That "User" incident

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Revhead
Revhead
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24 Apr 2008 9:06am
Its not good vibes, gone way past that.
Stewie
Stewie
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24 Apr 2008 10:41am
Just let Stewie sort it out.

I'll drive across the country, collect all the guy's who are angry on this forum, in my 1969 Purple Valiant, get them all together, give them a good talking to, and a nice strong short black, and if they still fail to understand what I am talking about, then I will do what it takes to make them understand that forums are not a nice place to take it out on other people.

If I have to, I will sticky tape Frant, User and others together, in some kind of sick Stewie experiment, for however long it takes, to see if over time they learn to like each other.

I'll give it a go.

monster
monster
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24 Apr 2008 11:30am
when i first joined this forum i thought it was great i was asking questions and getting informed answers now its just a lot of jriberling ****
Stewie
Stewie
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218 posts
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24 Apr 2008 12:00pm
Exactly. That is why Laurie needs to create a "Stewie's Corner", for the latest, best, fastest, lightest, strongest fish'n'chip banter on the internet, and some windsurfing talk too.
waveslave
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24 Apr 2008 10:01am
Mark _australia said...

The first post from Fast Eddy was simply "this will be on TV here is the link" then a couple of guys basically said wow, that can't be good publicity for kiters.
No insults against kiters at all



Well read the second post by Fast Eddy in that sick, trolling 'Kiter ragdolled' thread.
I'll quote it for you, Mark.
"The bloke gets hammered against the esplanade....Great Telly" !

Now what kind of bent mind thinks that a kitesurfer getting smashed against a concrete wall is fun entertainment...
The mind of a twisted mo-fo poley.
You haters need to keep it real.
lol.

evlPanda
evlPanda
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24 Apr 2008 12:02pm
Yes, a bit over the top. Perhaps some didn't notice but luser was actually a send-up of user. luser only ever had 2 posts and used the same avatar as user. luser seemed actually able to shut user up very quicky when user became really, really annoying.

luser wouldn't have started a thread specifically to pick on user as a) user is a troll and it only feeds user's ego even more b) has nothing to do with windsurfing c) it's kinda mean.

Perhaps windsurfers trapped in office cubicles could hang out on the General forum more?
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
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24 Apr 2008 12:05pm
STRING 'IM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wet Willy
Wet Willy
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24 Apr 2008 12:06pm
Stewie, you da MAN!
Stewie
Stewie
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24 Apr 2008 12:07pm
People seem to be ignoring my posting's.

Hello.

I am here too, you know.
Stewie
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24 Apr 2008 12:09pm
Oh. Thank you Wet Willy.
555
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24 Apr 2008 10:16am
waveslave said...
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"The bloke gets hammered against the esplanade....Great Telly" !

Now what kind of bent mind thinks that a kitesurfer getting smashed against a concrete wall is fun entertainment...


Perhaps the producer of the show, the crew who chose which parts of the show to include in the promo advertising, and at least some proportion of however many thousand people watched the clip or show across Australia thought it was entertaining. Certainly sounds like entertainment was the closest genre.

I doubt everyone who found it entertaining is a windsurfer. Apparently there aren't many of us left and we're all old - heck, I'm only a few years from 30 myself!
P.C_simpson
P.C_simpson
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1492 posts
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24 Apr 2008 10:20am
yes well, i personaly like to read the forums and add a bit to them, i don't mind a bit of ribbing from my mates (windsurfers) and every now and then from some kite guys (when its a general fun disscussion) but it has come to the point that every topic has 1 or 2 guys (obviously kiters) telling us our sport is crap, why we bother, all the rest, this is fine every now and then, it's the ozzie way, but when we are talking about sailing or gear etc. things windsurfers like to talk about, i gets old real quick, when people with no interest in the sport are bombarding us with how crap, old, washed up etc or sport is.
Basicaly you should not say anything to anyone you wouldn't standing in front of them at the beach and it's obvious that once one of us is offended the rest will stand behind them, and it all hits the fan.
Imagine saying to a wavesailor or a group of them that there sport is washed up, old, boring etc when there unrigging at the beach, i think you would get injured real fast. after all this sport is what we do and a large persentage are passionate about it as alot of kiter would be, which is why i don't go into there forum and put down there sport.
Mobydisc
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24 Apr 2008 12:25pm
The fact is people do behave differently online, whether on forums, chatting or playing online games. So you really should not compare real life to online behaviour.

User can obviously take sh!t so I have no problem with him giving it out. However he needs to get more creative. I have no problem with him posting here, but if he keeps posting the same stuff all the time then its boring and tiresome.

Mark _australia
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24 Apr 2008 10:43am
P.C_simpson said...


Basicaly you should not say anything to anyone you wouldn't standing in front of them at the beach and it's obvious that once one of us is offended the rest will stand behind them, and it all hits the fan.


Spot on
pweedas
pweedas
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24 Apr 2008 11:31am
Maybe I'm just old and saline but I really can't see what all the fuss is about.
If it's all about User, (geez! that will give his ego the 30 foot boost he's always on about, ) then consider this.

He has only posted on 5 (five) threads on the windsurf forum in recent times.

One was "that user incident" which he has every right to respond to.
One was "New avatar for Luser" which he has every right to respond to.
One was "Kiter ragdolled on Bondi" which he had a right to respond to as the whole thread was a sledgefest on kiters, and he simply joined the fray.

One was "how long will it take to get to this level" which was clearly a troll and easilly ignored. All his responses were typical "user" comments, off the same old CD and not at all offensive execpt maybe to the hypersensitive.
One ( and lastly) was to the "Malacoota" thread, and this was just a remark, not a troll.

From reading some of the posts on this thread it appeared as though he was into every second thread, but that is clearly NOT the case.

If you find something someone posts is offensive to you, then just give it the 'thumbs down' and move on. Don't bother to respond to it unless you feel like joining in.
It's the same thing in life. If something someone says offends you, just ignore it and move on. It's not your job (or mine) to try and sort out every person on the planet.

For the most part people don't set out to be offensive. They just open their mouths and pass wind. (or keystrokes) It's just that some people are naturally just a little more abrasive than others.

Maybe some advice to User and others would be, re-read your posts before pressing the send key and self censor anything you have said which you would find offensive if it was directed to you.

Peace.
laurie
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24 Apr 2008 1:35pm
said...
A feature to block the avatars...


The feature is there, and we hid it really really well, so you couldn't find it. (on the list of things to add/change..)

Goto www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/default.asp and scoot to the bottom of the page .. you'll see a link which says "Hide Avatars"

Great comments .. without going into a statistical analysis of posts, I'd reckon the majority would be happy with the padlock and let it pass by as an "experience". .

nebbian
nebbian
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24 Apr 2008 11:52am
I just clicked on "Hide avatars" and am still seeing them...

Firefox 2.0.0.14 on Windows Vista (eeeargh!)
nobody
nobody
NSW
437 posts
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24 Apr 2008 1:53pm
Thanks Laurie.

I tried it but it doesn't work for me either. I'm using Firefox/2.0.0.14 and Windows XP.
knot board
knot board
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24 Apr 2008 1:57pm
I would hide avatars when viewing at work if it was an option.
But I dont think it ever worked, www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28841&SearchTerms=hide,avatars
555
555
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24 Apr 2008 12:19pm
How embarrasment!
pweedas
pweedas
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24 Apr 2008 12:29pm
Just for information, it's not working on mine either. Windows XP & Internet Exploder 7.
(not that I care anyway cos I don't need it.)

Laurie, you've got the red wire where the blue wire should be.
boardboy
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24 Apr 2008 5:21pm
the internet seems a great place for people to hide behind an avatar and start a slanging match. Maybe if we all put our real images as our avatars we would think twice about some of the things we say.
user
user
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24 Apr 2008 6:47pm
boardboy said...

the internet seems a great place for people to hide behind an avatar and start a slanging match. Maybe if we all put our real images as our avatars we would think twice about some of the things we say.


True,true........but boring !

In the history of the Internet and Forums and chat groups this would have been suggested by some stick in the mud wowser about..ooh...9,999,000,000,000,000 times !
boardboy
boardboy
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24 Apr 2008 8:57pm
user said...

boardboy said...

the internet seems a great place for people to hide behind an avatar and start a slanging match. Maybe if we all put our real images as our avatars we would think twice about some of the things we say.


True,true........but boring !

In the history of the Internet and Forums and chat groups this would have been suggested by some stick in the mud wowser about..ooh...9,999,000,000,000,000 times !


You're boring!

boardboy
boardboy
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554 posts
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24 Apr 2008 8:57pm
user said...

boardboy said...

the internet seems a great place for people to hide behind an avatar and start a slanging match. Maybe if we all put our real images as our avatars we would think twice about some of the things we say.


True,true........but boring !

In the history of the Internet and Forums and chat groups this would have been suggested by some stick in the mud wowser about..ooh...9,999,000,000,000,000 times !


You're boring!

Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
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24 Apr 2008 9:14pm
Stewie said...

Just let Stewie sort it out.

I'll drive across the country, collect all the guy's who are angry on this forum, in my 1969 Purple Valiant, get them all together, give them a good talking to, and a nice strong short black, and if they still fail to understand what I am talking about, then I will do what it takes to make them understand that forums are not a nice place to take it out on other people.

If I have to, I will sticky tape Frant, User and others together, in some kind of sick Stewie experiment, for however long it takes, to see if over time they learn to like each other.

I'll give it a go.




GO STEWIE !!! you fhcking beauty !!!!
user
user
WA
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24 Apr 2008 8:05pm
boardboy said...

user said...

boardboy said...

the internet seems a great place for people to hide behind an avatar and start a slanging match. Maybe if we all put our real images as our avatars we would think twice about some of the things we say.


True,true........but boring !

In the history of the Internet and Forums and chat groups this would have been suggested by some stick in the mud wowser about..ooh...9,999,000,000,000,000 times !




You're boring!




Thats why you keep reading ?????
wormy
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24 Apr 2008 10:06pm
Here we go again
Rider5
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24 Apr 2008 8:14pm
evlPanda said...

Yes, a bit over the top. Perhaps some didn't notice but luser was actually a send-up of user. luser only ever had 2 posts and used the same avatar as user. luser seemed actually able to shut user up very quicky when user became really, really annoying.

luser wouldn't have started a thread specifically to pick on user as a) user is a troll and it only feeds user's ego even more b) has nothing to do with windsurfing c) it's kinda mean.

Perhaps windsurfers trapped in office cubicles could hang out on the General forum more?



WTF I think I missed something there. did some one have a log in name luser cause I though I nicknamed him luser Please explain ?????

and I say again The blocked person should be aware of who has blocked them ! (I feel like poor old Stewie)

Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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24 Apr 2008 8:53pm
Stewie said...

Just let Stewie sort it out.

I'll drive across the country, collect all the guy's who are angry on this forum, in my 1969 Purple Valiant,



They didn't do purple until 1972.

And to think, I respected you for a while Stewster
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