kingu

if you read the fine print in section "c", sub-section "3", sub-sub-section "a.", sub-sub-sub-section VIXXI...it states "Any member submitting a post containing four emoticons, and not having at least one of the 'smile-punch' variety, shall be banned immediately and without explanation." sorry man, you blew it

Agreed. BTW Brian....do you only make friends that have names that start with the letter "J"? Well I will be dammed................... Well DT is really cool too. But yeah now that you mention it the J's are supreme it seems. lol Draven AHEM... anyway, bring it back!!!!!!

so now, have you seen the error of your ways my child? @lol@

how many warnings did you get before you got banned? @smilepunch@ @firedevil@ don't take offense. you talk a lot about being banned in the past (WAY before my time) but you are now a moderator, did you intentionally flame? what did you get banned for? i'm just trying to play devil's advocate here. before anyone gets upset, i'd just like to say that i LOVE this site, the people who post here, and the moderating team. they do a GREAT job. (group hug!) my post was just a "suggestion." kingu

you just verified everything i was trying to say. if someone trolls, move the post to a section where (if you go there) you know what you are getting in to. if a member want to continue to reply to a post that is obviously a flamer...then so be it. just don't clog up the "legitimate" forums with it. and for the record (regarding "Someone pays the bills for the site, thus that person has the final say." flame possts get a lot of attention. i'd bet that anything that gets confined to a "restricted" area gets more attention/exposure than most. exposure = $

i see a lot of people getting banned, and a lot of people getting upset about those people getting banned, and a lot of people getting upset at those people who are upset about those people who were banned...get my drift? how about creating a section for those topics/members that are about to get locked/banned. personally i agree with most of the banishment that goes on here (flame me if you must), but if a moderator were to move the topic to specific area, with a warning to the offending member, but still let the topic contine (for a reasonable time) wouldn't that make everyone happy? then if the member continues his inappropriate behavour...ban away. at least then everyone could have a reference point, instead of having a billion posts in a dead topic with people wondering about WHY someone got banned. don't get me wrong...i think the mod's here do a great job of keeping this site PG13 (which is what drew me to it in the first place.) in real life, i'm not PG13 myself (i drop the "f" bomb WAY too much)...but that's why i joined...it's an escape from my life. i like the fact that everyone gets along so well (for the most part.) i take jabs at people from time to time, but i honestly don't' mean any harm. i personally think a lot of people who are getting banned don't realize that they are disrupting things as much as they are. just my $.02...want change? thanks for listening, kingu

ditto

wrong forum @smilepunch@