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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: nrshida on October 15, 2013, 07:45:08 AM
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Just copped a PNG for posting in the vets thread.
I didn't always agree with him, but I thought his critical honesty was refreshing and a balancing influence on the forum. He also helped me a lot understand the basics of internet and forum culture.
I will miss his posts :old:
:salute Mr. Coombz, whichever corner of the internet you are now abiding.
:cheers:
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While I may sympathize, I'm not so sure this thread is productive. :huh
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Coombzy - gone.
Midway - still here.
He might had a bad day, but thats one thing, he wasnt a blatant troll, nor a rotten egg.
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Coombzy - gone.
Midway - still here.
It's pretty simple really; abide by the rules and you're free to blather all day long.
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Coombz just didn't have it yesterday. I told him to go to bed and come back when he had his mojo. :old:
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Emotion is the Mind Killer. That is all.
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Emotion is the Mind Killer. That is all.
I thought that fear was the mind-killer? :headscratch:
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I thought that fear was the mind-killer? :headscratch:
Fear is an emotion. Anger is an emotion. Fear and anger are Siamese twins. Love is also an
emotion. It can make you do stupid things. Therefore, I postulate that emotion is indeed a
'mind killer' (or at least dis-abler).
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Fear is an emotion. Anger is an emotion. Fear and anger are Siamese twins. Love is also an
emotion. It can make you do stupid things. Therefore, I postulate that emotion is indeed a
'mind killer' (or at least dis-abler).
You have obviously never been to Arrakis...
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You have obviously never been to Arrakis...
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I saw nothing in my post that contradicted. I simply expanded upon such. More than fear can fog the mind. ;)
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I thought Coombzy occasionally bent the rules a bit but no more than some others. I guess what he bent them over wasn't popular.
Balance in all things should there be. Disturbance in the force this is.
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I saw nothing in my post that contradicted. I simply expanded upon such. More than fear can fog the mind. ;)
But can it keep you from riding a sand worm?
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But can it keep you from riding a sand worm?
Terribly suggestive and wrong. :huh
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Free coombzy campaign 2013/2014
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Meh.
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I thought Coombzy occasionally bent the rules a bit but no more than some others. I guess what he bent them over wasn't popular.
Balance in all things should there be. Disturbance in the force this is.
There is truth in this
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You only get so many strikes before you are banned from this board. Once you have established you are not willing to respect the forum posting rules, then you should never be surprised when you are finally banned from the board.
Posts like this always remind me of the child who burned down a house, killing all the occupants, only to get support from those who claim he was misunderstood and should be allowed to go unpunished. Of course, they also ignored the fact the child had a history of starting small fires.
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You only get so many strikes before you are banned from this board. Once you have established you are not willing to respect the forum posting rules, then you should never be surprised when you are finally banned from the board.
Posts like this always remind me of the child who burned down a house, killing all the occupants, only to get support from those who claim he was misunderstood and should be allowed to go unpunished.
We have a lot of arsonist kids in these forums then. MAybe not burning houses down yet but lots of couch burning going on. They even brag about it.
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We have a lot of arsonist kids in these forums then.
And when they hit the same limit, they will be gone too. Funny how that works.
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Free coombzy campaign 2013/2014
Add a :lol .... not a good thing to take seriously.
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And when they hit the same limit, they will be gone too. Funny how that works.
Ordinary users can't see who's where with strikes, so it sometimes appears some are getting away with breaking the rules more than others.
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That is because it really is no ones business, other than the person it directly impacts.
Waving that around like a flag, for everyone to make commentary on, is counterproductive.
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Do you get strikes via PM?
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But can it keep you from riding a sand worm?
lol That's where I was trying to remember the quote from. I need to watch it again. :O
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Do you get strikes via PM?
If you are referring to a personal attack, via a PM, that counts double (or more), if it is reported. That's the trick. If no one reports it, then the person gets away with it.
We do not, nor cannot, read every post on the bulletin board. We never know what is in a PM either. It is up to the community to make the reports using the link in each post/PM.
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If you are referring to a personal attack, via a PM, that counts double (or more), if it is reported. That's the trick. If no one reports it, then the person gets away with it.
We do not, nor cannot, read every post on the bulletin board. We never know what is in a PM either. It is up to the community to make the reports using the link in each post/PM.
No I meant do you get notified of an HTC strike via PM, but the red bit explains a lot, especially for someone drawn to say unpopular things.
Oh well that's an end on it.
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No I meant do you get notified of an HTC strike via PM, but the red bit explains a lot, especially for someone drawn to say unpopular things.
Oh well that's an end on it.
You are notified, alright...
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Too bad. I assume he enjoyed being here. Unfortunately, its not uncommon for people mess up things they like for very little in return. Its easy for them to look back and see, but they avoid seeing it while they are doing it.
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Do you get strikes via PM?
I was temporarily banned for a few weeks by breaking a rule too many times. I tried to learn my lesson and not go too far and think carefully about my posts. :headscratch: Never would send any nasty PMs though.
When you see your posts constantly deleted for Breaking rule #XX you should know the ban hammer is going to fall soon.
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One would have to be very self-absorbed to not be aware of what was coming.
Let's see. We edit posts, reflecting the reason for the edit. We suspend the person for X period of time, and we will do that for X number of times, extending the suspension each time. In those suspensions, there is a strike count message you get when you attempt to login (this is something we do for those who are passed two strikes).
There should be no surprises.
I am always amazed at those who complain about someone being banned from the board, citing so-and-so is far worse, yet those same people NEVER use the "Report to moderator" link. Just FYI, and you know who you are, your opinion in these matters carries zero weight.
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So how many suspensions are you allowed before being banned? And is being banned mean forever? Also, are suspensions dropped from your record after a certain time period? :noid
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Does having an active subscription to the game allow any more leeway with regards to PNG's from the BBS? I can completely understand removing trouble makers, especially when they aren't contributing financially to the business operation. Conversely, I would think that those players using the BBS who contribute their $ to the game may be less likely to be completely kicked off the BBS system. I'm not saying their is unfairness in moderation Skuzzy at all, I think things are pretty even handed even if I disagree with a couple of the policies myself. I just think that people who aren't helping the company survive in any fashion have ANY right to complain about anything, much less being kicked out after multiple warnings.
I've always enjoyed Coombz, but I know for a fact that he was going to stop playing the game once the BoB scenario ended. That's his business of course, but I can't help but not feel too sorry for him if he decided to stick around the BBS and still create some havoc after un subbing. I realize that a few guys will have seen his posts that got him PNG'd, and are thinking that they've seen far worse posts with less punishment. That may be true, but I think those folks probably either haven't had as many warnings, or have been loyal long time customers who although still have the same rules applied to them, perhaps get a longer leash when it comes to actually getting the PNG. I could be wrong, but I would assume from Skuzzy's past posts on the subject that HTC realizes that the odds of them keeping a subscriber around once they get a PNG on the bbs is probably not very high.
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Nope, I won't miss that one.
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It's not all that difficult to follow the rules.
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Does having an active subscription to the game allow any more leeway with regards to PNG's from the BBS? I can completely understand removing trouble makers, especially when they aren't contributing financially to the business operation. Conversely, I would think that those players using the BBS who contribute their $ to the game may be less likely to be completely kicked off the BBS system. I'm not saying their is unfairness in moderation Skuzzy at all, I think things are pretty even handed even if I disagree with a couple of the policies myself. I just think that people who aren't helping the company survive in any fashion have ANY right to complain about anything, much less being kicked out after multiple warnings.
I've always enjoyed Coombz, but I know for a fact that he was going to stop playing the game once the BoB scenario ended. That's his business of course, but I can't help but not feel too sorry for him if he decided to stick around the BBS and still create some havoc after un subbing. I realize that a few guys will have seen his posts that got him PNG'd, and are thinking that they've seen far worse posts with less punishment. That may be true, but I think those folks probably either haven't had as many warnings, or have been loyal long time customers who although still have the same rules applied to them, perhaps get a longer leash when it comes to actually getting the PNG. I could be wrong, but I would assume from Skuzzy's past posts on the subject that HTC realizes that the odds of them keeping a subscriber around once they get a PNG on the bbs is probably not very high.
I doubt that it has anything to do with money and everything to do with the number of times a person's posts are reported.
I could be confused by this information, however.
If you are referring to a personal attack, via a PM, that counts double (or more), if it is reported. That's the trick. If no one reports it, then the person gets away with it.
We do not, nor cannot, read every post on the bulletin board. We never know what is in a PM either. It is up to the community to make the reports using the link in each post/PM.
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I agree Rogwar. We've been here about the same amount of time and use the BBS about the same amount I would say. You don't have to like the rules, you just have to follow them.
There ARE other venues for online sim pilots if they want to discuss things that aren't permitted here.
edit - Vonmessa, you're probably 80 percent right, and my point anyway isn't so much about paying customers, as non-paying users of the BBS. It's pretty easy to drop dead or troublesome weight if you're getting no benefit from it. It's like packing rocks in your rucksack - there just isn't any benefit...unless you like rocks I guess.
Think of ALL the havoc Coombz has caused. I know it's a lot, because it used to entertain me. I'm sure it doesn't entertain Skuzzy nearly as much, who has to clean up the mess afterwards. That said, don't you find it a little funny that after the years of edited posts and suspensions, that he gets a PNG days after he probably un subscribed? It can't be a mere co-incidence that his BBS persona was tolerated as much as possible while he had an active subscription, but only a week or two at most after he told me several times he was un subbing after BoB, that the axe fell permanently then.
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I am always amazed at those who complain about someone being banned from the board, citing so-and-so is far worse, yet those same people NEVER use the "Report to moderator" link.
eh... Last time when hitting the report button took effect was warbest's kill club thread :lol
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It can't be a mere co-incidence that his BBS persona was tolerated as much as possible while he had an active subscription, but only a week or two at most after he told me several times he was un subbing after BoB, that the axe fell permanently then.
Yes it can and it is. His behavior got him the PNG not his participation or upcoming lack of it in the sim. The fact is you pay a price for your behavior. Trying to blame his PNG on ulterior motives instead of his own behavior and actions is just fooling yourself.
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Where did you read that I said he wasn't PNG's for his behavior? I stated pretty obviously that this was the case, so please don't put words in my mouth. All I'm saying is there shouldn't be much bruhaha over it since he isn't putting any $ into the company. I know for a fact that people who have been active subscribers HAVE been banned on the BBS, as Skuzzy has posted that this invariably results in an angry email, followed by an angry phone call, and then followed by a desubscription click.
It's just funny that it happened so closely to him quitting the game, which was my original point, that although as per the rules he probably deserved a PNG earlier, he didn't get it until after he un subscribed.
Shifty, are you a moderator on the BBS?
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Plus it might be possible that Coombz's decision to bail on the game might have eliminated what
little control he exercised vis a vis the BBS. As in, screw it, I'm not playing anymore, why obey the
rules. Not very mature, but certainly possible.
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He will be sorely missed. A very talented fisherman that one. :pray
Free Coombzy :pray :pray
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The game and the bulletin board are completely separate entities. We do not pay attention to who has an account and who does not. It is completely irrelevant.
All these rumors, and speculations presume a lot of complex entanglements and are based on pure speculation and innuendo. It is really quite simple.
If anyone shows continued disrespect for the forum posting rules, you will end up being permanently banned from these forums. NOTE: There is nothing in that statement concerning the game.
Every person is responsible for their own behavior. If one cannot respect the rules for this forum, they will be gone. It is that persons choice. HTC is not the bad guy here. We give everyone an equal amount of rope. What you do with it, is up to you.
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Yes it can and it is. His behavior got him the PNG not his participation or upcoming lack of it in the sim. The fact is you pay a price for your behavior. Trying to blame his PNG on ulterior motives instead of his own behavior and actions is just fooling yourself.
"Why must you be such an angry young man, when you're future looks quite bright to me?"
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Kind of funny really. Reminds me of recess on the playground in elementary school. Billy walks up to the boundary line and the teacher says "stay on the playground Billy", Billy stands there for a while and when the teacher looks away crosses the line, there is great gnashing of teeth and proclamations of innocence as Billy is led back into the school missing the balance of recess. You see a lot of this in game as well here.
shamus
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"Why must you be such an angry young man, when you're future looks quite bright to me?"
My Chrystal ball must be busted. :P
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Shifty, are you a moderator on the BBS?
No, why is there an opening? :P
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I said the same thing on another bbs, that Coombz may have just decided to forget caution and really push it on the BBS as he didn't really care if he stuck around or not. The reason I didn't post that here, is I went back and read some of the posts I've collected over the years, and he's said FAR FAR worse things many numerous times than what he was finally PNG'd for, which is what brought about my questions in the first place regarding the fact that he recently un subbed. He had been given MANY warnings and suspensions from what I can tell from the MANY posts he had deleted for various reasons, some of them far more deserving of a PNG in my opinion than this recent one.
That's why I feel that the cage of protection around him whilst always poking the bear with the stick fell apart in conjunction with his de subbing, something I completely agree with from both a business and a rules perspective. Again, I'm not defending him in any way, nor saying he didn't completely earn his PNG from his own actions, all I'm saying is that the fact that it happened when it did I feel shows that if you're dead weight, you'll be more quickly discarded, and rightfully so. It's not like he's a new customer, or potential customer you may give leeway towards in order to keep him in the revenue stream is it, it's the complete opposite.
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My Chrystal ball must be busted. :P
Looks like you aren't the only one.
Better get it fixed.
You need it to walk the straight and narrow line.
:noid
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You guys in support of the banned guy in question could just simply report Skuzzy the the Moderator. Then he'd have to ban himself and the ban hammer will be banned. :t See how that works? I don't have 52 IQ for nothin ya know.
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generally speaking, people will always behave as badly as they can possibly get away with
an observation that is not limited to Aces High!
:salute
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You guys in support of the banned guy in question could just simply report Skuzzy the the Moderator. Then he'd have to ban himself and the ban hammer will be banned. :t See how that works? I don't have 52 IQ for nothin ya know.
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Except it has nothing to do with the number of reports. It has to do with what was reported. That is what a 53 IQ will do for you. 52 is just shy of enlightenment.
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Except it has nothing to do with the number of reports. It has to do with what was reported. That is what a 53 IQ will do for you. 52 is just shy of enlightenment.
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too funny!!!
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When I copped a rule#4 I thought "ah... double standards are in effect" when my report to Mod was ignored and left that thread.
Boy am I glad I did so.
Free Coombzy
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When I copped a rule#4 I thought "ah... double standards are in effect" and left that thread.
Boy am I glad I did so.
Free Coombzy
No such thing as "double standards", unless it is in your own head. Go look at the threads you reported. I'll keep saying it until it sinks in.
WE DO NOT READ EVERY POST ON THIS BULLETIN BOARD!!!! If you hit the "Report to moderator} link, we read that post. If that post is way out of line, we might read posts on either side of that post as well.
You want equality! Report all the posts in question! Do not wait until your posts get reported, then report the others because you are looking for revenge. Quite frankly, I could care less as to why a "Report" is sent in. All that matters is, it is a red flag indicating we need to look at it.
Quit trying to blame HTC for the people who refuse to show any respect for the forum posting rules.
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My appologies Skuzzy, at the time they were allowed to stand, I see one of the two has a TODAY rule#4 Edit Skuzzy time stamp.
:salute
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I speak the most nonsense in the forums, I insult the colonials and the Prussians all the time. :)
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I speak the most nonsense in the forums, I insult the colonials and the Prussians all the time. :)
Insulting Prussia 68 years after it's gone is easy! :old:
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:)
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Insulting Prussia 68 years after it's gone is easy! :old:
Not to mention all the colonials have been dead for 200 years, the insults fall on deaf ears.
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it's a fair cop guv :old:
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I speak the most nonsense in the forums, I insult the colonials and the Prussians all the time. :)
. I will miss you and coombz double teaming against us colonial upstarts. Well don't worry there is another....
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Terribly suggestive and wrong. :huh
I think that this thread should mutate into a topic on getting Arlo to read Dune! :aok
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I think that this thread should mutate into a topic on getting Arlo to read Dune! :aok
Again. Read Dune again. And .... nooooooooo. :D
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Again. Read Dune again. And .... nooooooooo. :D
Why read when you can watch the movie?
Ok I know there is way more to the story in the novel. You'll love it
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OK, let's make sure that we have a clear statement of The Truth:
-- Dune is a great novel.
-- Dune the movie (the one by David Lynch) is rather horrible. (Although it does have Agent Cooper and Big Ed in it.)
-- Dune the Sci-Fi miniseries is decent.
:D
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Dear Cod in HeAv'n there was a mini-series?!
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Dune the PC game was excellent and should perhaps be considered as one of the fathers of the RTS genre :old:
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I'm in a hell thread.
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Coombz was pretty awesome. Loved talking to him on mumble while playing Dayz a while back
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Coombz should come to FW and play with us over there.
ack-ack
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Coombz should come to FW and play with us over there.
ack-ack
He would fit in quite well with all the neanderthal rednecks there. :devil
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FW... hmm, perhaps it's time.
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gonna miss him. he's the only one in aces high that knew everything about me. he knew me better than my own mother. :salute
semp
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Why anyone would think they can discuss politics on this board is astounding. It's like discussing aerial combat sims on a politics board where they made it painfully clear they don't allow you discussing aerial combat sims.
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He would fit in quite well with all the neanderthal rednecks there. :devil
and with the canuk rednecks ;)
ack-ack
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No doubt he is reading this. Interesting for sure.
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I was suspended once and couldn't even get in to read the board, so I doubt he can see this.
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I was suspended once and couldn't even get in to read the board, so I doubt he can see this.
He's probably just viewing the forums on his Midway account instead :noid
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I was suspended once and couldn't even get in to read the board, so I doubt he can see this.
by "get in" you mean log in?
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Yeah, but discussing politics is fun!
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by "get in" you mean log in?
No, I'm logged in all the time but I would get a message that I couldn't see the forums for so many days. I could read the home page and scores and such, just no forums.
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Yeah, but discussing politics is fun!
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I for one, will not miss the always present "Anti-America" rhetoric
prevalent in almost every post he wrote in.
I was wondering when and how long before it happened.
Knew sooner or later it would go too far :aok
:cheers: Oz
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I was suspended once and couldn't even get in to read the board, so I doubt he can see this.
If you go on a computer that is not a recognized IP address you can read as a guest but can't post of course.
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I for one, will not miss the always present "Anti-America" rhetoric
prevalent in almost every post he wrote in.
(http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/merica-awesome-2.jpg?w=500&h=399)
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:D
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He'll be back at some point. :pray
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I for one, will not miss the always present "Anti-America" rhetoric
prevalent in almost every post he wrote in.
yeh, this right here.
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No, I'm logged in all the time but I would get a message that I couldn't see the forums for so many days. I could read the home page and scores and such, just no forums.
It's because it's trying to log you in with the info cookie on your computer. Remove that cookie or clean out your cookies and you can browse the forum all you want. I doubt they do an IP ban.
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We do IP bans. What happens after that is really up the person. There have been cases where we had to ask the ISP of the user to intervene.
We also, proactively block proxy services.
That is not to say people do not creep back in. If they do and they can manage to respect the forums, we do not care. If they act out again, then we go through the process, again. Some people never get it, some do. I always have to giggle a bit when someone thinks they sneak back in and are getting away with something.
While I would rather be doing other things, this is something we have to deal with.
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Coombzy lives with a bloke called Erik :old:
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:rofl :aok
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I doubt they do an IP ban.
We do IP bans.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
There you have it! :D
Skuzzy is being nice in answering these questions that normally have to be done in private. Sort of reminds me of the time I was traveling on business and ended up in the hotel bar into the late evening hours chatting with a mortician.
So if you get a PNG you cannot even see/look at the forum on your computer/IP? of course you cannot log in anymore.
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What got him PNGd? Is it a permanent ban, or just a suspension?
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Free coombzy campaign 2013/2014
:lol
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What got him PNGd? Is it a permanent ban, or just a suspension?
PNG's are permanent.
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I think Coombzy should be banned for ever :old:
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PNG's are permanent.
Sometimes. :noid
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What got him PNGd? Is it a permanent ban, or just a suspension?
It depends, can you suck a golf ball through a garden hose?
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PNG's are permanent.
idk. I was released from the PNG after i sent midway to some better climate, after a month. Not sure, why im still able to post, i wrote something really safty to him.
Coombzy wasnt my favourite one, let it be enough. Still, i hope he will be free again - once.
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It depends, can you suck a golf ball through a garden hose?
:lol interesting question...what is the hose diameter? :D
i.p. reset isn't too difficult but you would have to be a serious mouth breathing, basement dweller, diaper wearing loser to go through the trouble just to try getting the last word in before you're banned again...and i can think of 3 past png's fitting that description.
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idk. I was released from the PNG after i sent midway to some better climate, after a month. Not sure, why im still able to post, i wrote something really safty to him.
<3 :rock
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Are you sure Sir Zack? :D
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Coombz only mistake was he didn't know where the line was.... simple as that.
you can flirt with it, but don't take it home.
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He was the guy who love to push the limits of the rules, which ended up biting him in the arse. Oh well the drama will still continue and others will take his place.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon
it's rude to interrupt an enemy when he's making a mistake. wot.
semp
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it's rude to interrupt an enemy when he's making a mistake. wot.
semp
wot?
Yes it is rude too and how would they learn from it otherwise :old: although of course Napoleon would have meant doing so for their demise :devil
It could also be stated:
Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend. Mulish Eddin Saadi
^ yet I doubt there would ever be any possibility of this (friends) given that "I'm one of the worst kinds of human beings."
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About what Alfa?
The unicorn business? :old:
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About what Alfa?
The unicorn business? :old:
Chuck Norris likes his meat so rare, he only eats unicorns...
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He is my best customer :old: