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(Originally posted on: 05-23-04 06:58:46 PM)
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Before you jump on the bandwagon, and respond with a "Hell no" and "he put you up to this, didn't he", just hear me out for I mean this with all sincerity. For those of you that are new, Adam, aka Nova, has been a member of this community for a year and a half now. He has seen a lot on the site in the small amount of time that it has been running. Just take a look at the timeline and you'll see for yourself. Many people have joined, and a few have left. Drama has boiled up from time to time, but has usually been resolved. Many new features have been implemented, the site got faster, and now it even has its own server.
Point being, Adam has also been banned on a number of occasions. Let's review the reasons for which he was banned for a second:
Nova - March 4th - Doing something that a mod said not to
If I remember correctly, this was not a part of the TOS until after he was banned.
Nova - April 8th - Creating a "Goodbye" thread
Others (such as Emp) have done this and they are all back on the site as we speak.
Nova - Sept. 16 - Posting like a dyslexic retard that had their drink spiked with roofies
Can't really blame him for this one as he was extremely intoxicated, and it never happened again so he obviously learned not to drink and post.
Will Smith/Adam - Spamming/repeated failure to use the edit button and instead just make a new post - one week
I wouldn't consider this to be spam; it only happened a couple of times. I've seen many forummers do it.
Nova - purposefully going off-topic/sass - 4 days
This one actually sounds like a legit ban so I can't really argue it.
Nova - one week - told Sally he was unbanned
Actually, he didn't, but people are quick to jump to conclusions without any concrete evidence.
Nova - 1 month - BanMe Tag - Moi.
See above (he may be a repeat offender, but other repeat offenders clearly were forgiven for this).
So you can now see what kind of a time Nova has had. This is not a personal attack on how the staff runs this site, as we can clearly see from day to day what a good job they do to keep it all running smoothly. It's just sad how people would always jump to ban Adam specifically. He hasn't had a fair chance. So why do some hold a grudge? I'm really not sure. If you click below you'll see many examples of his continuous quality posting on this site:
http://forums.interestingnonetheless.net/forum.php?fid=4&un=Adam&su=
Finally, Adam has been a great internet (or real life) friend to many of us over the years. I've heard many good things about his dedicated presence in the IRC channel, and I'm sure that a lot of you keep in contact with him via MSN/ICQ/AOL. Just some thoughts.
EDIT: And don't forget that it has been many months and Adam has not even attempted to smurf. That's more than can be said about other banned forummers in the past.
This reply was last edited on 05-23-04 07:03:52 PM by Coca-Cola.
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