Johannes
Arcane
Bryce has my sympathies
He's living inclineI don't think banning HHR was the right thing to do. Without the ability to Suppress his urges by making anti-gay posts on the Codex, his Craving Meter will continue to increase until he's forced into homosexical antics in order to survive.
I don't think banning HHR was the right thing to do. Without the ability to Suppress his urges by making anti-gay posts on the Codex, his Craving Meter will continue to increase until he's forced into homosexical antics in order to survive.
And there it is. Refer rules 4.3, and second paragraph in opening section "a) The Rules".Always seemed to me like HHR was exactly the kind of benign troll we'd be willing to keep around - he posted about games a fair bit, rarely resorted to shitty one-liners, and didn't cause a lot of stupid drama (not that I'm aware, at least).
Do I really have to explain why the Codex banned someone that every single person here considered a troll?
And that aside, he did the exact same thing for what, four years? It stands to reason that something has changed for him to suddenly get banned. Why is it so difficult to just let us know what that was exactly?
I'm going to side with CM, here.And please point out when explaining a ban has ever resulted in anything other than a hundred other threads full of whiny sods demanding "freedom for xyz", all the while ignoring that xyz was banned for being too dumb to live. Case in point. How many more times do I have to explain to Bryce that he's an imbecile before he gets it? And what benefit does endlessly talking around in circles about his stupidity have for anyone else?
Well, judging by this thread, not explaining bans doesn't stop the whine threads either way. It's likely a cummulative effect as well - the more you ban people without explanation, the more whine you're going to get on each subsequent ban. So maybe it's worth explanining the more "controversial" ones?
Doesn't this qualify as GD-level shitposting in SF? Have you tried Star Stable Crispy?No wonder people in your part of the world are so fucked up. You're all amazingly stupid.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
DakaSha had his shoutbox privileges removed.it's about normal posters like HHR being banned because the admin dislikes him, or dakasha being restricted to prosperland for reasons that elude me still. the idea that HHR and Dakasha are shitposters in the same way that bryce is, is completely off base. no one is saying that shitposters with dozens of alts or spammers shouldn't be banned. We're saying that it's unfair to lump HHR, Dakasha, and tons of other people into this group as has been the case for the past year or so.
I don't think you guys understand what's been going on for the last several years.
DU has, understandably in my mind, gone into a bit of a bunker mentality. No, not Cleve-style bunker mentality, I mean more of a 'fuck-you-if-you-don't-follow-the-rules-then-enjoy-outer-space'-type bunker mentality.
Why? It's because of posters like HHR (although is may be a bit unfair to lump him in), Andhaira, bryce, and countless numbers or truly weird, obsessed, schizophrenic, sociopathic crazy people who have nothing better to do than to flood the gates with endless whining, alt-spamming, slobbering pleading and pathetic excuses for past transgressions.
Codex gets inundated with shitposters, every day, people clamoring to be let back in. It's like one of the scenes from that shitty zombie movie in Israel; they're starting to pile up on themselves right outside the walls and soon enough, like an ant bridge where the concept of individualism breaks down and the only purpose is to invade, these weirdos are going somehow successfully breach the wall of DU's sanity and proceed to drive him crazy.
In fact, I'd be willing to bet a large sum of money that DU has been seriously contemplating just pulling the plug on this whole fucking thing for good. I know I've said that before, but he's likely just kept it going because it at least generally pays for itself now and he does have a cadre of people working (*cough*) for him who help filter out much of the crap. Snipers at the wall, if you will. But it only goes so far. He's the one who has make the final decision on p. much everything. In Admin, every single time one of the mods has to decide what to do about some issue he gets tagged. Every time.
So you all want more "transparency". That's great. We can put some nice windows in the walls so you can all see the finer details of the masses all crushing each other as they writhe upwards to try to make it over. And I can understand how many of you feel this urge to make HHR out to be some kind of a martyr, but I will tell you this: he chose his own fate here. In fact he's stated he's happier at the Watch anyway so the entire point is moot.
So before deciding to complain about the oppressive government around here, just stop to think about all it is that you might not know. You're sheltered from it. You don't have to deal with it all. But the reality of the situation is that Codex is constantly under siege from the Hordes of Derp, and in the battle to stay alive there are going to be some casualties from time-to-time.
Hell, why do you think I retired as Sheriff? DU probably feels the same way: this just ain't no country for old men anymore.
P.S. I will also remind you that he and I haven't always seen eye-to-eye. I have no real reason to defend his actions -- I simply have a rather unique insight into the goings on around here that you sheltered little Codexians know nothing about.
DakaSha had his shoutbox privileges removed.it's about normal posters like HHR being banned because the admin dislikes him, or dakasha being restricted to prosperland for reasons that elude me still. the idea that HHR and Dakasha are shitposters in the same way that bryce is, is completely off base. no one is saying that shitposters with dozens of alts or spammers shouldn't be banned. We're saying that it's unfair to lump HHR, Dakasha, and tons of other people into this group as has been the case for the past year or so.
But like many of the children when they have their toys taken away from them, he whined and carried on.
And so DakaSha was given time in Prosperland to calm down.
Now he's self-ejected because seeing the mind of prosper has driven him mad.
See, you explained, and the thread has died. Think of how much complaining you would've been spared if you'd done it on the first page.
DU has, understandably in my mind, gone into a bit of a bunker mentality. No, not Cleve-style bunker mentality, I mean more of a 'fuck-you-if-you-don't-follow-the-rules-then-enjoy-outer-space'-type bunker mentality.
I have no idea about Dakasha, as I didn't pay attention, but HHR knows himself that he overdid his stick. He said so. The problem was that he had become bored by his own stick, and this was tangible in his lackluster posts. There's nothing wrong with boring people, unless you really overdo it and spread it all over the place. Which he did. I guess he will be fine after a short break.the complaint here isn't really about (shit)posters like bryce being banned. it's about normal posters like HHR being banned because the admin dislikes him, or dakasha being restricted to prosperland for reasons that elude me still.
I forgot about that. You are right, that was a display of lack of normal human sympathy even too much for this place.HHR's response was something along the lines of "I hope they repented before they died".