Wondering how that works...

If I deactivate my account here, will I still be able to get at the store and the things I have purchased? Or does that lock me out of the whole site?

Aw Doug, not you too...

Laurie

:(

Good question bwizzy (grins), one I've wondered myself. In all seriousness though, seems like most of the people I like on this forum (regardless if they like me back, lol) are contemplating jumping ship. Darned depressing. Maybe just stepping back and putting any personal emotions aside would help? I mean, I've contemplated it too, several times... but objectively I'd like to have more options than less. Quitting would be less. Not to mention that the complexity involved with deleting my account always makes me say "ahhh, screw it."

Don't go, basic... pretty please?

Well at least he won't be able to hiss at me anymore, so to be honest, I'm not that bothered if this one leaves.

Good question bwizzy (grins), one I've wondered myself. In all seriousness though, seems like most of the people I like on this forum (regardless if they like me back, lol) are contemplating jumping ship. Darned depressing. Maybe just stepping back and putting any personal emotions aside would help? I mean, I've contemplated it too, several times... but objectively I'd like to have more options than less. Quitting would be less. Not to mention that the complexity involved with deleting my account always makes me say "ahhh, screw it."

Don't go, basic... pretty please?

I would say I am very much in the same boat and I doubt I would de-activate my account but just leave it in limbo in case I needed it.  Coming here is depressing though it is like watching something dying a slow death and part of you wants to either kill it off or walk away.

Pumeco, give it a break.

@ Hornet3d, In my case I don't frequent other forums (although I'm a member at most) and all of my artist friends on Facebook are all die-hard traditional artists that don't understand cg (or worse, are opposed) so I can't really discuss there. So... here I is.

Just want to clarify, pumeco. My above assessment doesn't indicate that I don't enjoy our discussions... ok, enough ot.

Why does anyone think he's leaving? To be honest, I was wondering the same thing yesterday when Snarly posted, and I'm not going anywhere.

I would guess that your paid content wouldn't be available to you.

As far as the snarky comments-- imagine my surprise. :)

Starting to wonder if some form of temper tantrum virus has broken out here on the forum, to be honest. This isn't aimed at anyone particular but it just feels like a streak of irrationality has occured (which I've come to recognize and accept in myself, maybe due to an old severe head injury) from members who once seemed like the level-headed ones. Peculiar. Shrug.

...more arguments over dolls... christ.

...more arguments over dolls... christ.

Yes, that shouldn't even have happened years ago. But it did.

@Clarkie
Sorry, crossposted, and yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about, cheers :-)

True, Clarkie, so true ... :-D

Yikes, outta these chum-filled waters...(grabs rubber ducky). Lol.

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

Yikes, outta these chum-filled waters...(grabs rubber ducky). Lol.

The suspense is terrible.  I hope it lasts....

Put my posts back, NOW.

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

An example of what needs to be fixed is right here in this forum. To the admin: stop bootstrapping the mods and let them BAN who they feel they need to. After all, it's what you HIRED them for.

To basicwiz: I would imagine that you would not have access to your past purchases. How else would you log in to get them?

Laurie

I was just about to post the same thing, Laurie! 

I had considered applying for Moderator last time around, but I'm glad I didn't; a truly thankless job here... :(

Decisions have to be made jointly, and that's the sensible way to do it because it aids in preventing corruption, it's not 100% reliable because the moderators could still scheme together if they're friends enough with one another, but it's better than nothing.

You can't have any moderator, good or bad, taking things into their own hands by making solo decisions.
So no, moderators should not be able to just ban whoever they like.

They also don't need to be undermined at every turn by an admin who don't see the day to day bullshit that goes on in this forum. Shane and the coords are figureheads only unless the admin gives them some power. If they don't, they have no clout and whiney bawl babies like some will jump up and down and demand that their posts are more valid than everyone elses simply because they made them. It's the kinds of crap that makes other members not want to come here - for newbies to be afraid to post else they get a smartass answer. If Renderosity cares more about the troublemakers more than the friendly, helpful members, then they can expect more of the same - an EXODUS. I hope then that they understand that a few BAD members can cost them way more money by allowing these ppl to stay than to get rid of the shit stirrers.

There, I said my peace and I'm not gonna comment again. Just so the admin knows EXACTLY what I think.

Laurie

The problem is that "babies" need to learn that just because they don't like something, others are still allowed to say things they don't like or agree with.
Adults shouldn't need a dummy or pacifier as they're called, in order to keep things cool.

Adults usually develop the ability to admit when they're wrong, no matter what side of the conversation they're on.
It's when that simple evolutionary step has failed, that arguments tend to start.

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff with emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.

Adults usually develop the ability to admit when they're wrong, no matter what side of the conversation they're on.
It's when that simple evolutionary step has failed, that arguments tend to start.

Between forums and Usenet I've been posting online for 25 years now, and I've seen few take that step; some just need to be knocked upside of the head... :(

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.

It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them. And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.

It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.

a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.

It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.

a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?

Denial of Service attacks because of a few members emailing or PM-ing the staff a question? That's kind of a stretch, but ok if you say so. :)

"So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?"
LOL, this is a ridiculous comment to make. A, the structure is there to handle emails from site users and B, how many emails a day do you think is actually about asking how to de-activate an account? Maybe 1 or 2 a month? Yes, the site will crash and is actually being run off a usb stick......:) It cannot handle that load....

On the up side, traffic and posts in the forums are up:) All it takes is an interesting topic such as this and we are back in business:)

Stop derailing threads. All of you. 

Answer the question asked or don't respond. It's as simple as that. 

OK. PM the staff as they are the ones that know absolutely. Isn't Basic sort of staff anyway so he could just email them rather than posting here?

So only the person asking gets to know the official answer ? great idea Einstein, let all the people wanting to know the answer flood the staff wih emails when one single forum post would work to alert the community.

It's only a valuable question if everyone is deciding to leave. I don't think that's the case here. And as he was former staff, he should already have the contacts to ask this question directly to them.And the naming calling in this post is precisely why I posted what I did. This is not ok communication so don't use it.

a lot of people are leaving / have left, so that makes your statement invalid does it not? your choice of communication, IE email is not a good idea, if you assume everyone wants to leave, (except the 4 consistent posters), would they not all wonder the same thing? So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?

Denial of Service attacks because of a few members emailing or PM-ing the staff a question? That's kind of a stretch, but ok if you say so. :)

I never said a DOS attack, but that's ok, and the point was, if everyone had to email the staff, the staff would either get tied up and nothing on the site would get done or, they would ignore all the emails (probably), or they would assign one or two  people to reply to them all. Why is this a difficult concept?

"So everyone emails the staff, and we end up with DOS type effect., where nobody can reach the site because hey, emails are taking up the bandwidth.Why should it be asked privately anyway?"
LOL, this is a ridiculous comment to make. A, the structure is there to handle emails from site users and B, how many emails a day do you think is actually about asking how to de-activate an account? Maybe 1 or 2 a month? Yes, the site will crash and is actually being run off a usb stick......:) It cannot handle that load....

I should have guessed you would be here to back mm up, never fails.
Can you provide FACTUAL figures for your assumption that so few emails are sent on this topic?

I await them with anticipation.

Oh and the point is still valid (sans exaggeration) - Why should it be asked privately? It was a fair question and he has as much right to ask it in the forum as you have to attempt to deride people - more so in fact.

And, the Gang's all here, celebrating that they have managed to run off Poser people.

One day, when they grow up, their reputation as Poser Killers will be remembered.

Lol you think this is a type of epidemic since 3 or four users are leaving or asking about de-activating their account here? Really now. I don't need to prove or back up anything because it is common sense that THIS particular topic or question is not really a frequent one. Hell I bet before these Poser vets even mentioned they were leaving, the question did not even cross your mind. And I do not back up people, I back up common sense. Thanks:)

Lol you think this is a type of epidemic since 3 or four users are leaving or asking about de-activating their account here? Really now. I don't need to prove or back up anything because it is common sense that THIS particular topic or question is not really a frequent one. Hell I bet before these Poser vets even mentioned they were leaving, the question did not even cross your mind. And I do not back up people, I back up common sense. Thanks:)

I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving? Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?

Yeah, listen peeps, why don't you humans just give each other a big hug and play with Poser instead, and make it a Roxie this time!!!
The words in this one might make you think twice about leaving!!!

Later,
Roxie - Girl With Blade

Nice one, Roxie, let's hope we see some "Yellow Ribbons".

I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving?

Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?

Why do I need to entertain you? If you don't believe me then why don't you ask the site admins how many emails of this nature they receive? Most people just leave or stop being active on sites without deactivation and just go MIA.

I prefer facts to YOUR "common sense", can you provide figures for the number of people leaving?

Do you work for Renderosity? Do you have access to those figures? No?

Why do I need to entertain you? If you don't believe me then why don't you ask the site admins how many emails of this nature they receive? Most people just leave or stop being active on sites without deactivation and just go MIA.

Because you quoted the figures, not the staff. So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.

And, the Gang's all here, celebrating that they have managed to run off Poser people.

One day, when they grow up, their reputation as Poser Killers will be remembered.

Why thank you:) Just doing my bit livening up the activity around here:)

So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.

Yes indeed:) I make up things and have no knowledge about anything:) If it makes you happy believing so then please, by all means, have fun:) But this is why people do not post here anymore, because of people like you who use any opportunity to attack people you do not like. No wonder these threads are dying, because you "fanatics" make it very hostile for others.

So all you proved is that you can make up facts on the spot and expect people to believe you.

Yes indeed:) I make up things and have no knowledge about anything:) If it makes you happy believing so then please, by all means, have fun:) But this is why people do not post here anymore, because of people like you who use any opportunity to attack people you do not like. No wonder these threads are dying, because you "fanatics" make it very hostile for others.

you made up these facts... and I am not the one attacking people I don't like, you come in here, as you do in DNA, and attack a comment you take an objection to or one your friends take objection to. You can't blame me here since I rarely even comment on the forums at all, because you, and people like you make it difficult to do so without ending up in a fight.  You can play your silly games and make up your facts, and people will just ignore you, and renderosity will just ignore you. Things will continue, people will come and go from the site, and STILL people will want to know if they can have access to their purchases if they deactivate their account, Which is what this topic is actually about, and will not be answered by your made up figures, nor will it be answered by you attempting to start a fight.

So unless you can answer that, I am sorry, your opinion means nothing. Have a nice existence.

Shane, how about deleting this thread?

@Structure
So..For example, I say it is hot outside and is around 35c-40c and cannot give specifics on the exact temperature, does that mean it is not hot outside? Or must the exact temperature be presented in order for you to believe it is hot outside, even though you are sweating from head to toe?

Shane, how about deleting this thread?

I agree. Lock it:) The members here are childish and cannot have a decent discussion. No wonder threads get locked and people go somewhere else where they can actually have a grown up discussion without people throwing their toys all over the place.

@Doug
How about not starting it in the first place?
You could have asked admin this question.

@Doug
How about not staring it in the first place?
You could have asked admin.

I agree with this. You know with certain topics that some people will get emotional, and with that knowledge could have just done it privately.

He did the same in the other thread, had a jab and then asked for the thread to be locked.  it's like he thinks it's ok to go around doing stuff and then hoping the moderators will lacky around after him, coming to his rescue, locking and deleting stuff so that people can't respond - so that only he gets a word in.