Firstly, the correct approach in situations like this would be to PM Night Owl and the other mods, not post on the forum. Secondly, you can't possibly know if anyone reported the thread - just because people don't actually post "this sucks" on your thread doesn't mean nobody thinks it sucks. Thirdly, locking your thread is not a denial of your freedom of speech. You are perfectly free to set up your own forum and open as many movie caption threads as you like. Fourthly, the internet != USA, so your amendments and consitutions aren't applicable anyway.

I could go on.

Of course. I shall do that now. Its quite easy to find Night Owls user (I dont even have to search!)

Because no-one would have actually participated in the contest if they didnt like the idea of it, and this kind of forum would have wanted to openly display their unhappiness, as I'am doing now.

Depends what kind of thread it is. I understand the movie Caption contest is not one, but if this thread were locked, that would be a deprival of free speech. Its a pretty weak arguement, I know, but I need as many points as I can get.

That wouldnt work

True, my ammendments are as effecttive as if Ice skating was allowed on the moon. However, my other arguements are perfectly valid.

Please do.

I will not rest untill my arguement is taken seriously. You can defend all you want, but in the end, it is Night Owl I desire to talk to, not you.

-MRB

Last edited by Max Butcher (February 2, 2009 (01:45am))

Just because a moderator finds a thread pointless, doesn't mean everyone does.
A moderator's personal opinion isn't the whole community's.
I'm on Max's side.

EDIT: I know some threads deserve to be locked, but NightOwl has gone a bit overboard.

ANOTHER EDIT: I don't want it to look like I don't like NightOwl, I just disagree with him on this subject.

Last edited by Danimation (February 2, 2009 (11:21pm))

GIANT ALIEN BANANAS FROM OUTER SPACE UPDATE THREAD!

I agree with night owl.

I think Darkman's point was that if one pointless game gets through, people will think they can post theirs.

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Last edited by Legoman182182 (August 4, 2023 (03:27am))

Max, shush! Night Owl might decide to lock the NTF topic too, and then I won't have a place to knock down my rapidly rising IQ.

I agree with Winkyburger, however. The MCC was unneeded, and, honestly, all the captions posted in the short time it was alive were pretty lame.

For the record, I am American.

Way back in the early days of Brickfilms.com (2.0).  Someone started up a quiz game thread and it grew from there.  It was acceptable then, as it was a quiz on brickfilm knowledge (What did Bluntman say to the monkey?  How tall was the stone monster in The Gauntlet?  etc.).  More games gradually came out of that, including the active Caption thread.  Of course, the community segmented, as the posting of non-Brickfilm related games became more acceptable, it being argued that the community forum allowed for non-Brickfilm related material.  This triggered more random thread, because everyone wanted to start their own games (I, myself, was an advocate of the photoshop threads).  Unfortunately, too much random thread has spawned and continues to spawn, unhindered by the older moderators.  Perhaps it is because of that that many right now are not used to the stricter enforcement in the non-brickfilming forums.