That's the whole point isn't it? You have no way to know.
For all you know I might be a perverted Homicidale Homosexual Schzopherniac (Ran out of fancy word) who find his victims in Bartimaeus Trioligy forums...
*Evil laughter*
"*Cough* Sorry *Cough* Need *Cough* My pills... *Cough*"

You can just tell us to shut up, people do it all the time.

Wow don't want to even think about that last thing Ptolemy.

*shifty* Sorry. Even though it is all her fault...*shuts mouth now*

Ptolemy123 wrote: That's the whole point isn't it? You have no way to know.
For all you know I might be a perverted Homicidale Homosexual Schzopherniac (Ran out of fancy word) who find his victims in Bartimaeus Trioligy forums...
*Evil laughter*
"*Cough* Sorry *Cough* Need *Cough* My pills... *Cough*"

how offensive...

More like, what a bad attempt at humor. You spelt half the words wrong. Also, you say 'homosexual' like it's some 'bad' and 'fancy' word? I know a gay person who probably acts straighter than half the people here.

hey, are you accusing me of....

Uhm...no, I'm wasn't even talking to you. o_o

If you have a problem with a post, that's what the report button is for.

no no, it's all jokes I think

What are you people, four years old? I can't believe you temp banned me for saying 'retard'.

You caught me. Despite the several bad things a kid hears daily --- cussing, talk about drugs, sex --- me insulting someone will probably make them commit suicide. For the love of god, I think a person can handle being insulted over the net with a word they probably hear daily without falling into a heap of pity and bawling their eyes out.

Do you honestly think never showing constructive criticism on fanfics will help the writer become better, as they make the same mistake you fail to point out day after day? Is that the type of mindstate you have with things like this?

And your next post will be something along the lines of 'if you have a problem, report it to the mods'. It's called the freedom of speech, pal. The constitution may not be recognized on the net because no one country 'owns' it, but it's a human right. I'm not screaming cuss words and posting nude pictures of leprechauns. Every forum I go to is ruined when everyone is treated with the meticulous care of a mother to her newborn baby.

you were banned for saying retard??? wow, that was harsh.

Meh. I seriously dislike forums with moderators that treat people like babies.

Krim wrote: What are you people, four years old? I can't believe you temp banned me for saying 'retard'.

You caught me. Despite the several bad things a kid hears daily --- cussing, talk about drugs, sex --- me insulting someone will probably make them commit suicide. For the love of god, I think a person can handle being insulted over the net with a word they probably hear daily without falling into a heap of pity and bawling their eyes out.

Do you honestly think never showing constructive criticism on fanfics will help the writer become better, as they make the same mistake you fail to point out day after day? Is that the type of mindstate you have with things like this?

And your next post will be something along the lines of 'if you have a problem, report it to the mods'. It's called the freedom of speech, pal. The constitution may not be recognized on the net because no one country 'owns' it, but it's a human right. I'm not screaming cuss words and posting nude pictures of leprechauns. Every forum I go to is ruined when everyone is treated with the meticulous care of a mother to her newborn baby.

wrote:  Meh. I seriously dislike forums with moderators that treat people like babies.

Unfortunately Krim, if you act like a baby you will be treated like one.

The point is I own this site.

Therefore anyone on it will obey MY rules, if say there is no swearing, nor unesessary cussing, which it was, there will be none.

And of course, constructive criticism does need to involve insulting of someones intelligence.

End of the day, you had no right to insult that person just because they were unclear on a certain issue, so we suspended you, and so far you havn't done it again so the punishment seems to have worked.

WGladstone

It was one day - and it was a new member. *shrug* Didn't want to scare him off.
I could be banning you for arguing back with a moderator if I really want to, but I'm not that power-crazed.

And don't make me quote the American law making it illegal to flame. :P

dude, i do not balme him for temp banning you. calling someone a retard is highly unneeded. i myself take offense to it nomatterwho it comes from, you could be my best bro and i still take offense to it. i have a mentally retarded uncle, so saying that really ticks me off.

1. Once everyone is acting all nice, no one ever tries to give negative feed. I've been on a much bigger forum than this that acts exactly the same.

2. I don't act like a baby. How does this make sense when you set the rules BEFORE I came? Whoo whoo, here comes the clue train, last stop is you.

3. You don't seem to understand the fact I don't care if you're the owner, it doesn't make it any less dense to make rules that treat people like four year olds.

4. Guess what, you aren't your uncle. I have a gay friend, and when someone calls someone a fag, I don't take offense to it. It's a figure of speech, and if you don't like it, too bad. My mother was temporarily insane, but you don't see me crying when people call me crazy. If I was supposed to hold my tongue just because someone somewhere will be insulted by it, then everyone in the world would slap each other with wet towels in a warm steamy locker room and laugh about Jenny Jones.

5. Show me which document states you aren't allowed to insult a person other than the rules of forums like this, and I'll show you a document hardly anyone follows.

6. Ban me all you want for arguing with a moderator. You could be Jesus for all I care, it doesn't make you any righter. You're a person just like the rest of us, and since I don't get a reprimand when arguing with a fellow student without them getting one too, I shouldn't have to respect you because you can ban me from a forum I have no attachment to.

7. If you think a one-day ban from this forum is going to make me respect you anymore, you're even wronger. You get no respect from me unless you earn it, and all I've seen you do is maintain a forum, which is not complicated, get a few skins and some feedback, and e-mailed the author. Your e-mail must've taken hours to make.

8. You said I was acting like a baby. I have a baby brother. I take offense, as I can walk, talk, and can probably write better than everyone but the writer here. Give yourself a temp ban, you insulted me.

9. Just because most people in this forum happen to be fanboys and girls who are around fourteen and accept the limitations of their age doesn't mean all of us are. After two years of following the rules and doing the SAME EXACT THING DAY AFTER DAY on a place more famous than John Stroud and the rest of the other people here will probably ever be, I can truthfully say that it grows boring enough for me to practically go insane. Oops, I used a figure of speech for 'insane', I guess I'm going to insult all those ex-asylum members.


Got any more distorted logic I should address, or are you just going to ban me, trying to prove me wrong when I have no way to talk to you or just locking this thread and continuing to enforce your rules that would make a six year old laugh at them?

The sad/funny thing is, when people make forums to show how much they LOVE a book, and since this is about the Bartimaeus Trilogy, a FINISHED series, you'll have the same topic over and over again because there will hardly ever be anything new about the Trilogy. Try adding something that'll actually be interesting, like making it more than just the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Maybe about Johnathon Stroud and all his former/upcoming books, not just this series. This forum'll be muy aburrida in a few months, trust me. :\

1) You can give negative feedback without being insulting about it.

2) Oops, threw your toy out of your pram.

3) I'd rather have a forum with some restrictions - and they're not as harsh here as some forums I've seen - than a totally open one. Especially as, as you so rightly pointed out, some of the people here are younger.

4) There's a difference between total censorship and some restrictions. Besides, intent can be difficult to tell on an online forum. Is calling someone a retard really neccesary?

5) That wasn't supposed to be serious. The link is here if you're interested. Better change your username to your real name if you want to irritate anybody.

6) You get a reprimand for arguing with a teacher, and they don't. Whether you like it or not, I'm in a postition of authority.

7) You weren't banned because we wanted respect from you, you were banned because you broke the rules.

8) "I'm better than all of you" doesn't earn you any points in a debate. 'Baby' isn't as insulting as retard. I'll temp ban Gladstone for an hour for you. Happy?

9) Go find a forum with no rules to calm down then.

10) I see one person laughing at our rules. You.

Thread split.

:) Sentynel, you are one charming lovely.

1. I know this, but no one gets negative once everyone sits there giving each other praise.

2. My mother will pick it up, but you have to admit defeat to my sexy logic that the rules were here before me.

3. I'd rather have a forum with restrictions to, but I happen to think most people are mature enough to handle being called an idiot.

4. No, but it's still true in a sense. Do you want me to lie, love? [/unseriousness, but I am serious about the love part].

5. How could you do this to me?

6. You haven't earned a degree for teaching, as far as I can see. I've seen you come to a forum and contribute a skin or a graphic or whatever, which is not the hardest thing to do. Really, would you respect a person just because they were in charge of a forum, or would you rather wait to see if they're worthy of respect?

7. You wanted me to respect the rules you and your fellow mods set.

8. I didn't say I'm better than you to try to get any debate points. I say I can probably write better than you, which means I'm smarter than a baby; I can walk, which most babies can't do depending on what age you consider being a baby; and I can speak English good.

9. It's called a rap forum which I attend, love. There is cussing, but the people there are mature enough and they know that the net isn't to be taken seriously. I'd follow the rules if they weren't harsh enough to make it so one person can't say something because it might insult someone. You have to know, it's over the net and the person doesn't know who you are. I have no right to judge, but I judge off what I see and what I see is idiocy.

10. That's because there are 47 fanboys here excluding me. Not many people actually want to challenge anything because they're scared they won't meet the author or something. If people didn't challenge people, America wouldn't have gained its freedom, and a lot of other events would not have happened.

11. Ever had spinach lasagna?

1) I've seen people giving negative feedback in a constructive way, without being insulting about it. It's possible with some effort.

2) The rules were made in anticipation of someone like you coming. :P

3) You said it yourself. Most people. We're not out to alienate those who might be insulted.

4) True in a sense. So tell the truth, without being insulting about it.

5) Go talk to President Bush.

6) I'd give them some respect because they're in a position of authority, in the same way I'd respect any teacher to some extent. How much respect they deserve depends on the person.

7) I want you to respect the rules. Respecting me personally isn't a requirement, just a preference.

8) You can say you can write well, without claiming that you're better than all of us. I haven't seen enough of your work to make a judgement on that claim.

9) Go call people retards there, and use language that isn't quite as strong here then. I'm not asking you to put on your rose-tinted glasses, just to avoid using the full extent of your negative vocabulary.

10) 45 actually, two are test accounts.

11) No, but I may try it. Thanks.

To be honest Krim, all youve done since the day youve got he is sit on your arse and moan moan moan, oh, and post a little, you are so full of yourself its unbelievable.

You used language which, yes wasnt that offensive, but totally and completely unnessecary.

I suggest you simply stop making pointless comments that break the rules.