Boozad

Avatars? I've mess 'em.

8.0

My mate called me Boozad. I love The Joker.

This place looks weird.

Jerel. As long as Jerel is around, life is more than good.

The girls send you their love mate.

I'll wait for the DVD.

Lebowski - Gimli

 

LOTR stunt double.

 

Class.

Looks like there will be an animated film based on the video game Arkham Asylum:

 

LINK

 

For fans of the series, which of the three Arkham games do you feel is the best?

City, that game was damn near perfection. I can't get into Origins at all, it feels way too clunky and it really shows it was made by a different developer. I was disappointed that the Azrael and Hush snippets from City weren't followed up into something that was more integral to the main storyline. A prequel really killed my excitement over that.

I hit the button once on someone else and got myself a strike

It's not the boobies, it's not the swear words, it's not the "PG-13" issues that are the problem.

 

It's the toxicity that motivates a person to make threats against someone else, regardless of the reason, the toxicity that jumps all over noobs for the most innocuous questions, the toxicity that inspires people to provoke people they don't like with snide commentary, the toxicity that allows peopll to openly hate one another instead of trying to resolve differences, or, at worst, not interacting with them at all.

 

That's the problem, that's what the mods, and the mods alone, can control, and that's what is being ignored.

 

There is much truth in this. Much. Too much, in fact.

 

Every single person individually has an opportunity to take something negative and turn it around.

 

It's how the Internet tends to work... anonymity brings out the worst in some people. It hasn't always been like that around here, and I've seen other forums where it isn't like that. You can see the worst of that attitude in video game forums, probably because many of the posters are teenagers.

 

RMA isn't wrong that moderation can fix it, but I've not personally seen a forum from a small company like CGC that did any better job. Well-moderated forums have two things in common that I've seen--they're not tied to companies, and moderation status is given to active users. Only active participants in a forum can moderate that forum as tightly as he's reaming Arch for not doing. It's tough for a small non-Internet company to identify unbiased and objective moderators within the community. I've seen Internet companies find good moderators for their forums--I like the Cracked.com forums and they've done a good job of it--but for companies like CGC, the web site is a peripheral entity and the boards are something they've mostly outsourced.

 

There are some active community members who are objective enough to moderate they could probably get to help a bit. It's not likely they'll do that, but it's worth considering. I'm not sure I would if I were making that decision, but I'd think about it.

 

The moderation here is outsourced, although CGC employees do have moderation capability as well (as most people know).

 

It really boils down to disagreement over how much effort moderators want put into a given site vs. what it takes to keep people here. Whoever said "it's just a comic book chat forum" is right. It's easier for moderators to "hit the squeeky wheel with some grease" than it is to sift through rivalries that are weeks, months or even years old in some cases, to figure out "who is right". Some of these rivalries are a decade old and have carried over from other places. God, how do you deal with that as an outside observer who is supposed to be impartial?

 

If I had to guess, I'd say that these moderators have other jobs to do beyond just moderating a bunch of grown men on a comic book chat forum. They're probably programmers, data entry, whatever (I don't know enough about IT to say) but I'm betting they are not "just" moderators.

 

Ultimately, it always comes down to the group dynamic - whether in public or in a private group such as this one. The ones that stick their heads up enough times get hit with the water hose in the face. You just hit the guy that stands out above the crowd and the rest learn from someone that person's mistakes and punishment.

 

Sometimes RMA is the "hot topic" because he's dicing hair so fine you'd need to find a new species to match the hair to. He's free to do it. Sometimes I am because I have an "agenda". Sometimes Cal is because he's stubborn and difficult to talk to. Sometimes someone else is (my buddy Ogami, you're the flavour of the day! ).

 

My own observation is that most people have a tough time knowing when to stop arguing. I'll include myself in that group, nay, I am the king of it, having had my share of massive debates and feeling like the victim (I may have deserved it, I may not have). Ultimately if no agreement can be made it always comes down to one side walking away to keep the peace.

 

It is the group - the dynamic, living, breathing group of individual people (humans - not anonymous chat forum identities) that is personally responsible for how things turn out on this forum. One person's post can and does affect many others.

 

I've seen this place swell up like a dead sewer rat in recent months. New members pouring in by the dozens every week - and don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with new members. Unfortunately, they are taken up by the group dynamic and will reflect whatever the group is projecting. Used to be a time you could log in once a day and get the gist of what was going on. Now it's just frenzy all the time. It's one of the main reasons I personally decided to pull back. I don't need the hassle or distraction of trying to figure out what is going on and I don't want to add to it.

 

In every relationship, whether it's marriage, neighbours, co-workers etc, It is usually the "other person" and it's always "she was a person_without_enough_empathy" or "he was an individual_without_enough_empathy" placing blame on anyone but themselves.

 

This place is no different. It's a group of people with a bunch of different relationships existing at once. What is most interesting is that just like in real life, groups of people form based on their proximity, interests or personal relationships. If a group of people know each other personally outside of this forum, they tend to "band together" in general agreement on board issues and stick up for each other (well, except for Mark1 and sufunk! ) - but partisan politics is sometimes to the detriment of the board.

 

It most often comes down to an external moderator needing to make the decision whether it's in the form of a police officer, an attorney, a bailiff or just a chat forum moderator. Why? Because it's expected that the external moderator will take the time and effort to dissect the problem with a fine toothed comb and get to the root of the problem...only they rarely do because both sides won't be honest about what is actually going on. So moderators (police, attorneys, etc) just see what people allow them to see, they moderate on that limited information and someone gets punished.

 

All that does is drive the negativity deeper, not eliminate it.

 

Eliminating negativity needs to come from within each individual. There is no other way to do it. Zero. None. Nada.

 

That only happens when someone stops talking about other people and what "they are doing wrong" and starts talking about themselves.

 

It's rare to honestly hear someone say "I take responsibility for what happened" but ultimately self moderation eliminates the need for external moderation.

 

This forum is a product of it's members, and whether everyone sees it or not, each and every person has an effect on the entire forum.

 

Overwhelming wall of words

 

 

 

 

Can someone summarise in 10 words or less?

 

Yes.

 

"Me, me , me..hey, look at me"

 

 

 

You're welcome.

Was that english? Probably not.

Hey, us limeys deserve a capital E.

 

Wrong time to ask dude! I pretty much sold off all my books, most of the Neal Adams books are gone.

 

I do have the keys, just the sig won't let me add them all... might change it each week

 

You sold all of your books!!!!!?

I see a Batman # 1 in your near future!!

I loved looking at your collection on the registry too!

 

Yeah.... but they all went to good homes, I made sure of that.

 

I still have left the ones in my sig also, #222 (9.4), #234 (9.6), #237 (9.6), #244 (9.6) & #251 (9.6).

 

Yep, looking for Bat #1-10. Already have #4 4.0 but I want a better copy. Also want to upgrade some of the books in my sig.

Let me know if you ever upgrade the #222, 9.4 is the sweet spot.

I miss my #227 7.0 SS, it's one of two books I truly regret selling. The signature placement was perfection in itself. Beyond that I've owned about seven other copies of this book (a CGC 8.0 being the highest grade) and I have no urge to replace it right now. I'm only concentrating on 9.4 BA books and I just don't think I'd be getting my money's worth paying GPA on a 9.4 so I'll leave it alone.

I'll be more than happy to after a #244 9.4 and a 'Tec #400 9.4 in the near future, but #227 can certainly wait. It may be that I never own another copy.

Morrison stinks

Agreed.

He did play some part in Morrison's run a few years back if I remember rightly.

EDIT:

Wowser!

 

 

Way to go, Gav!

Hey Nick!

A few more...

 

That's beautiful. Let me know if you're ever looking to sell.

I'm with you.

And I'm with you.

It is VERY unclear so I hope someone who actual knows could provide some assistance

10.If posting a trading thread you must list a dollar value price for the book that you WILL accept in TRADE VALUE, and you MUST put "TRADE ONLY" in the title of your thread if you will not accept money.

Question: So selling legitimate licensed single use digital codes is forbidden, but selling unlicensed items we made at home is ok?

 

How does that make sense?

 

it shouldn't be.

 

Was there ever a rationale explained behind the rule? Im not even sure when that rule was added or if it's always been there and we're just now running into a scenario where there are actual Legit ways to sell digital copies.

 

hmmm come to think of it I've seen a few sales threads that included those DVDs of comics (the legit ones thru Marvel) and those sales didnt get pulled...

 

 

The rationale was never explained, the mods simply added the rule last month that the digital codes could no longer so sold "solo".

The DVDs of comics wouldn't be pulled because they were licensed merchandise and they are just DVDs, not digital downloads.

 

It wasn't digital codes that were stopped, it was digital copies. CBR/CBZ files were being downloaded for free and sold. That's piracy and CGC aren't going to be seen to support that. They won't differentiate between legitimate codes or illegal downloads every time some get put up for sale either. That was the rationale.

They said that?

Not that I know of, but how often do you see mods getting involved in sales threads? They're not going to spend their time trying to figure out what's kosher and what's not are they?

Question: So selling legitimate licensed single use digital codes is forbidden, but selling unlicensed items we made at home is ok?

 

How does that make sense?

 

it shouldn't be.

 

Was there ever a rationale explained behind the rule? Im not even sure when that rule was added or if it's always been there and we're just now running into a scenario where there are actual Legit ways to sell digital copies.

 

hmmm come to think of it I've seen a few sales threads that included those DVDs of comics (the legit ones thru Marvel) and those sales didnt get pulled...

 

 

The rationale was never explained, the mods simply added the rule last month that the digital codes could no longer so sold "solo".

The DVDs of comics wouldn't be pulled because they were licensed merchandise and they are just DVDs, not digital downloads.

It wasn't digital codes that were stopped, it was digital copies. CBR/CBZ files were being downloaded for free and sold. That's piracy and CGC aren't going to be seen to support that. They won't differentiate between legitimate codes or illegal downloads every time some get put up for sale either. That was the rationale.