This is where the thread starts to go downhill. Arrogant but I agree with saying sorry if you're wrong anywhere. Complete and utter gibberish. Lot's of words, nothing said, apart from some vague negative images attached to "ban someone". No he wasn't. You, oops sorry I mean to say he, started this thread opining how hard done by he was by a board review taken out while he was serving yet another ban. Challenged to back up his assorted claims, he disappeared. Dissemination, disingenuity and evasion. The art of the internet troll at it's finest and it continues in your post. More gibberish. Let's scrap "the rules" and have all of us act according to the rules in our own head I'm reading it as? Mmmm... Huh? The truth of the matter is that whatever sock puppet de jour our in-house troll may be wielding, it eventually becomes tiresome in their ongoing quest for internet attention. Sad isn't it? Far from excellent reading it's an endless procession of purposely malicious posts and studied provocation. Do you agree? OK. If I've read this thread correctly there's a problem with an idiotic OP and the rule book is out. Not sure what you getting at?
maybe we need a sticky explaining how to put someone on IGNORE then all the swords haters can do just that I think some on here read his stuff just to find offence
Ok telford, I didn't realise he had said, & I had agreed with that. - old age mate. I still believe him to be a good poster and that we are all entitled to our opinions. I make no excuses or appologies for him and he's made a rod for his own back, so its up to him to sort it out. I thought his post was an acceptance of wrong doing and an apology ..of sorts. well that's how I read it anyway. I may well be wrong. I do believe he gets unfair criticism (a lot of which is his own doing) but I also believe that some will not be happy until he is gone. that's their choice. Personally some of his post lighten the mood and made some very boring days bearable. Totally convinced he knows what he's doing & I think that people should either use ignore, not bite or treat his threads with a pinch of salts. The (one and) only thing I agree with DT about is the calling for people to be banned thing & the apologising for mistakes thing..as I said earlier. I know its been a **** 2 seasons but I think some on here are taking this too seriously, In mu humble opinion. Not aimed at you Telford btw. hope we are cool PS..did I tell you I have relations in Telford..spent many summers up there !
Mate, that works right up to the point where he starts threads with other user's names in. Which he has done to me, and to a fair number of others. Putting someone on ignore just hides the content of the post, not the thread title or the fact that he's posting. Nobody reads Swords posts 'just to find offence' - rather they read threads, see his stuff, and they react according to what he writes. Please don't imply that the offence is all the reader's fault and not the poster - if that's what you meant. If not, then I apologise. However, Swords (and Cerny, and all the others over the years both here and on BBC 606) know what they are doing and how to get the most reaction. That's not to say that some reactions (including mine in the past) could not have been handled a lot better, but the instigators are always the original posters.
It's great to see our wide spectrum of opinions about what this forum is to people who use it. Anyone IMO who can't laugh at life each day on here and use this place as entertainment is missing out. Telford I will spell it out for you: Lighten up a bit ... it will do you good. Posters who come on here just to moan about something have serious problems and most I guess can see that?
That just about reflects where I am all this. No doubt not everything, but far too much on here gets taken way too seriously.. At the end of the day it's just opinions on a forum - the writer may not mean them even half an hour after they are written , let them be. I certainly don't want Swords banned, put him on "IGNORE" if his posts are too much for you- as Kiwi says.
Nice post QL. He's criticised, validly and fairly, on this thread and many others for relentlessly provoking negative emotions in others. Just like the CB/SR sock puppet in fact. However boring the day, do you really want to see this?
WLW said it very eloquently above. It's not about "looking to be offended". If I were, I'd visit your "joke" thread and start complaining. I've seen what's in there so I don't. It's self-contained and I stay away. The rest of the board isn't so closed off. This is about about people who go looking to deliberately offend, provoke and hurt, hiding behind a keyboard and VPN.
I'll spell it out for everyone shall I? Dissemination, disingenuity and evasion. The art of the internet troll at it's finest. Let's try again shall we? You opine that Swords, on an idiotic thread he starts, is "hard done up on here". Why? Back up what you say. He's ****ed off. In his absence you speak up for him, as you've often said. Go on then....
You are right mate. I thought the Op was not only wrong, but a bit disrepectfull to the Mods to be honest. The mods are more than capable of looking after themselves; as Brix did 7 I don't really see why so many complained so much. Brix crucified him and I thought he'd apologised. There was only ever going to be one winner in this and as I posted, it was never going to be Swords IMHO. No, however boring the day, I wouldn't want to read this again, but, I do enjoy the majority of his posts, whether serious or not. Just personal (or lack of) taste. cerny on the other hand, im certain is still here!
FYI. Not given to loose words or broken promises and having heard Swords apology and confirmation that he was 'playing to the gallery' (unfortunately at MY expense), I will now be putting this case to my co-mods for their decision on Swords future as a character on here. In view of their being new to the mod role, I shall ask NUTS to join them as an experienced (former) mod to make a more comfortable and better informed panel of three. As I say, (beyond putting my case to them) I won't interfere in their deliberations or judgement and will respect and abide by their decision come what may. The context of my case is this. Whilst Swords is a serial offender against our rules who's been banned a few times now, the truth is he's also had untold 'squeezes' ('words of advice' and warnings with no action taken) over the past couple of years - and even more 'blind eyes' turned to his deliberately skulduggerous antics. All this in the hope we could retain someone who's not only been part and parcel from the outset, but more importantly one who, on a good day, ranks among the very best contributors I've seen on this site. Pains me now to have to acknowledge that our exhaustive and exhausting efforts to this end (including rules, guidelines, polls, reviews, fine tuning etc.) have all been in vain. For all our (nauseating) transparency, Swords either learned nothing about the expressed will of the majority on our board, or simply had/has no respect for it. With the benefit of hindsight it would have probably been easier all round if I'd heeded the advice / pleas from users (some his targets, others observers) to get him gone. (I hasten to add this was no 'complainants clique' as speculation would have it, but rather open posters for the most part - and hardly suggests, as has been alleged, our deference as mods in succumbing to such pressure, much less confirming it.) Fact is, I thought I knew better - and in this am disappointed to admit that despite his own best interests, Swords effectively managed to prove me wrong and hang himself in the process. Weird world. However, for my arrogance, I must shoulder some of the blame. In so doing I firstly repeat the apology made earlier on this thread, to those who suffered Swords' provocations and audacity for longer than they or I would've wished. Clearly another case of the best laid schemes of mice and men inevitably turning to ****! However, as with Swords, I'm conscious of the likelihood my apology may not be enough to placate some of Swords apologists and/or detractors; people who quietly believe my actions / inactions to have caused unnecessary agg. to the extent it has damaged this board of ours. Whilst I now have to leave it to my peers to decide Swords' fate on here, my final word on the matter is to leave you with what Swords was in effect calling for in his OP: the opportunity to bring this 'power lusting Sultan' to book. If over the next couple of weeks, QPR999 AND QPR Matt inform me that they have received just 15 or more PMs quoting the words 'Brixton out' or something similar, my term as mod will be brought to an immediate close. There is no need to explain your decision in that PM. Furthermore, I guarantee my co-mods will keep the identities of those opting for this course of action strictly confidential; and in any and every case there will be no regrets / umbrage from me. We've worked hard structuring this board to make it what it is and the last thing I want is for anyone, especially me, to compromise that effort. Cheers all.
I'll be amazed if there are 5, let alone 15, calling for your removal. You couldn't have done more to accommodate Swords' over-sized ego Brix and it would be a travesty if, after all the work you've done to make this such a good site, you were given such a slap in the face...
Mate in my book I can handle trolls wizards, centaurs , pixies and even goblins so it bothers me not Swords was ganged upon at one point by a number of posters on here and even PM's were circulated to make the mods act in the past ... That is factual and I don't need to prove anything that is 100% true so you you can take this statement as you wish. I have had a few chats with Swords and he is fine in my book. Let me make it simple for you or anyone on here ... If any poster goes out of their way to complain or moan about another poster without using the ignore button then face to face IMO I would call them a fool . You don't have to read **** you don't want to . I stick up for Swords because he has been bullied and I call him a tosspot when he has frequently been one I am proud of that and would do the same to anyone I have supported Cerny in the past but when he went bonkers then he lost my support and cooked himself Post something about Football Telford you knob and start a new trend Right off to the match
Brix...don't think the 15 and out thing is ever gonna happen...and you know it, bit unfair raising that as a point of intrest. However, most, if not all posters are are on your side and support you and appreciate what you do. Think th e the 15 bit was a bit uncalled for and niave on your part. you are without a doubt, one of the best mods on this entire forum & have many who try to attain your cult status! You have my unwavering support and respect; and you know from PM's that I totally agree with your stance. You don't need to do this & as I said to matt in another post..The strength of our mods Is that they don't get involved or caught up in s***te like this Bottom line Brix...You are far too good to get involved in some sh**e like this! I want you, we want you and every other teams board would want you.. deep breath and take a step back...you have definatelyy proved your point For me...best mod ever !
