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Post by timewatcher on Jun 8, 2013 23:01:03 GMT -8
Yep, came over from the scwf after I got banned Finally I can say: Time, I know you're reading this (as a 24h internet hero): you're such a p#ssy I saved your threads through personal messages Holy crap....you got banned too?
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Post by lucilinburhuc on Jun 9, 2013 0:08:39 GMT -8
Yes After years of contributing and sharing my 6309 passion and getting to know many great guys, I got banned. I made some jokes about the 'dirty words' that Tiger and Time had problems with. I think they were after Tim in that topic. Good to know more guys were banned, it shows what a pathetic guys they are. The coolest part is, they ban people for stuff they do themselves as well LOL. Btw, Time even sent me pics of himself:
And these!
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Post by DAHASCO on Jun 9, 2013 7:23:56 GMT -8
Didn't get banned....Close I think....Happy to have new beginnings About Time, That nasty little squirrel.........
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Post by DAHASCO on Jun 9, 2013 7:25:37 GMT -8
And you know the Masters of Disasters are lurking..........
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Post by josejmartinez on Jun 9, 2013 10:23:36 GMT -8
if we are there... must we have a fake name to be here?
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Post by kingrat on Jun 9, 2013 11:05:54 GMT -8
if we are there... must we have a fake name to be here? Hombre that's one señora caliente. Good man ;-)
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Post by dad-the-diver on Jun 9, 2013 11:11:25 GMT -8
if we are there... must we have a fake name to be here? Hay, you made it buddy! And you brought a little Concheta with you!
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Post by josejmartinez on Jun 9, 2013 11:41:05 GMT -8
Whenever this gal is playing poker... she always has a good pair... and she has a great pair to play poker...
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Post by normdiaz on Jun 9, 2013 16:53:44 GMT -8
From SCWF and RLTWF. Am I addicted to watch forums?
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Jun 9, 2013 17:06:22 GMT -8
I came to where my buds now hang.
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WatchDawg
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Post by WatchDawg on Jun 10, 2013 0:12:22 GMT -8
I got the boot as well guys, and, to be square, as I don't do the hypocrite thing well, while I really do empathise and sympathise entirely with those of you who have or had some specific beef with Tiger, especially Chich and Tim during the course of that final 'debate', it wasn't the case in my situation . Please try to understand that I don't want to disrespect anyone here for one second, most importantly the founding fathers of this brand new and fabulous forum, I simply wish to state my individual case once and for all and then move on, with that in mind, I beg your indulgence in the following muddled thoughts.
Tiger, as many of you also have, had been nothing short of great to me over my stay, especially as a noob, and on a couple of occasions had gone into bat for me with other issues emanating from the 'Star Chamber', so, while I do wholeheartedly respect the position of those with gripes regarding his flaws and failings, and those of the Mods as a group, I can't find it within myself to sledge him, by the same token, I'll not hold any grudge or malice for those whose views don't mesh with mine . . . life's a complex thing and this is no different for me. What really pissed me off was the reason given to me for the ban, 'insulting a staff member' . . . to be brutally honest, that is bullshit, I'm not saying my comments were a ray of sunshine either, they weren't, but I never in any of my posts in that thread insulted any staff member. My final spray was actually aimed at a few ordinary members who I thought were coming across as just a poofteenth high and mighty in their comments. Perhaps naively, I just saw Tiger as doing a job and even figured he may have been under pressure from some quarters to put the foot down. However, I don't condone the manner in which he chose to pursue Chich, even moreso, Tim, in the slightest and the very apparent double standards issue spoke clearly for itself. Ultimately, I believe, during the course of that last exchange, he was hoist by his own petard. I 'met' you all at the SCWF and the whole caper had gone on to become something incredibly special and quite rare in my life. Therefore, it pains me greatly to have been summarily excommunicated without so much as an opportunity to defend or explain myself, I've never had any drama with copping punishment for anything I've been guilty of but when I'm innocent of the charges, I'll carry on like a second hand chainsaw. To that end, I fully intend to express those feelings and facts in a final letter to the 'faceless' administrator, original owner or not, who finally locked the 'offending' thread.
I've never been one for developing a 'hate' complex with ex-girlfriends or even my ex-wife and have always had difficulty with black and white in situations like this, the curse of being empathetic by nature I guess. Bearing that in mind, the upshot of the whole shindig has been a double edged sword for me. It's pretty bloody obvious that here at 'The Wrist' are a bunch of crew who I have much in common with, admire immensely and totally dig 'being around', that said, I will miss the essence of what I experienced at the 'other place' with all of you here, and a vast majority of those left behind. My WIS journey started there and, with sincere appreciation and gratitude, it will continue to grow and flourish here. That's it from me on the subject forever, sorry for the long windedness, thanks for your time, tolerance and consideration folks, much respect and best wishes to you all . . . and long may we all have one off the wrist.
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Post by buddy123 on Jun 10, 2013 2:18:09 GMT -8
Well I'm here.....but I still need to be there too! Call me schizophrenic at the moment But I'm keeping out of the politics of it all........it's just about watches for me......and friends, be they here or on the SCWF.
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Post by lucilinburhuc on Jun 10, 2013 2:53:01 GMT -8
I will explain my story as well. Just like you WatchDawg, I can't really blaim Tiger. I allways had a good contact with him, but he more and more had to do what that anonymous Time guy wants. I have been banned in the past by Time. I sold a watch to a guy in India and he fooled me. Lost my watch and money, and Time thought he had to defend the other guy, as I mentioned his name. Well.. The buyer used his real name as a nickname on the forum, what else could I use to protect fellow members? If you don't agree with Time you get banned for insulting a staff member LOL. The second time I got banned, was by the fact I used an avatar that Time did not like. It was the Anonymous avatar He sent me personal messages, threatening me that he is member of the Anonymous group and if I did not remove the avatar immediately, they would come after me etc I saved them and those who want them can contact me. Also the other mods on scwf who read this, you can get them. And this time I got banned because I made a joke about the topic where Tiger all of a sudden had problems with some of the words used. So I joked: 'Oh I read the word s#x..' and.. got banned LOL. Tiger allways enjoyed these topics and also the lady topics, even joked about his own wife and sister in law, and all of a sudden he became a choirboy.. Time also did not like the fact that his little secret was blown, he enjoyed people wondering on the forum, if he was the former owner. Isthmus was the former owner, Time just was the über-assistant. The other mods are more down to earth and never had problems with members. Ron
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WatchDawg
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Post by WatchDawg on Jun 10, 2013 3:33:51 GMT -8
Ron, thanks for adding your own slant to the fiasco that was . . . I remember your avatar thing quite clearly and at the time found it all a bit weird and now I realise why, I say 'screw Anonymous' and the horse they rode in on, it was a bloody watch forum, not storming the friggin Bastille . . . self appointed arbiters of truth, justice and their cockeyed view of who is responsible, what a joke . . . I reckon we should all put up avatars with the Anonymous face in it, just for the giggle. Cheers mate, I'm absolutely happy and honored to be in the company of all the members here.
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Post by cartshed on Jun 10, 2013 4:42:40 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2013 7:47:05 GMT -8
My time at the new SCWF started off with a bang! When I registered as Pin Guan Pete; I was immediately banned with a less than complimentary message. It took some convincing but I finally managed to get Isthmus to realize it was me and not one of the old trolls. After that; I received at least three temp bans...all involving TIME. The last and permanent one came when TIME took issue with everything I posted. So I requested a permanent ban so I couldn't put myself in the position of having him stretch his massively over blown ego any further. Eight years of active participation; thousands of posts and a handful of points...done in a flash. But I like to think I made a few good friends and met so many great people in my time there. Now many of you are here and we can continue our journey in WISdom while having a lot of untethered fun
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Post by timewatcher on Jun 10, 2013 9:22:55 GMT -8
I, like Peter also had a couple of thousand posts and numerous points accrued and in the years I was on the SCWF had never had any problems so to speak until Tigers 6 page thread came about! The ONLY thing I said that obviously a few of the MODs didnt like was that I thought we should change MODs and bring in some new leadership as the old was getting to be just that......old! For that I was banned for "Insulting a staff member". To me that reason for banning is plain and simple BULLSHIT! There have been MANY worse things that have been said and done over there but yet those who have said or done such things have never been banned! Another strong point I want to make is why the hell did anyone, especially the MODs let that thread drag on for SIX pages before it was locked??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2013 9:29:28 GMT -8
I, like Peter also had a couple of thousand posts and numerous points accrued and in the years I was on the SCWF had never had any problems so to speak until Tigers 6 page thread came about! The ONLY thing I said that obviously a few of the MODs didnt like was that I thought we should change MODs and bring in some new leadership as the old was getting to be just that......old! For that I was banned for "Insulting a staff member". To me that reason for banning is plain and simple BULLSHIT! There have been MANY worse things that have been said and done over there but yet those who have said or done such things have never been banned! Another strong point I want to make is why the hell did anyone, especially the MODs let that thread drag on for SIX pages before it was locked?? They had an agenda...get the forum traffic up! The new owners don't care how it's done; just get the numbers up. Well; now they are going down faster than they were going up...looks good on Time/Admin!
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Post by Groundhog66 on Jun 10, 2013 9:33:14 GMT -8
Get it off your chest, and move on guys.....
I wish them all well, I hold no grudge against any of them (SCWF Mods or members). Respect for some was lost, enjoyment had dissipated, so it was time to move in a different direction. I've never been one to conform to situations that I didn't like/believe in, so here we are.
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Post by timewatcher on Jun 10, 2013 9:34:13 GMT -8
I, like Peter also had a couple of thousand posts and numerous points accrued and in the years I was on the SCWF had never had any problems so to speak until Tigers 6 page thread came about! The ONLY thing I said that obviously a few of the MODs didnt like was that I thought we should change MODs and bring in some new leadership as the old was getting to be just that......old! For that I was banned for "Insulting a staff member". To me that reason for banning is plain and simple BULLSHIT! There have been MANY worse things that have been said and done over there but yet those who have said or done such things have never been banned! Another strong point I want to make is why the hell did anyone, especially the MODs let that thread drag on for SIX pages before it was locked?? They had an agenda...get the forum traffic up! The new owners don't care how it's done; just get the numbers up. Well; now they are going down faster than they were going up...looks good on Time/Admin! Peter......I wholeheartedly agree with you! The traffic there had been increasingly slow and it was the perfect way to boost the posts! What I'm anxious to see is after the MODs over "there" read all about what has been said of them here will that 7 day ban all of a sudden turn into a permanent ban when the 7 days is up? Should be interesting!
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