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Post by viola on Oct 25, 2007 2:44:15 GMT -5
Hi I've just joined. Can anyone tell me if OHG is connected to the official site? The reason being is that although I'm a gold member over there, there is increasing dissatisfaction about they way things are running. I haven't deserted it, but I couldn't believe the censorship on what you can and can't talk about. The mods come down on you like a ton of bricks. For instance some members started talking about the new bub in a quite innocent way, and was told they couldn't talk about anything personal. There is no discussion allowed whatsoever except to say congratulations. Fans know the boundaries, but it is getting ridiculous over there.
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Post by Steff on Oct 25, 2007 5:06:01 GMT -5
We're better than the official site! ;D We're much faster when it comes to setlists and that stuff. It's actually ridiculous! ;D You will very soon find out that it is possible on OHG to talk about "personal things". We're trying to keep it in boundaries, though (some people are crossing the line, you know). It's the music that should matter. By the way, I am Stefan from Germany and I hereby welcome you to OHG.
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Post by vivianne on Oct 25, 2007 12:11:34 GMT -5
Hi Welcome, I'm Sarah
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Post by sarcasm_mister on Oct 26, 2007 0:23:08 GMT -5
welcome to OHG the best and nicest forum in the world of any band......best thing about this place...its not just about RHCP but about everything in the world i'm sure you will enjoy this place just as much as i have
and like steff said we get the setlists here first thanks to henrik alot of the time (i myself posted the list for the 3rd sydney show here before the BBS)
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viola
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Post by viola on Oct 26, 2007 1:00:37 GMT -5
Hi Stefan, Hi Sarah, Hi sarcasm_mister. Wow, I've just been browsing the site and some of the censorship from the official site has come over here. not mentioning any names, but someone has taken it upon themselves, for years now, to be Anthony's gatekeeper. If you mention anything a tad personal, you get shut down. The Chilis are públic figures. They know that even their scrotums will be discussed on the net! Real stalkers always get found out, so you know I wish people would chillax about the Chilis.
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Post by Steff on Oct 26, 2007 2:12:22 GMT -5
Hi Stefan, Hi Sarah, Hi sarcasm_mister. Wow, I've just been browsing the site and some of the censorship from the official site has come over here. not mentioning any names, but someone has taken it upon themselves, for years now, to be Anthony's gatekeeper. If you mention anything a tad personal, you get shut down. The Chilis are públic figures. They know that even their scrotums will be discussed on the net! Real stalkers always get found out, so you know I wish people would chillax about the Chilis. It's not that easy. We just don't want the forum to get shut down again. Still, this is a great place. A lot of friendships have emerged here.
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Post by anthonyishot on Oct 26, 2007 6:16:07 GMT -5
Wow, I've just been browsing the site and some of the censorship from the official site has come over here. not mentioning any names, but someone has taken it upon themselves, for years now, to be Anthony's gatekeeper. If you mention anything a tad personal, you get shut down. Welcome. I know what you mean.....I find it hilarious that *she* has been made admin as well as a mod (and this for years) on two of the major Rhcp forums. It doesn't matter what people say. She comes in and leaves her *2 cents* any way she wants nevertheless. Being in touch with Anthony's mother certainly has left its mark on her. I don't care about that crap anymore though.
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Post by Oo.Summer.oO on Oct 26, 2007 18:12:24 GMT -5
Ah yeah, I know who we're talking about now. I didn't realise there was contact made though. Welcome to the Forum Viola, and yeah here we are quite relaxed about the Chili's and we get the pictures and news alot quicker than the BBS. The people are nicer aswell. I'm Summer btw.
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Post by lovesdani on Oct 27, 2007 0:04:16 GMT -5
hey, viola
...sounds like more intrigue on this board...ah, well, it's non-touring season, so, what else do we have to do? ;D
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viola
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Post by viola on Oct 28, 2007 2:59:33 GMT -5
Hi anthonyishot, hi Summer, hi lovesdani. wow, I didn't realise it was affecting this site as well. She :-Xmust troll all the websites looking for comments. I've visited Blackiesmyspace site recently its absolutely gorgeous and he has basically set up a virtual tour of his world through his photos. His paintings are stunning. What a guy. No wonder he has a son like Anthony. Woops, did I say too much. Hope blackies site stays she free.
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Post by anthrocksmyworld on Oct 28, 2007 4:11:51 GMT -5
Hi anthonyishot, hi Summer, hi lovesdani. wow, I didn't realise it was affecting this site as well. She :-Xmust troll all the websites looking for comments. I've visited Blackiesmyspace site recently its absolutely gorgeous and he has basically set up a virtual tour of his world through his photos. His paintings are stunning. What a guy. No wonder he has a son like Anthony. Woops, did I say too much. Hope blackies site stays she free. Hey girls! Thanks for the comments, I am glad you all think you know me so well that you can form judgment like this. The problem is you guys don't know what you are talking about concerning the regulations for privacy on the official forums. It is not upon the mod team to decide them but the band itself wants nothing personal whatsoever on their own forums. They have made this very clear from the get go and as you may have noticed management frequents the site and checks out what is going on. We ofcourse don't want to loose our forums either so we manage them the way the band wants them managed. This sort of gossip keeps going on, because a small group of people thinks they have all the information and they keep spreading the same old rumors and innuendo. As for this board I am a mod here but have not been in too many posts at all, I guess people only notice the very few times I do post. So be it, I have an opinion about certain things and am entitled as everybody else is to voice it.
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Post by she's the receiver on Oct 28, 2007 8:20:23 GMT -5
i seem to remember plenty of gf talk prior to ultrastar getting involved. i used to be one of those rare creatures who tried to complain about it and all the arguments that happened. i personally dont think the official site should be littered with personal stuff, that i agree on
the official bbs sucks. its dull, and the entire system seems fucked up
glitches of every description. SLOW. invisible tech support. no news. pointless, essentially
just as well we have this place. it has NOTHING to do with the band or the fanclub. no affiliation whatsoever, and i think it should stay that way. no jurisdiction. gotta behave though - within reason
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Post by anthonyishot on Oct 28, 2007 15:11:28 GMT -5
This sort of gossip keeps going on, because a small group of people thinks they have all the information and they keep spreading the same old rumors and innuendo. As for this board I am a mod here but have not been in too many posts at all, I guess people only notice the very few times I do post. So be it, I have an opinion about certain things and am entitled as everybody else is to voice it. What gossip? I don't understand? I don't spread anything but I know for a FACT you exchange emails with Peggy. So be it. What I personally don't like is the fact that you moderate on BOTH major Rhcp boards. It's like a regime sometimes. Sometimes I agree with you, sometimes I don't. If I don't agree I can't do anything about it because you have the POWER to delete and let things disappear into Cyberspace....that's why I prefer it when people ONLY moderate on ONE board and not mod ENTIRE (Rhcp) communities. It’s more balanced. Think about it. My *two cents*.
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Post by anthonyishot on Oct 28, 2007 15:16:00 GMT -5
The problem is you guys don't know what you are talking about concerning the regulations for privacy on the official forums. It is not upon the mod team to decide them but the band itself wants nothing personal whatsoever on their own forums. They have made this very clear from the get go and as you may have noticed management frequents the site and checks out what is going on. We ofcourse don't want to loose our forums either so we manage them the way the band wants them managed. Yes that's too bad. One reason not to go there anymore.
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Post by Oo.Summer.oO on Oct 28, 2007 17:45:44 GMT -5
I understand why the official bbs is run the way it is. I mean imagine if RHCP's Site Creators saw what we post, and reported it back to the band. RHCP would ither laugh about it all or get very annoyed. My guess is they wouldn't be too happy. But yeah the bbs lacks opinion and interest, mainly because everything that you want to talk about you can't, for the band's sake. I'm not being judgemental of you 'anthrocksmyworld', I understand how hard to must be to keep the bbs in line and to keep it in with the rules. Thank god this place exsists though. Plus it's free, what's the big deal with the money on the bbs. You'd think they were loaded enough.
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Post by anthrocksmyworld on Oct 29, 2007 0:48:09 GMT -5
Thanks Summer. re: the money part, the fanclub is the part you pay for and with it come the fanclub boards, but you do get free boards as well, which is almost an exception for a lot of bandsites these days. Check out other Ultrastar bandsites for instance and you will find that none of their other sites have free forums. The guys insisted on having a free forum part which is why it is there. Sarah, I was referring to the time the site became corporate. Although the news had the same regulations on the old site as it does now, nothing private in the news. Viola, thanks for the Gatekeeper title. No worries Blackie's site will stay free as it is his personal MySpace. Has nothing to do with official websites. I love his site too. Which is the kind of gossip I was referring to. Like I have been deleting all your comments on the sites, because I have the power to. Oh and I do manage the official board all by myself ofcourse. It's not like we have a team in place there and people who manage the team. Oh but wait, ofcourse I control all those people.... Come on, think about it. If you guys don't like the official board, the way it's managed, so be it, no problem with that. But don't lay it on one person. There are 8 of us over there plus two admins.
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Post by anthonyishot on Oct 29, 2007 4:54:51 GMT -5
Which is the kind of gossip I was referring to. Like I have been deleting all your comments on the sites, because I have the power to. Oh and I do manage the official board all by myself ofcourse. It's not like we have a team in place there and people who manage the team. Oh but wait, ofcourse I control all those people.... Come on, think about it. If you guys don't like the official board, the way it's managed, so be it, no problem with that. But don't lay it on one person. There are 8 of us over there plus two admins. Ha ha ^^ Every time a thread gets interesting it gets closed or deleted on the official board. Pathetic. BUT if the band members want to have it this way, let them have it....... Let them have a boring official website plus forum no-one is interested in. I know you are not the only person on the official board.
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Post by she's the receiver on Oct 29, 2007 5:51:24 GMT -5
corporate being the operative word pascalle, i wasnt talking about private stuff in the NEWS - i meant on the boards. point is, there HAS been a history of discussion of a personal nature on the FORUMS pre-ultrastar. but now there isnt even a place on FM where you can drool over the bandmembers, should you so wish. pretty much anything 'fun' comes under the ever-increasing guise of spam im not 'laying it' on one person, but we all know youre pretty much the only one who appears to do anything visible over there, and youre over here too, responding - so thats how it gets laid on you. unfortunately aside from the new official bbs laws prohibiting anything fun, ultrastar have pretty much wrecked the morale of the fans, and that ultimately lays in the unappreciative collective lap of the BAND. so bollocks to them i couldnt give a crap about blackie or his myspace; apart from its minor entertainment value ohg shouldnt have any connection to the official bbs. by that i mean i would hate to think that the bands management (or i think more pertinently in this case anyone else with any connection to the band, or vested interest) felt they had any power over its content. this place does not officially represent anyone but the people who post here, it doesnt owe the band or their representatives anything im not saying that ultrastar or anyone connected to them or the band WOULD try to censor this place, but the connection between the 2 boards is there, and could be abused all this talk of band 'gossip' is a point in case. what one person calls gossip, another with call discussion edit: actually we could probably do with a little LESS spam on the ak forum but heyho, cant have everything
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Post by anthrocksmyworld on Oct 29, 2007 9:41:12 GMT -5
pascalle, i wasnt talking about private stuff in the NEWS - i meant on the boards. point is, there HAS been a history of discussion of a personal nature on the FORUMS pre-ultrastar. but now there isnt even a place on FM where you can drool over the bandmembers, should you so wish. pretty much anything 'fun' comes under the ever-increasing guise of spam I know you weren't talking about that, we got our wires crossed, it happens. Let me recap, I said from the get go there have been privacy rules, you then replied saying that there had been a history of posts with a personal nature on the forums pre-ultrastar, I then tried to explain that by saying "from the get go" I meant from the beginning of the Ultrastar forums although on the old boards the news was scrutinized as well, but yes not the forums. Hm, I hope that is still making sense. Reread in the light of what I just said, it gets confusing but it made sense before, I swear. [/b] im not 'laying it' on one person, but we all know youre pretty much the only one who appears to do anything visible over there, and youre over here too, responding - so thats how it gets laid on you. unfortunately Laying things on me was in reference to what Viola said with the Gatekeeper thing and Sue going on about abuse of powers, I thought that much was obvious. There are other people closing posts, deleting them, moving them, replying to things on the BBS as well. I guess people miss those posts for some reason.
And I am over here yes, but responding sparingly and taking very little action, but somehow it gets noticed as if I am here every day deleting and closing posts. Which is where it becomes weird. But hey c'est la vie. i couldnt give a crap about blackie or his myspace; apart from its minor entertainment value I was responding to Viola there or so I thought ? [/b] all this talk of band 'gossip' is a point in case. what one person calls gossip, another with call discussion edit: actually we could probably do with a little LESS spam on the ak forum but heyho, cant have everything Well I'm afraid the AK forum has become a very murky issue, what one person might call Spam is a post to another person. All kidding aside, just give a headsup about spam or fights in the One Hot Globe Help Forum so we can delete if necessary. [/b]
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Post by Oo.Summer.oO on Oct 29, 2007 10:29:48 GMT -5
Yeah I think the AK forums need sorted out. It's starts off as one topic about AK and ends up a bitter rant between some of the girls in there.
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