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

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Well, if you're being honest (and to be fair, we've only heard your side) then it does sound like you were treated unfairly. On the other hand, admins and mods aren't known for going back on their decisions, so this is a good time to say goodbye and good luck.
 
OK, let's clarify this one. The Snuff the Rooster/Aluchak double account wasn't a problem. However, the incident on the Hobbit thread...

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.


What may have started in the Hobbit thread as 'a good time' went completely overboard, with comments that were totally offensive and inappropriate. The posts were deleted, and the authors of the most offensive posts were infracted for using inappropriate language, Snuff among them.

The mod who saw the conversation getting out of hand actually reported it first so we could decide on the appropriate action to take. The staff agreed that deleting posts, infracting the most offensive ones, and posting warnings on the thread was necessary.

Snuff was infracted a second time for incessantly complaining that we stopped their 'good time' and trying to bring the sex talk back. His less-than-civil response to his second infraction on the subject was what earned him the probation. His response to the probation was that it was good...he needed the break anyway.

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.

No, what actually happened was that he spent the next several days trying to come back with more than a dozen different accounts. Our system kept catching him, and his new accounts kept getting banned.

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.

I can't speak for the other admins, but I never received a PM from his most recent account, which is now banned. Perhaps if he had just taken the infraction, discussed his disagreement with it like a grownup, and not spent the next week trying to sneak back in here like a sitcom character in the first place, he wouldn't be banned now.

But he is, and it will stay that way.
 
Now do you see why we don't let him back? :doh:
 
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Censorship now? Good work.I tried being civil. I wanted to put this all behind,

But trying to apologize with one name and acting like a raving lunatic on another isn't a good way to do that.

but I guess its more important for you to look right.

Frankly, it's more annoying that this is keeping me from watching my Wreck-It Ralph blu-ray.
 
Jen has cleared up how things went down, the banning only happened because Snuff created over a dozen accounts while on probation.

For the record using the "contact us" function sends an E mail to Mirko, not to any of the admins. If you want to talk to any of us then use PM's, I've never once not replied to a PM from a user, but some need to realize that just because any admin may be open to discuss a situation, it doesn't automatically mean they are right and everything will be reversed.
 
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Oh that crazy harelip... :o
 
I'm interested in what his next username will be.
 
I suggest MissMe?

To which the answer is obvious. :o
 
Haha, this **** is hilarious.


I probably shouldn't encourage him in hindsight, though.
 
Lmao, this is so ****ed up. I remember the LOTR fiasco. Got pretty adult that night, to say the least. :funny:
 
Stupidity is entertaining unless you're the one afflicted with it.
 
Its a shame really. Andy Dufresne was a great username.
 
Jen has cleared up how things went down, the banning only happened because Snuff created over a dozen accounts while on probation.

For the record using the "contact us" function sends an E mail to Mirko, not to any of the admins. If you want to talk to any of us then use PM's, I've never once not replied to a PM from a user, but some need to realize that just because any admin may be open to discuss a situation, it doesn't automatically mean they are right and everything will be reversed.

What he said.
 
Is it strange that I read that in my head as Morgan Freeman's voice?

A bit.

I tend to read all of Darth's posts in Edna Mode's voice. :o

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