New Episode Thread Discussion - Page 2

GraemeH · July 4th, 2005, 3:34 PM

I'm for it being made at 9pm GMT, for 2 reasons:

1.It will stop the last page or so of pre-discussion being the sort of post that belongs in specific episode discussion

2.If you dont want spoilers (i.e. if you didn't watch it 'live') you can stay away from the specific discussion thread, and in the pre-discussion thread, which will now be spoiler free since the people that have seen it will be discussing it in the specific discussion thread.

Good idea all-round.

monkeymax · July 4th, 2005, 6:33 PM

I think the threads should be opened when/after the episode airs. After all, the section is for _episode discussion_ and so regardless of when the threads are opened, spoilers will occur. If you don't want to read about what happens during the episode (i.e. don't want to spoil it for yourself) simply don't read it - as others have said.

I can see why people want to wait until the torrent has been released; a part of the episode may be discussed on page one of the discussion thread but by the time you get to read the thread it's six pages long and that post you wanted to reply to is now really old...

Anyway, living in UK and watching it on TV whenever I can, I voted to open the thread when the ep airs. After all, since the torrents disappeared from this website, it became a discussion website instead so we should be allowed to discuss irrespective of when the torrents are made available.
Along with that, as this site is no longer linked to the torrents themselves, talk of download progress/speeds is pointless, and quite frankly annoying.

Just my opinion.

bihus · July 4th, 2005, 6:41 PM

It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts. There's a forum section called Problems. If I want to know about your problems, and (maybe) help you out, I'll go read it, and if you're a nice guy and have read other similar problems to see if your problem has already been covered, you might get lucky. If not, I shouldn't be forced to see it when all I'm trying to read is episodes details.

swek · July 4th, 2005, 6:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bihus

It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts.

I thought the same thing after looking at the poll. What is it about dl speeds that makes it intertesting to discuss. Can anyone explain it to me ? I don't get it at all. My guess would be that people voted for general dl talk. Problems with the torrent etc. for example.

bihus · July 4th, 2005, 7:52 PM

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Originally Posted by swek

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Originally Posted by bihus

It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts.

I thought the same thing after looking at the poll. What is it about dl speeds that makes it intertesting to discuss. Can anyone explain it to me ? I don't get it at all. My guess would be that people voted for general dl talk. Problems with the torrent etc. for example.

I don't have many issues in someone posting some problems, but after you get the torrent, problems belong on the Problems area. Just my pov.

Cruzz563 · July 4th, 2005, 11:07 PM

I think maybe we could ask viper, to make the new thread, when the show is over; and keep pre ep discussion open till the 350MB version is released. We did that once, I mean having the two threads open at the same time. And the 'signal' for the new ep being released can be the pre ep thread being locked.

bihus · July 4th, 2005, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Cruzz563

I think maybe we could ask viper, to make the new thread, when the show is over; and keep pre ep discussion open till the 350MB version is released. We did that once, I mean having the two threads open at the same time. And the 'signal' for the new ep being released can be the pre ep thread being locked.

Probably the best way. images/smilies/smile.gif

Renesis · July 5th, 2005, 1:28 AM

Oh and I shall mention that this board is in no way democratic, so don't think it'll be like that for sure, but Viper's soft side will probably make it like that...

Ed. · July 6th, 2005, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cruzz563

I think maybe we could ask viper, to make the new thread, when the show is over; and keep pre ep discussion open till the 350MB version is released. We did that once, I mean having the two threads open at the same time. And the 'signal' for the new ep being released can be the pre ep thread being locked.

Thats garbage,why should we have to wait until after it has been released online,when most of Western Europe gets it on TV?? (and twice aswell since its repeated on Tuesdays)

I missed it last Sunday,came on here Monday afternoon,didnt read the thread discussing the episode,then watched the repeat on Tuesday and THEN visited the discussion thread. Its not hard to do is it?? And since the thread is titled 'episode discussion' its not hard to ignore it until you have seen the episode in question. And since at the end they dont say 'Coming up next week.....' anymore you dont have much of an idea what will be shown.And the TV listings only show the highpoints ie what new cars are tested,who the celebrity guest is,a hint of what stunt is to be done etc

Bottom Line there is no flashing neon sigh saying you have to read any thread posted here

SkylineFreak · July 7th, 2005, 1:13 AM

I think as the site is mainly for folks that have to get their fix by "other methods" then we should not have spoilers or discussions till the torrent appears. I'm UK based and I work Sundays so I choose to download the episode and watch it later. I could record it or capture it myself but hey thats to legal for me images/smilies/twisted.gif

bihus · July 7th, 2005, 1:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SkylineFreak

I think as the site is mainly for folks that have to get their fix by "other methods" then we should not have spoilers or discussions till the torrent appears. I'm UK based and I work Sundays so I choose to download the episode and watch it later. I could record it or capture it myself but hey thats to legal for me images/smilies/twisted.gif

You only read the spoilers if you want, but I respect your opinion. Just a thought, though: Do we have to wait till everybody downloads it? And sees it? images/smilies/wink.gif

Overheat · July 7th, 2005, 2:04 AM

Where's Viper anyway? - I'd like his opinion too

The_Finn · July 7th, 2005, 2:13 AM

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Originally Posted by swek

Quote:

Originally Posted by bihus

It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts.

I thought the same thing after looking at the poll. What is it about dl speeds that makes it intertesting to discuss. Can anyone explain it to me ? I don't get it at all. My guess would be that people voted for general dl talk. Problems with the torrent etc. for example.

my guess people arn't reading past the first part about when a new thread should be started and just clicking the first one

and i am going to have to go with overheat on this one... open the thread when the new ep airs if you don't want spoilers then don't go to that thread and maybe lock the pre-ep discussion thread once the torrent is out so those of us that have to wait can keep talking about it if we want + once the thread is locked it will alert us that the torrent is out

TF

bihus · July 7th, 2005, 3:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Finn

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Originally Posted by swek

Quote:

Originally Posted by bihus

It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts.

I thought the same thing after looking at the poll. What is it about dl speeds that makes it intertesting to discuss. Can anyone explain it to me ? I don't get it at all. My guess would be that people voted for general dl talk. Problems with the torrent etc. for example.

my guess people arn't reading past the first part about when a new thread should be started and just clicking the first one

and i am going to have to go with overheat on this one... open the thread when the new ep airs if you don't want spoilers then don't go to that thread and maybe lock the pre-ep discussion thread once the torrent is out so those of us that have to wait can keep talking about it if we want + once the thread is locked it will alert us that the torrent is out

TF

And you can keep the Pre-Episode open for the problems. If you're having problems, it's pre-episode, not episode... images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

Viper007Bond · July 7th, 2005, 3:29 AM

Hmm, I'm thinking "When ep airs (No Download discussion allowed)". Download discussion shouldn't really be allowed anyway, at least for TG.

As for making/unlocking the thread when it airs, I have enough on my plate and don't want to have to do it at a certain time. Someone else will need to take care of that if you ugys want it done. images/smilies/wink.gif

Cruzz563 · July 7th, 2005, 10:31 AM

I'll do it, I'll make a new thread when the ep airs and then Viper can lock the pre-ep discussion when the 350MB version has been released on the Internet. images/smilies/smile.gif

For the first few times I'll go ahead and put a warning for people who don't know what's going on, then it'll become routine...

Is that ok Viper? images/smilies/smile.gif

Renesis · July 8th, 2005, 4:09 AM

I'll do it Cruzz, I'm there on sundays (well most of them) and I have permissions already.

If I'm not there, I guess Viper can do it like he used to, but I'll try to do it most of the time.

Overheat · July 8th, 2005, 10:44 PM

Well, we've had a mod and an admin, so I'll put my name forward too, just for variety images/smilies/tongue.gif

Renesis · July 8th, 2005, 11:25 PM

mods don't have the permission, let alone standard users! images/smilies/tongue.gif

Cruzz563 · July 8th, 2005, 11:51 PM

You're right they don't, but I found a way around the system images/smilies/shifty.gif

View Poll Results: When should the episode threads be opened for discussion?
When ep airs (Download discussion allowed)	15	31.25%
When a torrent is released (Download discussion allowed)	0	0%
When ep airs (No Download discussion allowed)	29	60.42%
When a torrent is released (No Download discussion allowed)	4	8.33%
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July 4th, 2005, 3:34 PM	#21
GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 2:34 AM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,068 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	I'm for it being made at 9pm GMT, for 2 reasons: 1.It will stop the last page or so of pre-discussion being the sort of post that belongs in specific episode discussion 2.If you dont want spoilers (i.e. if you didn't watch it 'live') you can stay away from the specific discussion thread, and in the pre-discussion thread, which will now be spoiler free since the people that have seen it will be discussing it in the specific discussion thread. Good idea all-round. __________________

July 4th, 2005, 6:33 PM	#22
monkeymax Joined: Dec 7th, 2004 Last Online: March 3rd, 2009 Location: England Age: 26 Posts: 1,023 Car: Toyota MR2 Mk1, Toyota MR2 Mk1 SC, Peugeot 309 Rep Power: 23	I think the threads should be opened when/after the episode airs. After all, the section is for _episode discussion_ and so regardless of when the threads are opened, spoilers will occur. If you don't want to read about what happens during the episode (i.e. don't want to spoil it for yourself) simply don't read it - as others have said. I can see why people want to wait until the torrent has been released; a part of the episode may be discussed on page one of the discussion thread but by the time you get to read the thread it's six pages long and that post you wanted to reply to is now really old... Anyway, living in UK and watching it on TV whenever I can, I voted to open the thread when the ep airs. After all, since the torrents disappeared from this website, it became a discussion website instead so we should be allowed to discuss irrespective of when the torrents are made available. Along with that, as this site is no longer linked to the torrents themselves, talk of download progress/speeds is pointless, and quite frankly annoying. Just my opinion. __________________ Yup, two too many cars, but I love 'em: 1991 Peugeot 309 - owned it for four years, currently the only runner and the daily driver... but great fun to drive! French though, so gotta treat her rough to keep her happy. 1989 Toyota MR2 Mk1 - owned it for two years. Love it loads. Currently undergoing a suspension upgrade... 1987 Toyota MR2 Mk1 SC - A project car that had Headgasket issues when I bought it. I've never driven it... yet...

July 4th, 2005, 11:07 PM	#26
Cruzz563 Needs a job! Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Posts: 2,684 Rep Power: 31	I think maybe we could ask viper, to make the new thread, when the show is over; and keep pre ep discussion open till the 350MB version is released. We did that once, I mean having the two threads open at the same time. And the 'signal' for the new ep being released can be the pre ep thread being locked. __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

July 7th, 2005, 2:04 AM	#32
Overheat Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735 Rep Power: 29	Where's Viper anyway? - I'd like his opinion too __________________

July 4th, 2005, 6:41 PM	#23
bihus Joined: Dec 7th, 2003 Last Online: December 18th, 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 4,618 Car: BMW 330Cd LFS Status: Rep Power: 29	It seems everyone wants to talk about it rather sooner than later, but what I don't understand is how 36% (atm) wants to bother us with their dl speeds crappy posts. There's a forum section called Problems. If I want to know about your problems, and (maybe) help you out, I'll go read it, and if you're a nice guy and have read other similar problems to see if your problem has already been covered, you might get lucky. If not, I shouldn't be forced to see it when all I'm trying to read is episodes details.

July 5th, 2005, 1:28 AM	#28
Renesis Lazier than Viper Joined: Nov 27th, 2003 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 9,669 Car: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	Oh and I shall mention that this board is in no way democratic, so don't think it'll be like that for sure, but Viper's soft side will probably make it like that...

July 7th, 2005, 1:13 AM	#30
SkylineFreak Joined: Mar 8th, 2005 Last Online: September 21st, 2006 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	I think as the site is mainly for folks that have to get their fix by "other methods" then we should not have spoilers or discussions till the torrent appears. I'm UK based and I work Sundays so I choose to download the episode and watch it later. I could record it or capture it myself but hey thats to legal for me

July 7th, 2005, 3:29 AM	#35
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 2:36 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,272 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Hmm, I'm thinking "When ep airs (No Download discussion allowed)". Download discussion shouldn't really be allowed anyway, at least for TG. As for making/unlocking the thread when it airs, I have enough on my plate and don't want to have to do it at a certain time. Someone else will need to take care of that if you ugys want it done. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

July 7th, 2005, 10:31 AM	#36
Cruzz563 Needs a job! Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Posts: 2,684 Rep Power: 31	I'll do it, I'll make a new thread when the ep airs and then Viper can lock the pre-ep discussion when the 350MB version has been released on the Internet. For the first few times I'll go ahead and put a warning for people who don't know what's going on, then it'll become routine... Is that ok Viper? __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

July 8th, 2005, 4:09 AM	#37
Renesis Lazier than Viper Joined: Nov 27th, 2003 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 9,669 Car: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	I'll do it Cruzz, I'm there on sundays (well most of them) and I have permissions already. If I'm not there, I guess Viper can do it like he used to, but I'll try to do it most of the time.

July 8th, 2005, 10:44 PM	#38
Overheat Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735 Rep Power: 29	Well, we've had a mod and an admin, so I'll put my name forward too, just for variety __________________

July 8th, 2005, 11:25 PM	#39
Renesis Lazier than Viper Joined: Nov 27th, 2003 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 9,669 Car: 2007 Pontiac G5 GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	mods don't have the permission, let alone standard users!

July 8th, 2005, 11:51 PM	#40
Cruzz563 Needs a job! Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Posts: 2,684 Rep Power: 31	You're right they don't, but I found a way around the system __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

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