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[pantsontheground]

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Is Pants on the Ground awesome?

 

[John Kendrick]

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My brothers was in a shop and a member of staff searched his pockets. He did not find anything. His only form of of apology was the phrase "I was just making sure". If I had been there I would have kicked up a storm, but my brother is far too good natured and he just let it be. He told me what had happened, and how embarrassed he was, and now I'm determined to do something about it. I was hoping some people could give me advice?

 

[pantsontheground]

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My brothers was in a shop and a member of staff searched his pockets. He did not find anything. His only form of of apology was the phrase "I was just making sure". If I had been there I would have kicked up a storm, but my brother is far too good natured and he just let it be. He told me what had happened, and how embarrassed he was, and now I'm determined to do something about it. I was hoping some people could give me advice?

Kick that worker's ass so hard he wishes Chuck Norris round-house kicked him in the balls.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

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optimization question for steve.
is it possible for you to optimize the site to the point where it ranks higher on google than the lionhead website?
if so, would that be a goal?

 

[Tsuyu]

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You can actually help with that. To dumb it down immensly; the more you link to a website, the higher up it appears in search results. So if you visit other forums, put the link to projectego.net in your signature there.

 

[droded]

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You can actually help with that. To dumb it down immensly; the more you link to a website, the higher up it appears in search results. So if you visit other forums, put the link to projectego.net in your signature there.

If it works like that wouldn't all the hits just disappear when the user chnges their signature?

 

[Tsuyu]

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I dunno. Probably. I haven't worked with search engine optimization in a couple of years now. But it should theoretically work as long as you keep the link there. Oh yeah, a free tip from me; don't work with search engine optimization. It sucks.

 

[droded]

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Do these links work if they are hidden in images? I.e. My signature on another forum secretly advertising this one.

 

[droded]

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Ah, well does this method work with Youtube links?

 

[Arseface]

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What's "jackanorry" mean?

Also, what's the opposite word for "pale"?

 

[droded]

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What's "jackanorry" mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackanory

Also, what's the opposite word for "pale"?

Dark, Bright or Bold - depending on the context.

 

[Angel]

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Alright here's my question...

Say you wake up one day, it's a perfect cloudless day.. and the sun is shining, warm and welcoming. You feel fresh and as bright as a daisy, only to find next to you in bed that your lover now has the genitals of the opposite sex.

What do you do? How do you react? Let's say this new change is now permanent, do you still continue your relationship with this person, if so, does this now make you question your own sexual orientation? How does this effect your sex life together?

Give him some Feminax, order a cup of tea and tell him my clothes need washing. Simples.

My question is simple, If you had to choose between a fridge full of cold beer or a bus full of kids, and you had super strength, which would you stop from falling off a cliff?

Don't like beer - then again I on't like kids either. I think I'll just look the other way and let nature takes its vicious course.

Is Pants on the Ground awesome?

I have no idea who or what that is.

I dunno. Probably. I haven't worked with search engine optimization in a couple of years now. But it should theoretically work as long as you keep the link there. Oh yeah, a free tip from me; don't work with search engine optimization. It sucks.

Amen to that - worked in it for a while and Steve loves it but I hate it. Never could stand it, to be fair.

Besides, non-registered users and search engines cannot see signatures or links within them so it doesn't matter from that perspective.

Also, regarding rankings - it is dependant on which forum we are ranking for. In the past and indeed currently we are above Lionhead for a number of search terms and forum areas.

 

[Arseface]

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Oh, look at all the lonely people. Where do they all come from?

 

[Noctus]

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Dear Staff:

I wrote you a song, would you review all of it?

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9wk5lgGFo

 

[TRA Rotid]

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optimization question for steve.
is it possible for you to optimize the site to the point where it ranks higher on google than the lionhead website?
if so, would that be a goal?

Am I doing something wrong here?


Oops, didnn`t notice Angel`s post, but here you go, proof.

 

[Steve]

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My question is simple, If you had to choose between a fridge full of cold beer or a bus full of kids, and you had super strength, which would you stop from falling off a cliff?

I don't like beer and I don't like kids. I guess they're both going off the cliff then.

My brothers was in a shop and a member of staff searched his pockets. He did not find anything. His only form of of apology was the phrase "I was just making sure". If I had been there I would have kicked up a storm, but my brother is far too good natured and he just let it be. He told me what had happened, and how embarrassed he was, and now I'm determined to do something about it. I was hoping some people could give me advice?

To my understanding: When a security guard is not present then a member of staff is permitted to request that you empty your pockets but only search you if you permit it. If it was a security guard that spoke to your brother then he was well within his rights to search your brother if he believes that your brother was acting suspiciously.

My advice: Obviously your brother wasn't stealing so he didn't do anything wrong, but the security guard didn't do anything wrong either. Guards will not stop a customer unless they are certain that person is thieving. If you would have been present at the time I would have recommended that you prove that your brother had not stolen from the shop, insist on speaking to the manager, be very understanding but also suggest that the manager consider giving your brother some form of credit towards your next purchase.

If it was a small mom-and-pop shop then it's likely they will fight to keep your custom and will grant you a one off discount on your next purchase. However, saying that, I can't think of many small shops that employ guards or using anything other than cameras to monitor their shops. I'm guessing your brother was shopping in a much more established shop? Probably one that is part of a chain? If so, the manager may still allow you a one-off discount but it's much less likely.

It really depends on how genuinely insulted and/or embarrassed you are and the store manager's discretion. The fact is: If no-one is in the wrong then neither party is legally obliged to do anything. However, if the security guard had stopped your brother on multiple occasions over the course of days or weeks and found no goods stolen then you might be able to pursue something and "do him" for harassment.

Just my two pennies.

optimization question for steve.
is it possible for you to optimize the site to the point where it ranks higher on google than the lionhead website?
if so, would that be a goal?

Good question! Crap answer: Depends.

It greatly depends on what keywords we're competing on. Currently we rank first for "Fable 3", "Fable Forum", "Fable Forums", "Fable 2 Forum", "Fable 2 Forums", "Fable 3 Forum", etc. We're not far off first spot for Fable 2 either but Lionhead has pretty much got that secured at the moment. We've still got Fable 3 covered though! And I want my number one spot for Devil May Cry back... dammit.

I dunno. Probably. I haven't worked with search engine optimization in a couple of years now.

Matt Cutts - the chap in charge of Google's Web Spam team - in a recent video explains that links that no longer exist will no longer pass along PageRank and will no longer influence the link receiver's ranking:

[youtube]fia_1b07jCQ[/youtube]

 

[Firis]

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Dear Staff: Why is Diablo III Taking so long?

~ Firis

 

[Gikoku]

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Just a serious question here for a moment.

You ever urinate when taking a shower?

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Dear Staff: Why is Diablo III Taking so long?

~ Firis

Game has gone through 3 revisions and likely they have been bug fixing and optimising the game because of this. Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl had the same thing happen to it and its the reason that title took around 7 years to make.

Just a serious question here for a moment.

You ever urinate when taking a shower?

Plain lazy....



Of course its been done.

 

[Gikoku]

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Plain lazy....



Of course its been done.

:lol: Yeah, it's all going down the drain anyway, so I say "Hey, what the hell".