James

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nothing674 [/i] [B]I'd say they are necessary. Some people are stupid beyond help. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]I agree with you 100%. It's kind of sad that you'd actually need to write "open packet, eat nuts" on a bag of nuts...lol[/b][/color][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B] There's been a lot of talk about "maturity" (mostly by Galxy) ...and in my opinion (even though it might not be right, because I don't have "admin" "god" or "mod" under my name...and only they can ever be right ) if you're getting upset over a conversation held online,well that's just plain dumb. ...oh well, I've said my peace. (d@mmit! yet another famous phrase that I don't know if I used correctly...) [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Yes, I totally agree. And I made that pretty clear -- I wouldn't normally ban based on a conversation online. But I got so many complaints from staff who were being harassed (and even threatened at one point), that I had to do something. So in an extreme case, it's necessary. But it's good that you voiced your opinion in the right way...others should learn from the way you are posting.[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] you know james, if you would share the names of the people who complained we could get a better judgement, lord knows more that 20 people hate the kid and for all we know it couldve been 10 people who were multis or were jus complaing cause they dont like him. its abuse. if 20 people said and voted he shouldnt be banned, will he get unbanned? [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]There is absolutely no chance of him being unbanned. He flamed me directly after he was banned, so no, there isn't a chance. But as I said, I'm not trying to create a place for people to complain about him -- I just want members to vote as to whether or not I did the right thing. But I think that the current result so far pretty much shows how people feel. I'll close this topic fairly soon because it's only temporary.[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B] Heh, I dunno, I just always tend to stick up for the underdog. The one that everyelse is afraid to side with. I'm sure Goten has Pissed some of you off, and you have your reasons to be dancing in the streets now that he's been banned...but for the majority of you, did he really upset you that much? I mean - ( I was going to begin to rant and rave here...but changed my mind...) and about that whole gettin' on my knee's thing...That's becuase whatever you or TN says is always right, and it's the final word. or "period." as you like to put it. oh well, perhaps my blood sugar is low...that could be the problem... [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Yeah, I understand what you're saying. But you can't side for the underdog just for the sake of it. I mean, SSJGoten has really done things to deserve being banned. I only created this topic to see if people thought it was fair or not -- I'm not interested in having people sit here and complain about him behind his back or anything...that's equally as wrong. I'm just holding myself accountable to show that what was done was done in the best judgement and with the best intentions at heart. As for your final comment, to some extent you're right. What I say isn't always right, but when it comes to the boards, Adam and I have the last word. That doesn't mean we're perfect...or that we're always right. People are free to disagree with me or him or whoever, just as long as they don't swear or flame... As I said, I think you're a good member. I'm just trying to get you to see it from my point of view -- I don't like being made out to be the bad guy when I'm actually responding to the complaints of more than 20 people. [/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B]Well, unlike everybody else James, I don't feel like getting on my knees right now, and puckering up... ...so I think we should bring Seph into this conversation.... ...any1 feel like gettin' a hold of that old geezer in here? [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]What is up with you lately? You've been acting differently... Have I said something to offend you? I always thought that you were a pretty cool member of the boards...but lately you seem to contradict everything I say. I don't think that anyone here is getting down on their knees or anything...I asked for an honest opinion and I think most people are giving one. Based on the evidence I've shown...I don't know how anyone could possibly feel that SSJGoten actually [i]deserves[/i] to stay.[/color][/b][/size]

[color=royalblue][b][size=1]I'm typing this at nearly 2:30am...so I hope that this post is coherant. I wanted to post this message simply to show that I'm being fair. SSJGoten has been banned several times (he keeps reregistering) and he doesn't seem to understand why, despite the fact that I've told him a million times. So, I thought I'd post a poll, in order to see whether or not my decision was fair. I'll tell you exactly why I banned him, so that there can be absolutely no rumor about it. Basically, I had received some 20 private messages complaining about his behavior. Either it was an issue on the boards...or it was a PM...or whatever. So I banned him based on all that complaint (I rarely receive that level of complaint about a member). After that, SSJGoten talked to me on AIM. And we had a good discussion...I thought that we'd worked it all out. So I unbanned him. Subsequently, he's apparently now been banned by Sephiroth. Now, Sephiroth rarely ever bans people...he doesn't ban very lightly. So I trust his judgement. And now I've been utterly harassed by SSJGoten for banning him. Is that really fair? Or am I really the bad guy he makes me out to be? All I'm doing is reacting to all those complaints I get! I gotta do something, afterall. I'm posting this here because I feel answerable to our community...I want to know what you guys think. Anyway, thanks for your feedback. Whatever the result is, I'll take it on board. :)[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ameritech69 [/i] [B] No i really dont know why I got banned. I wasnt harassing them. I dont harass you, and i harassed TN once and he banned me, so how did i harass the staff huh? [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]I've had ENOUGH. You WERE harassing them and you have flamed several of them. If you reregister one more time, I'm going to issue an IP ban for life.[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B][QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DuoGod of Death [/i] ok whatever you say man. i can tell wheather someones dick ryding(kissing ***) tn or just posting straight from the heart. before tn came there wasnt any of that. does everything have to be blammed on immaturaty, i thought the mature thing to do when someones bothering you was ignore them and go on with your life, but obviously not here. either that or everyones confused. well if transtic can say things he want why shouldnt i. every bad thing that happens is blamed on idiotcy and immaturaty. i dont think that way, i can tell if someones mature or not. and boy is this topic off, but everyone loves tn so let it continue! [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Okay, this is just ridiculous. This has nothing to do with everyone loving TN. Can't you see why everyone disagrees with you, Will2x? They disagree with you because your statements were incredibly offensive and uncalled for. So don't be surprised when people call you to task on those things. And SSJGoten: You are REALLY getting on my nerves. If you still don't understand why you've been banned, then you probably never will! Are you really that thick? Guh. I'm sick of this. Don't annoy me.[/b][/size][/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] *rubs chin* perhaps... well thanz for the tip, next time i wont make it so obvious. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]Uh, nope. Just don't do it at all. Period.[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] well in a chat transtic and some others said thats what it meant and i was refering to that... [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Perhaps, but let's keep this all in context. The fact that you even displayed a smirk at the end shows that you knew exactly what you were doing. You couldn't have made it more obvious. :)[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] Edit: why would anyone get offend by the word faggot anyway? after all its just a stack of sticks and cigerates, right transtic? :smirk: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Oh please. Don't be so idiotic. That statement is so full of rudeness and hatred that it's beyond words. I'd normally delete it, but I think that I should leave it there so that others can see that Transtic Nerve's reaction is wholly reasonable.[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Lady Saiya-jin [/i] [B]Hey I'm a republican.......hehehehehe kidding:laugh: Anyways..LOL...Nostradamus, did not predict what just happened..I studied him in college...it's a bunch of people on-line mixing up words to scare the hell out of people, plus in the excerpt it said it was written in 1654, Nostradamus would have been over 120 years old. The "New City" he refers to is one in France....I don't remember the name however.... You can't read too much into seers you'll get messed up in the head trust me....My personal favorite was this one "In the New City, two iron birds will bring down the two brothers, and amidst the burning fires a bloody war will begin" Nostradamus didn't write that by the way, I just thought I share the one I have heard out of many... [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]I agree. I'm so very sick and tired of all these morons coming out and pointing to Nostradamus' predictions...*sigh* And that stupid font thing. Q33 or whatever wasn't even the number of the flight! Why do people always have to find some ridiculous, air-headed, supernatural meaning for an event when there clearly is none? It's simple -- two planes crashed into two buildings. Why does it have to involve Nostradamus or freaky fonts or ghosts? lol. Sorry for that little outburst...but one thing I absolutely loathe is stupidity.[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B]:D there, everyone should be like you james, you didnt call me stupid or threaten to ban me, or anything someone who plays dungeon and dragons all day would say. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]Yeah, I think some people here think I'm a really unreasonable or nasty person. But I'm not. I'm just fair, that's all. :)[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by BabyGirl [/i] [B][color=deeppink]Well, I know that there are at least four of you peeps here that already know I love photography. You see, my photography skills are far more advanced than my drawing skills (or so I like to believe!)... But anyway, I can't remember ever seeing any photography posted on the Boards (lots of art, but never photos) so maybe I'd take a stab at posting mine? Er, there [i]has[/i] to be other photographers around here, I just know it (heh). It'd be cool to see others' work too... But if you could just give me some feedback on my photos, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -BG [i]P.S. This particular photo was taken in Germany's Black Forest, most of my Europe photos are my favorites ;) [/i][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][b][size=1]Very nice picture, BabyGirl. I did some photography in High School...which I really enjoyed. Except ours was all black and white; we were using really old manual cameras. Still, it was a lot of fun. Great shot. :)[/color][/b][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] i wasnt saying gay bashing was a good thing i was just saying that eminiem had some funny gay bashing quotes to use on my friends. me and my friends play all the time like for example "homework is gay" or "quit being a pooper poker and let me borrow a dollor!". understand what i mean now. its not like i was saying "im gonna go call a gay guy a bad name i heard off my MM cd!" [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]Yeah, I understand what you're saying [i]now[/i]. Sounds like you've changed your position tho... Still, you could have worded your first post more coherantly. :)[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] well if you said that u loved a song for saying the n word i wouldnt care. hell i love songs that say the n word too, and if you listen carefully to bounce with me lil bow wow says the n word. and jennifer lopez says the n word in her song too. doesnt bother me. in jr high almost every hispanic person was saying the n word and we was all cool with it. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue][size=1][b]Yeah, but you were saying it as if gay bashing was a good thing. I don't think that anyone would put the n word in a positive light... Especially if you say it deliberately to be malicious or offensive to people.[/color][/size][/b]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Will2x [/i] [B] uh, actually i did, that last part was jus a addon if you would have put more thought into it. i wanted to say something in support of mob and i did. that last part was jus something i was saying. so your saying ill be gone for saying i was listening to emeniem and saying that his lyrics had some good gay bashing quotes. oh lord this is all time new. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]What he said was pretty fair -- afterall, your comment was pretty rude in my opinion. Like if I was running around loving the fact that a certain song used the "N" word or something...[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B] Hehe, yes, even though I don't know that much (none) about MM, I was fully aware of what your quote was referring to, I was just trying to lighten up the place a little bit ;) ...and Trans, surely if you can support homosexuality, he can voice the opposing side? am I right? ...although perhaps in the future he can try to make it a little more appropriate... whew. tired me is. long day.:cross: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]Well ah, you can't really have an opposing view. It's like opposing black people...or opposing the colour of the sky. But you're right, he could easily have made his views less inflammatory -- the last thing I want to do is set up another thread on sexuality...god...how many of those do we have now? lol[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B]Sorry to get your hopes up TN, but this thread isn't about gay people...so we really don't need to hear your story again...for the...oh I dunno, what is it now...500th time!!!??? I would just like to express how gay everyone is. (there is more than one meaning to this word, one - implies sexual encounters with members of the same sex, the other- means you're happy...I'll let you decide for yourself which I'm referring to...) In times when most of our senior members are parting from the realm of the Otaku, and there is constant b1tching about how boring this place is, and how nothing exciting ever happens or is said, you decide to kick one of our senior members. I am speaking of SSJGOTEN. I'll be the first to admit, he did his share of spamming, but most of us have, so we really can't complain about that... ...and the main reason for his expulsion from the boards was because of a conversation held on AIM.... ....WHOOPIDY DOOO! Honestly, if you're that immature to get upset over a conversation held over AIM with somebody you don't know...then you suck at life. I dunno, anybody else care to voice their opinion about this topic? ...it does effect the Otaku community, so feel free to speak up...unless one of the mods feels the necessity to close this topic much like they did the other one... for reasons unkown to me... This is just my opinion...and I realize most of the mods won't care for me because of it...but if they have a problem with me...I'll be sure to hand them a spoon...and I'm sure they'll know what to do with it... :D [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]As I've said before, there is no way in hell that I'd ban someone because of an AIM conversation -- it has nothing to do with the boards. [i]However[/i], the primary reason that SSJGoten was banned was because he was constantly harassing staff. When I get message after message from senior staff complaining about his behavior toward them...what else do I do? The first time, I banned him myself. The second time, Sephiroth banned him. As far as I'm concerned, he's had more than enough chances. As far as older members leaving...well...that's their business. You can't sit there and say that the boards are becoming boring if you yourself aren't making any effort to make decent conversation. And as for spamming...well...yes, a lot of spam goes on. And a lot of it isn't even intentional. We're not so harsh that we punish people for no reason. SSJGoten was not banned because of spam -- far from it. He was banned because of the way he behaved toward our staff. It's really quite simple -- you harass staff for no good reason, so why should we let you use our services? It'd be very unfair for us to let people use our service and then allow them to throw it back in our face with their harassment. [/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by RicoTranzrig [/i] [B]They have some old computer games based on sex like Leisure suit larry...which didn't really work... [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]Leisure Suit Larry was so much fun lol...I loved that game. It was really ridiculous...and all the people in it were crappy little sprites. hehe But still, it was a fun game. The only problem with it was that it was very limited...you couldn't really go out and do very many things.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by piccolo [/i] [B] Sure it is good to be 60 years old and have a heart of 20 year old. However, can you garantee that there won't be a negative effect. Even if cloning can help you live longer, but something else will be effected. There are a lot of people on the earth already. Cloning can increase the population. Like Transtic Nerve said, there will racism again the clone. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]Well, as I said, I don't condone cloning an entire human being. However, I'm also not saying that the technology would necessarily be used to make people live longer...but it could infact be used to improve the quality of life for a person. I mean, if you had heart disease...a new heart could be grown for you in a lab and given to you...with a lot less risk than using someone else's heart. Are there risks? Of course. Every surgery/technology has a risk factor. But over time, that risk decreases as the technology gets better. Moreover, the risk is even less than the transplants that we have now -- which are often fairly high in risk.[/color]

[color=darkblue]Wow...okay lol. I've been away for a couple of days, and this is how chaotic things get? Whew. :) SSJGoten and whatever other names you're using, let me say this very clearly. When you first ran into trouble with our senior staff, I gave you the benefit of the doubt because even after flaming me on AIM, you finally apologized. I'm a reasonable person, so I gave you a chance. Normally I wouldn't ban someone based on some conversation they had outside the boards -- it has nothing to do with me. BUT, in this case, I consider that you are harassing staff of the boards...afterall, you WERE referring to the boards in your discussions. As far as I'm concerned, I've given you your final chance. Sephiroth is a most trusted staff member...and he is also a senior staff member. Therefore, I trust his judgement. He's not an idiot -- he wouldn't ban someone just because he doesn't like them. If that were the case, you'd see a lot more people being banned lol. Sephiroth in particular is a very fair staff member. If he felt that you were harassing him over AIM, then he has every right to take whatever action he feels is appropriate. I gave you a final warning -- and Sephiroth felt that you broke that warning. You've had more than enough chances. Discussion over.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cecil [/i] [B]Hey thanks, when i asked him where he heard it he said he had "connections" but it seems i know people (in a way) that know a lot more than this kid, There are so many kids at school that say it sucks there was even someone who told me not to get Zelda, I thought he was crazy since i think zelda is one of the highlights of the Gamecube. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]Uh...well he's totally wrong. He's demonstrated a total lack of knowledge of the industry. He is a 100% fanboy lol.[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Seifer [/i] [B]If you are, whats the name and what do you play? I think i told you all before that I play guitar and synth but since then me and my friends have finally pulled together and are doing some stuff together. We have not wrote any songs yet although my friend justin is in the process. Right now we are just playing covers. I play Guitar mainly but i will be doing the eletronic programming, synth, and rythem stuff since im the only one who knows what there doing with a comp. Oh we have not decided on a name yet but i think its going to be "Fall-Out" But we have a bunch we are considering. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue]A few of my friends are in a band. Actually, it's been through quite a lot...they started out as [b]Adrenal[/b] and most of their songs were really heavy sounding... And then a few members left...I don't know what they are called now. Although I know that they have produced a CD in a recording studio, except they obviously only made about 50 copies or something...since they paid for it themself. They had some good tracks, too...[/color]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Master O Beans [/i] [B]Ok - ok, now perhaps this might be considered a game...or something, but since everyone is complaining about little to talk about, this should help to pass the time :) Just answer the questions so we can all get to know eachother a little better :D [B]FAVOURITES[/B] 1) Colour 2) Place to live 3) Fruit 4) Veggi 5) Food in General 6) Song 7) Movie 8) actor/actress 9) game (video/bored/etc) 10) Type of bean (Fava, baked, etc):p ...Feel free to add to the list, this is just to get something started...:rolleyes: [/B][/QUOTE] [color=darkblue] 1) Anything bright/bold 2) Australia 3) Apple 4) Potato/Tomato 5) Any junk food... 6) For an Angel by Paul van Dyk 7) uhh...so many favourites...I don't know 8) Same as above -- too many favourites 9) Any Super Mario/Zelda game 10) Don't like beans -_-[/color]