Teve Torbes getting bann'd at CT

[GatewaySnayke]

Yup.

[heyzeus]

I'm somewhat offended that I never got banned at CT. But I rarely if ever post there anymore, so that ship has probably sailed.

[Cronos]

I'm beginning to think that some of the more "Infamous"(read: Annoying) members there that seem immune have got to be P-D people just getting their rocks off. There's no reason why they shouldn't have been banned yet*cough*Schneitzel*cough*.

[GatewaySnayke]

I got this email last night. Not sure who it is from though:

Chill! You're barking at the wrong person, and wasting bits doing it. The e-mail address your replying to isn't the moderator (although they would normally be Bcc'd on this reply.) and beating up on the messenger isn't going to win you points with anybody. It's safe to say that if the moderator banned you, and they left that kind of comment for me, it's unlikely that you're going to win a reprieve on your ban with the tact you just took. You probably should consider coming up with a better way to phrase your question/query that doesn't come off as confrontational. You see, confrontational doesn't work with mikesmith, nor many of the moderators. I on the other hand don't have a dog in the hunt so confrontational isn't going to get me bent out of shape, but I'm not going to waste the moderator's time with confrontational... nobody wins in that instance. Side note: Pointing to what you perceive as other's bad behavior in an attempt to justify your own isn't a winning strategy, the sooner you drop the whine-fest about others in the forums the sooner we'll move on to productive dialog.

Sounds like you got bit by the context bug... what you saw as mocking and witty the moderator saw as abusive and bannable. Now mind you, I don't have any ready solution for you, but your reply looks like an attack from where I'm sitting and that never wins the day. Your getting a free pass this time, I won't be copying mikesmith on this reply, on the off chance that you'd had time to think about all of this and the incredibly insightful reply from me [grin, yea I wish] will awaken your inner diplomat and you'll really want to rephrase your comments that you want me to forward to the moderator. Given the fact that you've been around since 2004, and have a boat load of posts under your belt you don't seem to fit the "problem child" profile, but only time, and your next reply, will tell the tale.

Meanwhile, you are banned from forum, please do not re-register or post in the forums while this ban is in place, doing so (if detected) can lead to any additional member names you may have being banned as well.

[thrill]

Somebody is in time out.

[Cronos]

Meanwhile, you are banned from forum, please do not re-register or post in the forums while this ban is in place, doing so (if detected) can lead to any additional member names you may have being banned as well.

[/quote]

And that in itself is BS. There's one particular Cubs troll who's been banned about fifteen times(by my count) and yet he hangs around for quite awhile doing the same stupid postings until someone finally reports him(usually me) and he's banned again. Whatever happened to IP blocking?

[AdmiralKird]

whatever happened to IP blocking?

That might hurt their ad revenue

[G. Keenan]

whatever happened to IP blocking?

That might hurt their ad revenue

Good point.

[Leroy]

Anybody who gets banned there is a low life really.

[Sutter'sBeard]

I believe CT has a 100% banning percentage. I got the heave ho there twice.