Also in before thread turns into flirting and LOLcats.[/quote]
Wanna know what my favorite part was??
Him saying he doesn’t want to come across like an elitist hacker asshole… and then fucking up the italics command.
Picture totally related… type Cookie, you idiot.[/quote]
Not only that, but he apparently missed my second response to Deb where I mention almost everything he said that supposedly disagreed with me, like logging on from one physical location and using the same IP address. He actually didn’t say anything that disagreed with my post, he just assumed that most people already knew about and did those things, which they don’t. That is why more and more people are being caught pirating software/movies and other things, and the same techniques that can be used to find pirates can be used to stalk someone. They are not hard to do anyway. And he didn’t need to say he wasn’t trying to sound like an “elitist hacker asshole.” I wouldn’t have thought he was one anyway.
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
Is this the new TK? In before gaycats.[/quote]
Why not? Apparently, people who come here for the TK threads are just as solid a customer base as the people who come here for the weight-lifting threads, all things considered.[/quote]
Pipeline dude, just like I mentioned in my “rational, business minded” reply to UtahLlama and you like 73 pages ago now.
Also, just saying, if you hate GAL topics but love training topics, you could avoid gal and hang out where you’re happy. You don’t have to be a level 99 to realize this.
I do understand your logic though, just disagree especially when Biotest themselves say an SN and password make a member, not an order amount vs. store purchases although no, I can’t prove to you what I’ve bought without scanning Vitamin Shoppe receipts for your review which isn’t happening.[/quote]
Why are you still wasting your time justifying yourself?
We’re in GAL. Just have fun.
Fuck them level 1000 who apparently care so much about the ‘‘serious’’ part of TN and yet, are still commenting on the shit going down here.
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
Is this the new TK? In before gaycats.[/quote]
Why not? Apparently, people who come here for the TK threads are just as solid a customer base as the people who come here for the weight-lifting threads, all things considered.[/quote]
Pipeline dude, just like I mentioned in my “rational, business minded” reply to UtahLlama and you like 73 pages ago now.
Also, just saying, if you hate GAL topics but love training topics, you could avoid gal and hang out where you’re happy. You don’t have to be a level 99 to realize this.
I do understand your logic though, just disagree especially when Biotest themselves say an SN and password make a member, not an order amount vs. store purchases although no, I can’t prove to you what I’ve bought without scanning Vitamin Shoppe receipts for your review which isn’t happening.[/quote]
Why are you still wasting your time justifying yourself?
We’re in GAL. Just have fun.
Fuck them level 1000 who apparently care so much about the ‘‘serious’’ part of TN and yet, are still commenting on the shit going down here.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
Fuck them level 1000 who apparently care so much about the ‘‘serious’’ part of TN and yet, are still commenting on the shit going down here.
Lol. Ironic.[/quote]
Because these changes to the site do not impact T-Nation as a whole?
Because I ever suggested that one can’t possibly contribute to both areas of the site?
[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:
I do understand your logic though, just disagree especially when Biotest themselves say an SN and password make a member, not an order amount vs. store purchases although no, I can’t prove to you what I’ve bought without scanning Vitamin Shoppe receipts for your review which isn’t happening.[/quote]
I don’t disagree that there are those who choose to buy locally (even though the free shipping and store markups make online ordering typically the best option).
I also don’t disagree that there are some out there with phantom accounts who choose to, for some hazy, awkwardly justified reason, buy from a second account.
But, the argument was that – on the whole – Level 0’s who loiter about the site are just as entitled to answers from the Boss Men because they have unverifiable purchasing histories across the board such that their whining should be taken into consideration just as much as those who clearly DO put their money where their mouths are.
It then spun into the purely Off-Topic posters recruiting a slew of customers who prove to be just as loyal and generous with their purchasing as those who place an equal or greater emphasis in the On-Topic forums… when a quick gander at nearly ALL of the Off-Topic sites will show that this is NOT the case.
Of course, it was more a trolling comment than anything else, but I’m happy to argue 'til I’m blue in the fingers. Because what happens on this site is serious business.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
Fuck them level 1000 who apparently care so much about the ‘‘serious’’ part of TN and yet, are still commenting on the shit going down here.
Lol. Ironic.[/quote]
Because these changes to the site do not impact T-Nation as a whole?
Because I ever suggested that one can’t possibly contribute to both areas of the site?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I do know this is a first for this company on a scale like this so OBVIOUSLY this wasn’t just some minor occurrences that could be ignored.
[/quote]
I agree with this. We don’t know what was going on behind these pages and we don’t know the burden to TN that some of these posters who have disappeared may have caused. Really, the mods and LowfattMatt shouldn’t have to babysit a bunch of dumbasses.
Because these changes to the site do not impact T-Nation as a whole?
[/quote]
They do…and the growing number of people who don’t even train coming here for naked pictures was probably a bit much.
I really don’t care that the sex forum is gone. I also don’t know enough about any of the people mentioned to comment about what was deserved or not.
I do know this is a first for this company on a scale like this so OBVIOUSLY this wasn’t just some minor occurrences that could be ignored.
People have a tendency to screw shit up when they aren’t paying directly for it.[/quote]
Agreed. The thread views for any of the nudie-pic oriented threads pretty much crushed any “On-Topic” thread that hadn’t been chugging along for a significantly greater period of time.
I, for one, have a hard time believing all those people tuning in then decided to regularly splurge on supplements. At least, not when a quick review of the “typical” level showed Off-Topic posters to spend less.
I think the leveling system is fairly useless and I don’t think anything has really come of it other than to encourage people to buy more in the hopes that a higher level increases their reputation on the site. I’d rather they did away with it, but when it comes down to determining WHO to listen to, the people who clearly contribute the bucks to the business should be the ones the owners feel most accountable to.
THAT was my original point. The silly attempts at proving such a basic concept wrong is what kept it all going.
