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 Jul 12 2004, 12:33 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 27-January 03 From: Kentucky, USA Member No.: 3,958  |
DV8, because this site may harm his own reputation with its accusations. Just because the site author is an idiot doesn't mean it's harmless.
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Jul 12 2004, 12:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 577 Joined: 12-June 04 Member No.: 6,398 |
Anyone who bases their opinions on what someone jots down on a lame website as a footnote to a link, especially to a superior site, is someone who's opinion isn't worth worrying about.
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Jul 12 2004, 03:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 476 Joined: 30-December 03 From: Fresno, CFS: taking out one durned furriner at a time. Member No.: 5,940 |
Yes, until there becomes a large number of someones. Who go on and tell other someones. And somewhere along the line, the masses believe the lie.
The fact he won't take down the "joke" when DV8 asked him to is the earmark of jackassery. |
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Jul 12 2004, 04:31 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
The man who bases his opinion on a second-hand account of what someone jots down on a lame web site is even more pitiable than the one who saw it for himself. |
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Jul 12 2004, 04:56 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
And the majority of people are pretty damn pitiable, if they're even worth that anymore.
Yeah, if you have faith in humanity, no one will care. It must be nice to still have that kind of faith. ~J |
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Jul 12 2004, 04:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 4-May 03 Member No.: 4,535 |
i like dv8 and really like his site, but i think he is being way to anal about this. Im just going on this thread but come on, the guy gave a sincere and flattering apology. noone who follows that link can actually think dv8 ripped off the guy, dv8s quality is way better. In case i am wrong and some do think that it is, they dont care, if they did they would take the time to study them to see the differences and find next to none.
im going to sya that something was lost in translation, or maybe deev has been having a bad week, because anyone who after that apology is pissed off still is way to anal to be anything but a jerk to humanity in general, and that goes for any spectators who (unless spurred by a bad mood or other excuse, like knowing the guy superfly as a jerk) think that superfly did something terribly meanspirited. 'twas all in good fun. |
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Jul 12 2004, 05:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 476 Joined: 30-December 03 From: Fresno, CFS: taking out one durned furriner at a time. Member No.: 5,940 |
"You're not going to that restaurant are you? A guy I know went there and was sick for three days afterward! I hear they must have rats in the kitchen." "Oh man, stay away from that neighboorhood, I have a friend who used to live there, and there's drug dealers on every corner and a driveby every afternoon. You're gonna get shot if you go down there." "Dude, don't even think twice about that girl man, she's swimming in all sorts of diseases. She's a slut of the first order man, I even heard she went down on Steve. You remember Steve? He used to work over at Burger Barn and had the hygiene of a pig? You want to be kissing that man? Plus I hear she's into meth." The point of these three? It happens everyday, even though there's no indictation whatsoever of the validity of those statements. It's a part of human existance, a social device meant to provide safety. Originally probably amounted to "don't eat berries. Ugg died." and has evolved in it's own way in our society. Everyone does it to one extent or another. Another phrase is "Word of Mouth." Companies spend billions of dollars in attempts to generate positive word of mouth for their products, and generate negative word of mouth for their competitors. It's effective and it works. It may be lame, it may be pitiable, but it's also reality. |
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Jul 12 2004, 05:40 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
I think we're pretty far off topic now guys. Let's bring this back to relevancy or let it die. Thanks!
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Jul 12 2004, 06:01 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
But Crito, why should we care what people will think? Reasonable men, who are the ones worth considering, will believe that things happened as they did. |
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Jul 12 2004, 02:10 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 24-August 02 From: Magna, Ute Nation Member No.: 3,166 |
I have never visited DV8's site before *Gasp*, but now I have and I'm going to check it out more. So, he kinda did you a favor.
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Jul 13 2004, 03:05 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 25-October 02 Member No.: 3,498 |
It's Libelous, not slanderous (Libel is written, slander is spoken) As it is, given his email acknowledging it is not true, yet still refusing to change it, you probably (I am not a lawyer) have an almost cast iron case if you should choose to take legal action. |
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Jul 13 2004, 03:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 8-June 03 Member No.: 4,696 |
No offense to DV8, but I sincerely hope that any judge would laugh a suit over an offhand reference in one obscure fansite to another fansite out of court.
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Jul 13 2004, 03:16 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
And when asked about damages, say that the major traffic reduction caused by the comment has diminished your access to web-groupie and gamer poon. :S
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Jul 13 2004, 06:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .nl Member No.: 116 |
This isn't a court of law, and I'm not persuing damages. I just don't like that anyone can wander in, like I did, and stumble across what, to all not in the know, seems like a gargantuan diss towards me and my website. I asked fuck-knuckle if he'd take down the link entirely, and he said no because he can't seem to see past his own nose that it might negatively affect the reputation of my website. His words; it's good competition. Well, I don't agree.
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Jul 13 2004, 08:24 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 15-May 02 From: Cincinnati Member No.: 2,741 |
Really the easiest way to handle internet items is to let the internet be the solution. Put a link to his page or a screenshot of it onto your site and ask your visitors if they disagree with his statement, or fail to see the humor in it to each write 1 email. If you've got a decent amount of traffic and half of them send an email it could do a good job of making his inbox a nightmare for a while. Might be enough to get him to change it, or just get him more riled up, just an idea really.
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Jul 13 2004, 01:28 PM
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Not Cameron Diaz Group: Retired Admins Posts: 472 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Newark, Delaware Member No.: 188 |
Not a bad idea. This is just speaking personally, of course -- as an admin, I have no opinion on the matter.
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Jul 13 2004, 03:53 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 29-January 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 6,039 |
Two words: Andy and Kaufman -Wolf aka Adam |
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Jul 13 2004, 04:38 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Kaufman was the bomb. He just kept forgetting who the audience was supposed to be and who the actor/comedian was supposed to be.
Personally, i think he should be awarded some post-mortem kudos for his skills in social engineering. |
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Jul 13 2004, 06:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Wah, what a bitch.
DV8 you page is so much better, I even use it for the University gaming club so they can read about redmond. |
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Jul 13 2004, 07:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 19-August 02 Member No.: 3,139 |
And the Web Wars began...
His sight is nowhere near the quailty or content of your's Dv8. By all means, put up a note on your sight explaining the situatiuon and how you feel about it. Ask your visitors to e-mail the guy, tell him that what his is doing is wrong. If you can get most of your 136 registered users and a few of your visitors to e-mail the guy he may get tired of his inbox filling up. But I'd keep it cordial, keep the ranting out. If he gets too much of that he's liable to keep it up out of spite. my 2 :nuyen: Now get off that Cthulu (sp) stuff and get back to work on Shadowrun!! :) |
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Jul 14 2004, 07:26 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,928 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Look at all the guys you got to post to this thread that hardly ever post. :)
I've got to agree, your reaction to the explanation/apology was less than graceful. My question is: who's site is older? Even if you are not an insider, after looking at both sites, the joke is pretty obvious. His explanation is exactly what I supposed after looking at the two. |
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Jul 14 2004, 08:42 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,118 |
Anyone who follows the link on his site will, in very short order, understand that either: A. It is a joke. or B. Superfly is a joke. Insisting he take down his lameass comment about your site indicates a real inferiority complex. Your site is sophisticated, obviously professionally done, and employs advanced web design methodologies that his page doesn't even touch upon. Your transubstantiation of molehill into mountain does a lot more damage to your rep than the presence of that link. If this is a jackassery contest, you're definitely pulling ahead. |
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Jul 14 2004, 11:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .nl Member No.: 116 |
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Jul 14 2004, 02:35 PM
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Not Cameron Diaz Group: Retired Admins Posts: 472 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Newark, Delaware Member No.: 188 |
This thread doesn't seem to be accomplishing much except garnering flames right now. Deev, I understand your concern and sympathize, but I don't think there's anything any of us can do that we aren't doing right now, which is making people aware of the "joke." I'm going to close the thread for now. If there's something else that can be done in this thread, let me know so I can reopen it.
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