lets nip this one in the bud

[sparkleytone]

his name says it all. his profile says more.

mach@8tr - the latest MR member

get rid of him arn, no one likes trolls.

[The Bender]

Ha! One of the moderators should pop over to his post and edit it to say the opposite. That would be funny.:p

On the other hand, why encourage him (assuming he intends to come back at all).

... on the other other hand, it always lightens up my day to read this stuff... Problem is, he's not even very good at it.

So on the other (fourth?) hand, get rid of him. We deserve a better class fo troll around here!

[edesignuk]

Could not agree more, his sort are nothing but a nuisance in these normally laid back and polite (well, most of the time ;)) forums.
Kick him out!

[irmongoose]

:eek: :eek: :eek: its the return of go_cyrus!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:




irmongoose

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
get rid of him arn, no one likes trolls.

True, but doesn't everyone has the right to express his own opinion?

k.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by McFreggle


True, but doesn't everyone has the right to express his own opinion?

k.
Of course they do, but I really don't see the point of his posts so far other than to cause arguments. :(

[iGav]

Originally posted by irmongoose
:eek: :eek: :eek: its the return of go_cyrus!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:


irmongoose

heh heh.... you never know....... he's become abit of MR folklore legend really hasn't he...... wonder if he's still a lurker???

[iGav]

Originally posted by verbose101

Of course they do, but I really don't see the point of his posts so far other than to cause arguments. :(

Completely agree....... I'd say leave him on though..... if his ramblings don't improve just ignore him..... he's doing it for the response..... and people are taking the bait...... if everyone ignored him..... he'd quit...... and the problem solves itself...... :)

[britboy]

Great, another volunteer to stir things up a little :rolleyes:

I say just politely correct his false impressions, and then tell him to shove it where the sun don't shine ;)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by britboy
I say just politely correct his false impressions, and then tell him to shove it where the sun don't shine ;)
hehehehe, you tell him Britboy :D
I think we're all getting fed up of people who seem to join to make trouble and nothing else :rolleyes:

[britboy]

Originally posted by verbose101

hehehehe, you tell him Britboy :D



According to your handle, you should have plenty so say ;)

[barkmonster]

There's no point in flaming each other over stuff we disagree on, I've almost flamed people acidentally when something is taken out of context, sometimes my late night/early morning posts with sarcastic comments and no explaination of it being a joke can seem personal. They're not, just my really, really lame sense of humour.

Maybe the rules could be bent a little. He's here, purely to get a reaction and mouth off about stuff. Why not just take out that bad day you've just had on him, It won't do any harm, he'll go away eventually and we could have some fun winding the guy up in the meantime.

Not that I'm that evil minded. mhhaaa ha ha ha! << DR. Evil laughter >>

You know the level of someone's maturity straight way if they've got some anti-macintosh name and all they do is bug people on mac messageboards.

[big]

You know the level of someone's maturity straight way if they've got some anti-macintosh name and all they do is bug people on mac messageboards.

just curious, are there any "Pro-Window" sights were people just sit around and talk about how cool XP is, and flame OSX & macs in general?

[Backtothemac]

BAND HIM PLEASE. Arn, this guy is going to turn into another GoCyrus. He is going to continue to come in and raise his opinions that are not actual opinions, but yet flame bait! All he wants to do is get us to argue with him so that he can get his rocks off.

He is an inmature little child, and quite frankly we should not have to put up with him. People like that bring the site down, and frankly if you our there Mach@8tr, this is not a democracy here. Arn, is the God, and dictator of this site. He decides what is best for the site, and its future.

So that being said, go repair a .dll file on your machine, or help your neighbor figure out why they can't change their desktop, or tell you sister how to uninstall Internet Explorer.

CHUMP!~

[eyelikeart]

I say ignore him...and wait till Alpha gets to him...he he he ;)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I say ignore him...and wait till Alpha gets to him...he he he ;)
Where is Aplha? I'm looking forward to his views on our new "friend" :D :p

[spuncan]

IHATEAPPLE.COM was one but it was overrun by Mac users a many when Macaddict put something bout it in there mag. I never really understood that site cuz they pretty much have won well they had won up untill recently when Apple Marketing got unlazy. But anyways its just stupid to pick on the underdog that you have pretty much beaten. As for MacH@8tr leave I always love a good argument.

[Mr. Anderson]

Come on guys, he's not really done anything to warrent any real abuse yet. There have been far worse flamers, btw. If it becomes a problem, arn will step in and fix things, just don't go looking for a fight, its stupid and makes you look like an idiot. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, he's just flaunting his, which might resolve itself if he gets tired of trying to defend himself.

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by dukestreet
Come on guys, he's not really done anything to warrent any real abuse yet. There have been far worse flamers, btw. If it becomes a problem, arn will step in and fix things, just don't go looking for a fight, its stupid and makes you look like an idiot. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, he's just flaunting his, which might resolve itself if he gets tired of trying to defend himself.

Duke, I agree, and you know that I am pretty level headed, and if they guy was just posting an opinion and backing it up with any facts, then you know that I would support him and defend him. In fact, most of us, if he were logical would agree with the guy on some level, like why PowerMacs and PowerBooks, don't have DDR yet.

But this is not what he is doing. He is being a troll, and you know that some of the people here just cannot resist. So, why not get rid of him. Have you looked at his profile? His WWW is microsoft.com.

Please, he is a child that is trying to get a thrill. You know how you can tell. In typical GoCyrus style, he lights the fuse, and then runs for cover you know.

[Mr. Anderson]

well, i did look a few of his posts, and they're tame compaired to go-cyrus and his era. If it becomes a problem, or if you really have a problem with him, pm arn and ask him. I can't do anything any way with members, that's the god teritory, mods only get to play in the forums....

[edesignuk]

Perhaps we should just calm down now, all who wanted to say something have, lets leave him and see if he ever bothers to materialize again...but personally I hope he doesn't, at least not without a better attitude.
Then maybe we all will be prepaired to discuss the positives and negatives of Winblows V.s OS X.

[Grokgod]

I think that it was a bad thing to close the thread created by this guy.

First of all it was mildly entertaining. which is always a plus.

I don't think that it's wise to jump on deleting threads that are made by PC guys that come her. These are the guys that we need to be converting! I was once a PC guy too, GASP, i know , ugly isnt it!

Are we SO pathetic that we are so easily made upset by such a guy?
I didnt even get a chance to retort his questions before the thread was closed!

It made me very unhappy! I would have liked to have that conversation with this weird guy. If it had gotten out of hand then I could have either ignored it or moved on to another thread, or whatever. Its all just electrons on the screen!

I would have liked to seen it follow through. I mean this guy comes to a MAc board and we can't defeat him in our own territory, whats that mean!>?

I say bring back the thread and lets us patrol our own world, we don't need more publicity as fanatics that have NO reason or understanding of why we use MAC's.

Now he think and is telling others! duh , those guys at MacRumors have NO idea what they are doing they use MACS cause they is purty and can't take the heat!

The thread was closed far TOO early fo rmy tastes, I don't see the need to react this way, lets mellow out and get into the world and let it in, we CAN take it.

Hell, AlphaTech hadnt even gotten in a punch yet, It's like stopping a Tyson fight
within the first 3 seconds, very disappointing! VERY!

[iGav]

Originally posted by dukestreet
well, i did look a few of his posts, and they're tame compaired to go-cyrus and his era. If it becomes a problem, or if you really have a problem with him, pm arn and ask him. I can't do anything any way with members, that's the god teritory, mods only get to play in the forums....

I'm with you here duke.... if he continues, then people should ignore the bait... if no one responds to his somewhat ill considered and uneducated posts... then he'll soon get bored and frustrated and moochy on off somewhere else...... watching his frustration could be far more fun than just banning him...... :D :p ;)

[Backtothemac]

yea, but guys we have to remember that there are some young kids on these boards. The other thread that he just had going was getting way out of hand, and was starting to look like Cyrus. Hell, it probably is him. Anyway, we should not respond to him, but it is soooo hard not to. The tone of his attacks are out of line. His posts do nothing but insite, and that is not what we are about. yea, we argue, hell, I have been more than a few, but he is not arguing, he is insiting a flamewar, and that is wrong.

[sparkleytone]

really he is just like my ex-bestfriend. extremely intelligent with an inferiority complex. drugs, alcohol, anger, etc are all just ways to vent a frustration to deep and complex for him to understand, even tho he may in fact be in the top 5% of canadians. not like that really matters anyways. if i do nothing with my mensa-qualifying IQ, then how does that make ME any better of a person?? it doesn't. i feel for the guy losing his data, but as was said, sensitive data should be backed up. i have never lost any data due to anything other than my own stupidity or the failure of hardware. neither of those are the fault of an OS. let him vent i guess, it still won't get the monkey off his back.

[mr.w]

I've read what he's said, and I honestly think it's not too bad. we're getting way to worked up about this. Just use him as practice... If we can talk to this guy and see what he's all about maybe we can teach him a thing or too (he is out-numbered). I mean think about it, if he thought mac's were that bad he wouldn't have even bought one in the first place (he said his iMac crashed).

If he gets way out of hand, then yes, boot him... just as we would anyone (not just peecee users).

[britboy]

Originally posted by mr.w

If he gets way out of hand, then yes, boot him...


and if he comes back, we could just reboot him :p

Ha ha!



Ok, that was a really bad one :D

[eyelikeart]

hmm...here's a thought...

maybe having a thread dedicated to his demise is only going to provoke him? ;)

all who want to end this and just move on say "eye!" :D

[mischief]

The Forums have gotten WAY too cranky. Eye, if yer listening.... it may very well be time to set up a new pie-fight. It was extremely good for moralle last time and it's great for easing pre-MW tensions. If you think it's worthwhile go drag one of the moodier posters from (say) Hardware Rumors over here and I'll nail him.:D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by mischief
Eye, if yer listening.... it may very well be time to set up a new pie-fight. It was extremely good for moralle last time and it's great for easing pre-MW tensions.

I agree whole-heartedly mischief...

I say do it...I'll go find our first victim...he he he ;)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by eyelikeart

all who want to end this and just move on say "eye!" :D
eye!
...enough is enough...

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by verbose101

eye!
...enough is enough...

and the first few stones...er...pies have been cast... ;)

ladies & gents...please move to the appropriate thread...we're gonna have a little fun :D