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Tryphena Absent
10:57 / 04.07.07
It's a servitor, we already know what they're using it for, the thread is the communication gate. If you want to close it just close it and have done with it, they don't have to specifically use GEK. I think you should ask if this is really damaging or if it's particularly irritating you though because personally as someone who reads the forum I don't give a crap if it's there or not.
 
 
illmatic
11:11 / 04.07.07
I don't especially want it to stay open but I thought that might be a way of drawing out some kind of interesting response. My optimism may be unfounded, however.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
11:18 / 04.07.07
Well it irritates the hell out of me every time it surfaces. I hate it SO MUCH. I'm inclined to start an inane thread in the Head Shop about something quite clearly outside that forum's current remit and accepted posting style – then bump it every few months with more stupid stuff, without ever contributing or even bothering to read anything else in that forum or engage with or acknowledge any of the policy threads that its presence will undoubtedly provoke. Then we'll see how the argument "but it isn't doing anyone any harm, just don't bother reading it" holds up elsewhere. Lock the damn thing.
 
 
Katherine
11:40 / 04.07.07
I don't especially want it to stay open but I thought that might be a way of drawing out some kind of interesting response. My optimism may be unfounded, however.

I am fairly interested in a response as well but I can't help feeling that in part it is because asking Gek for something is part of his/her ritual when wanting something or nervous about it. Of course this expanded by the poster could be extremely interesting to read as well.

Personally whilst I'm not keen on Gek, I am even less keen on the Keg and Wishing Well threads. Gek has outweighed it's usefulness in Temple but once it seemed to have a real purpose whereas these threads are just making fun of a bad Gek situation we have now.
 
 
illmatic
11:46 / 04.07.07
I sent this to the Player:

Hi there

I'm PMing you only seem to turn up on the foum to post to the Gek thread. Are you aware of some of the criticism of Gek as a concept and how well it fits into the forum?

Please look in the thread for clarification. You might also want to look here: http://www.barbelith.com/topic/17041/from/735#post716451
for the latest critques.

I'd be interested if you could post some sort of response (either in the thread itself, or the Policy thread). You could perhaps detail what you get out of interacting with Gek, something that actually adds to the forum a little bit. Otherwise, it's pretty likely the thread will be locked.

Thanks



I'd be interested to see how he responds, if he doesn't get back in a few days, I'm going to propse a lock. We could always unlock it later, if there is a demand.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
11:56 / 04.07.07
I'm inclined to start an inane thread in the Head Shop about something quite clearly outside that forum's current remit and accepted posting style – then bump it every few months with more stupid stuff, without ever contributing or even bothering to read anything else in that forum or engage with or acknowledge any of the policy threads that its presence will undoubtedly provoke.

Frankly I find that aggressive, reign it in or get someone to fucking lock the thread but stop being heavy handed. If you feel so strongly about it you should have started a dedicated thread sometimes over the last million years because GEK's been around for a very long time.

You know as well as I do that if such a thread was started in Head Shop the moderator's would move it to conversation or lock it. If Temple's moderation isn't working properly then it needs different moderators who will exercise control over the content.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
12:32 / 04.07.07
If you feel so strongly about it you should have started a dedicated thread sometimes over the last million years because GEK's been around for a very long time.

I've posted at length about my issues with the Gek thread, both in the thread itself and across about seven pages of this policy thread right here. I've brought up this issue up time and time again, year after year, but nothing ever happens. I strongly agree that it should be locked or moved to the conversation, exactly as would happen if something similar began to plague the Head Shop, as per my hypothetical example. Since I'm not a temple moderator, all I can really do is register how much it irritates me.

We go round in circles with this every couple of months whenever these jokers ressurect it and then bugger off again. It always boils down to a few pages of innefectual policy hand-wringing and calls for the three guys who post to it to turn up and give an account of why they find it meaningful and fulfilling. Which they never fucking do, because they never post anywhere else or seemingly even read other posts in the same thread that critique this behaviour. And so it goes on. I've taken to registering how much the presence of this thread winds me up by satirising it in the Keg thread, which I fully intend to continue to do until both threads are locked.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
12:57 / 04.07.07
WILL SOMEONE MOVE THE GEK THREAD BEFORE GYPSY LANTERN DRIVES ME MAD AND STOP BEING SO GODDAMN INEFFECTUAL. WHAT ARE YOU, SHEEPLE MODERATORS? IT'S A PROFOUNDLY USELESS PIECE OF PANTS. MOVE IT TO CONVERSATION NOW.

I hope I've helped.
 
 
illmatic
13:14 / 04.07.07
I WILL MOVE TO LOCK IT IN 2 DAYS IF PLAYER DOESN'T RESPOND GET OFF MY CASE I DONT EVEN WANT TO BE A MODERATOR ANYWAY *CRIES*
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
13:19 / 04.07.07
I wasn't actually intending to start spamming the Head Shop, by the way, just making a point by way of comparison. The endless dithering over this issue is possibly even more annoying than the Gek thread itself, cos it always feels as if - although there's a degree of recognition that current contributions to Gek are bordering on spam - nothing is ever going to get done until these three random guys have had a chance to show up and make a reasonable case for why it should stay. Which they are probably never going to do, because all they ever do is post wishes to Gek, which is the problem in the first place, and round and round and round.
 
 
Quantum
13:44 / 04.07.07
If Temple's moderation isn't working properly

The only reason it wasn't done a year ago was because several people voiced concerns over it, then it sank without trace until Player had another date with another perfect woman so we left it. I'm locking it now and if anyone wants to unlock it they can.
 
 
illmatic
13:48 / 04.07.07
Aiiiiight. We can unlock if the P ever comes back with a response, or if we ever really want to upset Gypsy.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
14:08 / 04.07.07
Haha! Shouting r()xx()r!
 
 
jentacular dreams
16:06 / 04.07.07
I am struck by the idea that at some point in the future, should Gypsy be in a position to supplant Anna or TTS barberoyalty, they may melodramatically threaten to "unleash Gek" as a form of deterrence...

Just thought I'd ask, is Keg being locked too, or moved to convo? I imagine that ze won't see as much traffic now, though there's always the risk that the people who post in Gek and nothing else may move over to Keg (though the requirement of blood-offerings may put them off).

Also is there something that impulsivelad/alex thoth might wish to do with the servitor if the lock turns out to be (for all intents and purposes) permenant? Thinking back to quant's intentional stance post in the sloppy servitors thread. Is he still about/contactable?
 
 
petunia
17:05 / 04.07.07
Seconding the request for a Keg lock. It has no use once Gek is down, and is an ugly little blight anyway.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
19:00 / 04.07.07
Please, the GL is totally royalty, he just conceals his true identity more effectively. (He was once called Elvis you see)
 
 
Quantum
18:56 / 05.07.07
GEK's locked, the Wishing Well is in the convo and I'll lock the KEG thread now if you want, although I think it's a bit pointless.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
19:18 / 05.07.07
Not to lock the KEG thread, please.

Let's face it, in all of us journey through life there's going to be occasions when we need to face up to the bad things, rather than the good things - In the former case, KEG's there, always solid, although sometimes disappearing in the bathroom mirror.

Be advised; there are no effective banishings for KEG.

And what he might do to you if you even tried to close down his connection doesn't really bear thinking about.
 
 
Pyewacket The Elder
21:46 / 05.07.07
I disagree - the only method of banishing Keg is to DRINK HIR DRY.
 
 
Katherine
06:49 / 06.07.07
Sorry but I vote for KEG to be locked as well, it has served it's purpose of highlighting what has happened to the GEK thread, time to say goodbye and lock it.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
08:33 / 06.07.07
You could never keep KEG locked up for long and, frankly, you would be a fool to try it. He has a concealed skeleton key in his penis, and he will use it to unlock your bedroom window at night and do terrible things on the edge of the bed while you sleep. KEG has a mountain of filth in his belly and it is all for you.
 
 
Katherine
08:55 / 06.07.07
Frankly my dear GL I don't give a darn.

KEG is toast if he tried that.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
09:29 / 06.07.07
KEG hates toast. KEG hates everything.
 
 
Katherine
10:07 / 06.07.07
I feel that it is possible that KEG is actually GL's alter ego but at this point I think I will stop as theorising won't help.

Please can we lock the KEG thread it really doesn't fit in with the Temple forum. It is amusing but I go to the Temple for something to think about not for a joke thread.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
10:28 / 06.07.07
Gypsy Lantern is weak. KEG is strong. KEG smash puny Barbelith.
 
 
Katherine
10:40 / 06.07.07
Case in point I feel.
 
 
Quantum
10:41 / 06.07.07
KEG has been shot into space, toward a planet full of muppets, there to take over that puny world and then come back here triumphantly in the future to smash Barbelith.
 
 
illmatic
10:50 / 06.07.07
I disagreed the lock. I think the Keg thread is very amusing and might still have some mileage in Convo. Convince me I'm wrong?
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
10:51 / 06.07.07
Archabyss. Trampetunia. Quantum. Headmice.

They thought they were solving the long standing KEG problem.

They thought they were saving their forum.

But he is KEG. Kegu. Keggonan. The Green Scar. The webforum breaker.

And he is coming to the conversation.
 
 
Katherine
11:10 / 06.07.07
No doubt GL the thread will thrive for a short time in conversation just like hug thing and etc. Then the thread will die just like so many others have done.

Yes I am sure it will have a few struggles to breathe again on the first page but you know in your heart it will slowly sink like a thread with it's feet in concrete to the bottom of conversation.

RIP thread.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
11:39 / 06.07.07
You're really taking this personally aren't you?
 
 
Tryphena Absent
11:47 / 06.07.07
I am going to keep that thread alive forever. KEG is my fiend.
 
 
Katherine
11:53 / 06.07.07
You're really taking this personally aren't you?

Not really, bored at work is more the reason.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
12:19 / 06.07.07
Not as bored at work as me, I'm afraid.
 
 
Katherine
12:26 / 06.07.07
Meer, maybe.

Still at least it's only 2.5 hours to go now and I'm free from work until monday.
 
  

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