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Iron Man Sam

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B.Rasmussen said:
Seek help.

Ignored from now, so don't bother with another post aimed at me.

I did not think you would answer.

Perhaps you could tell your bully friends to put me on ignore as well? Doubt you have the guts to say that to them though. :rolleyes:
 

Iron Man Sam

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I suppose I do understand a little bit of why you hate me. You've got this little unofficial club going on where certain people are allowed to say and do things that others are not. Then I come along and upset the consensus.

But is it right that Cycling News should be the small club of a few people that have been banned from most other cycling forums on the internet?

I'm seriously thinking of writing to cycling news proper about this. It can't be right that a gang of people have taken over their forum with the help of their less than impartial moderator friend Susan, and use this as a base to deface other forums and websites like wiki and RadioShack.

It would be different if there were clear rules stating that you cannot support certain riders or make jokes about certain things, but there are not. It claims to be an open forum for general cycling fans - not the den for half a dozen haters.

Anyway, I guess we'll meet again.
 
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Iron Man Sam said:
I suppose I do understand a little bit of why you hate me. You've got this little unofficial club going on where certain people are allowed to say and do things that others are not. Then I come along and upset the consensus.
But is it right that Cycling News should be the small club of a few people that have been banned from most other cycling forums on the internet?

I'm seriously thinking of writing to cycling news proper about this. It can't be right that a gang of people have taken over their forum with the help of their less than impartial moderator friend Susan, and use this as a base to deface other forums and websites like wiki and RadioShack.

It would be different if there were clear rules stating that you cannot support certain riders or make jokes about certain things, but there are not. It claims to be an open forum for general cycling fans - not the den for half a dozen haters.

Anyway, I guess we'll meet again.

Hey-I don't go to other forums and don't get along with everyone. Since I have little experience I can only say what smells like a certain thing is a product of what I've stepped in before. Something continually smells the same.
 

Iron Man Sam

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Race Radio,

for what it's worth, you did do a good job in this thread. It was a class move to slip in just a few baiting posts to get me to continue to respond, but carefully leave Brodeal and others to carry it on so your finger prints weren't left on the disruption. You are probably the best at getting me to go offtopic and stay there.

The thing is, once you've ruined the thread and got me off topic, I then think there's no point and just may as well defend myself. I'm my own worst enemy on that one really. I should just continue to ignore and show you up that way - I am fully aware that most of the half wits on here will see another one of these threads and just blame me rather than you guys, yet I fall into your trap. :( ;)

Nice job.
 
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Iron Man Sam said:
I suppose I do understand a little bit of why you hate me. You've got this little unofficial club going on where certain people are allowed to say and do things that others are not. Then I come along and upset the consensus.

But is it right that Cycling News should be the small club of a few people that have been banned from most other cycling forums on the internet?

I'm seriously thinking of writing to cycling news proper about this. It can't be right that a gang of people have taken over their forum with the help of their less than impartial moderator friend Susan, and use this as a base to deface other forums and websites like wiki and RadioShack.

The paranoia is getting worse. Now not only am I some sort of leader in a conspiracy against you, but Susan is in on it too?

The situation is pretty simple. You have crapped in the nest so often that the other birds do not trust you. No matter how nice you start out, they know that as soon as they let their guard down, you will leave a large turd in the center of the sleeping area.
 

Iron Man Sam

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The paranoia is getting worse. Now not only am I some sort of leader in a conspiracy against you, but Susan is in on it too?

It's not a conspiracy, I'm sure she is a nice person. But even you must be embarrassed at how you guys can troll threads repeatedly and turn them into discussions about me, with lots of offtopic tomfoolery, and then she bans me. Or she doesn't ban you or even warn you for doing a lot worse, like posting up a defaced wiki page on a famous rider. You guys are always in some fight with somebody but are never punished.

She's just not a very good mod. She thinks the job of the mod is to side with the people with the biggest gobs. She's hopeless. In fairness to her, she is a writer, not a mod. She just got lumbered with this.

Now I really have to do that washing up and feed the dog.
 
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BroDeal said:
Example????

Why should I reiterate what you already know???? You're the one that has stated the CN forum is fertile hunting ground.

It's a simple statement of fact Bro. Why not give others carte blanche to do the same????

If I believed in conspiracy theories I'd think you were part of a CN forum cabal.
 
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Iron Man Sam said:
-----They are all out to get me -----

I thought you had socialized medicine in the UK? You should be able to get some medication to help with your troubles.
 
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Why should I reiterate what you already know???? You're the one that has stated the CN forum is fertile hunting ground.

When was this? I only came here because Tom Morris registered a bunch of usernames, including mine, used by others on various forums and started trolling. I liked the international mix of members, which is different than most English speaking cycling forums, so I stayed.
 
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Iron Man Sam said:
Who has disrupted this thread? Honestly, please answer me? Was it me or was it BroDeal and a few others? Who wanted to talk about Wiggins and who wanted to talk about me?

Hate to say this guys, but the so called troll has just been making perfectly reasonable posts, raising points of view, and trying to discuss the OP. the ones who have disrupted the threads are the ones who are rising to the bait and doing nothing but going on about who is or isnt a troll.

The thread was going along just fine, troll and all, everyone happily discussing wiggins until the "youre a troll brigade" come along and start causing chaos

Not taking sides, and you all have your various reasons for arguing with the guy, but im just saying it as i see it. Youre as bad as each other. Like 4 year olds arguing over who gets to play with the gun.

You dont do yourself any favours, maybe he is a troll, but while he is posting reasonable posts, which although you may not agree with, are reasonable, just leave him to it. The trouble is by joining together and waging a troll war you come across as bully boy vigilantes and could appear worse than the original problem.
 
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These self-appointed cognisanti get quite tiring after a while.

Ah yes, indeed they do old chap! You Sir are quite the Gentleman; why you deign to associate with the rabble on this discussion board is beyond me. I suppose it can be a bit of a thrill to hob-knob with these salt-of-the-earth folk now and then but at the end of the day it's nice to go back and sip a sherry in your gated community. If only these simpletons would listen to you eh? Well, stiff upper lip and all that, keep up the good fight good Sir!
 
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Iron Man Sam said:
she bans me. Or she doesn't ban you or even warn you for doing a lot worse, like posting up a defaced wiki page on a famous rider. You guys are always in some fight with somebody but are never punished.

She's just not a very good mod. She thinks the job of the mod is to side with the people with the biggest gobs. She's hopeless. In fairness to her, she is a writer, not a mod. She just got lumbered with this.

This is B.S. She has warned me. Moderation here is light but pretty decent. It is a role that is hard to get right. The moderation style is still evolving. This place is way better than DPF or RBR.
 
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Hate to say this guys, but the so called troll has just been making perfectly reasonable posts, raising points of view, and trying to discuss the OP. the ones who have disrupted the threads are the ones who are rising to the bait and doing nothing but going on about who is or isnt a troll.

The thread was going along just fine, troll and all, everyone happily discussing wiggins until the "youre a troll brigade" come along and start causing chaos

Not taking sides, and you all have your various reasons for arguing with the guy, but im just saying it as i see it. Youre as bad as each other. Like 4 year olds arguing over who gets to play with the gun.

You just don't get it do you? He has been banned over 20 times now for trolling. The fact that he start out making fairly reasonable posts has no bearing on this, he will go full *** fast. He is not allowed to post here and should be called out right away so he can be removed. Just because he has chosen a new name doesn't make him less of a troll and less insane.
 
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Hate to say this guys, but the so called troll has just been making perfectly reasonable posts, raising points of view, and trying to discuss the OP. the ones who have disrupted the threads are the ones who are rising to the bait and doing nothing but going on about who is or isnt a troll.

The thread was going along just fine, troll and all, everyone happily discussing wiggins until the "youre a troll brigade" come along and start causing chaos

Not taking sides, and you all have your various reasons for arguing with the guy, but im just saying it as i see it. Youre as bad as each other. Like 4 year olds arguing over who gets to play with the gun.

I trust your opinion Dim, could you point out these supposed reasonable posts? I must have missed them. All I see it the same baiting, claims of persecution, and misinformation that have caused him to be banned over 20 times and had hundreds of posts deleted. Of his over a thousand posts in various usernames there must be 1 or 2 that made some kind of sense but most are just more pollution.
 
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dimspace said:
Hate to say this guys, but the so called troll has just been making perfectly reasonable posts, raising points of view, and trying to discuss the OP. the ones who have disrupted the threads are the ones who are rising to the bait and doing nothing but going on about who is or isnt a troll.

The thread was going along just fine, troll and all, everyone happily discussing wiggins until the "youre a troll brigade" come along and start causing chaos

Not taking sides, and you all have your various reasons for arguing with the guy, but im just saying it as i see it. Youre as bad as each other. Like 4 year olds arguing over who gets to play with the gun.

You dont do yourself any favours, maybe he is a troll, but while he is posting reasonable posts, which although you may not agree with, are reasonable, just leave him to it. The trouble is by joining together and waging a troll war you come across as bully boy vigilantes and could appear worse than the original problem.

That is is game these days. He starts out appearing reasonable, slips in a trolling line here or there, and then devolves to more and more outrageous statements until no one can stand him anymore. Best to nip it in the bud.

And you, Dim, cannot even identify one of his new personas; so you are not really up on what he does.
 
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You just don't get it do you? He has been banned over 20 times now for trolling. The fact that he start out making fairly reasonable posts has no bearing on this, he will go full *** fast. He is not allowed to post here and should be called out right away so he can be removed. Just because he has chosen a new name doesn't make him less of a troll and less insane.
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If he has an IP mask of some kind then not rising to the bait is the only option
BroDeal said:
That is is game these days. He starts out appearing reasonable, slips in a trolling line here or there, and then devolves to more and more outrageous statements until no one can stand him anymore. Best to nip it in the bud.

And you, Dim, cannot even identify one of his new personas; so you are not really up on what he does.

but dont you understand, it is impossible to ban someone, absolutely impossible, I REPEAT IMPOSSIBLE. The same tactics we use to watch belgian and italian cycling feeds can be adopted to come to this website.

His initial posts where not trolling, that is fact, some may have disagreed with them but they are not trolling.

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion

I did not see any of those. However, the immediate response of Troll and everyone getting up in arms, was almost trolling in itself. Unless you are saying that his mere presence here is inflamattory? But theres **** all you can do about it, so stop whining the lot of you, and grow up, If you dont want to see what he has to say PUT HIM ON IGNORE, and stop your whining.

YOU ARE ALL ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF F**KING THREE YEAR OLDS!

NOW GROW UP.. ALL OF YOU :p

(yes i can be patronising when i want to be)

Thats my peice said, im gonna go and watch some comedy to lighten the mood.

People are always telling me, if i dont bite when blackcat tries to wind me up he will eventually get bored. Maybe some advice you should all take on board.


edit: and going back, his first post was actually a good one, a fair point and worth discussing, only a couple of people, blackcat, ferminal and a few others bothered to even enter into discussion, the rest where too busy shouting troll at the top of their heads to even consider the validity of the OP.

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He's back.

Race Radio said:
New IP address and the Herpes is back

BroDeal said:
Seems to me that the last bans were probably regular bans. Do we even know if they have tried to ban this cockroach's IP?

Hugh Januss said:
Troll Begone!


Alright let's see if that works then. (Banning seems to have no effect)

BikeCentric said:
It's almost been a year now since this tool has been trolling away hasn't it? I think he'll stick around even after his Mancrush retires.

This is what im talking about, first post on the thread from each of you guys. Nothing against any of you, but sometimes you are as bad as each other. Either ignore it, or discuss the topic at hand. If the guys a troll, or a previous banned member, report his post and leave it at that.

You guys created this fiasco :/
 
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These self-appointed cognisanti get quite tiring after a while.

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This forum is full of hypocrites. They treat this 'troll' who ever never seen an offensive post from*, or start a trolling arguement, in much the same way as some of the peloton treated Bassons back in 1998 for having opinions out of step with the majority. It's mob bullying, pure and simple. (Some have even admitted that it might have been an innocent new poster, but they still have to hound anyone who breaks they're own little 'omerta').


*Maybe there was something a long time ago, but I expect it may have been due a lot of provocation judging by the way most of you are carrying on.
 
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but dont you understand, it is impossible to ban someone, absolutely impossible, I REPEAT IMPOSSIBLE. The same tactics we use to watch belgian and italian cycling feeds can be adopted to come to this website.

His initial posts where not trolling, that is fact, some may have disagreed with them but they are not trolling.

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion

I did not see any of those. However, the immediate response of Troll and everyone getting up in arms, was almost trolling in itself. Unless you are saying that his mere presence here is inflamattory? But theres **** all you can do about it, so stop whining the lot of you, and grow up, If you dont want to see what he has to say PUT HIM ON IGNORE, and stop your whining.

YOU ARE ALL ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF FUCKING THREE YEAR OLDS!

I have him on ignore as I do every time he comes back, but that helps **** all unless everybody does it and stops quoting the idiot. Nice of you to stick up for him though, and your yelling about 3 year olds says it all really. Bravo.