posted 11-13-2007 09:30 AM               

welcome ExF!! glad to have you...aboard the crazy train. can i get you a crazy drink?

posted 12-02-2007 05:07 PM               

So... welcome.

posted 12-04-2007 01:14 AM            

I don't mean to offend anyone, but I've been lurking here for almost a year and those greeting messages with the rules posted in them to every new member regardless if they broke a rule or not seem very patronizing to me. Aside from that I love this forum. I hadn't joined before because of all the spam, so I'm glad that seems to have been taken care of. Anyway, I'm going to be a good newbie now and participate in share time.

posted 12-04-2007 11:24 AM               

So to be fair we give them the heads up. Unfortunately we've had a lot of problems with trolls in the past that have stemmed from those kinds of problems.

We moderators are woefully ill equiped for the most part. I think a lot of trouble could be spared if we had a reliable way to contact people outside of the main forum- so we could nicely approach them about the more frivolous stuff.

posted 12-04-2007 04:42 PM            

Some Ozians forget we are Posters instead of posters (people who don’t have usernames). We Posters have the ability to type just like the rest of you yet, like the Wizard, you have enforced banns – why can’t I as a newbie member have a signature? – placed us under constant surveillance and scrutiny by the Gale Force, and discounted our opinions on the rules that govern use, as the rules clearly state: do not question the great and powerful rules of Oz. The thoughts of us lower beings are irrelevant.

Have you all been discussing and reading so much into Wicked that you are subconsciously/consciously trying to replicate it? Will all of us poor Posters be demoralized into silence, until we stop speaking out and become posters – sorry, mute Posters. Where’s Elphaba when you need her?

yah!!! wen elfie cumz u will b sooooo sry.

posted 12-04-2007 04:44 PM               

Although I think GM would be more like the Unnamed God or Lurline, since the Wizard was a more definate figure than GM is...

posted 12-04-2007 05:12 PM               

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Originally posted by JenM9:

Have you all been discussing and reading so much into Wicked that you are subconsciously/consciously trying to replicate it? Will all of us poor Posters be demoralized into silence, until we stop speaking out and become posters – sorry, mute Posters. Where’s Elphaba when you need her?

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i have only read wicked once, never seen the musical, never read the original books and am not crazy about the movie. i like GM's other books far better than wicked.

anyway, most of us didnt choose to be moderators, we were just appointed. we also have no control over the fact that new members cannot have a signature. we dont have any control over the fact that you even are a 'junior member'. it doesnt take long to become a full member anyway. and i am NOT anything like madame morrible...she has bad hair.

posted 12-04-2007 05:14 PM               

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Originally posted by JenM9

Now in all seriousness I hope this post doesn't come off wrong, I saw room for a comparison and ran with it. For the most part I do think the moderators are plenty tolerant and I have no problem with the rules - most seem to be common sense, just when they are interjected into the middle of threads all the time it kinda distracts from the actual discussion. I think a lot could be gained from a PM system on the board.

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In all honesty... I don't think we've done that in a long time. Back when the moderators weren't being moderatorly and we had the upsurging of spam we had to do whatever was necessary to maintain some sort of control. Otherwise we surely would have lost these boards. I really do feel like now that we have a modeartion team that I greatly respect and admire (I adore my fellow mods) things have been a little different. I know that I'm still pretty passionate about keeping things the way we want them to be... but I have never... never given the rules to someone new before they had made an infraction. So I respect that you have another opinion on the issue and I appreciate you bringing it to light. Now that a member has told us they don't like the practice... maybe we can cut it out.

I'm glad that you finally decided to join... and I hope that you feel happy and welcome and stay for a long time.

posted 12-04-2007 08:37 PM            

I personally don't like have to reiterate the rules for every new person every time someone joins. It certainly gets redundant and hopefully soon we'll be able to employ a "sticky" feature that will allow us to just post them once at the top and leave them there.

I hope that you do find you enjoy it here over time. It can be daunting at first, but we do enjoy new people who add to the total IQ of this place.

posted 12-09-2007 05:59 AM               

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Originally posted by Elphaba Thropp:
I'm from CA too and I'm 13! Oh and my name is Mikayla! (I can finally give out my name a long as I don't give out my home address)

P.S. I did not mean to write one post right after another! I just saw what FabalaFae wrote and i had to say something!

[This message has been edited by Elphaba Thropp (edited 10-21-2007).]

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posted 12-09-2007 06:01 AM               

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Originally posted by Munchkinman:
Actualy you aren't. I'm 9 (If you don't believe me, see General Chinwagging) and I'm from southern Ontario.

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posted 12-09-2007 11:57 AM               

What's going on?

posted 12-09-2007 12:29 PM               

oh well... have a cookie!

posted 12-09-2007 05:22 PM               

munchkinman, you make me laugh.

posted 12-12-2007 03:40 PM               

OMG I just realized, my name is Matt

posted 12-27-2007 09:50 AM            

I’m a long-time lurker around here. I read Wicked a few years ago and fell in love. After I finished the book, I wanted more. Hence, I found myself on the boards reading analysis (and argument and sarcasm) about Wicked. I’ve since read Son of a Witch, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Mirror, Mirror. None of Maguire’s books speak to me the way that Wicked and Son of a Witch do, so you’ll most likely find me on one of those two forums. I figured it was time to stop hiding in the branches of the willow tree listening to your discussions and to join in the fun. Besides, I have a few ideas that I don’t think I’ve yet seen on the numerous pages of this forum.

posted 12-27-2007 12:13 PM            

Enjoy it here!

posted 12-28-2007 10:45 PM               

I've been wanting to become a writer since I was four. But at the moment, I'm not always online since I've been jumping around taking test after test so that my parents can find a suitable high school for me. But I can always squeeze in enough time for my computer. Haha.

I found Wicked in a bookstore when I went to reserve an advanced copy of Harry Potter 7. One of my friends had been raving about the musical for weeks and she mentioned that it was based on a book. I was interested, so I bought it. I've loved Gregory Maguire's novels ever since, though the writing style I've made for myself isn't based on his own.

I hope I can make a lot of friends here, though it looks like I've already lost a few. Haha. :P

posted 12-29-2007 02:18 PM               

hello Mile, you are also cool and i hope you'l let us read some of your own writing sometime.

munchkinland, of course we remember you! welcome back.

posted 12-31-2007 06:34 AM               

And they pretty much called me Chicky (my sn at the time was chicky_me_nj.)

posted 12-31-2007 04:06 PM            

But I live in the States, so I only know a little bit of Tagalog, and I speak it with a horrible accent.

Well anyway, welcome everyone!

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Remember: You are unique. Just like everyone else.

posted 01-05-2008 10:56 AM               

...except for him *points to the corner from which the growling is coming from*. You'll fit in fine unless you don't have anything to do with Gregory Maguire.