Everything Rebelscum

[Roton7]

Yeah, I read those threads. It made me mad.


The same thing happens every time:

1. A new user comes along
2. He starts a thread (every noob does it, whether they are a spammer or not)
3. People just claim he's either GreenDay or that he is only trying to spam the forums because he made a few spelling mistakes here and there.
4. This makes the user get mad.
5. Then he goes off and starts spamming.


If they would just welcome every new user equally (which means cutting them some slack), this stuff wouldn't happen.

[Angry Ewok]

I'm getting pretty damn sick of RS...

There was a new user at RS who had the SN of "Helokitty" or something like that.

JediDefender is a HelloKitty-friendly community.

[Chris]

I have the most simple solution of all when it comes to a site you don't like:

Don't go there. Don't post there. Don't read their news. Don't support them. That's the only real way you can make a statement. Stop giving them the time of day.

[Jesse James]

We'll dispose of someone incoherent too, but not because we assume they're a troll.  We just don't want that crap cluttering the boards.  Come back after keyboarding I and join in the fun...  asdf jkl; asdf jkl;  and so on.

[Rob]

We wouldn't - but almost all of JD's staff was banned a few months ago. 

Why was it that they let you keep your account over there?  Just curious .....

They banned me at first.  Then some people made a fuss, and I was re-instated.  Dustin said I just got swept up in the tide, but that I'd been a member for too long without incident to get banned as well.

[Darth_Anton]

Yeah, I read those threads. It made me mad.


The same thing happens every time:

1. A new user comes along
2. He starts a thread (every noob does it, whether they are a spammer or not)
3. People just claim he's either GreenDay or that he is only trying to spam the forums because he made a few spelling mistakes here and there.
4. This makes the user get mad.
5. Then he goes off and starts spamming.


If they would just welcome every new user equally (which means cutting them some slack), this stuff wouldn't happen.

True. However, RS has little motivation to do anything about that. At the end of the day, they've gotten a new registered member to help boost their advertising prices, whether that member fits in or not or whether they drive old members away. You can't take away the registration.

[Neal]

We wouldn't - but almost all of JD's staff was banned a few months ago. 

Why was it that they let you keep your account over there?  Just curious .....

They banned me at first.  Then some people made a fuss, and I was re-instated.  Dustin said I just got swept up in the tide, but that I'd been a member for too long without incident to get banned as well.

Ah ... OK.  Thanks, Rob.

[Jesse James]

I got banned and reinstated as well for the same reasons...  It was explained to me that one of their mod(d)'s was going around searching the boards for anyone with any hint that they were involved with JediDefender in some way...  Subsequently people who didn't even work here got banned simply for liking it here, namely CHEWIE.

From what I gathered, after Dustin and this mod(d) fubar'd everything, other staff intervened and reinstated a number of banned people with somewhat of an apology...  However the people who knee-jerked during the situation never took the time to do the apology themselves which I thought was classless at the time.  I've not been overly active there since then.

[Xander]

This always confused me, but one time this avatar :
got banned. Philip kept deleting it from my profile.  I finally wrote him, and he said it was innappropriate. Its hard to imagine not seeing worse routinely in all kinds of threads.

I got it from the cover of Amazing Stories, October 1949

(Sorry if this is an offensive picture!)

[JediMAC]

This is a little off-topic -- but it was an interesting little tid-bit I wanted to share.  A while back I seem to remember our good friend talking about how he was moving from the armpit of America, aka Oklahoma to the big, exciting, glamorous city of DC and we that should all be jealous of him.   I grew up in that area and it seems that he has moved to what is known as THE hairy, smelly armpit of the MD/DC suburbs.  I doesn't get much cheesier than Waldorf, MD.  It's hardly the big city that he was bragging about.  In fact, its quite the joke in that area.  It just gives me a little chuckle everytime I see Waldorf, MD under his name........

It appears that as of yesterday, Katmandu's finally seen the light, Tracy...

Southern Maryland and the DC area is the most annoying and irritating part of the country I have ever lived in... Overpopulation, high crime rates, overpopulation, the worst traffic I've ever seen 24/7, overpopulation, too many ghettos, overpopulation, and of course, tourists.

New city and state.  Still miserable.  Sounds like he'd be more than happy to move back to Oklahoma at this point.  Oh, the irony.  Heh.

[Tracy]

Too funny Matt.  I wonder if he caught wind of this and is trying to cover his ass by bitching about how much he hates where he has to live.

[Dr. Zoltar]

I wonder what even prompted the move?  Most people I know just don't wake up and decide "Hey, I feel like moving half way across the country."  I have a family member that lives in MD due to being in the military and he doesn't care for it much for the same reasons MK listed.

[Darth_Anton]

Both Matt and his wife are/were in the military. I'm fairly certain a military transfer was the reason for the move.

[Jesse James]

I believe he said that's why he moved, yes Anton.  That's not much of a choice of place to go, though I do find it funny he was gung-ho about the move.   I have enough family in MD to know I don't want to live in MD.

[Matt_Fury]

Both Matt and his wife are/were in the military. I'm fairly certain a military transfer was the reason for the move.

I thought he was out of the Air Force for some sort of medical reason.  I hope that's true...I don't want to claim him as being int he same branch of the military as me.