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FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 63,193
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From: Great Falls, Montana
I thank you for reading my Post..... I'll share something here that I very seldom do....... There is a common saying in a Group that I have been an Active Member of since Feb of 1979........."Live and Let Live" ......... Some may know this is from the Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. One of the Living problems that all of us have had to overcome, is the belief that "My way is the best and only way" I used to belive and behave as if everyone needed to listen to me and subscribe to MY way or thay were wrong and deserved my wrath. Today I and millions of my fellow AA members know and live different.
My I suggest that all members of FTE consider..."Live and Let Live"..
One last note.....and this is why I hesitate to relate the information above. Please!!! anyone who reads this...Do NOT think I am down on drinking. I just can't. Nor do judge others drinking quanity or ....???..
Thanks for listening
You'll shoot your eye out
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3,281
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From: San Antonio, TX
Okay, everyone take a deep breath. Oh wait, not around the punch bowl. Okay, point taken about the red things. I will mention them no more. Sorry about that everyone, meant no harm.
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 63,193
Likes: 6,649
From: Great Falls, Montana
You're just trying to fool me 
Really...... Thank you for the Post. Sometimes words are mistaken. I think many of us knew you were joking..... But........
FTE Leadership Emeritus
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 42,561
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From: Long Island USA
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 29,380
Likes: 118
From: Central Coast of CA
I did, too. Took me 5 years, but I didn't do it artificially.
To those who cheat, go look up on google how the rep points you give out are calculated (answer will come from a vbulletin support site, it's a Calculus equation). Even if you artificially increase your greenies, your repping power remains low.
So, while you can stick a pair of socks in your pants to make yourself look bigger, it's an illusion that won't gain you any respect amongst your peers.
To those who cheat, go look up on google how the rep points you give out are calculated (answer will come from a vbulletin support site, it's a Calculus equation). Even if you artificially increase your greenies, your repping power remains low.
So, while you can stick a pair of socks in your pants to make yourself look bigger, it's an illusion that won't gain you any respect amongst your peers.
Perhaps it means nothing to people who have been here for a while and do it "for fun" in the social forums, but it's entirely different in the technical forums, especially to newbies who are looking for help and use it as a means of judging if a contributor knows what he's talking about or not.
There is an active, regular FTE user that has stated he earned all of his greenies over time, solely for posts in GNAC. He didn't get them for tech posts.
Does that make his box of greenies less important than mine, earned for tech posts and not in GNAC?
I guess one could argue, but only if they feel greenies are important.
As I've stated before, if a female user can register and start posting on FTE, and 3 months later be maxed out on green squares, it's obvious the system doesn't work the way some of us had initially thought the system would work.
Stewart
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 12,237
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From: Florida
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From: Florida
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From: SW Virginia
Well folks, this has been fun but as with most things in life, this has come to an end for me. I appreciate all the kind words, camaraderie, reps, and friendships I've received while participating in this and the other thread.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 63,193
Likes: 6,649
From: Great Falls, Montana
Well folks, this has been fun but as with most things in life, this has come to an end for me. I appreciate all the kind words, camaraderie, reps, and friendships I've received while participating in this and the other thread.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 29,941
Likes: 46
From: Drummonds, TN USA
I've had an epiphany -
"In what way is what you are doing, any different from the fast-track tactics that I develop in all of the video games I am fascinated with?"
And there it is - if there is an EXPLOIT available, and it harms no-one, what difference does it really make?
In a real-view perspective it IS a game
And in the long run it just doesn't matter.
What kicked me as I thought it over in the last several hours was that Ken Payne wanted it all to mean so much AND I FOUGHT AGAINST HIM ABOUT IT long ago............
In the end, it's just a toy provided by the forums.
~I still like to think that I have earned what I got, but y'all do what you want to and don't worry about it.
Maybe next year gel-soft will come up with a different set of boards
Whoopie ding
If the system can be got around, it invalidates itself completely, doesn't it?
DO NOT rep me for this comment. I don't want any reps from this thread and never did
Please, NO MORE
The only ones I care about are honestly earned
"In what way is what you are doing, any different from the fast-track tactics that I develop in all of the video games I am fascinated with?"
And there it is - if there is an EXPLOIT available, and it harms no-one, what difference does it really make?
In a real-view perspective it IS a game
And in the long run it just doesn't matter.
What kicked me as I thought it over in the last several hours was that Ken Payne wanted it all to mean so much AND I FOUGHT AGAINST HIM ABOUT IT long ago............
In the end, it's just a toy provided by the forums.
~I still like to think that I have earned what I got, but y'all do what you want to and don't worry about it.
Maybe next year gel-soft will come up with a different set of boards
Whoopie ding
If the system can be got around, it invalidates itself completely, doesn't it?
DO NOT rep me for this comment. I don't want any reps from this thread and never did
Please, NO MORE
The only ones I care about are honestly earned
You'll shoot your eye out
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3,281
Likes: 4
From: San Antonio, TX
Well folks, this has been fun but as with most things in life, this has come to an end for me. I appreciate all the kind words, camaraderie, reps, and friendships I've received while participating in this and the other thread.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
I spread many reps in the tech forums as well and from this point on, those forums will be my focus. With nine forums to moderate and co-moderate, I've barely got time to cover those with the increased workload at my job.
Thanks to you all and continue to enjoy this great Site. Without you folks and the rest of our members, FTE would not be the great Site it is today.
FTE Chapter Leader
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 63,193
Likes: 6,649
From: Great Falls, Montana
I've had an epiphany -
"In what way is what you are doing, any different from the fast-track tactics that I develop in all of the video games I am fascinated with?"
And there it is - if there is an EXPLOIT available, and it harms no-one, what difference does it really make?
In a real-view perspective it IS a game
And in the long run it just doesn't matter.
What kicked me as I thought it over in the last several hours was that Ken Payne wanted it all to mean so much AND I FOUGHT AGAINST HIM ABOUT IT long ago............
In the end, it's just a toy provided by the forums.
~I still like to think that I have earned what I got, but y'all do what you want to and don't worry about it.
Maybe next year gel-soft will come up with a different set of boards
Whoopie ding
If the system can be got around, it invalidates itself completely, doesn't it?
DO NOT rep me for this comment. I don't want any reps from this thread and never did
Please, NO MORE
The only ones I care about are honestly earned
"In what way is what you are doing, any different from the fast-track tactics that I develop in all of the video games I am fascinated with?"
And there it is - if there is an EXPLOIT available, and it harms no-one, what difference does it really make?
In a real-view perspective it IS a game
And in the long run it just doesn't matter.
What kicked me as I thought it over in the last several hours was that Ken Payne wanted it all to mean so much AND I FOUGHT AGAINST HIM ABOUT IT long ago............
In the end, it's just a toy provided by the forums.
~I still like to think that I have earned what I got, but y'all do what you want to and don't worry about it.
Maybe next year gel-soft will come up with a different set of boards
Whoopie ding
If the system can be got around, it invalidates itself completely, doesn't it?
DO NOT rep me for this comment. I don't want any reps from this thread and never did
Please, NO MORE
The only ones I care about are honestly earned
Well presented, balanced viewHave Fun Sailor
