Recent bannings and warnings
by Goofus on Sep 2, 2010 10:44 AM PDT
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Everyone,
Unfortunately, we've had a recent spike in the need to warn and ban people. Taking care of trolls and new folks who don't understand that we treat McC as a community and not an anonymous message board where insults are acceptable is nothing new, but some of the problems have involved long-time members.
It's probably a good time to remind everyone of the rules we all agreed to when we signed up at McC:
No personal attacks and no racist, sexist or homophobic attacks/remarks.
Unless it's an obvious troll or complete idiot, we almost always warn people before banning them. None of us take pleasure in banning people from the site, but when people become more of distraction tham they're contributing, it's time for them to go.
I think we all appreciate what an awesome place Grant and all the McCoven have created here, so let's keep being excellent to each other.
Cheers,
Goofus
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by Viliphied on Sep 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
READ MY RACIST HOMOPHOBIC BLOG
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by Giant Voodoo on Sep 2, 2010 11:06 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Rush had Elton John play at his wedding. (2nd or 3rd wedding; I’ve lost count.) So he’s no homophobic, he just plays one on TV.
Having the underclass entertain at your functions is hardly proof that you don’t think they are the underclass.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of which
Are you free this weekend to cleam ny house?
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Yeah
Johnny creams every room in the house…then cleans it all up
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I’m considerate in that way.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Creepy, yet considerate.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
It says ‘Creepily considerate’ right on my business card.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s pretty catchy.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I always hate these, but only because I missed the shit storm and would have loved to see it.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Seriously
Wuh happ’n?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
I am also wondering. Perhaps better left unsaid, but I’m curious.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 2, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
There wasn't one particular shitstorm you missed
…just a bit of a trend of people who should know better getting carried away
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
This seems to happen every August recently
Apparently being inside this thing brings out the emotions.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Yeah, for God’s sake, you gotta let us out of that thing now and again.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
Case in point: Frakenstein, Victor. Now doomed to hang out in opponents’ game threads.
"Skillet, we just spent $64,000 in that bar. So we're gonna have to get jobs to cover up the fact that we rob banks" -Mouse Fitzgerald
I thought that was a self-imposed ban. He was Snakepitkjlfsljksfdjllsjsflkjdfkjs for a while and then he went to one of the meet-ups and then he never really came back. Was he really banned?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Self imposed exile I think.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
He was banned.
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
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Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Sep 2, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
He said he would leave but never did. He stuck around and kept acting weird, eventually getting banned.
Wow. I never thought that would happen. He was one of the staples around here.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Although now that I think about it, so was GRM.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Based on the discussion of GRM’s banning in the 2500 thread, he had it coming.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, there are plenty of interesting people still left on this blog. PLENTY.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh . . . this is awkward. I wasn’t at all including you in the plenty. I mean, your name pretty much says it all.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
No clue. Ask Natto. He knows all.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Ramin’s posted here before, or someone else using that moniker, if I recall correctly he was quite young. Jr. high type young. Was…
He got pretty lathered up the other day calling football players pussies for wearing helmets (grossly exaggerating).
Yeah, I was only tangentially involved in that post, partly because I thought I remembered that the poster was young, and partly because I don’t like to argue….much.
I spent a lot of time on an IRC debate channel many many moons ago. I’m discussed/debated/argued out. So I rarely ever get into it with anyone.
internet relay chat, a lot like this but real time and not …well hell …it’s a buncha chat rooms on a buncha servers
IRC is where people used to spell poorly before Twitter was invented.
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Ramah was cool… haven’t seen him around though.
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe I’m confusing the two. Entirely possible, I’m not used to this waking up at 5am crappola quite yet.
Nah, that was me.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Happy Birthday!
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 2, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I realize that.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 2, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
we don’t have to get rid of any interesting people so long as they avoid a. being a disruptive presence and b. being creepy.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
What if they’re creepy, but considerate?
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
This really contradicts the point i just made.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
:)
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 2, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re hot, it’s ok.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
let's see if i got this right...
unmodified creepy = banned
modified creepy = hawt and in good with the ladies
seems reasonable
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Hmm.
Sorry Johnny, you’re out of luck.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
DAMMIT
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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
^ for those people who don't get it
This is a joke. It’s not serious and it’s not aimed at any specific person. It is still not OK to be creepy, even if you’re hot.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It puts the lotion on its skin or it doesn’t get the keyboard again!!!!!!
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 2, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
..."please"
Don’t forget the considerate part.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
So I’m pretty sure the mods are doing this on a case by case basis and so far I think they’ve shown pretty good judgment on these things.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
The fact that hokeysmokes is still around is testament to that.
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Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
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by kdl on Sep 2, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. I should have just opened with this line.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, what????
Adopted Giant: Ryan Rohlinger (on loan from Shanghaijim).
Buster Posey: He knows the rules!
♥BARRY ZITO♥
Ben WIlshire is the new Dreamy Dan.
by kdl on Sep 2, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Now there is no testament to their judgment
FASCISTS!!!
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
Wait, he actually got banned?
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I’m not sorry about that. He had it coming and you guys gave him plenty of rope. Not your fault he decided to hang himself with it.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Like I said earlier
Unless it’s obvious trolls or idiots, everyone we’ve banned has had plenty of rope.
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agreed
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
A question:
That hokeysmokes fella – or lady – whichever, posted some generally unfunny and frequently irrelevant garbage which was almost always ingored. But where is the line between unfunny/idiotic and “troll?” Is a troll someone who posts on blogs just to disrupt the harmony of a discussion?
This isn’t necessarily a question for Goofus or Prussian, I’m just wondering.
Here's to the Dodgers and their bucket of suck.
Yes, that is basically the definition of a troll. They’re the type of people who post just to tick off other posters.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Not that it matters, but I have mixed feelings about this even though I couldn’t stand him from day one.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 2, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to admit – he got quite a long rope.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He really did. The last several weeks it was only trolling.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
True. I like to hear non-groupthink opinions, but he went about it the wrong way.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 2, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Was?
Man, if you miss 6 hours with out being here you miss a lot.
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Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Sep 2, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
I missed about 3 days and all of a sudden GRM, hokysmokes, and “snakepit” aka vic are all banned?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Has snakepit been banned for a while?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Yeah.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I won’t really miss GRM, but it will certainly be different.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Not with his um, special brand of persistence…
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
Last Friday. Due to now hidden comments.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Damn
Shit’s been crazy, apparently. And I missed his reckoning. Single tear shed. Double for hokysmokes.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Seriously?
The tone in… his rebuttals were always offputting but never over the top, imo. Others here say worse and often to GRM but never got called for it. Just GRM being GRM.
I take it GRM finally got outta control?
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
My understanding from what the mods said over in the other thread is that he taunted someone else’s about their newly-deceased relative (PLEASE CORRECT ANY OF THIS IF IT IS WRONG) and that was it.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
IIRC it was a little different
Someone posted how a death in the family affected his/her work and GRM said that he disappointed his/her relative by using them as an “excuse”
Buster Posey>
Pretty much. And he said it very harshly.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I read that, and also thought it was inappropriate….I never would have guessed he got banned for it….
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
thats pretty classless and can you imagine the hurt that would put on someone, saying their dead family would be disappointed in their grief.
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
He had had an inordinate number of warning beforehand. I was only going to warn him for it, to be honest, but when I saw his warning history there was no excuse for letting it go on.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 2, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Again, you guys rock.
I do not think I would be nearly as thoughtful as all of you during these kind of processes.
The last Timmy Loss would have made me go ape shit on people.
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I remember that – that was pretty far over the line.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 3, 2010 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I totally missed it either way and it’s hidden now, I’m just trying to put it in context so people don’t run with the idea that he was banned for being GRM
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
iirc
it was in a discussion about MadBum and how he might have been affected by the death of his sister, and someone mentioned how it took them a while to return to full productivity after the death of one of their parents
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--Daisy Owl
I saw that
I almost really went off on the guy for that comment.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
oh shit
yeah i remember that now.
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--Daisy Owl
No it's not.
I’ve personally probably warned A LOT of people for personal attacks at GRM.
I always thought he was given way too much shit here and made that clear. I also reminded him a couple of times not to respond to personal attacks and let mods handle it.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
OK, time out
Others here say worse and often to GRM but never got called for it. Just GRM being GRM.
Resdog, unless one of the mods or grant has shared every warning we’ve handed out here, how can you possibly say those others were not called for it? Warnings/bannings are kept low key, but believe me, we’re clear about them to those receiving them.
Believe me, others were called for it.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Man, I’ve said some pretty low things to GRM… I feel badly about it, but I’ve never been warned. You guys sure you’ve got the right email address for me?
Aw crap, now I feel like I might be too unimportant to even warn! Suck!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Warnings happen when you go to the main page of the site.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
That’s even WORSE! I’ve been harsh on some people, and nobody could even front-page warn me?
Thanks, groug. I’m depressed now.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Yes
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea why, but I will say banning him really reduces the “other point of view”….
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
If the other point of view is deceitful analysis, baiting, and never admitting you’re wrong when proven so, then good riddance.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Yes, but, again, that’s not the reason he was banned.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Copy and pasted from just above
My understanding from what the mods said over in the other thread is that he taunted someone else’s about their newly-deceased relative (PLEASE CORRECT ANY OF THIS IF IT IS WRONG) and that was it.
So he wasn’t banned for being GRM, he was banned for being a complete prick.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless I didn’t see the whole conversation, I don’t think “taunt” is an accurate way to put it. More like he was just….inappropriate about it.
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Again I didn’t see the actual convo, so this is all hearsay on my part. But it certainly sounded bannable to me, no matter if it was GRM or Lars.
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
sounded bannable to me, no matter if it was GRM or Lars.
/ patiently waits for Lars to defend himself
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 3, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
you’re in good company
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
LOL, well I used you as an example because a) you know where the lines is and b) no matter how funny you are, if you crossed that line I’d be all for them banning you too
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by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
No worries =)
Actually, I have been warned a couple of times.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 3, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
You Vikings are always causing problems!
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"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I wasn’t thinking of him. He’s a good man. I actually feel sorry for him. Poor guy never gets any news coverage.
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"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I wasn’t thinking of him. He’s a good man. I actually feel sorry for him
As opposed to me?!? I see how it is, PC.
=p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 3, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Scary realization: I have infinite more respect for you than Brett Fav-re.
=0
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I have been warned a couple of times.
And just so there is no misunderstanding, I agree that the warnings were deserved.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Sep 3, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw it. GRM was exceedingly and deliberately cruel.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
Well, there we go
I’m inclined to take yours and jponry’s word for it. You guys aren’t prone to overreaction.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL "WIMMINS"
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
LOL
It’s a really good thing that we know you’re not serious
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed.
It’s helpful that I am almost never serious.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
And please don’t ever change that
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It's too fun on here to be overly serious about stuff.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
If that was why he was banned, sure. But that is not why he was banned.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Exactly. People are going to think that’s what it was now even though it wasn’t.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
And I’m not saying it was, just saying that he was just about the only one here that tries (often poorly) to make the pro-Sabean case. Just saying we’re losing that point of view.
by Missing Barry on Sep 2, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
GRM was a complete jackhole
But he’s been a complete jackhole around here for years. I’d imagine if someone was just looking for a reason to ban him, it would have happened a long time ago.
Same with hokysmokes – although I think he was a pure troll, while GRM was more arrogant, inane and impossible to actually engage in an honest exchange of opinion.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
I made fun of GRM
but i think he enjoyed writing here, and maybe this was his hobby. He seemed like an older fella, i just feel bad. I saw his comments about bumgarner and other’s and work. It was inapropriate, i just don’t get how he could get banned for that. He also got soooo much shit around here.
"Everybody loves Basketball-Reference.com. Except the Kobe fans".- DubsFan408
by GovernorStephCurry on Sep 2, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Like I said, I was going to warn him for it. Normally, a person would get a warning for that. In this case, GRM’s long history of doing things that gave us cause to warn him caught up with him. Eventually, endless warnings lose all meaning. It was just one straw on a big pile of straws. It also happened to be the last.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
One day I’d kind of like to just tell the details of the vic banning. You really have no idea.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 2, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I am very interested in this.
Cause I am a freak like that.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
The fact that he continues to go around pretending he was banned for posting under a sockpuppet account is what makes me want to tell the whole story
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Now I’m really curious (but I know you’re not supposed to tell us)
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 2, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
MODS - FEEL FREE TO DELETE FOR DIRTY LAUNDRY?
Wasn’t Vic pretty much daring Goofus to ban him in the whole thread regarding homosexuality in the military? He just wouldn’t let it go and really let Goofus have it for some reason I still quite don’t understand (nor did anyone else). Goofus kept his cool, but he probably could/should have been banned there. But I don’t think he was.
It’s too bad. I liked vic.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Vic wrote me an email not too long ago.
He basically said that he thought some mods and regulars were being dicks to people (specifically regarding grammar and stats) so he created a different account to sort of pose as “the new guy.” Apparently jponry called him on it (because mods can look up your ip address) but he didn’t go into detail.
He ended by saying that “he gave them what they wanted.” I assume that was the post directed at Goofus in the “Baseball and Sexuality” thread. Then he added that he showed up to the meet up like the next day or so since he already had tickets to the game.
For the record I always liked Vic and I hope he doesn’t mind me posting this but I thought since he can’t post here maybe it would reflect his side of the story.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
For the record, I don’t think the mods needed to look at his IP address to tell he was vic. It was pretty obvious that Snakepit = Vic
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe there was a third account.
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. My adopted son, RHP Steve Edlefsen, is from Minnesota. Joe Mauer is very good at baseball. Call up Steve Edlefsen, Giants! Science™ is begging you.
I missed most of this, but he always struck me as odd. It should be a chapter in the MCC tell-all book that Grant (by which I mean his ghostwriter mods) will publish some day.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 3, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Is today “one day”?
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 3, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
IDEA!
How about you post a fanpost that includes two lists. One lists are stories about how people got banned and the other list is the people banned in those stories and we all guess which ones match.
Overplayed memes:
EASTCOAST BIAS
2002 WS CANCELED
Blue Jays want all our player that we don't utilize correctly
by say hey nation on Sep 3, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
It would be like a game from Highlights magazine!
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, RHP. 2010 Line: 0 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA. CALL HIM UP!
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
he emailed me the other day responding to a comment I made, then sent me pictures of a game he went to without me asking. It was weird…
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I was a little creeped out
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
::looks around::
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Natto’s not joking.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions
And… he was.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I got two!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
And did not read either.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I thought it would be a short message, but it was a Fanpost worth of text accompanied by several pictures.
Was it the photoshop of all the mods? or just a picture of me?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Ok, that’s really fucking creepy. And quite possibly a criminal threat.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
0_0
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I really didn’t know about that photo. Cripes. I’m really, really glad that meetup didn’t go bad.
He made some photoshop of me and my cat and sent it to me, but I didn’t look past the thumbnail so I have no idea what the content of it was.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
There was one similar photoshop with pictures of you, me, Grant and Goofus that he sent me. There were no heads on plates in that one, but he drew Dodgers gear onto Goofus.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
but he drew Dodgers gear onto Goofus
Too far. And I’m not being facetious.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I also think he’s not as mad at you, for whatever reason.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
He’s probably still smart enough not to start a photoshop war with Natto.
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
"Women are all unique and interesting. As such, no real set way of dealing with them is ever correct. You wouldn’t use the same set of numbers on every combination lock you came across." - Lars
by Prussian Creole on Sep 3, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I’ve already become a Facebook sensation!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
I got that one… not good.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 3, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I got two, too. I’m a cocksucker.
I guess there’s no getting around the suggestions anymore. I think most people reading the current conversation can piece together the story by now.
Vic made himself a huge distraction on the website, but he simultaneously made himself a huge distraction using other avenues. He would disagree with me when I say that he was (and occasionally still is) harassing Grant, jponry, Natto, and myself by e-mail. But the e-mails were very real, and the sense of great unease that they struck in all of us was just as real.
That’s the short, but accurate, version.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Sep 3, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s also worth mentioning that he was making it very clear to us that he no longer enjoyed being a part of McCovey Chronicles, whether because of how we were modding or how GDT activity was and he was quite vocal about it, both on the site and over email, to the point where he was distracting far more than he was contributing. And howie mentioning the “unease” is important – it’s not just that he was distracting, he was genuinely making me (and the others, I think) uncomfortable, both on and off site. And he continues to do so.
He didn’t want to be here anymore. He told us all that multiple times, but said that he couldn’t leave for whatever reason. He wasn’t able to keep his distaste below the surface while posting and it became disruptive. A lot of people have said they liked victor frankenstein… so did I. But his behavior shifted at some point around the sexuality thread to the point where, I’ll be honest – I do not like him anymore.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
In a weird way, I understand what he's trying to do.
I imagine it’s like being in a certain social circle, say in high school, and rather popular in said group, but suddenly excluded for whatever reason. You try and try to get back in, but everything you do fails to work, and you find yourself worse off then you would have been doing nothing.
People do that kind of thing. I don’t support it, I know it’s wrong, but I do understand. I’ve made similar mistakes, though I was a teenager at the time and making mistakes was pretty much all I did.
As for liking him and then not…. Such is life. People don’t always remain what you want them to be.
For the record, I knew that snakewhatever was vic from post number one.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Well, I suppose I never made creepy photoshop pictures of myself and others to send off in a vaguely threatening manner.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Can’t argue that one.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I'll add this:
I got one of the emails from him as well, and while I agree with most of the comments said in this sub-thread (particularly the disturbing photoshop)…I do understand his problem with the GameDay Threads. They are getting ridiculously huge with a lot of comments that don’t even deserve the bother of a shift-A, not to mention an increasing level of vulgarity that makes it something I don’t feel comfortable reading even in private situations.
And because of this, there’s something rather particular that I do…
I don’t go in them anymore.
That’s all it takes. There’s more than enough content on this site to enjoy. I hate the GDT’s anymore, unless I have a bit of news to break, like the Villalona news last season. But no complaining, no whining. Just don’t use ’em anymore.
But creepy photoshop creeps me out. Seriously…I’m sorry any of the mods have to deal with this. This goes way beyond any of the behavior I’ve had to deal with when I’ve modded in the past, even with some grudges still held. This is way out of line for the guy to be doing.
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by BruteSentiment on Sep 3, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure if Goofus’ post is explicitly related to this or not, but it’s worth reminding folks (both newcomers and long-time contributors):
If someone has a baseball/Giants-related observation or opinion that you disagree with, by all means, reply and state your case about why you think the person is wrong. But there’s no need to call them a dick or an asshole in the process. I think we’re all able to handle constructive criticism, but if you don’t call people names in person, you shouldn’t do it virtually, either.
/The More You Know
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I learned it from watching you, Dad! I learned it from watching you!
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Sep 2, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Very well said!
An easy rule of thumb is just treat discussions as though we’re all on the same room in real life.
That’s one of the things that I really like about McC as opposed to most internet forums I’ve seen. It’s really more of a real conversation (complete with awesome digressions) among friends than people just bloviating their own opinions.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
It’s a great rule of thumb, because you may (and should) meet people from here in real life.
Yes, really, I have not updated my blog in a long long time: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
you may meet them and not even know it..
Mrs. nvsfg and I sat next to merope and Mr. Merope in the bleachers a couple of years ago and I didn’t know until I posted pics here.
Adopted Son: !Matt Downs Fangraphs I'll miss you my son.