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schmevil (schmevil) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-14 17:02:00

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Tag Trolling
The Van Lente controversy has brought us an influx of new members and anons. Which is great, but we've also had another round of tag trolling. For the time being, tags are maintainer-only.

What does this mean?

Only skalja, angelophile, sandoz_iscariot and myself have the ability to add, delete or edit tags, for new and existing entries.

We ask that members add a list of tags to the body of their posts, so that the mod team can C&P them into the tag field.

Anything that the team misses during the down time, will be caught up via backtagging by mods, wranglers, and other members.

We will keep you posted.

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	ashtoreth 2009-09-14 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	I was wondering why the tag button disappeared in the middle of my tagging my post. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-09-14 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Twilight Zone moment? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ashtoreth
2009-09-14 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Not as bad as the time I played Phantasmagoria II. While you read the character's texts, some of the words in the corners blur to 'murder' and the like. The first time it happened, I HONESTLY thought it was me imagining things. Seriously mindbending game.

But yeah, there's been huge amounts of nethacks lately, to the point I've been having to clean my system twice a day. I was cut off from the net this weekend because I installed a new badass firewall. It got corrupted and wouldn't let me go internet at all! Just like a Star Trek holodeck scenario. :)

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	foxhack 2009-09-14 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	I HEARD THAT, CURTIS! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-09-15 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Hee! Spoony reference! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-09-15 03:22 am UTC (link)
	Phantasmagoria II seriously messed me up back in ... jesus, 1999. Has it been ten years since I played that? DAMN. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-09-15 03:24 am UTC (link)
	I can't imagine actually trying to play that game. Hell, it took me three trys to actually make it through the opening video, and that was with the benifit of Spoony's commentary. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-09-15 03:32 am UTC (link)
	I was nineteen years old, bored, single, and was just introduced to the Adventure genre. I got this plus part one (which I NEVER beat because the game literally trapped me in the final chapter), and Gabriel Knight 1+2 from a mail order company. I'd just gotten my first PC, see. Wow, time flies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-09-15 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Ah, the horror of making due with what you've got and not knowing any better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-09-15 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Tell me about it. ... I also bought Myst. Fucking waste of good money. -_- (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	timemonkey 2009-09-15 03:42 am UTC (link)
	I never buy m own games unless they're ones I've already played. i just wait till my birthday or Christmas and let my relatives buy me stuff at random, that way if it's crap it's still no loss. A win-win situation. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluefall 2009-09-15 04:25 am UTC (link)
	"I also bought Myst. Fucking waste of good money." .... Blasphemer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-09-15 04:51 am UTC (link)
	If having good taste in games and not falling for a glorified screensaver is blasphemy, then you can excommunicate me at once. OH SNAP. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-09-15 04:55 am UTC (link)
	Why bother? Clearly, there would be little point in consigning you to hell; if you truly can't appreciate the stunning atmosphere, simple yet brilliant puzzles, and quietly compelling storyline of such a beautiful game, you're living in a tragic, colorless purgatory already. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-09-15 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Actually, I like my puzzle games to make sense. When a game is inaccessible to your average gamer right from the start, you have a serious design flaw. And I did give the game series a lot of chances. And all those times, the game just wouldn't -work-. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluefall
2009-09-15 05:21 am UTC (link)

Well, Riven wasn't as good as Myst and past Riven pretty much none of them caught the magic at all, so I wouldn't say the series is particularly worth it, no. But I wouldn't call it inaccessible. Part of the puzzle is figuring out what you're supposed to be figuring out. I can totally grok why that's irritating, I don't think I've ever not loathed that device when I see it in a book or a comic or a movie, but it worked for me with Myst because it's a game; with a story I just have to wait for the author to finally deign to tell me what the fuck is going on, but with a game I can go explore until I find out, so there's a sense of moving forward.

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	ashtoreth 2009-09-16 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Myst drives you insane. Phantasmagoria II made me think I WAS insane. Briefly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	khamelea 2009-09-15 06:08 am UTC (link)
	He wouldn't be able to appreciate the stunning atmosphere, simple yet brilliant puzzles, and quietly compelling storyline of hell, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-09-15 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know. It's hard to miss the stunning atmosphere, at least. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zechs27 2009-09-14 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was all the time I needed... ! It's not fair!! :P (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-09-14 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	This is why I wish LJ / IJ would support mini-maintainers who could take care of tags and such. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-09-14 09:30 pm UTC (link)
	Me too. D: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ravenjade 2009-09-14 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Van Lente Controversy? I feel like I've missed something. o.o (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khamelea 2009-09-14 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Count yourself lucky! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	skylands 2009-09-14 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	The spider-rape storyline. The whole thing kind of confuses me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cyberghostface 2009-09-14 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	What happened with the tags this time? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-09-14 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Personal attacks like last time, along with a new "not rape" tag. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scottyquick 2009-09-14 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	4chan's infested us. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sailorlibra 2009-09-14 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Oi. We've been infested by tag trolls! (Reply to this)

	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-09-14 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Well, okay. On a side note: is there a tag for Starro the Conqueror at all? I was trying to find the cupcake post (and see if the Super Friends post was here) and the tag list seemed to be lacking. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-09-15 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Really? That's the only problem that's arisen from this mess? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-09-15 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Well, anon comments are still screened by default, yes? That limits us to the more talented, careful trolls, and while they're clearly out in force, a careful troll who isn't relying on anonymity is seldom a dramatic one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mullon 2009-09-15 02:44 am UTC (link)
	I suppose. But I would think that the hseer size of new posters coupled with the...enthusiasm that was generated like a snowball rolling down a hill would lead to people getting confident and then careless. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	innerlight 2009-09-15 06:02 am UTC (link)
	Firstly? I love your icon. Secondly ... did O miss this controversy? puzzles (Reply to this) (Thread)

	innerlight 2009-09-15 06:03 am UTC (link)
	err.. I not O (This is Abby aka gotham_girl too this is an rp journal as I was too lazy to log into the OTHER rp journal I use usually >.<) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

galateus
2009-09-15 01:39 pm UTC (link)

You can probably track where the controversy is by looking for the posts with hundreds of comments.

I think it goes like this:

The page in Amazing Spider-Man that started it.

Van Lente's first response to questions about the scene. Which got linked by other people's big-name blogs, which is where I'm guessing all the sudden newcomers came from and why InsaneJournal got so slow and buggy last night.

Van Lente's response after his first response was posted.

groosealoose's self-made comic mocking s_d members who got angry about the issue.

And all the recent posts about other examples of rape in comics spun off of all that.

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	ashtoreth 2009-09-16 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Did we make Fandom_Wank? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-09-16 01:15 am UTC (link)
	No, actually. FW doesn't seem to care much about comics fandom. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-16 02:06 am UTC (link)
	Plus rape isn't funny. If it would be posted anywhere, it would be unfunnybuisness. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xdoop 2009-09-15 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Can't you make it so users are able to tag their own posts? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-09-15 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Nope. The only options are 'everybody', 'members', and 'maintainers'. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sun_soraya 2009-09-24 08:36 am UTC (link)
	I hope it's ok to comment here for this, but I noticed that these two posts aren't tagged yet: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/992606.html http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/992021.html :) (Reply to this)