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 [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming, Social Geekery | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming
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, you [...]
Posted in Forum Friday, Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Internet
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 we [...]
Posted in Forum Friday, Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Internet
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?
Posted in Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, Warhammer Online | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Internet, Warhammer Online
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 [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Internet
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, [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, Uncategorized, Warhammer Online | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Warhammer Online
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 [...]
Posted in Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums
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 [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet | Tagged Fantastic Forums, Gaming, Internet
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