The Automated Ban List - Page 482

On August 04 2011 14:03 Probe1 wrote:
I could search his name, read the thread and explain the context of his very erotic and very graphic description of anal sex. Instead I'll just assume it was slightly out of place.

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On Hellbans
      Correct me if I'm wrong but I still view an IP and a Hell ban as one in the same albeit with different methods. While blocking an IP address completely and putting a person in a very real forum purgatory are extremely different the end results conclude identically. I am IP/Hellbanned. I make a new account or keep posting. I realize I cannot make a new account OR I realize no one has ever responded to a thread I've opened or a post I've made.
Therefore I make a new account with a new IP. The process repeats until I am tired and accept the futility and rationalize my victory over whatever.

      So yeah, hellbans are a cute idea but unless someone can look me .. can't really look me in the eye..

      Unless someone can say that a person who is never responded to will not simply make a new account after a period of time on a new IP address, just as an IP ban would- I see no purpose in burdening the staff with a seemingly complex and intensive process.

      Oh sure it would be hilarious. Can't deny that. I just feel like raining cold miserable sobriety today. Blame it on Tasteless clones stealing my ladder points.


Post script: I think it's a curious method and I would like to read a bit of discussion on it!

On June 08 2011 20:14 Daigomi wrote:
I really dislike the idea of hellbanning. It seems like a cowardly response to bad behaviour with no reasonable chance for users to redeem themselves. One of the reasons we give out temp-bans is to teach users where the line is. It's a strong reprimand which will hopefully lead to improved posting. Even users who get permanently banned are allowed to make a new account after a reasonable period of time has passed. Users who get banned know that they have made a mistake, and will hopefully stop making that mistake. In contrast, users who get hellbanned are not informed that they have been punished. They get excluded from the community without being given an opportunity to improve their posting. If you get hellbanned and ignored, you won't make a new account to improve your posting, you'll simply lose interest and leave.

Like I say, it seems really cowardly to me. It's moderating without taking responsibility for your moderator's decisions. I don't like it.

IdrA was just temp banned for 90 days by Liquid`Nazgul.

That account was created on 2004-07-31 20:59:50 and had 11027 posts.

Reason: A few days ago, one of our moderators (Chill) banned Idra for 2 days. After the ban, Idra encouraged his fans, through twitter, to harass and spam him on TL.

We spoke with Idra and he stated that he does not regret his actions and will not change his behavior on our forums. Thus, we've decided to ban him for 90 days. Regardless of whether he felt the 2-day ban was justified or not, we cannot tolerate a forum user publicly encouraging harassment of our moderators.

We understand that this decision may be unpopular among Greg's fans, but we have warned and banned him before about his conduct toward our staff members. We simply cannot accept this sort of abuse and insults directed toward our volunteer staff members who work very hard to make TL what it is.

Idra's stream will still be listed in the stream section. Our stream list is an informational resource much like the TLPD, Calendar, or Liquipedia. We believe for these resources to function properly, they must be comprehensive and complete and thus we do not remove banned pro players from them.

On August 04 2011 14:46 epikAnglory wrote:
Successful troll, or a moderator magnet:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=251135

On August 04 2011 10:35 SonuvBob wrote:

Yeah he PM'd all the admins to tell us what a terrible mod p4ndemik is, and bragged about how easy it was to make a new account.

On August 05 2011 00:26 TehTemplar wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=251135
Wow.
Edit: NINJA'd

On August 05 2011 00:52 Calm wrote:


In my mind, I'm picturing ETT walking into a room, seeing all the dumb shit, shooting everyone, and then standing there in the middle of the bodies and saying "God damn". Also, he looks like Sameul L. Jackson for some reason. Thought I would share. It is definitely helping me enjoy this a whole lot more.

On August 04 2011 17:16 sh4w wrote:
I gotta wonder, with this discussion about the guy who keeps making new accounts etc...
People are getting perma banned everyday and I really wonder are there THAT many stupid people, or do the stupid people just keep re making accounts and slipping by the mods every now and then. I'm sure it happens? I just wonder how often.

On August 05 2011 00:26 TehTemplar wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=251135
Wow.
Edit: NINJA'd