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The Online Forum’s Gaper’s Block

The Online Forum’s Gaper’s Block

By Frank on January 5, 2010

There’s a lot of things that can interfere with the lovely commute that you sometimes have to take while driving, whether that is from work, school, or home. Sure, there are people who probably learned to drive with a clown car in a circus or inexplicably lose their driving aptitude at the first drop of [...]

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The Serious Business Of Forum Posting

The Serious Business Of Forum Posting

By Frank on November 30, 2009

As if you all didn’t know by now, I’m a forum veteran, which really is a dolled up version of saying “forum whore”. I love forums – they provide a great medium for discussion, they have persistent threads that retain the history of the forum, and they are a good place to expand your online [...]

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Forum Friday – Gold Balls, Gamer Tips, and Free Fun

Forum Friday – Gold Balls, Gamer Tips, and Free Fun

By Frank on November 13, 2009

Ah, forums. Once again we wade right in and introduce a few of the best gems from various internet forums I frequent for the week. Better keep an eye out folks – there’s some real treasures out there to be found if you are looking for real, intelligent, mature discussion. For some of the rest, [...]

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Forum Friday – Crack, Democraty, and Porkins

Forum Friday – Crack, Democraty, and Porkins

By Frank on October 16, 2009

Ah, the facepalm. Patrick Stewart, you have no idea what you created when you did that in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Talk about universal gestures. Speaking of facepalm-worthy items, it’s time for another edition of Forum Friday, where we examine the best and brightest from around the ‘Net. Let’s get started and see what [...]

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Sign #435 You Are On A Forum

By Frank on October 14, 2008

…when a choose your own adventure story ends up with fire and brimstone after only one page. http://www.warhammeralliance.com/for…d.php?t=151208 Ah, the internet. isn’t it grand how creative people are?

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T-Minus 7 to WAR

T-Minus 7 to WAR

By Frank on September 11, 2008

So with the release of Warhammer Online only a week away, I think that at this time at OP it’s a great time to reflect on the upcoming chaos communication that is bound to happen in the community once the game drops into shelves on September 18th. A lot of people have already gotten a [...]

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The Discerning Moderator’s Toolkit

The Discerning Moderator’s Toolkit

By Frank on September 10, 2008

So I realize out there that some of you might be a little bit unaware of the essentials that every Internet forum moderator possesses in order to do the job that they do every day to promote the function of their little corner of controlled chaos. Because moderators certainly have to have a chance to [...]

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WARtopian Society

WARtopian Society

By Frank on August 27, 2008

Now I know that there are some real inspiring posts on here because I’m all about showing people the “bright side”, but believe or not, there are actually people who have an even sunnier outlook than I do on things. It seems hard to believe, considering I’m all roses and teddy bears all day long, [...]

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Anything You Can Flame, I Can Flame Better

Anything You Can Flame, I Can Flame Better

By Frank on August 26, 2008

In the vast world of Internet forums, there are many different ways to run them. They can be as nice as a flower blooming in the morning dew or as mean as Simon Cowell on 1 hour of sleep. But no matter how they are run, there are consistents, and one of them is the [...]

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Forum Babelfish

Forum Babelfish

By Frank on August 6, 2008

So I was looking through the latest batch of flames, trolls, and overall SPAM on the forum I help run the other day, and I had one of those moments. You know, it’s one of those “durr, I shoulda thought of dat boss” type things. I’d already been having a simply wonderful day closing a [...]

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