Should D3V be unbanned?
 

Thanatos mentioned having a poll as to whether or not D3V should come back.

I assume this will work as much as the yawgmoth thread did, so feel free to express everything.

Closes in a week.

I have no problem with D3v. However, it seems as though he has scared off some valuable members. I really do not know how or why, but I'd rather that not happen anymore -- so if he were to come back he'd need to not scare off peeps :P.

Taken from the other thread:

So, in all reality, I don't think he scared anybody away.

In the real reality, your facts are wrong.

I personally don't really care whether he's unbanned or not. If he is unbanned however, it's my personal opinion that there should be a way for people who didn't want him back to be able to block his posts.

In fact, I think it'd be great to be able to block members' posts in general.

You're looking for this icon http://zelaron.com/forum/images/synt...isc/ignore.gif, which has been available for many, many years. Since vB3.0 days at least. And you could still block people before that. Right now, it appears when you mouse over the avatar area of a post by a non-staff member.

I won't say the ban was unjustified. To use his own terminology, D3v can be a royal douchcanoe at times.

Nevertheless, on the subject of his being immature, I've found a number of the new members to be much less mature than D3v (obviously because they are younger than he) to the point where this forum is beginning to annoy me.

I miss the random news-related threads he perpetually started, which generally prompted long discussions.

Fuck it. Bring him back.

Oh, well then...never mind. :) That's probably why I never noticed it.

What I've been saying for at least a month now. These forums are annoying, dude to the influx of young, immature members. It's actually stopping me from posting in threads because I don't want to be involved in childish spam.

Bottom line is this: He was a contributing member that was an asshole at times. But who isn't, honestly? We're all assholes at times, that's what makes this forum so great, IMO. Drama@Zelaron is hilarious.

Which is also my point. If you don't like D3v, simply block him! That's what Medieval Bob did in the past. There's no reason to ban a contributing, valued member simply because you don't like him.

I have a feeling if KA wasn't part of the staff, D3V wouldn't be banned. And no I'm not blaming you or pointing fingers, it's just an observation.

I'm trying to be mature about this. You should do the same.

QFT.

I'd like to see him back. D@Z is so much better with him, and he was a member who contributed a lot. Sure, he was a prick with the whole MJ saga, but I've never had trouble with him. You could argue that those who did have trouble with him exacerbated the situation by rising to his bait and not just Blocking him, which is something I suggested on a couple of occasion's.

you mean me right

I didn't care for him to much.

i did he was a friend to me. he helped me when i first started out at zelaron and i would like him back

I think it was justfied to ban him, but he should be unbanned and given another chance. Kinda like parole. If he breaks any rules again, he should be banned without any thought. It's as simple as that

That's just it though. He's been banned so many times for the same things. I don't think it should be expected for him to change, I would like to see others change and just ignore him.

I feel he's too much of an asset to the community to lose. Block him if you hate him, listen to him if you like him, and don't take ANY insult from him seriously, it's really that easy. He trolls so don't pay any attention to the negative side of him.

bring him back!

I honestly think he should be allowed back. If he tries to run off good people, like MJ (who never did shit to anyone) then he needs to be hit with the ban stick again.

Instead of losing 1 good member, we're losing 2 good members...

I find it funny how nobody has voted for "the ban was unjustified," but rather "he contributed too much."

Contributing a lot does not make one immune to the rules, especially when they are at the point that D3v was. Mjordan is not the only person who has left because of D3v. Slim left because of D3v way back. Medieval Bob said that D3v was a large part of why he left.

Like I've said before, I don't deny D3v contributed a lot, but he also did potentially a lot of harm that seems to be going unnoticed.

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Personally, I've never had a problem with D3V. I also question why so many people take offense. We're online! It's as a saying, I think, goes, "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

I don't believe his actions were without ban for a set period of time, like a month or two. I just don't believe permanent ban was necessary. All of his random threads brought about more activity which we're in dire need of. I admit that some of the old members coming back has increased productivity of the forums. However the case, with D3V back it will influence and increase more activity.

I think something like that should be called to order. Maybe make a new group and put him in the "Paroled" group. All of his posts have to be moderated for a certain amount of time. If he proves himself well, then he will be returned back to normal. Hopefully, not to screw up again.

D3v was permanently banned in the past, and has been banned a shitton of times other than that. You just weren't around then.

Lol well it look like he's unbanned now.

No he isn't. He has been viewing the forums, but that is all. As far as I know, you can still view the forums when you're banned, but that's about it.

cool

i want to be like u when i grow up kingamazonian

Ok douchebag.

http://zelaron.com/forum/faq.php?faq...aq_no_trolling

Why must you care so much what is said online, you guys don't actually take this place seriously do you?..

Banned for being D3v.

BYE!!!

!K_A!, did you ban Hancock?

Yes. Hancock is D3v.

Whoa, what? This is new to me. I'm guessing you looked up the IPs.

I kinda figured he was D3v. Couldn't make it more inconspicuous eh???

He actually did a pretty good job of covering it up, honestly. In the beginning, he asked why he couldn't post without a mod approving his post, making it look like he didn't actually know about the approval system. Also, he posted his level/server in the WoW sticky, saying he played on server he doesn't play on. Not to mention that there isn't an exact IP match anyway, so doing an IP search on Hancock shows no matches with D3v. I had to actually look at both of their IP addresses and see that they're from the same place.

Wow. Are you looking for a congratulations or something? Job well done, Detective KA. You sure showed him!

Actually it was more like pointing out that D3v is a sneaky bastard, but twist it however you want.

OWNED, nice.

Why was he banned in the first place? For posting some dirty pictures or something?

no xenn it was because he mouthed off to the wrong mod for one and he broke the rules too many times

I don't know why, but sometimes you really really crack me up. It's almost like you actually have some wit somehow. It's great stuff.