I'd probably be severly punished, yes, while the ones baiting me would get off scott free. Or so it seems what with the lack of time and staffing dedicated to all gog's other ventures. Not trying to be the conspiracy nut here, just being realistic. I'd look the worst and stand out the most, so i'd get the chopping block.

Was ? ;P

Quite the dust-up here. Unfortunately I'd guess that this thread has ensured that the folks at GOG won't take any kind of action soon out of the worry that they'd basically be encouraging a form of mob justice. However, I don't think GameRager's actions have quite reached the point of requiring intervention by GOG staff, but rather just call for some good old fashioned ostracism. As long as he keeps up his current behavior don't post in his threads, don't reply to or even acknowledge his posts. If posts or threads are made that are very clearly and unequivocally spam then downrate and report as spam (as you would with any other spam here), but aside from that don't do anything further. If GameRager doesn't want to be part of this community then we should oblige him. And if he takes a hint and starts behaving more in line with what the community finds acceptable then those who feel inclined can start interacting with him again.

Or to put it more succinctly- don't feed the troll.

Not a troll if i'm not doing it on purpose. Also have fun with your witchhunt.

Nobody's particularly upset by walls of text, recursive arguments or point-by-point rebuttals. People get upset when you post blatant spam or insults, and then defend yourself by saying "sometimes I do that, grow a thicker skin," or "4chan doesn't care when I post that, why should you?" or "everyone hates me because I'm not a mindless gogdrone like they are," or the ultimate avant-garde excuse for antisocial behavior, "I don't hide behind a false veil of civility."

If he said "I'm sorry if I offend you, I suffer from copralalia and don't mean the ugly things I may say," then no. If he just said "I have Tourette's, so I guess you better deal with it," then yeah, he'd be a dick. Anyway, are you suggesting that because of your OCD, you literally have no control over what you post? (Be careful - that's a trap.)

Besides, this isn't about your OCD. You are missing the point again. :p

The problem there is that I feel like we throw this party at least once a week. If a coworker is pleasant to me three days out of the week, but screams and yells at me the other two, I'm not going to give her credit for passing the 50% mark. I'm going to avoid her as much as possible.

Hell, there was just a big mess a few days ago in the GOG team photo thread. All I took away from that was that you feel fairly strongly that there's nothing objectionable about insulting another person.

I may be a regular on this board, but I'm not a [url=http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/royals.htm]royal.[/url]. If I screw up and post something stupid or belligerent, I'm going to get pummeled and downrepped for it. I do think, however, that I've made few enough mistakes here that it wouldn't be too hard to put it behind me. By "few enough," I mean that I can think of maybe two or three posts that I honestly really regret making, and none that are low-rated that I know of. I rarely dash off replies without thinking first, I read, re-read and edit before I submit my post, and I often decide that replying at all is the wrong thing to do. I don't win any standing ovations and I won't be quoted in anyone's signature block, but I don't have a reputation for shooting my mouth off, either (I hope).

If I were getting into multiple-page arguments with multiple users almost on a weekly basis, it would be a different story. People would be biased against me because they have a disagreeable history with me; whether I felt it was my fault or not, I'd probably have to be on my best behavior for months before people started to relax their grudges. Unfortunately, that seems to be the situation you're in. You haven't killed anyone's dog, so that bad blood will thin after a while, but you really need to understand why people get upset with you, not just that they're upset. Then you can address the source of the problem.

Thank you for being respectful and articulate.

1. I say what I mean....I hold no qualms about that. True I could say it better sometimes, but I don't act two faced and say something and think another which I find so hypocritical in others sometimes.

2. I have some control but sometimes my emotions flare up, is what i'm saying.

3. Again I say what I think, regardless of other's view about it. Yes I could do it less crudely sometimes though, but still that's how I am....plus it was an UGLY joke. I know some people don't like that but I didn't make a anti-female insult or anything, and she was even ok with it afterwards.

4. Did you read my apology yet?

If you mean your post in the donut hole, I just read it a moment ago. I'll leave off here and let my reply over there do the heavy lifting.

Wow, the drama llama was apparently in tonight.

Personally, as long as the spam can be kept primarily to one thread it's not something that really bugs me that much.

I remember in a game I used to play having a lot of trouble with a particular player. Far, far worse in pretty much every respect to GR. The ultimately resolution was just giving him his own thread to do with as he pleased within the limits that the mods set.

In the end it worked out pretty well for everybody involved.