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Pottsey Enheduanni Foundation	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:33:00 - [1] I just noticed all threads over 90days old get auto locked. Anyone else see this as bad? There are tons of great threads that came back again and again mostly in the sticky sections. Some go up to 90days without posts then get more. Take the cap thread by dust puppy. That comes back every 6months or so and its good. I do see why this is done to stop necros but in stopping the invalid bumping up old threads the bumping up good threads has also been toped. Passive shield tanking guide click here
Ris Dnalor Minmatar Union Enterprises	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:35:00 - [2] 90 days with no response = o.k. 90 days old with a response yesterday = bad. -- Talking in Circles is more dizzying than walking in them... Tralala
Tarminic Forsaken Resistance The Last Stand	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:35:00 - [3] Bad for a few, good for most. So good overall. ---------------- Tarminic - 30 Million SP in Forum Warfare Play EVE: Downtime Madness v0.76.2
Soren PAK	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:40:00 - [4] w00t, they took my suggestion. If it's REALLY important you could always link the old thread.. although I wouldnt make a habit of it if you want to keep your posting privileges. ☠-->-->--
Niccolado Starwalker Shadow Templars	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:44:00 - [5] I tried to post in this thread, created in 2005, but continously updated till 2007. I did not post, but I where able to create one. So yes, you can post in threads older then 90 days, as long its continously updated. I also did browse the forums from the 2003 etc. They seems to be all locked. Other words, I guess threads that have been inactive for at least 90 days get locked. Originally by: Abrazzar OP needs to delete his boot.ini.
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:45:00 - [6] all those wonderful potential necros... lost Originally by: Cecil Montague They should change that warning on entering low sec to: "Go read Crime and Punishment for a few days then come back."
Lord Matrix Department of War	Posted - 2007.12.20 18:45:00 - [7] If the last post has been made more than 90 days ago, then it's all good. ------------------------------------------------------------------ What good have you done for the EVE community today?
Khanid Kutie I R Teh Poasting Alt Corp	Posted - 2007.12.20 19:14:00 - [8] i dont know, but i DO know that this thread will be locked....ibtl =)
ArtemisEntreri TALON'S GRIP	Posted - 2007.12.20 19:16:00 - [9] Originally by: Soren w00t, they took my suggestion. If it's REALLY important you could always link the old thread.. although I wouldnt make a habit of it if you want to keep your posting privileges. you're not the only one to make the suggestion
000Hunter000 Gallente Magners Marauders	Posted - 2007.12.20 19:35:00 - [10] DO IT!!! 90 days is more then enough, hell, tbh 1 month is prolly more then enough but i think 90 days is a good compromise. Offcourse the thread should remain linkable, just not postable. CCP, let us pay the online shop with Direct Debit!!! Magners is now recruiting, evemail me or Dagazbo ingame.
Montague Zooma Imperial Dreams Curatores Veritatis Alliance	Posted - 2007.12.20 19:48:00 - [11] They should auto lock threads after the first post. Just to be safe.
Minerva Vulcan Caldari The Nexus Foundation Endless Horizon	Posted - 2007.12.20 19:50:00 - [12] Originally by: Montague Zooma They should auto lock threads after the first post. Just to be safe. This tbfh. _______________________________ I need new voices in my head, To speak my secret evils with. I need new lovers in my bed, To be my friends and special pets.
Sister Impotentata Elite Angels Of Death	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:01:00 - [13] If they're going to auto lock threads they might as well remove the search function. There's no incentive to search for your issue if you can't revisit the topic. This encourages people with questions to just go ahead a start a new topic, since bringing back any topic more than a few days old is officially frowned upon. That's why we end up with eleven front page topics about the new star. My two cents? Do exactly the opposite of the 90 day auto lock and all it implies. Come down hard on duplicates of recent topics, encourage people to search, research, and necro. Revisiting an old discussion can give much needed background to things like "why were the game mechanics changed thus?" and "why did you nerf me?" Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again. A "branch topic" feature would be a godsend. Being able to create a thread that is related to but separate from the original thread allows people to say "hey, while we're on the subject; I have a related question but I don't want to hijack OP's thread." This will result in fewer locked topics due to "Thread has wandered off topic, click," while consolidating interests and helping legitimate questions not be lost in new topic frenzy. ----- TANSTAAFL Originally by: Psycho John Petrucci If there's any point where you feel it's too difficult, then just stop. Because you just, you don't have it, you're just not good.
Pitt Bull Caldari Naval Reserve	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:04:00 - [14] Now you'll get more threads about the same topic with fewer pages.
Zaerlorth Maelkor	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:06:00 - [15] I disapprove of this! Necroing 4 year old threads is win! We have lost a great aspect of forums :(
Sharupak Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Brotherhood Of Steel	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:09:00 - [16] Good I mean its not like we wont hear that topic again in 91 days time! _______________________________________________ RuntimeError: ChainEvent is blocking by design, but you're block trapped. You have'll have to find some alternative means to do Your Thing, dude.
Princess Jodi Vendetta Underground Rule of Three	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:34:00 - [17] I think its a good thing to keep a thread open if it has had a post in the past 90 days. We had a thread on the Drone Region problems that was continually posted to for a year before CCP fixed some of the problems. It was very detailed and explained the issues well. From time to time CCP would come in and say: 'nothing wrong that we see', at which point they would be flamed into oblivion or otherwise chided about their lack of understanding. If that thread was locked after 90 days from the first post, we'd still have broken asteroids, broken moons, unbalanced loot drops, no officers, no hauler spawns, no missions... Hey, wait! Most of that still broken!
Lardarz B'stard Amarr Dark Knights of Deneb Against ALL Authorities	Posted - 2007.12.20 20:48:00 - [18] A well-placed necro can be comedy gold. eg this one was genius imho
Sister Impotentata Elite Angels Of Death	Posted - 2007.12.21 00:40:00 - [19] Originally by: Lardarz B'stard A well-placed necro can be comedy gold. eg this one was genius imho Necros shouldn't be comedy gold. That's what gets them locked and prevents legitimate understanding of the evolution of game mechanics. Necros should be celebrated. Ideally they mean the necroer had the impetus to research his topic of issue and may have possibly learned a bit of background relating to his issue. ----- TANSTAAFL Originally by: Psycho John Petrucci If there's any point where you feel it's too difficult, then just stop. Because you just, you don't have it, you're just not good.
Ed Anger Weekly World News Derek Knows Us	Posted - 2007.12.21 01:11:00 - [20] i really dont understand the freakout over necroing. unless the underlying premise of what the thread is talking about has changed (ie talking about moduels that changed long ago, political situations long gone) wtf does it matter if a thread is old and revived?
DroneBay Diva The Fated Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.12.21 01:14:00 - [21] Originally by: Ris Dnalor 90 days with no response = o.k. 90 days old with a response yesterday = bad. I agree with this. If it goes 3 months without a response, it really should be locked. Oh, and by the way... Click - Please do not discuss moderation on the forums. -Valorem _____________________________________________________________________________
Valeo Galaem New Eden Advanced Reconnaissance Unit	Posted - 2007.12.21 01:18:00 - [22] Edited by: Valeo Galaem on 21/12/2007 01:19:01 I'm sure that if there is a useful thread that gets auto locked the mods would be able to unlock it. I think the new Report feature would be an excellent way to let them know. Thar be Pirates You are not authorised to hack into CONCORD's mainframe Your Wallet has been emptied! CONCORD Encryption Methods
Sister Impotentata Elite Angels Of Death	Posted - 2007.12.21 01:34:00 - [23] Originally by: Ed Anger i really dont understand the freakout over necroing. unless the underlying premise of what the thread is talking about has changed (ie talking about moduels that changed long ago, political situations long gone) wtf does it matter if a thread is old and revived? Unless, perhaps, CCP pay themselves for advertising. More new threads equal more "advertising revenue" (writeoffs). That's the only explanation I can imagine that sanctifies this tendency. ----- TANSTAAFL Originally by: Psycho John Petrucci If there's any point where you feel it's too difficult, then just stop. Because you just, you don't have it, you're just not good.
SiJira	Posted - 2007.12.24 19:54:00 - [24] Originally by: Valeo Galaem Edited by: Valeo Galaem on 21/12/2007 01:19:01 I'm sure that if there is a useful thread that gets auto locked the mods would be able to unlock it. I think the new Report feature would be an excellent way to let them know. i agree Trashed sig, Shark was here
Estephania Independent Political Analysts	Posted - 2007.12.24 19:57:00 - [25] It's good, because members of certain alliances used their "summon thread" spell way too much.

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