...ISO questions...

[IndianCheese]

This is a two-way complaint; I am tired of seeing all of these threads about "can i get this ISO to work" and "how does fastloader work" and "what folder does this ISO go in". No one is reading the rules, and I am becoming upset. Maybe on the first log-in, the rules page is displayed and the button to advance to the forums is locked for 60 seconds so people can read that discussing piracy matters is illegal and not permitted on this forum.

And also, I can plainly see that a lot of the mods are not doing their job at deleting and closing threads, and blocking people who frequently ask for help. For every 10 ISO question threads I see, about 1 of them are closed.

People need to understand that it is not a game (haha i made a pun!). Piracy is serious, and to ignore the fact that it is not allowed on this forum and the you speaking of it only gives evidence in the case of a criminal offense is downright ridiculous. And the fact that the people who have control to take care of the problem don't take control is even worse.

Please, if you are one of those people who speak of ISOs, stop; if you are a mod, please help out by trying to end it. I think you have been too light on people who know about the rule violation.

Here is a list of the ISO-related things that cannot be discussed on the forums:

ISOs (backups or downloads)
UMD Ripping
UMD Copying
Fastloader
Devhook
Hookboot
UMD Emulator (unless being discussed for firmware/UMD overclocking purposes)

[Cap'n 1time]

Im actually quite proud of you indiancheese. Also they just kind of hired me as a mod because they do see this problem. Im trying my best to cut down on the stupid questions.

The problem was that most the mods dont know enough about the PSP, this was a Dreamcast site.. Wraggy just did such a good job posting psp news that this place became a major hub for psp discussion.

You've almost pulled a 180 from your last standpoint about 24 hours ago.. I dont know the reason for the change, but ANY ONE can help the mods out. Feel free to pm me with questionable threads.

ACTION IS MORE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN If you join our IRC channel on Efnet. #dcemu. I was doing this alot before I became a mod. Even if you dont get an immediate responce, one of the mods will see it on the logs and probably take care of it. We arnt perfect, but the main admins are doing their best to take action.

[Xarius]

I agree with IC.

Another thing we could do with the rules besides the 60 second stall is make them available more readily. When most people sign up, it's because they have something specific to say. They want to register their username as fast as possible so they can post what's on their mind. Currently, we do not offer the ability to read the rules once a user is logged in. On many occasions, I've wanted to post "read the rules" and make it an actual link to the rules but I couldn't, because the rules can't be accessed to those logged in.

[Cap'n 1time]

I agree with IC.

Another thing we could do with the rules besides the 60 second stall is make them available more readily. When most people sign up, it's because they have something specific to say. They want to register their username as fast as possible so they can post what's on their mind. Currently, we do not offer the ability to read the rules once a user is logged in. On many occasions, I've wanted to post "read the rules" and make it an actual link to the rules but I couldn't, because the rules can't be accessed to those logged in.

I agree they arnt visible enough. They are located in annoucments at the top of each section. here is the link.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/announcement.php?f=77

Like I said before, anyone can help, and currently im the only active official psp moderator... YOUR NOT GOING TO BE A MOD SO DONT ASK. Of course there are a number of people I am adding to the wish list for the future . like I said, you can always help by logging in to IRC and reporting bad posts that I miss there. You might not get an answere right away, but it will appear in the logs. you can also PM me with problems you have.

[omniosiris]

*sigh* I think people just need to stop being stupid and *gasp* read the rules before they post. It would make everyones life just that much easier

[Gamedoctor]

Onetime....i actually registered here just to say...

You are an ass. A total, 100%, complete ass. I've read 4 topics by you so far that all say "You aren't going to be a mod so don't ask." You are obviously very proud of your mod tag right? God forbid someone else get mod status and take a little piece of your power away.

Stupid power hungy $#@!s.

[Kaiser]

#dcemu doesn't come up on efnet for me. I tried to channel search, and I've never been able to get mIRC to work.

[Cap'n 1time]

Onetime....i actually registered here just to say...

You are an ass. A total, 100%, complete ass. I've read 4 topics by you so far that all say "You aren't going to be a mod so don't ask." You are obviously very proud of your mod tag right? God forbid someone else get mod status and take a little piece of your power away.

Stupid power hungy $#@!s.

perhapes you just dont understand whats going on. I am not actually that excited about my mod status, i was as much of an ass before I had it as I was when I became a mod, feel free to ask around. I do have a few people I would like to see become mods and kaiser, you are actually an honorable mention. So if you got a rant write a paper and swallow it because your opinions on how i handle things mean nothing to me. I obey the laws of these forums and make sure that you people do the same.
you know what the hardest part of being a mod is? it isnt answereing the same questions over and over again or locking threads, its reading things like this by people who think they know everything. Did you ever concider that there was more to a certain subject then what you read? No im not an ass. I didnt "registered here just to say..." bad things they think they know about somebody. And I sure as hell didnt try to make this go off topic. I think your an ass.. a 100% ass for wasting everyones time. I dont have as much "power" as you seem to think I have either. even If i did i wouldnt ban you.. I hope that you learn alot about the complexity of things and how you dont really know everything from this experiance. I also hope you learn when to keep your thoughts to yourself.

@ kaiser. once your in irc you can say /channel #dcemu and it should take you right there.

[Tomppa]

What kind of people do really register just to say something like that? Haven't you ever heard that noone selects assholes as mods... Usually mods are no assholes, unlike people who call them such.

[IndianCheese]

Here is a question that I have: is it illigal to rip your own ISOs and use them for yourself and for yourself only? I mean, you own the disc and the data that is on it, right?