Banned

[dave g]

eh?

i dont know where you get the idea that i dont give a damn what i post,you clearly have totally misread what i posted.

someone said they didnt want children reading sites that had bad language on them and such,i said then they should take responsibility for ensuring that their child does not read such forums..just as you would make sure your child doesnt cross a busy road without looking,no more no less.

if a forum is known to contain a lot of 'adult' humour and the odd offensive word then care should be taken by the parent to decide if they want their child to read said forum.

i swear like anyone in real life,i dont swear on forums so you might want to rethink how you see me as tho i dont give a damn what i post.

im a mature adult of 45 with my own kids..i dont let my kids view adult/porno,if they did it would be my fault for not policing them, not the place they viewed it.

i think the world is big enough for all the forums out there,if you dont like a forum then just dont visit it,pretty simple really.


dave

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by DCM

I don't see why it would be the websites problem to ensure the information and discussion is child friendly, if you got kids, you should be FULLY AWARE of what they are looking at on the internet, just like you should know what they are watching on tv, dvd and games they are playing, fed up of people making it others responsibility to ensure little Jonny and Janet don't see anything nasty....

By the way, I got 5 kids, and as much as it pisses my kids off, it is my house, if I don't think it is appropriate, it gets turned off, simples...

One of the forums i run is a bikers site, however the thing is it also represents the bikers own charity organisation & that organisation revolves around raising funds for underprivilege children. Yet is it a balancing act because a lot of bikers are of course beer drinkers who swear a lot but generally wouldn't hurt a fly unless you p**sed them off & i have to run the site with them in mind, but also the site has to have a more "corporate" feeling about it to represent the charity & be family friendly as well as being visited by the children the charity supports, so the swearing & abuse is kept to a minimum (most swear words are censored out anyway) & if people want to vent their frustrations there is a hidden forum area to do it that is not on public display to guests or it is usually done with a lot of comedy in the thread so it doesn't turn into a slanging match.

I can honestly say i've never banned anyone - apart from Spammers & the "people" who linger on the site emailing & messaging people with advertising rubbish - to be honest i know a lot of the success is because everyone knows their place & they get told if they break the rules & what rules they have broken, members don't just get told off or banned without knowing why.

OK posts may get edited but the original poster is always notified or offending words may get *'d out but the moderators name appears on the post if it has been edited - sometimes "offensive" threads get removed into a special area (which is basically a hidden area that only the website staff have access to) where the mods/admins will hold a discussion to decide what action to take, usually posts are edited by the mods & the thread goes back into the main site once all the offenders have been told the outcome.

It's amazing how people respect the rules of a forum if they have done wrong & know themselves why it is wrong, rather than just been kicked off or having their posts removed without warning or notification even if they should already know why their posts have been removed.

[Neil Skull]

[QUOTE=SlowOne;360211]There are a lot of reasons the TC and 12th guys don't come on here. Here's one that encapsulates the many...

I race TC and come on here

I also want to be free to post links pictures and video, share as much good info and stuff as possible to better the understanding of RC to the masses.

I dont want to be bullied by moderators who are posting answers to every single post made even when they dont know what they are talking about. Therefore confusing the racers who are seeking some knowledge.

I dont want to pay to personally promote our hobby.

I want to be free to share a laugh with some fellow racers and join in with freindly banter without being accused of breaking the rules.

Thats why OOple has my vote as number one Forum.

I will use race chat from time to time as i do many forums.
Race chat has its place and is quite useful for many issues. but i dont see a thread on there with loads of people complaining about any other forum with dozens of banned members with similar stories.
I am sure some bannings are deserved.

Some guys on this thread have gone a bit OTT and i would not behave the same. that is their choice in venting some frustration.

Jimmy needs some money to keep the forum going but he does not run it as a business to make money. ( i dont think )

I have nothing against Rob i have never met him he runs the forum how he wants. but you have to expect to upset a few people if you ban or suspend them wheter it is warranted or not.

[Themaddog]

Originally Posted by SlowOne

There are a lot of reasons the TC and 12th guys don't come on here. Here's one that encapsulates the many...
Me, me, me, me... And your responsibility to anyone else...?

Here's one that gets ignored most of the time...

Why can't most people take a more considered view...

...or make a considered argument that allows people to live and let live?
You lot often come across as equally arrogant, but you seem to add rude and ignorant to that too, on too many occasions. Some things do seem to defy logic, and some people are not good at dealing with others. There is never an excuse for being rude to people, or ignorant in one's behaviour, just because you don't get what you want, or others don't agree with you.

I realise this won't make the slightest difference to most of you, and I regret that I shan't live long enough to see you change with age and experience. But you will! I am a child of the 1960s. We were no less bold in our opinions, or our desire to change the World. But we weren't rude, we weren't ignorant of others, and we were taught to give others respect, whoever they were. We are, however, more mellow and grumpy - because we didn't change the World!!

You want more people on this forum; I'd like to use this forum more. For that to happen there needs to be change and there needs to be compromise. In the same way you criticise Rob for not having those traits, do you have them? The evidence of this thread is you don't. Things, therefore, are not likely to change!

Let the flaming begin!

Matey

you remind me of someone that frequentley quotes misinterpretations of what people say and manipulates what has been said to suit themselves and can only assume that you know me by the way you have quoted and replyed to the post i have made

and tried to end this by making the statement i made obviously you have seen this as a way of turning this from a Positive into a negative

However i have to be above this in the role im now in so thankyou for bringing this to my attention

Im sure i wont be seeing you at Neo

Kind Regards

Glyn

[Paulnuneaton]

Bing bang bosh i have been banned more times than jim davison driving bans because i let people know about www.rccircuitcars.com and the biggest f1 get togethers in the country also for livvys smile a little girl of a racer who died rc race chat must be making money not intrested in the sport just the money R.F is a little jumped up shite who has the power to ban a faceless gimp

[steelie600]

Similar has already been brought up by Neil Burdess. At NNRC we had a charity event for Cancer Research as our old Chairman died of cancer. Rob the Knob refused to let us promote it!!!

My ban has been lifted, but i will never go back on raceshat, and I never want to see him EVER!!

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by steelie600

Similar has already been brought up by Neil Burdess. At NNRC we had a charity event for Cancer Research as our old Chairman died of cancer. Rob the Knob refused to let us promote it!!!

My ban has been lifted, but i will never go back on raceshat, and I never want to see him EVER!!

I'm sorry to say this as i don't know Rob or had dealing with him as a person, so i don't want to speak badly of the man so i don't intend to slag him or his site off, but to me that's just wrong & will do him no favours in the popularity stakes by refusing to help promote charity events.

I do a lot of work for charity & usually people are very forthcoming to help where charity is concerned. I know some people have to be "businesslike" & keep a corporate head on their shoulders but 99% of people will always set that aside to help a charity, if not with the finances but time & support in other ways if asked - especially so if it's to help the family of someone who is deceased!

I know sometimes people can take advantage of charitable people - expecting them to give freebies or free publicity etc all the time & people may well hold an event for charity simply to gain some credibility & self promotion for other means so i suppose Rob is in some way trying to show he's not one of them who won't sit & let people walk all over him, but even so as i said in one of my other comments on this thread, we all are supposed to be involved in this sport together as a unit & as many people will say RC people are friendly as a whole & will always help those who are struggling or need help - certainly at the trackside.

I'd like to think if i organised an RC event for charity i'd get some support from the industry - if not financial backing at least in terms of acknowledge the event by promotion & recognition to get the word out to A) the interested fundraisers & b) the participants plus the media & as the forums represent a part of the media i would hope to get some support.

[tc3team]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

i dont get you lot

rob has a good site, liked by many, if you dont agree or like it move on, why make pointless posts? that to me makes you look a tad imature!

yup im a mod on there, some on here dont like the way i mod, but i apply the rules, stick to em and youll be ok, if you dont like em, as i say dont bother

i spend time on here, i play by jimmys rules, i have no problems, i can diferenciate between the two styles and the way the owners run thier forums, so come on guys its toy cars, and grown up blokes/lasses chatting!!

any new comer readinfg this will be scared that if they do soming out of line you'll treat them like that!

Despite being a guest member since October 2005 and my input to Racechat, Rob wasnt making any sense in the replies I got from the last postings I made, adding to the fact I don't like the forum layout of Racechat, so I decided my time was better spent elsewhere.

Imho, it also looked like Rob was trying to show up Oople with the way he links to this post and not the home page in his first post - until a further post trying to explain, so pot kettle black on the "immature" bit...

If Rob genuinely wanted to link to Oople, he would have posted an Oople home page link and no other link (this one!).

For a longterm user of racechat (that slowly became less and less, and more just occasional browsing), I didn't feel it was worth staying.

I don't like taking sides, but I do know the difference between right and wrong.

I'll agree on one thing though... its toy cars, and grown up blokes/lasses chatting!!

[steelie600]

Thread from the dead alert. As im bored I thought id just have a look see if my ban has been lifted yet, out of curiosity more than anything and guess what.......

Im perma-banned!!

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by steelie600

Im perma-banned!!

never mind Kev.

This is the problem with the internet age... anyone can be "big & tough" behind a computer screen & keyboard, in real life though however it's usually a different story & often with forums especially how a statement is written it's hard to put over how you intend the thread to "sound" to the reader.

[zeebra]

ur rite there mad-wolfe!.look at that rocketrob geezer,coming out with any old crap.he seems to interfere with post wen he dont know anything.latest example is-in the vintage section someone is trying to identify a model.some av come up with ideas,some av suggested asking terry.sc(a rc god),but rocketrob as decided that it is "cobbled together from bits".so in other words,he dont know jack!.wot an ass.

[Chrislong]

Zeebra, its each to their own. There are certain people who'll never listen or repeatedly ask the same question although it was answered - such a Bmag, Vinny, and so if you recognise them its best to never post in reply to them - and so never fuelling their ignorance/stupidity then they go away. Or throw them a curve-ball (i.e. tongue in cheek bullshit).... but one thing for sure, don't let it get to you.

Chris

[MRD]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Zeebra, its each to their own. There are certain people who'll never listen or repeatedly ask the same question although it was answered - such a Bmag, Vinny, and so if you recognise them its best to never post in reply to them - and so never fuelling their ignorance/stupidity then they go away. Or throw them a curve-ball (i.e. tongue in cheek bullshit).... but one thing for sure, don't let it get to you.

Chris

Don't forget the Stamp-meister .

Wonder what he's doing these days.....

[steelie600]

Modelsport UK last time I saw him using his real name!! And yes still up to same old trade tricks

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by steelie600

Modelsport

another forum worth including in this thread... i got informed of a 2 week ban off there for mentioning the "M" word in a thread.

M as in "Mosque" in what was a tongue in cheek reply to what was by all accounts a fun thread & then i get branded as being a "racist"! PC really has gone mad!

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by Mad-Wolfie

PC really has gone mad!

Laptops too!

(couldn't resist.)

[c0sie]

http://www.rcracechat.com/vb/showthr...reads&p=408840

Seems the 'thread delete' fairies have been at work....

[tc3team]

I lost interest in a "certain website" a long time ago to be honest, and do not have a favourite website as such... Despite the tosh posted on said "certain website".

Racing and chatting to good people is where all the fun is

Ps, name of website edited out purely to prevent anyone getting offended and throwing their toys out their pram

[rocketrob]

Originally Posted by c0sie

http://www.rcracechat.com/vb/showthr...reads&p=408840

Seems the 'thread delete' fairies have been at work....

it's ironic that you complain about the same thing you do on your own forum.

[c0sie]

Nice to see RocketRob (Robbie) chiming in on things that once again have sweet fuck all to do with him. (RCRaceChat post under username Robbie)

One day you will realise that he is a vindictive SOB who causes all sorts of troubles.