AN IDIOT (RG LUNATIC) IS ATTACKING THIS FORUM

[Thorlifter]

Very scary. Be safe Crash.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I am really sorry to all you guys that you are having to endure these PMs from this *******.

Its really pathetic really that he resorts to this childish banter.

[Matt308]

Originally Posted by timshatz

Still the best thread, sorry guys. That one is the first one I check.

Your welcome.

[Matt308]

I'm really behind the times here. Again.

[Hunter368]

I actually feel sorry for him, he is a very angry person. He needs more positive things in his life he can focus on.

[Matt308]

Adler said it. He needs medical help. His rantings are not normal. Its creepy. I've never forgotten a crazy dude that showed up at work one day. Crazy people make all your senses go on high alert. Must be some primordial/reptilian brain thing related to fight or flight. Really creepy.

[Njaco]

By the way...we just had an earthquake early hours of the morning !!
The earth moved for me at last....
Epicentre just a few miles away !! scared me shi#less

Blame the Mods and Admins.

[evangilder]

Yes, we also have usurped the power from mother nature....

[DBII]

So your the ones that caused the huricane to strike LA?

[syscom3]

Originally Posted by Matt308

.....Crazy people make all your senses go on high alert. Must be some primordial/reptilian brain thing related to fight or flight. Really creepy.

I feel the same way when the Clintons are on TV.

[Matt308]

[freebird]

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

I am really sorry to all you guys that you are having to endure these PMs from this *******.

Its really pathetic really that he resorts to this childish banter.

No big deal Chris, I get dozens of "spams" every day, just one more to the list...

Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ

Yep - RG_Lunatic - the biggest moron we have ever had on this site, bent on revenge against all us evil mods and admin folks. He claims he's some kind of operative but in essence he's just a jerkoff with a laptop and a Verizon wireless card who doesn't have a life or a brain. Yes freebird, the same guy.

I appreciate the support all the membership is giving us - it seems all of you who got his moronic e mail recognize what an idiot this guy is.

We apperciate all your work Joe, & that of the other Mod's. I had a couple of thoughts, I wonder what the other members think?

First, I was thinking it might help to clarify things if the Mod's who close a thread or ban someone include a short post noting the circumstances. This often happens, but not always.

For example "Thread locked for until further notice due to flaming"
Or Member "X" banned for abusive language & threatening PM's

Also I noted Hunters earlier post asking about why someone is banned, it is usually obvious, {as they go ballistic in their last post}, but I wonder perhaps if there should be an etiquette thread? If a Mod gives a warning to {or bans} someone, post the offensive language {maybe without the members name} and have the comment "language like this is unacceptable". Then members {& new members} can see this, and post accordingly.

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

I just cant believe that someone would be so bent out of shape over the internet.

Again, it would seem obvious to most of us how to behave & how to carry on a dialoge in a public setting, including the internet, but apparently not to all. It should be like carrying on a conversation over your kitchen table. I see that Njaco, Tim, Bill, Thor, Charles, Lucky, Matt & others have posted here, we sometimes disagree with each other but all know how to carry on a polite [if spirited} debate.

However I am a little surprised to see even some of the more Senior members "sniping" & "flaming", I notice lately that threads on the Ju87, Me109K and several others are closed because people can't seem to hold a civil discussion.

It's OK to post "I think you are wrong" or "I disagree with that because...", but I wonder why people have to resort to "You're an idiot" or "you have no idea what you are talking about"?

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/avi...tml#post313082 (Ju-87 Stuka vulnerability to fighter attack)

It seems that the Moderators are having to step in with "stop the bickering" too often, can't we just stick to the facts & opinions without the snide comments? Otherwise it ruins good threads that then have to be locked up.

[ChainMan]

Originally Posted by evangilder

What exactly is your point, Lunatic? Is this how you get your jollies? Should we give a crap how you feel or that you feel you have been treated unjustly?

One more thing, if you bought this forum and "took control", you would truly be an Army of one. We have seen how you operate, and you would quickly have people leaving this place in droves.

If I'd bought the forum I'd have axed over half the moderators. I'd have asked those remaining to use there moderator nicks only to moderate and to post under member nicks. My only role beyond that would have been to make sure the moderators do not abuse their positions, I'd have excluded myself from any other official role. That's how a board should be run, just look at the other boards on the web for examples... This is just about the only forum where the moderators so dominate the posts.

And to the first part, yes this is how I amuse myself. I don't care how you feel, I'm just having a little fun and pointing out the facts to this forum's membership about what this place is really about. It's run by and for the moderators, the "community" crap is just that - crap! One has only to look at how you guys dominate the content and have diluted the focus of this board to see it.

As to the rest of it....

The proof is in the pudding. Look at the small number who have posted "there support" for the moderators here. Of over 13500 memberships, only about 300 have posted more than 10 times. Only about 150 have posted more than 50 times. 30 members make 80% of the posts, and the moderators/admins make more than half the posts. Alder by himself makes up about 10% of all posts! But how much real content have these guys provided? ALMOST NONE! When I was a member I contributed more actual primary source material than all the Moderators combine! (not even counting the package I sent to Horse).

As for why I'm "so pissed off", well generally speaking I'm not. This is just amusement. Unlike Adler, I am usually too busy to bother with this forum. But sometimes I have long periods of boredom - I'm in a remote location waiting on something. So I wrote some automata's and let them run, it's good practice as I need to write these things for real work on occasion. So now, as I sit in a cabin in the rockies acclimating myself to the altitude I'm playing with the results.

The only people I'm really pissed off with are Horse[USA] (the boards owner) and Joe (FlyboyJ).

Horse and I had an agreement and he has not honored it. The agreement had several parts, but most significantly:

1) My post "Setting the record strait about the ban (RG_Lunatic)" was not to be deleted or locked. But you have removed it.

2) Only Horse was to have the right to ban my Lunatic account.

At the time of the agreement, Adler was also to be removed from the moderators/admins group, but that didn't happen and I chose not to make an issue of it.

Also, as a thanks for his fairness at the time in the whole matter, I sent him half a gig (compressed) of primary sourced documents related to WWII, mostly concerning aircraft. Far more than all the other contributers to this forum combine!

Flyboy simply played games with his post to justify banning me (my Lunatic nick). His post (click here) did not originally include the "and your banned" crap, and did include the F word with spaces between each letter (i.e. "F U - -") to work around the forum filters. I opened a window to PM him, spent a while thinking about what to say, and finally decided on "What's your problem Flyboy?", and he banned me based upon his post-facto edits. A true man of character.

To Matt.... I've made no threats of violence to anyone. As long as those on this board limit there actions to the web I'll do the same. Furthermore, I've generally refrained from personal attacks as well. Unlike Flyboy, Adler, and numerous other Moderators (and some members as well), I do not hit below the belt.

You are probably mis-understanding an old issue I have with Adler, who repeatedly made comments about how if we were to meet in real life I'd be afraid of him, and then made a comment about how I better hope he's not able to find me, implying that if he could he'd do me harm. Don't you think it's odd that a moderator can threaten actual physical violence against a member and not be banned for it?

Well, nuff for now. Seems I'm to leave early, got to pack and get to NYC in a hurry. So it will probably be a while before I post again...

I'll be back!

[Thorlifter]

Well, I look at the whole thing this way............

This is the way the board is, take it or leave it.

Personally, I like it. Yes, there have even been times where someone said something that erk'ed me the wrong way. Big F'n deal. You know how I solve it? Click on the next post and read about something else.

This is Horse's toy and he can ban or make an admin out of anyone he wants. Last I checked, he is the one paying for it. (By the way, thank you Horse).

Ya know, I bet if you came back on here, minded your manners, you "may" even be welcomed back. Maybe not after all this, though.

[Marcel]

Originally Posted by ChainMan

The proof is in the pudding. Look at the small number who have posted "there support" for the moderators here. Of over 13500 memberships, only about 300 have posted more than 10 times. Only about 150 have posted more than 50 times. 30 members make 80% of the posts, and the moderators/admins make more than half the posts. Alder by himself makes up about 10% of all posts!

Hmmm, and probably half of the post are your rampbling ones

Originally Posted by ChainMan

Well, nuff for now. Seems I'm to leave early, got to pack and get to NYC in a hurry. So it will probably be a while before I post again...

I'll be back!

I don't care, If you don't like the forum then why post, we don't like you, either, so piss off!