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[Einherjar86]

Well, I wasn't really here long enough to know his trolling; but to be honest, I kinda thought he was pretty funny. He made me laugh out loud more than once with some of his posts.

But he did say some stupid shit too.

 

[cookiecutter]

Hotmail is bad about links and email forwarding which is probably why you are having issues.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Thanks Nick, just updated my email to send things to my Gmail account. Dunno why I didn't do that sooner.

Please report things you find wrong, I will try to judge them objectively to quickly and efficiently remove anything flaming/trolling/stupid. Thanks guys.

 

[MetalAges]

V5 - could also be that I get to them before you get the link and if that happens, you are redirected to the main forum page or main GMD page.

FYI - the V5 report was only the last piece of straw. Again, I had asked Rabid 2-3 times prior over the last few months to balance out his posting to make his trolling/junk replies a minority.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Thanks for clarification Deron.

I am seriously going to try to work harder as a moderator and member of the community. If you have concerns, I seriously WILL listen to them. I'm not gonna be a dick or ignore your requests. Just PM me or e-mail me (gorefisted at hotmail dot com). Better yet, add me/chat with me on AIM as some forum members do.

 

[panzerfaust666]

I realize that every once and a while( sometimes to frequently) I make stupid posts/remarks and dont contribute. I also apologize for this.This place has become important to me and even some of the people who post here, as lame as that might sound.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

If you would like me to delete your (this goes for anyone, not singling panzer out!) trolling/hateful/dumb posts without warning, please let me know. We could do without unnecessary negativity (there is totally a such thing as necessary negativity; having differing and volatile opinion is of course allowed in metal and I know the importance of explaining yourself to someone who doesn't agree with something you believe strongly in; this type of thing EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE can spark good new discussions and challenging rethinking of views once held) and you all know that.

 

[unknown]

hey, the only reason I'm not around is because I have a bajillion units I'm taking and 30+ hours of work a week.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I don't blame you at all

 

[False Joe]

Wait.

So does this mean I can randomly make gay jokes about people?

Or not?

Because gay jokes aren't trolling, they're jusy gay jokes.

 

[King Richard]

I can't believe the discussion about Rabid has been this long. The guy was a complete nuisance to the forums and did nothing but derail threads. Not to mention he had no life and all he did was post here.

@ V5: Be sure you practice what you preach. There have been plenty of times when you've made rude and uncalled for comments towards me and others before. Outside of that I don't have a problem with you. And as you know, if you make stupid comments I have no problem reporting you like the rest of the people here. Take that how you want it, but what's fair is fair.

 

[Gold]

nobody else thought rabid was funny? you all gotta lighten up, its the internet for fuck sakes.

 

[Lord Kur]

i thought he was funny but the internetz is serious business and he was warned a bunch of times that humor and trolling has no place here so i'm sure he wasn't suprised.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Humor is allowed; see numerous TIACN posts and probably a few more people.

Richard: Yes, I will attempt. Of course I highly endorse people reporting my posts if they are rude, and I will delete them.

 

[Vitor]

i don't have any problem with rude comments, but i ever have tried to be very patient with angry idiots that don't have maturity enough.

 

[King Richard]

Humor is allowed; see numerous TIACN posts and probably a few more people.

Richard: Yes, I will attempt. Of course I highly endorse people reporting my posts if they are rude, and I will delete them.

rock::Smokin: :zombie:

 

[MetalAges]

nobody else thought rabid was funny? you all gotta lighten up, its the internet for fuck sakes.

You know (and this is nothing personal to you Gold) I rely despise comments (excuses) like this any more. The Internet, and more to the point forums like this, is a place to come and discuss topics of like interest with other people, real people. I never understood the whole concept of, "Oh, if I say I am going to kill you or f**k your Mom I don't mean it, it's the Internet!"

Some folks view the Internet as one big place you can come and act like a total ass of a human being towards other people. News flash, a lot of us act and say things here that we would also do face to face with someone in the real world. We reply to others knowing there is a real person on the other end. We don't pretend to be someone we're not or say things that we don't mean, or wouldn't say to someone in person. A lot of people SAY they would in real life, but I'm calling their bluff and absolutely saying they would not (because many folks would find their teeth kicked through the back of their insensitive heads if they talked in real life like they do on the Internet/forums).

Being that it IS the Internet, we don't see what some other people may be going through in real life on the other end. You don't know that something totally unnecessary and uncalled for (that you may think is a joke) could be taken too literally and actually affect that person on the other end. It's easy enough most of the time to tell when someone is joking with someone but more often than not, I see some pretty nasty stuff said to others on forums. People need to re-learn what it is to respect others; as well as other opinions. You don't have to like someone on here, but at least respect them by not replying with holier-than-thou nonsense. A lot of people have become desensitized as to what it actually means to have a little dignity when it comes to others.

Anyways.... back to posting. And V5, thank you for what you said above and I appreciate it. I was going to PM you a thanks, but I will say it right here because I haven't seen you make a statement like that before.

 

[mutantllama]

I'll try to stop spamming.

 

[waif]

Gotta cut back on pointless insults. I vow never to make fun of ChildrenGrinder's grammar again (unless it's really, really funny).

 

[CAIRATH]

I can't say that I feel moving the polls to the recommendations forum has improved that forum any. What used to be a good place to look for recommendation discussions has now turned into a sea of "Best [something]" polls. Can't we just get rid of polls altogether? How often do people make one that actually produces some interesting insight or discussion, almost never.