Where's Greekstein?

[AndyGreekfish]

I did not want to get involved but there is a serious problem here, despite his big mouth his a good guy who gets on with most of the forum let alone the free advertising he has done.  How can you ban someone when his so good for this forum??

We all have are moments but just dont see how this can help blonde by doing this, you should make freinds again and put this bhind you.

he's only banned until tonight

opps sorry did not know.

[kinboshi]

I did not want to get involved but there is a serious problem here, despite his big mouth his a good guy who gets on with most of the forum let alone the free advertising he has done.  How can you ban someone when his so good for this forum??

We all have are moments but just dont see how this can help blonde by doing this, you should make freinds again and put this bhind you.

I've said it myself (a number of times now), that Cos is a friend, and a very well received member and poster on blonde.  But that doesn't mean he can break the rules of the forum with complete immunity, does it?  That's not how we moderate on blonde - we try to be fair and consistent and although we might get it wrong from time to time, a three-day ban was commensurate with the 'crime'. 

Not sure where the 'serious problem' is, except for the fact that Cos feels as though he's been hard done to, and so has decided not to post on blonde again (for the foreseeable future anyway).

[riverdave]

Life ban pls.

[BAM]

FFS is he not back yet 

[Dingdell]

Life ban for Kinboshi pls.

FYP

[ripple11]

 As they say.... there's no such thing as bad publicity.

 I reccon this is all part of the stein master plan....and I think he's played a blinder so far.

 There'll be questions in the Commons next.

[Boba Fett]

i think 24 hours was enough, extending it is just petty.  Before Kin comes on and explains that the 24 hour thing isnt a ban but a time to reflect, i think that was plenty of time.  

I just hope we havent lost one of the best posters on the forum to keep one of the worst...

They werent the only ones, Cambo was banned last week and was told the length of his ban would be pending review after the weekend (Banned Saturday I think).  Two weeks later still banned, hasnt been contacted since to tell him how long his ban is for, the supposed "review" probably hasnt taken place and in all honesty his crime was similar and no worse to Greek and Rookie.  Whats going on here?  Is he lost in the system or what?

No answer, is it because he doesnt rake on the blonde cardroom?

[Redbull]

Come back GrouchStein and TurdStool!

This deserved more love imo...

[TightEnd]

i think 24 hours was enough, extending it is just petty.  Before Kin comes on and explains that the 24 hour thing isnt a ban but a time to reflect, i think that was plenty of time.  

I just hope we havent lost one of the best posters on the forum to keep one of the worst...

They werent the only ones, Cambo was banned last week and was told the length of his ban would be pending review after the weekend (Banned Saturday I think).  Two weeks later still banned, hasnt been contacted since to tell him how long his ban is for, the supposed "review" probably hasnt taken place and in all honesty his crime was similar and no worse to Greek and Rookie.  Whats going on here?  Is he lost in the system or what?

No answer, is it because he doesnt rake on the blonde cardroom?

Completely irrelevant

If he wants discuss the ban he can email mods@blondepoker.com, same as anyone else can. Many who are banned chose this avenue. It's clear on the ban notification how long the ban is for.

If you want to discuss it further, you can PM me. I'll allocate a few spare hours and we can get cracking.   

 

[Woodsey]

LOL Nick at Grouchstein, that could be his new nickname, esp after reason for current ban...........

[phatomch]

[ x ] although i like paper tits, i would rather have 1 good post from red again rather than 100 post stating how schwarz is a mug, and others are cheats or standard lol posts or non prolific posts.

i m not stating cos drove of red or anuyone else away or anything like that but blonde has gone down hill recently and the people i turned up to read abourt in generel ie red,tikay and to a lesser extent colc kev and ironside or the recce and the blonde masses, recently its gone from a "lets pass on storys" to a "i dont like him " what side are u on sit.

again i dont blame cos or any other individual member for this, its just seems its the way blonde has gone and i for one beleive its to the detrement of the forum,

[kinboshi]

[ x ] although i like paper tits, i would rather have 1 good post from red again rather than 100 post stating how schwarz is a mug, and others are cheats or standard lol posts or non prolific posts.

i m not stating cos drove of red or anuyone else away or anything like that but blonde has gone down hill recently and the people i turned up to read abourt in generel ie red,tikay and to a lesser extent colc kev and ironside or the recce and the blonde masses, recently its gone from a "lets pass on storys" to a "i dont like him " what side are u on sit.

again i dont blame cos or any other individual member for this, its just seems its the way blonde has gone and i for one beleive its to the detrement of the forum,

Red hasn't been driven anywhere.  He's on holiday.  I think he flew.

[Ironside]

i m not stating cos drove of red or anuyone else away or anything like that but blonde has gone down hill recently and the people i turned up to read abourt in generel ie red,tikay and to a lesser extent colc kev and ironside or the recce and the blonde masses,

r u mental rather reading about tikays trains and red's birds
rather than kevs pies and my burds?

[MANTIS01]

One of my mates had an absolutely stunning girlfriend one time. They had excellent sex, she was intelligent and witty, a great cook, and she couldn't do enough for him. It was safe to say he really enjoyed that relationship. One night she wanted to go out with the girls for a hen night. Now being the jealous type he had a problem with this and a big row ensued. Eventually he tried to lay down the law and told her if she insisted on going out that night they were finished. They finished. My mate went from great sex to no sex, great food to pot noodles, from happy to being a sad lonely miserable fecker. He didn't agree with her decision so he was in the right in his own mind. I thought he was a very stupid sexless hungry fool.

I think this situation is just the same. If these kids enjoy posting on this forum why aren't they doing so? Just like my mate it's about who's got the power. While my mate thought he should have the power in the relationship in actual fact it was jealousy/stubbornness that had the power there. It robbed my mate of his toasty life. In this petty battle between mods and posters it is pointless trying to prove who has the power. Because on a public forum posters have all the power and the mods don't have any. Yeah there's a basic framework of rules which we actually need/want but the foundation of the forum is built around the people who use it. Without posters there is no forum. So there really is no need at all for any member to try and prove the fact that the foum is a poorer place if they don't post. It is already an established fact.

If you want the power you should do want you want and do what is best for you. Don't let other people control what you want to do, and don't let stupid emotions control want you want to do. Be in control of yourself and do exactly what you want to do regardless. Then you have the power. In this example Greekstein/Rooky object to a 3-day ban and reject the power of the mods to decide that, but if they don't use a forum they enjoy look how much power those mods actually have over them.

Anyway, I hope they wake up and carry on doing what they want and what they enjoy. Nobody could stop me doing what I want. Actually my mum prob could if she shouted and my gf prob could if she cried but only those 2.

[StuartHopkin]

Great post Mantis and very true.