D-R-T servers.

[Funnybear]

Any admin for the DRT servers (specifically the GT As Nat one) around on this forum? I think it's a german one and I know there are some of our german cousins frequenting this forum.

It's just that I was wondering why you don't allow voteban on your servers?

My complete mornings (whilst baby is asleep) racing was wrecked by a wrecker (A guy called Deeper on line. Said he was from Uragauy but hey he could have been anyone). Everyone was getting wound up with him, it was blatent wrecking and really quite annoying. But we had no recause to him. All we wanted was for him to be gone. It seems that for a public server not to have a voteban option is a little daft.

Needless to say that a replay of this guys antics was sent to both the server admin and the Devs so hopefully I will never have to see him and his wrecking ways again . . .

So annoying. Espeacially as I woke the baby up with my cursing. (sorry babes).

[Hallen]

He's Welsh, just smile and wave
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

[th84]

LMAO!!!! :wave:


Is that even a country?? :razz:

[AndroidXP]

Look Funnybear, they like you. I think their reaction of imitating you is an act of kindness. But I'm not sure, I haven't studied them enough yet.

:rolleyes:


Seriously, I agree with you. I can very much understand a no-voteban on a demo server, but for an S2 server to disable votebanning, it should atleast be regularly adminned.

[th84]

maybe its the pink car??

[Breizh]

I was there too, unless that was yesterday, and Deeper did it today as well.
He'd stay anchored on the starting grid, then stand in the middle of the track once the race was underway.

[Hallen]

Look Funnybear, they like you. I think their reaction of imitating you is an act of kindness. But I'm not sure, I haven't studied them enough yet.

:rolleyes:


To study us, is to become us... so you better be careful :D :pillepall

And I do like Funnybear, or I wouldn't have posted what I did.

[Hankstar]

Isn't that sweet Funnybear? You have fans :D

Being from Welsh stock I stand in solidarity with you...let's race Corgis!

[spankmeyer]

Could one DRT member contact me via private message ASAP? I need to discuss an incident that happened last night (18th) that you might find interesting. I won't post the replay file public, but definitely you want to have a look at it as server owners.

[Funnybear]

I hope it's not a replay of me swearing . . . I did that quite alot yesterday.

It was odd. For such a popular server (Maybe because of the the no Vote option) it was a shame that some seriously good racing was riuned by the lack of the ability to get rid of the less salubrious racers.

Why is everyone waving at me? Was it something I said?

And *Cough* Hankster. Mate. Erm. I ain't actually welsh. I know my flag ses it but I ain't. You see I'm actually an English spy sent to root out Wellian dissidents and bring them to a certain justice. But I'm not doing a very good job so I've taken up breeding with them instead. (And no snide comments about sheep please. Not unless it's original.)

[SamH]

I went to Wales, once.


ONCE.

[Funnybear]

You have to pay to get in. But they let you out for free . . .

[Hankstar]

A spy? Bah! Throw him to the ... hmm, what's a dangerous Welsh animal? Fat choral singers?

[SamH]

A spy? Bah! Throw him to the ... hmm, what's a dangerous Welsh animal? Fat choral singers?

Throw him to the... dragon, perhaps?

I don't think there are any dragons in Wales any more. There is one in Chicago though. I know, because I divorced her two years ago.

[tinvek]

Throw him to the... dragon, perhaps?

I don't think there are any dragons in Wales any more. There is one in Chicago though. I know, because I divorced her two years ago.

no we've just got fire breathing sheep now :thumb:

trouble is if they cough they set fire to their wool

which is how you get black sheep

[Hyperactive]

no we've just got fire breathing sheep now :thumb:

trouble is if they cough they set fire to their wool

which is how you get black sheep

So it is a sheep that cooks itself? ;)

[B2B@300]

What will they think of next in this fast food generation :razz: :D

[BigDave2967]

Funnybear, he doesn't even know what the blue flag, or yellow flag means :S, just thought I'd add that up.

[Funnybear]

Add what up? Blue and yellow flags. Does that mean you get a Bluey yellowish flag?

'Tis nice to see a thread that although not really staying on topic can at least let the british sacrastic muscle flex at it's most mightiest stretch . . .

Sacrastic? Isn't that something that only happens on holy ground. What I meant was 'sarcarstic'. Bad bear. Bad.

Edit - Look I can even take this piss out of me, thats is how strong and long my muscle is. I could entertain myself all night if I wanted too. Just stroking and looking at my big, large and extroudinarily mighty sarcastic muscle.

God bless you Benny Hill. God bless you.

[SamH]

I don't get why Americans don't get sarcasm. Well.. they DO, really. In Fawlty Towers, Basil was sarcastic. The Americans LOVED Fawlty Towers. Did they just get the slapstick between Basil and Manuel, and miss the sarcasm between Basil and Sybil?

There were some brilliant uses of sarcasm in Friends. Do you have to be a New Yorker to be an American who gets sarcasm? My Mid-Western friends took their sweet time over getting used to my sarcastic humour.

[Hankstar]

I think they do get sarcasm, it's subtlety they don't get :tilt:
(There was no subtle way to put that :D)

[Funnybear]

Shh. Don't mention the war. I did, but I think I got away with it . . .

Basil - You started it!!

German - No we didn't.

Basil - Yes you did, you invaded poland!!

****ing funny.

[Hallen]

Americans get sarcasm. There are people who live in America who don't get it. Just because America exports all kinds of drivel in the form of movies, tv, and pop culture, does not mean that you can generalize anything about an American from that. Well, you can, and it can be funny, but it won't be reality.
And how many of those actors on Friends do you really think came from New York in the first place, hmmmm?

So if you want to have an argument, pay your money and you can argue;
No you can't
Yes I can
No it can't be done
This is not an argument
Yes it is
No it isn't
Yes it is
This is not an argument, it's a contradiction
No it isn't...

[SamH]

You can generalise about Brits, though. With a population that's only 2x that of Greater Chicago, and being an island that could probably float comfortably in Lake Michigan without touching the sides, sarcasm is understood by all. It's inherent in all permutations of British society. I think it's a side-effect of being overtaxed.

[Hallen]

It's inherent in all permutations of British society. I think it's a side-effect of being overtaxed.
:nod: :chairfall :ices_rofl

[Funnybear]

I am definatly overtaxed. I think the majority of the nation is over taxed. Espeacially Chavs. Everything over taxes them. With their hoodies and chavved up Vauxhall Corsa's. Barely being able to string a sentance together with out it containing at least six 'Yea but's'

'Am I bovvered. Does this face look bovvered . . . Bovvered?'

God I hate Chavs.

And I hate whingers. I hate bloody middle english moaners. Them that moans about the government, but who don't vote. Who complain about he health of the nation but who still smoke. And middle laners. I ****ing hate middle laners. Damn them, damn them all to hell.

I am one of lifes little ironies. I am a self contained irony.

[SamH]

And I hate whingers. I hate bloody middle english moaners. Them that moans about the government, but who don't vote. Who complain about he health of the nation but who still smoke. And middle laners. I ****ing hate middle laners. Damn them, damn them all to hell.

I am one of lifes little ironies. I am a self contained irony.

I drank my coffee twice, reading that! hehe

[Funnybear]

lol.

[ellis_dee]

Sorry for any inconvinience racing on d-r-t servers. Someone just forgot to reactivate it after vot-ban was disabled for a reason I don't know. It's on again....let's hope bans will be rarely necessary, but sometimes it seems the only way to drive a decent race.

[Funnybear]

Wahyhay. Thanks mate.

We just had some really bad few days thats all. Couldn't do anything about some intentional wreckers . . . .

But thankyou for replying and telling us whats what . . .

[BigDave2967]

Sorry for any inconvinience racing on d-r-t servers. Someone just forgot to reactivate it after vot-ban was disabled for a reason I don't know. It's on again....let's hope bans will be rarely necessary, but sometimes it seems the only way to drive a decent race.

I do a question/complaint *depending on the situation* on the server from last night.

I was having a good race, Stoke slowly catching me up, on the AS National curcuit. And near the end of the race, I suddenly got a 30 second time penatly, as did Guti, but no one else recieved it.

I noticed that D-R-T Skorpion was on, I was asking why I got a 30 second time penalty out of nowhere, and I got no reply whatsoever.

A good race that was spoilt, all because of an unexplained action..

[Funnybear]

I think it's actually a known bug. Never had it myself but from what I have read it does happen on occasion.

One of those things that are to be fixed. Probs nothing you did, unless you where speeding in pit. But you would have known if you had done that.

[BigDave2967]

If I was speeding in the pit, I would have known right after. But this was 4 laps later. :D

[Funnybear]

Yea, thats what I figured. I am pretty sure it's a bug. Some of the other regulars will probable have a better idea.

[Vykos69]

No, with Admin-permission you can give people drive-through and stop&go penalties. If this is done in last 2 or 3 laps, you get a time penalty.

So, I doubt it was a bug, maybe you either crashed someone in lap1, turn 1 or whenever, you werent liked, the admin went nuts or and admin was playin a prank on you. Still, no nice move, to not even explain, why you got that.

[BigDave2967]

No, with Admin-permission you can give people drive-through and stop&go penalties. If this is done in last 2 or 3 laps, you get a time penalty.

So, I doubt it was a bug, maybe you either crashed someone in lap1, turn 1 or whenever, you werent liked, the admin went nuts or and admin was playin a prank on you. Still, no nice move, to not even explain, why you got that.

The only member at the time, was D-R-T Skorpion. I don't recall crashing to anyone, only little bumps when defending my line. That was it, the rest of the race, was more like race pace and pit stop races.

But netherless, to give a 30 second time penalty, and not get a reason, after asking, did not impress me at all, and spoilt the whole game.

The penalty happened after 3, not in between the laps I may recieve the penalty.

I'm ok about, just disappointed the way it was handled.

[Funnybear]

I doubt if the admin just dished out the penalty without giving you a reason. 'Snot the way 'tings are done 'round 'ere.

Still reckon it's a bug.

[skiingman]

Do you have to be a New Yorker to be an American who gets sarcasm? .

YES.

I say sarcastic things all the time that would be just plain understood in the northeast and these folks here in the southwest stare at me like I'm crazy or I killed their dog, depending on the particular remark.


And how many of those actors on Friends do you really think came from New York in the first place, hmmmm?

Who cares? Where are the writers from?

Dana Klein: NY
Marta Kauffmann: Went to Brandeis, then took up theatre in NY
David Crane: Ditto.

Humor like friends just doesn't come from Georgia. I'm making a generalization, but sometimes that isn't so crazy or bad.

[Funnybear]

I had two Newyorkers come into my bar once. Real 'ol native new yorkers with that realy thick New yorker Drawl which can make one word last a minute.

They asked for 'Cayaannndddeeee'.

'Hmm. What?'

'Cayaanndeeee? Do yew have any Cayaannndeee?'

'Excuse me? What?'

Then they started talking like the brits to do non understanding foriegners. They rasied their voices and spoke slower . . .

'DO. YOU. HAVE. ANY. CAY. AND. DEEEE? Sheesh Maud. He sure is dum. I thought these brits spoke the same language.'

'Oh. Oh. Candy. Your sayiung candy. Chocolate. You want chocolate. My god, why didn't you just say so . . . '

It was funny at the time. Kinda had to be there really.

[Becky Rose]

I thought they where ordering cyanide...

[Funnybear]

Might have given it too . . .

[skiingman]

I had two Newyorkers come into my bar once. Real 'ol native new yorkers with that realy thick New yorker Drawl which can make one word last a minute.


Haha.

Those weren't NY folks....they were Georgians. Conversation with new yorker would have gone:

Where's the candy?

Where is the candy?

CANDY!

[Funnybear]

Would they have pulled a gun too?

[skiingman]

Oh hell no.

New York doesn't believe in guns. :)

The only folks with (handguns) on the streets of NY are criminals that bought them from some guy that "legally" purchased them in Georgia, filed the numbers off, and resold them on the streets of NY.

[Rappa Z]

Deeper is from Poland and is claimed to have never raced.
???

I had two Newyorkers come into my bar once. Real 'ol native new yorkers with that realy thick New yorker Drawl which can make one word last a minute.

They asked for 'Cayaannndddeeee'.

'Hmm. What?'

'Cayaanndeeee? Do yew have any Cayaannndeee?'

'Excuse me? What?'

Then they started talking like the brits to do non understanding foriegners. They rasied their voices and spoke slower . . .

'DO. YOU. HAVE. ANY. CAY. AND. DEEEE? Sheesh Maud. He sure is dum. I thought these brits spoke the same language.'

'Oh. Oh. Candy. Your sayiung candy. Chocolate. You want chocolate. My god, why didn't you just say so . . . '

It was funny at the time. Kinda had to be there really.

me like Cayaannndeee.best post ever.lol:)lol:)lol:)lol:)lol:)lol:)lol:)

[Hallen]

YES.

I say sarcastic things all the time that would be just plain understood in the northeast and these folks here in the southwest stare at me like I'm crazy or I killed their dog, depending on the particular remark.

Uh, ya. It's just that they probably can't understand a word you are saying seeing as they speak English there. Also, there is an assumption of civility and politeness out west and sarcasm is saved for people who you are willing to call a friend, if it is meant as a jest, and for your enemies if it is not.


Who cares? Where are the writers from?

Dana Klein: NY
Marta Kauffmann: Went to Brandeis, then took up theatre in NY
David Crane: Ditto.

Humor like friends just doesn't come from Georgia. I'm making a generalization, but sometimes that isn't so crazy or bad.

DOH! I forgot, ain't nuthin gud 'les it come outa Nnugh Yauk.
Lets see, 6 under-employed 20-something characters living in apartments way beyond their means, getting themselves caught in all kinds of goofy situations yet still manage to maintain their strong bond of friendship even while they swap mates like fruit flies in heat... Nope, I guess that kind of humor couldn't happen anywhere but New York.

Oh, and since David Crane was born in Philadelphia and is Ditto with Marta, then I assume neither of them are from New York?

The only thing I don't like about New York (city) is that way too many New Yorkers end up moving out west. Please, stay right where you are and live in your own self centered little world. The rest of us will be a lot happier. That way, we can take our vacations to "The City", watch all the loonies (it's almost better than watching the loonies in Las Vegas), and go home to our dull, unenlightened little lives in the real world.
I'm making a generalization, but sometimes it's spot on.

[th84]

wats al dis tlk bout gaorgia?? wat ded we do so wong?

p.s. yeeeeee hawwwwww

[skiingman]

Uh, ya. It's just that they probably can't understand a word you are saying seeing as they speak English there.

Heh. Only the proles have the strong accent, pal.

Us enlightened (hehe) folk might as well be from Peoria, if you go by our accent. :tilt:

Also, there is an assumption of civility and politeness out west

Uh, no. Have you ever spent time in Texas? I wouldn't call it the land of civility or politeness.

and sarcasm is saved for people who you are willing to call a friend, if it is meant as a jest, and for your enemies if it is not.

Folks here who are my close friends still don't get the sarcasm. It seems dead baby jokes just don't play well here. I don't get why everyone takes life so seriously...can't I make a joke about backalley abortions without people taking up arms?

I personally think its hilarious to see the jokes the Euros make about Americans, particularly when you turn them around. Did you see the recent Daily Show segment on the Danish?

DOH! I forgot, ain't nuthin gud 'les it come outa Nnugh Yauk.

No, not NY per se. Moreso the Northeastern United States in general.

BTW, I don't actually believe that. Its just funny to get a rise out of people living in flyover states...

Lets see, 6 under-employed 20-something characters living in apartments way beyond their means, getting themselves caught in all kinds of goofy situations yet still manage to maintain their strong bond of friendship even while they swap mates like fruit flies in heat... Nope, I guess that kind of humor couldn't happen anywhere but New York.

The show, IMHO, sucked. What couldn't have happened without writers that have experience in NY is much of the sarcastic humor.

Oh, and since David Crane was born in Philadelphia and is Ditto with Marta, then I assume neither of them are from New York?

Nope, like I said they both went to NY after their higher educations, perhaps in search of people with a sense of humor and a high value placed on art. The latter half of that sentence is facetious, btw.

I'm making a generalization, but sometimes it's spot on.
And indeed that one you made was spot on. :thumb: Nothing wrong with that. Heck, I've made that one myself before.

You see, I can make as many desparaging jokes as I want about NY, Georgia, the Danish, etc. and not get my panties in a bunch if the tables are turned on me. That capability is something the British surely seem to have in spades, but it seems many Americans do not.

[Hallen]

Uh, no. Have you ever spent time in Texas? I wouldn't call it the land of civility or politeness.
Hmmmm, I think I might know what the problem is there:tilt:

Folks here who are my close friends still don't get the sarcasm.
Ah, yes. The answer to the problem above. If nobody understands your "humor" but you, then maybe you should reevaluate your view of the world. I know those last comments were meant to be funny, you almost made it there, but still missed the mark.

I personally think its hilarious to see the jokes the Euros make about Americans, particularly when you turn them around. Did you see the recent Daily Show segment on the Danish?
Nope, sorry I didn't.

No, not NY per se. Moreso the Northeastern United States in general.

BTW, I don't actually believe that. Its just funny to get a rise out of people living in flyover states...
I figured that one out on my own:D

Nope, like I said they both went to NY after their higher educations...
No, you did not directly say they were from NY, but you implied that they were and you did not say anything about after their higher educations. Words mean things, dude, and it also means things when you leave words out.:scratchch

You see, I can make as many desparaging jokes as I want about NY, Georgia, the Danish, etc. and not get my panties in a bunch if the tables are turned on me. That capability is something the British surely seem to have in spades, but it seems many Americans do not.
Hmmm, that is where we disagree. There is a difference between self deprecation and wild generalisms that are solely aimed at implying other people have less worth than you do. It can be a very fine line. Sarcasm does NOT come across well in text unless you do a particularly good job of writing. Sarcasm can be cutting and cruel, or it can be extremely funny, but a lot of people only learn the cruel side of it. The fact that it is just not funny seems to slide right past them.

You know what you are thinking, the train of thought that makes it funny, but we can't read your mind. The comment about guns and Georgia is a good example. There is nothing funny about that. Now if you would have said they send all those "legal" guns with filed off serial numbers to NY to insure that as many New Yorkers kill themselves off as possible, then it would have been funny. It implies that people from Georgia will let anybody own a gun and that they will to do crazy things with the gun, and people in NY are just as culpable because they actually use the guns on each other. Now, you have to think, who is really the stupid one here?

I know I get bent out of shape on things too easily. I am too literal of a person. So, have fun with your humor, I hope it works out for you. But be careful, in Texas, shooting annoying Yanks is justifiable homicide:shrug:

[Funnybear]

So much for the quick one liner comeback . . .

[skiingman]

So much for the quick one liner comeback . . .

:D

Sorry for botching your thread.

[skiingman]

If nobody understands your "humor" but you, then maybe you should reevaluate your view of the world.

Yet there are folks who get it. Folks from all over. They may be rarer in some places, but they certainly exist. I understand what you are saying and the truth and value in it, but I'm a stubborn curmudgeon.

No, you did not directly say they were from NY, but you implied that they were and you did not say anything about after their higher educations. Words mean things, dude, and it also means things when you leave words out.:scratchch

I said they went to Brandeis and then took up theater in NY. :confused: I would assume you know where and what Brandeis is, its a relatively well known institution. So yeah, I didn't imply they were from NY, I explicitly stated they went there after getting an education. Thats how NYC maintains its population really, what with all those "born there" folks moving all over God's country as you correctly generalized.

The comment about guns and Georgia is a good example. There is nothing funny about that.

Nope, nothing at all funny about that. That statement is largely true, unfortunately. Something like 85 percent of the crime guns used in NYC were originally sold by FFL dealers in the southeast. The ATF website has a cute little map with arrows pointing from Georgia to NY to descibe the trade, which is where the Georgia comment comes from.

edit: Here is a link to an ATF press release from this week about this very issue. South Carolina is the culprit here: http://www.atf.gov/press/fy06press/field/032806ny_gunrunners.htm


So, have fun with your humor, I hope it works out for you. But be careful, in Texas, shooting annoying Yanks is justifiable homicide:shrug:
:D

Whenever I meet Texans I can usually find common ground pretty fast, I had a Texan roommate and we got along quite well. It was rather hilarious when he was playing poker online and some Canadian called him out for saying "y'all", and he then asked me what the heck "eh?" meant....:)

But yeah I try and avoid getting shot...

[Ball Bearing Turbo]

and some Canadian called him out for saying "y'all", and he then asked me what the heck "eh?" meant....:)


ROFL

It's not like we say that all the time eh?

:D

[Hallen]

edit: Here is a link to an ATF press release from this week about this very issue. South Carolina is the culprit here: http://www.atf.gov/press/fy06press/field/032806ny_gunrunners.htm



No arguments there. The point is, there has to be a market for the guns, or they wouldn't be going there. If it were not from the current source, it would come from someplace else.

[Hallen]

So much for the quick one liner comeback . . .

The multiple voices in my head deserve the chance to speak out:Looking_a :nut:

[Ball Bearing Turbo]

Hey Hallen:

Left, NO Right, NO Left, NO RIGHT NO... **SMASH***

sound familiar?

LOL sorry.... :D