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by **Macsporan** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 21:26:51

Good work Aaron.

Let all who repeatedly defy COC rules be banned forever.

If that fellow made threats then sue him till he's sorry and then some.

This fine forum should never have been allowed to be a public toilet for creepy Internet Trolls.

Hurrah! :lol:

by **Aaron** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 22:01:59

Fortunately I work with an international shipping company whose attorneys are at my disposal free of charge.

So frankly, I don't expect to have much more to do with this whole thing going forward.

My hope is he'll make nice noises, and I'll drop the matter.

And it's worth noting that I was almost the sole voice questioning his baning, while we deliberated. To the chagrin of most of our staff I might add.

And I don't think it's appropriate for me to disclose the exact nature of his private emails here... so no.

by **dissimulo** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 22:11:32

I'm sorry to see BiGG go. He could certainly be an obnoxious pain in the ass at times, but many of his posts did have worth. Voices that challenge the common beliefs in this forum are of value; they help to sharpen our logic even if they don't change our minds.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 22:12:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')And it's worth noting that I was almost the sole voice questioning his baning, while we deliberated. To the chagrin of most of our staff I might add.

by **Aaron** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 22:35:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')And it's worth noting that I was almost the sole voice questioning his baning, while we deliberated. To the chagrin of most of our staff I might add.

by **Free** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 22:42:14

Wow, that's radical. I feel sad as well that things had to get this ugly, and although he could be a pain in the a** I respected him somehow because he kept defending his position and was one of the few dissenting voices.
I only noticed the conflict very seldom though, because I stop reading threads when they become flamewars.

In case you ever gonna sue me please don't disclose my first name because it is so rare everybody would know it was me! :razz:

by **RonMN** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 23:00:29

I've been threatened on other boards (not in here)...the way i see it...they'll have to go thru alot of "Ron's" in Minnesota before they get to me :razz:

Anyhoo...it's a shame that things had to go that far.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 23:17:20

I would start a poll, 'Should Bigg have been Banned?' but I know how it would turn out: Yes by a wide majority. Shame on you, you're thin skinned censors.

by **MicroHydro** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 23:33:43

BIGG had been on my ignore list for months. That is such a wonderful feature.

Every time I am tempted to respond to someone's flame, I hit the ignore button instead. It is wonderful, I get the benefit of reading the ideas of a variety of polite thoughtful people and avoid all the hatred and irrational hostility.

by **threadbear** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 23:36:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') would start a poll, 'Should Bigg have been Banned?' but I know how it would turn out: Yes by a wide majority. Shame on you, you're thin skinned censors.

by **Tyler_JC** » Wed 20 Jul 2005, 23:46:03

So long BiGG, don't let the door hit you on the way out!

It's a pity BiGG couldn't play nice. That way, when gas hits $4 a gallon, he could have a total mental breakdown and join us on the dark side. :evil:

by **El_Producto** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 00:24:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') would start a poll, 'Should Bigg have been Banned?' but I know how it would turn out: Yes by a wide majority. Shame on you, you're thin skinned censors.

by **some_guy282** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 00:36:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('El_Producto', '
')And threatening over the internet is just stupid-nothing ever happens.

by **Free** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 00:52:29

They take internet gaming way too seriously over there, recently some guy was convicted for murdering his friend over an argument about a virtual artefact (sword) for, I think, Everquest, which they unlocked together and then sold to somebody.

by **El_Producto** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 00:53:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', 'T')hat reminds me of a true story I heard out of South Korea. MMRPGS are popular there. You know, like Everquest? These two rival guilds were playing at seperate internet cafes. Two players in particular got into a big fight in game. The loser of that in game fight promptly got all his friends together, and went to the internet cafe where the other guy was. They dragged him outside and beat him half to death.

by **k_semler** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 00:56:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'N')o JD is not BIGG... well as far as I know anyway.

by **k_semler** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 01:03:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('erl', 'A')lso, what's to prevent him from signing on under another name?

Excuse me if this is elementary. I am not terribly computer literate. My engineering and IT friends cringe when I touch the keyboard.

by **Aaron** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 08:37:01

It's true that a new IP, and a new email address are all you need to join again, even if you are banned.

But the name BIGG is perm off limits.

That's the real kicker... & he had hit 1000 + posts...

Pretty smart guy... what a waste.

Says he accused me of threatening him to US law enforcement... which if true is a criminal offense.

And while we can't pin point the specific computer he was using, our logs show the assigned machine address & time stamp, which his ISP can identify.

The Yahoo email address can also be traced back to that machine from Yahoo's logs.

by **Doly** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 09:06:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')Pretty smart guy... what a waste.

by **Aaron** » Thu 21 Jul 2005, 09:09:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '
')Pretty smart guy... what a waste.

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