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  • dAnceguy117
    new hand moves = dab
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Dec 2002
    • 10097

    #1

    Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

    At times, most being recent, I've found myself wondering why users have been banned and how long they are banned for. Most of the time, you can just look at their most recent posts and see just what they've done and what the moderator said about the ban. There are some complications, though, such as deleted posts, deleted threads, and unclear moderators.

    A possible solution I've come up with to clear up confusion is to edit their custom titles. When someone is banned, their custom title says so, just as in the picture in my signature. When a moderator bans a user, they could edit their custom title to show their ban length. For instance:

    dAnceguy117
    Banned: 2 weeks

    Moogy
    Banned: 5 hours

    Mwerp
    Banned: for life

    As for the reason for banning them, that could be edited into the bottom of their signature to avoid cluttering the custom title. For instance:

    asdf
    __________________
    Originally posted by SuperWarZoid
    Yah this kinda supports my theory about the hybrid half gay falh hetero guys out there. As I said like 400 pots before, i'm one of the few REAL MEN remaining on earth. This means I'm 100% hetero. not 50% hetero 50% gay. REAL MEN are in danger of instinction. We have to save them.
    <- download VGMP
    myspace
    user banned by Tasselfoot for posting guro

    So, how about it? Yes? No? Maybe?
  • Kairi_and_Sora789
    FFR Player
    • Jun 2006
    • 187

    #2
    Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

    Hmm...that sounds like a good idea. It could certainly tell you how long you've been banned, although there may not be enough room in the signature for why. Maybe at the top of all the messages or in your profile.

    Good idea.

    ~Kairi

    ~

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    • dore
      caveman pornstar
      FFR Simfile Author
      FFR Music Producer
      • Feb 2006
      • 6317

      #3
      Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

      Good idea(s).
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

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      • Tasselfoot
        Retired BOSS
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Jul 2003
        • 25185

        #4
        Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

        We can't edit custom titles... AND, based on how custom titles work, it would not be an easy thing to do. Each custom title is it's own group, with it's own set of permissions, etc etc etc...

        Would be a real pain in the ass.
        RIP

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        • dore
          caveman pornstar
          FFR Simfile Author
          FFR Music Producer
          • Feb 2006
          • 6317

          #5
          Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

          Would updating the siggy be feasible, though?
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

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          • lightdarkness
            Summer!!
            • Jul 2003
            • 11308

            #6
            Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

            Waste of time for the mods.

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            • dAnceguy117
              new hand moves = dab
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Dec 2002
              • 10097

              #7
              Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

              Originally posted by Tasselfoot
              We can't edit custom titles.
              You mean the mods? That's terrible. :(

              Originally posted by dore
              Would updating the siggy be feasible, though?
              This was going to be my next question.

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              • Tasselfoot
                Retired BOSS
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Jul 2003
                • 25185

                #8
                Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                updating siggy is just a click of a button (i believe). just a matter of getting LD to do it once in a while.

                personally... i'd like to not have to worry about whether we're getting a song of the week or not. but that's just me. .
                RIP

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                • dAnceguy117
                  new hand moves = dab
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 10097

                  #9
                  Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                  Okay, I just thought of something that might be more convenient. Could you guys make a thread with a list of everyone currently banned and for how long, with the newest bans at the top? That way, a mod can just edit it when they ban someone.

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                  • Tasselfoot
                    Retired BOSS
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Jul 2003
                    • 25185

                    #10
                    Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                    still a pain in the ass.... we ban a lot of people. and many are for a very short period of time, like 5 days or less.


                    why do you care so much about who is banned?
                    RIP

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                    • dAnceguy117
                      new hand moves = dab
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 10097

                      #11
                      Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                      I wan't keeping up with the I FEEL LIKE BANNING PEOPLE thread, and I didn't know why or for how long sertman or t0rajirou were banned. It's happened in a lot of other ways recently, too. I've probably made at least five threads in TGB asking why and for how long someone was banned.

                      Do you really ban so many people that you can't type up how long someone is banned for after banning them? That's got to take, like.. ten seconds at most.

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                      • Tasselfoot
                        Retired BOSS
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        • Jul 2003
                        • 25185

                        #12
                        Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                        it's just remembering to do it... then having to edit the thread. then remembering when they are unbanned and editing it again...

                        just really no point in doing it. too much of a hassle. plus, there are a TON of people who are permabanned. only 10-15 temp banned. and it's usually pretty constant around 10-15 at one time.
                        RIP

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                        • Afrobean
                          Admiral in the Red Army
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 13262

                          #13
                          Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                          Originally posted by Tasselfoot
                          it's just remembering to do it... then having to edit the thread. then remembering when they are unbanned and editing it again...
                          You could just edit the thread once saying:

                          sertman banned by Tasselfoot
                          Reason: gaying up thread [insert link to offending post/posts]
                          Duration: 5 days
                          Date: 08-19-2006
                          People would be able to figure out that 5 days after August 19th, his ban would be up. Periodically, a mod with spare time could just clear out old ban notices.

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                          • ffrstar777
                            Banned
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 38

                            #14
                            Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                            Originally posted by lightdarkness
                            Waste of time for the mods.
                            Afrobean, read.

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                            • TheRapingDragon
                              A car crash mind
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 9788

                              #15
                              Re: Bans, ban lengths, custom titles, and more(?)

                              Originally posted by Date of last post
                              08-21-2006
                              This topic is one week old.

                              ffrstar777, read.

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