I concur. I only check IRC channels a couple of times a night typically, when i've got 5 mins and I'm idling, or of my notify makes a noise. The same is true of any IRC channel - the more you hang around there the more you end up talking crap. It can be amusing if you are all grown up about it but frankly, you guys ain't. The bickering in this thread from MacTCP and those talking against him above is just such an example of the purile 'did not!' 'did so!' 'did not!' 'did so!' 'did not!' 'did so!' crap I got sick of. I'd have banned all of you involved for 24 hours by now just to get some peace and quieti think part of the problem is people spending too much time focused on the IRC window. go...do something for chrissakes.
Woah, this sounds really terrible :'( I was on your side when there was all that trouble before about this issue as on the forums it came across to me that you were innocent and it was that other guy causing the problems, but I'm not so sure now. I really do think that this IRC channel should be made completely "unofficial" ie no link on the site and none of these discussions on the forum about what's happened on this channel – if I came here as a potential new member and saw all this stuff here at the top of the forum, there's no way that I would stick around as it would give me such a bad impression of the place. I had thought all of you seemed really nice from how you are on the forum, but reading this I get a very different impression of a lot of you:Like how you were banned for causing trouble and being disgusting?If bad people are continued to be banned, everything should be fine. :b&w:
Just let me point out some things:
1. I never sweared just so you know.
2. These "disgusting things" weren't any more disgusting than the "iSecks" and "fapping in the shower" discussions you all had numerous times.
3. The "disgusting thing" I said was in response to something said to me under the same topic.
4. I never "caused trouble" or "picked fights." That was never done by me.
Since so many others have caused others to get a false bad impression of me, now even on the forums, I'd better leave now.reading this I get a very different impression of a lot of you
I agree, the encouraging of rming a unsuspecting users drive from the root was overlooked by the ops when in any other channel the instigators would have been banned, it is certainly frustrating to see that while there are ops they seem to lack the desire to actually use the power granted to them. But then again the ops seem more then happy to crack the whip on new users but are quite reluctant it seems to do anything to users who have been around for a while no matter what they do.Look the problem is with a few people both in the forum and on irc, if they went away so would the problems.
The fact that the mods in both places are too afraid of cracking the whip when needed means it will go on forever.
Lets not make a bigger deal out of this then it is, a few immature people going back and forth like anybody cares.
Good point.Life's too short to spend time worrying about internet pissing matches.