<Witty Name>

'We are in the wrong line of work, gentlemen!'

The mere proposition that the semblance of a notion exists that excessive usage of detailed vocabulary for the purpose of garnering reputation points is occurring is simply ridiculous, as judicious use of intensifiers along with a grand focus on terseness is the defining quality of my preferred method of expressing thoughts.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

Lemme say my piece.

Basically from the beginning I thought this was a joke, but I figured I'd play along at first. The point I decided to call it out was when I realized people were getting legitimately upset.

So, here's my advice: everyone take a step back and cool your heads. We're a close-knit community and something like this could be a big, big deal. So, everyone: I entreat you to cool your head before you say your piece.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

The mere proposition that the semblance of a notion exists that excessive usage of detailed vocabulary for the purpose of garnering reputation points is occurring is simply ridiculous, as judicious use of intensifiers along with a grand focus on terseness is the defining quality of my preferred method of expressing thoughts.

The mere proposition that the semblance of a notion exists that excessive usage of detailed vocabulary for the purpose of garnering reputation points is occurring is simply ridiculous, as judicious use of intensifiers along with a grand focus on terseness is the defining quality of my preferred method of expressing thoughts.

The mere proposition that the semblance of a notion exists that excessive usage of detailed vocabulary for the purpose of garnering reputation points is occurring is simply ridiculous, as judicious use of intensifiers along with a grand focus on terseness is the defining quality of my preferred method of expressing thoughts.

You are not at all innocent in that regard, Commander. Several of us recognized this as parody, but we abandoned our views when your straight-faced denials of such continued without end.
 
If your audience does not recognize your ruse, then you have failed to tell a joke.

You are not at all innocent in that regard, Commander. Several of us recognized this as parody, but we abandoned our views when your straight-faced denials of such continued without end.
 
If your audience does not recognize your ruse, then you have failed to tell a joke.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

You are not at all innocent in that regard, Commander. Several of us recognized this as parody, but we abandoned our views when your straight-faced denials of such continued without end.
 
If your audience does not recognize your ruse, then you have failed to tell a joke.

yes, that's exactly what cube said

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

I don't really know whether I'm royally pissed off or just apathetic at the moment.
 
The announcement was such an extreme distortion of what you'd normally see from Commander that I couldn't take it seriously whatsoever. Things went south when he started to refute these claims without the slightest hint of satire. Once everyone was truly taking it seriously, we took all of the insanity that ensued as nothing more than the symptoms of a disastrous plan.
 
The multiple-sites trick was interesting, but we hardly heeded your requests to try posting on the forums because we assumed it was just more of the same disinterested corporate drivel. I thought I was looking at a Discourse board; it was really a NodeBB board. When I asked Commander why it was showing a NodeBB copyright, he offered nothing in the way of an explanation.
 
To be fair, I should have caught on at that point.
 
So here we are, unable to even half-heartedly laugh at the utter farce that this whole event was. Commander, you don't understand what a joke is. A joke does not spawn eleven pages of disbelief and anger. You should've pulled the plug on day one- or done something that was actually comedic. Your corporate jargon was atrocious yet still insufficient to convey that it truly was satire.
 
I do believe that Rynjin's complaints have some merit, although people are saying we didn't Commander seriously at first blush- it was only after he kept up the straight-faced act that we figured he really was serious. That's a problem insofar as we were willing to believe he'd do something so ridiculous, but at least we didn't fall for it instantly.
 
...or did we?
 
Looking back at the first few pages, DualJay was the first to really call the whole Next thing out as a joke. I was the second. Expresate also brought it up.
 
And, well, things broke down from there. This is a problem, Commander.
 
You've grown detached from the community and gained a sour reputation- a common complaint among people I've talked with. I don't see you around the forums all that much, and when you do show up it seems that controversy is quick to follow. Your public warning of Guy was particularly egregious.
 
So no, I'm not going to laugh at you. I'm not going to curse you out, either, despite my initial urge to do so (Huff can attest).
 
I'm just going to wait and see what happens.

So, Cmdr, did you learn anything from this? I'm asking you seriously.
 
You propose a ridiculous, radical change to the forum's structure, a total move/re-model, with you doing nothing but spouting corporate speak and vague platitudes.
 
Nobody finds this at all out of character for you.
 
Do you fully understand the implications of that?
 
Nobody was surprised by this. This parody of yourself is what everyone ACTUALLY SEES YOU AS. Because it's very similar to how you've acted in the past.
 
This, this right here is, in a nutshell, why everyone is always so pissed at you. The fact that it was a "joke" this time is irrelevant. Well, no it's not. It's a joke in especially poor taste because you obviously KNOW that at least part of the community lives in fear of you one day deciding to make some sweeping change nobody asked for, that was discussed with no one that will alienate some or all of the people who frequent this forum.
 
Enough is enough with this shit. You said a while back that you were willing to stand down from an administrative position if that was the community's will.
 
Do you still stand by that? Because I personally have lost what little faith I had in you with this. I'm sure at least some of the people here agree.
 
You're not a bad person, Cmdr, I like having you around...but you being in charge of things just makes me nervous.

The longer they wait the harder this will be to deal with.

Alright, time to explain what's going on here.
 
The new forum will use Discourse, which is similar to a conventional forum in many regards (sections, subforums, topics, posts). It's a major headache to configure, which is why the deadline is so far off (and why it was started so long ago).
 
Replies to a post are accessible immediately below the post, which makes it easier to follow a particular conversation. All of the posts are still listed in chronological order, which means that the forum provides conventional functionality as well.
 
The main difference between our current system and Discourse is in visual aesthetics and design. It's far less rigidly structured (e.g. board icons spread out to fill the screen). Obviously the color scheme and general design is much different from what we have currently. I'm curious as to how configurable this will be.
 
Personally, I'd be more comfortable with using IPS4, since it's not much of a jump from our current forum. However, change isn't necessarily bad, and I do think we need to give this new format a try now that it's been laid out before us.

I want to get off thesupremecommander's wild ride.

I think most of the negative response here (including my own) stemmed from the utter lack of communication or preparation. The admins weren't ready, the mods weren't even aware of it, and we were given nothing but a series of buzzwords and reassurances that everything would be okay.
 
Were the OP to simply announce "we'll be using Discourse", I think we'd have saved ourselves a lot of trouble.

I think most of the negative response here (including my own) stemmed from the utter lack of communication or preparation. The admins weren't ready, the mods weren't even aware of it, and we were given nothing but a series of buzzwords and reassurances that everything would be okay.
 
Were the OP to simply announce "we'll be using Discourse", I think we'd have saved ourselves a lot of trouble.