What happened to Hell Atlantic?

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

I might be wrong on this, but I believe Solecismic has used first names on multiple occasions. Including Anthony's.

Is he a mod?

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Things which are lame:

Hell Atlantic
SkyDog
mods changing a username as "punishment"
quoting of pms
mods excusing SkyDogs absurd behavior
Ohio State football fans

dying on disney rides
cellphones while driving
"prom"

[st.cronin]

rkmsuf should be a mod.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Things which are lame:

Hell Atlantic
SkyDog
mods changing a username as "punishment"
quoting of pms
mods excusing SkyDogs absurd behavior
Ohio State football fans

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

dying on disney rides
cellphones while driving
"prom"

And, of course, Hugh Jackman.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

wait - you're a mod now??

Nope, just bounce ideas off of SkyDog. As do others. Didn't know that was outlandish.


(also don't know why being a mod would be such an insane thought - not that I'd do it - as opposed to others we have here)

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

rkmsuf should be a mod.

I ain't no sellout.

[DaddyTorgo]

Ohio - particularly the northeast part of the state - burn in hell

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Things which are lame:

Hell Atlantic
SkyDog
mods changing a username as "punishment"
quoting of pms
mods excusing SkyDogs absurd behavior
Ohio State football fans

You were going well until that bit...just when I was beginning to trust you more in WW too....bastard.

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Ohio - particularly the northeast part of the state - burn in hell

But you're not bitter....;.

[RendeR]

As for the Anthony/HA discussion, who cares? if he wasn't such a complete fuckwit he wouldn't be in the situation, can't say I have any real sympathy.

[Noop]

So his name was changed without his consent? If so then it screams abuse of power and continues to show how out of touch he has become with the board.

[Subby]

Originally Posted by RendeR

As for the Anthony/HA discussion, who cares? if he wasn't such a complete fuckwit he wouldn't be in the situation, can't say I have any real sympathy.

This is the first time I have 100% agreed with you since 2005.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by RendeR

As for the Anthony/HA discussion, who cares? if he wasn't such a complete fuckwit he wouldn't be in the situation, can't say I have any real sympathy.

Yet you would defend a racist? (Well you were defending why someone else thought that guy was ok)

[Ksyrup]

FWIW, there was no discussion in the mod forum about doing this. I don't care one way or the other (it's Ben's board, he can do what he wants), but this wasn't some organized effort we all discussed openly and voted on. Although I will say for the record that I support banning HA because he was given a set of rules to play by in order to stay around the last time something like this happened, and he violated those rules. But again, I don't make the decisions around here.

[Noop]

How did this become his board?

[VPI97]

Originally Posted by Noop

So his name was changed without his consent? If so then it screams abuse of power and continues to show how out of touch he has become with the board.

We are FOFC

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by BrianD

And, of course, Hugh Jackman.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by RendeR

But you're not bitter....;.

idk if "bitter" is the right word. more like...disgusted...played...foolish.

[MikeVic]

Now we just need HA to be banned and him sending a racist PM to SkyDog. It's Phalid all over again.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Noop

How did this become his board?

Ben owns the board. Literaly.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

I might be wrong on this, but I believe Solecismic has used first names on multiple occasions. Including Anthony's.

but wait...

he has never attacked anyone unprovoked.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Ben owns the board. Literaly.

idk - now that the board is on OS if that can be said to be as true though. because he owns the vbb software?

i don't want to raise this whole thing (because frankly i behave and i don't really care), but as an interesting hypothetical argument, now that the board is hosted on OS, who really owns it.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Ben owns the board. Literaly.

If I remember correctly he wanted to buy software to upgrade the board but didn't want people to donate money or limited it to a few people. I was willing to donate...

[Ksyrup]

Why would who hosts it matter? When it was at Gamespy, what was the difference?

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Things which are lame:

Hell Atlantic
SkyDog
mods changing a username as "punishment"
quoting of pms
mods excusing SkyDogs absurd behavior
Ohio State football fans

cronin rules

[path12]

FOFC reminds me of Lord of the Flies at times.

[Raiders Army]

Interesting that if you quoted HA before, it still shows up as "Orginally Posted by Hell Atlantic".

[Lathum]

the "who owns the board " question came up a while back during the werewolf being moved incident ( a move that ultimetly was good in the long run for WW) and this is what Ben said about it.

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

To completely clarify this:

Yes, Blackie handed over ownership to me. It is 100% "my board." At its core, this is a fansite for Front Office Football that the original owner (Blackadar) didn't want any more, but didn't want to be abandoned, so he gave it over to someone else (me).

As far as financial interests...

1. I own and pay for the frontofficefootballcentral.com domain name.

2. Hosting is provided for free by GameSpy. We have a large hit count that helps their ad revenue significantly, I am told.

3. I own the license for the vbulletin forum software. When we first bought the software, I think for $160, I paid $40, and asked for 12 voluntary donations of $10 each. That way, I would pay for 25% of the original license out of my own pocket. (I think those numbers are correct, but if not, they're close). Those who donated were made aware before they gave that their donations bought them no interest, no part ownership, no special considerations, or anything like that about the board. I don't remember everyone who donated, and I know for a fact that at least one person who donated hasn't visited the board in a couple of years or so. For all I know I may have even suspended a contributor at one time or another.

4. A year or so ago, I paid 100% of the fee to have the vbulletin license extended so we could continue to upgrade it. That fee was around $30-$40.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Antmeister

He's mentioned his name many times. In fact, check out his FTB. And I see nothing wrong with the name Anthony. Sound perfect to me.

But the change of his name, if unrequested is quite douchebagery.

[VPI97]

Originally Posted by Lathum

the "who owns the board " question came up a while back during the werewolf being moved incident ( a move that ultimetly was good in the long run for WW) and this is what Ben said about it.

Operation Sports owns the domain now, while Ben remains the head moderator.

[DaddyTorgo]

like i said - i could really care less, because i behave (only been boxed once in what...6 years - 4 years of active posting)

[MacroGuru]

Well, damn thanks Mods for forcing me to do something I would never want to do, but since I am a man of my word....

Anthony....I am sorry for not believing you........

[Lorena]

So is TCY Junkie and HA the same person? I must have missed an HA post that made the mods change his name.

[DanGarion]

I've posted this before and I'll post it again... Here are your "leaders".

Administrators
User Name Contact
Ben E Lou is offline Ben E Lou Send a private message to Ben E Lou
bronco92 is offline bronco92 Send a private message to bronco92
Ryan S is offline Ryan S Send a private message to Ryan S
Simms is offline Simms Send a private message to Simms

Super Moderators
User Name Contact
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Ksyrup is offline Ksyrup Send a private message to Ksyrup
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[Subby]

Oh shi danagrion is gonna get him a posse together!

[cuervo72]

oh noes a posse

[DaddyTorgo]

posse commitus?

[NoMyths]

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by NoMyths

winner

[Antmeister]

Originally Posted by dangarion

But the change of his name, if unrequested is quite douchebagery.

Well cuervo's interjection really has me puzzled now. Why not ban the guy if you feel multiple suspensions won't help. And what had transpired recently with HA that caused him to get in trouble....again. Not really siding with anyone. I just don't understand the dysfunctional relationship between mod and borderline troll (my opinion only).

By the way, I have to admit I find this thread highly entertaining since we have yet another FOFC drama of the month.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by VPI97

Operation Sports owns the domain now, while Ben remains the head moderator.

Which brings to mind something that I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I didn't really think of until this thread popped up.

What privacy policy is in force here now?
Operation Sports? An FOFC one? None?

If it's opsports policy, anyone interested should note that they're an opt-out site, otherwise they can sell your email to whomever.
Opt out info & details at http://www.operationsports.com/privacy.php

[Ksyrup]

I'm confused - cuervo said he wasn't a mod and I posted that the mods didn't have a specific discussion of this action in the mod forum, yet the discussion continues to center on "why did the mods do this?" What am I missing?

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'm confused - cuervo said he wasn't a mod and I posted that the mods didn't have a specific discussion of this action in the mod forum, yet the discussion continues to center on "why did the mods do this?" What am I missing?

A mod did this and you are a card carrying mod union member.

Until you win the homecoming carnival you are subject to the president of the greek councils whims.

[Antmeister]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'm confused - cuervo said he wasn't a mod and I posted that the mods didn't have a specific discussion of this action in the mod forum, yet the discussion continues to center on "why did the mods do this?" What am I missing?

Not I.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

A mod did this and you are a card carrying mod union member.

Where did cuervo say that? He said a few people - including himself, not a mod - had been talking to Ben about this and that Ben agreed with implementing it. Doesn't say a mod did it, or even came up with the idea. I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe I missed something on page 1 or 2. But everyone seems to be reacting to what cuervo posted on page 3.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'm confused - cuervo said he wasn't a mod and I posted that the mods didn't have a specific discussion of this action in the mod forum, yet the discussion continues to center on "why did the mods do this?" What am I missing?

Are you trying to draw a distinction here between "a mod" vs "the mods"?
If so, then I at least follow what you're saying. If not, then color me confused.

Here's the bottom line: whoever is responsible made an asshat move. If that was an individual, then he acted in an asshat fashion (and borders dangerously close to being an asshat). If it was a group, the change the relevant pronouns.

edit to add:

Doesn't say a mod did it ...

Now I'm really confused. Who else other than a mod can change someone's user name? Presumably someone from Operation Sports could I imagine but this seems awfully random for them to do. Are you trying to distinguish between "mods" vs "adminstrators" maybe? If so, I think that's a line being drawn too finely for the general use of the term "mod" here.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Where did cuervo say that? He said a few people - including himself, not a mod - had been talking to Ben about this and that Ben agreed with implementing it. Doesn't say a mod did it, or even came up with the idea. I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe I missed something on page 1 or 2. But everyone seems to be reacting to what cuervo posted on page 3.

so ben isn't king of mods? master of his domain?

[Ksyrup]

I'm still confused as to why this is linked to a "mod" - I must be missing something in the posts (which is possible). It definitely wasn't a group decision, I can tell you that. But the discussion seems to be about the "mods" in general, in any event.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

so ben isn't king of mods? master of his domain?

Ben is more than a mod, he is the king. A "mod" is one of the group of people in the list dangarion posted.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

It definitely wasn't a group decision, I can tell you that. But the discussion seems to be about the "mods" in general, in any event.

But ultimately each of you, by continuing participation as part of a mod/admin group that conducts themselves in such an asshattish fashion, is going to bear a portion of the responsibility. Essentially tainted by the company you keep.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Ben is more than a mod, he is the king. A "mod" is one of the group of people in the list dangarion posted.

So what. So let's dance!

Bottom line is you are management.