More Guest Rights!

Einoo · Wed 08/12/2004 02:35:27

I know this is not the right forum to post my topic in, but it was the only one close enough that a guest can start a topic in. I apologize for the inconvenience to all the moderators on this board.

I'm a guest, and I took a look around the site. The lack of guest rights is really starting to bug me. I know that members should have privilages (sp) that guests should not, but the grand total of boards a guest can start a topic in is a grand total of two. TWO! What is up with this? If anyone has an opinion, you can still post. In fact, I invite you to post. I would like an answer ASAP (for the non-internet-savvy, that's As Soon As Possible).

edit: fix subject

Gilbert · Wed 08/12/2004 02:57:16

Why not register then? That's simple.
This is to prevent the forums from being bloated with unrelated threads (this increases the work load of moderators A LOT) as the member size is increasing. Guests can still reply to started threads anyway.

I know it may upset some of the guests but that rule has to be enforced, according to past experience.

Goot · Wed 08/12/2004 03:19:02

Yeah. You don't need any special privilages to become a member. You can just do it. I think that guest rights are limited because there's no way to enforce rules with them. You can suspend someone's account, but not if they don't have one.

Ishmael · Wed 08/12/2004 09:39:05

Gilbot said it already, allowing guests to post in every board would cause severe flooding... I'm curious... why don't you register?

..you don't know if CS and Quake2 are adventure games or not..? (j/k)

TerranRich · Wed 08/12/2004 17:53:25

Whoops, it seems I have renamed the main post's subject line. I misunderstood this new feature of the Move dialog. Can a mod here please edit it back to avoid confusion? Thanks.

Pumaman · Wed 08/12/2004 19:02:05

QuoteWhy not register then? That's simple.

Indeed.

The reason for the restrictions is that before posting here you're supposed to read the forum rules. In order to register an account, you have to read the rules and press confirm that you agree to abide by them.

Sam. · Wed 08/12/2004 20:05:19

Quote from: Pumaman on Wed 08/12/2004 19:02:05
QuoteWhy not register then? That's simple.

Indeed.

The reason for the restrictions is that before posting here you're supposed to read the forum rules. In order to register an account, you have to read the rules and press confirm that you agree to abide by them.

And if not, Cj'll kick your punk ass outa here. In a friendly british way of course. There is no point staying as a guest as people, i'm speaking for myself here, will not treat you with the same respect a member gets. It costs nothing to registre and we're all very friendly and nice.

DragonRose · Wed 08/12/2004 20:07:50

I think that Einoo is under 16, because he (she?) mentioned in another thread that he/she couldn't register for a couple of years.

So we have a weird thing going on- Einoo is mature enough to follow the rules, so he/she can't register. Where as the underage people who don't follow the rules aren't mature (generalization of the century) but it makes it possible for them to register.

A paradox a paradox a most peculiar paradox!

Sam. · Wed 08/12/2004 20:12:36

i always thought that the rule was if you couldn't act 16 then you couldn't join. einoo seems capable of mature conversatoin and therefore should be able to join. it never stopped people likle tanker and blackman from joining.

Gregjazz · Wed 08/12/2004 20:56:17

I dunno about registering. That quiz is pretty hard. I only passed it after a week of studying.

Gilbert · Thu 09/12/2004 00:59:02

Well actually I didn't need to do the quiz while registering...

When the quiz was drafted I had tried it and got all correct though.

Einoo · Thu 09/12/2004 02:04:17

Right, this is most confusing. Don't you also have to be at least 13? Well... anyway, change of subject. I can't reveal TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED INFO, after all. Even my email address is fake (which, if you look at my "addresses", you probably knew that anyway). My dad is very strict about Internet stuff.

So anyway, I guess we have to go straight to the top for this one. CJ, what do you think about this?

Einoo · Thu 09/12/2004 02:08:46

PS: You were right, In case that isn't clear.
PPS: I hate having to repost. The only reason guests don't get to modify posts is because since we don't have iDentification (who gets that inside joke there?), we can't go changing any posts because it's not clear whether (sp) they are our own or not.

Gilbert · Thu 09/12/2004 02:10:29

Quote from: Einoo on Thu 09/12/2004 02:08:46
The only reason guests don't get to modify posts is because since we don't have iDentification (who gets that inside joke there?), we can't go changing any posts because it's not clear whether (sp) they are our own or not.

Yes, but that's a good enough reason for you to register already.

TerranRich · Thu 09/12/2004 02:18:27

Is it that you just can't register, Einoo? Well, seeing as how you're mature enough to be one of the cool kids, I support you!

Squinky · Thu 09/12/2004 02:53:14

This right here is a good example of why guest can't post with all the member rights, I would think....

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=18130.0

DragonRose · Thu 09/12/2004 04:19:08

I don't usually go to the Hints forum, so I'd missed that post. I just have to say...

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Einoo: I said 16 because that's what it says in the three golden rules on the post reply screen. I've never even bothered to look at the test until now- CJ started that up after I joined.

I say go ahead and register. In the posts you've made you've MORE than proven that you're mature enough. You spell properly, you have well thought out comments, and you've yet to call anyone stupid names.

Come on... all the cool kids register!

Darth Mandarb · Thu 09/12/2004 04:25:46

I don't think I had to take a test when registering ... but I can't remember what I had for breakfast, much of a less something from damn near two years ago!Ã,Â (Good lord has it been that long?)

You know what's funny ... is that while your objections to the lack of 'guests rights' make sense to you now, if you register and hang around the boards for a good ammount of time, they'll no longer make sense.Ã,Â Just a hunch

Come on man ... register ... I triple dog dare ya!!

Moox · Thu 09/12/2004 04:51:09

Its almost been a year since I joined and I still remember that test. Its not that hard, its just common sence. If you do onot want to give out your email etc.... Just set up a gmail account or something like hotmail. Its free.

| Bass | · Thu 09/12/2004 05:04:27

The test is really easy. As for a gmail account, he'll need an invite to get one