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IRC Behavioural Issues.

MacTCP

Well-known member
After I left, I typed up something to clear everything up once and for all. I have logged in just to post this however:

I am typing to explain what has happened with me and IRC, all of it, in a neat way. There has been misunderstandings between me and IRC, which I'd like to explain here. I'd like to explain once and for all, because now the misunderstandings are spreading to the forum. I thought the misunderstandings were left behind in the IRC channel, but now the forum members are getting a false impression, causing me to (hopefully temporarily) leave. Please read through this before judging me in any way.

[Part I - The Banning]

Before you read this part, I want you to realize there were countless jokes in worse taste then this before (most of them not by me), as some others have pointed out. Basically, someone threw feces at me. Following that, I pulled feces out of Mr680x0, prepared to throw them. I did get kicked for that, the kick message being "use of feces" or something. I had received joke kicks prior (on other channels) to this. Stupidly, I thought it was one of them, and I proceeded to throw the feces at the person who threw some at me. Then I was permanently banned. If I had known that the kick meant business, and that this joke would be taken so badly, I wouldn't have opened my mouth. Now I know better, and wouldn't make such a bad joke ever again. I feel that I should be given one more chance, considering there were many inappropriate jokes people other than me made, simply laughed at. Even tricking people into erasing their hard drive doesn't seem to be bad lately. I hope that clears up everything about the ban.

[Part II - Anhaedra]

Before you read this part, I want you to realize this has nothing to do with my ban, and actually happened later. Basically, there was someone called "Anhaedra" pretending to be me. He went on the IRC channel, and said he was me using a proxy. I hear that he was posting lots of bad links too. (I know this because he actually bragged about it to me!) Anhaedra also pretended to be Torbar on the IRC channel too. +Soon after, he went to the forums. He made a topic pretending to be me. It got deleted. He then made made some posts the next day saying that I said things that I didn't. (This topic is actually still able to be seen, but locked) After this, he was banned. Everyone on the forums believed he wasn't me. But now that the IRC problems have been mentioned on the forums, people are beginning to question that. But I promise, I'm not Anhaedra, nor was I sending him out to troll for me.

While I was on the IRC channel, there was a rumor I was 12. I'd just like to officially deny that right here. This is the end of my explanation. I hope this clears everything up about me.

 

Unknown_K

Well-known member
Why the explanation? A mod woke up from his/her nap (or whatever) and seen BS going on in the channel, told people to stop and somebody didn't hence the ban.

What some people cannot understand is that you can have an excuse for everything you have done wrong in your life (valid or not) and it does not matter. You did something wrong (as many others do from time to time), but it was your turn to get busted for it. If 5 people are speeding down the highway and the cop pulls only you over do you think crying about how everybody else was breaking the law is going to get you out of the ticket? All I keep hearing is that "I did nothing wrong" while you explain what YOU DID WRONG. A simple yes I said it, I got busted for it, sorry would have been better. If the others keep doing the same old thing they will get banned too sooner or later.

 

Cory5412

Daring Pioneer of the Future
Staff member
I don't need or want an explanation as to why anything may have happened, MacTCP. The fact is that it did, you were misbehaving that day, and unlike Mr680x0 who at least waits an hour or more before misbehaving again, you continued right on with the misbehaving.

It's done, It's over, and quite honestly acting like that, I am not surprised people thought you were twelve.

A lot of people who can be relatively decent folk on the forum came to the IRC channel after one or the other forum crashes/outages, and haven't gone. A lot of the problems in the IRC are related to that, since a lot of our newest users who act the least appropriately are from that group.

It's not just that group though. There are users who are there that aren't from the forums, and those people seem to like causing some problems.

There aren't just "problem-causers" either, one of the main things I've seen is somebody will start something, and nearly everybody on the channel will join in, which causes a situation where "He was doing it too" would be what I'd receive in a PM if I kicked or banned anybody.

 

Torbar

Well-known member
I don't need or want an explanation as to why anything may have happened, MacTCP. The fact is that it did, you were misbehaving that day, and unlike Mr680x0 who at least waits an hour or more before misbehaving again, you continued right on with the misbehaving.
Time shouldn't make a difference.

MacTCP also said he misunderstood the warning kick, as I'm sure we have all done, even if in real life(except not a kick) by getting carried away with something.

While what he did wasn't exactly appropriate, there have been much worse things in the IRC channel where they didn't even get a warning, either via kicking or verbal.

 

MacTCP

Well-known member
I'm back! I missed 68kmla too much! I figured that if they want to be unfair and ban me on IRC, it doesn't have to affect me on the forums.

Nobody's impression of me changed from this topic, I hope. If so, it really should be changed back. I'm the same person I always have been.

 

The Macster

Well-known member
Nobody's impression of me changed from this topic, I hope. If so, it really should be changed back. I'm the same person I always have been.
Good to see you back :) All I was saying before is that on the forums you've always come across as a really nice guy, but these topics about IRC have suggested otherwise and made me doubt my impression of you and taking your side before, as it seems as though some real bad stuff happened on there. I don't mean to be horrible and I hope I don't come across as such, that's just the impression this discussion gives off. Of course, there's only one way for us to get the old impression back, and that's by you sticking around and being the person that you always were! (at least on the forums) :)

 

MacTCP

Well-known member
Nobody's impression of me changed from this topic, I hope. If so, it really should be changed back. I'm the same person I always have been.
Good to see you back :) All I was saying before is that on the forums you've always come across as a really nice guy, but these topics about IRC have suggested otherwise and made me doubt my impression of you and taking your side before, as it seems as though some real bad stuff happened on there. I don't mean to be horrible and I hope I don't come across as such, that's just the impression this discussion gives off. Of course, there's only one way for us to get the old impression back, and that's by you sticking around and being the person that you always were! (at least on the forums) :)
That's good. [:D] ]'>

 
I am staying off IRC. Whenever you input your opinion, the other group takes it too seriously. And newer members are not treated as well as the "Pre Crash Posse". Internet Racism. It exists in many forms and ways.

And one more message,

Those of you who pulled the format trick, good job pushing me. I recognized that command, and was reluctant to enter it. But you tricked me. Congrads. I was sharp enough to realize what was occurring, so I puled the plug to avoid serious damage. Onley some recoverable docs were gone. > :(

That is all I have to say for this thread.

:?:

 

Mr. 680x0

Well-known member
Internet Racism. It exists in many forms and ways.
Whoa, wait. You're saying that people who decided to join a forum at a different time than others is like people who were born different? There's a difference between something that you did and something that you have no control over. What you said doesn't make sense.

 
Let me clarify on my comment.

it is just that people are to smug sometimes, and gang up on one person. its complicated. I think people should stop riding a high horse and ride a minimoo.

 

MacJunky

Well-known member
Indeed. However sometimes things can be learned from debates via the internet and if you contradict that I know just who to send you to.

 

coius

Well-known member
I really hate to say this (but it is expected as is said by anyone) that I am frankly put off by the crap aeroraptor, ghmd and techfury (I am NOT going to spell his full name. He runs several instances and I am purposely not going to say it just to piss him off, so there) have really made it unwelcome for ANYONE in the channel. They fight just to corner anyone, and I came here hoping for friends in Mac channels, and instead get insulted every time I go into that channel room. You guys should be ashamed at what you do. When you drive off people that go to a place to be accepted, you are no worse than the n00bs that sometimes get on forums and that are sometimes annoying. Judging by reading this thread, you guys need to GROW UP

Get a clue guys, you are ruining everything that would be fun as part of a community. You run people off just for the fun of it. I never came in there to make trouble and have gone out of the way to keep from starting situations, but you try to drag people in all the time to your little arguements and like to be ban happy to ANYONE that don't agree. You guys really need a life if all you do is argue. You don't research what you say, and you don't even care if you tick off someone just because you don't have the guts to admit that sometimes (well, a LOT of times) you are wrong. You need to open your eyes and get off your high horse and learn some manners. You are NOT perfect.

That being said, I am frankly pissed at your behaviour and have NEVER ever gone into a room so uninviting. Cory, you NEED to get rid of these people. If you can do it, then DO IT. These people make it so uninviting, it makes me regret actually joining this forum. A lot of people here are very nice, but you guys have actually turned this forum into a disaster. I left applefritter because of people being ***-holes. I have NEVER been so uninvited in my life, but you guys make it pure misery being in that room. I will NEVER go back there again because you have put me off in such a way you guys in that channel that do nothing but argue, have put an awful taste in my mouth and have once again reassured my opinion by some of you here (the ones also in the channel that do nothing but the stuff that I described) are evil.

I am sorry I actually joined this forum, sadly... I can't believe some of you here. I have never done anything to cause problems, yet *I* feel like I am the evil one. You guys have made it so uncomfortable, that I don't know why I keep coming back. A lot of stuff in the channel carries over here. I may have my opinions, but I say my piece, and leave it at that. Some you go so far as to actually TRY to offend people.

Shame shame shame

 

Patrickool93

Well-known member
Some people on IRC have driven people off IRC entirely, which sucks, because some people were mostly on IRC and they seem not to post here, or be on there anymore :(

 
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