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[Blackace]

He trolls a lot but his genuine posts (in race threads in particular) are some of the best I've read on here.

Yeah... his obsession with skin tone is a bit odd as well

 

[Atraveller]

we should have a random rotation of bans.

Russian roulette?

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

I wish bans were more transparent for the rest of us... every time I see a ban I think "wow shit was it this comment that got them banned or something else entirely"; hard to learn what's what. Also it'd be cool to know if people were perm'ed or just temp'ed.

Also I miss Harry Potter I liked that guy

Hahaha dude! I saw that after it was locked it makes me laugh hard for some reason and I wonder what happened? Is it cos of what he posted or cos he flipped out?

 

[Solo]

I don't think it was perma, but I was once banned and unbanned within 2 hours.

 

[Ricko Suave]

GAF does not, and never could employ enough moderators to ban each and every offensive or even bannable utterance. Getting a temp. ban for rudeness/disrespect is one of those things that does somewhat depend on the mod you encounter (if one is reading the thread at all) and the relative content of your post. Getting banned isn't like the violating the verbal morality statute in Demolition Man and in reality, even complete jerkass comments generally don't get reported by users since reporting isn't a built in GAF function.

I couldn't resist....... I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!

 

[someday]

PhoenixPause (nee Dark) is now a permanent GAF fixture, it feels like. It would be kind of odd if he ever left for good.

Anyone interested in gaf history ought to click on the thread linked in his tag, from back in the day when 3 whole pages of posts made for a legendary thread.

OMG, that thread was one of the first OT threads I ever read. The 9th post, the HUSBAND AM CRY comment had me laughing so hard I cried.

 

[beast786]

I cant wait till my son gets his gaf account.

we will dominate and overtake gaf and start a revolution.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Permanent juniors are my favorite bans. There's nothing wrong with being a junior but those are my fav.

Edit:I mean being stuck as a junior not being banned permanently because you were a junior.

Shut it, colonel Sanders.

 

[Sorian]

This is clearly a thing that happens, but I wouldn't be able to tell you why. It's not connected to the length or reason for the ban. The urban legend that perms mean no avatars and temps keep their avatars is not true. I suspect it has something to do with the user group settings related to avatars, but I wouldn't be able to tell you. Every ban, temp or perm, involves switching someone to the same vBulletin user group.

Mmmhmm, my two recent bans (obviously temp bans) removed my avatar on each go around. Made me sad when I was browsing like a peasant because it felt like I was a ghost and no one remembered me.

 

[jay]

I miss Otrebor but now and then see people post horribly tactless things and think he may still be with us, at least in spirit.

 

[Plywood]

I swear Eggman came back from the grave once.

I SEEN IT.

 

[Sorian]

I enjoy that this thread has a lot of mod (and admin!) participation. Nice to see a little transparency in the process.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Wow I just discovered how your tag works.

 

[UraMallas]

Wow I just discovered how your tag works.

#gamechanger

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Holy moley.

 

[pizza dog]

Hahaha dude! I saw that after it was locked it makes me laugh hard for some reason and I wonder what happened? Is it cos of what he posted or cos he flipped out?

Right? That bitching about coworker thread was shitty, but permashitty? Monthsshitty? ...? Or is it for goofin' on people?

I expect the older members have a feel for the lines but it's a little nerve-wracking for a Junior.

I enjoy that this thread has a lot of mod (and admin!) participation. Nice to see a little transparency in the process.

Yeah word every little bit.

 

[NuclearSpy]

Is there ever a time of year where the Gaffers congregate and we all give suggestions to unperm someone? Sort of like in The life of Brian? lol

 

[ToxicAdam]

Permabanned twice and then resurrected (months later).

The first was for posting pictures of sheep in a political thread and then the second was for making fun of people with anime avatars.

 

[HiResDes]

Snowman came back.

HOLD ON, WHAT???....Must go say hi immediately!

 

[Laughing Banana]

Yup, a bunch of people's got unbanned after a certain mod started throwing out perms for any perceived sexist statement. After the mod in question got unmodded, a lot of the bans were reversed, as I recall.

Not necessarily because the "perceived sexist statement" though: Evilore once stated that the reason why Dragona was unmodded was because he found out that she actually let someone else use her account and that someone else used her mod power to ban various people.

 

[Servizio]

Next year I will have had a GAF account for ten years, and I've never been banned.

I'm not really living life.

On a related note, I think my favorite ban was when Bish banned someone for calling a user Gaylord, without realizing it was actually their user name.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

I wonder. How would someone go about an appeal for that. From what I've seen once your banned you can't even access your PMs.

Officially, you contact support@neogaf.com. Unoficially, there are numerous ways to contact us off site. And though we don't necessarily encourage getting a barrage of pleas from the friends of banned members, it is a way to get your message heard.

But other than that, if you absolutely need to contact me off site, just look for GAF related IRC chats. Search hard enough and I'm sure you'll find a way to get a hold of me.

 

[Snuggles]

Officially, you contact support@neogaf.com. Unoficially, there are numerous ways to contact us off site. And though we don't necessarily encourage getting a barrage of pleas from the friends of banned members, it is a way to get your message heard.

But other than that, if you absolutely need to contact me off site, just look for GAF related IRC chats. Search hard enough and I'm sure you'll find a way to get a hold of me.

Is there a support line I can call?

 

[TAJ]

Every GAFer who's remotely interesting has been banned. No exceptions.

Shut it, colonel Sanders.

The actor who played that professor had a fire at his house and the company I worked for at the time rebuilt it.
I didn't work on it because it was while I was working on what was on track to be the most expensive house in California history (not adjusted for inflation) for eighteen straight months.

 

[Sorian]

Officially, you contact support@neogaf.com. Unoficially, there are numerous ways to contact us off site. And though we don't necessarily encourage getting a barrage of pleas from the friends of banned members, it is a way to get your message heard.

But other than that, if you absolutely need to contact me off site, just look for GAF related IRC chats. Search hard enough and I'm sure you'll find a way to get a hold of me.

Work for that unban, show how much you want it.

 

[Horse Detective]

Makes me wonder how I will get banned one day.

 

[Sorian]

Makes me wonder how I will get banned one day.

Just keep adding weird things to your avatar, it'll happen.

 

[Gvaz]

Permabanned twice and then resurrected (months later).

The first was for posting pictures of sheep in a political thread and then the second was for making fun of people with anime avatars.

Neither of these things are worth any ban at all.

 

[Horse Detective]

Just keep adding weird things to your avatar, it'll happen.

I don't think anyone cares about what I do to my avatar. Especially not mods and admins.

You think they have time to look at me?

 

[ToxicAdam]

Neither of these things are worth any ban at all.

I agree, but my other 10-13 other minor bans probably didn't help my cause.

 

[AzureSkies]

I got banned for a day when posting a hilarious 'didn't read lol' gif on a thread about reviving the Assassin's Creed series, I thought making valid points in the post would have avoided a ban, but I pretty much asked for it.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Is there a support line I can call?

Depends on who is asking. For you? Absolutely not.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Officially, you contact support@neogaf.com. Unoficially, there are numerous ways to contact us off site. And though we don't necessarily encourage getting a barrage of pleas from the friends of banned members, it is a way to get your message heard.

But other than that, if you absolutely need to contact me off site, just look for GAF related IRC chats. Search hard enough and I'm sure you'll find a way to get a hold of me.

Man, no one reads that email account. I've sent countless emails there and I've never had one answered. PEACE.

 

[YoungHav]

Lol there are year bans?

 

[Epsilon-delta]

Not necessarily because the "perceived sexist statement" though: Evilore once stated that the reason why Dragona was unmodded was because he found out that she actually let someone else use her account and that someone else used her mod power to ban various people.

Ya, "Dragona" banned me back in the day for a post that I thought was harmless. Good times back then lol.

 

[Rur0ni]

Every GAFer who's remotely interesting has been banned. No exceptions.

I can see that. I've never been banned. When I come across hot button issues (gun control, rape, sexuality)... I generally just observe.

 

[GK86]

Does GAF hand out non-permabans (temporary bans that aren't permanent)? I was under the impression GAF works on a one-strike policy.

I have gotten two two-week bans. One for saying fuck cops (and I guess a derail) and one for a Austin Powers joke.

 

[Horse Detective]

Lol there are year bans?

It seems like after that year you would just be like "fuck it"

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I will never regret the day when I finally became Interesting.

Every apple is a fruit, but not every fruit is an apple.

 

[Messi]

Elsk.

Snitch

 

[perfectchaos007]

I feel fortunate to still have an account. In early 2007 when I was still a junior, I received a ban in a PS3 topic. I suppose that time was just before juniors got the auto perma because I was back a few weeks later. Then a couple years later I made a really shitty thread and became perma-juniored. A year and a half later I PM'd a mod to restore my member status and he did. The worst part of being junior'd was getting "lol stupid junior" responses to my posts when in many cases I had been a GAFer much longer than the poster calling out me being a junior. That irked me the most for whatever reason.

 

[GillianSeed79]

The funniest, I believe, was when EatsChildren was resurrected as a mod after he came back from a ban once. Obviously, it wasn't a permaban, but it was hilarious when he was reborn as a mod and everyone was shocked.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Man, no one reads that email account. I've sent countless emails there and I've never had one answered. PEACE.

Well, I do know that account gets read. However, whether or not messages get read in a timely fashion and how often they are followed up on is a different matter entirely that I can't comment on. But I do know that it's not just a dummy account wherein the mail just instantly goes through the virtual shredder.

 

[Sorian]

I feel fortunate to still have an account. In early 2007 when I was still a junior, I received a ban in a PS3 topic. I suppose that time was just before juniors got the auto perma because I was back a few weeks later. Then a couple years later I made a really shitty thread and became perma-juniored. A year and a half later I PM'd a mod to restore my member status and he did. The worst part of being junior'd was getting "lol stupid junior" responses to my posts when in many cases I had been a GAFer much longer than the poster calling out me being a junior. That irked me the most for whatever reason.

I don't call people out on being juniors because stupidity speaks for itself and its not like posting here for a long time makes you any smarter or anything but if I do see a junior that says something super stupid, I tend to look at their post count because I wonder if they are actually a junior or were just perma'd.

 

[Bodacious]

Lots of this:

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I genuinely LMAO'd.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Lol there are year bans?

there are two year bans

Man, no one reads that email account. I've sent countless emails there and I've never had one answered. PEACE.

just reread what you wrote and realize how your conclusion and your evidence have no connection to each other.

 

[Konka]

Well, I do know that account gets read. However, whether or not messages get read in a timely fashion and how often they are followed up on is a different matter entirely that I can't comment on. But I do know that it's not just a dummy account wherein the mail just instantly goes through the virtual shredder.

Hmmm...Heaven forbid somebody broke their arm, forgot their GAF password and wasn't able to get essential medical advice because the support email isn't monitored.

 

[OneEightZero]

It's always interesting to read a little backstory on how the site operates. ^_^

 

[statham]

I thought reiko was unjust, guy was just really hype on next gen. He wasnt even a xbox fan. Someone PM. Him bad info andhe ran with it. Kinda like thuway

 

[PhoenixDark]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/member.php?username=PhoenixPause

One day I'm going to be a mod here.

 

[Baraka in the White House]

I don't think anyone cares about what I do to my avatar. Especially not mods and admins.

You think they have time to look at me?

Well they should.

You're one dapper motherfucker.