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Sorry guys to bother you with this, but i would like to ask you a favor, last few days i'm not able to enter twcenter.net, i still get gateway timeouts... i'm not sure if it is just me, or twcenter site is down(again).
thanks for any response.
(Point Blank, if you are reading this, please send me a PM)
Yes, looks like it - I can't access it ~:)
Thanks for confirmation, i wasnt sure if it is just my connection or what....
They have just transferred the site to the new server last night.
Undoubtedly they are having teething troubles with either the hardware or with the configuration of the vBulletin software.
As Juvenal said it may be a temporary problem. I hope the site will be accessible soon.
Until then let's hang out here my fellow TWCers. ;)
So this is your last resort forum then aye? :whip:Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWizard
actually not it kinda is, but i always come here to search through some guides and stuff... it's because right now i'm playing the mod that doesnt have a thread here...
This is a strange and scary place (shiver), especially to those accustomed to hulry-burly of TWC.
I was just looking at the debate about whether the Out Of Africa theory of human origins was ready to be overturned. Well, at TWC this would have included trolling, expression of entrenched positions, shouting, personal abuse and probably the handing out of several infractions. But here, the two sides not only wrote cogent arguments and remained polite, but actually acknowledged the validity of each other's points... it just isn't natural.
Aye and I also found something interesting for me here at the Org.
A babe thread... that isn't closed.. moreover stickied!
:holiday2:
Try the Backroom. Once you've got used to that, you won't want to return to the Mudpit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juvenal
That's because the members here can be trusted to behave themselves in the spirit of the rules, written or unwritten, as opposed to the drama queens and line pushers at TWC.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWizard
twc seems to be more alive and updated more frequently, and has better smilies :laugh4:
The .Org member pool has always been more mature on average than the TWC one, that's its strong point.
maybe more matoore.
...and moderators are not hasty to close otherwise viable threads?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
If you're familiar with the Backroom, you'd realise this isn't so, and indeed moderators have much greater leeway here to keep their forums in the right spirit. The main difference is in members' self-restraint, which can be virtually non-existent among the trolling community in TWC. Here, for the most part, there is a consensus to keep oneself to the spirit of the forums, and to accept the axe when it falls. Probably to do with the more mature membership. eg. IIRC the average Orgah was 24 or something in last year's survey, while the Backroom, which is where the political discussion is, has an even greater average age.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWizard
Sod this forum discussion anyway, I'm off to the Babe thread.
Ugghh TWC down again.
Thank Thor god of Servers that the .org is reliable as always.
We have members who delight pushing the limit of the rules, much to the chagrin of our moderators. Thankfully though they are well-sensed and polite enough to do their line-dancing in the Backroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
I see you are not familiar with my work. :skull:Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWizard
They eventually make their way to the Entrance Hall, don't they? I remember DevDave being a regular greeter in the Welcome thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
Whenever a big name Backroomer has to take a time out, they normally stop by here to have a few ~:cheers: and hang with the newbloods.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
The Entrance hall, much like the Watchtower, is left open to you should you wrack up too many warnings and need a break from it all. It's a way to stay in touch with the community despite passed infractions. If you continue to cause trouble, however... :no:
Gah, the Backroom :snobby:
Real men go to the Gameroom where they lynch or kill their opponents :smug:
~:pimp:
Real men don't go advertising their forum everywhere they go ~;)
Not all of us got assigned to run directly game related forums Mr. Colosseum. :gah:Quote:
Originally Posted by Omanes Alexandrapolites
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
There is much talk of the Backroom.
For me it is just a blank space, I am clearly not worthy.
How does one gain entry to experience its rumoured delights at first hand?
Go to Your User Control Panel > Networking > Group Memberships > Click to join BackroomQuote:
Originally Posted by Juvenal
To expand upon this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Quintus.JC
Backroom membership is approved by the moderators who watch over that place. They can revoke your backroom status at any time should you choose not to play nice. They also reserve the right to deny you access in the first place if it is proven, or suspected, that you will join only to be a combative and hostile poster.
For the most part everyone gets in and is deserving of a chance, unless you give the mods reason to suspect otherwise. :yes:
Firstly, go to your "UserCP" > "Group Memberships".
You should be presented with a list of a variety of groups. Select to join "Backroom" and then click "Join Group" at the bottom of the page. When asked to input your reason for joining, feel free to leave it blank.
After that, just wait for up to a week for the Backroom mods to allow you access. Once that's happened, you should be able to see the forum.
Hope this helps ~:)
Gah! Looks like I've been beaten to it!
That's quite appealing to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Alright, I requested Backroom access.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quintus.JC
Haha, funny smileys here. :egypt:
TWC is back up.
:elephant::elephant::elephant:
I was just about to post the same thing. :smash:Quote:
Originally Posted by Garnier
I think I'm drunk again. I keep seeing dancing pink elephants. :yes:
It's a symptom of browsing the Org for too long. :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by scipiosgoblin
Sometimes I feel the .Org isn't related to TW at all.
*Goes back to lurking in the Backroom*
For TWC guys wondering, the backroom is the org's version of the political mudpit, as andres rightfully says, the gameroom rules all, backroom is like a place do disagree on a topic, i usually steer clear. :yes:
It isnt a mudpit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
No, our mudpit is a den of savages. It exists to provide the moderators with more hunting ground.
And TWC appears to be down again.
yup... i was just sending my post.... damn..
.ORG vs. TWC is an .ORG victory without contest. Here the jokes are funnier, the people are merrier and debate is progressive.
The mods have gradually lessened since M1 here though(but not the tools!), which is why the Org and TWC co-exist so well since they both have something interesting to offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basileos ton Ellenon
Yes the mods are very much the only reason I only go to TWC now.
ATM TWC suffers a minor "Ragnarök". :embarassed: Hmm.. i hope Gleipnir holds for a while.
Did you hear that Garnier? A ringing endorsement for you guys. Well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by Basileos ton Ellenon
I guess GED's cats are having kittens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Argent Usher
Pannonian, what happened to twc again?
It's Enoch fellas.
GED's dog having puppies again? :pokemon:
edit: damn just read that pann made this joke before me :(
after big war bird called the fbi on mansa munsa, the ummah have grown angry with twc and have struck out against it
inshallah they will be victorious
also, my sultan wishes you dead
you know who you are
It was me! :smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash:
I see what you did there, young man.Quote:
Originally Posted by scipiosgoblin
I shivered at the sight of a PIKACHU avatar representing GED's puppies.Quote:
GED's dog having puppies again?
I would've blamed Mao Zedong - but whatever floats your boat. I'll let our differentiating opinion pass. You are a lucky Hazara, Aradan. Inshallah, Allah the merciless will bring TWC back, inshallah...inshallah.Quote:
It's Enoch fellas.
Hey look it's Miraj! Where have you been these days?
Well, it is relatively safe to say he was not 'the wonderful unrestricted world of LOLSPAM'. :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Basileos ton Ellenon
Hi! Good I found this thread, I thought it was my connection or something. Man, these Org smileys are funny.:juggle2::book::clown::egypt:
Try combos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Legio Caesar
:elephant::whip:
Torturing pink elephants - maybe in southern India, but not Amerika the land of Freedom! :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Waterboarding pink elephants seem acceptable the last time I checked.
TWC is back up!
Oh its that cool civilate that compliments my AAR! :balloon2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Legio Caesar
Nope, it's still torture according to most states. Sorry to dash your ambitions, mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basileos ton Ellenon
My take:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
:jumping::hmg:
We could always try Gitmo pink elephants, or at least before. Oh well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ROFLMAO
Well that went far off course really fast, didn't it?
In the future please refrain from becoming too political in the Entrance Hall, even if such things are done in jest. :no: