Kingofpain89 wrote:Like that really has anything to do with why you were banned. By using that logic, bclarkie or any other member with several thousand posts could do pretty much anything they wanted, piss off every forum member, break any and all internet protocol and just be a complete dick and they would still get the benefit of the doubt. I dont think so.
d90 wrote:Look, for one thing I likely won't get tired of accessing this site or the forum. In fact it's pretty depressing not having access to it during the day at my normal job. Drats. One thing I'd love to know though is why am I banned from viewing the main site as well?? Just doesn't make any sense.Anyway, that being said I want everyone here on the forum to know, bclarkie aside, I *never* meant any harm or distress to anyon here. I am very sorry everything fell apart and in the end I was banned. To this second I disagree with being banned, but as a fellow forum owner I understand and support the right of the admin to make their own rules. And besides, who would win a fight between me and bc? He has like 4000 messages. Clearly I loose there. Anyway, I support the admin on banning me purely because that is his right, but I still feel strongly that the reason itself was entirely unjustified. Entirely.I want to say again that I publically apologize to the entire forum for the fact that my brother bid on my auctions and that any of it approached concerns and realities of shilling. I really honestly do apologize and it's never occured since. That is for the record. It was a mistake and I fully apologize. My brother is real though, as is his account, etc, etc, etc.In closing, I will be around of course, but not very actively. I have around 5000 minis to sort through now so that will take up a lot of my time. For those that have been emailing me we will continue to be in contact of course.Oh, btw, really neat news... today at a local rumage sale I found a copy of Talisman 2nd ed with the Adventure exp!! For 2 bucks! Wow.Anyway, all the best to all of you and thanks for reading.
d90 wrote:Anyway, I support the admin on banning me purely because that is his right, but I still feel strongly that the reason itself was entirely unjustified. Entirely.
d90 wrote:In closing, I will be around of course, but not very actively.
MShipley88 wrote:Jpipes is banned...which probably wrankles quite a bit. Coming back to post makes him naughty, but it doesn't exactly make him Hannibal Lector.This whole series of events has not been the most glorious moment for the Acaeum.
MShipley88 wrote:As I recall, Jpipes apologized for what he did at the time, and stated that it would not happen again.So far as I can tell, after the three or so original auctions where Jpipes' brother bid, there have been no repeats of the offense. The original offense involved only a few dollars...hardly a serious criminal campaign from my point of view.Wouldn't you agree that acknowledging what he did, apologizing and promising not to do it again puts Jpipes in a category somewhat above other problem sellers?Jpipes is banned...which probably wrankles quite a bit. Coming back to post makes him naughty, but it doesn't exactly make him Hannibal Lector.This whole series of events has not been the most glorious moment for the Acaeum.
bombadil wrote:Hey guys, I've said it before, when jonb was up and running the time before last: The worst effect guys like that can have on the boards here is to drive wedges between good members.
MShipley88 wrote:bclarkie wrote:I honestly hope that in real life that you are not this naive.Perhaps I am.
bclarkie wrote:I honestly hope that in real life that you are not this naive.
bclarkie wrote:In response to that point, Mark, I apologize that my point was so strong. It is not my intent to start a fight with you, nor is it my intent to try and put you down. I am simply trying to get you to understand that jpipes is not the nice guy that he keeps claiming that he is. His intentions then and his intentions now remain the same as evidenced by his continued posts here and they are anyhting but good. I can not stress strongly enough that he is most certainly not a good person and should be avoided at all costs.
Badmike wrote:Dude, SPOIILERS!!!! I just got "1776" on cd to listen to on my next car trip, don't let me know how it ends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike B.
d91 wrote:For the record, I have *no* desire to, as it has been said above, "set fellow members against one another". I think that is silly and I have zero interest in that. Besides, if anyone is at each others throats it would have nothing to do with me and everything to do with personalities to begin with.Also for the record, it's not possible to stalk a web forum. Who ever suggested I'm now the one stalking needs to understand what the term means. I'm simply posting messages to a public forum. My other account was removed and I have heard nothing since. If the admin wants to discuss this with me, contact me via email to do so.Someone suggested I am doing something illegal by posting here. I am in fact doing nothing illegal, that suggestion is absurd. I am a fellow forum owner (a very large one in fact) so I am well aware of the ins and outs of forum memberships and admin and the rights and processes therein. I was never sent an email saying I could never again use this forum or never again register with the site. No where do I see it posted on this forum the process for banning, the steps to be taken, if one is allowed to register again, how many times, where, when, etc, etc, etc. I have sent messages to the forum admin asking for contact regarding this matter and I have received nothing in return. Sorry, but if my posting is no longer allowed I will need some form of contact from the admin to establish that and discuss as needed. Until that time posting doesn't seem to be a problem of any sort at all. I am no longer using my original account and that was the account that was removed, so I have to make new ones. My suggestion is for everyone, myself included, to put this entire thing to rest and move on. I have already admitted many times I was at fault for the minor issue in the first place so I really don't see a need to continue to discuss it. In fact the entire thing should be deleted. But as long as people are posting here on it I will continue to defend myself as required. And making that suggestion is NOT a threat against the forum admin. I never made threats against the forum admin that are threats in any real sense. Saying I will excerise my rights is not a threat. I even went so far to say I was sorry of the admin misunderstood my original posting. Again, no response.At any rate, just wanted to say, again, I apologize for the original error that caused all this but I also retain the right to defend myself in public. Admin, also fyi, whatever you did to the forum it worked as I am now able to access the main site again from home with no problems. I was worried as I would hate to not have access for my research, etc.
improvstone wrote:Given that jpipes decide to post again using a persona which defended jpipes I would find it hard to believe any excuse about his brothers involvement.
gyg wrote:Bored with this man now.