OK, PersonOfInterest is gone
 

But I might as well ask: Is there anyone here who objects to it?

He and I had an (admittedly hilarious) exchange in private messages. I gave him an ultimatum: Promise to stop talking back to admins, or he was gone. Needless to say, he didn't want to listen.

I miss him already.:(

Oh, and BTW, here's the last thing he said to me.

Hey, POI, since I know you can still read this topic, here is my final reply:

(1.) We'll get you then, too, if you keep acting this way.
(2.) If you really would do that, then it confirms what everyone else already knows about you: Which is that you're pathetic in real life.

Who are we talking about now? I'm still annoyed of Moviemaster1993 and he's been gone for weeks

Person_Of_Interest.

PersonaDeInterest

the bitch is still here

I got him, too.

Poor troll... Anyway, no objections, he deserved the ban.

Vive la Résistance!

is there a way to block any aliases this bastard might devise?

Not for long.

Yeah, by going after his IP (or all IPs similar enough to his).

I've no objection. I've been keeping out of the confrontations with POI anyway, I figured you guys could all defend yourselves from him. ;)

He won't be missed. I actually deleted one of his threads last night and one of his posts.

Good riddance. I for one would welcome an increase in civility / intelligence around here.

I haven't seen all of his stuff, and while a lot of the stuff was just him being a smartass, how would you define "talking back to admins?" I can understand something along the lines of "screw you and your rules, I'll do what I please," that's one thing, but if it's "I disagree with your statement, and here are a list of reasons why," that's another. There's a difference between having a different opinion and being a pain in the ass. As Nyles said, civility and intelligence are welcome here, and I totally agree with that, and isn't tolerance of a reasonable argument part of being civil? (This is not to say POI had reasonable arguments, this is purely hypothetical.)

I say good riddance. I could tell from day one that he was not the right caliber for this place, and I'm glad he's gone.

about time

Making excuses for his behavior and refusing to change, even when he's asked to stop doing something. Think back to when you were in junior high, and that's about how PoI sounds. PoI's problem is that he (1.) can't ever admit that he might be wrong, and (2.) will go out of his way to try and convince you that it's your fault when he does something wrong.

PoI leaned more towards the former. And that's why he tended to offend almost anyone he spoke to, and start arguments that reduced the civility of reasoned debate. Do you really think it's just a coincidence that almost every time PoI posted in a topic, that topic would degenerate into a long argument?

Above all else, it's blatantly obvious that PoI knew what he was doing, but did it anyway. It's one thing for people to have a disagreement on occasion; that's human nature. With PoI, though, it happened with such frequency that it became clear to me that he wasn't just some socially awkward nerd who couldn't help himself. For him, disagreeing with people seems to be less about improving IMFDB, and more about just riling people up and pulling their chains for his own amusement. That's what makes him so despicable. At best, he's maybe one step above the common forum troll. And no forum on the 'Net has any reason to tolerate trolling.

I have no problem hearing opinions that are different than my own. The problem with PoI is that he spoke with an air of superiority and contempt for the opinions of almost everyone on here (Admins included). This is not somebody we need on IMFDB. And as I'm sure you've seen by now, most of the site's members agree with me. I didn't ban PoI only because I find him to be a pain in the ass; I did so because I recognized that my sentiments were shared.

For the record I wasn't even banned for any of this. I was banned because I didn't apologize to you. You sent me three messages in a row demanding I give you some assurance of good behavior instead of just sitting back and waiting for me to actually break a rule or do something else you didn't like. You intentionally set me up to be banned, you knew I wasn't going to apologize, I knew even if I did you were going to make up some excuse to ban me later anyway. In the end none of it matters. You can't get rid of me, I'll continue to post (I have multiple alts already that you will never detect, any name variation of my original is obviously me not trying to hide myself), the internet is not important, and we're all gonna be dead in a thousand years anyway.

Wow, can anyone deny at this point that PoI really is a troll? Anyone who even WOULD be this persistent clearly has issues.

I thought Gunmaster was the only one who could have an avatar. Why can't everyone?

Bunni just gave me some new powers. But I didn't realize everyone can't have avatars? I was always just too lazy to put one up.

I vote that everyone should be able to have an avatar. Can I get an amen?

Well, I'll ask Bunni if there's a way to do it. Can't be hard...

POI is a troll
why would you want to be on a forum so hard where no one likes you?

Regarding PoI's last post, the answer is that yes, I did basically set him up to get banned. I won't deny that. But that's because as soon as he started posting again (before I PMed him), his behavior demonstrated that he hadn't learned his lesson from the previous ban. So it seemed reasonable to demand an assurance that he'd stop trolling. If he had given me such an assurance and followed through, I would have had no excuse to ban him, and I wouldn't have done so (contrary to what he claims).

Of course, I knew that (on the basis of his personality) he was never going to make that promise, because he is pathologically unable to take responsibility for his own actions and unwilling to change. He confirmed what I already knew. And thus, he has nobody but himself to blame, as far as I am concerned.

Go to your "user CP", at Settings & Options, click on edit avatar.

Thanks! I didn't know that. I just never bothered to add an avatar.

I did that and it gives me one of those option things, but it only has one option, do not use an avatar. :confused:

Yeah, it may only work for mods. I did email Bunni about this, though.

I didn't even know I could put up an Avatar!

So I did one! WOO HOO!

:D

Also note that YOU'RE listed as an administrator, and I'M still listed as a Senior member, even though I have Administrator access. What gives?:confused:

Nice avatar MPM2008!

MPM's got a sexy avatar and MT's got the Ban hammer. Awesome

And you got a firing squad.:D:):D:D

Here is PersonOfInterest's last words:

"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of PersonOfInterest?"

He has to say it in the voice of an announcer from a 1940's radio drama.

How about the voice of Edward G. Robinson?

Well I've added my Avatar of me with my "Boomstick".