Welcome back Krono - hope you had a great holiday and safe journeying. The forums aren’t the same without you! Bugsy must be delighted you’re back; I think he’s probably had just about enough of all these lists by now!
Bugsy was doing an awesome job keeping the lists up-to-date, and began annotating requests for swaps and positions. He said he was happy to do so (keep note, not swap), as long as both requests and approval were stated in the thread by both parties.
However inevitably a few people took issue with the requests (some considering it spam), and there were questions raised about the viability and value of such list positions and swaps. Alas it seems Bugsy stopped recording them, some got missed or mistaken from post 185 onwards.
If it’s agreeable with you Krono, I’d be happy to alleviate the overhead on tracking position swap requests/approvals in a single updated post, which you can then update into the master list at your own leisure.
Perhaps we can stipulate that ‘trading’ should be arranged by PM between the various members FIRST so as not to litter the thread unnecessarily, then both parties simply post their respective position request/approval here for the record (only after agreeing by PM first). Two posts-per-swap shouldn’t be too much of a burden on the thread size, and then I can track them in a single post for you.
I’ll keep the record in a table form with references to the relevant posts and positions for easy posterity and reference:
Date | Post No | Type (Al/CuSS) | Requestor | From Pos | Approver | To Pos | Status (Pending/Approved/Rejected) | Updated (Y/N) |
07/11/2015 - 15:41 | 62 | CuSS | ahirshy | 26 | mizjif | 13 | Pending | N |
07/11/2015 - 15:41 | 62 | Al | ahirshy | 15 | djozz | 13 | Approved | N |
07/11/2015 - 16:09 | 66 | CuSS | mattlward | 29 | Wrathbringer27/LSX | 18/19 | N | |
07/11/2015 - 16:42 | 67 | CuSS | abang.tegak | Blank | 33 | Approved | Y | |
07/11/2015 - 16:48 | 69 | CuSS | ahirshy | Blank | 31 | Approved | Y | |
07/11/2015 - 21:01 | 88 | Al | DanielM | 25 | Pregulla | 22 | Approved | Y |
07/11/2015 - 21:55 | 91 | CuSS | B42 | Blank | 42 | Approved | Y |
I’m on holiday at the moment, so this is just the first few I could muster this-morning for this post; and if agreed, I can update it each night.
What say you mate; do you reckon that would be helpful?…
My personal opinion is that it is genuinely making people talk to each other when they might not have before. On the plus side, all this position swapping nonsense (granted it is ridiculous!), is driving engagement amongst individuals; and we are all chatting, PM’ing each other, and showing enthusiasm and passion for the hobby and groupbuy. So I don’t think these necessarily a bad thing or classified as spam posts.
Also, it keeps the visibility of this thread high at the top of the forum and therefore generates more interest and, ultimately, uptake of the Groupbuy. (I only added myself for a third and fourth set so that I appeared in a numbered position 31! - which was then disrupted!) It’s all fun and games!
Hirshy