wtf?

Wait, mz got permabant? when did this happen?? aahh wtf I practically live on these forums, how can I manage to be so oblivious?!



I liked Emmzee. I also liked Aggy (even though he was just Atty in disguise). Why exactly have they been permanently banned?

Let me preface this by saying I have never received an infraction of any sort.

I don't like the way these forums are run. I can't put my finger on it, but something about the fact that Emmzee and Aggy got permanently banned while other members who I feel did deserve it are still around just doesn't sit well with me. But it could be entirely my opinion and me sticking with the people I like and against the people I don't regardless of the rules. But then again, there have been complaints about the way the mods have been working for ages.

Idk, it's not my site, and they're not my rules, and the mods are obviously people TheGhost trusts to do the job, and TheGhost and the admins and mods he chose have every right to run this site the way they see fit.

Now look, I don't want this thread to be about starting anything, or ranting or flaming or bitching, or about being melodramatic, or even about me threatening to leave because I don't like it here (even though that's what it started as), because the truth is, I really do like it here, and I would like to stay here.

What I want to do is to publicly ask about my grievances as well as anyone else's. The admins have a right to run the site the way they want to, and I assume they want the site to generate hits and be popular and all that jazz, and to do that people have to like the site, and so I hope they'll accept this offer of a public discussion of, for lack of a better term, "what goes on around here".

The post up till now has been a bit of an unjustified (albeit blunted) rant, and I would rewrite it except I'd like the admins to see that I get frustrated from time to time, and it's those momentary spouts of frustration that drive people away, I think. It nearly worked on me =P

Anyway, enough flinging poo and pointing fingers. If the admins will approve I'd like to talk to them (publicly, being the important aspect here) about how the infractions and bannings are supposed to work in theory and how they really do work in practice.

And if not, hell, I haven't been around long- less than a year ago I was just meekly posting anonymous questions now and again- and I'm also an arrogant anti-social asshole and I'm always (and unjustifiably) very sure I'm right and everyone else is wrong, and I've made my share of stupid posts and flames and shit that should have received infractions but didn't. So by all means if I've overstepped my bounds, give me an infraction, lock the thread and/or ban me- at least that'll give me more insight into how these bans work. But yeah, there it is- can I talk to you not in private?

rob, go to http://www.h2vista.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7605

im tempted to say "shut up and fling poo with the rest of us!" but that'd propably be a bad idea in this case.
i know this is also directed at me, but i'm tweek, and just tweek, and we all know it.

i seriously want to follow this discussion now, but it's 3 AM, so i'm out.
happy posting!

Wow. I never knew you were like that, Rob.

Aggy =/= Atty. D: FYI.

I can honestly say, this is the first time I've ever been abused over the internet. I don't mind the way the forums are run, in fact, I enjoy the way people get away with things around here. I'm glad I've made enough of a presence that I can occasionally get away with stuff. But to call me an "anti-social asshole" is what strikes me. I never had anything against you, Rob, and that just blows me away that you could make fun of someone you've never met, with no idea what they're like. My thread was not meant to be taken as litterally as it was. The "I Love Lucy" joke in the thread name should have been an indicator. I just wanted to know what got those people banned. I wasn't here to witness it. All you've done tonight, Rob, is lose one man's respect.

Oh. But this thread was about you, wasn't it.

whoa whoa whoa, I meant that to be taken literally. I am an asshole. I never said anything about you. I was so riled up, in fact, that I didn't notice your thread until Tweek liked me.

edit: wait, if I'm asserting that I'm an asshole, why am I trying to defend myself to sound like less of one? Well, because I don't want to be, I guess.

ee: anyway, it's not about me or you. It's about the mods and admins. I want to speak to them, and I want everyone else to speak to them, and I want to release some of this pent up tension everyone's been sensing between them and the admins/mods.

I suppose that's the beauty of writing. That sarcasm can never be truly detected. But you, and I, and everyone who reads your post knows that it's there. Because that's the way things work around here. And as much as I usually enjoy the show, I'm the unfortunate one on tonight's cutting board.

IMO, all the problems on this site would be gone if people didn't take things so seriously. Try to view and do things from a different perspective, and let's not overstep our bounds for the purpose of drama, entertainment, or our reputation.

Rob, Ive been feeling tension within members and admins/mods too. It might be how things have changed recently (the hackers, forums upgraded, internet loss, and others) Mostly no one cares for anyone on the internet, however, there are some people that do...

That, would be your own journey to find.

:)

So i was attacked by this crazy fuckin chupacabra today....