How to avoid a lot of "0" posters registrations

Atro · Sep 8, 2003

Put in the disclaimer something like this :

ATTENTION , this is NOT a Rom site.

Seriously. I was thinking about it and realized a lot of people around the world come here registering themselves thinking there are roms available in these NG.Com servers!!! lol lol lol

As soon as they lurk a bit and see those Rom-flamebait-hottopics , they lose the interest of posting.

They should be advised from the very start.

Or maybe just a note in the first page saying it clear : NON-Roms site [ or something else more creative ].

Discuss.

cLo · Sep 8, 2003

I like that idea. I was doing a search for a member earlier and was suprised to see how many "members" have less than 10 posts or in some cases 0! We should have some kind of disclaimer on the main page.

aria · Sep 9, 2003

Funny idea (though I think we don't need it):

I would make it a little more elaborate:

"This is a non-ROM site, for teh romz, go here:
[an un-hyperlinked picture of hell]"

I would love to know how many people would waste time clicking on the picture.

Of course, it would be even funnier to redirect them to TRIPs pr something

Atro · Sep 9, 2003

Bobak:
Funny idea (though I think we don't need it):

I would make it a little more elaborate:

"This is a non-ROM site, for teh romz, go here:
[an un-hyperlinked picture of hell]"

I would love to know how many people would waste time clicking on the picture.

Of course, it would be even funnier to redirect them to TRIPs pr something

Why not ? tickled tickled

Awesomecabbie · Sep 9, 2003

???
Why even bring up the topic of ROMS??
Thats just asking for trouble...

And about judging people that have '0' posts to be 'Rom Hunters'...WTF??

%150 of the time I could'nt be fucked writting a post that says.."Yeah I agree" or "Yeah I dis-agree"

Basically I could've bumped up my topics posted section to 500 in a few days by posting pointless answers/topics to nearly 99% of the threads I've read.

People that are looking for Roms ('seasoned rom hunters')can generally 'suss' out a site in a few minutes and the few sites that make it practically impossible for newbies to find roms, well enough said.
Most newbies will give up searching for Roms after a day or two and generally get more and more pised of with the fewer mentions to the word rom/emu.

I still dont see what the problem is, if someone want to sign up for whatever reason what is wrong with that???

Atro · Sep 9, 2003

Awesomecabbie:
???
Why even bring up the topic of ROMS??
Thats just asking for trouble...

And about judging people that have '0' posts to be 'Rom Hunters'...WTF??

%150 of the time I could'nt be fucked writting a post that says.."Yeah I agree" or "Yeah I dis-agree"

Basically I could've bumped up my topics posted section to 500 in a few days by posting pointless answers/topics to nearly 99% of the threads I've read.

People that are looking for Roms ('seasoned rom hunters')can generally 'suss' out a site in a few minutes and the few sites that make it practically impossible for newbies to find roms, well enough said.
Most newbies will give up searching for Roms after a day or two and generally get more and more pised of with the fewer mentions to the word rom/emu.

I still dont see what the problem is, if someone want to sign up for whatever reason what is wrong with that???

What's with you Junior ? smirk

For a lot of people ( some I know personally ), Roms means Neo Geo.

What's the biggest Neo Geo database/forums of the web ? Yeah that's it baby. Neo-Geo.com .

I even talked by ICQ with some old members ( low post profiles ) to join in the international forums and I got replies like this : "this site is fucking stupid. you spell the word rom and it's like you're wanted dead or alive."

You gotta see things the way they improve the forums. Not to keep people away tough. But seriously, rom whores are not what we need here, and stupid dumbfuck threads like "where can I download KOF2001 roms" .

Got it now ? :cool:

BBH · Sep 9, 2003

Where's the proof that most accounts with 0 posts here are people looking for ROMs?

Bobak:
Funny idea (though I think we don't need it):

I would make it a little more elaborate:

"This is a non-ROM site, for teh romz, go here:
[an un-hyperlinked picture of hell]"

I would love to know how many people would waste time clicking on the picture.

Of course, it would be even funnier to redirect them to TRIPs pr something

Personally I think it would be hilarious to say "The ROMs are hidden somewhere inside HERE", with HERE being a link to Goatse.

but that's just me

OrochiEddie · Sep 9, 2003

I think we should have a sign that says

"If you're looking for romz please PM Too_SHort"

Atro · Sep 10, 2003

OrochiEddie:
I think we should have a sign that says

"If you're looking for romz please PM Too_SHort"

lol lol lol lol

Nice one Orochie !

@BBH :

There's no real proof here and there man, but as I said, a lot of people associate roms with Neo Geo or vice-versa.

Come on! It's a pain in ass to look for people in the members section ( even with the 'search' function )!

How to avoid a lot of "0" posters registrations

Atro

Who?,

cLo

Marked Wolf

aria

Former Moderator

Atro

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Awesomecabbie

n00b

Atro

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BBH

1cc my ASS!,

OrochiEddie

Kobaïa Is De Hündïn

Atro

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