*Plunk* Thread Closed.

[WanderingMonster]

Ah, but you see I'm not interested in continuing the topics. I'm more interested in the mod that closed the thread, and how he closed it. I want to help you understand the artistry involved...let's take another, shall we? Next up...

OT Polls and Polls about Polls

From one poll/thread:
Hey there. One of our rules is that off-topic polls are not allowed. We discourage off-topic polls because we had a huge rash of them a while back and people got fed up with them. If you have a poll that relates to one of our forums, feel free to post it there.

And from its twin thread:

Hey there. One of our rules is that off-topic polls are not allowed. We discourage off-topic polls because we had a huge rash of them a while back and people got fed up with them. If you have a poll that relates to one of our forums, feel free to post it there.

First off Eric opens with what might just be a greeting, as in, "Hey there! How ya doin'?" But one might also read a bit of a correctional tone like in, "Heeeyyy...There. No! Hey! Hey! Ah! Ah! Ah!" I like the latter interpretation given the very nature of the post. Of course, Eric is a nice guy, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

Now the rest of the plunk-post is lacking in style, but is very functional: state the policy, tell why it's policy, and then help them to better adhere to policy in the future. Of course, this plunk isn't about style (or policy for that matter)...it's about Feats.

Eric uses one mod post to Cleave one thread after killing the first. He's the Vorpal Admin +5. Of course every time he kills a thread...he dies a little inside. So that makes him the Undead Vorpal Admin +5.

His post? Leave it. The threads? CLEAVE IT! I give it a 7

 

[Henry]

This has it all. The use of terse sentence fragments tells us that Morrus obviously doesn't think this thread is worth his time. He takes the stance of a regent who has lost interest in the bufoons prancing about for his pleasure.

Really? It tells ME that Russ has been watching Buffy Season 6 lately.

 

[Horacio]

Really? It tells ME that Russ has been watching Buffy Season 6 lately.

HEHEHE, I wondered if I was the only Buffy-addict that would catch the phrase...

Anyways, from now on I'll imagine Morrus with jet black eyes, energy glowing around his head, waving a hand against a thread, and saying causually "Bored now"... and the magical energies skinning the thread and compsuming it in primordial fire...

I still prefer Willow to Morrus, but that's only a personal preference...

 

[Gez]

I think one of the mods should close this thread. For no particular reason. Just to close it. That would be sheer artistry, and I'm sure Wandering Monster would take it as a hommage.

 

[Staffan]

Anyways, from now on I'll imagine Morrus with jet black eyes, energy glowing around his head, waving a hand against a thread, and saying causually "Bored now"... and the magical energies skinning the thread and compsuming it in primordial fire...

Though the quote was originally from Vampire Willow back in season 3... that's one of the things that was so creepy about it.

 

[Horacio]

Though the quote was originally from Vampire Willow back in season 3... that's one of the things that was so creepy about it.

The quote was from Season 6, when...

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When Willow goes evil after Tara is killed, and catch the killer, tortures him nicely, and after a while says "Bored now" and flays him with a nasty spell...

 

[WanderingMonster]

Buffy this...Buffy that...Willow...Willow...Willow.

FOCUS people...

Gez: Indeed it would.

 

[Dark Eternal]

I have to hand it to you people. I never realized that there was an art form to the closing of threads.

Color me astounded.

 

[Piratecat]

I think one of the mods should close this thread. For no particular reason. Just to close it. That would be sheer artistry, and I'm sure Wandering Monster would take it as a hommage.

Alas. I gave it some serious consideration, as performance art is a viable form of self expression, but now you've ruined it. If I do so now, I will appear to be your yapping lap dog, fetching and leaping to your every whim! Dang it all. Maybe next time.

I'm not sure that I close all that many threads, with the notable exception of OT polls and reposted internet spam, neither of which I can tolerate. I even surprised Teflon Billy the other day by not prematurely shutting down a few gender-related threads.

 

[HellHound]

Not just Billy, but a bunch of us.

I know I didn't get into the thread in question at all on the basis that I expected it to get the PLUNK in short-order.