I wonder what name Tranqhair will have next time he's back...

[shardian]

I missed it (don't really want to know the details), but apparently Shorthair got da boot in the arcade 1984 thread. First off, how exactly did he get back from banning in the first place, and will he be back?

[patrickl]

Wow he got banned again? That guy has some serious mental problems. It's almost like he's two persons.

[Donkey_Kong]

Well it sure is going to be a heck of a lot quieter around here now. NTTAWWT

It is weird cause it seems like he really wants to be here, but he just can't stop pushing that big shiny RED button. 

[Justin Z]

Having never had any problem with him, what's the "red button" issue?

[Grasshopper]

FWIW I've never had any problems with him either.

[Donkey_Kong]

Having never had any problem with him, what's the "red button" issue?

Figure of speech, the self destruct button. Overall, a month or two of running around the boards like he owns them and never backing down and accepting the fact that he was ever wrong, EVER. Pushing peoples buttons and excluding pretty much nobody in his path including mods, and well, even Saint. It all pretty much ended in the threatening of fellow board members.

Seems like he had some things to offer the BYO community, but obviously that wouldn't make up for the threatening behavior. It is actually really hard to figure out but the general consensus is that he probably just needs some professional mental type counseling. Probably isn't a bad guy overall, just has a hard time fitting in here.

[shardian]

He tended to push the PG-13 boundaries quite a bit...in uncomfortable ways. You know, like when one of your buddies says something that is a little awkward and you take a step or two away. 

[FrizzleFried]

Can someone please explain to me just how in the hell anyone can get banned in a ARCADE REVIEW?!?  Can someone give at least the a rundown of what was said?  Did he call someone a racial slur again?

[shardian]

Saint said "intolerance will not be tolerated". Who knows what was really said with that guy.

[ChadTower]

Calling people names that are known to be unacceptable, making physical threats, and then telling the mods to go pound sand.  In multiple instances.

They gave the dude a long, long rope and he hung himself with it many times over.

[AtomSmasher]

Wow, I'm gone for a day and I miss all the fun.  I'm definately not going to miss the guy.

    

[Jeff AMN]

Can someone please explain to me just how in the hell anyone can get banned in a ARCADE REVIEW?!?  Can someone give at least the a rundown of what was said?  Did he call someone a racial slur again?

He just seemed to be out looking for a fight in that thread. He started criticizing the decision to use the blue buttons to add a credit rather than just setting the games to free play. When it was explained why they went the route they did, he wouldn't just accept the difference in opinion, so a fight broke out. The fight, however, was WAY more heated than it needed to be. Instead of just exchanging thoughts and opinions it became a "You're an idiot because..." type of conversation. Most of it (if not all) was fueled by shorthair's aggressive comments, so the ban came down on him.

I was really confused why he was so angry over something that was calmly explained.

[ChadTower]

Because he's a troll.  The whole thing is based around riling people up and receiving attention.  I can almost guarantee he's reading this now and laughing.  This will be the last time I mention him for that reason.

[Jeff AMN]

It's funny though, I never figured that you'd have trolls in an arcade forum. I don't like them, but I understand where they come from in the console world at least. I just figured that in the arcade corner of the gaming world that we'd all be a bit older, more mature, and more likely to just get along.

WHY CAN'T ARCADE FORUMS BE MY UTOPIA?

[shardian]

Because he's a troll.  The whole thing is based around riling people up and receiving attention.  I can almost guarantee he's reading this now and laughing.  This will be the last time I mention him for that reason.

IIRC, Saint bans IP addresses. Is that correct?

[ChadTower]

That's easy to get around.  He'd have to ban whole ranges to effectively keep someone out and even then it's not too hard to get around.

[pointdablame]

Because he's a troll.  The whole thing is based around riling people up and receiving attention.  I can almost guarantee he's reading this now and laughing.  This will be the last time I mention him for that reason.

IIRC, Saint bans IP addresses. Is that correct?

Well he already came back once before, so he either has the knowledge to change his IP (not very hard) or saint didn't actually ban his IP the first time.

[pointdablame]

It's funny though, I never figured that you'd have trolls in an arcade forum. I don't like them, but I understand where they come from in the console world at least. I just figured that in the arcade corner of the gaming world that we'd all be a bit older, more mature, and more likely to just get along.

WHY CAN'T ARCADE FORUMS BE MY UTOPIA?

It doesn't matter what kind of forum it is... throw in the anonymity of the internet and the fact that there are just sad sad people out there with nothing better to do with their insignificant lives than try to rile people up online so that they can feel smart, important, or "better" than everyone else, and it's bound to happen.

I'm sure there are trolls on the net's most popular knitting forum as well.  Unfortunately, try as you might, you just can't avoid ass*^&%$ in life.

[Chris G]

Does this mean he's banned from the Phoenix area meets too? 


Oh and PDB, you don't have to pretend your knitting forum reference was purely random.  It's ok to have other hobbies. 

[Zero_Hour]

Does this mean he's banned from the Phoenix area meets too? 

So you met him then?
I don't remember seeing you at C&C that day 

[Chris G]

No, I was just aware of it.

[FrizzleFried]

For the folks who met the man...IS he a man or just a boy?  I mean,  he usually comes off as some spastic early-teenager...but then once in a while he posts something that indicates that he is a bit older than that.  Perhaps the guy suffers from a mental illness of some sort?

[Dervacumen]

I thought he said something about coming to California Extreme.  Maybe I'll run into him there.

Anyway, you're all a bunch of flippin' idiots for posting in EE when this board is obviously intended for those who actually care about Building your own arcade games.  Get a life.

[shardian]

I thought he said something about coming to California Extreme.  Maybe I'll run into him there.

Anyway, you're all a bunch of flippin' idiots for posting in EE when this board is obviously intended for those who actually care about Building your own arcade games.  Get a life.

It's not like alot of us have anything better to do during the weekday. 

[pointdablame]

Oh and PDB, you don't have to pretend your knitting forum reference was purely random.  It's ok to have other hobbies. 

hey don't you judge me!!!  It's relaxing, ok.   That troll over there just won't stop making fun of my patterns


 

[shardian]

Oh and PDB, you don't have to pretend your knitting forum reference was purely random.  It's ok to have other hobbies. 

hey don't you judge me!!!  It's relaxing, ok.   That troll over there just won't stop making fun of my patterns


 

What a loser! Everyone knows crocheting is where its at. 

[ChadTower]

Whatever gets dude the feel of wool on his skin.

[Donkey_Kong]

Easy guys, he's very proud.

[Zero_Hour]

For the folks who met the man...IS he a man or just a boy?  I mean,  he usually comes off as some spastic early-teenager...but then once in a while he posts something that indicates that he is a bit older than that.  Perhaps the guy suffers from a mental illness of some sort?

He's an adult. I can't claim to know him, as I only spent a few hours in an arcade chatting, and playing some games. What I will say is that meeting shorthair in person was pleasant enough, and for me at least, the man didn't entirely jibe with his postings to this board. I, in fact, mentioned to him that I thought many of his posts were designed to deliberately needle people, and that I found many of them to be amusing. He seemed a bit surprised at that and said they weren't. Take what you will from that exchange. I've read far too many posts on this board from numerous members that could be described as those of a 'spastic teenager', when I know full well the poster is not one. I'm definitely in no position to comment on his overall mental health.

Obviously he again crossed a line, and Saint made the decision to ban. I didn't see the offending post, but wouldn't second-guess how Saint runs this board for a second. He is probably one of the most fair minded Admins I've encountered on any forum. Please don't misconstrue this as a defense of shorthair's  actions.

[Jeff AMN]

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=179124.msg1858543;topicseen#msg1858543

Now that's some needlework!

[pointdablame]

Easy guys, he's very proud.

 

Now that's funny right there.

[Chris G]

That troll over there just won't stop making fun of my patterns

Is the troll's name shortthread?  Maybe needlepointjim?

[pointdablame]

That troll over there just won't stop making fun of my patterns

Is the troll's name shortthread?  Maybe needlepointjim?

I see you're a member of the same forum.  Aren't those guys doodieheads?

[JackTucky]

I see you're a member of the same forum.  Aren't those guys doodieheads?

Whoa.  Slow down.  You might be next mister dirty mouth

=J

[Organic Jerk]

Easy guys, he's very proud.

WTF.

[Ed_McCarron]

Perhaps the guy suffers from a mental illness of some sort?

We all suffer from a mental illness.

The inability to get out of the 80s, videogamically speaking.

[leapinlew]

I, in fact, mentioned to him that I thought many of his posts were designed to deliberately needle people, and that I found many of them to be amusing. He seemed a bit surprised at that and said they weren't.

Interesting. I always found his posts hard to read. Like Yoda was writing them or something. I thought he was doing it on purpose. I found his latest posts easier to digest.

He seemed to enjoy taking the other side and point out the negatives. No matter what the subject. Thing is, a forum can only have 1 member like that and Chad has seniority.

[CheffoJeffo]

Thing is, a forum can only have 1 member like that and Chad has seniority.

There can be only one.

[(+_+)]

He tended to push the PG-13 boundaries quite a bit...in uncomfortable ways. You know, like when one of your buddies says something that is a little awkward and you take a step or two away. 

Like "Tim, do these jeans make my package look small?" 

Poor, chip on his shoulder ShortHair. May he find himself somewhere in his convoluted, squirrely little mind.

[(+_+)]

Because he's a troll.  The whole thing is based around riling people up and receiving attention.  I can almost guarantee he's reading this now and laughing.  This will be the last time I mention him for that reason.

IIRC, Saint bans IP addresses. Is that correct?

Well he already came back once before, so he either has the knowledge to change his IP (not very hard) or saint didn't actually ban his IP the first time.

Just reaching here. Is there a way to capture the PC's mac id instead and ban that? That would be a much bigger pain in the neck to circumvent.