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Post by Gotolei on Dec 2, 2014 8:54:37 GMT
Um. And then again on page 8 In any case it's pretty much a done deal now (been almost a year actually, not sure why it's being brought up now other than the necro on that forum), the hype's forgotten, and heck there's a number of people who weren't even around when it happened and vice-versa. From what I heard they've been IP banned, but maybe they can email Tom or something? just went through the thread again, because why not a) if Wolfe's somehow still doesn't about how their thread was found, see OP of this thread and b) Sierra spelled my name wrong on page 7
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Post by sapientcoffee on Dec 2, 2014 9:12:10 GMT
A year after the nonsense is when the dedicated troll strikes! (I have no idea what I'm talking about and sleep is evading me, send help)
Oh hey, six more posts to the big 5-0-0.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Dec 2, 2014 9:12:55 GMT
Didn't the actual banning come about after a dolphin poked the mod by email for reaction until he got doxed?
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Post by pemichan on Dec 2, 2014 19:02:17 GMT
Erm, well... They seem to be IP banned, yes. And if you are suggesting that I am lying about not being around, I was stalking the forum. It was in parenthesis because I was talking "to myself" to loophole it but I still didn't post a lot. If you were going to look at the forum, you may also like to see this thread what-do-you-do.boards.net/thread/226/screw-coming-back which I used to announce my return (as I deleted the one in which I left). I knew they wanted to come here, never said I didn't, but I didn't know they would be such trolls about it and I wasn't actually involved because, again, I was offline for a while. It's okay though, I expected someone to not trust me and try to find something like this. I certainly would if someone came around apologizing for people that wreaked havoc almost a year ago. But it isn't a return of the trolls, because while I do love the comic, I don't think I'm serious enough to post in the forum very often. I may quietly stalk it once in a while, I don't know yet. I haven't had a chance to read any threads besides this one. But that is beside the point. I'm just trying to clear up the confusion and kind of clean up my friends' reputations a little bit. They're not bad, just ridiculous. Very sorry about them. (And that email may have been from the resident troll I mentioned. Don't worry, we are considering doing something about him too)
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Post by fish on Dec 2, 2014 22:50:22 GMT
I just read through this thread. It seems I had missed (or complettely forgotten about) this dolphin invasion. Reading this now it not only sounds ridiculous but also hilarious: imagine the GC-Forum as some sort of café where people join different tables to chat about the comic. Suddenly a group of people dressed in dolphin costumes bursts through the door, going from table to table, making dolphin puns. I can't help but chuckle at this image. But on a more serious note: personally, I wouldn't mind if members of your forum, who'd really like to join this forum, were to be un-banned (provided they'd adhere to our rules of play, of course). But the only way to go about this would probably be an email to Tom, explaining the situation and giving the nicknames or IP-adresses of the users in question. And then wait what he decides. Maybe he'll make an appearance in this thread but I wouldn't count on that.
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Post by Daedalus on Dec 3, 2014 0:07:02 GMT
Oh look, this thread again (opens can of worms) pemichan: Honestly, I very much disagree with Tom's choice on what happened with the so-called Dolphin Conspiracy. As far as I could tell, nobody had done any damage except that one guy, and it would have been more reasonable to ban him alone. But this IS Tom's domain, and his word is law. I concur with fish that, assuming y'all are actually interested in joining the culture here (eg reading GKC), it would be nice to have you all. Also assuming Tom Siddell unbans you, of course. I'd forgotten all about this incident before I saw this thread rebumped to the top.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Dec 3, 2014 1:55:33 GMT
I was only half paying attention to the dolphin invasion but I think peoples' main annoyance stemmed from the idea that they thought it was one person with many accounts spamming the forum with dolphin-related puns. My average fanart probably trolls the forum worse than what most dolphins were actually doing so I can't object to the dolphins returning if unbanned. Exactly what a "gimmick" account is may be open to debate though perhaps sharing dolphin-theme icons and names would be okay as long as you guys checked the mannerisms at the door..?
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Post by pemichan on Dec 3, 2014 3:49:24 GMT
I've only had like 2 ask to be unbanned. And they wouldn't do that ridiculousness again.
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