House Meeting - Please Attend
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House Meeting - Please Attend
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:07 am  Please keep the groaning to a minimum. And you might want to freshen your coffee cause this may be a long post, even for me. I may even have to break it up into multiple posts. We have been getting criticism from both inside and out that we are not being "serious" enough in here. I also know that many of you feel that we really aren't connecting on the level that you thought we would be by now. I for one thought that their would be a lot more sharing of personal stories and points of view, and intelligent discussion about each other and our thoughts. Except for certain cases, it seems that what we really are doing is avoiding personal stories with a passion, and our views are thrown out there with a loud thud, and no further discussion takes place. I envisioned this place to be like the Synchronicity thread that Ocean talked about yesterday, which took a life of its own and was a thing of beauty. Or the political threads, that though were sometimes harsh, were definitely entertaining. I was looking forward to learning about each of you and where you came from, and what you thought. I wanted to be able to have fun and be serious. I wanted it all. So I think it is time for us to come together and give ourselves a definite direction. If we are really here to share our life stories with each other, lets get on with it. If we want to discuss various topics, lets start probing each other why they take the point of view they do. If we want to just sit around and crack jokes and do the hot tub, lets decide to do that, and really make a go of it. Whatever we do, one of the things I think we need is a Killer thread that is self-sustaining, is of interest to everyone, and will elicit good posts. It may be contrived, but I believe we could come up with something of interest to us all, and agree that we will actively support it and keep it alive. If we want to do the personal story route, the Truth or Dare format is a good pattern, but in of itself is much to pushy to really make everyone comfortable. But along those lines, where a previous story triggers the next story would be great. We should do something quick, cause nominations are coming up Sunday, and if we want to let the viewers know who we really are before then, we have to act. OK the floor is open. <steps down from soapbox> |
Azriel | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:12 am  ~thwap~ I told you no meeting, but would you listen to me?!? NO! We don't need a meeting and to sit here and discuss what we all know. Go be interesting. Build it and they will come. Sh*t or get off the pot! |
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:27 am  Sorry Az, but we got a bunch of architects and no bricklayers. We have a bunch of threads started out there by a number of people, but everyone is running around with their head up their butts (sorry Guru - that is your image) saying "what do I do, what do I do?". All anybody has to say here is - "Yes I want to talk about myself, I will go to one thread and share something about myself once, twice, or three times a day, and I will be serious." We have to have that agreement, or else I ain't going to go start another useless, lifeless thread. |
Azriel | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:41 am  On the outside do we discuss all your threads before you start them? Sometimes you get some bombs and they die a peaceful death in the archives. Every now and then ones a hit. It ain't gonna be any different in here. If we have to discuss how to make ourselves interesting for the whole first week then we really SUCK! I see people posting on the other side. Look at the totals when you come in They are there watching us. We need to just be ourselves. You and I want to talk about our lives and get to know people personally. Let's just DO IT! If someone doesn't want to do that they can go be themselves and what will be will be. I understand you are an organized person and this is chaos. It must drive you insane but don't over analyze it or you will kill it, Elite. Just be yourself. You've always been a hit on the board and you never had to rely on other people to do that. That's why people voted you in here. |
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:47 am  I will start a thread then. Beware. |
Azriel | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 08:58 am  ~trembles with excitement and anticipation~ |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:01 am  I think when we start begging for the things we want to get out of this game on a public level, that's when things will really tighten up. My advice is to be patient. This is like week one and forcing people to do whatever you want them to do isn't going to help situations. Last night, I told Merlin and Az I was hoping to have one on one conversations with others. I certainly didn't mean I didn't want to have one with them and that sort of bugged me after I thought about it. However, I really shouldn't have said anything in the first place and just let it develop. That's all I have to really say about it. |
Merlin | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:01 am  Here is something we could discuss while the players are in this thread. How does someone send an email that has no information at the bottom where HEADERS begins. How do you send an email that does not have a return path, etc. so you can trace it? Last night at when I was signing off, I noticed I had an email on my addy that is listed in my profile that is shown on the board. This is not the same addy as what I am using in the game. I opened it thinking it was from the game Hostess making another threat for me not doing my red room on time. It turns out to be from an anonymous person giving advice. Has anyone else recieved any anonymous email with no Header information? I guess you can toss this around while I am gone today. I will be back around 5 pm board time. |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:04 am  Merlin, go to edit profile and change that line in your profile and save it. |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:08 am  Oh, and for the love of all that's Holy, don't clutter up the Discussion area with a bunch of topics. Bump the ones that you would like people to answer to the top and give them time to answer them. The discussion area is looking like a trash heap and my time is limited (despite popular belief). I'm talking to everyone in general. |
Merlin | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:23 am  and I failed to mention the advice was about the game. I was asking if anyone else has gotten an email advising them about the game? |
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:30 am  The problem Guru, is we don't have the time to be patient. We are coming up on being here one third of the total time. I don't want to force anyone to do anything, all I want to do is focus our attention a bit. Too many people have intimated they want to talk about themselves to each other to ignore - but there needs to be a place to do it. I am really waiting for you to open up, cause I know you want to. But if you don't quit flitting around and settle into one place for serious discussion, the game is going to be over and we will not know anymore about you than we did before. And I know of about 200 people out there that are dying to know who you really are. I put myself way out on a limb in another thread. Now I see I may be falling off rather abruptly and hard. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:37 am  Oh dear, things are really getting strange when guruchaz is sounding like the most sensible one in here and elitist becomes the kook. Az, you are right too. You don't have to organize everything. Some things just happen. Elitist, calm down. It is still early and confusing. We will find our collective forte. Things will coalesce even more once there gets to be fewer people in the house. Now, you heard in chat last night that the viewers want us to be more thoughtful and serious. They also said you should quit worrying so much. Perhaps you didn't hear that because you were worrying so much. Listen to your wise son, Guru. Have some patience. Lighten up; stop thinking about the audience. Post some things that are of interest to you, and we might be interested in them too. Or not. It ain't real important. this is a game. entertain ourselves first, and Merlin, I have not had any anonymous e-mails, and I do not know how one sends a message with anonymous sender and no headers. As you know, I set up an e-mail just for use in the game, and it is not published to the outside. Well, my old one was posted outside, but this morning I set up a new one. |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:38 am  Oh crap. I found the webpage that was created for me and left my email on it when I signed the guestbook without thinking. I haven't got anything yet, but I imagine I will. You heard it here first. |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:41 am  E, don't judge the potential strength of the limb before it finishes growing.
No worries. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:44 am  Hell, guru just keeps getting wiser and wiser. what is going on here? |
Spamgirl | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:47 am  CBs made that one for ya gu, if you didn't already know Yes, Merlin... i've recieved anonymous mail as well about the game... contained the url to guru's fan site |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:49 am  Well, don't get too used to it. huh huh  |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 09:50 am  The CBs roh! Dey be Cooo. |
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 10:53 am  I am no dummy - Guru is a lot more with it than he lets us see. Just put him in isolation a little bit longer and he will crack and turn into Merlin the Wise. |
Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 11:36 am  Merlin - I haven't gotten anything in e-mail either. You must have some real fans out there. Was the advice any good? |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 12:08 pm  Elitist, sure, you are just "good-mouthing" Guru because he is your son.
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Elitist | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 12:17 pm  He's my boy all right. Chip off the old block. Just wait till we find those rifles and go postal on you guys. |
Guruchaz | Friday, January 19, 2001 - 12:20 pm  Nuttin' wrong wit me. Let me unhook the 'lectricity.
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