Like I said, we have a hard enough time fighting TI without our little internal conflicts.

The only real fight with TI is on the Nspire. TI already knows that the community has broken the 83+ series and they've pretty much given up on it.

I've been a member of Omnimaga for over 5 years now. I have seen the things that SirCmpwn is talking about from time to time -- although not specific to Cemetech.

I think Omnimaga is a great place for "noobs' to learn and get to know the community. I would not consider myself a noob. In fact, I'm probably too old to be a member here... but I still am... and I enjoy it!

im just saying im a member of both websites and i see nothing wrong with either of them.

Quote from: Qwerty.55 on November 09, 2010, 05:59:24 pm

The only real fight with TI is on the Nspire. TI already knows that the community has broken the 83+ series and they've pretty much given up on it.

Be that as it may, if they have already lost, then why do they insist on holding onto vital documentation?

Because they're in denial. But what documentation are they holding on to? We already know the drivers, the processor, the code for the OS, and pretty much everything else I can think of.

I don't really visit Cemetech very often, but I from my experience it is a good site.  I completely believe Sir, and wonder why the posts were deleted.  However, I respect Kerm's authority (and DJ's) to run their sites how they want to.  We all belong to a very similar, if not identical sect in society.  It's not like we're competing or anything (at least not to my knowledge).  We should all just work together and get along, with no bashing from anybody.

Personally, I rated down the post, because I and others have brought up problems from other sites on here or vice-versa in the past, and it only caused more problems than it should. Such matter should be discussed with the admin concerned, or the admin should discuss them with you, like I do everytime there is an issue between an Omni member and myself/my site.

I disagree that the rant should have been deleted, I think it would be fine since it would clarify things, but it is Kerm's website: He has the right to decide what is allowed and what's not, and you can do nothing about it. The only thing you can do is if something wrong occurs on Omnimaga directly. It's like if someone complains that we're too strict on rude comments: Omnimaga is our site and we reserve the right to punish people who are unnecessarly rude to others. Cemetech is not Omnimaga and Omnimaga is not Cemetech. It's Kerm decision run run Cemetech how he does. I tried convincing every admin of other sites to disallow rude comments before and it gave me a bad reputation for a while, because they are not my site and admins there can run them how they want.

That said, I do not know what happens behind the scenes and I effectively saw words "omnidrama" or "omninoobs" before, but we can do nothing about it. If people notice bad things said against Omnimaga, it's up to them to decide if they mind it or not and if they want to stay or leave. If you have suggestions to improve Cemetech, you should post them in his website sub-forum. If they get censored, then at least you will have tried to post them at the right place.

I'm leaving this topic intact and open, but if it turns into an Cemetech bashing thread or an inter community dispute, I will lock it and take the usual action against those who participated. Let's learn from the community past mistakes that nearly caused its death, shall we?

I made a more lengthy response on Cemetech but I feel DJ has summed up exactly what I was thinking. The only issue I have seen people on Cemetech have with Omnimaga is the drama that seems to stem from it, whether that opinion is justified or not. IMO there are other things that usually cause the drama in the community and it is a shame the Omnimaga seems to often get caught in the thick of it even though they are not the cause. I for one feel that terms like Omnidrama and similar are not acceptable in any community calculators or otherwise and while I have not seen that term used if I do I feel the first mod/admin to encounter such words should take care of it as they see fit in accordance with their respective sites rules.

Also one thing to clarify:

When you arrive on a site: there's no such thing as the first ammendmnent. It's not protected by it. You can say what you want, but the admins are free to censor anything they want or punish people for whatever reason they want. The only thing you can do is if you are not satisfied with that, you need to start your own forum.