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[Leeza]

We'll have to keep our "teams" in mind, but we can't stray too far from our actual beliefs or people wont buy it as much. Just act like normal, except forget the part where its "just a message board" and get nice and uptight. Haha - Shlup

This sounds good. Just be yourself, but 100% more so and we have to decide ahead of time who is going to leave.

[Loony BoB]

I. The new style is now the only style.
C. Quitters: me, Shlup, Yams, Unne(?), perhaps one/two more
Thoughts: I could quit over this, but I probably wouldn't.

II. Borderline swear words added to the filter with continued editing of the filtered edits.
C. Quitters: Shlup, D, kishi(?), at least one more
Thoughts: I could quit over this, but I probably wouldn't.

IIa. Converse of II. Swear filter is disabled and swearing is free game.
C. Quitters: me, Unne, Leeza, one more
Thoughts: I could quit over this and it wouldn't look too weird... but some wouldn't notice.

III. A staff member (me for now) is banned for posting a porn image.
C. Quitters: me (banned), Yams, D, Shlup or 4, basically the staffers closest to the banned member
Thoughts: I can't imagine you posting porn at all and I don't think the members would buy it. Kishi or Shlup are the two obvious choices here. I could quit over this kind of thing.

IIIa. Converse of III. A staff member (me) posts porn and isn't banned for it.
C. Quitters: Dr Unne, Loony BoB, RSL, kishi (think of the uproar THAT would cause)
Thoughts: I can't imagine you posting porn at all and I don't think the members would buy it. Kishi or Shlup are the two obvious choices here. I could quit over this kind of thing. I don't think Kishi would step down over someone not getting banned for posting porn.

I still think we should definitely include the idea of banning and unbanning an account in a clear power struggle (likely ed) and then having the new staff remove Feedback and whatnot, as in my other post. It's the idea I think would be most believable by both oldbie and newbie alike, and it would show a clear power struggle which is most important. If we did go with the porn idea, I think we should 'ban', unban-and-knight and then 'ban' Kishi again. Or something.

The power struggle, the banning of a member and the removal of Feedback are the main things I think would make for a huge uproar, collectively.

[Al]

Lets fake a group suicide. Cult-style. WOO!

[Del Murder]

I, like BoB agree that the three main phases should be:

1. Power struggle (soon - March 24-25)
a. Starts in Feedback, perhaps two staffers should have an open argument over something
i. Should be BoB and Shlup, since they are the most active participators in Feedback arguments
b. Trickles out into the forums in the form of opening/closing threads, sticking/unsticking, editing each other's posts, etc.
i. Could also invlove LJ, and buttering up the victims in aim
c. Make sure you don't stray too far from your own ideals, as Leeza says, be yourself, only to the extreme, and disregard your usual respect and courtesy towards the rest of us

2. Banning of a member causes some staff to quit (March 24-26)
a. I think it should be a staff member and over porn
i. BoB: The thing about me is that not many people outside of staff know what I'm capable of, but if I am wrong about that then I agree with you that it would not make sense that I would post porn
ii. I think kishi would be the best candidate, since he has that nice air of mystery around him that can take care of motive, and there would be much more uproar than if I did it
ii. The post would of course not have any porn, it would quickly be edited by someone else
iii. When people ask to see the subject in question (in im, pm, whatever) we'd have to come up with a reason not to give it, since it doesn't exist
b. The other idea is to ban/un ban ed
i. My gripe with this is that it relies on ed too much and he is unpredictable
ii. It would at least be more believable than banning a staff member
c. This is where 3-5 staff members would quit
i. Need to pick teams (once a. or b. is decided)
ii. Mod those discussed in the 'New Knights' thread as their replacements, but at least allow a day or two to pass beforehand

3. Feedback Forum is removed due to continued uprising (March 26-April 1)
a. The quitter group could argue with the remaining staff, but we should be sure to allow one of the upstarts to start it
b. On April 1 everything goes back to normal with no explanation, with the exception of the new staff members staying, of course

[Al]

We could even take the power struggle a step farther by finding a reason to ban at least one of the people that step down. That's be amusing.

And I like the "everything back to normal with no explaination." I amuses me to think about.

[Leeza]

I agree that Kishi should be the one to post the porn and not you, Del. If he agrees. If anyone gets their email notifications like I do though, and there's an image posted, I get to see it through Hotmail without having to come into EoFF. So, it wouldn't matter if it's editted immediately, I would still see the uneditted link or whatever else was posted, and it, of course, would show no porn. I think it would just have to be a post with a fake edit in it to begin with. But if I'm the only one who gets email notifications then it doesn't matter.

[Al]

Or the staff member could post a fake edit rather than posting nothing and waiting for someone to edit it.

[Leeza]

Please disregard my last post as it is totally incorrect. I would have to be subscribed to a thread before I would get email notification of it so all Kishi would have to do is start a new thread.