :p

austinlacey

10-22-07, 04:38 PM

Has anyone ever proposed a womens only forum? Where the girls can post personal questions and such and not have the guys make fun of us and take the threads off topic? Just wondering...

Pistol Pete

10-22-07, 05:00 PM

The last one that did that, we sold to a 600LB Samoan. She cleans his rugs with her tongue.

WARTHOG

06-21-08, 01:01 AM

Has anyone ever proposed a womens only forum? Where the girls can post personal questions and such and not have the guys make fun of us and take the threads off topic? Just wondering...

But if we didn't have you, we wouldn't have anyone to make fun of. It's no fun making fun of JB, he bites.

Kimmy

06-21-08, 04:22 AM

But if we didn't have you, we wouldn't have anyone to make fun of.

that's not true... we've got Stibroker :p

Pistol Pete

06-21-08, 05:42 AM

We're still waiting for Austinlacy's real photos. :Boobies:
Or do we have to come to Austin and take them ourselves?

austinlacey

06-23-08, 10:33 AM

I posted some real photos down in the photoshop suicide thread. :)