After re-reading the terms and agreements of the forums, it seems to me that posting comments in a thread that is off topic isn't an infraction. At least not per the terms and agreements we all read and checked off on before becoming a member. Seems like the wanna be 1%ers on this forum need to re-think their thought processes and stop hating on someone because he doesn't fit into their mold.
BRING HIM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this board sucks without him, it's boring checking every day and seeing no activity what so ever. UNJUST BAN IS UNJUST!!!
Agreed!!!! Un-ban!!!!!!!!
"I'm not a win-at-all-costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing." - George "The Boss" Steinbrenner
Sure i laughed the first few times, but it's really messed up to delete people's post when they aren't the only ones "Off Topic" in a thread. That's what makes these forums different to the other area boards, the fact that we had activity every day in most every thread, the board is super lame when no one is posting for days at a time.
really, banning people from a friendly local forum like this one should be reserved for serious infractions. there are plenty of people that post dumb stuff totally off topic and troll these forums. Sam didn't do anything that should have gotten him kicked off the forum. in fact, he made the forum much more entertaining to read.
the admins on this forum have been getting a little out of hand with editing/deleting users' posts and banning people. Seriously, throwing your weight around like that and banning people that you and everyone else in the club knows in real life is only going to damage the community. do you really want that?
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Ben,Originally Posted by muffinman
Only two people have been banned for the year+ this forum has been up and running and it has happened in recent weeks for people getting out of hand. One of them has been restored from unban. People need to remember that this is not AMM and these boards are not for the old BFG community. People complained that AMM never had moderators and now they complain that there are rules and moderators. That being said we have moderators and rules for people to follow to help the growth of the community. This is board is for all of Central Texas and there are 5x the personalities are on here then AMM. The old styles of people being able to troll make jokes of people and think they would be okay does not cross well outside the group who are trying to join the community. We have people ranging from 14 years old all the way to 50+. Having ten people who think they can joke around because of old times isn’t going to work I am sorry but times change and the community changes with or without you and that has been a hard lesson for a lot of people to learn even myself and others.
Look at the Warmachine group that has grown on the boards and the diversity of that group. We never had that on AMM or the size and the group interacts differently from anyone else and they are helpful.
I restored this post under better judgement to be transparant as possibile. Please be civil.
Last edited by Darkwynn; 02-13-2012 at 02:07 PM.
Stony said...
After reading this I have decided that the movie "Pineaple Express" should redo one of its quotes from:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Jude Law."
To:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Nick Rose."
I'm not trying to make a case for him or anything but i know for a fact that Sam doesn't give a hard time to people he doesn't know personally. I mean, hell i've seen countless times people posting in the introductory thread and sam welcoming them to the boards. I think rippin on people and giving your friends a hard time shows the sort of closeness our community has with each other. I don't know how you can justify deleting someones post if they aren't being racist/homophobic/sexist etc. I just don't get the point of taking away someones voice because he's messing with his friends.
Jeff,
By stating this bud your trying to make a case for him.Which is fine. Tyson has talked to me about this before and with Sam. Again, I have said Sam only needs to reach out and we can talk about it and am sure it would be fine. Besides Sam makes great beer. From my understanding Sam doesn't want to be post on the boards any longer. If that is the case then this point is moot. The community has to watch itself because even though I am the owner of the boards I don't have time to watch the boards. The boards have to police themselves and I have to put trust in the moderators who watch it being Tyson, Brandon, Jim and Jay.
Stony said...
After reading this I have decided that the movie "Pineaple Express" should redo one of its quotes from:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Jude Law."
To:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Nick Rose."
Guys,
Making a case for him on the boards doesn't do anything good. Sam is a big boy and can take care of himself. If its that important to him he can reach out to me and we can talk about it. The other mods/admins banned him and I fully support what they do always as I entrust them to watch these boards mainly because that is their job.
That being said if Sam wants to do anything he just needs to reach out to me. He has my phone number and can reach me on facebook. Besides I like Sam even tohugh he can be silly at times.
Stony said...
After reading this I have decided that the movie "Pineaple Express" should redo one of its quotes from:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Jude Law."
To:
"But if you do something heroic then you'll come back as like an eagle or a dragon, or Nick Rose."
There are only 155 active accounts on the forum. The mods/admins can't be the 1% because there's more than 1.55 mods and/or admins. If anything, it's more like the 5%'ers, and somehow that just loses a lot as a rallying point.
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