Quote: mystic eddie "I was an excellent mod. I banned you after all.'"
Oooh, Mystic Eddie, do you really want to go down that path? REALLY?
Shall we inform the people WHY you and Nicey banned me?
I don't see what harm it can do, after all, it was 4 years ago. The reason for banning me was because I said something about the state of the moderation on Bullrage... on a COMPLETELY UNRELATED FORUM totally separate from Bullrage itself. Which, may I point out, was not against the rules of Bullrage. HOWEVER, there were strict rules from day 1 regarding profanity, abuse and bullying, which you broke time and time again, but when I pointed this out, I was accused of being publically critical of the moderation process. Well, frankly it deserved it. The fact was, you didn't like the fact that I didn't back down like the rest of the "plebs" as you and Nicey dubbed them so eloquently in the Super-Secret Hidden Moderator Willy-Waving Area.
Banning me was largely pointless, t'was the work of a moment to activate the Super Power User account, set up several accounts for myself, and save out the ENTIRE CONTENTS of the moderator forum. You guys certainly had it in for anyone from Wigan, especially me and Wigan Pie Man.
One of my favourite moments is where you thought it would be largely amusing to copy and paste my (old outdated) AOL profile and laugh about how I used to work at KFC, as if this was some sort of "victory" over me. Another moment was the instant knee-jerk reactions to every new member, "Is it Fishsta?" No, most of them weren't, I'd set up so many sleeper accounts, I could carry on posting as normal, funny how no-one ever said those posts were biased, strange the effect having my name against them had on you!
And then, the AIM conversation we had, where you claimed you had no axe to grind with me, but back in the comfort of your Super Secret Hidden Moderator Love-up zone, you commenced the abuse again.
The funniest part is how it all started... I wonder if you remember?
You posted, in French, "Wigan are s**t" after Catalans beat us. Straight away, a violation of rule 1. In accordance with instruction from Nicey, I reported your post, only to be told that you hadn't broken rule 1 because you'd translated "Wigan are crap". I pointed out that ANYONE who knows French knows what "merde" means, and if you re-translate "Wigan sont le merde" back into English, you get "s**t". I pointed this out very nicely, by the way, without abuse. This netted me the first of several warnings. Call that decent moderation?
It got even better when the Private Message system was revealed not to be private, and also interesting was the number of sleeper accounts Nicey had (Elgerbelly for instance).
A good moderator should lead by example. If rules are set, don't break them yourself, and then ban anyone who tells you you're being a bit of an idiot. Oh, and not being an abusive liar would have helped too.
And yes, I've done my share of moderation, and I know the importance of putting the interests of the forum ahead of your own personal vendettas. Hence why I banned myself from one forum, because I couldn't trust myself to say things that would have been largely unpleasant for all concerned.
I sincerely doubt you would have the decency to admit you were in the wrong. Numbers (Paul) did when he made an error, and he cut himself up about it and removed himself from the moderation process (except when I contacted him via a secret account to urge him to return to moderation duties, then he made the mistake of not accepting a genuine gesture of goodwill)
Frankly, Mystic Eddie, your true colours always shine through. And despite the fact your first post on here was fairly good until you decided to take me on again for some unknown reason (I guess the fact I was always one step ahead of you must still really hurt), you have shown yourself to be nothing more than a tragic childish waste of oxygen.
As we say in Wigan, stop thi' breathin', ah can smell t'sheet from 'ere.
