Spartan198 12:25 06-11-2010
Never been banned. I do have a couple of warnings, but those are from a couple years ago. If I could go back and do it again...
Warning 1: I'd avoid it.
Warning 2: I totally would. That warning was a small price to pay for saying what I did to who I said it to.
Crazed Rabbit 18:37 06-11-2010
I got a warning point here once. I'm not proud of it.
I did get banned from one blog though, for disagreeing with the guy who runs it, who demands nobody but his army of sycophants posts.
That I'm proud of; I was polite, argued well, and the only way the horde of commentators could deal with it was flaming me until I got banned by the guy who runs the blog:
Originally Posted by :
To the despicable morons who are doing that in this thread, I've corrected my post to say "before the 1970s," so you can take your idiotic legalisms, fold them into sharp corners, and cram them into your nether orifices.
I think he has an anger problem.
CR
After a bit of thought, this thread might be better situated in the Watchtower.
I only had one actual warning point-though I have been repeatedly scolded-mostly on account of my exceptionally twisted sense of humor (which does go too far, and involves some expletive phrases

).
and that one was last year...and it has expired...and I'm not going to post another Ark joke picture again. ever.
however, it has ruined my chances, I suspect, of ever becoming a senior member
outside this little forum: well, I have yet to be banned from anything; I'm not so silly as to cannonball a wading pool full of little kids...
or wrestle a goat for being supposedly hypnotized...
Ravencroft 13:40 09-14-2010
Haven't been banned.
Skullheadhq 08:58 09-15-2010
I got banned once because I bashed Poland...
Cute Wolf 09:14 09-15-2010
Originally Posted by Skullheadhq:
I got banned once because I bashed Poland...
when their lancers run straight into your Dutch Pikemen and got themselves impaled? no worry, they even go after tanks in WW2!!!
*. of course, when laser lances and kevlar bullet resistant horse armour was developed perfectly, USA will be nothing on land wars compared with Polish laser lancers
pevergreen 14:20 09-15-2010
This needed to be posted in...why?
All I saw was you keep saying about having imaginary sexual relations with a female poster, was that it?
Cute Wolf 16:00 09-15-2010
Originally Posted by Beskar:
All I saw was you keep saying about having imaginary sexual relations with a female poster, was that it?
so when it was male, it will be permitted? geez... discrimination against heterosexuals....
Originally Posted by
Cute Wolf:
so when it was male, it will be permitted? geez... discrimination against heterosexuals.... 
How is it discrimination? It isn't permitted even if it was to a male, though there is some bias when moderating, since females receive a lot of unwanted attention and this rarely happens towards males, since both females and homosexuality are a minority on the internet.
Just because it happens towards females more often, it doesn't mean it is discrimination, or was you jealous that Fragony wasn't posting about you and him spending nights together, which resulted in a blockage.
Banned twice. Once in June 2006, Once last April for a year. Ain't going into the reasons, find the fricking threads in acrhive if you want more.
Never got any warning points since I been back, I been a good boy!

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Moderators.....power goes to their heads. And if you verbally abuse them...well....they do things. Evil things. Cruel things. Amusing things. And when you make a new account and do it again, let's just say that my computer wont load the UGO forums anymore.
I've seen moderators go insane on other forums. It ain't pretty. If anything, I find that the Org mods do an unusually good job of policing one another, and letting each other know when we think someone's made a bad or questionable call. It helps that we're all clear on the concept: The Org belongs to the Orgahs.
Originally Posted by Lemur:
I've seen moderators go insane on other forums. It ain't pretty. If anything, I find that the Org mods do an unusually good job of policing one another, and letting each other know when we think someone's made a bad or questionable call. It helps that we're all clear on the concept: The Org belongs to the Orgahs.
Definitely

, had a recent experience of that myself. A mod politely asked me to change something, instead of slapping tons of warning points on, like mods on other forums do.
edyzmedieval 00:50 09-20-2010
Never been banned over here.
I did get a couple of warnings when back in the old days. Last one was in 2008. Minor ones.
pevergreen 04:14 09-20-2010
I think my last WP was for +1'ing a fragony post.
I got banned from a well known Linux community forum earlier this year, for calling the mods there "heavy handed" and disagreeing over an issue of double standards. One member requests a complete username change and gets it straight off with no questions asked - another new member requests a correction to a spelling mistake in his username (a matter of swapping two letters) and gets read the rulebook and told to make another account. I spoke up on the member's behalf. I was actually "stealth banned" - no change of user status, no "you are banned" email, no messages, nothing. Logged in one day and was greeted with a "no permission" message. I despise such corruption. Only time I can remember being banned from anywhere.
lyly10388 06:18 11-27-2010
Originally Posted by Kurando:
I screamed "April Showers!" really loud and with reckless abandon did a cannonball into the kids wading pool, and after eventually getting kicked out my friends and I threw a barrage of beer bottles at the security guard's golfcart in the parking lot. In hindsight, I feel 10 a year ban was probably justified.
In that same era I also got a lifetime ban from a local petting zoo for wrestling a goat, but I feel I was not wrong in the instance; the goat WAS trying to hypnotize me! Have you ever looked into a goat's eyes? They have snake eyes... Just a warning, incase you're ever in a similar situation: goats are also amazingly heavy for their size; when I tried to pick it up I couldn't even get it off the ground.
I always found it interesting that in both of those completely separate instances the people who handed down the bans said the exact same thing "you're old enough to know better..."
[spoil]]
Thank you so much for your post.
Originally Posted by Lemur:
I've seen moderators go insane on other forums. It ain't pretty. If anything, I find that the Org mods do an unusually good job of policing one another, and letting each other know when we think someone's made a bad or questionable call. It helps that we're all clear on the concept: The Org belongs to the Orgahs.
You guys can sure pet yourself on the back for that
Originally Posted by Fragony:
You guys can sure pet yourself on the back for that
Round of applause?
...
No?
...
: (
Togakure 01:43 11-29-2010
Never been banned from a site. Warned here once, by Hosa, anticipated, deserved and accepted. Was asked to apologize to a patron who took exception to a scathing retort after insulting me in the Back Room years ago, by Ser. I could not sincerely do so, and so declined. I wasn't warned, but I suspect there were long-term "hidden" consequences, which is fine with me (banned from Senior Membership etc.).
The Org seems more than fair in regard to warnings and bans when I consider other sites I patronize. No complaints here.
Megas Methuselah 06:37 11-29-2010
I was banned several times. Why?...
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... I forgot. Ask Lemur or something...
Ser Clegane 21:25 11-29-2010
Originally Posted by Togakure:
Was asked to apologize to a patron who took exception to a scathing retort after insulting me in the Back Room years ago, by Ser. I could not sincerely do so, and so declined. I wasn't warned, but I suspect there were long-term "hidden" consequences, which is fine with me (banned from Senior Membership etc.).
Togakure 04:11 11-30-2010
Originally Posted by
Ser Clegane:

It was several years ago, Ser. You had just become a mod in the Back Room. The plaintiff was a certain "horse-master," and the trade of insults was based on my being 50% Japanese, born in Japan, but raised in the states, and him being married to a Japanese wife and having lived there for some time. When he alluded to me not being a true Japanese (a soft spot for me as perhaps you can imagine), I wrote that the closest he got to being Japanese was in the heat of the night when his wife failed him (referring to
this song). Tit for tat; bullet for blade, etc.. Apparently he was incensed by my retort and via PM, complained stridently, according to what you wrote when notifying me of his problem. You were very nice about it. But it was the Sincerity issue--I couldn't sincerely apologize, and so couldn't bring myself to do as you asked. You expressed understandable disappointment in my choice, but didn't take overt official action against me, I assume because it was obvious that the plaintiff contributed to the matters at hand. It all worked out shortly thereafter anyway--I left the Back Room for good. Who needs that kind of daisy anyway.
I can understand why you wouldn't remember; much worse has happened many times over since then that you've had to mitigate, I imagine. But my memory of it is poignant. It's all good--water under the bridge, etc..
I've been warned a countless number of times. Mostly for personal insults. I regert nothing as everyone I have ever insulted was wrong at the time or perpetually stupid and ignorant.
Megas Methuselah 07:29 11-30-2010
Originally Posted by
Togakure:
It was several years ago, Ser. You had just become a mod in the Back Room. The plaintiff was a certain "horse-master," and the trade of insults was based on my being 50% Japanese, born in Japan, but raised in the states, and him being married to a Japanese wife and having lived there for some time. When he alluded to me not being a true Japanese (a soft spot for me as perhaps you can imagine), I wrote that the closest he got to being Japanese was in the heat of the night when his wife failed him (referring to this song). Tit for tat; bullet for blade, etc.. Apparently he was incensed by my retort and via PM, complained stridently, according to what you wrote when notifying me of his problem. You were very nice about it. But it was the Sincerity issue--I couldn't sincerely apologize, and so couldn't bring myself to do as you asked. You expressed understandable disappointment in my choice, but didn't take overt official action against me, I assume because it was obvious that the plaintiff contributed to the matters at hand. It all worked out shortly thereafter anyway--I left the Back Room for good. Who needs that kind of daisy anyway.
I can understand why you wouldn't remember; much worse has happened many times over since then that you've had to mitigate, I imagine. But my memory of it is poignant. It's all good--water under the bridge, etc..
How the hell do you remember all that, man? Ah well, no matter. At least you're half; he's a frikkin' alien, man. Probably gets treated badly over there, too, because he's a
visible minority, right? Hahaha, you win, bro, you win. Find solace and comfort in that fact.
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