Quote Originally Posted by Harok View Post
In what will probably be my last post on these forums I would like to explain my actions, or lack of actions yesterday. Much of what I post I have been discussing with FoxyBunny via PMs. I apologize for the length ahead of time.

The first online community I considered myself a part of was a fantasy football website. The start of each football season would bring in a ton of new people and then most would disappear when the season ended leaving a much smaller group of people. Inside that group was an even smaller group of people who had been around since the site opened and called themselves Old Timers. Eventually they became bored and came up with ways to try and entertain themselves.

One of the most common ways to do this was to create a new account just to start a fight or different personalities like a cute girl. They referred to this game as "fishing" since they were throwing out "bait" and would see who would "bite". After a day or 2 they would get bored or a mod would out them and they would all laugh at anyone who was "caught" by their trick.

Having seen it a few times you quickly learn the clues to look for and are suspicious of new members who start out with a bang. Cute pictures or instant arguing were two of the biggest clues. Ring a bell for any members yesterday?

So when I read the photos thread I took the cautious approach so as not to be "caught" if it was a fake account. In case it was a real account I tried to lighten the mood with a wise crack at Knuckles and a general comment about how the threads mood wasn't nice using sarcasm.

Should I have ignored the fact that it could be a fake account and accepted I could look silly by being tricked and standing up for it? Probably. I've been careful in the past when another user jumped on and put up a couple of attention grabbing threads (I can't find them now but I remember posting that I hoped for an IP check on them) and maybe that needs to change.

So while not offering a full apology I hope I've at least shed light on why I behaved the way I did. The entire ordeal has left a bad taste in my mouth which is why I will be taking a long break and probable retirement from here. Probably a case of addition by subtraction for the quality of the board.

Anyway best of luck to all, I've enjoyed sharing some internet-space with all of you.
There is a reason I gave respect to Woody and Bob. This earns no respect from me at all. The persons first post was pics of themselvs and saying hi, then was attacked nonstop and only after 4 pages of attacks did the person finally start to defend themselves as best they could. You try and turn it around and say even though you were active in the thread and were one of the ones that said "thats just zen", that you share none of the responsibility because you think it was fake.

Bully for you, for being so psychic that you know every account that is new is fake. Good job, enjoy your time away.