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On August 22 2015 02:49 Acrofales wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 02:35 mahrgell wrote:Alcathous was just temp banned for 90 days by KwarK.
That account was created on 2014-12-12 08:33:45 and had 216 posts.
Reason: As an incredibly petty and power crazed college kid who will probably never amount to anything this is all I can do to make it through the day. LOL... well deserved, but the ban reason makes me worry... I'm not sure we can find another 89 trashposter, so Kwark can make it through the next 3 months, until that guy is back. I hope Kwark won't suffer from withdrawel symptoms :/ Was going to ask what he got banned for, because I haven't seen him cross many lines, despite him being a bit of a nutter. But here it is: Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 01:03 Alcathous wrote: They prob just ban me because it's 5 regulars vs 1 occasional poster. Easier to blame the victim. And moderators are just a bunch of college kids who desperately want to have some power over something anyway. Anyone who actually amounts to something in life won't waste their free time on that.
All I was saying is that it makes more sense to view it the opposite way. Maybe that's taking it too far for some here and invites absurd ridicule/online bullying.
User was temp banned for this post. Martyring. Why would you do that? Funny thing is us looking over the previous posts of the martyring poster, wouldn't you say?
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On August 22 2015 03:21 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 02:04 opisska wrote:On August 22 2015 01:58 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 16:19 opisska wrote:On August 21 2015 12:23 Cascade wrote:On August 21 2015 06:54 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 06:47 LegalLord wrote:On August 21 2015 06:44 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 06:20 LegalLord wrote: To be fair, by world standards, US conservatives views would be considered reactionary in most countries.
The rest, you can generally chalk up to the internet's rather interesting brand of mob mentality. what does "world standards" mean? I suppose the better term would be "western" than "world." Mostly meant "by the standards of the majority of the population of the world which would tend to have access to the internet." European nations are far more liberal than the US - that's all that means. by european nations, are you excluding eastern european nations just like you excluded most of the world by saying the world means europe? We are obviously talking about people that would reply to the post, which means comfortably English speaking with internet. I think that demographic is mostly more left wing than average US? From my experience, many americans have troubles processing the fact that their left is still our right (and their right is our insane) and this shift is at the root of most online political misunderstandings stereotyping, check. ego-centrism, check. european country designated, check. What the hell is ego-centric about that? And the first word is just hypocritical shit - I refuse to be prohibited from making observations about correlation in human behaviour just because some people believe that we must at all costs pretend that all people are the same regardless of where they were born and what influenced them all their lives. If that's how I would have to beahve if I were american, I am sure as hell glad to have an european country next to my name. I was just commenting on a very visible trend I see - I have met many an american who literaly had no idea that what they call "left" and "right" is by no means universal to the whole western world and I really believe that many misunderstandings would be just cleared if people coming from different backgrounds would first agree what their points are. I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences. saying that because americans dont understand this is the "root of most online political misunderstandings" is very ego-centric. this is ignoring the fact that you are condescending as fuck. also, most europeans i have met in person (bulgarians primarily) are racist as shit and would love to kill all gypsies, so should i stereotype to all europeans as well? i wouldnt do that because its stupid. i also like this: "I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences." its like you dont even know how egocentric your views are.
I will not discuss with you any further, I am really not interested in opinions of people who express themselves in this way. That's probably a mistake, because a continuation of this could get someone banned, thus making it on-topic.
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On August 22 2015 03:47 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 03:21 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 22 2015 02:04 opisska wrote:On August 22 2015 01:58 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 16:19 opisska wrote:On August 21 2015 12:23 Cascade wrote:On August 21 2015 06:54 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 06:47 LegalLord wrote:On August 21 2015 06:44 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 06:20 LegalLord wrote: To be fair, by world standards, US conservatives views would be considered reactionary in most countries.
The rest, you can generally chalk up to the internet's rather interesting brand of mob mentality. what does "world standards" mean? I suppose the better term would be "western" than "world." Mostly meant "by the standards of the majority of the population of the world which would tend to have access to the internet." European nations are far more liberal than the US - that's all that means. by european nations, are you excluding eastern european nations just like you excluded most of the world by saying the world means europe? We are obviously talking about people that would reply to the post, which means comfortably English speaking with internet. I think that demographic is mostly more left wing than average US? From my experience, many americans have troubles processing the fact that their left is still our right (and their right is our insane) and this shift is at the root of most online political misunderstandings stereotyping, check. ego-centrism, check. european country designated, check. What the hell is ego-centric about that? And the first word is just hypocritical shit - I refuse to be prohibited from making observations about correlation in human behaviour just because some people believe that we must at all costs pretend that all people are the same regardless of where they were born and what influenced them all their lives. If that's how I would have to beahve if I were american, I am sure as hell glad to have an european country next to my name. I was just commenting on a very visible trend I see - I have met many an american who literaly had no idea that what they call "left" and "right" is by no means universal to the whole western world and I really believe that many misunderstandings would be just cleared if people coming from different backgrounds would first agree what their points are. I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences. saying that because americans dont understand this is the "root of most online political misunderstandings" is very ego-centric. this is ignoring the fact that you are condescending as fuck. also, most europeans i have met in person (bulgarians primarily) are racist as shit and would love to kill all gypsies, so should i stereotype to all europeans as well? i wouldnt do that because its stupid. i also like this: "I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences." its like you dont even know how egocentric your views are. I will not discuss with you any further, I am really not interested in opinions of people who express themselves in this way. That's probably a mistake, because a continuation of this could get someone banned, thus making it on-topic. "i don't want to discuss this further, but I will make sure to get the last word with an insult that I am better than you."
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On August 22 2015 03:54 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 03:47 opisska wrote:On August 22 2015 03:21 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 22 2015 02:04 opisska wrote:On August 22 2015 01:58 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 16:19 opisska wrote:On August 21 2015 12:23 Cascade wrote:On August 21 2015 06:54 dAPhREAk wrote:On August 21 2015 06:47 LegalLord wrote:On August 21 2015 06:44 dAPhREAk wrote: [quote] what does "world standards" mean? I suppose the better term would be "western" than "world." Mostly meant "by the standards of the majority of the population of the world which would tend to have access to the internet." European nations are far more liberal than the US - that's all that means. by european nations, are you excluding eastern european nations just like you excluded most of the world by saying the world means europe? We are obviously talking about people that would reply to the post, which means comfortably English speaking with internet. I think that demographic is mostly more left wing than average US? From my experience, many americans have troubles processing the fact that their left is still our right (and their right is our insane) and this shift is at the root of most online political misunderstandings stereotyping, check. ego-centrism, check. european country designated, check. What the hell is ego-centric about that? And the first word is just hypocritical shit - I refuse to be prohibited from making observations about correlation in human behaviour just because some people believe that we must at all costs pretend that all people are the same regardless of where they were born and what influenced them all their lives. If that's how I would have to beahve if I were american, I am sure as hell glad to have an european country next to my name. I was just commenting on a very visible trend I see - I have met many an american who literaly had no idea that what they call "left" and "right" is by no means universal to the whole western world and I really believe that many misunderstandings would be just cleared if people coming from different backgrounds would first agree what their points are. I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences. saying that because americans dont understand this is the "root of most online political misunderstandings" is very ego-centric. this is ignoring the fact that you are condescending as fuck. also, most europeans i have met in person (bulgarians primarily) are racist as shit and would love to kill all gypsies, so should i stereotype to all europeans as well? i wouldnt do that because its stupid. i also like this: "I also observe that the problem is usually at the american's side, because when most europeans I know who care a bit about politics observe american politics with extreme curiousity and thus are aware of the differences." its like you dont even know how egocentric your views are. I will not discuss with you any further, I am really not interested in opinions of people who express themselves in this way. That's probably a mistake, because a continuation of this could get someone banned, thus making it on-topic. "i don't want to discuss this further, but I will make sure to get the last word with an insult that I am better than you." Leading translation inception set up?
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Germany25649 Posts
Stay on topic guys
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On May 11 2015 00:14 SausageBiscuit wrote: 2 admins for a major SC2 tournament, bo5 finals, rushed and butchered tourney so they could get it on "swedish tv" and have their main CSGO event, meaningless group stage 1.
I'd say it was better than most Dreamhacks!
User was temp banned for this post.(Not this specific post, posting in general is poor.
On August 22 2015 04:10 SausageBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 03:39 The_Templar wrote: Finished my classes for today, anything good so far? Have you seen the player list and the viewer count? HELL NO! User was banned for this post.
Glad this prick finally got banned. He's like the ZerglingShepherd of the SC2 scene at large.
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On August 21 2015 06:44 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2015 06:20 LegalLord wrote: To be fair, by world standards, US conservatives views would be considered reactionary in most countries.
The rest, you can generally chalk up to the internet's rather interesting brand of mob mentality. what does "world standards" mean?
World means European. We've come so far from the days of Eurocentrism.
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Germany25649 Posts
On August 22 2015 06:31 KadaverBB wrote:Stay on topic guys 
This is still relevant!
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On August 22 2015 20:17 KadaverBB wrote:This is still relevant!
Says the guy with the power to make it on-topic on a whim. I call that lazy.
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On August 22 2015 04:57 ImFromPortugal wrote:Show nested quote +On August 22 2015 04:50 Plansix wrote:On August 22 2015 04:44 ImFromPortugal wrote: I was talking about the first gulf war and the fact that you guys didn't do a thing to end the regime, even when some Iraqi factions wanted to end it and requested your help...instead you imposed crippling sanctions that destroyed the country, killed thousands of children and made the regime last for a decade more. Why wasn't the united states accused of terrorism when they first invaded IRAQ ? Even with reports stating that Kuwait was utilizing slant drilling techniques to steal Iraqis oil. Who pays for all of this? You with your tax money and the rest of the world with their blood ? We didn't invade Iraq in 1990. And even if Kuwait was using those drilling techniques, its not justification for an invasion. Sorry the UN and everyone else can't live up to your standards on how to deal with regimes like one in Iraq. But you seem to be derailing the thread again. A "coalition" did...yes killing infants and destroying a countries future is the best the UN and all the others can do.. congratulations. It's not derailment we are talking about geopolitics and when discussing such topics its important to analyse past mistakes even if the truth hurts. User was temp banned for this post.
this was in the North Korea thread.
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"Wow!! What a great poster! Really really really top of the line posts, the biggest user I have seen in TL!! I hope this site will have a second one!! This guy is single handedly saving SC2 and killing off DOTA2, LoL and CSGO!!!!"
+ Show Spoiler +On August 24 2015 09:21 swag_bro wrote: Wow!! What a great tournament! Really really really top of the line casters, the best of THE best players, a HUGE prize pool and best of all, the biggest crowd I have seen in SC2!! I hope this tournament will have a second one!! This tournament is single handedly saving SC2 and killing off DOTA2, LoL and CSGO!!!!
User was temp banned for this post.
Praise The Lord Templar
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49496 Posts
not a perm, don't care, let me know when he gets perm'd
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Not gonna start the free swag_bro chant, this was a poor effort on his part.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49496 Posts
On August 24 2015 12:40 Phredxor wrote: Not gonna start the free swag_bro chant, this was a poor effort on his part.
pls no, hes absolutely terrible, never free swag_bro
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I'd like some free swag, bro.
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We can get banned for sarcasm now? Uh-oh...
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Hayl_storm on killing spree
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That was rather uncharacteristic of swag_bro. The swag_bro I know dispenses mad truths, not sarcastic ambiguities. Maybe he is in a slump, and deserves some time-off to sober up.
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Self discipline is hard. Thank you tl.
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