AGS Members database

[Nacho]

Last night I was watching tv and looking the news about the terrorist strikes in Israel.

I don´t want to start a topic about the conflict in Middle East, but I thought... hey... If my friend Barcik is involved in one of these strikes... How could I know that?

Then I realised that we´re more or less 1000 members and there are possibilities for some of us (I hope not) of being involved in an accident,  even... dying...

How could our friends of AGS know that? Is there a database or something to post important news on our lifes? Marriages, divorces... there are a lot things that matter.

I propose to create a secret database were the "important" people of the ags could follow the movements of the people who voluntarily enter in that database.

So, if something bad happens, we could know the fate of our mates when they give no signals of life.

What d you think? maybe this is the most stupid proposal in AGS history, but I´m posting this at a very late hour (for me 00:03, wow!)

[Bob The Hun]

What do you mean by "important" members, though?

[Nacho]

"Important"... I meant, people choosen by a majority because their importance in the community. As an example, Neole, M0ds, Andail, Helm...

They could "guard" the database, if everybody agrees and they want.

[Synthetique]

i guess i'll post in the forum if i die or something?
but seriously.. if your friend survives an accident or something i think he'd tell you. And if an ags friend dies, who would tell you guys? Who would log on here and tell everybody that their son/daughter/brother/sister is in a coma or dead?

[miguel]

my cat has Acute Angina

[TheYak]

It's a rather nice idea, but impractical.  These forums really aren't the place for events that carry that kind of gravity, IMO.  If stuff like this bothers you, I suggest writing or calling those AGS'ers whom you are concerned about.  Exchange mailing addys or phone numbers.  If something did happen to that person, I'm sure their family/roommates/whatever would write back to tell you what had happened (or tell you on the phone as the case may be).

If you wanted to implement a voluntary database, just leave it at generalities.. like location, occupation and current life events.

[BOYD1981]

i hadn't heard from a friend of mine since last november, then two months ago he phoned me up saying he'd nearly died in a car crash just before christmas, so i guess some kind of contacts list would be handy cos even though you may not have met somebody you might have known them for a few years and care about their wellbeing becuase you consider them friends...

[Nacho]

iAnd if an ags friend dies, who would tell you guys? Who would log on here and tell everybody that their son/daughter/brother/sister is in a coma or dead?

That´s the point. If a member of the database don´t show signals of live, some others could make a phone call or something to know what is going wrong. It´s quite simple, just a matter of setting rules.

for Example:



//things to do by the Database masters.

if (Char Farlander) does not show signs of live in (3 months), call home ;

}


And, about other important facts in the life of the members, it will be their decission  to communicate what they want, I don´t see the problem, because all would be volunteer there.

[evenwolf]

We've theorised elitist forums in the past and its decided always to be a bad idea. If someone gets married, (like Spyros for instance) or engaged (like cleks for instance) or circumcized (like LGM for instance)- and they want AGSers to know, they will post in the general forum.

Really, all you should worry about is the possibility of an AGS member dying- as that is the only thing that would keep you from ever hearing from him again (assuming that person cares enough to update you).  If he just left because he hates AGS' guts, calling him won't make you feel any better. And if he did die, what will you tell his mom or whoever answers? " Hi, I'm GameHaxor's online buddy - not a stalker by the way - just calling randomly to find out what's going on with GameHaxor and why he hasn't visited the forums lately?"

So really all that should be done- is for each AGSer to establish someone in their real life as the bearer of bad news.  Just leave a note for a loved one, or tell someone-

"If something should happen to me, can you please post a topic/ or email _______ telling them the bad news? This is really important to me."

I think some of us have thought about this possibility before, and some have already asked someone.  So if you wish to do the same, please do. But please no one see this as an opportunity to fake his own death.  That would be entirely uncool, cliche, and frowned upon. Aight?

[Barcik]

Also, there is usually more than one AGSer per country. Now, indeed, he might not hear every name of a deceased person, but if he does hear one he finds familiar from our community, I am quite sure he will rush here to tell.

[evenwolf]

Well, I guess. But I don't believe there is any way I would come across an obituary of someone who died in Arizona, New York, Colorado, or Florida.  I don't even see the obituaries from my own town, really.

Honestly, if anyone wants to inform the community beyond his/her own control- you will have to rely on a friend or family member. I think that is relatively simple.

[Barcik]

Possible, but still there is a chance, especially with the scenario Farlander described above, with a terrorist attack (God forbid).

[jannar85]

"Important"... I meant, people choosen by a majority because their importance in the community. As an example, Neole, M0ds, Andail, Helm...

They could "guard" the database, if everybody agrees and they want.

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[Privateer Puddin']

I think everyone else would have a different opinion of importance within members

[Nacho]

Jannar, Custard, I absolutely agree with you. Giving names is allways a bad idea because you allways forgot somebody  , but I was just giving an example.

Note that I said "voted by the majority", so, in the unlikely event of the creation of this Database, the "masters" could be choosen in a fair way.

I also agree with EvenWolf. I´ve told my parents to post the bad news if they happen (I hope not  )

But I also think that creating this database, starting with the point that entering that data should be enterely volunteer, won´t hurt anybody.

I am just thinking ideas, but I think that the possibility to choose which data could be seen by all the members, and which just by the "masters", is out of discussion.

Of course, If there is something embarrasing that you don´t want nobody to know, just, don´t post it. But sometimes, that secret database could be a nice way to share the things that matter to you with people that you rely on.

[Scid]

When I'm dead, sorry guys. But that's that. I probably won't care if you guys know about it, or not. I'm dead, remember! I have bigger concerns.

So if I ever stop posting for, say, six months, and you haven't heard from me at all, that means I'm never going to post again either.

These things happen. If Barcik gets blown up because of this war, he's gone. He'll never post here again, and we'll never know about it. That's the situation. Personally, I'd actually prefer to not know he died.

[Nacho]

If Barcik gets blown up because of this war, he's gone. He'll never post here again, and we'll never know about it. That's the situation. Personally, I'd actually prefer to not know he died.

I would like to know the fate of people who I consider my friends, blame me for that  .

And forget the terrorist strike affair, I was just giving an example, that has nothing to see with the thread.

[AGA]

We actually did think you were dead for quite awhile, Scid. You disappeared for a long time. We cried.

[MonkeySpank]

I'll just check in every now and then so you'll know I'm still breathing...  

[Nacho]

Glad to read that MonkeySpank

The problem is that, if you stop breathing, you´ll be a lot of worried dealing with Sant Peter and that... So you should leave everything ready and someone should post the bad news to the internet friends.