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Clueless Newb Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

Jailor is like Ennui with admin powers; he has little to contribute to the forum except the locking of threads, usually because they bore him. Whenever a thread is getting interesting, whenever a battle is heating up, you can count on Jailor to show up and lock it just before the climax. Any excuse to lock a thread will do; it looked like turning into a flame war, the topic was discussed once back in 1998, the posts aren't well enough written for Jailor's liking, etc. Usually, Jailor will have an annoying little catchphrase that he likes to spout when locking a thread, or posts a trademark jpeg of a rusty old padlock or similar, just so that you know that your thread has been pwned by him. Naturally, the other warriors quickly work out when Jailor's peak hours are, and once the cat is away, the mice will play.

Inmate is a forum denizen which quite often appears in large numbers on a forum which has a resident jailor. Usually a post whore of some description, Inmate's goal is to post in a doomed thread before Jailor can lock it. He develops an eye for the kind of subjects which draw Jailor's wrath, and upon finding such a thread, is quick to dart in with a post like "In before the lock!!" In extreme examples, Inmates are known to compete with one another to get the last post in before Jailor shows up.
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Verbal Juggernaut Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 981

Jailor seems original to me, but inmate seems more like an event than a warrior.

Jailer is just an Ennui with mod powers. Nothing new.

Minds blank on Inmate though.

Verbal Juggernaut Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 981

Verbal Juggernaut Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 981

Yeah, you're right.

I usually am.

This isn't Ennui, it's The Wrapper with mod powers.
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Um, no.

Relevant material quoted from the wrapper

Jesus, that description is kinda.... um, poorly worded? I thought it was just someone who would attempt to kill any thread that got ugly or off topic. I'll admit I was just going by the blurb on the suggestion list as I usally can't stand reading these long and poorly worded suggestions.

Either way this warrior (Jailor) is still already covered.
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The Voice of Reason Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 1368

Jailer- you dmitted this is just ennui + admin, common sense says you do not suggest this(duh).

Inmate- Not so much it's own warrior as a trait, particularly one that evil clown often has.
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Jailor is original. It resembles Ennui in being a non-contributer and an asshole. While Ennui expects people to entertain him, Jailor gets off on aggrivating people by shutting them down in the most visible way possible.

Inmate isn't a warrior. Trying to post at the last minute is an action, not the total definition of how someone acts online.
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The Voice of Reason Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 1368

Hmm, I believe I've spotted someone doing the jailor thing.
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Clueless Newb Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

I find it amusing that most of the complaints seem to be based on the fact that I said that Jailor is a bit like Ennui + admin, rather than on the actual properties of Jailor. I wonder if the complaints would have been the same if I had simply omitted that clause from the description.

To be honest, now that I reconsider it, only some varieties of Jailor have the motivations of Ennui. Others may even be Anti-Ennui, locking all but the most boring and tame of threads.

Essentially, Jailor's central trait is the regular locking of threads, for even the most pedantic of reasons; he rarely gives reprimands, bans members, or enforces forum discipline in any other way. Just the constant locking of every decent thread going. Typically, Jailor loves to flaunt his administrative power in this way, hence the iLock catchphrases and lockdown jpegs.
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It's possible Fricasso made the updates while you were writing your reply. That happenned once to me with one of teamtunafish's replies. I think we were arguing about her 17th reworded version of an existing warrior.
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The one i was attacking was the same for wuite a while. It is concievable he changed it before Lord Cheesus posted, but if that was the case he wouldnt have put up so little opposition. I feel it is likely he did it while I was at university.

Clueless Newb Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

I do have my failings, but not reading a whole post before i make my reply is not one of them. I have to do it on several of the forums i freqiuent and have frequented in the past, else all particpants of all sides drop on me like a ton of bricks. Very intolerant of mistakes.

I have to side with grim on this one. Unlike a lot of people here, he does read what he's replying to before he hits the button.
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Clueless Newb Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

If it had been changed, surely there would be a 'last edited' message in the bottom of the post.
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I know its been suggested and used a lot here, but i cant find it in your list.

Dark Lord of the Stealth Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 361