AJM1613 said:
I believe him. He sent me a PM over on the Eagles board saying that he didn't know it was of Irvin, and that he removed it when he knew what it was. I don't really care too much, but he wasn't a "troll", he was just a little "misguided" at times.
Let him back...Please.
Let's visit this. Two days ago a couple of new Eagles fans joined and one starts right off with an insult. The other with the picture of TO on our star. This time in Eagle green. You already know how we feel about that picture. Any jerk off that thinks we are going to be cool with that in our house is in my gunsights. How did he react?
Armageddon said:
Welcome -- my people!!!
and...
Armageddon said:
Welcome my brothers! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
You got into the mix...
AJM said:
We're swarming a week early.
Translation: Cowboys fans are in for a rough week and the Mods are going to have their work cut out for them.
Guess what? I don't respect that. I don't condone my fellow Cowboys fans going on your boards and stirring up crap and I don't appreciate it being done here. I won't accept the excuse that "they do it on our boards all the time." That is NOT ever going to make it cool here. Period.
So, I decided to get involved.
Hostile said:
A couple of them are already within shotgun range with the way they are acting.
Translation: If they act like a troll I will shoot back. The way I shoot back is not to add an insult to their insult. We don't want flame wars here.
A couple of Cowboys fans got the message I was sending. I decided to make it crystal clear.
Hostile said:
I hope they ALL get the hint. Thinning the "swarm" isn't all that hard and I suspect inevitable.
Bottom line, this is our house. I don't advocate our posters going over there and stirring up crap. I won't condone them doing it here.
Tit for tat means nothing to me. All I care about is serenity here.
Now, I am pretty sure he got that message. He clearly read my comments. Who else was talking about shooting? No one. His response.
Armageddon said:
These birds shoot back!
Translation: My "warning" wasn't going to stop it from coming.
I then decided let's get real clear about this. Even decided to appeal to one of his ideas. That non-Cowboys fans could do a good job policing their own. For reference please go find the thread welcoming Juke99 as Mod and read his many comments.
Here is my appeal to him to take me seriously.
Hostile said:
You see, I am not dense. I know that the emoticons are the excuses being used that the "insult" was just a joke. So I made it clearer than ever and left out none of the smilies. Use of them was not going to cut it.
He wanted a leaner or lesser interpretation of the rules.
Armageddon said:
You can just look at me as a sought of "Game Warden.". As such, let's establish some rules before we open this up for everyone ...
Alright then -- it's hunting season on birds. But just remember poaching is against the law. Everyone knows that Eagles are protected birds and a national treasure -- the very symbol of our nation.
Sure, I'll do everything I can to protect my brother Eagles; you'd better believe that! As a sought of "Game Warden," you will find me around every tree.
I've got a full arsenal of traps, snares, and first aid kits that specialize in talon wounds! I'm loaded to the teeth for bear and stranded poachers. So bring your beef jerky!
Establish the rules? I believe I was pretty clear what wasn't going to cut it. Still I was pretty pleased that it appeared that he might take the "Game Warden" thing seriously and make my job easier. I wanted one more time to make it crystal clear.
Hostile said:
The "Rules" are already established.
See the Announcement about the Guidelines at the top of any forum on this site. Troll-like behavior will not be tolerated. Period.
If a post is meant to start a flame war action will be taken.
You and your fellow Eagles fans may not like Dallas fans. You may find them arrogant and offensive. You may find them to be the most reprehensible people on the planet.
Just remember this. This forum is their house. Not yours. If they step out of line it is not your job to put them back in line. That falls upon me and other Mods.
It all boils down to this really. Taking unecessary shots at the team, players, or fans of this team is against our Guidelines. One of your fellow Eagle fans got off an insult yesterday and earned a warning. That was his "shot" in the big hunt. That is the sum total result of his "shooting back." We can make his existence here something that never happened real easy. Same with anyone else. Complete erasure.
That's called the bigger gun.
As long as our house is respected there will be no problems. I do not condone Cowboys fans going to your forum and taking shots at you either. However, there will be no justice delivered here for the way they act over there. I don't care what they do over there beyond the fact that I wish they would respect your house. I can't make them do that.
Tit for tat won't fly because the buckshot will be too heavy.
That's as clear as I can make it. Your call Game Warden of "sorts." You might want to tell your fellow Eagles hunters that as long as it is about football not chest thumping that we welcome them here. That's your call.
Like I said, I won't miss.
Do you get the idea that I am not kidding? He didn't.
Armageddon said:
I'm not sure what transpired that consequently resulted in the "warning," to that Eagle fan (unless someone informs me about the details), but I'm sure it was a blast!
There are a couple of by-laws I use as a Game Warden ...
Know who the poachers are ... ...and, watch out for hunters that go after fowl with an elephant-gun!
I thought all was cool. Maybe a flame war was averted.
Hostile said:
The time stamp on that final response from me was 2:42 PM my time.
At 2:51 PM my time take a look at what he added to the above post.
Take a good look at that picture. Is it vague as to who it is a picture of? Can you read the name "Irvin" on the back of the jersey? I can. An innocent mistake? No freaking way. Are you honestly going to sit there and tell me Eagles fans would not know that was a picture of?
There are 2 ways on this forum guaranteed to piss us off. One is to post that. The other is to post TO on our star. Two examples of extreme poor sportsmanship and the epitome of trolling a Cowboys forum. If you don't believe me by all means contact me about other forums for the Cowboys. I'll give you plenty of URLs. Go join them and post those pictures. See how tolerant they are.
Translation: buckle up! Here I come with the worst stuff I have for Cowboys fans, let's get the flame wars started.
Then today he starts a brand new thread. This one. It just so happens that it was his very next post after posting that picture already and he used it again. Given that it is plain as day what his intent was once, do you really think I buy that crap that he didn't know this time? You must think I'm stupid. If you do, then you've got another think coming. He knew I was watching that other thread for his responses. So instead of responding he edited a post to add the insult.
His posting of that picture 2 posts in a row was a direct attempt to stir up anger. Well, congratulations it worked. I'm angry.
Let him back? Not only no, hell no.
