Pookiedoll or Pookdollie ban a good thing?

Vote Yay or Nay on the most recent permaban!

  • Hell yes!

    Votes: 44 26.2%
  • No

    Votes: 21 12.5%
  • Could care less

    Votes: 103 61.3%

  • Total voters
    168
If he is going to dish it out, then he shouldn't be hitting the report button

That's pretty lame. Now, I feel bad for sticking up for the guy.

Well, I still think a permaban is harsh. Why not a couple months to let him cool off? It seemed like he made some contributions. And he was one of the few collectors really into cocktails (still don't get that).
 
harsh? free-speech? let him cool off?

wtf guys.

Why is it so difficult to post topics and responses about "video games" in a "video game" forum? It's not effing hard to not get effing banned.
 
...perhaps just a perm-ban from the Chat About Anything forums? Pook seemed to get in the most trouble there and it's sub-forums?
 
...perhaps just a perm-ban from the Chat About Anything forums? Pook seemed to get in the most trouble there and it's sub-forums?

The thread where I saw him take it too far was the stinky CAX thead. Now, Tombo volunteers at CAX, so it seemed a bit personal for him. Maybe, that's why the complete permaban. I don't closely follow the "chat about anything threads", so I never noticed pooks behavior there.

Tho, He did seem to have an unhealthy obsession with that mediocre Wreck-It-Ralph flick.
 
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I don't follow all the bullshit enough to know but the fact he reported anything is kind of stupid.

I don't do it here, but I did it somewhere else.. if you dish it out you gotta be able to take it. and I did it as classy as I could, I never did it like a total dipshit and got banned. :D

I still don't for the life of me understand how the staff get vilified in all this nonsense though..
 
I don't follow all the bullshit enough to know but the fact he reported anything is kind of stupid.

I don't do it here, but I did it somewhere else.. if you dish it out you gotta be able to take it. and I did it as classy as I could, I never did it like a total dipshit and got banned. :D

I still don't for the life of me understand how the staff get vilified in all this nonsense though..

Some people don't like the rules. Sometimes the staff seem inconsistent but we mere mortals probably never know the full story.
 
I invite members here to look at what comments they make towards others regarding those looking for help or those who love this hobby and need advice and not those who seek attention for fighting with others. Look for yourself under his profile http://forums.arcade-museum.com/search.php?searchid=5128772 and decide for yourself if there is or was anything constructive coming from sed individual. Drama doesnt make people welcome and it makes them less likely to engage in meaningful and intelligent conversations with others who are serious about what goes on here. If you have a disagreement with someone speak your peace and move along or dont say anything at all. Dont keep instigating the hate. One too many negative comments tend to reflect the way you are in real life. And if your this kind of person it would be in your best intrest to stay off this forum. There are reasons KLOV has rules and the powers that be did right by a perm ban. As far as iam concern there should be more bans from mods and admins. Keep the trolls out.
 
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Look for yourself under his profile http://forums.arcade-museum.com/search.php?searchid=5128772 and decide for yourself if there is or was anything constructive coming from sed individual.

Alright, I just spent 5 minutes clicking three random threads on the first page.

Post #1 - Thread where someone asks if a cocktail is worth saving: Pook correctly identifies the manufacturer. He does however misidentify the currency, while admitting has limited knowledge there.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=2329209&postcount=2

Post #2 - Someone posts an Cliff Hanger listing on ebay. Pook points out the defects/non-original parts of said cabinet without disparaging it (e.g. "personally not my cup of tea. But I could see someone else being interested.").

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=2479613&postcount=2

Post #3 - Listing of games for sale. Including HUO Bosconian. Pook backs up seller by basically saying the price is fair.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=2497009&postcount=3

Maybe what he said had a little bit of sass to it, but I think he contributed to the forum when it came to games. From what I've read, he seemed more knowledgeable than your typical KLOV poster.

If someone can tell me exactly what rule he broke. And, don't say "he trolled". What post of his broke the KLOV rules? I don't think he ever used profanity. From what I read, I don't think he attacked an individual outside of disagreements in restoration/reproduction philosophy. And, I don't read 'Anything Goes' forums with any frequency, so I'm ignorant to what he posted there. So, I'll stand by my opinion that pook took it too far in the stinky people at CAX thread, and Tombo has a conflict of interest there.
 
I found him to be a condescending, persistently abrasive asshole over a long period of time. This wasn't a short term 'having a bad day' kind of thing. I was delighted when he was banned.
 
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I don't believe in permabans, but I understand why they happen, usually because someone flies off the handle out of emotion without real malice or intention because as people we are assholes sometimes (even in arcadegregs situation). If KLOV wanted funding or donations, maybe they can enact a rule which allows any current member to anonymously "BUY BACK" someones membership of a banned status for a small fee ($25 donation?) for a 1 time only deal. Of course once the persons membership is re-instated, there would be no guarantees that the person would F' it up again, so therefore the anonymous user would be out of their money. Maybe also the re-instated member should also agree to follow the rules, and that it would be their last chance.
 
If you're going to offer to allow someone to 'buy back' their membership, then you should also allow others to kick in to keep a member out.

Most money wins.
 
The whole concept of "buyback" doesn't make any sense.

The reason the person had to leave its that his behavior was unacceptable.

Paying some money won't change that, or his future behavior.
 
The whole concept of "buyback" doesn't make any sense.

The reason the person had to leave its that his behavior was unacceptable.

Paying some money won't change that, or his future behavior.

And a settlement doesn't mean you're guilty. But that doesn't keep money from changing hands to make the legal people happy.

Money talks.
 
The whole concept of "buyback" doesn't make any sense.
The reason the person had to leave its that his behavior was unacceptable.
Paying some money won't change that, or his future behavior.

Yeah, you may be right, but if the banned member was re-instated because someone had the heart to "buy" (really donate) him a last chance ticket back in, than maybe the banned member would appreciate the fact that he was given that chance, and may behave better. I mean come on, we aren't dealing with felons here. Some people loose their cool, and may go off track for a bit, but i'm sure that after a permaban they probably regret it and 99% of the time I dont think it's out of real malice. Again, i'm not saying the banned would be able to buy their own second chance back in, another anonymous member would have to donate their own money to buy back the banned member's membership, and also it would be a last chance. You never know.
On the plus side, it would be a good way for KLOV to have another avenue for funding.
 
Yeah, you may be right, but if the banned member was re-instated because someone had the heart to "buy" (really donate) him a last chance ticket back in, than maybe the banned member would appreciate the fact that he was given that chance, and may behave better.

that would only work if the member(s) that did the "donation" would also get banned if the former member wouldn't shape up.

so then the question is would you put your own membership in jeopardy for someone else's action???

that's my 2 cents on it :p
 
Yeah, you may be right, but if the banned member was re-instated because someone had the heart to "buy" (really donate) him a last chance ticket back in, than maybe the banned member would appreciate the fact that he was given that chance, and may behave better. I mean come on, we aren't dealing with felons here. Some people loose their cool, and may go off track for a bit, but i'm sure that after a permaban they probably regret it and 99% of the time I dont think it's out of real malice. Again, i'm not saying the banned would be able to buy their own second chance back in, another anonymous member would have to donate their own money to buy back the banned member's membership, and also it would be a last chance. You never know.
On the plus side, it would be a good way for KLOV to have another avenue for funding.

I hear ya, and sympathize with your argument to some extent. I agree these are not the crimes of the century.

For me, though, I trust the mods to not ban people who have just lost it once or twice now and then. In this person's case, they had a huge track record of, well...being a dick. I personally found so many of that person's posts to be so offensive and so rarely in contribution to anything coin-op, I blocked him (the only person I ever blocked). He was warned, and warned again. The mods gave him plenty of chances. Enough is enough...


that would only work if the member(s) that did the "donation" would also get banned if the former member wouldn't shape up.

so then the question is would you put your own membership in jeopardy for someone else's action???

that's my 2 cents on it :p


I like that idea a lot better, but still not enough to bring back banned people for any reason. I trust the mods enough to feel they were banned for good reason.
 
Yeah, you may be right, but if the banned member was re-instated because someone had the heart to "buy" (really donate) him a last chance ticket back in, than maybe the banned member would appreciate the fact that he was given that chance, and may behave better. I mean come on, we aren't dealing with felons here. Some people loose their cool, and may go off track for a bit, but i'm sure that after a permaban they probably regret it and 99% of the time I dont think it's out of real malice. Again, i'm not saying the banned would be able to buy their own second chance back in, another anonymous member would have to donate their own money to buy back the banned member's membership, and also it would be a last chance. You never know.
On the plus side, it would be a good way for KLOV to have another avenue for funding.

It is nice to think that everyone here strives to get along and tries not to create more drama but as long as there been interaction with people on any electronic system. There are going to be people who look upon others people as their play toys. Their goal is to get attention. It could be positive or negative attention. It really does not matter. It can cause a theme based forum to shut down. New users do not want to share or get involved with arguments . Old users get fed up and leave. If management does not get a handle on the problems. The forum suffers.
 
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