I wonder if any of these guys on the other web site will show up in Daytona next weekend.
Bonzo
The funny thing is that when you meet those kind of people in person they are totally different. Most of them you probably could have a decent and pleasant conversation and never realize they are the same obnoxious people on the forum. It's only when they can hind behind the keyboard that they take on the bad boy persona.
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Tytehead Member
Posts: 873 From: Pewaukee, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2004
Well that's not what I was saying. I was more curious to see what these guys are like in person. Kinda like jscott said, they're proly not that bad in person. The funny thing is, I'm a 17 year old senior and I find their action pretty childish.
Bonzo
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Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
OK, here's my "broken forum" rant. I've obviously attracted some people that don't like me. It happens here in the forum, where my size is irrelevant. Right now someone thinks that I'm part of the terrorist cell that denied access to a website for about 10 minutes. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that one. I've been coming here since summer of 99, when everyone knew Monkeyman and Batboy. I joined on Jan 2000, while me Fiero was getting rebuilt. I've pretty much lived and breathed this forum for years. Good people came and went. When busters would come on the forum bragging how they made a twin turbo Diablo replica but they don;t have a camera, we'd call bullshit. The busters just stopped posting on their own, or vanish after they ripped someone off.
The rest of us had a pretty cool time. The only people that got banned were 10 year old kids playing on their computer about how Fieros suck and Kias rule etc etc.
That was a long time ago. A whole lot of people joined, some who are brilliant technicians who can build an engine in their livingroom, people who organized gatherings, some who just made PFF an interesting place to be. I guess I mostly served the latter function, I had a lot to write about, and I got a reputation as one of the first to call bullshit when it came around.
This forum got huge. More people who had anonymous names like :87ecocoupe or GTwhateverguy, couldn't tell themselves apart. A lot of people asking the same questions,less time for me to tell my stories, more people who didn't "get me" yet. Then just in time to quit revved up for the political season comes RATING BARS! I thought it might be good to slap the playful 10 year olds for being stupid, but it has grown to be something different in my eyes.
People started to seem to hold grudges and fueds more easily. I know for sure I was. But while it was kind of an initiation mark to beef with me, as it got bigger I just look meanspirited. There's a guy by the name of APShaugnessy in Texas who accused my of making up Jose to steal money at Christmas, edhering brags whenever he rates me negative, camron claims I'm a bully who has never contributed to the Fiero community, Fierogirlsmom has some idea that I called her a slut and mentioned it in a letter that my wife read, Sparkjl on the Chat last night (which helped a lot, Pokey) questioned why I should be on the chat becasue I posted a link to a mirror journal like this theat I'm doing on PSS. Now Electrothorn is convinced that I had my hand in some internet McGuyver sabatoge. <Edit- Now Delaware Fiero has stated that my recent nervous disorders are somehow karmically justified because I have posted on PSS.>
I'm not sayng that this is how the forum has gone, but in a nutshell it's how it;s gone for me. For every hater I have 20 friends who would buy be a beer, so I do love this place and the people, but do I need this drama in my life? Maybe Cliff does need to do what he needs to do and take care of his family. It's like taking your hand out of a bucket of water, the void will be filled. There are at least 3 other forums maintained right now that could handle the traffic. I still love it here, but sometimes I go over there just so I can laugh about some of the ridiculousness of the drama. Everyone is welcome.
I don't mind being talked about as long is what is being said is accurate, as I put thought into what I say.
You are correct that I intrduced myself to you and asked why you were a registered member on a site called pennockssucks, however I believe I was being very polite about the situation. It was you that was offened that I asked in the first place but the overly used profanity and drama were not needed. I also stated that same fact to you during the chat.
What's done is done. So back to life again.
Joel
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stimpy Member
Posts: 8197 From: Salinas, CA Registered: Jan 2000
I don't mind being talked about as long is what is being said is accurate, as I put thought into what I say.
You are correct that I intrduced myself to you and asked why you were a registered member on a site called pennockssucks, however I believe I was being very polite about the situation. It was you that was offened that I asked in the first place but the overly used profanity and drama were not needed. I also stated that same fact to you during the chat.
What's done is done. So back to life again.
Joel
Don't beat yourself up to much over this. Stimpy has been saying I acused him of being involved in the server hack for days. It is in his post that is quoted above and a number of other threads too. I never said or implied that he had anything to do with it. I have posted numerous times pointing that out to him, he even acknowledged in his crazy thread that I was correct. I didn't post back there not wanting to hit him when he was down, but he continued posting that I said it after that. It is very frustrating dealing with someone that views reality as his vision of life and not the facts as the happen.
Bottom line is, it does not matter what was said or how. It is his perception that he will rant about. Most of the stuff that he accuses others of here does not appear to me to have ever happened.
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stimpy Member
Posts: 8197 From: Salinas, CA Registered: Jan 2000
