Why do I think he was banned? Simple. He just gave Scott his opinion. There was no flaming evident in his post. There was no warning attached detailing exactly what went wrong. After Feyd posted that, he was banned from this very site. Apparently, its now against the rules to even offer constructive criticism. Why should it? After all, Scott knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s appointed puppet mods that are forced to do what he does, and any dissident is met with banning. It’s like the former Soviet Union. Got something wrong with the way we’re running our country into the ground? Sorry, that’s not allowed.
Scott, you say that you don’t rule with an iron fist, it’s just that you can be “particularly honest, almost to a fault.” Well, then, be honest with us. Why did Feyd get banned? Why have so many people been banned recently? Be honest with us. Doing only that will restore half of our trust with you. Right now, it seems that you’re posting under a sort of propaganda, to ensure we stay. Well, I hate to break it to you, but it isn’t working. Sorry Scott.
In order for you to earn the second half of our trust back, you need to apologize. Not just to R_E, but to everyone. Scott, you have to treat people differently then you do in business. In business, it’s great to be cut-throat and be aggressive in achieving profit. That’s great that you have those qualities in the business world. But this forum isn’t a business. We’re all people. We can’t be treated like some bottom line, like some number. You have to treat us with respect, with kindness. You aren’t going to win any friends by banning all of them. You have to work with us, iron out our problems like a mature adult. Just because someone is criticizing you doesn’t mean they’re wrong. It doesn’t mean they don’t care about the community. They do. They just have a different way to approach it. Instead of pushing them away, listen to their suggestions. After giving them a time of day, don’t just blast them. Critique them. Make their idea better. Don’t dig it a premature grave.
For everyone on News: do what you think is right. If this forum is right for you, stay. If it’s not, go. Don’t try to appease anyone. Only appease yourself. Make your own decisions, don’t let other people make them for you. It’s been an extremely strange and trying five days we’ve had. Me, I’m tired of it. I’ve been on this site for almost 4 years now. I’ve tried to leave, but I never could. This community has always been a good, tight-knit community. Don’t let ANYONE, not R_E, not SS, not anyone can take that from you. There have been extremely bad times before, and News has survived. Hopefully, everyone four years from now will laugh about this time, how pathetic we all seem to sound. I hope people will be able to do that.
So read this. Ban me, flame me, agree with me, question me, I don't care what you do to me. I've always been beyond that. Just read it.
You know, I've worked at a business for 2 years now, and we treat customers differently than we treat products. A fact Scotty boy needs to take to heart.
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I have no extendo-sig. Sorry, I'm just not vain enough to think someone will click on it.
Hoenstly, if he wants to try and salvage the forum...
No offense intended, but I honestly have seen no indication from S_S that this is his desire. Everything he's done to date has shown his interest in not allowing MTG News to survive. Very sad...
I haven't been over there since yesterday afternoon, though, so I'll see what I find... :whatever:
Who knows what his motives are at this point. Pure revenge perhaps. And in my thread he never adressed why Feyd_Ruin was banned, even though I asked him. Hes just angry now is my guess.
It is possible that R_E is actually S_S??? And that R_E, posing as S_S, is trying to shut down MTGNews and spread his propoganda lies among MTG Salvation? Are we soon to be bludgeoned with RancoredElfsAlmostFREEMagicCardsandStuff.com ads?
OMG!!! R_E has hijacked my PayPal account and has given the password to S_S!!! It's all coming together...all of the animosity...all of the hate...IT'S ALL LIES!!!
It is possible that R_E is actually S_S??? And that R_E, posing as S_S, is trying to shut down MTGNews and spread his propoganda lies among MTG Salvation? Are we soon to be bludgeoned with RancoredElfsAlmostFREEMagicCardsandStuff.com ads?
OMG!!! R_E has hijacked my PayPal account and has given the password to S_S!!! It's all coming together...all of the animosity...all of the hate...IT'S ALL LIES!!!
[Lucas](Sounds like a bad trilogy)[/Lucas]
;);););)
Sounds more believable than that anyone would have as little common sense as S_S apparently has.
It is possible that R_E is actually S_S??? And that R_E, posing as S_S, is trying to shut down MTGNews and spread his propoganda lies among MTG Salvation? Are we soon to be bludgeoned with RancoredElfsAlmostFREEMagicCardsandStuff.com ads?
OMG!!! R_E has hijacked my PayPal account and has given the password to S_S!!! It's all coming together...all of the animosity...all of the hate...IT'S ALL LIES!!!
[Lucas](Sounds like a bad trilogy)[/Lucas]
;);););)
o_O...
anyway....
if I can think after that...:shocked2:
I think S_S is either very confused, or he's one of those people who've been abducted by aliens and then come back traumatized acting as a living vegetable for the rest of their life. Take your pick but either way, its bad.
The problem about Scott is that at the same time he says R_E has a "business sense of a chimpanzee", he manages to ban the popular members, good debaters and constructive critics of the site. THAT's a business sense of a cimpanzee to me.
Thats good, although I doubt that many people will return to news. This place is much better, as we have the same format but so many more hacks. Hooray for Salvation! :badger:
Thats good, although I doubt that many people will return to news. This place is much better, as we have the same format but so many more hacks. Hooray for Salvation! :badger:
Agreed! Completely also our history much shorter, is much cleaner!:-)
and the current post count spammer er leader is 429
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Asking people to remove quotes in their signatures is tyranny! If I can't say something just because someone's feelings are hurt then no one would ever be able to say anything! Political correctness is stupid.
I was officially banned because of censor-evasion. The former admin had censored the url to my personal site because it had a link to mtgsalvation. I got mad, and stepped it up to automatically redirect here and changed the way it linked to my url, and was banned because of it.
Thanks for the support.
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Feyd_Ruin's Banning
Why do I think he was banned? Simple. He just gave Scott his opinion. There was no flaming evident in his post. There was no warning attached detailing exactly what went wrong. After Feyd posted that, he was banned from this very site. Apparently, its now against the rules to even offer constructive criticism. Why should it? After all, Scott knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s appointed puppet mods that are forced to do what he does, and any dissident is met with banning. It’s like the former Soviet Union. Got something wrong with the way we’re running our country into the ground? Sorry, that’s not allowed.
Scott, you say that you don’t rule with an iron fist, it’s just that you can be “particularly honest, almost to a fault.” Well, then, be honest with us. Why did Feyd get banned? Why have so many people been banned recently? Be honest with us. Doing only that will restore half of our trust with you. Right now, it seems that you’re posting under a sort of propaganda, to ensure we stay. Well, I hate to break it to you, but it isn’t working. Sorry Scott.
In order for you to earn the second half of our trust back, you need to apologize. Not just to R_E, but to everyone. Scott, you have to treat people differently then you do in business. In business, it’s great to be cut-throat and be aggressive in achieving profit. That’s great that you have those qualities in the business world. But this forum isn’t a business. We’re all people. We can’t be treated like some bottom line, like some number. You have to treat us with respect, with kindness. You aren’t going to win any friends by banning all of them. You have to work with us, iron out our problems like a mature adult. Just because someone is criticizing you doesn’t mean they’re wrong. It doesn’t mean they don’t care about the community. They do. They just have a different way to approach it. Instead of pushing them away, listen to their suggestions. After giving them a time of day, don’t just blast them. Critique them. Make their idea better. Don’t dig it a premature grave.
For everyone on News: do what you think is right. If this forum is right for you, stay. If it’s not, go. Don’t try to appease anyone. Only appease yourself. Make your own decisions, don’t let other people make them for you. It’s been an extremely strange and trying five days we’ve had. Me, I’m tired of it. I’ve been on this site for almost 4 years now. I’ve tried to leave, but I never could. This community has always been a good, tight-knit community. Don’t let ANYONE, not R_E, not SS, not anyone can take that from you. There have been extremely bad times before, and News has survived. Hopefully, everyone four years from now will laugh about this time, how pathetic we all seem to sound. I hope people will be able to do that.
So read this. Ban me, flame me, agree with me, question me, I don't care what you do to me. I've always been beyond that. Just read it.
I have no extendo-sig. Sorry, I'm just not vain enough to think someone will click on it.
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ORDER THE CAKE DAMNIT!
Which is fine, it would just be another Bad Move (copyright symbol) by Scott.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
I haven't been over there since yesterday afternoon, though, so I'll see what I find... :whatever:
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ORDER THE CAKE DAMNIT!
It is possible that R_E is actually S_S??? And that R_E, posing as S_S, is trying to shut down MTGNews and spread his propoganda lies among MTG Salvation? Are we soon to be bludgeoned with RancoredElfsAlmostFREEMagicCardsandStuff.com ads?
OMG!!! R_E has hijacked my PayPal account and has given the password to S_S!!! It's all coming together...all of the animosity...all of the hate...IT'S ALL LIES!!!
[Lucas](Sounds like a bad trilogy)[/Lucas]
;);););)
Sounds more believable than that anyone would have as little common sense as S_S apparently has.
o_O...
anyway....
if I can think after that...:shocked2:
I think S_S is either very confused, or he's one of those people who've been abducted by aliens and then come back traumatized acting as a living vegetable for the rest of their life. Take your pick but either way, its bad.
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And within twenty-four hours of posting that, SS is removed.
Coincidence? Probably.
Agreed! Completely also our history much shorter, is much cleaner!:-)
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I was officially banned because of censor-evasion. The former admin had censored the url to my personal site because it had a link to mtgsalvation. I got mad, and stepped it up to automatically redirect here and changed the way it linked to my url, and was banned because of it.
Thanks for the support.
I'm happy with my new home
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