XPost: alt.games.video.xbox, alt.games.phantasy-star   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   >> Unfortunately, no. Though I have figured out a few trick to make   
   >> things now quite so shitty during a quote-heavy reply, I've yet to   
   >> find anything that gets around it. :(   
   >   
   > Yeah, if it'd just give us a way to respond with the original text   
   > marked like it is on Usenet it'd be fine, why they need everything in   
   > code is beyond me.   
      
   I think it's because most forum boards are trying to get as far away   
   from the plainness of usenet's text-based messaging. I'm sure you've   
   noticed that most forums out there are pretty much just filled with   
   picture whores who use 800X600 picture for their signatures, and have   
   some bullshit 4 meg flash file as their avatar. Then, the post is so   
   filled with those fucking "emoticons" you can't even read most of   
   it(this is, of course, after you've waited to 7 and half minutes it   
   takes to load any given section of the forum, as each page seems to be   
   25+ megs due to all of this).   
      
   Now, with my forum I have deleted *every* emoticon in the database, cut   
   the avatar sizes down to 100X100 with a max size of 25k and don't allow   
   *any* pics in the posts...as I'm trying to get it back as close to what   
   it was originally based on: Usenet. :)   
      
   >> That's fine, and there's really nothing wrong with doing it that way.   
   >> You'll notice that, really, only Bluecrab and I seem to have nothing   
   >> better to do than do it that way...everyone else just sort of does   
   >> what you're talking about. No big deal. If I wasn't so constantly   
   >> bored at work, I'd probably do it as well. ;)   
   >   
   > The only reason that I ever started to post replies like this was   
   > because of advocates on Usenet and their propensity for forgetting what   
   > they had just said in a thread (especially if my reply had anything to   
   > do with challenging their point).   
      
   That's a good call. I'm so amazingly longwinded(and bored) most times, I   
   tend to reply to every little bit of text I see just for the sake of   
   making conversation.   
      
   > That doesn't seem to be a problem in   
   > WAG forums, oddly enough.  ;)   
      
   Yeah, there's not a whole lot of arguing over there. I mean, people will   
   disagree with whatever or have differing opinions, and more power to'em,   
   but it never gets to be "Hey fucknut, you opinion is WRONG!!!!" or any   
   of the foolishness you generally see from the more vocal trolls who   
   intrude here. ;)   
      
   Bel   
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