Will Somebody UnBan Tribesman?

[Whacker]

I will add the following, take it for what it's worth. Right after Tribes' legendary spat with Frags turned ugly he was banned for a few days, he came into the chat a few times. Suffice to say it was...... not pretty. His behavior, attitude, and conduct was deplorable and nothing how one would expect a well-educated person to act. It got to the point where we were going to ban him from the channel and report it to Tosa, but it stopped just short of that.

[Fragony]

Never been active in the chat but I heard he could be very eloquent as well. Think he had troubles of some sorts, nasty divorce something like that (and too much alcohol), things weren't always like this.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I have to say that, although I disagreed with him on virtually every point of view he had, he was open enough to be engaged in a debate. I got the better of him a couple of times. Argumentative? Yes. Troll? No.

Him and that Glenn guy was more then immature, especially when I was banned. Surprise that the adults on this forum still think he's not a troll.

[Hooahguy]

I cant say that I liked tribesman too much, but he had that certain charm that meant that even though I hated his guts sometimes I still could not imagine a Backroom without him.

[pevergreen]

Him and that Glenn guy was more then immature, especially when I was banned. Surprise that the adults on this forum still think he's not a troll.

That glenn guy rubbed me the wrong way.

Thankfully, ignore list works.

[A Nerd]

People should be repectful of one another. Even if opinions and lifestyles are different. But that's just me.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Are you talking about Tribesman? What facts? What links? I don't recall Tribesman ever offering a link to support his argument. He simply acted like he was privy to some superior knowledge source that we weren't and we'd take it as "fact". I also never recall Tribesman offering an opinion. He'd create a thread with only an article link, but no commentary on his part. Then he'd wait for his usual victims to comment on the article and proceed to tear their opinion apart. But I don't recall him ever offering up his opinion first for someone else to counter. He could tear up his opponent's argument and the validity of their links, but he would not expose his opinion to attack nor provide links to support his "facts" so that his opponents could question the validity of his sources. I personally found his style counter productive as one could not effectively debate with him. Yet thread after thread, our patrons would line up to take shots at his "tar babies".

The part I always found most frustrating is that he seemed to know a lot and I felt like he could have done much to win over his opponents to his side of the argument. All he needed to do was to provide supporting links like most of his opponents did - I'm assuming here that his sources were indeed as superior as he led us to believe. Alas, he never took the time to properly educate us on the fallacy of our side. Because of this, to me he was nothing more than a real life Argument Clinic. 'Tis a shame.

Indeed.

CR

[Ser Clegane]

I will have to come straight out and call you a liar.

Oh well, as you have a track record of doing so...

[Husar]

You had to derive Tribesman's opinion from his comments, of course he had one, he just didn't write essays to state it, he debated those with differing opinions (which could be people from "both sides" of a debate ).
Sometimes he was/is a bit too harsh but I wouldn't listen to Whacker either, he's just jealous. I remember debating with him about Fragony and defending Fragony but he wouldn't believe me, which was sad, but I don't really remember ever having a nasty fight with him. Perhaps that's because I'm a wuss without an opinion but then that isn't really true either.
He also had a funny side as can be seen in my signature (I hope I don't need to explain the context).

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

That glenn guy rubbed me the wrong way.

Thankfully, ignore list works.

Amen to that .

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Tribesy is a guest now I think I saw on his account, so....

[Andres]

You can say what you want about Tribesman, but he knew what he was talking about when he posted in the BR. I don't know how he did it, but he seemed to have a lot of knowledge about a whole variety of topics.

His style was... rude and seeing him posting something that resembled something that disagreed with what you just said, made you tremble in fear as you knew you were going to be spanked by endless strings of

IIRC, he explicitly asked to be banned himself. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who will come back because we beg him to come back

[Strike For The South]

Alas

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

You can say what you want about Tribesman, but he knew what he was talking about when he posted in the BR. I don't know how he did it, but he seemed to have a lot of knowledge about a whole variety of topics.

His style was... rude and seeing him posting something that resembled something that disagreed with what you just said, made you tremble in fear as you knew you were going to be spanked by endless strings of

IIRC, he explicitly asked to be banned himself. He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who will come back because we beg him to come back

IMO he was the one would seem like he know a lot about things, but would ethier lie or whatever about his info + provoke you into a flame war, which would make his argument, accurate and correct or incorrect and immature look good.

In a way I'm happy he's gone, .Org is better place without him imo. But in another way, I do wish he was back ,not because I like some of the stuff he and I discuss but because he kept me from falling asleep from reading crap in the BR even if I hated his stuff.

[Gregoshi]

Alas

I'm pretty sure he was a lad.

[Hooahguy]

But I don't recall him ever offering up his opinion first for someone else to counter. He could tear up his opponent's argument and the validity of their links, but he would not expose his opinion to attack nor provide links to support his "facts" so that his opponents could question the validity of his sources. I personally found his style counter productive as one could not effectively debate with him. Yet thread after thread, our patrons would line up to take shots at his "tar babies".

So true. I remember once during one of these "debates" I demanded to know what he thought of the issue. He refused to answer, and just assaulted with more questions.

[drone]

So true. I remember once during one of these "debates" I demanded to know what he thought of the issue. He refused to answer, and just assaulted with more questions.

This is why I think he just argued for the sake of it. That, and he seemed like a cynic of the highest order, if a thread went on for long enough it would come out that he usually had a bad opinion of both sides of the argument. He kept everyone honest, and usually had a "all politics are local" slant on most issues.

[Husar]

This is why I think he just argued for the sake of it. That, and he seemed like a cynic of the highest order, if a thread went on for long enough it would come out that he usually had a bad opinion of both sides of the argument. He kept everyone honest, and usually had a "all politics are local" slant on most issues.

But that's not the same as not having an opinion, is it?

[drone]

But that's not the same as not having an opinion, is it?

Bollox!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I think Tribes degenerated as a poster, when I first joined in 2005 and AdrianII helped me find God (no joke, funny story) Tribes was an abrasive but still eloquent debater who did offer opinions and even occasionally links. Generally however he was intollerant and he would expect you to go off and find the source yourself with Google-Fu, but if enough of us wer dim for long enough you eventually got the link from him.

Unfortunately, over the last year or two years he was here he gradually devolved to posting little more than "bollox" and about 50 laughing milies with virtually no substance. It was extremely hard to like him at that point.

[Rhyfelwyr]

when I first joined in 2005 and AdrianII helped me find God (no joke, funny story)

He did that with you as well?

[Furunculus]

The backroom has turned into a circle jerk, there are no more personal attacks no more hyperbolic nation bashing. Hell you can't even take a run at gingers anymore without the whole forum losing there mind

it is less fun, whether that is due to Tribesmans absence is another question, but it's worth a shot!

[Furunculus]

He'd create a thread with only an article link, but no commentary on his part. Then he'd wait for his usual victims to comment on the article and proceed to tear their opinion apart. I personally found his style counter productive as one could not effectively debate with him. Yet thread after thread, our patrons would line up to take shots at his "tar babies".

lol, it's always worth calling "BS" when you smell it, regardless of whether it was put out to 'troll' or otherwise.

arguing with tribesman was.......... invigorating, as it demanded a level of mental agility to keep up with his constant battery of abuse.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

He did that with you as well?

Ironic, isn't it?

[L.C. SVLLA]

Tribes left?

Well there goes the last good poster in this place.

He's worth the entire backroom members club and then some.

[Beefy187]

[Megas Methuselah]

I meant in general, I don't know the backroom.

Ignorance is not an excuse.