Joke / Photoshopped screen shots... Enough is Enough!

[GoldenRivet]

Hey Conus,

I'm not calling you out by name man... dont get me wrong. I appreciate the humor.

but i think we should cut out further distracting posts of this sort.

thats all



furthermore, i dont have any rank here - im not a mod or the subsim police.

but - in some sense we should all be grown up enough to police ourselves.

i dotn have any hard feelings about your post. it was a joke,... a damned funny one.

but future posters should be aware to refrain from such things if we can manage it.

[conus00]

It's all good, mate. No hard feelings here.
I just thought that your original post came across little strong...
With the impeding SHV disaster and so many heated discussions on Subsim I just tried to lighten the mood.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I love a good joke as much as anyone, but enough is enough.

We have a few threads now that claim to release "NEW" or "UPDATED" information or screen shots concerning Silent Hunter 5.

Not only is this very distracting and annoying to any members who might be serious about reviewing such material when it actually IS released... but for ANY internet forum... ESPECIALLY the Subsim Radio Room, misleading forum thread titles are generally considered to be a no-no.

I understand the frustration of many of the members here, however Subsim has a reputation to uphold, and posting negative or angry things about Silent Hunter 5 is all good and well...

posting fake images - even as a joke - and passing them off through thread titles that indicate that it is REAL MATERIAL... IMHO... should in the very least be a BRIG WORTHY OFFENSE.

I have taken the liberty of creating a "Funny or Fake Pictures, screens and videos" thread.

I think it would be much more appropriate of our members to post such material there, without misleading the other members and discrediting Subsim.com any further than some of us already have.

Thank you, and enjoy your discussions of SH5 be them negative or positive... as long as they are not misleading!!

~GR

It's a good time get serious again.

[FIREWALL]

I see both sides.

Right now with a new release around the corner we need to relax and get along better.

[martes86]

Yes, some stuff has been annoyingly overdone lately, and it seems there's also room for trolling amidst the confusion as seen in that ban-poll.
And I'm all for dumb retarded absurd jokes, for which I can laugh for hours, but the same joke repeated a hundred times ceases to be funny any more.

I also think it's about time to get back to normal, and wait to see what we can expect after we all try SH5 (and hopefully, but maybe not, we won't have to endure this chaos again).

[tater]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

It's a good time get serious again.

True, let's start another DRM thread, that's serious enough.

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by tater

True, let's start another DRM thread, that's serious enough.

I think Brag's next DRM thread is due in about five minutes, if you can wait that long.

[Adriatico]

Originally Posted by martes86

... after we all try SH5

? ? ?
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=160783

Is there a free demo ? Did they remove DRM ?

[Platapus]

I see nothing wrong with putting satirical postings either in a humour thread or requiring the title of the thread to properly identify humour or parody.

[conus00]

^ but that wouldn't be funny.
You can't give away punch-line before you finish telling the joke.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by conus00

^ but that wouldn't be funny.
You can't give away punch-line before you finish telling the joke.

saying "Funny SH5 screen shot" does not give the punchline away.

Originally Posted by Platapus

I see nothing wrong with putting satirical postings either in a humour thread or requiring the title of the thread to properly identify humour or parody.

Exactly... thats the whole point of the thread.

[tater]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

saying "Funny SH5 screen shot" does not give the punchline away.

This line of argument on your part reminds me of the Bruno Kirby character in Good Morning, Vietnam explaining how his routine was really funny.

You being the Bruno Kirby character at this point.

[conus00]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

saying "Funny SH5 screen shot" does not give the punchline away.

It actually does... And if not, then it certainly diminishes it.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by tater

This line of argument on your part reminds me of the Bruno Kirby character in Good Morning, Vietnam explaining how his routine was really funny.

You being the Bruno Kirby character at this point.

Great film... though i have an excellent sense of humor personally. I cant wait until you get to know me.

saying "let me tell you a joke"

and

"let me tell you the joke where the pope turns out to be a user of harsh language after all."

two totally different approaches

one gives the joke away, the other doesnt.

Tater... you fail to understand what i'm saying i guess.

its not about the joke

It has NOTHING to do with the joke.

it has to do with misleading others.

trust me, i get why its "funny"

[tater]

When UBI publishes the shooped image conus00 posted, then THAT is misleading information.

When conus, or any other random forum member posts, it's NOT official information. It's not more complicated that that. Sorry, but there should be no rules regarding humor just because a % of forum members are credulous goons.

Again, part of the humor is seeing that reaction. Posting it as a fake shot DOES wreck the punch line since the joke is not just the shot, it's watching the reaction to it. Really.