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

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Castlesintheair is banned. Newbie, but made me laugh. Newbies that make me laugh tend to get banned a lot, because they inevitably go too far. Don't know why he was banned, but I'm guessing it was a really bad joke. Didn't seem like the argumentative type.
 
Castlesintheair is banned. Newbie, but made me laugh. Newbies that make me laugh tend to get banned a lot, because they inevitably go too far. Don't know why he was banned, but I'm guessing it was a really bad joke. Didn't seem like the argumentative type.

Not a newbie.....
 
No wonder he was so comfortable.
 
First sign of a non newb...they don't ***** about the rules and regulations, almost like they already know the deal.
 
Well I guess he's gone now to this castle in the air.
 
You know, I always wondered, what if like, my girlfriend wanted to make an account on the Hype, but it obviously is coming from the same computer. Would I get banned because the mods assume dI had a second account or, for example, if she got banned and I was still a poster here, is there any way that would work?

Also, this is all hypothetical, my girlfriend thinks I browse here too much.
 
People are not banned for just having a second account (otherwise half of you would be banned already).....it's when they do bad things with the second account that they get in trouble.

If someone else (girlfriend, brother, sister, dog....) uses your computer to post on here....you better hope they don't get banned, because you will be gone too.
 
Quick fix, get them to use a different computer or their phone. :o
 
If someone else (girlfriend, brother, sister, dog....) uses your computer to post on here....you better hope they don't get banned, because you will be gone too.

Uh oh, my dog is a complete racist, I better keep an eye out for that. :(
 
A Golden Retriever, a Pit Bull and a Chihuahua walk into a bar.......
 
Hi, this is SnuffTheRooster. Before you ban me, I'd just like to clarify a few things. I've been on this forum since 2007(under the name Aluchak), and not once before that 2011 incident had I gotten in to any sort of trouble here. I hadn't received an infraction before that, and I always strived to be a good poster and contributor to these boards. I had only 2 accounts at that point, and the reason I had made the 2011 one was for a simple name change. I mainly posted on my SnuffTheRooster account after that, although I occasionally posted under Aluchak as it was the one logged on my phone and I was too lazy to log out and log back in using the touch screen.

A few months ago me and a few people were posting on the Hobbit boards. A discussion was going on about "R rated LOTR movie titles". Things like "50 Shades of Gandalf the Grey" were thrown around and we were all having a good time. Later I had logged onto find out that I have received an infraction for the exact quote like "I wouldn't go on an adventure with gandalf". I PM'd a mod who I thought would be understanding and asked if infractions could be removed if they were found to be unwarranted. I can't quote the PM because its against forum policy, but their response was basically "Drop it or be banned." which really caught me off guard. I didn't believe them and said something along the lines of "I can get banned for inquiring about a post? Well then I could use a break from this place". Sure enough almost immediately after this exchange "30 day probationary ban" pops up on my screen.

I'm obviously frustrated at this point, but I let it slide because hey, its only temporary. I make it so I can still view the site as a visitor so I can still read the posts, because I'm not going to abstain from reading about movies completely for over a month. A few hours later it appears that its been switched from 30 day ban to permanent. Really frustrated, I use the contact us button at the bottom of the screen to send an email to the admin. No response. Over the course of a few weeks, I wait, and try to contact them again. Still no response. At this point I lose hope of ever being able to get a response from an admin.

For a few months I had to go to places like IMDB and Comic Book Movie for socializing with people common interests as me, and that did not go well at all. When my internet stopped working and we had people come in and fix it, I didn't know if we got a new IP or not, so I test it out by making an account, expecting to get banned almost immediately. I named it after the song I was listen to at that moment, Castles in the Air by Don McLean. To my surprise I didn't, so I was able to post for a few weeks. I didn't know if the ban was lifted or if my internet changed, but at this point I didn't care because it worked. I had tried to contact the admin quite a few times and was never able to, so I gave up on trying to clear my name.

I don't know why it took so long for them to catch me and I don't really care. All I want to say is that I have tried making sense of what happened and making peace with mods, admins, etc but I've been ignored every time. I never used any vulgar language, I didn't use name call, I never posted inappropriate images, I have never used hate speech, never posted pirated material, and I've always strived to be a good poster. I went from being a rule abiding poster to permanently banned fugitive in a matter of hours over something, I think, is quite silly, and I've never been able to talk it over with an admin.
 
All I've wanted to do is talk it out privately with an admin, but since I've never been able to, I'm afraid this is the only way. I don't think people should be banned for having a disagreement with a mod. The rules say nothing about having an opinion.
 
The admin(s) are pretty bad at answering their email. I'll give you that.
 
I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Admins let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but the Hype is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile, Hype life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh infractions. The Admins kept at him, sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy, that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.
 
The funny thing is, on the forums, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to be to banned to become a crook.
 
I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Admins let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but the Hype is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile, Hype life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh infractions. The Admins kept at him, sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy, that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.

Okay, Darthsphere wins the thread. This post better stay when everything else gets deleted later.
 
I wish I could tell you that Andy fought the good fight, and the Admins let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but the Hype is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile, Hype life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Andy would show up with fresh infractions. The Admins kept at him, sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Andy, that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.

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These forums are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.
 
Who's Brooks? Who's the warden? Who's the psychotic prison guard? Time to do a quick cast call.
 
If they ever try to trace any of those alt accounts, they're gonna end up chasing a figment of my imagination.

Seriously though, all I want to do is work this all out. For the most part I've caused no trouble and now I've been exiled to... the IMDB message boards... *shudder*
 
Sometimes it makes me sad, though, Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.
 
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