Where Did All The Old Timers Go, A Public Meeting Place For Open Discussion

OH I got it boys and the reason that I'm still continuing this little "chat" shall we say so someone will be remembered and keep "this" thread moving right along. ;-) There are some other old-timers that I miss as well besides little ol' lightening ddp.

....gm

 

Where has Ireland been? ...He didn't send his usual cup of morning coffee!

 

LMAO. Made my day. Im a few pages late like, but ya no


Oh and ddp will be back. 'tis fate!! 'tis gods wish.

And y'all already know i am gods divine intervention so..

*rubs lamp 3 times*

 

Afternoon^

Just heard about ddp leaving. Don't know the full story but its sad to see him leave, hope he comes back.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/212/322699#3013402

 

My take on things and why I was so pissed off:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/213/322699#3013563

No, let me copy and paste it right here:

Ripper wrote:

My Response:

Or maybe its the way others were treated in the process and right there in public? We may be online and not face to face (just the internet guys, and not the real world) but that is no reason to be callus and unfeeling; pubilc humiliation is NEVER an acceptable option! ...certainly three or four people of position ganging up and spewing venomously against another member (sometimes one of their own) where all can see and hear is hardly respectful to the individule or the site members. The one thing wrong with this site is that it tolerates an uncontrolled animosity and disrespect at all levels of membership. Then we scratch our heads and wonder why good members leave?

There are a lot of people I really like here ... but some things should stop and it happens all the damned time.

 

If people want to argue, I think it should be over something more important than a thread in the Safety Valve. Comments about the situation lead many of us to believe there was more to it than just that. There's too many threads off topic in SV for this one to be such a big issue. Unfortunaltely I asked why. I wasn't questioning ddp's right to close the thread. I was curious as to the why of it. I can see the tech threads needing kept on track, but why does the SV need to do so. It hasn't in the past and it sure isn't a learning portion of the forum (at least not in the normal sense). I was just wondering if there was to be a new policy for posting in the Safety Valve. Threads have been opened and closed in the past without it becoming a big personal issue. I don't remember anyone asking ddp to leave. He took it on himself to put it "me or the thread". I'm left wondering where all the animosity came from and why things got pushed to that extent?

 

And I apologize too for losing my temper; its just that it happens too often and I just lost it. I'm very fond of Ireland and he has helped me and many others a great deal; that must have been the fouth or fifth time I see groups pounce on him, publically, for something so damned trivial. And it isn't just Ireland; it happens frequently. It now happening all time with newbies...yes, some are a$$holes and deserve what they get, but I've seen far too often, increasingly often, a newbie respectfully poses a question, albeit a dumb question sometimes, only to be insulted and have people jump down his throat. The situation got bad enough that dRD put a sticky on the subject...but no one paid any attention. I can't tell you how often I've typed the words "Please be nice to the newbies" ... I've seen other members like IHoe do the same. I started at AD because I couldn't write over a non-rewritable DVD...how dumb is that LOL! But if people had answered me by calling me an idiot and a fool, I never would have come back either. I am certain that we are losing a lot of good members and potential members by the tone these forums take.

So I apologize too for losing my temper but it wasn't over the closing of a thread otherwise, I would have become the aformentioned "Drama Queen" long ago. It just the ever increasing bouts of nastiness that I read. So again, I apologize too, but I wish this sort of thing would stop.

 

What happened to ddp? Why is he leaving??????

 

Hi svar, nice to see you post.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/212/322699#3013374

 

hey yall, just dropping by, i see nothing has changed in the half a year (could be more) ive been away, i see that my hometown of the psp forums are dying too which is a real shame, c yall again some time !!!!

 

and props to creaky and neph, keep up the good work, you were the only mods that seemed to get things done, when i was around here so you get my thumbs up lol

 

Nephilim
Earlier I commented on what you said about the condition of the forum without moderation. Without controls the place becomes a pigsty. Like you said, you're the guys that make the place livable.

Frankly, I don't care that much about the thread and would prefer the bickering to stop and ddp return so things will settle down. Until he returns there will be those taking sides and keeping things stirred up. It seems these things take on a life of their own once they get started.

Hopefully things will quieten down so you can get back to the peaceful gun thread. I think I like it better there. Who would have thought a bunch of rednecks with firearms would be more peaceful than the daily doings of the forum. LOL

 

Well, not entirely true.... I've made reports in the past that were indeed ignored. Decisions are made based on a number of things like Neph said. Reports can be approached in many ways... via pm to the offending member, via post in a thread, or adding the offender to the watchlist. Or they can be taken as pathetic attempts to nit-pick something that is indeed nothing.

 

Right or wrong the situation appears to have gotten out of hand. I have no desire to be involved. I'm a relative noob so my presence won't be missed like the old timers. I think I'll stay scarce till the situation clears up in "old timers" and "kettle black". There's plenty of other threads here at AD without the hassles.

 

wow....are there any other mods except creaky and neph?

Is Lethal one?