Are there any banned Members that you kind of miss? - Part 2

[Xeno]

After he said the mysterious tumor discovered was half the size of his brain I called BS. I mean I have heard of strange medical cases but that is a huge thing to miss and Howard wouldnt have been able to post let alone function with a tumor half that size. Interestingly enough Howard always had iffy grammar and I wondered if he was slow. Now I see that he is crazy. Seriously who goes into a thread for months and discusses a film (the Hobbit) then decides to just kill himself on the forum and be reborn anew. Thats some sociopathic behavior if Ive ever seen it. I feel dirty just having posted in the thread.

Don't feel bad about offering sympathy for a sociopath. People like him prey on the emotions of normal people for their own weird kicks. I've encountered scams like that on virtually every large forum I've ever belonged to. This one was less problematic than most because at least he didn't scam anyone out of money.

A couple of years ago a guy joined I forum I was on and soon started telling us about his chronically-ill wife. Over a period of several months he reported that the wife's condition was deteriorating and that he was too poor to pay her medical bills. Kind forum members quickly volunteered to donate money to help him out with bills. Shortly thereafter, he told us that poor Tommie Sue had died and he needed money to pay for her funeral. Again, other members gave generously to help give the poor woman a Christian burial. (I didn't give a cent or much believe his his tales.)

Immediately after collecting several thousand dollars from generous people, the guy promptly disappeared. He did return a couple of months later, though, crowing about how his life had turned around now that he was blessed with a brand new wife and a pickup truck. I might be the only person who wasn't at all surprised by that.

Over the years I've seen fake Iraq War vets scamming people, the old "gee I had an accident" scam, "My kid has special needs," "I suffer from _____ and have no insurance," etc. One troll faked her own death as the ultimate act of trolling. Criminals and the deranged have been doing this stuff forever; the Internet has just given them a new place to ply their trade.

Ironically, I responded sympathetically to that guy because a dear friend whom I met over the Internet is in hospice close to death right now. She's an extremely sweet person who has valiantly fought a losing battle with health problems for the last few years. I know that she is real and really suffering because a mutual friend whom I've actually met went to take her gifts a couple of weeks ago. Real-life tragedies are what makes scams like this so reprehensible.

 

[Hellion]

with regards to the DarthQuiGon/HowardStark issue...

...when I noticed some posts in the one of those Hottest Actress threads while also posting the HowardStark updates, I was having some doubts...

...plus, just in case, I didn't want to be that guy, like some already said

 

[Hunter Rider]

I don't think this guy is quite what some you guys are imagining. He was here for 3 years under his first SN between 06 and 09, in that time his obsession with tournaments was the same but he was never a problem, he was however clearly slightly ******ed and was picked on at times for his poorly constructed posts.

His first ban came when he used a homophobic slur on Twilight fans and got an infraction, he was so adamant that no one was telling him what to do that he asked to be banned. A bit later he came back with another name and we let him stay given the nature of his initial ban, however almost immediately he started trolling the Twilight thread with the same stuff and got banned.

Howard was his first attempt at a return in a while and when he realized he was busted he hilariously decided that the smartest course of action was to kill off his current SN and remain here as his cousin.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

HunterRider what was his original name from the 06-09 era?

 

[Hunter Rider]

HunterRider what was his original name from the 06-09 era?

Bloodywolverine.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Howard was his first attempt at a return in a while and when he realized he was busted he hilariously decided that the smartest course of action was to kill off his current SN and remain here as his cousin.

Are we sure he's not the writer behind the New 52?

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't think this guy is quite what some you guys are imagining. He was here for 3 years under his first SN between 06 and 09, in that time his obsession with tournaments was the same but he was never a problem, he was however clearly slightly ******ed and was picked on at times for his poorly constructed posts.

His first ban came when he used a homophobic slur on Twilight fans and got an infraction, he was so adamant that no one was telling him what to do that he asked to be banned. A bit later he came back with another name and we let him stay given the nature of his initial ban, however almost immediately he started trolling the Twilight thread with the same stuff and got banned.

Howard was his first attempt at a return in a while and when he realized he was busted he hilariously decided that the smartest course of action was to kill off his current SN and remain here as his cousin.

Maybe an admin should've chimed in earlier before HS's health took a turn for the worse and people were actually sympathising.

If it were real and he was really dying, his cousin would really have his priorities wrong. Who would care about an internet tournament?

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I had a small feeling something was off (also their SNs, QuiGon and Howard Stark, were similar in the sense they're both relatively obscure peripheral characters in their respective mythologies), but I shrugged it off figuring no one could be that coldly cynical or desperate for attention. But once again the Internet proves there's no bottom to the barrel.

 

[C. Lee]

So are all new members checked against banned accounts when they register?

I try. I think Morg and I spend half of our time here checking out stuff like this when we are logged on. For every spambot that manages to get through and make a spam post....at least a hundred are caught and banned before they get a post out. We catch banned users coming back all the time....but we are human, now and then things get past us for awhile.

That DarthQuiGon "Howard Stark has died" scam thread is one of the sickest things I've ever seen on the Hype. I don't know how someone with a conscience could do that. When it was exposed as a lie, I looked over all the sympathy-baiting that was done in that thread and the whole thing just made me feel dirty. Isn't there a way to ultra-ban someone, with their IP or something? That should be done here.

The IP used in this particular scam was IP banned....but there are people who know their way around such things....that's why Morg and I spend so much time researching.

And for the record...this isn't the first guy to fake his death....or sickness....or even fake that he is a girl on here. We don't even bother tell you guys half the crap we run into....you wouldn't believe it anyway.

Maybe an admin should've chimed in earlier before HS's health took a turn for the worse and people were actually sympathising.

I didn't know this was going on until this morning. It wasn't until this morning (after he reported Howard's death and then immediately made a post about hot women in the celebrities thread) that I had reason to check on him. I immediately banned him and made posts in threads telling people it was a scam.

 

[dodgers2213]

Don't feel bad about offering sympathy for a sociopath. People like him prey on the emotions of normal people for their own weird kicks.

I stopped being friends with one jerk off because he was a compulsive liar who always sought attention for himself. What finally did it was when out of nowhere claimed to have been suddenly diagnosed with cancer in his lymp nodes
It's been well over a year since I stopped talking to him. A close friend of mine recently bumped into him at a 7-11, seemed very healthy and just as fat as he had ever been

 

[jmc]

I don't think this guy is quite what some you guys are imagining. He was here for 3 years under his first SN between 06 and 09, in that time his obsession with tournaments was the same but he was never a problem, he was however clearly slightly ******ed and was picked on at times for his poorly constructed posts.

His first ban came when he used a homophobic slur on Twilight fans and got an infraction, he was so adamant that no one was telling him what to do that he asked to be banned. A bit later he came back with another name and we let him stay given the nature of his initial ban, however almost immediately he started trolling the Twilight thread with the same stuff and got banned.

Howard was his first attempt at a return in a while and when he realized he was busted he hilariously decided that the smartest course of action was to kill off his current SN and remain here as his cousin.

As much as it pissed me off I kinda have to give the dude credit for trying something like this. It's like when you hear about some audaciously elaborate robbery or heist, you don't condone it but you're kinda still impressed in how they got away with it.

 

[bullets]

If it were real and he was really dying, his cousin would really have his priorities wrong. Who would care about an internet tournament?

If the hype was such a big deal to HowardStark I could understand. The forum would be the least of my concerns on a hospital bed , but you never know with some people.

It's hard to trust what anyone says on the internet , but a few people here still gave him the benefit of the doubt. We have a good amount of posters who actually care about people and it's sickening to see someone try to take advantage of that.

 

[Marvolo]

And for the record...this isn't the first guy to fake his death....or sickness....or even fake that he is a girl on here. We don't even bother tell you guys half the crap we run into....you wouldn't believe it anyway.

This really creeps me out. The thoughts of the seedy things y'all must catch going on.

 

[Sawyer]

And for the record...this isn't the first guy to fake his death....or sickness....or even fake that he is a girl on here. We don't even bother tell you guys half the crap we run into....you wouldn't believe it anyway.

Ahh, Franklin...

 

[Hawkingbird]

I stopped being friends with one jerk off because he was a compulsive liar who always sought attention for himself. What finally did it was when out of nowhere claimed to have been suddenly diagnosed with cancer in his lymp nodes
It's been well over a year since I stopped talking to him. A close friend of mine recently bumped into him at a 7-11, seemed very healthy and just as fat as he had ever been

I know someone just like that. The lies she makes up are ridiculous, and they often reflect the problems someone else is having at the time. I've heard things such as: her cousin looks after David Beckham's children, her cousin is signed to Justin Bieber's record label, she got a sweet in lodged in her lungs, and she has brain fluid which needs injecting everyday (funny, I've slept round hers numerous times and I have yet to see a needle lodged in her brain).

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Ahh, Franklin...

I liked Franklin until I heard that Petunia story. From then on I avoided interacting with him. That was just weird.

 

[Quasimod0]

I liked Franklin until I heard that Petunia story. From then on I avoided interacting with him. That was just weird.

Lol! What on earth? What happened with Franklin? I noticed I hadn't seen him in a while. Story time

 

[Hawkingbird]

Yes I'm curious....he...or she was cool! I voted her...or him for Banned Poster of the year!

 

[MadVillainy]

People are weird.

BUt what's Franklin's Petunia story?

 

[C. Lee]

Ahh, Franklin...

He was neither the first not the last to do it.

People are weird.

BUt what's Franklin's Petunia story?

The first few years he was here, he posted as a woman, stole some girls pics off the net and used them and said they were pics of him. One day she found this out, and came here and exposed him. He managed to not get perma banned and return with a new name (this lead to many policy changes) and continued to be a dick until the day he was once and for all perma banned.

Now when someone is found to be screwing around with the posters here...they are banned as quickly as possible.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Added HowardStark to the Hype Encyclopedia I'm trying to ressurect. I need entries!

 

[terry78]

So the HowardStark thing was just a con job, huh? It seemed kinda iffy to me when the other guy even started it. How many friends or family members outside of here know we do this so often?

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

People know I post on forums, but they don't know what forum.

 

[Showtime]

I miss Showtime029.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

You losing the numbers is for the better.

Now if only that Kane guy learned.