I Feel A Little Let Down

I feel the need to speak my mind on this issue.. From day one I have set this usergroup up for all the crunchers on XS and have been ontop of it every second of the day.. This was all done for you guys! I had a little trouble with the color scheme from the beginning... I had called FUGGER to talk about the site and when this subject came up he said the color white was annoying.. So, I told him I would change it.. Thats why a thread was put up for suggestion.. I read through and the majority of people like maroon.. I called FUGGER and asked him how he felt about maroon and he liked the idea.. So, I changed it... Now, all I am seeing is posts complaining about the color.. I feel like I have done all this work for you guys for nothing.. Like a bunch of guys out there dont appreciate what I have been doing or have done.. Sorry if this is a long rant but I just feel pretty bad about this.. :fact:

You did your job and I appreciate it. You have my thanks :toast: :toast:

EDIT: I don't care what colour it is, as long as it isn't pink...

Why I never got my username changed in the first place (Well, one of the reasons). I kinda saw this coming. So many people with different tastes...., it can only cause further crisis on this issue.

I hear ya Eric....it's tough to please everyone but the alternative is just deleting the whole damn usergroup. Hopefully nothing like that happens.....the maroon is damn nice afterall.

Your efforts are not unnoticed....and take it from me, I know the backend of the forum is a complete PITA to work with....probably something most people don't think considering how user friendly the forum interface is.

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Originally Posted by alucasa

Why I never got my username changed in the first place (Well, one of the reasons). I kinda saw this coming. So many people with different tastes...., it can only cause further crisis on this issue.

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I am sorry I didnt see your request post.. Did you want yours done? You can be added to the usergroup and keep your current color and name.

Seems good to me.

I appreciate your work aswell :) Im not bothered about how long it lasts or what colour it is, its the effort you put in to make this happen, thats what counts as a respected part of the forum! Many thanks :)

i hear what you're saying eric. don't take our :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:ing about the color as us not appreciating the efforts you put in to this. we really appreciate all you have done, not only here but for the WCG project, DC projects, and the forum as a whole. plus... not only you but the rest of the mods, super mods, and admins have for a long time done a great job and continue to do so.

i think there was so much complaining about the color just because everyone was so hyped about the white. it did look pimp as hell. but FUGGER and several other are right, it was distracting and hard to read in many parts of the forum, so therefore is was doing the opposite of its intent. the current color works well, and i think now that we are getting over the fact the we won't have white, the majority of us feel it works well and serves its purpose.

good job eric!

Guys I appreciate the comments but I feel the need to say I didnt make this thread for any pat on the backs.. I just felt I should speak my mind and post my frustrations.. Its not only the posts about the colors its the pm's I am getting.. I know most of the posts were prolly just messing around but I still feel terrible that I cant do what everyone wants.

I tried to delete my posts containing suggestions ~the color of font... (->no luck) so those wouldn't be misinterpreted :confused:

I believe some people just thought like me that white was advertising well in contrast to the maroon IMHO. (And oh yes... I really had to adjust contrast of my monitor to see it's "brown" not black. I like to keep lighting at my room really low).
Appreciated you should feel though :toast:

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Originally Posted by njkid32

Guys I appreciate the comments but I feel the need to say I didnt make this thread for any pat on the backs.. I just felt I should speak my mind and post my frustrations.. Its not only the posts about the colors its the pm's I am getting.. I know most of the posts were prolly just messing around but I still feel terrible that I cant do what everyone wants.

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whether you wanted a pat on the back or not you DO deserve it for everything you've done here, so don't complain about it :p:

obviously i have no idea what was sent to you in PM and by definition it should remain private. but if people aren't happy with it, change them back to standard user. we didn't do this to make us feel important or look cool on the forum, we did it to draw attention to the DC section. and i think it will do that. you did a great job setting this up and getting it done so that it works with the forum and serves its purpose. if people aren't happy, too bad.

it's pretty much impossible to make everyone happy all the time, and you can't hold that against yourself.

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Originally Posted by njkid32

I am sorry I didnt see your request post.. Did you want yours done? You can be added to the usergroup and keep your current color and name.

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No, no, I did not want my username to be changed. :p: And I still don't.

You're doing a great job, Eric. I'm not sure who is unhappy. But on a large forum there will always be people who grumble for one reason or another.

i like the color personally, thats just me tho

im color blind

colors are for girls anyways
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hey I wanted to post in response....

I think a lot of people (really) don't care what color it is. I think most of the post-change comments would most likely come from people who dislike the change just by human nature and self-selection.

speaking only for myself for the moment, I appreciate the effort. I don't feel entitled to _any_ recognition or special treatment just because I fold and assign my points to XS. Anything given is a bonus and appreciated. White was fine. Maroon is fine. Maroon is a little harder to see, but whatever :).

back to general speaking...I don't think you should feel too down about the complaints. I understand, it's human nature to feel that way, but I think that if you look at the timing and sequeunce you will decide that the type and volume of complaints reflects human nature and the somewhat casual tone of our groups rather than true disapproval.

Yeah, thank Eric.:woot:

I feel this might be a good a place for me to apologise for being an ass about the placement of the original [XC] tag thread recently, and to say that I rather like the new colour :up:

well everyone has their favorite colors, so don't try to please everyone.

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Originally Posted by billdavis

im color blind

colors are for girls anyways

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Hope there isn't lots of color blinds amongst the members who do not participate dcing :wth: :lol:
Then this, what Eric has done already would be utterly useless :D

To Eric: You KNOW there are going to be people that complain :slap: to them, can't please all the...all teh... :D
Both YOU and US all know you're doing fine.
You got to vent - now go out and do something enjoyable :D

To Angra - this is not only a sort of 'recognition', but a way to try to get people to go 'gee I wonder what the color thing is about :confused:' and maybe get some more people for the crunching causes. (@ least that is why I'm in for it :hehe: )

(I think the white was a better idea because it made people NOTICE something new (worked on FUGGER :D :rolleyes: ) )

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Originally Posted by angra

hey I wanted to post in response....

I think a lot of people (really) don't care what color it is. I think most of the post-change comments would most likely come from people who dislike the change just by human nature and self-selection.

speaking only for myself for the moment, I appreciate the effort. I don't feel entitled to _any_ recognition or special treatment just because I fold and assign my points to XS. Anything given is a bonus and appreciated. White was fine. Maroon is fine. Maroon is a little harder to see, but whatever :).

back to general speaking...I don't think you should feel too down about the complaints. I understand, it's human nature to feel that way, but I think that if you look at the timing and sequeunce you will decide that the type and volume of complaints reflects human nature and the somewhat casual tone of our groups rather than true disapproval.

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mad_mikee - good point. I knew that, just forgot for the moment - but also, the sense of entitlement, I think goes to eric's complaint more directly. Anyway, awareness is good :). Go everyone :)

Agreed with MadMikeE 100% on everything other than the white.
The white was hard to see on the users page and I'm guessing that is why Fugger chimed in on it.
I like the maroon myself. It lets people on this forum see very easily that there's more than 3 of us that do DC.
I think that's the perception of a lot of people at XS.
Eric:There will always be different opinions on any subject.
Don't take them to heart.
Now take your meds and calm down!:D

I think the cat might have gotten em...Poor guys been locked in basement in Bedford, VA for the last 4 days by a maniacal, man-eating cat. ;) :p:

-SS

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Originally Posted by ShootStraight

I think the cat might have gotten em...Poor guys been locked in basement in Bedford, VA for the last 4 days by a maniacal, man-eating cat. ;) :p:

-SS

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Or he's depressed because the cat ate his "girly" dog!:ROTF:

LOL @ Movieman.... haha!

@NJ - NJ, I don't pertain to tell you how to do your job. You do it quite well enough as it is. But the moment I saw people pissing about with colours and this, that and the other... I would have dropped my Cold Iron fist and said... 'Yer gonna get it this way... or that way... and thats final... no buts.'!
You try to accomodate too much....

Now I'll be the first one to thank you for what you have done, and I don't give a rates arse WHAT colour it is... as long as it serves its purpose. Which it does superbly. That should be end of debate.

I was reading some of the replys earlier and was tempted to post something similar to what you have here Eric. A lot of people have seemed ungratefull about the time and effort you have put into the usergroup which is in no way for your own benefit. I feel privileged to be allowed in the usergroup and want to advertise XSDC in anyway possible to see the team grow. A few, I'm afraid to say, appear to see it as something they are owed.

If I were you and I saw anyone complaining I'd simply remove them from the usergroup and cap their pm boxes at 10, maybe give them the magenta name too :lol:.

Thanks for the group anyway Eric your work has not gone unapprieciated :up:

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So now...
...that we're colored people...
...do I have to start listen rap-music and stuff (<-not ment to be racist... gheesus, I do not have talents to become politician :shakes: )

Eric, you could always tell FUGGER that the white would have looked better if the gray forum background was just a few shades darker, :D

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Originally Posted by Martijn

You did your job and I appreciate it. You have my thanks :toast: :toast:

EDIT: I don't care what colour it is, as long as it isn't pink...

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I'd kill for a pink one :P

NJ - the only mistake I can see is giving folks a choice in the first place as you are always likely to get differing opinions, being part of a member group is an honour which is bestowed by a site not us - so just settle on a colour and style and apply it - end off!!

I appreciate your efforts and I am proud to wear whatever tag is decided :toast:

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Originally Posted by [XC] Adywebb

NJ - the only mistake I can see is giving folks a choice in the first place as you are always likely to get differing opinions, being part of a member group is an honour which is bestowed by a site not us - so just settle on a colour and style and apply it - end off!!

I appreciate your efforts and I am proud to wear whatever tag is decided :toast:

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I just read through and was thinking about response, but Adywebb summed up my thoughts nicely.

Give an take inch, take a mile.

The recognition, in whatever form (or colour), is appreciated. Thanks :D

Hey Jersey Kid.,
I was not trying to be a pain, and I should have used a few emoticons in my last post about the color.

Personally I like white, and would have been happy with it.........hell I would like to be the only White name on XS if I could get away with it.

I was playing off what someone else has said about maroon looking like a crap brown color.......never did like maroon. Dunno just doesn't look right to me :-P.

I understand the work it took to change everyones SN and I appreciate the effort, I was not trying to put you down in my post on the XC thread and apologize if that is how it seemed.

I almost am never serious about most things in life in general so take most of my posts with a grain of salt.

And besides I am from Philly............we complain about EVERYTHING!

I love the ability to have us DCers stand out from the other thousands of regular overclockers and I am hoping that by standing out we will draw more attention to us in a similar fashion to cTx. My only request is that you don't completely remove the [xc] from ALL individual as that is the ONLY thing that differentiates us from say.. another group of mods. Seriously I had no idea what the orange meant, what black meant, or what red meant, I just knew they were important people. Even if the [xc] is only on 10&#37; of the posters I guarantee over time it will get noticed as a lot of us post on the entire forum, not just the DC section. This is about getting noticed to attract more users, I could care less about personal recognition (look at sig.. I don't care about flashing my points). Now all we need is a [xc] subforum like [cTx] so people can connect 1 with 1 very easily, most individuals will not take the time to hunt us down :(

You did a great job, thanks :toast:

If someone doesn't like color they can always quit and get back original forum color.

Its all good here Eric. To be honest, i wasn't a big fan of the white. It was hard on the eyes, but boy did it stand out. I really like the maroon, but it could be any color and i could care less.

Thanks for all the hard work bud!

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Originally Posted by [XC]melymel2789

I was reading some of the replys earlier and was tempted to post something similar to what you have here Eric. A lot of people have seemed ungratefull about the time and effort you have put into the usergroup which is in no way for your own benefit. I feel privileged to be allowed in the usergroup and want to advertise XSDC in anyway possible to see the team grow. A few, I'm afraid to say, appear to see it as something they are owed.

If I were you and I saw anyone complaining I'd simply remove them from the usergroup and cap their pm boxes at 10, maybe give them the magenta name too :lol:.

Thanks for the group anyway Eric your work has not gone unapprieciated :up:

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I could not agree more. Especially with that last part. I can see it now:

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SomeRandomGuy
WTF why is my name pink and I only have room for 10 PMs? :banana::banana::banana::banana: YOU ALL!

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I apologise if there is actually a member named SomeRandomGuy.

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Originally Posted by sc00p

Hope there isn't lots of color blinds amongst the members who do not participate dcing :wth: :lol:
Then this, what Eric has done already would be utterly useless :D

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ok ill join if somone lends me a stock heatsink for the abit IN9 32-max mobo for 2 weeks (just to RMA) and ill send it back

Any love here??
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From one XSDCMF to another...

Eric, you da bomb. And I definitely appreciate the commitment that you have shown in the giving of your time and effort for so long.

Carry On!


Scott

sorry if we made you feel like that

u r doing a great job for sure

maybe a poll with the available colors can help u and us very much in this matter

Seriously man, whatever color is fine with me :) well, maybe not hot pink ;)

I just think its cool that my username isn't the standard color anymore, makes me feel special lol :D

CRUNCH ON! :wtf:

while i did like the white better, i don't own the server so what Fugger says goes - the maroon doesn't bother me :)

I personally think the tag, [XC] should be mandatory if one wants to change one's usergroup.

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Originally Posted by Martijn

EDIT: I don't care what colour it is, as long as it isn't pink...

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Amen...................

@ NJ Chill bud, you will never make every one happy all the time. We all appreciate what you do for us every day. :fact:

are you talking about the colour of font on the usernames here..............geez you are all a little too whinny :p: get over it

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Originally Posted by billdavis

Any love here??

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We all love you here especially your cpus :kissbutt: :gay:

Actually, it is a part of the admins' jobs to make users happy. However, I really do appreciate of what you have done (not only this, you have done so many things) for us! Many thanks, Eric!

i like the white and i like the marron. it's all good. as long as we are differnet form the others. and i really aperticate all the effort you put into this nj it's really nice.

thanks!

i appreciate the fact that someone was looking out for us, and for the naysayers... if you don't like it ask to have it changed back to normal.

quote JMW Turner

"white can be used to for equal effect to come forward or recede."

I sorta liked how you people had white usernames lol.

To elaborate my post

I highlighted recede in the quote of Turner.

The problem was that the grey scale is too weak, and will vanish leaving the white too sharp for the eye.

The white demands strong colors to not take command.