Do many regulars still frequent here or is this place dead?
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Groups has had its ups and downs, mainly downs, but it seems like most of the massive problems have been solved from the fact there are almost no children threads being posted now.
When I signed up here it was under the assumption that this site was for Films/Games/Music reviews, ratings, conversation. When the forums turned from being about that, to being an outrageous hive of anime loving, emo bull shit, over run with 7-14 year olds trying to skive off of their school work the only way to fix it (Since it is not possible for members to be permanently banned) was to be hostile to pretty much everyone under the age of 19 so they no longer used the site.
IMO this has worked.
So that being said, is there anyone actually still out there worth talking to? Or have you all left because the children and the hostilities become to much to put up with? I can think of countless users who used to talk here all the time but stopped. Its becoming pointless even checking this part for updates lately.
When I signed up here it was under the assumption that this site was for Films/Games/Music reviews, ratings, conversation. When the forums turned from being about that, to being an outrageous hive of anime loving, emo bull shit, over run with 7-14 year olds trying to skive off of their school work the only way to fix it (Since it is not possible for members to be permanently banned) was to be hostile to pretty much everyone under the age of 19 so they no longer used the site.
IMO this has worked.
So that being said, is there anyone actually still out there worth talking to? Or have you all left because the children and the hostilities become to much to put up with? I can think of countless users who used to talk here all the time but stopped. Its becoming pointless even checking this part for updates lately.

Well, I'm still here, but I'm a post-horde forumite so I don't count.

I usually check out the Listal Groups once or twice a day, but I'm the more of the strong, silent type... Well, silent, anyway.

I haunt the page out of habit, but generally don't post much. But that's more due to a general guilt that I should be doing my work and not posting on forums. After tomorrow that shouldn't be too much of a problem for the summer period though. Oh well...
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16 hours 40 mins in and the answer is 4 of us still comment in groups :o) guess thats a no!

This actually seems like a good number for me for half a day. But then again, I also belong to a forum for a dead game series on a dead platform.
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The forum I go on has constant interaction 24/7, most do normally. Its very weird that a forum is this silent!
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Oh well the majority of them left along with the animefags.
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don't worry guys, i always read the groups, everytime i log on, there's always something on here thatsenteresting sometimes, well not all the time.
but i agree with u guys.
but i agree with u guys.

Yes, this place has much quieter.
As for myself, I haven't had the luck of finding many posts were my input would be of some use. Either someone else has already stated my point or I have no freakin' idea what's going on.
As for myself, I haven't had the luck of finding many posts were my input would be of some use. Either someone else has already stated my point or I have no freakin' idea what's going on.
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My thread had no point, I just want it blocked. I ran out of topics to talk about.

And which thread would that be?
Sorry, I've been up on the shelf for a while, so I don't know what's all going on in Listal right now.
Sorry, I've been up on the shelf for a while, so I don't know what's all going on in Listal right now.
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Which fruit is sexier, I accidently made two of them, I was supposed to click on it once, it was lame.

I check in a couple times a day but never really find interest in most of the topics.
Plus I bet some of the past active members are just busy now since some schools are into finals or starting to take the harder classes (like in my case).
Plus I bet some of the past active members are just busy now since some schools are into finals or starting to take the harder classes (like in my case).

I'm thinking of changing it to the more traditional forum layout since i think the current layout could put people off, the site gets decent enough traffic that a forum should be enough to get more activity here. I would also like to bring back the groups again but this is more work.
If you have other suggestions let me know.
If you have other suggestions let me know.
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A traditional forum layout would be fantastic, I'd prefer it compared to what we have now.
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I was gone for a while and now just came back. Ive been through alot of shitty forums in the past monthes.
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Would love to see a vB style forum here instead of this groups section. I say go for it!

ditto on traditional forum style. easier to manage too, frees up resources of Tom to work on core aspects of site.
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Those kind of forums have loads of beneficial features we could utilize here. Seeing who is online being the main one that would cut down on a lot of needless threads!!

i've been here frequently still. and i'm not going away.
i see your points and views and what not, but still, no need to be just plain rock blunt about it, really.
i see your points and views and what not, but still, no need to be just plain rock blunt about it, really.

I find this odd... why is it, that as soon as the dangerous/hostile anime crazies leave most of the normal members that can hold an intelligent conversation leave too?
Is there some sort of law I haven't heard of that states normal people require crazies in order to post?
Isn't that, in a sense, completely idiotic? The thing is, they still posted after the anime crazies left for maybe a week, and THEN they left, most of them weren't because they were still here, it was when the forum went through a severe member loss that all of them left... They'd been complaining about the anime crazies being annoying, and yet one they're finally put under control... they leave? That just amazes me in some strange way...
Is there some sort of law I haven't heard of that states normal people require crazies in order to post?
Isn't that, in a sense, completely idiotic? The thing is, they still posted after the anime crazies left for maybe a week, and THEN they left, most of them weren't because they were still here, it was when the forum went through a severe member loss that all of them left... They'd been complaining about the anime crazies being annoying, and yet one they're finally put under control... they leave? That just amazes me in some strange way...
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It's because they were no longer united by hatred Tim.

Actually, that makes sense lmao, it's also terribly funny...
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Aye I know oh well the cause of the lack of people was getting rid of what you hated.
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Yeah im happy i got over the crazy anime stage. I mean i still like Anime but i don't go crazy about it like i used to. For those who don't remember me i used to be Koji.

Forget I ever fucking posted. People are giving me grief over something I didn't even say.
This is what I said exactly.
"I'm over my anime stage - I don't watch it much anymore."
Where in that sentence does in say I don't LIKE anime? Idiots.
This is what I said exactly.
"I'm over my anime stage - I don't watch it much anymore."
Where in that sentence does in say I don't LIKE anime? Idiots.
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I've been checking back every now and then out of habit but I find myself to be rather busy lately. Oh dear.
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Lies ayame it's plain and obvious you still like it but I don't think anyone cares.
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Well the Anime section was crazyand delt with but wont lie I was one of the Anime people but I grew up Im 17 now and now know that what I was doing was foolish but fun so all the Anime people left or grew up like I see some Anime people still here but the thingis they are more mature except the little handful of them. But I do know that Listal isn't dead just people don't talk on the forum part anymore. If people made the forum more interesting then you would get more people.(any comments by Vincent will not be evaluated by me because I don't like him and he will say something to get me mad)
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Vincent gets everyone mad first off. Secondly the only thing i miss from teh anime days were the roleplays. I still participate in Roleplays on otehr sites but i mean they are advanced past what we did on here. If we could bring roleplaying back it would allow people to get to know each other faster and it does help with writing. You get better and faster. I should know i used to suck at my writing style now its a bit better. Not perfect but better.
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When the new forum feature is in place, please make sure there is a facility to block certain members from either:
- Reading/Commenting on your future posts
- Accessing the forum
- Appearing in other threads
It would make things run a bit smoother. I was wondering wether this place is only lively when there is an argument going on. It seems most of the above that have recently come out to post are likely to force everyone else back underground.
I'll keep checking groups, but I'll come back when things are better.
- Reading/Commenting on your future posts
- Accessing the forum
- Appearing in other threads
It would make things run a bit smoother. I was wondering wether this place is only lively when there is an argument going on. It seems most of the above that have recently come out to post are likely to force everyone else back underground.
I'll keep checking groups, but I'll come back when things are better.
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Im sorry i don't mean to push anyone out or back underground as you put it. I just needed a place for intelligent conversation and this is the only place that it can happen without constant flaming.

I'm over my anime stage, actually - in fact, I don't watch it much anymore.I actually got DSL for the sole purpose of watching more anime :D
I want a sig space. Also, as to why everyone left; when you get rid of nubs, the trolls go away too. In most cases anyway. Then all you're usually left with are spammers and they rarely, if ever, create their own threads and waste space in someone else's.
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Then there are the normal people who just post to post and talk to other like minded people.
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Yep and nathaniel stop bitching please you started the flame war by believing you were superior to everyone else in every other thread so please shush and I will too on this matter.
I think the place is better now you shouldn't bring rps back as the place would degenerate in to the place it was before and you'd lose even more people this time around.
Maybe some interesting word games like that one where you have to use a word that starts with the previous's final letter.
Other than that I'm only really here to check on stuff e.g the stupid amount of messages I get or to update stuff which I've got to go and do actually as I haven't in a while.
I think the place is better now you shouldn't bring rps back as the place would degenerate in to the place it was before and you'd lose even more people this time around.
Maybe some interesting word games like that one where you have to use a word that starts with the previous's final letter.
Other than that I'm only really here to check on stuff e.g the stupid amount of messages I get or to update stuff which I've got to go and do actually as I haven't in a while.

Off topic guys, get back on track, discussion of a vB style forum.
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To be honest sigs kinda sorta really bother me. If it's absolutely necessary perhaps something relating to the listing aspect of the site, perhaps a listing of the current collection stats. And maybe a one-liner with no html. Sigs are really annoying when they are annoying.
I wouldn't mind a more traditional looking forum though.
I wouldn't mind a more traditional looking forum though.

If there are heavy restrictions, sigs can be great. You'd think it'd be detrimental, but when everyone has a sig image that's 600x300 everything slows down to a crawl. I've seen forums with little or no restrictions and they are a pain waiting for everything to load. Something like 150 pixels high x 600 pixels wide is good for me. Load it as a jpg to keep the KB small. Something relatively small makes people think about what they want to put up.
That's how I like it atleast. Some people aren't gonna like images in any way shape or form, but they don't have to use the space. If all else fails they can just block the images from their browser.
That's how I like it atleast. Some people aren't gonna like images in any way shape or form, but they don't have to use the space. If all else fails they can just block the images from their browser.
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I actualy just use words for my sig on other forums.
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Jus' make sure sigs can be turned off Big T.

To answer something I read in Ventruss's post...
Yes, Vincent gets everyone mad, and I get mad at him often because of the things he posts. If you ask me, he's a bastard, but that's off topic...
I don't mind sigs, I think they're cool to look at. I don't ever make one for myself thought, don't ask why though, because I don't know myself. ^-^
Yes, Vincent gets everyone mad, and I get mad at him often because of the things he posts. If you ask me, he's a bastard, but that's off topic...
I don't mind sigs, I think they're cool to look at. I don't ever make one for myself thought, don't ask why though, because I don't know myself. ^-^
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Ayame can't you bitch about me in a pm?
I agree I think a classical forum should be awesome. Just limit image sizes.
I agree I think a classical forum should be awesome. Just limit image sizes.

Wow didn't know there was so much drama in a site other than myspace. By reading posts Knightmare you are a bastard but people that comment about you when your not there or not being a bastard is also being an asshole. (off topic)
Now the thing about the Anime role playing, if you control it like the other roleplaying sites then there won't be a problem. Say it was back here maybe you can put a thread that would always stay at the top and no one could post in it but in that thread are the rules. Minor rules, average rules and major rules. When someone disobeys the rules then there would be a consequences for there actions. Also probably make someone a moderater for that section,a person that knows roleplaying well and that would be on frequently to watch over what is happenning, so that it wouldn't get outta hand like before. What my idea is is to control it maybe even get some grown ups to try. (No god modding though.)
Now the thing about the Anime role playing, if you control it like the other roleplaying sites then there won't be a problem. Say it was back here maybe you can put a thread that would always stay at the top and no one could post in it but in that thread are the rules. Minor rules, average rules and major rules. When someone disobeys the rules then there would be a consequences for there actions. Also probably make someone a moderater for that section,a person that knows roleplaying well and that would be on frequently to watch over what is happenning, so that it wouldn't get outta hand like before. What my idea is is to control it maybe even get some grown ups to try. (No god modding though.)
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Actualy if we were to go with your idea i would be a great choice to mod the roleplaying sections. I have been roleplaying for over nine monthes and in jully it will have been a full year. I'm actualy up for a Mod position on a Roleplay only site where you get invited based off how good you are on other sites that we all Roleplay on.
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Role play is never going to return here. Jesus titty fucking Christ.

I usually check out the Listal Groups once or twice a day, but I'm the more of the strong, silent type... Well, silent, anyway.
ditto

To be completely, perfectly honest, I agree with Grand Assault..aside from the Jesus remark.
When people on here - myself included, I am ashamed to admit - roleplayed, it got way out of control, and I really don't want to revisit that, no matter which side of the arguments I'm on.
When people on here - myself included, I am ashamed to admit - roleplayed, it got way out of control, and I really don't want to revisit that, no matter which side of the arguments I'm on.

Response to Roleplay:
Listal was never meant to have roleplaying on it, that was the normal member's first solution to getting rid of the anime freaks, give us a section to violate in such horrible ways, and then get bored and go back to that idiot infested MySpace or something similar
Sadly, in a sense, for every 1 intelligent person roleplay attracts, you'd get at least 4000 total idiots, it's completely unpractical in the topic at hand (reviving forums to an intelligent conversing area)
About the classic forum style:
My first thoughts when I saw Listal's style was wth is this? it looks nothing like anything else I've seen, it's unique, but idk, there's something about it... I always wondered what Listal might be like with a typical forum style, granted it might be a bit less unique looking, but still, it would probably do wonders... But idk, trial by error, trial by error, we'll just have to wait and see, hopefully we're right and it will get better
Listal was never meant to have roleplaying on it, that was the normal member's first solution to getting rid of the anime freaks, give us a section to violate in such horrible ways, and then get bored and go back to that idiot infested MySpace or something similar
Sadly, in a sense, for every 1 intelligent person roleplay attracts, you'd get at least 4000 total idiots, it's completely unpractical in the topic at hand (reviving forums to an intelligent conversing area)
About the classic forum style:
My first thoughts when I saw Listal's style was wth is this? it looks nothing like anything else I've seen, it's unique, but idk, there's something about it... I always wondered what Listal might be like with a typical forum style, granted it might be a bit less unique looking, but still, it would probably do wonders... But idk, trial by error, trial by error, we'll just have to wait and see, hopefully we're right and it will get better