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aw man, i was just joshin' ya. :) |
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suggestions for integrating New Guys: /pester a newbie-day /make user-spesific threads for the last 5 registered /steal new guy's avatar |
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Yeah a little bit. They added variety. Now if they occured too often they could get tiring. There was moderation and variation back in the day. We did things in moderation. It was a good mix at a good pace. It was like if i didnt have something original or funny to say.... someone else would and it would open the door to alot of zanyness and funnyness. The reason i made this thread is because i would like to see a revival of that. I would like to see people ease up a bit on the seriousness. Its the internet afterall. I wouldnt want to see this place turn into a regular board. We have enough of those. I would love for all of us to pull together and clean this place up a bit. I look at this openly. I dont have favorites because i accept people as they are. Sure sometimes we get under each others skin i think we should be a bit more forgiving to each other. I would like to see this place to continue to thrive creatively as it once did. |
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i no longer read xltronic unless im bored the fault doesnt lie solely with the users / posts / etc - i feel like i dont need it anymore really, not to say that im better than it, people, etc - i used to be obsessed with electronic / experimental music and my taste has evolved when once i would get all excited and anxious about a BOC release now i couldnt care less really - i still like tons of experimental stuff but cant say i wanna talk about squarepusher's crotch, afx's choice of tea, and autechre's favorite fabric choice (which im sure is cashmere), anymore ive changed, so has the bored (check the spelling) - we've gone our seperate ways its the same reason i dont use aim anymore, and wouldnt join myspace - differing priorities and interests it would be hard for me to say this board has gone downhill, i feel like it may have always been this way and its just me who isnt still that way dig it! |
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ahh cube501 never knew what him.. |
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that one is a serious laugh! |
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Plops |
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That was a fun & yet challenging thread. He never responded to my email. That jerk |
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I've been here a long ass time. maybe not consistantly, but fairly regularly. In my opinion, the only difference now is that there are more people. More people interested in talking music and more people interested in talking shit. I think the ratio of good shit to plain shit has stayed about the same though. |
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that thread is greatness. |
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yes, i think there are too many oldschool members missing or post very rarely and that makes it a bit less good as in the good old days..and i sort of lost touch a bit. don't know many of the new members..i don't know the reason why tho. it used to be easy to make more contact with individuals. there are many factors for this though :) |
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I'm not really in a position to say anything, but I've noticed a slightly bitter attitude to the music that used to be loved, or rather a negative attitude towards talking about electronic music with any passion or emotion. |
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threads like this happen regularly on every forum i visit and have ever visited. i guess it's "normal", unfortunately. the question whether the board has "really" gotten worse or if it's just an impression -i.e. the board being still being quite the same, but people getting bored of it now- doesn't make much sense anyway... the way i feel it, the board is ok. not at its best, but at least better than a few months ago with the jedi chris issue, ban-fest, and all that shit. |
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fuck it. i love you guys. |
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now the board has certainly lost some good craziness since JAroen has been banned... it's too bad, he was really one of the members that brought life here, even if he pissed off some people. if you remove all and every troublemaker it becomes dull. |
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Well after some thought i dont consider it part of the ebb and flow. Example: If (addict) members continue to get bored and post less it will result in less participation in the threads and on the board as a whole. Try this excercise...... Think of your top ten favorite posters, now imagine them not posting at all and/or hardly ever. Over the course of time there has been alot of people that really contributed to the board that left/departed for various reasons. When you start taking away ingrediants for a meal it becomes more and more bland. |
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actually, it's not only forums that are like this.. think of the cliché old man statement "back in the good ol' days, we [...]"; it was always better before. we have become the old, we can't keep up with the young kids with their new technology and humour and.. wait.. what was I talking about? |
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i've been here for over 2 years now and i honestly notice very subtle changes. over-all, i think i'm the one who has changed more than this site. so therefor it seems different.. but it's really not that much different. except i miss pomme and ambsace is really gay! i mean lovely.. and i wanna marry him. |
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how ironic. Coming from the guy who signed up to slag off electronic music "as a laugh" Zebra Balls |
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you did change. you got fat. fatty. that's right, i said it. eeeeveryone's thinkin' it, but i said it. and yer damn right i'm lovely. like a stroll in the park during autumn's peak. huggles. ..anyway, i don't post much anymore for the same reasons everybody else has mentioned. everybody i like(d) is gone for the most part. and i guess i have something resembling a non-puter life again. and that helps. i dunno. |
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That's what I tried to say in my "." thread..... But html doesn't work on threads, didn't know that..... So >> >> Misunderstanding and then >> >> thread |
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..tortured and misunderstood. all the guy wanted was a little love. and you all spit in his face and took that away from him. monsters. monsters! |
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Yes, Xltronic has changed lately, I don't really know what went wrong. What I do know is that in my opinion the moderation is a bit overexaggerated at times. Also the "coming soon" thing which Xltronic is cursed by does more harm than good. I know a few members left because of that. And I think xltronic lost a bit of it's charm due to all the banners and a non working search function. I don't want to complain, this is my personal opinion and I might be totally wrong. |
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true. |
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agree on moderation right now... there was a period of mayhem a while back, and moderation was required, but now it's kind of over-the-top moderation... where's the middle path? |
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i must've been coming here for about 4 years, but with a large gap in the middle somewhere and during that gap period the site has definately changed. people seem to have developed small groups, who chat amongst themselves and seem to almost try to alienate other posters. it's just the impression i get - with people trying to make a decision about the person posting, rather than the post itself. too much agro. it was definately a more accepting place before. |
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it was definately a more accepting place before. That would be the truth |
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you are the one that changed! i was all disappointed when i saw your gameboy avatar. I thought it would never change. I guess i took it for granted. Is nothing sacred? |
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you are right |
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I love this place whatever happens, it's all part of the XLT "growing up", I used to read XLT threads 3 years back before I made the "plunge" and it may have changed (although I really can't say as I'm looking from a members perspective now). Those who say XLT has gone down hill, I have to disagee with. Eventhough i've been here for a second compared to many I've already experienced drama, love, excitment, hate, turmoil, friendship, enemies etc. I'm sorry but how can anyone say the whole banning and "I'm leaving XLT" period be boring it was dangerously hilarious times. Then came the "I love you <3 <3 <3 period"....... anyway enogh nostalgia....peace out (always wanted to say that, never again) |
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yeah i would agree with that i guess. in the old days, there maybe was less talking down to people which i have detected more in recent days. but sometimes that talking down is good natured but the sarcasm is lost in the post. |
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I think its the same... its we who change... our euphoria about the place and the music is going down... new members shall feel what you felt back then... but now instead of a few hundred memebers there are over 4000... thats another diference each time more people is unknown, cos people come and go... but few stay over the years I think the place is doing good... its just us, the old ones (and I am not as old here as you I think) that are not so discovering all this world around us |
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plus- XLT seems to have decided to go on a path of English improvement and (hopefully) foreing language awareness. irony intended |
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xltronic helped me get through a lot of tough situations! but now i have to do it all alone youve changed, xltronic. now with 4000 members youre just a WHORE to me. I HATE YOU XLTRONIC GET OUT OF MY LIFE |
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no |
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what did you do with pogo? |
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Er....All I've ever used to like was electronic music, and that's still largely the case. It all started with the oldies-Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Jarre. Then it moved on to folks like Autechre and Aphex Twin-which lead me to this forum. This place definately aided my musical adventure...I've discovered lots of nice new artists, both signed and unsigned, through the messageboard. |
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Charlotte can call my name anytime |
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*all I ever used to listen to |
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with some favver beans and a nice chianti |
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javo dd you see life aquatic? did you like it? I am waiting fr my video store to have it couldnt see it in the cinema |
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the search function is important. this will cure everything...everything.......... |
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I thought that was a response to me. Brain not work too good since brick on head |
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Everyone should see it once, it's a great experience. Probably my favourite Anderson film. |
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i think its becoming boring.. the ton of new members who have absolutely nothing to say are constantly keeping me away. i say remove the points system, it'll clear off a lot of those post wankers like tridenti, ix_ten.. etc etc. |
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Hey how do you do that?? |
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!! i love it. |
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I spy Narkotic. Sup bitch! |
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