I wish I could say that I had fun being here, but these past couple of weeks...

[Psychospacecow]

You deleted the damn post to hide the fact.

Here's what he responded with to my inbox.

[A Zombie Riot]

I can't sleep so I'm wasting time until the melatonin kicks in.

Alright and "wasting time" as you put it is making angry posts on the forums? Look I'm not gonna say anymore on the events of yesterday or whatever but if you're just here to be negative than please just don't say anything, or say these things in a more constructive manner.

I'm here right now to set things straight that are wrong. But I know exactly how it's going to end.

[Psychospacecow]

Well before this gets out of hand everyone just stop for now, if he continues someone will do something about it.

Alright, I'll attempt to ignore him until he calms down.

[A Zombie Riot]

You deleted the damn post to hide the fact.

Here what he responded with to my inbox.

Except the fact that, the entire conversation was us goofing around. Nothing changed. I made a joke comment, you insisted on taking it serious and you make a low blow comment like you did.

Just accept the damn fact that you took the joke serious.

And bannings have been jokes before, as I just read one in the "Chain of Events" thread. So you know for a damn fact that they can be jokes. You're lying on purpose. It's fucking pathetic.

[JiraiyaSennin]

You deleted the damn post to hide the fact.

Here what he responded with to my inbox.

Except the fact that, the entire conversation was us goofing around. Nothing changed. I made a joke comment, you insisted on taking it serious and you make a low blow comment like you did.

Just accept the damn fact that you took the joke serious.

And bannings have been jokes before, as I just read one in the "Chain of Events" thread. So you know for a damn fact that they can be jokes. You're lying on purpose. It's fucking pathetic.

I know I am telling people to stop, but I think your problem is accepting what you did was wrong and I don't mean "FINE THEN I'M SORRY!!" I mean truly not being mad and truly accepting the fact that what you did was wrong. Not trying to be one sided, but that's how I am seeing you right now.

[Psychospacecow]

You deleted the damn post to hide the fact.

Here what he responded with to my inbox.

Except the fact that, the entire conversation was us goofing around. Nothing changed. I made a joke comment, you insisted on taking it serious and you make a low blow comment like you did.

Just accept the damn fact that you took the joke serious.

And bannings have been jokes before, as I just read one in the "Chain of Events" thread. So you know for a damn fact that they can be jokes. You're lying on purpose. It's fucking pathetic.

Look, I'm just gonna stop here, but before you read please, consider your options. You can continue with this, continue to rage and enrage, cause trouble, possibly get banned as a result and end up complaining about it on another forum, or you could stop, come back at a later date perhaps, and start a new. Now, as it has been a few days since this event which you describe, summer has started for me, I've been drawing more, sleeping properly, not worrying about tests, and yesterday even got a new cat. My stressors have been far less rampant. Also, as a human being, I have a tendency to learn from example. I had figured that since you had in fact intended this threat as a joke, then it would not stop others, particularly Cuccos saying that she'd banned everyone but the mods, which is preposterous as others typed after her. You keep bringing this previous incident up, and it brings me great sorrow to my inability to have comprehended the meaning behind your text, and again, though petty as I saw it, I understood your actions. The reason why I spoke against the was in regards to the new rule which you had instated solely without word from the other mods or anyone else in charge for that matter, and used said incident as an example. As this had been a misunderstanding, I understand that this could happen in the future and actually affect someone, possibly banning them from these forums, and if moderators of the future be like those who had troubled you then it would be abused. Riot, I don't want you to leave. I just don't want you to be angry. Its like you weren't listening, and even now you still find the need to carry this forward. Zombie, I'm sorry if we can't move past this, I truly am.

[A Zombie Riot]

But I didn't use the incident as an example (to everyone). You were asking what trolling or provoking meant, and I gave it as an example TO YOU and YOU ONLY. No one else. It was the way you responded to the joke, that's it.

I was giving you an example of what provoking is, since you wanted to know. And only you would understand my point. But you spun that so far away from its initial point.

[Hexadecimal*]

Oh the stuff that happens while I'm asleep...

It's unfortunate that I have to say this after Zombie's been temp banned but it's an opinion I'd like to express.

Zombie, you could really be a pleasant person to converse with at times. However, it's that part of you that led to this mess that made me very uneasy with you being a Mod. Cuccos touched on it perfectly how it affected not only myself but others. When you have folks actually wanting to leave a forum because of how you're conducting yourself there's obviously a problem.

I am not proud of how I responded to the situation but I was speaking as an upset and frustrated member at the time because things just kept getting worse and worse and I felt powerless. You know darn well that "New rule" you tried to instate was meant to be manipulated by you in order to hand out fake, undeserved warnings, which you even proceeded to prove.

It's hurtful to say you were planning to leave anyway and only came back now to kill time. As I've said before the reason why I'm not a member of many forums is because I really like the small ones where you can actually get to know everyone. As a result, many places I enjoyed were shut down due to lack of inactivity. Yes, this forum certainly has room for more members, but I'm happy that we have the amount we do have and that everyday there are new posts. I am comfortable here and feel blessed that I've gotten to know such fun, witty, and interesting people. I really hope that I can be of use to this forum and help others to enjoy it as much as me.

Please take a moment to think about what has happened and take responsibility for your actions as others have. No one is lying at all about what went down and we certainly wouldn't lie how we felt about it. I know I'm reflecting on what happened and thinking of better ways to have handled it, especially now that I'm in a position where I can do so.

You upset and lost a lot of respect from a large amount of us, Zombie. If you feel like coming back and trying to make amends, it may take some time, but I'm sure most would respond favorably towards it. However, if you're going to continue raging and pointing fingers as you've done, it's best for everyone if you move on.

[Arjahn]

I dunno why, but this gif seems to sum up the happenings pretty well.

[retrolinkx]

It's sad, but amazing, someone who was a well know, high up moderator became a (temp) banned user in less that a week.

I hope to God we never have to deal with a problem like this again. It seems as if people either can't go over it, or just want to continue it. I'd rather have a spam bot invasion that this.

Can we just lock this topic and move it to PM's please? We don't need this in the forum right now. It may be something that is still fresh in our minds, but damn it at least there it's not hurting anyone, and not a public display of finger pointing.

[Petie]

Seems I missed the aftershock while I was asleep. Thank you to everyone who stepped up and dealt with it.

I agree that this really needs to end now so I'll be moving this thread as well and hopefully, we can move on now.