Q23 - This is what happens when your admin isn't me.

[TheWalrus]

I've become too used to things here, because that forum? Nothing like this one. That way lies the wasteland man.

[Arthur_Parker]

You had more restraint than I would. I'd have started with the Goatman and gone from there. 

I didn't see any need to be a complete ass about it.

[Lakov_Sanite]

You had more restraint than I would. I'd have started with the Goatman and gone from there. 

I didn't see any need to be a complete ass about it.

He left you wide open for that joke.

[Merusk]

If you want to stare into the abyss an old repost is located at this link.

If you really want it all I've still got all of his forum postings and stories from many years gone by archived.

Good lord no, why would I want to subject myself to that?  I didn't read Grimwell's site when it was live because of him, why would I want to attempt it now?

[schild]

I can't even get my own life sorted out, but I'm pretty sure if I suffered in exile a three month rage boner for someone that upon my eventual return I'd go completely fucking night of the long knives on the right fucking people.

Now this, this is a fine piece of English right here.

[Xanthippe]

A forum you frequent where people you know and like is disintegrating because the person who technically owns it was secretly a douchebag waiting to settle a number of old grudges, real or imagined, all along.

Except not so secret. Like being a douchebag is kind of his whole gimmick.

This is a guy who banned people over and argument over The Hurt Locker lol.

I can't stand passive aggressive pussies sensitive New Age guys. The sucking up, the favoritism and the shit stirring are very entertaining. Who gets banned? Let's spin the wheel and find out!

I liked Entrepreneur but when did Brad Wardell become Serek Dmart?




(haha! I see what you did there, very clever - I had always thought that was done manually.)

[Rendakor]

I never knew we had wordfilters here on F13. 

[Cheddar]

I never knew we had wordfilters here on F13. 

Have to for some key words.  Otherwise peoples google alerts will go off like an air raid siren and a scorched earth policy would have to be instituted.

Its glorious in its destruction.   

[MahrinSkel]

There have been times when I have been tempted to either invoke He Who Must Not Be Named, or track down where he's currently manifested, just so I could have the Mother Of All Flame Wars with him.  Just tempted, then I hit myself in the head with a hammer and the urge goes away.

--Dave

[Xerapis]

I would have suggested taunting Brad Wardell but he just got temp-banned for his little Stardock Supernova last night/this morning.

He certainly seemed vengeful and ragetastic enough for a bit there, lol.

[Arthur_Parker]

No matter how crazy that Tom guy is, you have to laugh at the faithful stroking his ego in that thread through their own free will.  "oh this must have been so stressful for you Tom, here, have a pealed grape, please don't ban me".

[Paelos]

I'm guessing we can't register now over there just to call him a cock-knocker?

[Xerapis]

I think he's vetting new accounts now. Or again, depending on your perspective.

Not entirely sure that that has been implemented though.

He was also supposed to be implementing an infractions system but has encountered technical difficulties.

I'd have suggested making sure it works before returning with the terrible swift banhammer and announcing it. ~shrug~

[Xanthippe]

I particularly enjoyed the part where he warned you, Xerapis, while the shit stirrers continued with free rein (although I felt bad for you).

What a big load of crazy that place has become. Well, it beats boring at least.

[Xerapis]

I came extremely close to exploding at that point.

The bias is just infuriating.


Just like with Brad Wardell BLATANTLY instigating later in the thread and suddenly Tom is doing 3-day bans instead and tosses in two other posters.

~smh~

[Paelos]

It is rather odd that he's acting like he's shooting Ole Yellar everytime he bans someone.

[Margalis]

He doesn't want to ban people, he just absolutely has to. Because, you know, mumble mumble!

[Xerapis]

To be honest, the whole way he expresses himself about banning people can come across as a little creepy sometimes.


Like a parent spanking a child and saying "this hurts me more than it hurts you" or something.


And banning people who announce they're leaving...yeesh. I get what he means from a practical standpoint but there is just no way in hell it ain't being perceived as petty and vindictive.

[Sjofn]

Like a parent spanking a child and saying "this hurts me more than it hurts you" or something.

More abusive boyfriend to me, personally. Where he loves them SO MUCH, why do they have to make him hit them?!

[Bzalthek]

So I think it's conclusive.  Tom Chick likes to beat on women.  It should be a meme.  

So wait, this is the same Tom Chick who appeared in West Wing and other shitty roles?  And he finally upgraded to that shitty forum as admin?  Holy fuck, batman.

[Tale]

The era of forums like these is... diminishing.

[Ingmar]

Soon we'll all sail over the sea.

[Sheepherder]

So I think it's conclusive.  Tom Chick likes to beat on women.  It should be a meme. 

So wait, this is the same Tom Chick who appeared in West Wing and other shitty roles?  And he finally upgraded to that shitty forum as admin?  Holy fuck, batman.

Looks to be so.

You can take that either way, but rather than clarifying the matter, I'll leave it as-is.

[Paelos]

Soon we'll all sail over the sea.

I'm not getting on any boats with elves.

[Margalis]

Xerapis why are you spending so much effort carefully arguing with someone who is clearly deranged?

Tom Chick is a straight up crazy douche. And not only that but he's a bad writer who has been totally irrelevant for years. (Note: his "new job" is no job at all lol)

It boggles my mind why anyone would want to come to any sort of understanding with such a person. Were I you I would either go out in an awesome blaze of glory or just ignore his highness and talk to the people on his forum actually worth talking to. Your "can't we all just get along" attitude is a little odd given that you are trying to get along with an emotionally retarded vindictive dunce.

Maybe I'm just an asshole but I don't see why everybody needs to be friends with everyone else completely regardless of merit.

[Paelos]

Maybe I'm just an asshole

I think you nailed the issue on you'd approach it differently. 

[Azazel]

Slayerik, Here is some background. I was in the same boat re: WUA until I read that thread.

Yeah, I didn't know he was gone until the Steam thread. I thought he just took some time off.

Schild - I have to give you credit there - great post on Q23

[Azazel]

He desperately needs staff. I could have posted a thousand dicks a thousand different times and driven his entire userbase away over the course of a day. One man can not run a community alone, I don't care what size it is.

I misread your post as "ruin".

 

[Arthur_Parker]

It seems like Tom has been nutso on moderation before all this blew up.  Edit to be clear, nutso, as in selectively editing, deleting posts and lying about it, I don't care about him banning anyone he wants to.

Archive post from a well spoken guy in August.

[RhyssaFireheart]

I think he's vetting new accounts now. Or again, depending on your perspective.

Not entirely sure that that has been implemented though.

He was also supposed to be implementing an infractions system but has encountered technical difficulties.

I'd have suggested making sure it works before returning with the terrible swift banhammer and announcing it. ~shrug~

Wait, he's having trouble implementing an infractions system that's built into vBulletin?  Seriously?

[Margalis]

Wait, he's having trouble implementing an infractions system that's built into vBulletin?  Seriously?

This is a guy who banned someone because their name was similar to another person who annoyed him, and a guy who in most reviews complains that he can't understand the game he is reviewing. So this should be of little surprise.

[ghost]

Meh.  Chick may be crazy, but it sounds as if they are just having a long overdue dump of their Politics board fanatics.  Not that we have any of those around here...... 

[Paelos]

We have a politics board?

[Ironwood]

It whiles away the time during Shit Game Releases.

[ghost]

It whiles away the time during Shit Game Releases.

So nonstop?