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Just a few days ago, I registered at selfdefenceforums.com. And just now, I got banned.

Here's the deal: poster X (who hadn't even been acting in an offensive manner) made a complaint againts poster Y who was flaming with absolutely no holds barred. Unfortunately for poster X, his complaint was processed by poster Y, who happened to be a moderator. Ouch. Poster Y, the moderator, basically said that "you're a ****ing troll you're banned you piece of shit" after posting the complaint that he received.

I commented: It's sad that a complaint againts a poster is processed by the very same person that the complaint was directed againts. That's not the proper way to handle things.

Boom: instant ban. I mean instant - not even a minute passed by, and the forum in question is usually very slow. Another funny thing that happened: there was talk of John Kerry bashing Vietnam veteras ("they murdered and raped people" etc.). I pointed out, in a very neutral manner, that such things did happen (My Lai, very well documented). Some person immediatelly informed me that "someone" (me) is going on his ignore list. Apparently, posting the truth about anything is considered bad practise over there. I even saw some user with the title of "banned anti-American"!!

And so on.

This wouldn't be suprising if we were talking about some random EzBoard forum run by a 12-year old with an attitude problem. Selfdefenceforums.com is, supposedly, a mature and well-established place for mature people who discuss things like grownups. Supposedly.

Anyway, I'm trying to get an anonymoux proxy right now, so I can go back there to see what really happened (the whole forum is inaccessible for banned users).
 
I was banned from a forum last week for quoting someone swearing. I got banned for "inappropriate language" and the guy who made the initial comment received no ban.

I got banned from hl2.net last week as well for having a humourous outlook on the hurricane situation in the U.S. Lollloooll i said *BAN!* they said! Then today i saw a news update of how serious the situation was over there and they showed two guys on skateboards with parachutes letting the wind carry them rofl!!

*don't ban me for laughing at it again please*
 
The reply I received:
Instead of roasting you over the coals, I have just banned you.

You can now be "sad" somewhere else.

I don't have the time nor the interest to discuss or explain administrative decisions that I make on this site except to say that the other Administrators, Super Moderators and Moderators on this site would be in agreement that I was not trolling and that the real reason the person was banned is because he basically called me a liar. **** him, **** you too. If people can't take the heat, they can stay out of the kitchen, I never banned him for his opinion although I PERSONALLY WANTED TO, I banned him after he totally fabricated a bullshit attack against me.

Now, have nice day.
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Some people are just plain retarded. In addition to the draconian administration, your account always needs to be manually verified by a moderator before you are allowed to become a member.

I could use a webtunnel and new e-mail address to go there undetected, and explain to mr. moderator just how retarded he is, in excruciating detail. Hmm. Actually, that could be fun - but I'm not sure if I have the energy.
 
This is the reason why I hardly ever visit popular forums. This is really the only popular forum I visit (which is really saying something about the members and staff here), the rest being fairly small where everyone knows pretty much everyone else.
 
go to freerepublic.com, there you're banned for saying any truth about Bush, Iraq or the War on Terror.

That's the world.
 
Sprafa said:
go to freerepublic.com, there you're banned for saying any truth about Bush, Iraq or the War on Terror.

That's the world.
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Yeah... but that forum is supposed to be about self-defence, not about politics. Hmm, I guess they should rename it to ego-defence.com or something. It really says a lot when the admins there are so insecure that they need to boost their egos by banning people for fun.
 
Cybernoid said:
Yeah... but that forum is supposed to be about self-defence. Hmm, I guess they should rename it to ego-defence.com or something.
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freerepublic.com is supposed to be about Republicans but refuses to hear anyone else that doesn't agrees with them. That self defence forums have their views that they refuse to hear opposition to, so does freerepublic.com. Of course, where's the "free" in freerepulic.com.....
 
Ah that really pisses me off :\. There is nothing you can do though....
Like Kage said, small forums are good with nice admins who are willing to go by morals instead of rules but being fair at the same time. But the best thing is a close community where everyone knows the other person. Admit it even this forum can be like websites mentioned, you cant have a super friendly forum which is a large community.....maybe a porn forum you can :P nothing to argue about there
 
Fat Tony! said:
Ah that really pisses me off :\. There is nothing you can do though....
Like Kage said, small forums are good with nice admins who are willing to go by morals instead of rules but being fair at the same time. But the best thing is a close community where everyone knows the other person. Admit it even this forum can be like websites mentioned, you cant have a super friendly forum which is a large community.....maybe a porn forum you can :P nothing to argue about there
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It (the retard forum) is a close community... and that's exactly why close communities never work: outsiders are considered vermin, and everything is controlled by nitpicking admins with personality disorders. That's also why I avoid game servers that have admins.

Large forums are much better.
 
Cybernoid said:
Just a few days ago, I registered at selfdefenceforums.com. And just now, I got banned.

Here's the deal: poster X (who hadn't even been acting in an offensive manner) made a complaint againts poster Y who was flaming with absolutely no holds barred. Unfortunately for poster X, his complaint was processed by poster Y, who happened to be a moderator. Ouch. Poster Y, the moderator, basically said that "you're a ****ing troll you're banned you piece of shit" after posting the complaint that he received.

I commented: It's sad that a complaint againts a poster is processed by the very same person that the complaint was directed againts. That's not the proper way to handle things.

Boom: instant ban. I mean instant - not even a minute passed by, and the forum in question is usually very slow. Another funny thing that happened: there was talk of John Kerry bashing Vietnam veteras ("they murdered and raped people" etc.). I pointed out, in a very neutral manner, that such things did happen (My Lai, very well documented). Some person immediatelly informed me that "someone" (me) is going on his ignore list. Apparently, posting the truth about anything is considered bad practise over there. I even saw some user with the title of "banned anti-American"!!

And so on.

This wouldn't be suprising if we were talking about some random EzBoard forum run by a 12-year old with an attitude problem. Selfdefenceforums.com is, supposedly, a mature and well-established place for mature people who discuss things like grownups. Supposedly.

Anyway, I'm trying to get an anonymoux proxy right now, so I can go back there to see what really happened (the whole forum is inaccessible for banned users).
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I'm posting over at the military.com point-counterpoint forum. Same shit happens there. The main moderator is an ex-special forces soldier, but he is the meanest and most unfairest of them all. If you don't agree with Bush, and you agree with John Kerry, then you're going to get your butt flamed by people as old as vietnam veterans. It's sad, but that's how it is.
 
Cybernoid said:
It (the retard forum) is a close community... and that's exactly why close communities never work: outsiders are considered vermin, and everything is controlled by nitpicking admins with personality disorders. That's also why I avoid game servers that have admins.

Large forums are much better.
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I agree with you.

www.pub-community.com is a close community. I ve been bannd twice from there CS servers not because I use AIMBOT but cause they don't linke outsiders. :rolling:

There main server is: 195.20.109.86:27015

Game's server forums with admin are always close community.
 
It (the retard forum) is a close community... and that's exactly why close communities never work: outsiders are considered vermin, and everything is controlled by nitpicking admins with personality disorders. That's also why I avoid game servers that have admins.

Large forums are much better.
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Usually small communities need new members badly so the greet them warmly. Well thats what happens in www.wuggawoo.com ;) (im not advertising) azz0r is always trying to get us to get more members.
 
Fat Tony! said:
Ah that really pisses me off :\. There is nothing you can do though....
Like Kage said, small forums are good with nice admins who are willing to go by morals instead of rules but being fair at the same time. But the best thing is a close community where everyone knows the other person. Admit it even this forum can be like websites mentioned, you cant have a super friendly forum which is a large community.....maybe a porn forum you can :P nothing to argue about there
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I know of one of them ;)
 
The head moderator's (afaik) response to the situation was something like "olololloll!!11"

And I'm telling you: some people actually contribute money to the site. They advertise themselves as a valuable resource of information and discussion. How can there be discussion when you can't post anything for fear of upsetting some emotionally disturbed moderator and getting banned? When facing this kind of BS, you really notice how professional and detached the moderators are in here...

Sometimes I just feel like giving up on the Internet. What a waste of computers.
 
The ban was dumb but don't you think you are getting a little too upset over being banned from an internet forum?
 
RakuraiTenjin said:
The ban was dumb but don't you think you are getting a little too upset over being banned from an internet forum?
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Agreed, posting at someone else's forums is a privilege, and they obviously didn't want you to usufruct of their forum.
 
Im sure you will live without your forum try gaming its much more fun then forums
 
forums these days are run like nazi death camps.. dont do what they say and they will ban you.. do what they say and they still will ban you.
 
I might get banned here if my ego personallity pisses off the admins.

Bullshit I say.
 
Shadowlands5325 said:
I might get banned here if my ego personallity pisses off the admins.

Bullshit I say.
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I disagree. You should be banned. You've done nothing but troll and disrespect people. You admit you like to do such things. Hardly a valuable member of this community.
 
blahblahblah said:
I disagree. You should be banned. You've done nothing but troll and disrespect people. You admit you like to do such things. Hardly a valuable member of this community.
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I weep from your insults. ;)
 
Banned from HardForum for saying the word fanboy. Not directed at ANYONE at all.

Used to be a great forum, sad.
 
Biozeminade said:
Banned from HardForum for saying the word fanboy. Not directed at ANYONE at all.

Used to be a great forum, sad.
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i was banned for 2 months about 4 weeks ago from hardforum. wouldve been banned permanently but was a member since 2000. its true it used to be a great forum
 
People are just pure and utter faghats. They have some degree of power and just wield it without any hesitation or logic. :rolleyes:

The mods here I like...they aren't retards! :hmph:
 
Banning people from forums is not as fun and satisfactory as it may seem. It's a matter of "taking out the trash", no one really wants to do it but it must be done, just because you need to maintain the standard of a forum and draw lines all the time to prevent the forum from reaching new lows and anarchy to break through.

It's horrible having to permban someone who has been a great member and a good friend from a forum just because of reasons such as behaving bad in a certain situation or breaking a rule, just to "state an example" to prevent others from breaking the rules.
There are many human factors you have to look aside from all the time and act superhumanly, since people notice when you don't.

Then, there's the complaining. People complain at you constantly, for everything and for nothing. I once got some guys grouping up and blaming me for everything that has went wrong in the forum i was at and how an opinion I had which they didn't agree with hurt their "deepest thoughts and inner feelings", comparing me to Hitler and stuff.
It's hard staying in a positive mood when constantly being called a nazi just because of something you have to do while browsing a forum you like.

You can't say shit either because every word you say will be taken as a collective opinion of the crew and will be used against you constantly. You have to stay neutral all the time and watch your words like an eagle.

I don't know what other people who moderate alot think about what they do, but so far these are my personal experiences and opinions about it.

Of course, there are good parts about it. It's easy to get new friends, but then again you have to watch out for greedy asskissers who want to become part of the crew, just because of their insatiable hunger of authority and having the ability to ban someone they don't like. Although, the bond within the crew becomes very strong and you become close friends with almost every one of them. You feel you're doing a good thing cleaning up and keeping the forum at a high standard, and among all the idiots there are people who actually like your work.

Being a member has many advantages. You can say whatever you like as long as it's within the rules, your opinion won't be questioned by everyone and not being looked upon as an authorative entity is great fun, people actually like you for who you are then.

Having that said, I don't really know what this posts purpose is, perhaps to try and convince all asshats out there that moderating isn't all fun and glorious. And people who constantly complain about "evil" moderators and call them nazi's and ban-machines need to try and look at it from the other sides perspective aswell..
 
SubKamran said:
The mods here I like...they aren't retards! :hmph:
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Amen to that. They do a bang up job here. I feel bad for them because they have to constantly deal with all the spoiler attacks and put up with banning people.
 
Fat Tony! said:
Im sure you will live without your forum try gaming its much more fun then forums
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Hmm, except for online gaming - there, you've got crazy 12-year old admins who are off their medication.
 
Cybernoid said:
Hmm, except for online gaming - there, you've got crazy 12-year old admins who are off their medication.
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crazy british 12-year old admins.
 
All hail Munrobocop (Munro)! And Commander Badger!
I agree, our moderators kick ass.
At another forum, I said the word hell and used it out of context, but the rules clearly stated that we may use the words: hell and damn.
And one of the moderator their tells me not to swear. I did not break any of the rules. I have read the rules, he did not. Then at a Bush vs. Kerry thread, some guy flips out a bit and he abuses his powers and demands every one to 'drop it' and someone says that we won't 'drop it' because he says so and the moderator says, " yes you are".
And the moderators at the official Prince of Persia: Warrior Within forums suck.
Simple:
1) Contradict themselves too many times. They pledge themselves to be moderators and so they have to delete/close repeat threads to conserve bandwidth but they don't.
2) They suck.
3) They close the wrong threads.
4) Don't know anything.
5) They suck.
6) They suck.
7) Would get schooled by Chris_D.
 
Cybernoid said:
Just a few days ago, I registered at selfdefenceforums.com. And just now, I got banned.

Here's the deal: poster X (who hadn't even been acting in an offensive manner) made a complaint againts poster Y who was flaming with absolutely no holds barred. Unfortunately for poster X, his complaint was processed by poster Y, who happened to be a moderator. Ouch. Poster Y, the moderator, basically said that "you're a ****ing troll you're banned you piece of shit" after posting the complaint that he received.

I commented: It's sad that a complaint againts a poster is processed by the very same person that the complaint was directed againts. That's not the proper way to handle things.

Boom: instant ban. I mean instant - not even a minute passed by, and the forum in question is usually very slow. Another funny thing that happened: there was talk of John Kerry bashing Vietnam veteras ("they murdered and raped people" etc.). I pointed out, in a very neutral manner, that such things did happen (My Lai, very well documented). Some person immediatelly informed me that "someone" (me) is going on his ignore list. Apparently, posting the truth about anything is considered bad practise over there. I even saw some user with the title of "banned anti-American"!!

And so on.

This wouldn't be suprising if we were talking about some random EzBoard forum run by a 12-year old with an attitude problem. Selfdefenceforums.com is, supposedly, a mature and well-established place for mature people who discuss things like grownups. Supposedly.

Anyway, I'm trying to get an anonymoux proxy right now, so I can go back there to see what really happened (the whole forum is inaccessible for banned users).
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*Banned*
 
Cybernoid said:
Just a few days ago, I registered at selfdefenceforums.com. And just now, I got banned.

Here's the deal: poster X (who hadn't even been acting in an offensive manner) made a complaint againts poster Y who was flaming with absolutely no holds barred. Unfortunately for poster X, his complaint was processed by poster Y, who happened to be a moderator. Ouch. Poster Y, the moderator, basically said that "you're a ****ing troll you're banned you piece of shit" after posting the complaint that he received.

I commented: It's sad that a complaint againts a poster is processed by the very same person that the complaint was directed againts. That's not the proper way to handle things.

Boom: instant ban. I mean instant - not even a minute passed by, and the forum in question is usually very slow. Another funny thing that happened: there was talk of John Kerry bashing Vietnam veteras ("they murdered and raped people" etc.). I pointed out, in a very neutral manner, that such things did happen (My Lai, very well documented). Some person immediatelly informed me that "someone" (me) is going on his ignore list. Apparently, posting the truth about anything is considered bad practise over there. I even saw some user with the title of "banned anti-American"!!

And so on.

This wouldn't be suprising if we were talking about some random EzBoard forum run by a 12-year old with an attitude problem. Selfdefenceforums.com is, supposedly, a mature and well-established place for mature people who discuss things like grownups. Supposedly.

Anyway, I'm trying to get an anonymoux proxy right now, so I can go back there to see what really happened (the whole forum is inaccessible for banned users).
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well that forum DOES seem to me like a random EzBoard run by a 12-year-old. Thier attitude IS, anyway.
 
CrazyHarij said:
It's horrible having to permban someone who has been a great member and a good friend from a forum just because of reasons such as behaving bad in a certain situation or breaking a rule, just to "state an example" to prevent others from breaking the rules.
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A permban to state an example? That's a bit silly. Maybe a warning or a temp ban. I said "in before close" and got banned for a week :P While I disagreed with the ban, it was the most appropriate thing to do. But a permban? Harsh.
 
Bad^Hat said:
A permban to state an example? That's a bit silly. Maybe a warning or a temp ban. I said "in before close" and got banned for a week :P While I disagreed with the ban, it was the most appropriate thing to do. But a permban? Harsh.
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Thats what power does to someone....
 
Bad^Hat said:
A permban to state an example? That's a bit silly. Maybe a warning or a temp ban. I said "in before close" and got banned for a week :P While I disagreed with the ban, it was the most appropriate thing to do. But a permban? Harsh.
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Of course it's harsh! Otherwise it wouldn't be needed. It's got nothing to do with power, but you need to prevent others from doing the same thing. If you didn't delete posts and ban people, anarchy would erupt. Think of forums like the one that starts with H and ends with LS.

Think of Thehunter1320, banning people like him sucks, just because they did something horrible just to "see the reactions" or try something out. In general it's the action they did that was so bad that they had to be banned which is horrible..
 
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