[Claymores]

Originally Posted by setanta

To be honest though Ian, if I had have been banned for good without a warning I'd have done the same thing. So would you, no?

I'm not a career troll so I'm not in a position to speculate how I'd feel in a career troll's position.

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

he was playing you....

Really? I thought people just humoured him? I certainly did. I mean, it was obvious he was making up stories for amusement. He was quite creative actually.

Will be a duller place without him.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Claymores

I'm not a career troll so I'm not in a position to speculate how I'd feel in a career troll's position.

That may be true, but I still think a warning would be the right way to go about it. I mean, if he's the troll that the majority expect, he would have gone mental over the final warning and have been banned anyway. Think he deserved that choice anyway.

[InOne]

TiBB managed fine before him and it will manage excellent without him.


Topic over.

[Smithy]

He's banned James, no matter how many questions you ask, it isn't going to change anything.

[Tom4784]

It wasn't a sudden or unfair decision, we all discussed it in Tibb Towers and decided it was the best course of action as he was bringing Tibb down and generally making our jobs more difficult then it needs to be. That and he had previous.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Smithy

He's banned James, no matter how many questions you ask, it isn't going to change anything.

Eh, there's no harm in asking questions though, is there? And you're not a mod so I would rather not hear you or Joe talking directly to me seeing as I never referred to you. Simple really.

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It wasn't a sudden or unfair decision, we all discussed it in Tibb Towers and decided it was the best course of action as he was bringing Tibb down and generally making our jobs more difficult then it needs to be. That and he had previous.

He deserved a warning Dezzy. That's all I'm saying here. The reality is that if he were the type of member that you viewed him as he'd probably get banned anyway afterwards.

[Jack_]

I'm still amazed he lasted as long as he did, to be honest. Anywhere else and he would've been banned instantly.

It was fairly obvious he was a career troll all along, surely? And people didn't really believe any of his crap, did they...?

[Iceman]

Also can I just add, Thomas had racked up an insane amount of infractions in the short time I've been a Mod, im pretty sure he didnt expect to be round this long, I mean he baited people every night and then reported them...

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Iceman

im pretty sure he didnt expect to be round this long

I'd hedge a large bet that this is the longest he's ever lasted on a forum before. No wonder he wouldn't leave of his own accord.

[setanta]

I'm not denying any of this. My only problem is that he deserved a final warning, especially when you consider that so many of us added to his threads, you know? That's all I'm saying. I would defend any member in the same position.

[Iceman]

well judging by another forum i saw him on he did the exact same there, and when I say the exact same I mean word for word.

[InOne]

Well he's banned, so may as well drop it.

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by setanta

I'm not denying any of this. My only problem is that he deserved a final warning, especially when you consider that so many of us added to his threads, you know? That's all I'm saying. I would defend any member in the same position.

Yeah but we were in the middle of checking him out when he got banned like....so we hadn't got any proof if him trolling other boards...

[setanta]

Originally Posted by Iceman

well judging by another forum i saw him on he did the exact same there, and when I say the exact same I mean word for word.

How often and how many threads are we talking about here? Just wondering. In the dark here Eoin, sorry.

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by InOne

Well he's banned, so may as well drop it.

No. Justice for Thomas!

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Zippy

No. Justice for Thomas!

No lol

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Iceman

well judging by another forum i saw him on he did the exact same there, and when I say the exact same I mean word for word.

I know you're not going to tell us the exact forum, but was it a forum like this? Big Brother based? TV based? Entertainment based? You know what I mean, or just a completely random forum that bares no relevance to this one?

Just wondering if he targetted certain forums, that's all.

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by setanta

How often and how many threads are we talking about here? Just wondering. In the dark here Eoin, sorry.

I didn't check them all now, after the first 3 - 4 it became quite clear like.....

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I know you're not going to tell us the exact forum, but was it a forum like this? Big Brother based? TV based? Entertainment based? You know what I mean, or just a completely random forum that bares no relevance to this one?

Just wondering if he targetted certain forums, that's all.

No it had nothing to do with this forum.....or anything on this forum, it was very random.

[Zippy]

Hie behaviour on other websites has nothing to do with this site. You cant punish him for behaviour elsewhere.

[MrGaryy]

Originally Posted by setanta

I'm not denying any of this. My only problem is that he deserved a final warning, especially when you consider that so many of us added to his threads, you know? That's all I'm saying. I would defend any member in the same position.

He was clearly a troll. on any other forum he would have been banned straight up, regardless of whether or not he broke specific rules.

[setanta]

Eh, why was I given an infraction just there now? I never insulted or was aggressive towards anyone there. Is open discourse not allowed on this forum anymore?

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Iceman

No it had nothing to do with this forum.....or anything on this forum, it was very random.

Oh okay fair enough, thanks.