Saturday, January 30, 2010

BANNED: First Internet Ban.

I got banned from gametrailers for 3 days, and then, after basically apologizing for my actions, the ban was extended to a week.

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....It was extended for a week after you....apolog-?

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Yes indeed. Before I explain how it was extended, here's the offending post (well, there were several, but this was the catalyst):

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So apparently, you can't call people terrorists on gametrailers. Especially Islamic guys who are in the process of defending Islamic extremist views (yes, he defends, escuses and downplays Islamic extremist viewpoints.

Some example of his behaviour, just from today:

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They get worse. This guy has some real classics, but I can't be arsed to dig for them now. I did have an exchange with him on this same day though, and can give you one example from that particular discussion (if you can call it that).

It was a discussion regarding the so called end of the world in 2012. This fine gentleman posited that:

no human will ever know the end of the world.

To which i replied:

And you know this, how, exactly? What if there were a huge asteroid headed to earth, and we didn't have the means to avoid catastrophe?

He then said this:

if you think humans will know the exact time of the end of the world, then by all means go ahead im not stopping you.

My response:

We'll be able to predict the suns' demise, won't we?

Him:

predict=guess thats no good. i originally said no human will ever know the endof time, as in, when is it exactly gonna happen. like i said before, by all means go ahead and keep 'predicting' it.

Me:

Predict doesn't have to mean guess. A mathematical prediction is basically fact if it's repeatable and based on solid information. The end of the suns' lifecycle may fall into just such a thing.

Him:

you honestly think scientists will know the exact time of the sun's demise? really? seriously, go ahead man im not stopping you lol

To which I responded:

Earth's fate is precarious. As a red giant, the Sun will have a maximum radius beyond the Earth's current orbit, 250 times the present radius of the Sun. However, by the time it is an asymptotic giant branch star, the Sun will have lost roughly 30% of its present mass due to a stellar wind, so the orbits of the planets will move outward. If it were only for this, Earth would probably be spared, but new research suggests that Earth will be swallowed by the Sun owing to tidal interactions.[87] Even if Earth would escape incineration in the Sun, still all its water will be boiled away and most of its atmosphere would escape into space.

You were saying?

The rest is in this pic:

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What a fine speciemnt he is. As you can see, you can't converse with this guy, and everytime Islam comes up, he gets extra irrational. Well, I was tired of dealing with him, and he happened to catch me on a rare bad day, and so I screwed with him.

Anyways, so I get a message saying I have been banned for 3 days. No surprise there. I actually expected a permanent ban. I message the moderator, and this is what goes down:

magx01 said: Totally deserved it. I was being a jackass, but truth be told, I need the break.

I'll resume my normal demeanor once reinstated.


ZippingMeteor said: Your ban from 2010-01-29 has been updated for the following reason: So you think they deserved to be called a terrorist. Now the ban's a week.

magx01 said: What? I said I deserved it!

ME, I deserved the ban.


ZippingMeteor said: You said you were telling the truth when you called him a terrorist.

magx01 said: No, I did not. Show me where.

ZippingMeteor said: Ok, I'll admit that the second part was misread but the first isn't clear. You could have meant either user because you didn't put a topic in the sentence.

Not that it matters. You still broke one of the most serious rules on the site multiple times. Breaking that rule has always resulted in a permanent ban on sight. Even if we don't feel a perma is appropriate, a three day ban is far too kind for breaking that rule even once, let alone multiple times. I'm not making the ban any shorter.


magx01 said: I clearly said I was being a jackass.

You increased the length of the ban due to 2 misreadings on your part. I clearly calle dmyself a jackass, said I needed the break anyways, and promised to resume my normal beahviour upon my return.

Nothing in any of that is me saying anything about him. So I message you to admit fault, you misread it, punish me for apologiazing, and now refuse to revert back to the original ban period? That's not fair.


And he replied back reiterating that the ban extension would stay.

How the fuck is that fair? I mean, it's only a week, and complete jackass/asshole that the guy is, me calling him a terrorist would easily have merited a permanent ban, but that's not what they gave me. Extending it after the fact based on his lack of reading comprehension and then not changing it back is not fair in principle. It's most likely a pride thing.

Ah well. All I can say is

LOL INTERNETS

25 comments:

  1. I actually went straight to this thread when I read that you were banned and then checked other threads to see if I could find the right one.

    I didn't realise that terrorist was such a sensitive word and you could get banned for it. I luckily am pretty good about holding my tongue but I'll keep that bit of info in mind.

    Glad to see it wasn't a permanent ban and hope to see you around once it is over. Don't let the unfair extension bother you. In the end you still caught a break so, just focus on that.

    I saw a few comments on your blog wondering why you were banned so I will post the link to this blog in my comment so they can have their answer.

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  2. Hey Guy, I was hoping you'd see this :)

    I'll definitely be around when it's over. No question. And as I said, I deserved a perma, so I can't complain too much, but I feel entitled to do so (just a bit) because of the fact that the punishments was already handed down, so, ironically, had I not apologized, it would have been shorter.

    No good deed goes unpunished, as they say.

    Btw, don't let this incident fool you. My conduct is never, ever like that. This guy s a complete and utter asshole, and he is both intellectually and morally bankrupt. I HATE this dude, and still, I try to converse with him in a reasonable manner, but he caught me at a bad time....

    Thanks for posting the link to this in your blog btw. That's nice of you. And maybe the guys will get a laugh out of it.

    Hey, btw, would you mind doing me a small favour? I'd really appreciate it.

    Could you please forward the following message to Sephiroth5086?

    Hey, Seph, it's magx. I acted like an idiot today and got banned for a week. I am going to come up with those questions for your interview, and I will PM them to you upon my return on Feb. 5th. I should have the interview up either on the 5th or 6th, dependng on when I hear from you.

    Thanks man.

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  3. Good to hear you will be still be around. I mean I don't mind coming over here to see what you are up to, but I'm not a big fan of commenting here. It usually fails on the first attempt and then I have to type in a code. Yes I'm lazy enough that is annoying.

    It did seem a little out of character for you. You'll just have to remember in the future to leave your chain on while in the forums.

    I posted it in my comment on your blog. I figure more people will see it there then on my blog. Most of the people who hit my blog have already been there.

    Consider it done. Speaking of which don't be surprised if I come looking your direction when I'm ready to start up my interviews. The couple of people I had in mind were you and sephiroth. Be fore warned that the questions won't be what you're used to and it would be more of a back and forth process.

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  4. Dude, that's fucking retarded.

    Just as you're getting into your stride with the months worth of blogs to.

    Also, complete bullshit with the extended ban.

    I'm glad to see that, at the very least, GFahim got a ban to.

    He's a complete dick, always has been, and deserves every word thrown against him.

    I have to wonder though, if you called me a terrorist...would you get banned for that?

    I mean, honestly, is it only harmful or against the rules to call a Muslim a Terrorist?

    Honestly, GFahim is the most ignorant piece of shit I've ever encountered on GT, more annoying than people like OW, LivingSouls and OKSeriously.


    Ah well, hope to hear from you again soon.

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  5. I posted it in my comment on your blog. I figure more people will see it there then on my blog. Most of the people who hit my blog have already been there.

    Yep, I saw that, thanks.

    Consider it done. Speaking of which don't be surprised if I come looking your direction when I'm ready to start up my interviews. The couple of people I had in mind were you and sephiroth. Be fore warned that the questions won't be what you're used to and it would be more of a back and forth process.

    Thanks for passing the message. As for the interview, consider me intrigued.

    Also, complete bullshit with the extended ban.

    I'm glad to see that, at the very least, GFahim got a ban to.

    He's a complete dick, always has been, and deserves every word thrown against him.


    Yep, b.s., and lol me too. He is a dick, totally.

    I have to wonder though, if you called me a terrorist...would you get banned for that?

    I mean, honestly, is it only harmful or against the rules to call a Muslim a Terrorist?


    You know.....I wondered that myself. I mean, I can't claim to know for sure, but it certainly crossed my mind. I mean, he threatens people all the time, calls people 'racist cunts' and all sort of other horribly nasty, derogatory shit, and somehow manages to get through ban free.

    Had I called you a terrorist....ya, I wonder man, I wonder. It was still bad on my part, though.

    Honestly, GFahim is the most ignorant piece of shit I've ever encountered on GT, more annoying than people like OW, LivingSouls and OKSeriously.

    Ah well, hope to hear from you again soon.


    Dude, I hate him as much as it's possible to hate someone over the internet. He's not even worthy of being called human, that's how low of an opinion I hold of him.

    And yes, I'm back on the 5th.

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  6. Well, that sucks. It's funny how mods/admins misinterpret certain things. I had a similar, experience with a mod in another forum... ( I wasn't banned tho, but it taineted my "no moderations record" on that site)

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  7. I received this message from sephiroth today.

    "Topic of the Month will be making its return in February, and we're trying something a little different with it. As a reward for your active participation in the Bloggies, you'll be choosing one of the topics for February!

    Let me know which topic you choose ASAP, as I'd like to get the thread posted on February 1 (this Monday).

    Also, this will automatically earn you the Man behind the Curtain Achievement. If you want to select something from the Topic of the Month Suggestions thread, you may, just let me know if you do so, as the user whose suggestion you used will also get the Achievement (assuming they haven't already).

    Lastly, Dragon, do you have some way of contacting Magx01 outside of GT? I thought you might, since you passed that message along to me... Anyway, he was also going to be given the opportunity to select a topic for February as well, but if we can't contact him, I'll have to pick someone else..."

    So basically you should start coming up with a topic. I also sent him this url so post it here and if he doesn't see it I'll be sure to send it to him.

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  8. @ Guarionex, was that gamefaqs.com?

    @ Dragon/Sephiroth, my topic suggestion:

    Video Game Review Scores: Should they Stay or Go?

    Also, seph, if you're seeing this, I'm back on the 5th.....should have been the first, but I digress....anyways, I'll recast my votes in those tied awards when I am back. Also, would it be okay if I just resumed my run for the blogging overload achievement upon my return? I was already 15 days in.....

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  9. Oh!!! Also, to thezombiemessia, if you return, could you enable openid for comments on your blog? I wanted to comment but it wouldn't let me post with my id, and I don't really want to creat a livejournal account for this reason. If I could just use my magx01 google account via openid it would be fantastic.

    If you don't return, you won't see this....so, Dragonymos....hate to do this, but if you could send the above text to thezombiemessia on GT I'd be much obliged.....Sorry to keep asking you for shit....this ban is really inconvenient :(

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  10. No problem. You know I prefer to look at the brightside of things and the brightside of your ban is that I get to be helpful.

    I'll forward both messages.

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  11. HA! There's a way of looking at it lol.

    Thanks.

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  12. Cheers for sending the message through Dragonymous.

    Would have missed this otherwise.

    @Mag:

    I changed the setting so everybody can comment on my LiveJournal, but I haven't used LiveJournal in such a long time now.

    In all honesty, I'm thinking of setting up a WordPress or BlogSpot account, as they seem to be easier to use, and it all seems to flow better on the page.

    TZM

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  13. Okay, well if you set up a blogspot blog we can follow eachothers' posts.

    For now I'll just comment on your livejournal one.

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  14. Thats ridiculous mate. Now i am sure that mods are smoking crack. And its even more hilarious that we get banned because of some idiots, you because of GFahim, me because of Robo-Hobo etc.

    Anyways, looking forward to your return to GT ;)

    Venomous

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  15. Hey, Venomous. When were you banned, and what happened?

    And thanks. I'll see you in a few days.

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  16. Sephiroth, my topic suggestion:

    Video Game Review Scores: Should they Stay or Go?


    I think that's too specific. I don't want all our entries for this particular topic answering the same question. There isn't much room for creativity there...so I think I'll generalize it to "Video Game Reviews"...maybe even just "Reviews"...if that's okay with you.

    Also, seph, if you're seeing this, I'm back on the 5th.....should have been the first, but I digress....anyways, I'll recast my votes in those tied awards when I am back.

    Don't worry too much about that. I mean, other people could resubmit their votes in such a way that you won't even need to resubmit yours. If that happens, I'll let you know.

    Also, would it be okay if I just resumed my run for the blogging overload achievement upon my return? I was already 15 days in.....

    Sorry, but I can't allow that. You'll have to start over... :/

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  17. I think that's too specific. I don't want all our entries for this particular topic answering the same question. There isn't much room for creativity there...so I think I'll generalize it to "Video Game Reviews"...maybe even just "Reviews"...if that's okay with you.

    I orginally had it as just that, but thought it too general!

    Sorry, but I can't allow that. You'll have to start over... :/

    Son of a bitch :(

    Fuck it then.

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  18. Damn it seems like you have been banned forever already. I guess that is because of how often you blog.

    Anyways the Topics of the Month are fear, the unknown, and reviews. So you can start plotting your entries.

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  19. Ya, it feels like it has been forever. I'm back in 2 days though.

    I saw the topics of the month, as I can still visit the forums, but thanks for the heads up.

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  20. Oh ZippingMeteor. He's one of those mods that won't admit when they're wrong. They have massive egos.

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  21. I had no prior experience with him. Now that I have....ya, I guess so. Ah well, let him have his bit of ''power.''

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  22. i gotta say though even though i dont really like GFahim i still think what you said magx01 was uncalled for. what he meant was that scientists will not be able to predict 'accurately' when the sun will expire. i dont know but yeah, its no big deal just get over it lol

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  23. woah, just get over it! its only an internet ban. im sure you have a life outside the internets? im looking at how this whole thing unfolded and it seems to me that you misunderstood him completely. he was just pointing out that scientists dont know when the world will end ACCURATELY lol.

    but yeah, your responses were quite harsh and so i think you deserved it! anyways, nice blog!

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  24. haha what a sad guy you really are! omg you got banned from the internet its time to go apeshit over it! what a sad life you have mate! no wonder you deserved it! you are crying over something you done which was stupid in the first place!

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