petition to ban plasma [Archive]

FutureWorm

10 Aug 2007, 21:36

You need a better reason to ban someone than "I don't like him", you know.
he's a backseat mod, incredibly unfunny, annoying, and just generally an all-around príck

he rarely if ever contributes anything valuable or interesting to the discussion but still thinks he's hot shít

worMatty

10 Aug 2007, 23:42

He could be put on Tachy Goes To Coventry then everyone will not be able to see his posts, but he won't know and he'll go on thinking he's teh money.

KRD

11 Aug 2007, 00:08

Genius group, that.

And yes, Plasma does have all the necessary skills to make me want to slap him sometimes, now that you mention it.

FutureWorm

11 Aug 2007, 01:45

He could be put on Tachy Goes To Coventry then everyone will not be able to see his posts, but he won't know and he'll go on thinking he's teh money.
like the hellban on SA? that would be awesome

Pickleworm

11 Aug 2007, 01:47

He could be put on Tachy Goes To Coventry then everyone will not be able to see his posts, but he won't know and he'll go on thinking he's teh money.

Voting for this instead of ban because I don't think he breaks any rules but he's really incredibly obnoxious.

Paul.Power

11 Aug 2007, 11:00

He could be put on Tachy Goes To Coventry then everyone will not be able to see his posts, but he won't know and he'll go on thinking he's teh money.Sort of like a forum-wide Ignore? Hehe. Cruel, unusal, but very appropriate for Plasma.

I went to Coventry once. Well, it was the University of Warwick (not actually in Warwick)'s open day.

thomasp

11 Aug 2007, 11:04

Please report incidences of backseat moderation - the mods hate that more than spamming and we tend to throw more infraction points at it because of that. Who knows, in just two posts he could be temp. banned?

Xinos

11 Aug 2007, 15:54

Now I feel rather stupid for not having noticed anything, at first I thought this thread was a joke. I'm not very observant I suppose..

SupSuper

11 Aug 2007, 16:40

he's a backseat mod, incredibly unfunny, annoying, and just generally an all-around príck

he rarely if ever contributes anything valuable or interesting to the discussion but still thinks he's hot shítI completely agree. As fun as it is to hit the Report button, I'm pretty sure I can get watched myself for being too much of a button pusher.

Squirminator2k

14 Aug 2007, 16:28

bonz

14 Aug 2007, 17:43

Isn't "please ban this person on the forum who is a backseat mod" a form of backseat modding?

Not that I disagree with you, of course. Plasma needs to be expunged from the forum; his account deleted, his username blocked and his posts destroyed so as not to negatively impact the development of human intellect from this point in history onwards.
I would volunteer to edit every single post made by Plasma and enter "deleted to save future human intellect".
That would mean that I need user mod rights first though. ;)

FutureWorm

14 Aug 2007, 22:51

Isn't "please ban this person on the forum who is a backseat mod" a form of backseat modding?

no, backseat modding is telling other users what to do and how they are breaking the rules

whining about people on the internet behind their backs is completely different (and arguably more fun)

Squirminator2k

14 Aug 2007, 23:58

Oh, don't get me wrong - I agree with you. Plasma is a bloody pain in the backside.

AndrewTaylor

15 Aug 2007, 10:01

A while ago I put up a tiny website that just said "TRIPPENZ IS A MORON" so I could replace his wa-ce links with it (this was before he went to Coventry). If he ever Googles his own online handle, I suspect he may change it soon.

Xinos

15 Aug 2007, 10:14

This page is not affiliated with Team17 and does not claim to represent their views.

Nice one Andrew. Now he will not be able to doubt that the page is about him if he finds it.

AndrewTaylor

15 Aug 2007, 11:23

I suspect it does represent many of their views, mind...

FutureWorm

19 Aug 2007, 13:28

just bumping this petition because you know

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599036&postcount=15

Slick

19 Aug 2007, 14:46

...Why ban him? Banning him only restricts him to the forum. Lets just do the world a favor and kill him before him and kelster spawn little plasmas.

AndrewTaylor

19 Aug 2007, 15:09

I have to say, I'm dead against this kind of thread, but then... I really don't like Plasma.

It's a quandary.

thomasp

19 Aug 2007, 15:12

I have to say, I'm dead against this kind of thread, but then... I really don't like Plasma.

It's a quandary.
Yeah, we've got a bit of a problem. He hasn't specifically broken any of the "written rules" of the forum which could easily get him banned (and he's smarter than trippenz, so we can't trap him into getting banned). So, it would be a bit unfair to ban him just because a few people don't like him.

Anyway, wasn't there a move a while back to give him access to OD?

SupSuper

19 Aug 2007, 15:20

Yeah, we've got a bit of a problem. He hasn't specifically broken any of the "written rules" of the forum which could easily get him banned (and he's smarter than trippenz, so we can't trap him into getting banned). So, it would be a bit unfair to ban him just because a few people don't like him.Alright, I petition for a new rule: "No being an asshole".
Anyway, wasn't there a move a while back to give him access to OD?If that happened I would permamently leave the forum, "you'll never leave" be damned! I'm pretty sure the closest we've come was to suggest Akuryou and Iguana, and they still don't compare to Plasma.

thomasp

19 Aug 2007, 15:33

Well, it turns out Plasma has actually broken a forum rule, but only one to get him a month of Being Watched.

Still, he's 5 points off being Banned for a short period.

Xinos

19 Aug 2007, 16:44

How long has Plasma been a member?

thomasp

19 Aug 2007, 16:53

How long has Plasma been a member?
Not sure. I can't tell either, since I don't have access to that area in the mod/adminCP.

Edit: His userID is 22847 (newest member is in the 71000s), and yours, Xinos, is 4380, so I'd say he's only been a member for a few years.

I've been here 6 years :eek:

FutureWorm

19 Aug 2007, 18:04

If that happened I would permamently leave the forum, "you'll never leave" be damned! I'm pretty sure the closest we've come was to suggest Akuryou and Iguana, and they still don't compare to Plasma.

akurkyrkurorkruoryrokoyou was suggested a while back, and we were strongly considering letting him in because he's not an asshole anymore

i don't think anyone seriously wanted iguana in, and plasma? good god

Squirminator2k

19 Aug 2007, 18:16

AFter I avised him to fall in a well and die, Plasma sent me this PM:

Plasma, I and the other forum-goers invite you to fall in a well, and die. In that order.
Can you please cut down on telling me to kill myself? My grandfather died two days ago, and... yeah.

I would have responded:

I'm sorry to hear that.

Obviously if I had known I would have thrown some other offensive term at you, such as "Please fall fall in a well and live a long and fruitful life in its depths, surviving off of rat carcasses and a slow and study trickle of water dribbling from one of the rocks at the base," or "Please avoid the well, because you might fall down it, but do get mauled by a bear instead, but not life-threateningly so. Just enough to put you in the hospital, where you'll contract the MRA Superbug and become very ill."

I really am sorry to hear about your grandfather. However, you are still an idiot and a charlatan.

Which is perhaps a little harsh, but the guy is an idiot and a charlatan. In any case, he's not receiving PMs so I couldn't send it.

FutureWorm

19 Aug 2007, 18:27

it seems that he has now added the fact that his grandfather died to his sig

does he intend to use this as some sort of a shield when anyone criticizes him or what? "yeah, i'm an awful poster but i'm DEALING WITH DEATH okay????" i mean come on

Squirminator2k

19 Aug 2007, 18:30

Nevr 4get @}~>~

worMatty

19 Aug 2007, 20:15

Maybe he wants to prevent people from sending him messages wishing for his death,

thomasp

19 Aug 2007, 20:43

Slick

19 Aug 2007, 22:14

Ok, when a loved one dies... acting a little 'off' or angry at everything isn't unreasonable. But he's always been a complete dick. Even though he is currently going though a tough time, it's no excuse for how he's acted in the past.
So yeah, I can see going easy on him for a little bit because of this... but really, he's just using this an excuse. Thats kinda messed up. Really.

Xinos

19 Aug 2007, 22:52

Has he actually used it as an excuse or are you just assuming he will?

Slick

19 Aug 2007, 23:34

Don't know. But then again most of what I say now doesn't really matter. I'm literally half awake.

Looking back at it now, I guess he hasn't used it as an excuse. For some reason it just came off like he did or something. blah. Nap time.

bonz

20 Aug 2007, 10:02

I've disliked him from the beginning, when he was making his Worms game clone with Gamemaker, calling it "programming".
He was constantly criticising every other fan game, although he never accomplished anything more than a crappy, hardly working demo.

thomasp

20 Aug 2007, 10:48

Plasma hasn't used the "death of a loved one" as an excuse yet, or at least not as bad as Fwd. Adm. did....

Paul.Power

20 Aug 2007, 12:48

akurkyrkurorkruoryrokoyou was suggested a while back, and we were strongly considering letting him in because he's not an asshole anymore

i don't think anyone seriously wanted iguana in, and plasma? good godI wanted Iguana in at one point. There was a brief period between him being a newbie and being an asshat where he was okay for a while.

SupSuper

20 Aug 2007, 15:53

And here (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599025&postcount=87) we have our best game designer evar in action!

FutureWorm

20 Aug 2007, 18:31

Plasma hasn't used the "death of a loved one" as an excuse yet, or at least not as bad as Fwd. Adm. did....
the fwd. adm thing never even happened though, and his story just kept getting more and more ridiculous as he attempted to justify the holes in it

i have no reason to doubt that plasma's grandfather really did die

Xinos

20 Aug 2007, 18:56

And here (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599025&postcount=87) we have our best game designer evar in action!

His idea wasn't that bad, but he really had no right to boast about it in that thread..

Slick

20 Aug 2007, 21:27

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599464&postcount=13

"I'm surprised he got a being watched status as far as i've seen plasma is a nice guy on this forum site."

mmmmmkay...

thomasp

20 Aug 2007, 21:37

Yes, that's what happens when you tell people how to get a free, fully-functioning copy of an expensive piece of software :rolleyes:

I love it when people say "But he never spammed - why's he being watched???". Well, that's because the mods remove the spam :p

Xinos

21 Aug 2007, 18:52

There's no spam here, you mods are clearly not needed ;D

AndrewTaylor

21 Aug 2007, 23:34

Only because you're banned :p

SupSuper

22 Aug 2007, 03:10

His idea wasn't that bad, but he really had no right to boast about it in that thread..I'm sorry, but that's the silliest research tree I've ever seen, no matter what context his ficitonal game will put it in. For example, you can increase vehicle firepower without having vehicles.

FutureWorm

22 Aug 2007, 03:38

admittedly some of it doesn't make sense (what does it mean to research aerodynamics before aircraft? :confused: ) but the thing you pointed out is not such a big deal; some advances in civ4 show units that you need more research to actually build (archery, for instance)

SupSuper

22 Aug 2007, 05:47

Yes but you have to state the pre-req somewhere. In any case I don't give Plasma enough credit to come up with something like that.

Xinos

22 Aug 2007, 11:57

Researching aerodynamics before deplyong aircrafts makes perfect sense too me.

And vehicle firepower must mean the firepower of the guns that they mount on the vehicles. So even if you don't have the vehicles, surely you can make weapons stronger.

It's all about interpretation. =P

thomasp

22 Aug 2007, 12:45

what does it mean to research aerodynamics before aircraft? :confused:

Because you need to have an understanding of how fluids flow over surfaces before you can even begin to start designing an aircraft or aircraft component.

You might spend "a year" designing what you think is a brilliant wing, but when you go to put it in the wind tunnel or test fly it, you find it is worse than hopeless because you didn't understand the concepts of aerodynamics and viscous fluid flows over surfaces.

And yes, I am studying a degree in aeronautical engineering :p

FutureWorm

22 Aug 2007, 17:27

ah, that clears it up, thanks

Xinos

22 Aug 2007, 20:42

And yes, I am studying a degree in aeronautical engineering :p

Yeah right, more like Discovery Channel ;)

thomasp

22 Aug 2007, 20:43

Yeah right, more like Discovery Channel ;)
We don't have satellite at my house - can't get planning permission for a dish.

SomePerson

23 Aug 2007, 00:40

And yes, I am studying a degree in aeronautical engineering :p

Woot! That's what I'm studying! Don't start uni for another 30 days though, so maybe I should say that's what I "will" be studying...

thomasp

23 Aug 2007, 17:06

Woot! That's what I'm studying! Don't start uni for another 30 days though, so maybe I should say that's what I "will" be studying...
Cool - where are you studying it?

And best of luck with it :D

*Insert evil smilie here*

SomePerson

23 Aug 2007, 20:04

Cool - where are you studying it?

And best of luck with it :D

*Insert evil smilie here*

Thanks! I'm going to UCLA.

Xinos

24 Aug 2007, 21:31

Is it just me or is Plasma getting worse?

Pigbuster

24 Aug 2007, 22:01

I think he's taking pride in being annoying.

So he becomes even more annoying.

Xinos

24 Aug 2007, 23:25

Yeah, everybody attacking him as a result of this thread probably wasn't all that great then..

Pickleworm

25 Aug 2007, 01:51

I think he's taking pride in being annoying.

So he becomes even more annoying.

Seriously, he seems to revel in being called out for being astoundingly ignorant and I don't get it, I would have posted this in the OO thread but it would have gotten locked

SupSuper

25 Aug 2007, 05:47

Isn't that somehow the definition of a troll? Being annoying on purpose?

Also, pieman acts like his follower.

Squirminator2k

25 Aug 2007, 08:02

SupSuper

25 Aug 2007, 15:19

In fairness, all your recent posts involve riling up someone. :p

FutureWorm

25 Aug 2007, 18:11

In fairness, all your recent posts involve riling up someone. :p
i'm worried that i might be rubbing off on him

Squirminator2k

25 Aug 2007, 18:55

I'm just fed up of idiots, that's all.

bonz

25 Aug 2007, 21:21

I'm just fed up of idiots, that's all.
Why did you emigrate to the USA then, huh? :rolleyes:

Squirminator2k

25 Aug 2007, 21:29

If you have ever been to Luton, you'll know that it's a step upwards, brain-capacity wise.

Xinos

25 Aug 2007, 21:35

I'm just fed up of idiots, that's all.

We need something more than the OD section. Perhaps en entire spin-off forum, invite only.

Oh how delightfully elitist :)

Paul.Power

25 Aug 2007, 22:10

We don't have satellite at my house - can't get planning permission for a dish.... okay, what?

I mean, fair enough, I can see why you might need planning permission. But I also see no reason why it would be refused. Unless you have a very strong Neighbourhood Association or something that doesn't like satellite dishes.

worMatty

25 Aug 2007, 22:56

****ing little old ladies in their neighbouring houses going "Ooooohhhh it's an eyesore!" Pretend to be a gas man and go round there and slit their throats. lol

In seriousness, though, in Chester or Cheshire or Flintshire, I dunno, we can have a dish on our house as long as it's less than 80CM diameter. Mind, if your building's listed or something then there's little chance. You could mount a dish on a tripod, though, or on a pole sticking out of the ground. I'd be happy to advise you on fittings.

Pickleworm

26 Aug 2007, 00:00

I'm beginning to suspect Pieman and Plasma are the same person.

Also, Plasma is ignoring me. Maybe that's because I respond to his statements using things like logic and common sense which are alien concepts to him.

If you remember, I've warned you about this

He does it to me all the time

I called him out when he said something ambiguous re: hitler and he never responded to me, he should have at least said he was kidding

Paul.Power

26 Aug 2007, 00:42

I can see why an old-style dish like the ones people had when Sky first came out might be called eyesores. But not the Minidish.

Pigbuster

26 Aug 2007, 01:49

If you remember, I've warned you about this

He does it to me all the time

I called him out when he said something ambiguous re: hitler and he never responded to me, he should have at least said he was kidding
He may actually be using the ignore list.

Pickleworm

26 Aug 2007, 02:02

He may actually be using the ignore list.

He liked the smiley I made in the emotes thread, but other people DID quote me.. hrmnfdga

thomasp

26 Aug 2007, 11:00

... okay, what?

I mean, fair enough, I can see why you might need planning permission. But I also see no reason why it would be refused. Unless you have a very strong Neighbourhood Association or something that doesn't like satellite dishes.

Well, we live in an old, listed building, so if we change the exterior in any way, we have to get permission from the council. This includes screwing a satellite dish to the house.

And if we did it without permission, the council would find out some how and order us to take it down at our expense.

AndrewTaylor

26 Aug 2007, 11:06

Could you put it inside by a window?

thomasp

26 Aug 2007, 11:08

It would strongly depend on which direction it had to face and how much trees & barns blocked/interfeared with it.

Xinos

26 Aug 2007, 15:49

Does the ignore function hide a persons posts? I thought it only blocked PMs.

AndrewTaylor

26 Aug 2007, 16:19

Indeed it does. They're collapsed into a little horizontal bar like deleted posts are for us higher beings. Personally I can never resist looking at them anyway, so I don't use it. Also because I can just delete posts that are stupid.

You can't ignore mods, apparently.

bonz

26 Aug 2007, 16:30

They're collapsed into a little horizontal bar like deleted posts are for us higher beings. Personally I can never resist looking at them anyway
That's why most of the time I edit my posts prior to deletion.
Or can you still see edits?

worMatty

26 Aug 2007, 21:59

I don't think satellites work behind glass.

AndrewTaylor

26 Aug 2007, 22:06

That's why most of the time I edit my posts prior to deletion.
Or can you still see edits?

No, editing them destroys the old data completely, assuming no external computers have archived them. (Also thread subscribers get the original emailed to them.) I try not to read deleted posts much. But I am weak.

thomasp

27 Aug 2007, 11:08

Tell me, am I the only one who keeps making stupid replies and deleting them just moments after?

;)

Not the only one :p

Pigbuster

27 Aug 2007, 16:25

Not the only one :p
You better not be thinking about blackmailing me. :p

(Though the stupidest post I've ever made by far was that rant about HuntaKilla's awesome picture, and AFAIK, it's still up there... unfortunately)

thomasp

27 Aug 2007, 17:59

You better not be thinking about blackmailing me. :p

(Though the stupidest post I've ever made by far was that rant about HuntaKilla's awesome picture, and AFAIK, it's still up there... unfortunately)
Blackmail's such an ugly word. I prefer "extortion" - the 'x' makes it sound cool :D