The Hootie thread

[Mr. Flopnuts]

If we're going to have another 2000 post thread, it may as well be here.

[Bowser]

I was this >< close to infracting him for the hell of it, too. Damn. Well, I guess I better go find Backwards Masking.

[Slainte]

Originally Posted by frazod

Sounds like it's your kind of place, FloridaChief.

Seriously, you are one passive-aggressive punk bitch --

...enjoy neuterPlanet

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Slainte

Seriously, you are one passive-aggressive punk bitch --

...enjoy neuterPlanet

Does this mean I'm off your Christmas Card list?

Darn.

[Bearcat]

I haven't read all 250+ posts from the past 90 minutes, but a few thoughts...

Originally Posted by luv

Since I said I wasn't going to say anymore about it, I sent Floppy the follow pos rep message:

This started off as a fun contest. I was even nominated, along with other people I enjoy posting with. You would have banned me, Gonzo, Sofa King, Lumpy, Pestilence, Bearcat, etc. if we had advanced that far?

Since it's people you all find "useless" you go along with the rule? What if it was anyone else? And you guys say you don't pick on specific people.

They never would have advanced that far, and no, we wouldn't have... we discussed that aspect, if someone who clearly didn't belong or was steered into the FF by bribes or whatever. Of course it wouldn't make sense to do it, and it wouldn't have happened.

And 'pick on' people? Mods have always said, above just about everything, don't be a douche, and you won't get the attention of the mods.

Originally Posted by |Zach|

It isn't a mods job to steer people in the direction of being posters they wish people would be.

It is our job (or intent, anyway) to steer the culture in the direction that the board's creator wants. When this place started, the general idea was that just about anything goes, but the trash would be taken out.

This is something r8ers posted on a raiders board...

I pound the ass about 90% time I am there, then be nice to them a couple of weeks and unload on their ass some more....

What's the point of him being here? He's useless and not even entertaining. People are defending his right to be here just so he can hijack conversation, stir shit, and make everything about himself? Really?

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Hey now.

The last part was a compliment.

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I'm assuming I'm the fourth you're referring to, and the only reason you say that about me is because I talk shit in the Jayhawk threads, and I only do that AFTER they talk shit on my team. That isn't trolling. If this was a Jayhawk forum, it would be different.

Yes, and "the wrong direction" means that I can't go into a KU thread or conference realignment thread without skipping all the typical crap, and for the past several months it's because of you. A year or two ago, it was billay and r8ers, at certain times it's kstater... call it trolling or attention whoring or just being an asshole, and call me butthurt or whatever, but when every discussion turns into the same old rivalry crap, it gets really old. And I don't believe it's only when someone else starts it, but whatever, it makes going into the repository threads and other threads pointless.

We were throwing around the "completely useless douche" thing in the mod forum, and I even brought up your name as someone who, at times, I'd love to ban so I could get through a day without reading all the crap that's created in the KU threads, but that you're not nearly on the same level as r8ers or LAC (that's a compliment ). I understand there's a certain bias there, I know that kind of crap has always happened here on all sides, and I'm reasonable enough not to let the mod thing and the rivalry thing mix.

That said, you were voted in by the community, but if you really feel like you don't deserve to be mentioned with the other 3 in the FF, take it up with the other mods and I'll stay out of it. If you got in due to a weak region or whatever, fine... but at the same time, if the community overwhelmingly thinks you don't deserve a temp ban for being a douche, you won't get voted for.

Like I said, through the years, it's always been someone different, and right now, it's you. There's not much I could do about it a year ago, and I'm not going to do anything about it now just because I'm a mod. People can throw around words and phrases like butthurt and freedom of speech, etc; but it does ruin the discussion and more specifically, the whole point of the repository threads.

[patteeu]

Apparently, things change.

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Happy to be here. Happy to serve. I'm pretty much just here to clear out graphic porn pics, spam, and the like. Trolls? Well, I'd rather **** with them than ban them, so we'll take that one step at a time.

Rediscover yourself, Mr. Flopnuts.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Heh,
You can say that again...

what the hell just happened?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I haven't read all 250+ posts from the past 90 minutes, but a few thoughts...



They never would have advanced that far, and no, we wouldn't have... we discussed that aspect, if someone who clearly didn't belong or was steered into the FF by bribes or whatever. Of course it wouldn't make sense to do it, and it wouldn't have happened.

And 'pick on' people? Mods have always said, above just about everything, don't be a douche, and you won't get the attention of the mods.



It is our job (or intent, anyway) to steer the culture in the direction that the board's creator wants. When this place started, the general idea was that just about anything goes, but the trash would be taken out.

This is something r8ers posted on a raiders board...



What's the point of him being here? He's useless and not even entertaining. People are defending his right to be here just so he can hijack conversation, stir shit, and make everything about himself? Really?



The last part was a compliment.



Yes, and "the wrong direction" means that I can't go into a KU thread or conference realignment thread without skipping all the typical crap, and for the past several months it's because of you. A year or two ago, it was billay and r8ers, at certain times it's kstater... call it trolling or attention whoring or just being an asshole, and call me butthurt or whatever, but when every discussion turns into the same old rivalry crap, it gets really old. And I don't believe it's only when someone else starts it, but whatever, it makes going into the repository threads and other threads pointless.

We were throwing around the "completely useless douche" thing in the mod forum, and I even brought up your name as someone who, at times, I'd love to ban so I could get through a day without reading all the crap that's created in the KU threads, but that you're not nearly on the same level as r8ers or LAC (that's a compliment ). I understand there's a certain bias there, I know that kind of crap has always happened here on all sides, and I'm reasonable enough not to let the mod thing and the rivalry thing mix.

That said, you were voted in by the community, but if you really feel like you don't deserve to be mentioned with the other 3 in the FF, take it up with the other mods and I'll stay out of it. If you got in due to a weak region or whatever, fine... but at the same time, if the community overwhelmingly thinks you don't deserve a temp ban for being a douche, you won't get voted for.

Like I said, through the years, it's always been someone different, and right now, it's you. There's not much I could do about it a year ago, and I'm not going to do anything about it now just because I'm a mod. People can throw around words and phrases like butthurt and freedom of speech, etc; but it does ruin the discussion and more specifically, the whole point of the repository threads.

Like hell things wouldn't have advanced that far. Fraz got 25 votes in the first round, but he put himself in a group with the least popular posters on the board. I got 7 votes in one of the rounds which was enough because second place was beer me and dane.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It is our job (or intent, anyway) to steer the culture in the direction that the board's creator wants. When this place started, the general idea was that just about anything goes, but the trash would be taken out.

And what direction are the mods steering us by endorsing the DOTY poll exactly?

[patteeu]

Bearcat obviously can't separate his personal grudges from his moderator duties.

[Slainte]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Like hell things wouldn't have advanced that far.

You're probably going to be banned very soon... mi hermano

[Frazod]

Now Saul is crying about the poll being rigged. Priceless

I placed people in regions based on the number of nominations they received. When I got down to people who received one nomination (most of them) I cut and pasted.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Try again, sore winner.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

You dick...

exercise your new powers for some fun mod abuse on him, name him Lumpy's Labia.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Bearcat obviously can't separate his personal grudges from his moderator duties.

Or maybe he just doesn't like pricks?

[Kyle DeLexus]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Yes, and "the wrong direction" means that I can't go into a KU thread or conference realignment thread without skipping all the typical crap, and for the past several months it's because of you. A year or two ago, it was billay and r8ers, at certain times it's kstater... call it trolling or attention whoring or just being an asshole, and call me butthurt or whatever, but when every discussion turns into the same old rivalry crap, it gets really old. And I don't believe it's only when someone else starts it, but whatever, it makes going into the repository threads and other threads pointless.

We were throwing around the "completely useless douche" thing in the mod forum, and I even brought up your name as someone who, at times, I'd love to ban so I could get through a day without reading all the crap that's created in the KU threads, but that you're not nearly on the same level as r8ers or LAC (that's a compliment ). I understand there's a certain bias there, I know that kind of crap has always happened here on all sides, and I'm reasonable enough not to let the mod thing and the rivalry thing mix.

That said, you were voted in by the community, but if you really feel like you don't deserve to be mentioned with the other 3 in the FF, take it up with the other mods and I'll stay out of it. If you got in due to a weak region or whatever, fine... but at the same time, if the community overwhelmingly thinks you don't deserve a temp ban for being a douche, you won't get voted for.

Like I said, through the years, it's always been someone different, and right now, it's you. There's not much I could do about it a year ago, and I'm not going to do anything about it now just because I'm a mod. People can throw around words and phrases like butthurt and freedom of speech, etc; but it does ruin the discussion and more specifically, the whole point of the repository threads.

I do agree with you on the ku threads, but I'd say that wickedson is responsible for 80% or more of the rivalry shit that gets started in them. After the Official Saul Good thread was started I started to pay more attention when the KU threads got off topic and back to the rivalry and the vast majority of the time it was wickedson that brought it up. I'm sure he was just trying to defend the KU thread and all, but Saul just fired back and he's done a lot better since the saul good thread thing happened.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Like hell things wouldn't have advanced that far. Fraz got 25 votes in the first round, but he put himself in a group with the least popular posters on the board. I got 7 votes in one of the rounds which was enough because second place was beer me and dane.

I don't get the point of your post, since I said...

take it up with the other mods and I'll stay out of it. If you got in due to a weak region or whatever, fine

And I said that I don't see you in the same light as the other 3, so it's not like I'm campaigning against you. If that's your argument, I'll report the post so other mods see it in the mod forum, and they can discuss it... or, if you want to create/quote another post with your argument to the mods, I'll create a thread for them to discuss.