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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gamefreak on September 05, 2008, 05:15:02 PM

Title: Addressing JDog
Post by: Gamefreak on September 05, 2008, 05:15:02 PM
JDog, I know you're going to read this so pay attention.

When you are banned from a forum, regardless of what people say in lieu of your banning, does not give you any right to rejoin the forums to address every joke about you.  When you're banned from a forum, it means you are not welcome anymore because you broke the rules which are well established.  Coming back, is a violation of the banning, and is more or less, a big nuisance.

We will not give you "Another chance" as it would be a slap in the face to others who were banned for less petty reasons.  I hate to drag up old issues, but bgrugby, was banned, but was banned for handling an issue he felt passionately about the wrong way.  You, who has had a history of blowing up at us when we criticize you, or offer a bit of blunt advice, has no room to bargain after being warned time after time to cut it out.

I can't stop you from making new profiles on these forums as your IP has some sort of security measure that changes it all the time.  However, if you persist in continuing to harass us with new accounts, we will have to take action against you.

Don't take this to mean that I'm telling you to stop browsing the forums.  What I'm trying to tell you is that a forum ban means you're banned from showing up publicly at these forums.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 05, 2008, 05:17:58 PM
We don't know how long it's going to be until he next shows, so I'll go ahead and sticky this for a week or so.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 05, 2008, 06:02:17 PM
Eventually he's going to realize that he might as well just create another account and pretend it's not him and just a new member, and try as hard as he can to not talk about JDog (and if he does say he should have been banned), use his best gramar and spell correctly as many times as possible, and try not to break the rules he broke so many times (or any rules, for that matter). This is likely not going to change anything. And we can't just use a new account having a weird thing that changes their IP address all the time as proof that its JDog, it could be someone else.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: darkphantomime on September 05, 2008, 06:11:50 PM
What did you say, Whocares? I couldn't make head or tails of that gibberish you just posted.

It's pretty easy to tell who someone is if it's someone we already know. Jdog really isn't too bright, you see.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 05, 2008, 06:13:20 PM
Whocares' post made perfect sense to me, JQ, I don't know what you're talking about.  It's like you have some kind of grudge against him.

And I think that JDog would be damn near invisible if he just used better grammar and... a different email.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 05, 2008, 07:04:00 PM
QuoteWhocares' post made perfect sense to me, JQ, I don't know what you're talking about.  It's like you have some kind of grudge against him.

...I nominate you for Best Member of 2008. Now you have to put "Nominated by Whocares for best membe '08" on the bottom of your sig, like I did when Commodore elected me.

While I am going to mention once again that it is pointless to just tell JDog to stop, perhaps a better plan it to completely ignore anyone claiming to be JDog altogether. If we don't even mention JDog anymore, than he won't have a reason to come here, or he'll do all the stuff me and Tacheon have said. Both are positives.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Gamefreak on September 05, 2008, 07:33:09 PM
Honestly, I don't think there's a decent chance of that happening, because we poke fun at quite a few of our banned members from time to time.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 05, 2008, 07:34:20 PM
But none of our other banned members are JDog (that we know of).
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Gamefreak on September 05, 2008, 07:40:43 PM
Of course they are:

Axel
Master J
Soon to be Jordon

So, yeah.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 05, 2008, 07:48:46 PM
Well yeah, I meant besides[/I ]them.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Zelda Veteran on September 05, 2008, 09:41:26 PM
I don't think he'll ever get it. Sad to say... I say that if he makes a new account, and has better grammar and posts altogether, it wouldn't be a problem. I mean, if we don't know if its JDog or not, I don't see the problem. If he improves so much that we can't recognize him, then I don't see why we'd conspire against him.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 06, 2008, 01:53:13 PM
I have an idea! Perhaps we could make it a rule not to talk about JDog. That way we can't talk smack about JDog (like we already are), and JDog, because he sin't attacked anymore, won't have a reasonto be here.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 06, 2008, 02:10:52 PM
Why would we do something to accommodate him?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: DW on September 06, 2008, 02:16:21 PM
I do find it odd that we're concerned with catering to a banned member. I mean, it's something we shouldn't be worrying about.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 06, 2008, 02:27:39 PM
Well, he's BANNED, and we're trying to do whatever it takes to make him leave. Of course, since the fact that he was banned isn't getting through to him, other methods must be used. For example, ignoring the fact JDog ever existed or him creating another account claiming not to be JDog both work for us.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Hi no Seijin on September 06, 2008, 10:03:23 PM
Your method is not to make him any madder by saying we should pretend he doesn't exist?

Yeah, I can totally see how saying he doesn't exist in the open will calm him down.[/sarcasm]

Here's my idea.  Jdog accepts that fact that we're all jesters and move on with life.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 07, 2008, 11:11:20 AM
Reaching to him psychologically won't work, HNS. We've seen how he has reacted to us, he isn't leaving any time soon. We have to try something different. If we pay no attention to him and not mention him at all, then perhaps he would get tired of begging us to let him come back and just leave for good.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: MagmarFire on September 07, 2008, 11:20:09 AM
I think you just contradicted yourself. How is that not a psychological means of reaching him?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 07, 2008, 11:43:19 AM
That does seem like a contradiction, doesn't it. Well, it's actually different, in a sense. If we just ignore him, then he's just going to leave because he's tired of begging, not because of emotional maturity.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: darkphantomime on September 07, 2008, 05:16:38 PM
Isn't that called 'reverse psychology'?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Hi no Seijin on September 07, 2008, 08:51:15 PM
Not only that, but I'm under the impression that he has stopped begging us to lift the ban and that he's getting on to tell us how mad he is that we're still making jokes about him.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: DW on September 07, 2008, 11:57:29 PM
Why are we even worrying about whether he stays away or not? We can't IP ban him, he's using a proxy. We've done what we can. If he decides to spend his life mourning over the fact that he was banned for swearing and insulting people, that's his problem.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Carpet Merchant on September 08, 2008, 07:40:20 AM
He joined AGAIN!?!?! Where did he post?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: MagmarFire on September 08, 2008, 01:35:20 PM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on September 07, 2008, 05:16:38 PM
Isn't that called 'reverse psychology'?

No, reverse psychology would be if we were to try to get him to come back, only to turn us down to spite us.. Basically, it's persuading him to leave by "falsely advocating the belief contrary to the belief that is actually being advocated."

And CM, I think he posted a new topic in the Chatboard. Either that, or he posted in a topic made to make it look like he posted a new topic... I can't remember which.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: darkphantomime on September 08, 2008, 01:58:34 PM
But isn't that exactly what Whocares was suggesting?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Mysterious F. on September 08, 2008, 02:00:55 PM
No, my policy is really just "ignore him". He'll eventually get tired. Even hyperactive little children eventually get tired.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Hi no Seijin on September 08, 2008, 07:25:49 PM
Quote from: MagmarFire on September 08, 2008, 01:35:20 PM
And CM, I think he posted a new topic in the Chatboard. Either that, or he posted in a topic made to make it look like he posted a new topic... I can't remember which.
Actually, someone (probably Tacheon, because we all know how much of a jester he is) created a new account claiming to be Jdog as a joke.  Jdog got mad and created a new account to tell us to stop joking him.

And Whocares, he did get tired of asking us to lift the ban.  The current issue he has with us is our continued poking fun of him.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 08, 2008, 09:01:56 PM
Quote from: Hi no Seijin on September 08, 2008, 07:25:49 PM
Quote from: MagmarFire on September 08, 2008, 01:35:20 PM
And CM, I think he posted a new topic in the Chatboard. Either that, or he posted in a topic made to make it look like he posted a new topic... I can't remember which.
Actually, someone (probably Tacheon, because we all know how much of a jester he is) created a new account claiming to be Jdog as a joke.  Jdog got mad and created a new account to tell us to stop joking him.

And Whocares, he did get tired of asking us to lift the ban.  The current issue he has with us is our continued poking fun of him.

I did NOT create a second account for that purpose.

I just happened to have a secondary account for testing purposes that I like to play with.   :D
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Twilight Wolf on September 08, 2008, 09:06:41 PM
You're partially correct, HNS: It was Tacheon who made the fake JDog account, but he just changed the name of the joke account he created as part of a test for Gamefreak back when we were deleting spambots. However, he actually made two topics with that account where he impersonated JDog, but with the most recent one he actually pretended to be JDog. The real JDog posted in that one.

As for what to do about JDog, I think we would be best off just doing what we are now: If he comes back, just tell him again that we can't let him back because he's banned. And he's banned because he broke the rules too many times.

EDIT: Damn it, Tacheon, I wrote all of that only for you to come in and post the exact same thing, but shorter, before me.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: cacturnerules on September 08, 2008, 09:08:28 PM
I'm with Shika. He's gone, and hopefully won't be back. If he comes, he (hopefully) knows we'll just make fun of him again. It's not that big of a deal.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 08, 2008, 09:09:30 PM
Quote from: FishyRules on September 08, 2008, 09:08:28 PM
I'm with Shika. He's gone, and hopefully won't be back. If he comes, he (hopefully) knows we'll just make fun of him again.

That's just the thing, though.  He doesn't understand that and never will.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: cacturnerules on September 08, 2008, 09:14:20 PM
I guess you're right. he was here yesterday.

...wait...

was that just your 2nd account as sora/CAPTAIN PLANET?

and did you start the topic "ok guys," ?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 08, 2008, 09:15:20 PM
I see it's all starting to become clear for some members here.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: cacturnerules on September 08, 2008, 09:15:48 PM
...so is that a yes?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Twilight Wolf on September 08, 2008, 09:16:05 PM
Yes, he (or rather, his joke account) started the "ok guys" topic, and I believe his alternate account is now Captian Planet.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: cacturnerules on September 08, 2008, 09:17:19 PM
Quote from: FishyRules on September 08, 2008, 09:14:20 PM
as sora/CAPTAIN PLANET?

yeah, that's why i kinda got suspicious
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 08, 2008, 09:19:00 PM
:erm: what?

Even though it's kinda me who started it, let's keep the convo posting to a minimum

:looks guilty in a corner:
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Pale Dim on September 20, 2008, 01:17:41 PM
OMG! How long was I gone? What happened? What did he do?
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Keaton on September 20, 2008, 01:32:36 PM
He simply pushed his luck one warning too far, most likely because of the warning system that we have enacted (read in the Announcements section).
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Gamefreak on September 20, 2008, 04:52:57 PM
No, that system was implemented after his banning.
Title: Re: Addressing JDog
Post by: Gamefreak on October 19, 2008, 06:57:16 PM
I'm unstickying this.  Forgot about it, probably not needed anymore, ect.