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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 08:03
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Gimmicks about on Spiderweb. TM's is being a duck, if I may allude. Sometimes you have to accept what you can't change. —Alorael, who believes an aestheist would believe only in pretty gods. Or perhaps aestheism is the belief that God is infinitely great, infinitely good, and infinitely pretty. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Apprentice
Member # 6728
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 08:40
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Age: 17 in april Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Straight Marital status: Single Highest educational degree completed: High School Student City/metropolitan area where you live: 30 miles from NYC Racial/ethnic origin: polish, british, italian, irish, canadian Nationality: Dual citizen of USA and Canada First/primary language: Gibberish Religion: Christian How long you've been a Spiderwebber: played Exile III for the first time in '00 or '01 Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: Had to look it up, and no. -------------------- "From now on you will call me Sid, Lord of the Flame!" "Hey, Lord of the Flame . . . your tails on fire." Posts: 16 | Registered: Tuesday, January 24 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
Member # 380
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 08:50
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Age: 20 Gender: female Sexual orientation: bisexual Marital status: engaged Highest educational degree completed: high school really. What little college I did was a flop. City/metropolitan area where you live: Fort Wayne, Indiana. the midwest... woo.. Racial/ethnic origin: lessee.. i'm irish, english, german, polish, and italian. All that added together equals me: a fair skinned "maiden". Nationality: American. Sometime proud, sometimes not. First/primary language: English Religion: usually my own which leans more towards paganism with a little bit of buddhism mixed in How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Ever since Exile III came out. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: What? No. I don't think so. What? [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 08:56: Message edited by: My Name Rhymes With Orange ] -------------------- When the portal to Upper Avernum starts to blow, first dump a bucket of water on it. Then run like hell. We're all heroes! Hamsters and rangers everywhere, rejoice! Wait.... wrong game. Posts: 154 | Registered: Wednesday, December 12 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 4153
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 10:23
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quote:I'm very, very, very confused... quote:You know, if you're insecure enough to still care what TM says, you're no better than him, and it shows a lack of conviction on behalf of your own beliefs. So there. :P -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
Member # 1468
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 10:42
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quote:The only thing is, I don't care what TM says. I was just pointing out what seemed obvious to me. I'm still kind of in awe that nobody seemed to make the same connection that I did. Besides, even if I was insecure, I'd still be better than him, becuase I don't deal with it by insulting people for no reason (I only insult when there is a reason). So there. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
Member # 6403
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 10:53
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quote:You're merely reenforcing Ephesos' argument there. -------------------- ??? ?????? ???? ????? Posts: 883 | Registered: Wednesday, October 19 2005 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
Member # 261
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 10:53
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quote:Right, instead you deal with it by proclaiming to large numbers of bystanders that you're better than him. That's real mature. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Guardian
Member # 6670
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 10:56
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By Eldibs: quote:Yes, TM has an unfortunate propensity towards insults. Address this directly, don't insult him back. Responding to ad hominem with ad hominem is always a bad idea. -------------------- Near-sighted gynecologist! - Hook Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:01
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quote:Actually, I'm proclaiming to large numbers of bystanders that myself and everyone in the group of bystanders is better than him. [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:34: Message edited by: Eldibs ] -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
Member # 6666
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:08
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Um, I know this involves TM, and therefore the CoC is applied very loosely, but still: doesn't this constitute "Any communication that is intended to harass, belittle, humiliate, threaten or cause embarrassment to a fellow member"? And on a very large scale at that. Posts: 353 | Registered: Monday, January 9 2006 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:08
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TM's insults are over-rated. I've been here for almost a year, and by the way people talk you'd think his insults are all that. Most of them are either stupid or funny. I've met people hundreds of time worst than TM and they don't have TM's reputation. Everyone should just accept TM for what he is, insults included. If you don't like it, then block him (I think that by doing so, you won't be able to see his posts), or just grow up and learn to ignore once and for all. But for the love of god, please stop talking about it. Edit: In response to the post above: Yes, the CoC is very loose around TM, but def not only for him. Tons of us spam our way through the boards day by day, which is not supposed to be accepted, and we don't even get canned. At least TM contributes to the BoA community, which is more than what I can say about some people. [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:13: Message edited by: Amelia ] Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:20
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Why is everyone defending TM? "If you don't like him, ignore him" isn't something we do for anyone else. Sure, he becomes background static after a while, but background static is still annoying. Do people just feel sorry for him or something? -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 2984
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:32
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quote:You have never tried this. Blocking a member affects only their ability to send you private messages. -- However, back in 2004, Djur had a prototype (I think it was a prototype, seeing as he never actually publicized anything) he called "the benalizer": quote:I thought about developing such a tool myself. This would be a fairly simple extension for Firefox (in fact, it exists for phpBB already) or an easily made Greasemonkey script. Unfortunately, I lack the skill and time for either, so I have never followed up on the idea. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
Member # 6136
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 13:55
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Hi im back!!! (everybody ask who the hell is this guy...) I just came back from my vacations... Well I love to answer this annoying and very long things so here we go... Age:15 Gender:M Sexual orientation: Heterosexual Marital status: single at the moment Education level:...9th grade I guess, im still studying...duh City:Talca Ethnic:err...latin...chilean, you know... Nationality:chilean as i said...(shouldn't be this question located 2 questions ago??) Language:spanish Religion:Catholic, still a little bit... How long in here: forgot it, about 7 months Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo:what?? :eek: Posts: 446 | Registered: Friday, July 22 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
Member # 6600
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 15:43
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Originally by Ash Lael: quote:Sure we do. arghhhhhhhhh's posts are still far below the quality expected for anyone else and he's getting fewer and fewer comments about it. Very few people ask about the gimmicks that long established members use. Compromise is just part of the system. For instance, Dikiyoba would sometimes get multiple comments in a day about why Dikiyoba uses third person when Dikiyoba first joined. Now, Dikiyoba rarely gets any. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 16:16
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quote:No, we don't. If arghhhhh had made that last post of TM's, he would now be banned. Gimmicks can be annoying (such as in your case) but aren't what I was talking about. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Councilor
Member # 6600
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 16:31
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1. arghhhhhhhhh has made a post involving evil laughter before. 2. TM's insult wasn't too (that's a relative term) insulting, just stupid. 3. TM's behavior is being commented on a lot right now, so it certainly isn't being ignored. 4. TM's behavior isn't much worse than anyone else's current behavior in this topic. 5. I've only ever seen people banned for asking for registration codes or blatant advertisement. 6. If we really, really wanted to be technical, you've just insulted and belittled me. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 16:36
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TM's behavior is atrocious. TM has been temporarily banned for it before. It didn't have much (any) effect, and TM also has this unfortunate habit of being on of the most productive BoXers. In a way, just as Spiderweb can give the boot for minor infractions because it's a company board, it can not give TM the boot for major infractions because he makes BoE/A more worthwhile. —Alorael, who also figures ever board needs a troll. Better the known evil, right? You know the buzzwords, you know the insults, and at least TM is literate and entertaining to those who aren't his target. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 17:08
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quote:That's all it does? I could've sworn there was a talk about doing something to not seeing someone else's post. Wow, I can't believe I have never blocked anyone. Anyways, The "Benalizer" does sound like an awesome product; it could've made him a millionaire. Edit: Ash, the question is not why we're defending him? but why are you attacking him?. You're an adult for the love of god, behave like one. And that little "do you feel sorry for him?" comment was definitely out of hand. [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 17:11: Message edited by: Amelia ] Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 17:40
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quote:And I am, of course, that namesake of this novel new invention. :P It's quite a coincidence that you guys start bringing it up shortly after I change my moniker. Anyway, Aran, your first link did work; you just added an unnecessary asterisk after the ".png". [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 17:42: Message edited by: the benalizer ] -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
Member # 6096
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 18:14
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Age: Old Sex: female Sexual orientation: Yes, I have that Marital status: In a relationship. Not married. Highest educational degree completed: Um...No idea. I'm a university student City/metropolitan area where you live: Turku ethnic origin: Who knows? (At least Finnish and Swedish) Nationality: Finnish First/primary language: Finnish Religion: Nothing against it. (agnostic) How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Several years Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: depends on what that means Posts: 77 | Registered: Sunday, July 10 2005 07:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 19:24
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quote:Yes, and Stareye warned him that another such post would get him banned. [quote]2. TM's insult wasn't too (that's a relative term) insulting, just stupid.[/quote]By TM's standards, certainly. He's said much worse. [quote]3. TM's behavior is being commented on a lot right now, so it certainly isn't being ignored.[/quote]Please remind me where I said he was being ignored. [quote]4. TM's behavior isn't much worse than anyone else's current behavior in this topic.[/quote]I would suggest that it is. No one else has mocked someone else's religion in this thread. [quote]5. I've only ever seen people banned for asking for registration codes or blatant advertisement.[/quote]That is because you are a newbie. [quote]6. If we really, really wanted to be technical, you've just insulted and belittled me.[/quote]Suggesting that TM is offensive is by no means being legalistic and technical. quote:You're wrong. The question is, in fact, why are you defending him/attacking me when he has acted in a much more offensive manner than I have? [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 19:40: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 20:00
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quote:I am, by no means, attacking you. I just think that this whole thing is getting more attention than it should. Edit: btw, Congratulations/condolences on your new title. Now, if someone could be kind enough to tell me wtf it means......... [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 20:03: Message edited by: Amelia ] Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 20:09
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quote:Dude, for whatever reason people like him. The person he insulted gave him back some of his own (or so he thinks) and all seems to have been settled by good old-fashioned lex talonis lexica. And on the subject of banning not being the threat it was, I do recall someone being banned for quoting a dictionary while playing the devil's advocate - rather like you seem to be doing now, albeit against someone without any actual power. I submit that the current state of affairs, be though it may more merciful to your many enemies, is a fair improvement. Chill. Acrimony is only worthwhile if it's amusing or enlightening, but 'TM is a dick and nobody should like him', in more words than such, is neither. [ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 20:10: Message edited by: Belisarius ] Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Tuesday, February 28 2006 20:16
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Ash makes a good point. Mocking someone's religion is pretty offensive (and pretty guaranteed to start a flameskirmish). Ironically, Eldibs's grandstanding attacks on TM simply distracted attention from the original statement. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
