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Posted: 10/7/2007 6:55:00 AM EDT
I've lingered in and out of the chat room for years now. I'm out of there now. The people they have selected to be moderaters do nothing but chastise new people and ridicule people for asking questions. I've watched them run off several people, and I dont' think this helps our hobby or this site.
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Apparently, they sit idle waiting for someone to lurk in and ask a question so they can act like complete jerks. LOL
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WEll they post a lot of links to nudy pictures. In a gun chat room, well whatever works for ya, lol.
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Chat is real time GD on crack. Kind of fun if the mood strikes, or a crack addict...
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Hmmmm, are they all girls? Do I need to get a membership? Actually been thinking about it for a while. Might have to take the plunge. (The temptation of the dark side has always been a problem for me. ) |
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We have a chat??? I think we need an ARFCOM personals section, the ratio would be 1000 to 1 in the sexes, probably bad idea
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Hmm.
"WORTHLESS"? Is that you? If so, I saw that exchange after it happened. The moderator (channel op, actually) in question didn't chastise you, nor did he ridicule you. I can copy/paste it here if you'd like. |
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<gramps voice>WAAAAAAAYYYYYY back in the day; about half the people you ran into on IRC were normal functioning adults. It was an OK way to meet people and exchange ideas.
Hell, I met my lovely wife on IRC. We've been married for about 10 years now. The last several times I've fired up the `ole shell account have reminded me why I quit IRCing sometime around 1998. |
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Dang, I just read my backscroll. First one to sling around insults and profanity was... you.
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Yes I would like to see the transcript. |
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+1 To better determine who is the asshole. |
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Scroll up above to the top of the page, you will see "Chat" above the "AR15.com Home of the Black Rifle" logo. |
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yaeh, post it up. |
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I agree. The OP's point can't be fairly evaluated without the facts. |
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used to hang out there and than it lost it's Luster,No Great Loss
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[09:11] *** Mode change "+v Guest30705" for channel #lobby by ChanServ.
[09:11] *** Guest30705 is now known as WORTHLESS. [09:11] WORTHLESS: anybody in here? [09:12] WORTHLESS: I've got an ammo question [09:17] winter: ask it [09:25] Procyon: guess he really didn't have a question [09:32] BaghdadBob: lol [09:34] WORTHLESS: sry was looking in forums [09:34] WORTHLESS: i was jsut wondering waht ammo to stock up on besides the fmj stuff [09:35] WORTHLESS: i know that is what most people stock up on casue it's cheap [09:35] WORTHLESS: but i was just wondering what was best [09:35] WORTHLESS: i think i found the answer int he ammo forum [09:35] WORTHLESS: authors reallly seem to favor hornady tap [09:36] WORTHLESS: but is till do have a question [09:36] WORTHLESS: is that stuff like the hornady tap considered an armor piercing round? [09:36] WORTHLESS: i feel like if the shtf then most people will be wearing body armor [09:37] WORTHLESS: i know i would be [09:37] WORTHLESS: and if they are, what do we get that will penitrate that stuff? [09:37] WORTHLESS: i'm assuming most all the rifle cartrigies willl penitrate? [09:38] Procyon: I'll take THE RAPIST for $600, Alex [09:38] BaghdadBob: where are "most people" going to acquire their body armor? [09:38] Procyon: BaghdadBob: from Sgt Sugarcookie [09:41] WORTHLESS: dont' you all have it? [09:42] WORTHLESS: this is the problem with these chatrooms, you ask a freaking question you get nothing but snide remarks [09:42] BaghdadBob: lol [09:42] BaghdadBob: no, I don't have body armor [09:43] WORTHLESS: you talk about shtf situations adn your labeled as a fruitcake [09:43] WORTHLESS: geez [09:44] WORTHLESS: i assumed that's why we all have self defense guns is for when the shtf [09:44] WORTHLESS: otherwise we would just use them all for sporting purposes like hillary intended [09:45] WORTHLESS: i came in here about a year ago asking about night vision for hunting at night [09:45] WORTHLESS: and 25 dumb ass peepole go off on me telling me that hunting at night is illeagal [09:45] WORTHLESS: i said i never said i was hunting deer [09:45] WORTHLESS: but i was with a culling permit [09:46] WORTHLESS: one guy said, well before we dicuss this with you, we are gonn ahev to see a copy of it [09:46] BaghdadBob: so you think we just sit here and wait to answer questions? [09:46] WORTHLESS: i thought, you bunch of fucking dumb ass;'s [09:46] WORTHLESS: i dont' know, what do you sit here for? [09:46] WORTHLESS: you dont' want to answer peoples questions? [09:47] BaghdadBob: well, it's not a research facility [09:47] BaghdadBob: most of us hang out to socialize [09:47] WORTHLESS: i guess most people are sitting in here waiting for some drama to unfold [09:47] BaghdadBob: not really [09:47] WORTHLESS: typical of most of the "gun crowd" [09:47] * Texas_Rick gets the popcorn and sits back [09:48] WORTHLESS: it's the only down side to this hobby [09:48] BaghdadBob: I love this pic [09:48] BaghdadBob: image removed [09:48] Texas_Rick: I'd lick the pink off that [09:48] BaghdadBob: as would I [09:49] Texas_Rick: ya think she's got body armor? [09:49] BaghdadBob: no [09:49] BaghdadBob: lol [09:49] Texas_Rick: I could penetrate that easily [09:49] BaghdadBob: so I need to get to the post office and then home despot [09:49] WORTHLESS: oh well i guess i'll ill go off and look at freaking scanlover so i can come back in here and have something to talk to you about [09:49] WORTHLESS: instead of guns [09:49] Texas_Rick: I need to finish cleaning my rifle, it's got a weeks worth of dust and crap in/on it [09:49] BaghdadBob: lol [09:49] WORTHLESS: since they dont' get talked about in here as much as that [09:50] WORTHLESS: lol [09:50] *** WORTHLESS has signed off IRC (QUIT: ) |
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The Chat is somewhat of a close-knit group, kind of like the water cooler is at work. Noobs riding in on their ponies, in their shiney new rhinestone cowboy outfits, shooting their cap guns wildly into the air, don't fly there. One needs to ease into things, like I did a couple of years back. You wouldn't walk up to a group of strangers at a party and just budge in, would you? I've seen you in there before and people have been cordial to you, so I don't know what your beef is? As for 'running people off'...sure, there are trolls in a chat too, sockpuppets as well and I guess the tolerance there, unlike here, is pretty low for the infantiles. If I had a dollar for every new face popping in and asking...'any of you in here own a gun, or an AR?' I'd be able to buy a new 'AR.' Or the other one...'what's the best AR our there?', gets tired after the millionth time, but we're not running those people off unless they start acting like dicks to 'us.' Chat is give and take and if one is demanding or trying to hog the stage, they might get the cold shoulder from the regulars. If you aren't contributing to the conversation, you're only hogging bandwidth, so hit the road. Chris |
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Respect is earned.
ETA: I just skimmed over the transcript. I have NO sympathy for you ARCOLLECTOR. |
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Hehehehehe.... Wow. Hard to imagine that such a producive exchange like that could go south. |
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Uhh no, that transcript is not me, I have and always will sign on as ARCollector. ALthough The glof's have banned me before from there stupid little chat room.
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Fixed. |
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I'll go call the whaaambulance. Let me grab a Kleenex first though .
Chat isn't arfcom day care - don't expect to be burped like a baby and given candy when you come in. |
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Heck yeah... old school EFNET FTW. |
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Your right J_Smith, be sure to be rude to everyone that comes in there as I have seen you do year after yeat. That way you and the Glof's and everyone else in there can be in there by yourselfs, just as you have been for a long time.
I wont' be posting to this anymore, because It's just fixing to turn into a version of what goes on in the chat room. The point of my post was to try and make the mods or chat room ops or whatever title you want to hang on them, see that by behaving this way, your run people off and that's not good for our hobby or this site.
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Well I'll tell you what. If that wasn't you, why don't you tell us A) which chat op chastised you (or whoever) and what they said, or B) provide a transcript that we can all check out.
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Oh, and one more thing, GLOFS---Before you go banging away transcripts be sure you got the right guy, not that I care at this point. Worthless was a little irritated but then there goes baghdad, being a smart butt to kick things off right, LOL. I can't believe you Glofs are from Austin. Geez I thought all texans were cool. LOL
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Where is this chat room you speak of?
ETA: Never mind. I found it. |
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I went in last week and saw some of the rudeness, didnt' say a word and left. This is a thought I've had for a long time and just now posted after seeing it last night. Nothing personal towards me, this time. Just more of the same know it all but dont' know nothing behavior that good people with real questions dont' really want to heat. If this hacks you off becasue your conected to chat I'm sorry,l change it, or don't, not my web site, not my chat room. But is my hobby and what a wonderful place that room could be for nice people to come in and ask real questions without all the the put downs and smart butt remarks.
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Hell, I don't have a problem admitting if I'm wrong. If it turns out to be the case here, I'll do so.
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If it bugs you that much, post P2P with only those people you wish to speak to. For the record, I haven't been perpetually active in chat - I've gone through phases of activity since around 1998/1999. In the past, I admit to be excessively rude and an outright jerk in chat. If mere sarcasm makes you wince - I'd suggest a nicer playground. Many newbies in chat are trolls who show up simply to annoy or ask really dumb questions. If you're too bugged - just unplug your computer - Internet isn't LIFE. |
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I can always post the chat transcript from when you were banned last August, ARCollector. It would be like deja vu after seeing the one with "WORTHLESS," though.
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I'm one of the chat Ops, but I always seem to miss out on all the fun.
[ETA] And I'm from Austin too. |
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I have a grand idea: Don't sling insults and personal attacks and you won't get booted out of the chat room.
Problem solved. |
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Come on in so I can insult you too |
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Sounds like a conspiracy to take over the chat room! Damn sneaky Austin folks! |
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yup, that's pretty much how it goes. |
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