Are you asking for my help (though off topic here), or are you telling me what I "must" do?

OMG! Enough already! I'm banned for no reason. You tell me. What "must" a mod do in this case?

For starters, it wasn't I who banned you. So I am not the target of your frustration. That being said, people are generally more inclined to help when someone asks them nicely as opposed to rudely.

No, you specifically are not the target of my previous frustrations, keith. But you see, having been banned for MONTHS with no explanation or offers of assistance I'm sure you can guess how I must be feeling. And NOW, instead of telling me directly whether you can even directly address the issue you're going to give me an etiquette lesson, right?

Way to deal, guy. You run your own business like that too?

Just help me out, won't you, please? An explanation, at least? ANYTHING other than the NOTHING I'm getting will do. It's been months and for no reason. I have the right to feel the way I do, you know. In my place you'd feel the same.

God you're dumb.

Useless contribution noted.

It's only useless if you refuse to consider it.

OMG! If you're not going to help but just antagonize would go just go somewhere else please?

I'm looking for real help here not your asshole remarks okay?

If I'm being honest, I don't know who banned you, or that you were banned as long as you say you were. I don't even know the circumstances surrounding the situation. I cannot unban you in Complants, but I can look into the situation for you. I understand how frustrated you must be feeling, and on behalf of the Game Talk staff, I apologize in advance if it was indeed our error. That being said, I'd like to make something clear to you, and anyone else who happens upon this post:

I am NOT your flunkie.

GT moderators are here to help, and we'd be more than happy to do so, but we are people too. We wrk hard around the site, often without thanks. Day in and day out we have many people making demands and being rude. Again, I'll see what I can do. And I don't mean to make an example of you, but it needed to be said.

I thought you were MY flunkie Keith?

And I'm going to correct you...

"Day in and day out we have many people making demands and being rude."

In some of our cases, year in and year out...

THAT is MARVELLOUS. Thanks very much.

And, no I don't want to come off as thinking you're my flunkie. But anywhere else that you work if a customer were to come up to you like I did and you were to come out at him like that you'd be SO FIRED.

I'm a system administrator myself and I can tell you that when a user calls me yelling that he lost connectivity or something I'd better NOT act like that. But I also understand that you deal with people being rude to you all day as a mod here, but try to put things into perspective. These people are mostly KIDS who don't know how to use deodorant yet to say nothing of their social graces. So, next time see if it might not be worth one grey hair less to just let it roll off your back.

For my own part I apologize for allowing MONTHS of pent-up frustration to blow up all over you. I'm sorry.

Now, get a-crackin'! (whips keith)

kidding. KIDDING!!!

Touché, Master Herodotus. We've what, over 12 combined years of complaint after demand? At least we'll have stories to tell at the Mod Retirement Home.

Axem.Baloney, I think at last we understand one another. Chances are you may not have even been purposefully banned. Like I said, I'll look into it personally, and see what I can find out for you. In the meantime, as a gesture of good faith on my part, and on Game Talk, I will accord you a very special honor while I'm conducting my investigation. Any complaints you may have you may post here, until you are either reinstated in Complaints or explained to why you will remain banned. I've never done that before. Give me a few days, and we'll see what's what. Fair enough?

Hey, Keith, would you mind looking into something for me...Yes, this IS a bit of a shortcut past [complaints], but hear me out.

It's a known fact that spamming helps clear the Post ID glitch, correct? Well, me and a few other people were doing just that, to help raise the post count and fix the glitch. After a misunderstanding by anothe forumgoer, followed by a complaint, myself and the others were IP banned in the forum (RPG Chat). Now, the situation has been explained, and everyone's been unbanned...except me (under the name Vyrwolf), for some reason. Could you see what's up, and maybe fix it?

Thanks.

[javo]

More than fair. Let me see.. I believe the word I'm looking for is...

wo0t!

(runs around the forum in circles)

Thank you again. I owe you a good one.

Not to add fuel to the fire, but being a "system administrator" implies (at least to my professional knowledge) that you are, in fact, a college graduate and hereby an adult. Therefore as a college graduate/adult/system administrator, you would know the proper way to go about overcoming a problem and since this, according to you, has been this way for months, I would think, as an adult that the complaints forum would not be a very useful forum. I know that many years ago, before I was a mod, I never went to the complaints (back then it was the feedback) forum (granted, different times/different circumstances) just to report a problem and I sure as heck would not have been this upset if my name was banned from such a forum...

So as an administrator of this site, I am inclined to believe you are far younger than the age of 18, though neither of us has any way to prove differently...

As I was saying...

Javo 718, I will look into your situation as well. However, in the interest of keeping the forums on track, please refer any future complaints to the Complaints forum.

Axem.Baloney, glad we were able to assist you. The post has been made in the mod forum already, which means the wheels have been set into motion. Just sit tight.

Umm... no, I'm not a college graduate. I'm a high school dropout, actually. I'm 22. How can I prove it? Well, I really don't even feel inclined to.

Yeah I usually go to complaints to report spam but I figured "why not use the complaints forum to... well... complain?"

As for why I got so upset, poor customer service just straight-up pisses me off. After months of inquiries I still got nowhere. You obviously aren't an adult yourself or else you'd understand THAT.

Alright, thanks. And I know, but I'm admittidly impatient when it comes to something like this. I'll try to stay to [complaints] next time, certainly when the glitch is over...

[javo]

(sits tight)

"Ow! My butt!"

Master Herodotus is nearly as old as I am. Though it's not my place to say how old that is exactly, I will say that I will be 31 this year.

...Thanks for making me feel like a young'un, all.

[javo]

Lol! Geezers! Well, at least I know I'm not dealing with some pimply-faced nerds on a power trip.

I take offense to that...

...I'M a pimply-faced nerd on a power trip. D:<

[javo]

Power Trip? Nay. In my 6+ years moderating on this site I've been both a hero and a villain in the eyes of regs and mods alike, depending on who you asked and what day of the week it was. But I'd like to think that through the years my style has been tempered by wisdom...much of it attained through various conflicts around the site. I still have the ability to be very nasty and cruel, but it's been quite some time since someone has pushed me there. I'd much rather keep both Venom and Threnody under wraps whenever possible. But if you can do enough to wake either of them from the slumber I've laid upon them, then you're on your own...all bets are off.

Anyways, how's my situation looking, doc?

[javo]

LOL! Hm... If it's thursday then it must be keith.

I just realized this must be the most activity I've had in GT in quite a while.

Heh, again, being from a business world, I would highly doubt you're a system administrator since you're a high school drop out. But like I said, neither you, nor I can prove that. You say you're 22, I think differently, but it's your actions in this forum and the things you say that make me think that you're the pimply faced nerd who only wants to act grown up.

And to answer your question, I am 30 years old myself and have been a mod here for over six years as well (I have actually been a mod almost 2 months to the day longer than Keith) and though I would consider all mods to be "senior" mods now since we haven't hired mods in over two years (possibly a little longer), there are a half dozen or so mods who have been mods longer than I.

Now while Keith would prefer to keep Threnody and Venom shelved, I take different routes with my forum goers depending on my mood and since I was laid off my job today (I knew it was coming but it wasn't suppose to happen until May), I'm not in a good mood...even IF I happen to have been looking for a different job prior to the announcement that the company I work for was closing...

Heh, again, being from a business world, I would highly doubt you're a system administrator since you're a high school drop out. But like I said, neither you, nor I can prove that. You say you're 22, I think differently, but it's your actions in this forum and the things you say that make me think that you're the pimply faced nerd who only wants to act grown up.

And to answer your question, I am 30 years old myself and have been a mod here for over six years as well (I have actually been a mod almost 2 months to the day longer than Keith) and though I would consider all mods to be "senior" mods now since we haven't hired mods in over two years (possibly a little longer), there are a half dozen or so mods who have been mods longer than I.

Now while Keith would prefer to keep Threnody and Venom shelved, I take different routes with my forum goers depending on my mood and since I was laid off my job today (I knew it was coming but it wasn't suppose to happen until May), I'm not in a good mood...even IF I happen to have been looking for a different job prior to the announcement that the company I work for was closing...

I banned you.

I would highly doubt you're a system administrator since you're a high school drop out.

It's a whole story. But yes, I am.

You say you're 22, I think differently

Believe what you like. Doesn't affect me either way.

but it's your actions... that make me think that you're (a kid)

I don't blame you there. It really does get me in trouble sometimes, too. But I yam what I yam.

...I was laid off my job today...

Sorry to hear it. What field are you in?

Sess, if you're not going to contribute anything positive to the forum, please refrain from posting here. We don't need statements like that, whether they be real or imagined.

By the way, Axem.Baloney, is it saying that you are name or IP banned from Complaints?

Your nickname or IP has been banned in this forum by its moderator (or possibly by one of the roaming moderators). If you think that this has been done in error, please post in The Complaints Forum (include the forum name).

I love the way I have to post something in the very forum from whiuch I'm banned.

I'm getting this in the Axem forum as well.

Thanks

Well, gotta go home now. I'll check up on ya in a couple of hours.

(Thaaat's right. I spend my whole day on GT when I should be working. I'm such a dork lol)

Well, I apologize, but I did. Along with 3 others. No need for a big deal or blaming of the moderators, it was me. kiwibaby is on all the time, too, so it'll subside soon. Sorry for the inconvenience, Baloney.

<3 Keith.

First of all, it is impossible that you have been banned for months, as I clean out the ban list quite regularly, so quit lying.

Second, it does not help you AT ALL to come on here yelling.

Third, you posted in Compliants just a couple of days ago asking to be unbanned from the Axem forum.....actually you posted a few days in a row.

Fourth, you were asking about a ban in the Axem forum and I made a reply saying that Axem Over Flame was the only one who could unban you. I asked in the mod forum for the ban list to be cleaned up and was told that only Mike would be able to, and I doubt that he will when the mod of the forum is still around.

Fifth, I have once again cleaned up the ban list in Complaints.

Happier now?

*gives kiwibaby some chocolate*

here sugar... you need this more than me. :o)

Not sweet enough, huh? Guess my reputation will hold then....

;-)

First, I WAS (and probably still am) banned from the Axem Forum for months, so I'll thank you to refrain from calling me a liar. As much as I love you I won't take that kind of disrespect.

Second, I already stated the reason for my frustration AND the issue in that regard has been resolved amicably. Plus, I'm typing, not yelling.

Thirdly. Yes, I did. And since it was starting to look like I was getting banned wherever I went for help I was getting infuriated.

Fourthly, Overflame's effort seemed to have no effect whatsoever on my status. I appreciate your efforts to help but thereafter I was just left without results and pretty much in limbo. Sorry, but I really don't like that.

Fifthly, all I can say is thank you. As of this writing I'm at home where I can post just fine (I think). But my work IP seems to be the one at issue. I don't know about happy, but I suppose tomorrow I'll be somewhat satisfied if I can log in.

Now, I want to take a moment to apologize to you guys. It just occurred to me that I'm barking on you like I do to people at work. Please try not to take offense to it. I just find myself in a position where I have to be like that often if I want things to get done and, well, I guess today was just one of those days when I couldn't turn it off.

You all are being so helpful and doing more than most of the others to get this resolved and all I can give in return is my meager appreciation and thanks. I wish it could be more. Any one of you in NYC?

Thanks for the apology.....me = Canada.

I thought you were saying that you were banned from Complaints for months......that is how your post reads.

If you don't already know, typing in all capitals on the internet = yelling.

Your IP at work WAS banned in Compliants. Don't know how or why......but it is cleared now.

I am going to make a post IN the Axem forum for you. Don't know if it will help, but we can always hope, right?

Your meager appreciation and thanks is all that I require. And neither Master Herodotus nor Mistress Kiwibaby are in NYC. I am probably physically closest, but I reside in Pittsburgh.

Technically, I'm closest to NYC, but I feel he wasn't asking about me.

DeWayne Mann is still a mod here? Wow... But then, highly concentrated acid still burns. Heya there, Mann! I highly doubt Baloney was asking about you, too, but that's okay because you're probably better off not giving him your address, anyway. :)

I'm not sure how to take that, Blue. I'll have you know that I was acquitted of all charges thanks to the law offices of Robin, Cheetham and Steele.

no, I'm not still a mod. I resigned 3 and a half years ago.

Eh, what I did doesn't matter as it wasn't my "career" anyway...I haven't yet found that. I just seem to bounce from job to job trying to find something that I'll enjoy doing the rest of my life (or at least for a company I'd like to work for the rest of my life)...

And I'm from Iowa, so no where near NYC.

Ah, too bad. I guess I won't be buying anybody any drinks, then.

So then, Herotodus, I gather you don't have a degree or training in any one field of interest?

Anyway, I'm coming to realize that working to make someone else rich is a sucker's bet. Surely there must be something you love that you could make money at on your own.

As for finding a company that you like, well I'd think that if you like it then others will as well. Getting a job in- say- a Fortune 500 company- would be ideal but the competition to get in as far as the damned MAILROOM is fierce.

If you 're still single and with few expenses I guess you can afford to float around a bit. But if you're married with kids, rent/ morgage, a car and insurance etc then you'd better grab the next piece of straw that floats by, brothah. I really don't know what the job market is like in Iowa, but I can't imagine it's a good time to be out of work anywhere right now.

So, what do you suppose is the sort of career that would make you happy?

OMG! I just went to Craig's list just to, you know, get a feel for what the job market is like out there?

Holy SMOKES, you better not be living in this "quad cities" area, man.

To be truthful, I think 30 is a little too old to not know what you want to do with your life. You know what helps when you're looking for something? Actually KNOWING what you're looking for. If you can afford it, maybe you should take some time off and think about where exactly you want to be. From there you can set a realistic goal and formulate your game plan. But really, look at this break as an opportunity to find your new direction.

I wish I could do something to help, but I can only offer a compassionate ear. But, hey. I'm at your service.

DeWayne didn't "resign" BLUE. He saw that he would ever equal me in his race to become Uber Mod, and he bowed out gracefully as opposed to being publicly defeated at my hands. I don't blame him though. He did the right thing.

"race to become Uber Mod"?

rooby?

I knew there was something fishy to his story. Thanks for setting the record straight, Keith. I do remember seeing you around back when I modded the Axem forum, and although I don't know you, I guess you have my vote for the executive position of uber mod. Now that Val's gone, anyway. :)

Herodotus, you're not too old yet. My uncle lived with his mother until he was 57-years-old. You're just a baby. Go feast and be merry.

Heh...good times, good times...seems like only yesterday, doesn't it?

And here is poor little Keith, living in his fantasy world.....

When is he ever going to realise that I took over from Val as the Uber Mod YEARS ago......

LOLOL

So... what comes with being a Uber Mod? Do you get your own light saber or something?

Indeed it only seems like yesterday in some ways. GT helped me escape all the stresses of life like nothing else. And Val.. Val was great. She was like a- a witch! She could do anything. I always aspired to be half the mod that she was. She was like Oprah. I don't even like Oprah, but we should totally poison her chicken pot pie and let Val take her place.

And now that I'm done shamelessly kissing up to Val, who should be the new Uber Mod? Keith or kiwibaby? They both have major bonus points because their name starts with a "k" (and anything that starts with a "k" is funny!). 'Kamikaze!' Hahahahaha.

Baloney, I hope not, because I have had a blue-colored light saber of my own for many years. But I am a man of honor and I only use it against those who talk at the movie theater and those who do NOT love Raymond.

"Uber Mod" was DeWayne's self-styled title for whomever had the greatest mod empire. He moderated many forums, but I was always a step ahead of him, though he'll deny it profusely. At my zenith I moderated 9 forums concurrently, and in a little over 6 years I've moderated maybe 16 or 17 different forums, not counting the extra little things I did/do.

But quantity, in my opinion, does not an Uber Mod make. I'd lke to think that someone, somewhere is better off for my having been here. I could never be any sort of successor to Mistress Val, though I thank Master BLUE for the endorsement. I simply want to be the best me I can be, and do my part to help the site I've grown to love over the years.

So... some of 'em are just in it for the... uh... power?

Heh. Coulda knocked me over with an anvil.

I like how this has become the "Bash D-Mann" thread. It reminds me of the good ol' days.

Those would be the days where, if you asked BLUE about them, he'd claim I was a spammer.

Oh, and, Keith? By the way, at least one other person acknowledges my claim to be the Uber Mod: Mike.

I think that was Wike that said that, DeWayne.

Actually, DeWayne Mann, I barely remember my conversations with you.. But you 'were' a spammer, at least on my forum. And as for this thread turning into a "Bash D-Mann" thing, isn't every thread you post in like that? j/k The past is the past. Forgiven, basically forgotten. Glad to see that age hasn't... yeah. :)

It was TYO I really didn't like. I liked his brother IKRazor a whole lot better and he was always getting into trouble.. TYO (can't do the fancy Y). I'm sorry if anyone here was friends with the guy, but yuck. Future Terry really hated him.

"I think that was Wike that said that, DeWayne."

Whoever it was, they put it in the forum description for feedback. Has any forum had its description proclaim YOU the uber mod? Didn't think so.

"But you 'were' a spammer, at least on my forum."

See, the thing is, as I remember it, I posted in your forum once: a poll, with the following subject "What do you think of the axems?" (meaning the ones from the game) and the following answers: "I like them" "They're ok" "I don't like them" "They just Power Ranger ripoffs". And, for some reason, that annoyed a bunch of the forum members and they basically stalked me throughout the site.

Funny how memory works, huh?

And, FYI, T¥o is still a mod here, but under a new name. Having fun figuring it out.

You mean even you don't know what name TYO is under? It shouldn't be hard to figure out. Just follow the buzzards and see what forum they go to.

I'll give you this, anyway, DeWayne. Most of the members in my forum were kids (as was in most forums) and were always getting into arguments over simple things. But that's why the site has mods, huh? Always had to keep the peace, though I can't 'imagine' why a poll such as 'that' would upset them.. I suppose I'll take your word for it, but you're still a pain in the rump. :)

"You mean even you don't know what name TYO is under?"

Oh, I know who it is. He even mentions Razor in his profile.

"you're still a pain in the rump."

wouldn't have it any other way

sess i hate you because your name sounds familiar... if you get my drift...no??? okay... i figured that

There's much more to the story Baloney...I am twice divorced...two kids, child support and such to go along with that. So because of that, there's no savings, so I can't afford not to have a job. I do not have a degree in anything. During my most recent marriage (been divorced for 2 years), I was going to college, but I had a horrible judge basically threaten me with my youngest daughter and tell me that if I wanted to see her, I had to quit school. I was going to school to become a high school history teacher (hence the name Herodotus), but in order to see my kids, I quit school. I've had quite a few jobs in my life. Coincidentally, I've had the mailroom job...that one was actually my favorite until my boss/best friend quit (I was his assistant) and I was basically promised the job long enough to finish the yearly budget, just to have my boss come down from Minneapolis and introduce me to some schmuck who was going to oversee our department when he had time from his main job (the idea was that I'd run it when he wasn't there, but not get a raise for it) AND I had to teach him how to do his job...that just happened to be around the time that my oldest daughter's mom and I split up and I moved back to where I'm originally from in Iowa...job market stinks around here.

Want to know how bad it was? My last job (the one I got laid off of) was officially titled Sales Consultant...in actuality, I was a phone rep who took calls (not made calls, only received) from people who were interested in DirecTV (DirecTV isn't going out of business, just my call center). It was a very stressful job because the more sales you had, the more money you made and since I lose approximately 50% of my pay for child support and health insurance, I needed the commission to make ends meet. I kind of stumbled upon a DirecTV booth where I overheard a guy asking the sales rep there a question he didn't have an answer to, so I answered it and got to talking with him. I have to call him on Thursday because he might just have a job for me as a sales rep in his company, but instead of taking calls, people go out, knock on doors and set appointments for the sales reps (i.e. me) to go and make the actual sale...It'd be something that's only temporary until I can find something better. Who knows, I might even continue this part time if he'd let me once I found another job.

Yeah, that's my life in a nutshell. I know what I WANT to do, but I don't have the education or the time to do it. It is really hard to go to school full time, work full time and spend time with your children...When I was doing it, a typical weekend visitation consisted of about 1 1/2 days out of 3 where I was actually home with my kids and not at work...then you need to account for homework and projects...

You'd really have to know me...I've worked all sorts of jobs, office, management, factory, warehouse, sales...and like I said, my favorite job was in the mail room for Wells Fargo Bank...it was by far the best paying job as well outdoing the nearest in salary by over $5k...weird huh...and that wasn't even the lowest position in the company...

LOL! Wow, you've got a full plate, boy!

Yeah, commission work sucks. I was doing that while I went to school to study computer programming. I don't have kids though (I hope).

Yeah, big companies like a bank are great places to work. They have so much money they can afford to give bebefits to even the grunts. Truthfully, I was looking to change jobs get a job as a teller. My current employer doesn't pay me nearly what I'm worth all because I don't have the right education (even though I have the skills) and everywhere else I go they want at least a bachelors.

You know, if you like sales then have a party. I personally couldn't tollerate commission work. That's no way to make a living if you don't get off on it.

But yeah, since you have the time right now start targetting all the banks and major firms in your area. The really old ones, not the upstarts like DTV. And avoid family-run businesses, too.

I know a girl in Florida, she's a single mom. She got her degree online. I'm gona find out more about it and let you know, because that's what I'm thinking of doing. Do you have an email or AIM you can post here?

Anyway, do your best from now until thursday. I'm rooting for ya. And be sure to have a pen handy so you can take down potential contacts while you're out looking.

DaddyTJ@gmail.com

And don't forget about when you used to dress up as Barney for those kids birthday parties. Mention that too.

Heh...Keith wouldn't even put me down as a personal reference...cuz all I'd do is show those Teletubby pictures of him at his bachelor party...

LOL

Now I know Big Mean Keith missed me.

I missed those cyber hugs! D=