No More Bashing Threads! Discuss...

[Swifty1638]

Wow. I'm gone to work all day long, come home, and see all this unfold.

Atleast now my cornhole can seal back up from all the insertions i've recieved, and I'm happy to know It all closed with my bashing thread being the biggest, and original one! I guess people had alot to say about me! ;)

I cannot say spaz's comment in that thread was needed, and was in distaste, but that's been stated time and time again, so I'd rather not beat the dead horse and move on.

Who's buyin me a beer?

-A. Swift

[4seasons69]

By far this is the best forum I have ever been on and the nicest. So THANKS guys for running such a nice and calm site!

I'm going to have to agree with this bigtime. this is by far the nicest and best forum I've been on. back when I had an mx6 and was on the mx6 forum you would get grilled just for asking a question like everyone on there was a car god and knew everything there is to know about cars. that doesnt happen here. thats why I like this site so much

[viridionplague]

it seems that i missed the juicy parts but this thread has become the prime example of why we should not have bashing threads.

this thread started as a good thread about a specific topic but turned into a giant bashing thread of its own about the same old shit.

i havent been here long, and ive only met a handful of people. those i have met i have nothing but respect for. but those of you i havent, i have lost some respect for based on your conduct in this thread, and i havent even met you guys yet.

from an outside source it looks like this forum is made of a bunch of teenage brats who care more about what someone else is doing than what your doing yourself or just helping people out with there cars and whatever else.

this is a car forum not a shit festival and from what ive seen its almost a 70-30 split, shit pies > car forum

if you got a problem with someone else why cant you just either deal with them personaly or just leave them to there buisness? is that really so hard.

i had some more thoughts but i hit the back button and lost them. damn dont you hate it when that happens?

[cmspaz]

Who's buyin me a beer?
No one, because you didn't threaten anybody.:wontshare:

JK, JK. I'll buy you one if nobody else will.

And Andrew, I feel the same way about going to meets. I'm not going to go online and rip someone a new asshole when I know I'll see them in less than a week. It's just not, you know, a smart thing to do. Doesn't help that everyone on here could kick my ass, either. And yes, I'm including Emily in "everyone".

[Ihearrtdsm]

All I can say is I really enjoy this forum and those I met we had fun. I learned alot of things and not even just about cars. Thanks for the forums hopefully I can get sometime to come out to more events :-D

[FattyBoomBatty]

Viridionplague - you should have read my first iteration of my post, lol. Maybe what should happen is instead of posting right away, the forum will make you wait 30 seconds or a minute then say, "are you sure you want to post that?" I bet it would give people enough time to reconsider what they wrote and change things that are "too much."

If you want to see a strictly moderated, but "family friendly" car site, visit starquestclub.com. They don't take crap from anyone there. You get booted at the first sign of being as asshole. A year and a half ago, I got banned for nearly 6 months for being a douchebag, and was only let back in because someone else vouched for me. Since then I've made good and only contribute positively. I try to do the same here usually.

[Swifty1638]

It you think starquest is bad? try teamNABR! atleast the old site..you had to be invited, write an acceptance essay, etc..every post had to be constructive, correctly punctual, etc..and the mods where total nazis! (steve hill was one of them, dunno how as he hardly posted from what I rmemeber!) and elite of elite where consistant posters on there, like rau, shep, kiggly, etc..

-A. Swift

[viridionplague]

its not that i dont like it here. cause i do. its just that sometimes all this shit gets annoying, and when it starts spilling into other threads its kind of annoying.

and some of the threads just look bad from an outside opinion.

im all for jokes, posting funny stuff or serius stuff other than strait up car stuff. but sometimes it just goes way to far and way outside the lines.

and specifically making a bashing thread about someone just looks horribly distasteful no matter how you look at it

[JET]

Wow. The biggest thing here is that if people don't want a bashing thread about them, the don't post in it. Both Spaz and Swifty posted in their bashing threads. It wouldn't be fun for the bashers if you didn't post in the threads and they would quit.

Spaz, I have met you several times and I can tell you are a good person. I think you might just try a little too hard around people or something. Every time I have met you I have heard some ludicrous story about you driving drunk and recklessly. Nobody thinks that is cool or funny, it is stupid. Stop trying so hard, chill out and relax. I think you and everyone else will have more fun.

And Swifty, Tom had the original bashing thread, not you! :lol:

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

So were the threats on his face and balls. Stuff like that is too easily twisted on the internet and all it takes is for one person to take it seriously before real bad things start to happen. I don't want to see anyone hurt over something dumb that was said online. We're here to have fun!

My post on that was made in jest. I know Spaz would not intentionally run into anyone either on a bike, or in a car, and I'm sure he knows that I wouldn't do things like that to him. I know that words on the internet are easily twisted, and if I offended anyone by making that post, I'm genuinely sorry. I don't have a problem with Spaz personally.

I'm glad to see that the bashing threads are closed, since all of the fun seems to have been sucked out of them and been replaced with low blows, and inappropriate comments. Now, let's get back to talking about cars, and have some fun here again!