DIYDeath Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Alright so I'll give a slight history before I go into detail about this horror story because its needed and it shows that I can be outspoken and opinionated at times (doesn't mean I start trolling or cussing people out, it just means if I feel someone is being exceptionally rude I'll call them out on it without crossing lines, moderator or otherwise). Now I had noticed a certain mod on Nexus being overly draconian with their implementation of their interpretation of the rules, for example someone's account was not working for some reason so they created a new account and immediately went into public chat, mentioned that this was a second account and they created it because for some reason Nexus was not allowing them to log on, which is caused by servers going out of synch so Nexus requires you spam your login over and over. This was covered a day or two later by DarkOne in a article on the front page. None the less said mod ended up banning the user. I PM'd him saying I didn't agree with the way they handled that given the context in which the account was created. He.was.not.impressed but did nothing (I did not make this public as it had no business being public so there was no grounds to ban me). I also called him out one time when I asked for help and he stated he knew how to help but he wouldn't, which is just rude so I let him know without swearing and so forth. He really, really doesn't like me by this point. After that I made it a personal goal to avoid dealing with this mod, I did not trust his judgment and I did not trust myself to remain civil when dealing with him. Enter today in chat: I bring up the T.V. show Breaking Bad and another user and I civilly discuss how he didn't like it because he felt the show promoted and even glorified drug abuse and all those awesome life-style choices that Walter just keeps on making. My stance was that while the show dealt with that subject matter it ultimately portrayed the initial high of the life-style with the inevitable crash and burn from surrounding yourself with criminals who simply put, don't give a flying &*(% about anything. I pointed out that his problem with Breaking Bad then, wasn't the writing or the cast (as he stated he didn't care who was in it) but rather the subject matter and tone. I then went to say that his opinion would be true for future Darwin Award winners, indicating that people who watch Breaking Bad and figure that selling/doing meth, murdering people, constantly lying and manipulating to further your own greed and lust for power are good life style choices are likely to die in some horrible way that anyone with half a brain would not allow to happen. Instant kicked. yay. So I go back in. I was told to be civil and here's some screenshots, hosted of course because I don't expect anyone to download a file to read my little QQBBQ butthurt fest thread. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/Lord-of-Lies/potentialmodabuse.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/Lord-of-Lies/potentialmodabusee.jpg Now I've been permanently banned from chat, which is fine because that guy lives in chat and I detest him. Now here comes the amusing part. My chat ban is not on their "wall of shame". Why is this? Perhaps because my ban can't be justified and perhaps because I promised screenshots to the admin (who I get along with, apparently. We've had several friendly chats. For privacy reasons I will not state which admin). The point is I wasn't claimed as a trophy because he couldn't claim me, because if there is fallout for his actions there will be record of the ban and thus that could be controversial and that is something Nexus does not want or need (not to mention they are subject to US laws and I could sue for libel if I cared enough). So yep, there's my horror story. Should I have dropped my trousers and pee'd in his cornflakes? probably not but I certainly stayed within the ToS guidelines and didn't start any fuss publically other than that time I called the mod out for being exceptionally rude (which I was not banned or warned for so it was acceptable, even if its frowned upon-I actually incurred the wrath of the forum protector for this one, which is that member who takes it upon themselves to defend the community from any perceived threat so I lost more than some popularity on this one but again, I don't care...my purpose is not to be liked by everyone, take me as is or leave me alone. I'm fine with either option.)
gregathit Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 We have a Nexus thread. Please use it: http://www.loverslab.com/topic/10134-banned-from-nexus/page-11 Thread Locked.
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