Aren't we sick of all the newbies that post "i'm leaving ahahhahhaha" threads?

Aren't we?

WELL, we are.

That's why I propose to make one big thread for just that and nothing else, in order to remove the amount of them.

I would say do not post it, it is irritating.
Most people who are dramatic to leave, post, then come back a week later, or a month later.

So this is also an bad idea.

Other people have posted in the past (in the 2006/2007/2008 ara) who never posted an goodbye threath, but never posted again.

That's because they got their FTP access

True.

But look at their profiles, never logged in again since 2008, and the password has been changed, SSL is implemented and such.
So they really left.

EDIT:
I still stand for that EVERYONE who is leaving or coming back, DO NOT post it, it will only anger / irritate other members here and just messing up the forums where it is in and people try to bump their post count.

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if someone wants to be dramatic and post about them leaving, let them -_-

I went on a week's break for about a week.. that's not grammatically right.. anyway. I didn't announce it, I just went for a week. No problems. No-one was too fussed, and so on.

There isn't going to be a centralised Leaving thread, because there's no point to announce it in the first place! It's just unneccessary. Just leave, and come back, post a bit and we'll notice you! Not hard

Why don't we ban those who create that kind of threads? I mean, if they are "leaving 4ever bawwww!" getting banned wouldn't mind, am I right?

I am really annoyed by this kind of threads. They're just ego boosters for those who create them.

If you must leave, do it silently. No one's survival depends on you posting on this forum.

-Commanderraf

Yeah exactly the less people dramatise stuff the better the forums will be and the less claims there will be about flaming on top of that the people doing it will look less nooby.

Please report any "I'm leaving" threads that appear so they do not have a chance to scare people.

And under which category of the Report function do this kind of threads go? They're not warez, and labeling them as Spam or Off-topic would be very vague. They could be reported as "Other", but that's also very non-specific for this kind of stuff.

I've wanted to report many posts like those threads or general rudeness towards other posters, but those kind of messages don't fill any of the mentioned criterias for reporting.

-Commanderraf

If it's in need of reporting, but it doesn't fit the requirements listed, just bung it in other.

In real fact the category makes little to none difference. They all come up, and they all have to be closed/taken action. The groups are the default phpbb3 ones.

Oh!



I don't really believe they scare people, but its annoying that this kind of threads exist (for example viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11560 . Nothing against you Gmod1001, but this serves as an example). Was a thread like that really necessary? If someone decides to leave -and its not because someone attacked him, but for mere personal reasons (too much work, computer broke, decided to have a hobby, tired of the forum- that's their own decision. Why make it public? Why bother others with your decisions? It's like making a daily thread about if you had cereal or toast for breakfast: it was your decision, you took it, no one else but you really cares.

-Commanderraf

These "I'm Leaving" and "I'm Back" posts are annoying... -_-

I agree, people who leave should just log out and never return if that's what they want.

Old news, we've had the war on this, stop moaning and bitching about it. Etc

Should lock this shouldn't I.