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Originally Posted by Festered
There have been accusations thrown at me, by several members, of trying to change the place. "Guns blazing" is how 1 member put it. I assure you, I could care less how this place is run. It seems to be laid out in a fairly common forum style, the members are typical- the good, bad and ugly. The nOOb hazing is the norm(you guys are decent at it, but I've seen better). I wouldn't change most anything.
But I have taken a little heat recently, for those directories I've started. Why? I've got a theory or 2, but for the sake of keeping the peace, I'll keep them to myself. If anyone thinks I'm putting them together for some bizarre masterplan, they are completely wrong. I'm putting them together to help alleviate a problem(that I, and I'm sure other new and maybe, old members have). Duplication of threads. And it also gets rather tedious, going into a new thread, to see what it's all about, only to find another ragfest where Lifers are chewing out nOObs for dupe threads.
I look on these directories as nothing more than phone books. They will not change this forum in any negative way. If any of you think I'm doing it for some great glory, you are very wrong. I could care less. As a matter of fact, when they're finished, they can be transferred over to _V_'s authorship, and you can sing his/her (sorry, I haven't sexed everybody yet _V_) praises till the cows come home. I'm doing it because I'm a lazy fuck who doesn't want to wade thru 900 pages of bullshit, to find a topic of interest. The directories might also revitalize interest in topics that really haven't been discussed much. I've already replied in a few oldies but goodies that I felt needed a bump.
As far as being hyperactive on the forum, there are a lot of topics here of interest to me. I'm sure that after I've been thru most of the place, my ardor will die down. But it is nice to see dead categories getting a little life back in them.
As far as wanting to get to know you personally, if it happens it happens, if it don't, oh well. I wont lose any sleep. I'm here for the flicks. And it is true about my options for joining here. I had filtered down my choices between this place and 2 others(with many more bells and whistles). Why did I choose this plain gray place?
One word: Substance.
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I am a he, bud. :)
And hey, I really appreciate the Indexes you have made in the Modern, Classic, and Asian Horror sections. I can literally see how much time and effort you put through all of it, while painstakingly doing searches through literally thousands of pages of threads. (using the very crappy "Search" button, or related searches through Google)
Its a HUGE and monumental achievement, and no amount of applause can equal the efforts you poured into making those Index threads. Although I seriously doubt that any new(er) members will actually use the Indexes (most of the time they just wade into the desired section and hit "New Thread" anyway), it would be very useful to the regs of HDC as references to opinions, quotes and reviews of movies which they want to look into.
I can also empathise and totally understand your annoyance at being little appreciated and criticised, after all the time and efforts which went into making them. And on behalf of any HDC members who gave you any sort of heat over those, I apologise. Be it NE, Posher or anyone else, on behalf of them, I sincerely apologise.
You have already shown good potential in the short stint that you have been here, so stick around. This place needs more new members like you, and this will contribute to the betterment of HDC.
As for me...rofl, I don't ask/need any sort of praise or authorship of anything. I am a member, so are you. I am doing my part for the betterment of this place as a true destination of the horror fans, and you are, too. We are both equal in those terms. :)