Wheres Conker!?

[ZER0]

Ok I got PJ 64 and I got perfect dark,golden eye and diddy kong racing (Best Rare Games) but I NEEEED CONKER'S BAD FUR DAY!!!!!

Does Any1 Know Wheres A Site That Actully Works And has CDFD???

Thanx

:pj64: Forever!

[hellknight]

READ THE RULES YOU *****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOONE READS IT BUT THERE IS THE RULE NO ROM REQUESTS BAH!!!!!!!TERRIBLE THAT YOUR NAME IS ZERO THAT REALLY :pissed: ME OF!!!!!!!!GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

[Smiff]

You make me sick. There are people in the world who really need things, like clean water, food, and shelter.

banned.

[Remote]

I see two possible explanations for the massive amount of posts concerning websites or links to websites from where roms can be obtained.

(1.) New users unware of the fact that rom request are prohibitaded and that it could get the emutalk owners in legal trouble, despite that they did not post the links themself they are legally responsible for the content emutalk provides.

(2.) Old users who thinks it is hilarious seing other people repeat the same messages over and over again, perhaps they even respond to their own messages using their real name.

[pj64er]

Remote, if these guys can ip ban us, surely it would not be challenging for them to findout if we hav double accounts. so i dont think 2 is likely

[Remote]

Originally posted by pj64er
Remote, if these guys can ip ban us, surely it would not be challenging for them to findout if we hav double accounts. so i dont think 2 is likely

Me neither, but there is always more then one reasonble explanation.

[pj64er]

i think they r working towards a solution to (1.), they r prolly putting something to tell ppl not to request roms. hopefully they put it in bold and make it very attention grabbing (watermarked by pics from the babe thread?). once this is implemented, it would leave us with only one final explanations

(3.) there r far more idiots in this world than either u or I can ever imagine

[Smiff]

i am seriously banning everyone who asks for ROMs today, i may even hunt through some old threads looking for people to ban.

[Martin]

This is clearly an issue, and therefore I changed register.php to include the following string of text a few weeks ago:

Also, by clicking the Agree button, you warrant that you will not post ROM request or post links to ROM sites. Failure in doing so will result in an immediate IP ban.

Log out and check for yourselves if you want to see register.php.

It is impossible to register without applying to our rules, and failure in doing so will, as stated, result in an IP ban. We shouldn't need to clutter the whole Emutalk board with rules telling people not to ask for ROMs when they've already applied to this rule. It's not our fault if people break the rules.

Members with powers (Administrators, moderators, Emu64 staff etc.): Ban any user who break our rules. Please do not moderate boards you are not meant to though. Specifically, do not delete threads, they're vital for the board owners (i.e. 1964 board is owned by Schibo and Rice) to know what's going on in their boards. Thanks.

[Trotterwatch]

The problem with IP banning is that innocent users such as myself for example who are on a non static IP could suffer because of the non literate brigade.

It would also mean that the person banned could come back anyways if they are on a dynamic IP.

[Smiff]

i can see when i go to ban someone if anyone else will be taken out, the forum is well designed. i might ban possible future users but thats another issue.

[Smiff]

Martin i dont even care about closing the thread, he sure as hell wont be posting a reply and its the online equivalent of the dead body hanging in the cage...

[Martin]

Originally posted by Trotterwatch
The problem with IP banning is that innocent users such as myself for example who are on a non static IP could suffer because of the non literate brigade.

It would also mean that the person banned could come back anyways if they are on a dynamic IP.

Yeah, it's a problem without a solution. It seems like most of the arses are on AOL, but I'd have to check that up.

[Allnatural]

I've never set-up or run a forum, but a thought occured to me. Is it possible to put in a delay before the agree button is accessible when registering? I figure most people just click it and move on without reading the rules. If there were like a 30 second counter that prevented a click of the agree button, maybe people would read the rules because there would be nothing better to do while they wait. Just a thought.:)

[Smiff]

goddamn thats a good idea. but these people arent very bright so give them more than 30 seconds and a nice big font. plus its a kind of cooling off period for angry people.

[Smiff]

like I was hinting at before tho, prevention is better than cure: condoms are the long term solution.

[Allnatural]

Originally posted by Smiff
like I was hinting at before tho, prevention is better than cure: condoms are the long term solution.
Haha, you're mean.:sly::D

[Martin]

Originally posted by Allnatural
I've never set-up or run a forum, but a thought occured to me. Is it possible to put in a delay before the agree button is accessible when registering? I figure most people just click it and move on without reading the rules. If there were like a 30 second counter that prevented a click of the agree button, maybe people would read the rules because there would be nothing better to do while they wait. Just a thought.:)

Doesn't sound too hard to implent, I'll look into it. Nice suggestion. :)

[pj64er]

i see two problems:

1) ppl might think register.php is broken and wont come back. no more registering users.

2) seriously, if u were told to read rules for 30 seconds, would u? if i were in that position, i would take a 30sec piss and come back.

[Doomulation]

Or, couldn't u just make the font so big so that they can't miss it? That'd make sure they wouldn't miss it at least. Then after registering, u could put up a thread at top "Request roms and you're banned!".
That's a nice and easy solution.

[thine_impalor]

well, i saw this SOMEWHERE i don't remember, but u had to scroll to the BOTTOM of the agreement to enable the agree button.... so u could put a RED font bout this???

[Hacktarux]

If you really want to oblige new users to read something you can put the text on a gif picture and ask the future member to copy the text on a box. Then you verify the content of that box.

There's two major inconvenience : maybe it's too painful for the user and maybe it's too hard to implement in your current scripts.

[Remote]

Perhaps a better solution, or a addition to the current, would be to send a private message to new users directly after they have completed the registration process, explaning emutalk's current stand on roms, basic behaviour and the do's and the do not's of this forum.

[EdgeBlade]

Originally posted by Hacktarux
If you really want to oblige new users to read something you can put the text on a gif picture and ask the future member to copy the text on a box. Then you verify the content of that box.

There's two major inconvenience : maybe it's too painful for the user and maybe it's too hard to implement in your current scripts.

That won't cause the user to read the agreement, just to reasd the 4 letters

[Smiff]

I dont like playing games, I prefer banning people.

[Hacktarux]

Originally posted by EdgeBlade


That won't cause the user to read the agreement, just to reasd the 4 letters

Why 4 letters ?
I thought about a picture with a text like :
I CERTIFICATE THAT I WILL NOT MAKE ANY ROM REQUEST ON EMUTALK.

But like i said before it is quite painful for the user.

[Remote]

None of the suggested methods prevents the user from making a rom request, the various prevention methods delivers the message that asking for roms will result in a ban, but after that the user is capable of doing what ever he intends to do, i.e asking for roms. I guess there is no easy solution to this problem and to relay on new users sence of right and wrong clearly is not an option, it should be.

The possibility to expand the word filter may exist and if it supports sentences a lot of unwanted sentences could be replaced with meningless, cryptic posts about nothing. Later on when a user has reached a certain amount of posts the word filter could be disabeld, or return to it´s previous level.

[Epic64]

Nah, just ban the bas**rds!

They'll learn!

[EdgeBlade]

Originally posted by Hacktarux
Why 4 letters ?
I thought about a picture with a text like :
I CERTIFICATE THAT I WILL NOT MAKE ANY ROM REQUEST ON EMUTALK.

Ah, sorry, I missunderstood. Yeas, that would be a pain :devil:

I've seen things where it shows 4 random letters at the bottom of an agreement and you have to type that 'code' to be able to click agree.

[Slougi]

LOL, nice first post Epic64 and welcome here :)
:emutalk1:

BTW i think of all suggestions hacktarux's was best.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by EdgeBlade


Ah, sorry, I missunderstood. Yeas, that would be a pain :devil:

I've seen things where it shows 4 random letters at the bottom of an agreement and you have to type that 'code' to be able to click agree.
That's yahoo ;)

[Zero]

LAST TIME :

- ROM REQUESTS
- ROM POSTINGS

EQUALS IMMEDIATE BAN !!!!!!!!!!
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE AT EMUTALK IS GETTING REALLY
:pissed: ABOUT IT SO READ THE RULES FIRST !!!!!!

[Doomulation]

Agreed. Read the rules first.
Hmmm, and maybe just a small ban first?
Otherwise they won't come back. And they can't ask for help. That wouldn't serve the right purpose, hm?

[Zero]

You've got a point there Doomulation but these noobiez will never learn unless we set some examples.

[KariageKun]

I think many people are being ridiculous in this forum.
C'mon, everybody know what emulators are for. And don't say to me that you guys actually buy the cartridge and play it in computer. I bet more than 99% users download it instead of buy it. The first page in this post is like everybody yelling and screaming to that guy like he just kill 5000 people.

NOTE: This is my open opinion. It is not my fault if you find this post offensive.

[Doomulation]

Hmmmm.
Yes, newbies never learn. But yet, if we IP-ban them immidietly, they will never get back here to ask for help; the main purpose of this board, hm?
I think that they can get one chance, hm? Ban the accounts first, then IP-ban them if they don't learn. And it's that suggestion to make them actually READ that they CAN'T post to ask about roms.
Hmmm...
Well, I dunno, but that's what I think...
Not that I actually care... well, but anyway.

[pj64er]

Originally posted by KariageKun
I think many people are being ridiculous in this forum.
C'mon, everybody know what emulators are for. And don't say to me that you guys actually buy the cartridge and play it in computer. I bet more than 99% users download it instead of buy it. The first page in this post is like everybody yelling and screaming to that guy like he just kill 5000 people.

NOTE: This is my open opinion. It is not my fault if you find this post offensive.

u misunderstood us. rom related posts are not allowed due to legal reasons(dont want Martin's fancy new server taken down do we?). that is why ppl here are so strict. those ppl who "yell and scream to the guy" r just ppl who wants to flame on this board (not usually allowed either, but the rom requests gives them a reason to).

[Doomulation]

K, so we just ban them then!
Err... well, not me :)
Smiff & the others.

[Smiff]

Originally posted by KariageKun
I think many people are being ridiculous in this forum.
C'mon, everybody know what emulators are for. And don't say to me that you guys actually buy the cartridge and play it in computer. I bet more than 99% users download it instead of buy it. The first page in this post is like everybody yelling and screaming to that guy like he just kill 5000 people.

NOTE: This is my open opinion. It is not my fault if you find this post offensive.


yep, thats why im locking the thread