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.
