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Originally posted by jude11
Because if we want to have our privileges and allowances, we succumb to those that are granted the authority to beat us down.
Originally posted by Noncents
Originally posted by jude11
Because if we want to have our privileges and allowances, we succumb to those that are granted the authority to beat us down.
I'm curious as to what privileges and allowances you have been granted that are not granted to any user of this free site so long as they follow the posted rules. Please, do tell.
Also, are you saying a moderator on this site beat you down? By closing a duplicate thread and not closing your original thread. That's a beat down? Talk about thin skin...
He's doing just what this forum is for and he's not attacking other members, the staff, or ATS.
Let loose some steam and get it off your chest! This is the place to rant about anything that does not attack other members, the staff, or ATS itself
Originally posted by jude11
B-B-But...
I never said anything about a previous thread.
Whatever are you referring to?
Originally posted by charles1952
reply to post by Noncents
jude11 is a bigger dog than I am and doesn't need my support, but I do treasure the Rant forum. Remember?He's doing just what this forum is for and he's not attacking other members, the staff, or ATS.
Let loose some steam and get it off your chest! This is the place to rant about anything that does not attack other members, the staff, or ATS itself
Ranting is important, and I'm not going to get in his way when he (or anyone else) feels the need to cut loose.
Originally posted by Noncents
Originally posted by jude11
B-B-But...
I never said anything about a previous thread.
Whatever are you referring to?
I know to not dance with the ignorant. They tend to step on toes. Good luck with your little whine, I hope it helped you feel better about your "beat down".
Originally posted by jude11
Yeah, I appreciate being your 54th post as a lesson in how to conduct myself on ATS.
Really, thanks for the insight based on your extensive experience.
Invaluable.
Peace
Originally posted by Noncents
Originally posted by jude11
Yeah, I appreciate being your 54th post as a lesson in how to conduct myself on ATS.
Really, thanks for the insight based on your extensive experience.
Invaluable.
Peace
This is what I expected from you.
I never said how to conduct yourself. I asked you what privileges you were granted and why you felt an admin closing a duplicate post was a beat down.
Please, let your ignorance shine a little bit more.
I know to not dance with the ignorant. They tend to step on toes. Good luck with your little whine, I hope it helped you feel better about your "beat down".
Originally posted by Noncents
reply to post by jude11
Well, not sure about a point but I did ask two questions which you have repeatedly ignored.
Think my post count means something? You should get out more. It's just a website.
I run a little forum, I've ran it for about three years now. I admin it myself and have three moderators. None of them ever handle every situation the same way each time because they are not the same person. It's a game forum for an online game. You remind me of one of my players. He also digs on dogs. He also overreacts and ignores direct questions. I mean, you seriously remind me of him.
Is that you MD? This is Tek.
Eh, whether you are somebody I know or not, you're overreacting both in this post and to my questions and I really like to think you know that.
Originally posted by Agarta
reply to post by Noncents
In Judes defense I would like to say one thing. Jude and I have been at ATS for almost the same amount to time and we have seen a lot of things go down. As I posted in the thread that was closed, I thought we were allowed to post a thread in 2 forums making the closed thread legal. After posting that post I went to the T&Cs to quote it and found the T&Cs have been changed and updated. Because I do know they have the stated right to change them I am usually pretty good at checking them from time to time but they have never been altered during my time here until now. I do not know when they altered them and it has been a while since my last visit to the T&Cs but it does go to show we should all check them for changes. We are no longer allowed to post a thread of the same or similar topic which is news to me at least. I did attempt to post this information in the other rant thread but it had been closed.
As we, Jude and I, are used to the "norm" because the rules never change, Jude was in the right to rant about its closure by what we have come to know. It really comes down to a lack of communication by ATS of changes AND not checking the T&Cs ourselves. As Jude stated, there have been a lot of threads closed or 404rd for no reason given publicly and even some of us have copied threads to read later and re read them to find violations trying to understand their removal and quite a few times have found none. So you see this frustration has been building in a lot of us for a while but we accept it as we love this site dearly. It has become, to a lot of us, a spouse or second lol and sometimes we just have to
Originally posted by Noncents
reply to post by jude11
Yeah, I've seen some wild things come and go here. Don't let the post count or sign up date fool you. Like most of us, I've been coming for years. I've seen threads come and go for apparently no reason. I'm sure there is always something though. From the other side of the fence, there usually is something. It isn't always visible to the users though so I try not to assume.
And yeah, my site is little. I've got about 200 regular players and maybe half of that actually use the forums. They are, overall, nothing like the ATS crowd so it's sort of a totally different ballgame. Robospam is usually the big offender, every once in a while people throw big fits over little things that go outside their accepted view of the internet. That's probably why I reacted the way I did. I don't think the admin here did anything wrong. He was cool enough to leave your original thread up.
But, to be honest, in understanding how things go around here I sort of also expected this thread to be gone by now too. The multiple rants in a row thing never seems to go over to well.