What the hell?
 

Why did the latest thread about where to get free movies get locked now?

No one's flaming.

Is there some unspoken rule here that neverending just gets to have the last word on everything?

Seriously, what the hell?

By the way, no offense NE, I know you're not the one locking them down.

I just noticed. Going over to read it.

I assumed you were probably the one that locked it since you're usually the only mod on this late at night, but then again I would also assume that you would have probably posted your reason for doing so if you had (like you have in the past), so I'm left scratching my head. Any ideas who locked it or why?

I was about to post on it that this is what I meant..

And I agree bwind22 - it seemed to be a civil thread and people talking liek adults to each other.

And I was just getting ready to throw my two cents in.

Oh.... another one?? When posts aren't deleted altogether, threads get locked up. 'Tis the lay of the land now. People on power trips suck, don't they??

i do remember a rule from some time ago that discussing pirating was a no no.

a few of us - myself included made some admissions to that effect .. this might be the reason.

I can understand the site not wanting to promote piracy, but there are ways to discuss it.

I mean, obviously posting direct links to pirated material is not tolerated on many internet forums. Teaching people to pirate would be similarly shaky ground.

But discussing the issues of piracy (pros and cons, moral vs legal etc) can be done in such a way that it won't get the site into hot water.

I too had typed up a long response to the other thread, and when I tried to submit, it was locked :mad:

Obvious answer here.
No matter how back and forth it was about and around the piracy issue, the majority of the thread was pro-piracy...and people saying "we don't care because we don't think we'll be caught". This site so much as making unedited mention of other sites of this kind, is a liability thing IMO, no matter how small.
I don't think it's an issue to really call out the moderation on all that much...
Like said at first, anyone who feels a need to hit up the site being spoken of, knows who to pm, and it ought to just be left at that.

AAAARRGHHH MATEY...........PIRACY BE BAD

http://www.hicksville.co.nz/Pirate.GIF

Ok kids.......here's your chance to win neat prizes.....its time once again to "color with newb". Color in the pirate and post it here .

Well put, brother.

To this ban extend to the Piracey of the Somali kind too:

http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/u...li_pirates.jpg

Ah, the products of a bored mind never cease to amaze me.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...ker/pirate.jpg



But on the matter of the closed thread, I can't think why other than to stop the site getting in a bit of trouble. Although this is the forum part where people are meant to be allowed to share ideas.

Motherfuckers got a rocket launcher! And the other guy looks like he has a broom, WTF?

Yeah, bring a broom to a Rocket Launcher fight dumbass!

nice job :D

You hit the nail on the head there.

In fact, I was informed via PM that the thread was closed, not because of anything relating to piracy promotion, legality of it, flaming or possible legal problems for HDC, but simply because neverending felt like there was nothing more to be said on the subject.

Here is the message I got.
I remember a time here at HDC when threads were rarely locked, posts were seldom deleted and we could discuss whatever we wanted in the general forum. Evidently that's not the case any more.

Alright, I was compelled...


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...lan/pirate.jpg

You know what I hate the most.
I was reading the said locked thread earlier but never posted as I thought both arguements had valid points..even some being stupid.

What gets on my nerve is when one other persons opinion is stated as 'being the truth'
and everyone elses is being classed as full of shit..
I can't see how this makes for an honest debate.

Locking threads..midway through a debate is kinda lame..considering the whole topic wasn't fully hashed out.

wow....we have a winner :D

Cool, I'll take your Special Dead movie as my prize. ;)

Disqualified! Newb clearly said "Okay kids"!

As for the thread being closed, that's possibly the most annoying reason ever. Ouch. So freedom of speech is acceptable until the person with power gets bored. Aren't mods supposed to put aside their personal feelings on the matters when they act?

I see it as something detrimental to the forum, I'm sure an open discussion about your feelings on the matter is less likely to be closed than a thread linking to streaming films. Although, said threads are what usually gets those sites closed.


A: I'm a kid at heart.

B: I'm still a kid compared to Newb.

Take your pick.

Aww, come on guys...Please be nice to your new moderators...You guys voted for them, which means that you put your trust in them, so TRUST THEM...I am VERY grateful that they are doing their best for the forum, especially since I'm not here much lately :(

I'm not familiar with this particular incident, but I do trust their judgement, and I'm sure they have their reasons...The forum is in good hands, and they do far, FAR more here than just lock threads (which, believe it or not, is not done just to annoy you :p)

Just keeping the stupid spam outta here is monotonous, time-consuming, and has become a huge task.

I realize that not everyone will always agree with every decision that a moderator makes, that's to be expected...But, they really are doing a great job, especially since they haven't been at it for a very long time, and I have seen no real screw ups...Trust me, I HAVE seen a couple of moderators screw up MAJORLY in the past, and these guys are not doing anything such as what has transpired here before...I'm actually quite impressed :)

It's not just that the thread was closed that annoys us, it's that it was closed with the reason being just that Neverending didn't feel like carrying on the discussion. I trust our new mods greatly but I think, and I'm sure many others agree, that it was a pointless move and feels more like someone just finding any excuse to test out their new powers.

Impossible task apparently... that's all I see on top of the left column when I log in. Nice to see you around.

I got it for now...But, give it 5 minutes *sigh*

Horror needs to turn on the damned spam filter.

I gotta make dinner now...I'll check back in when I can. :)

There were no links at all in the thread we're talking about. I had a link in the original thread but V thought we could possibly get in legal trouble so he deleted that one and, with V's permission, I reposted the thread letting people know to contact me for the link instead.

The second thread was closed because, by his own admission, neverending didn't feel like discussing it any more, which to me is BS since he felt like discussing it enough to give himself the last word on the topic right before locking it. Evidently, we're not supposed to discuss anything neverending doesn't agree with or feel like talking about or we risk seeing our threads get locked. :rolleyes:

Not all of us voted for them, for the record. Let's be realistic here.

it just feels like something is fading away

you mean like



You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips.
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips.
You're trying hard not to show it, (baby).
But baby, baby I know it...

You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Whoa, that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone...wooooooh.

or



Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

60% of one, 40% of the other

Some nice colouring inside the lines jobs on this thread..

You are right.

Something will fade away...soon.

Another cryptic message from the very mysterious V

i'm pretty sure we all had an opportunity to vote

What - You haven't realized this yet? ;)

Others more than some, I'm sure...

Let's just say, I have come to realise some things from the responses this thread has generated.

But, I ll keep them to myself.