In the interest of maintaining decorum in the forums and avoiding a public flame war, I've decided to answer your question in a PM. You asked me:
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Originally Posted by carmangary
Why do you feel the need to comment on everything whether or not it has anything to do with you? Just askin'.
The answer has two parts. In general, I comment on lots of things here that don't directly deal with me, because I participate actively in the discussions here. However, in this case there is a more specific reason: You were acting like a jerk, and I (gently) called you on it. I quote from you again:
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Originally Posted by carmangary
Oh yea, I am sure you read each and every sentence of each and every post.
This was in response to Rob (Stanwax) when he complained that you obviously hadn't read his post before replying.
Instead of wondering why one of the more active members of the forum would take the time to personally call you out on something, and maybe examining your posting history to see if you'd been screwing up lately, you lashed out in anger with a brainless reply. Brainless, because *unlike* you, most of the other senior members really *do* read each and every post in a thread before they reply.
You seem to think that you don't need to read other people's posts. You've said so before, and I recall a recent thread where you and I argued about this fact. Evidently you haven't learned that not reading what other people have written is *really* arrogant. That is *not* considered appropriate behavior for a discussion forum.
My reply to you was considerably restrained. Your sarcastic answer (in the form of a question) simply proves to me that you have NO IDEA how you are being perceived by others.
Since you've questioned my judgment about your actions in the past, let me cut to the chase. I get PM's about your conduct here on the forums at least twice a week, and over the past few weeks the pace has quickened considerably. Granted, you're not the worst offender. There are a select few that generate similar messages on a *daily* basis. (You can probably figure out who they are.)
With the permission of the senders, most of these messages get forwarded to Spec. Here is a recent sampling with the names removed (except for yours):
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But really, the behavior of ****, Carmangary, and just a very few others is not helping the end-goal of the forum.
There seems to be a little gang forming (****, Carmangary etc) that are indulging in slagging Bill/Pangolin off at every opportunity and I think it would be a great shame if Bill just thought "Sod the lot of ya" and stopped visiting the forum because of the few bad apples.
I just hope all the **** / Carmangary bullshit doesn't drive Bill off.
It's probably a good think I'm not the Admin! **** would be gone - along with ALL of his posts - and Carmangary would be just 1 strike shy of receiving the same!
but still wouldn't mind if **** and Carmangary just disappeared...
The discussion was headed in the right direction... Then Carmangary shits all over Bill. I've fucking had it with that guy.
my patience is gone, the stability of the known world is at stake and diplomacy has failed. Time for a pre-emptive surgical strike.
At this point, I wouldn't mind loosing both of them. Fucking assholes. I just got a PM from ****, and he feels the same way we do.
**** might come around, but he's got a lot of **** and Carmangary in him.
So you see, I'm not just picking on you. You *have* been acting like a jerk, and lots of people have noticed it.
I tried in all sincerity to be gentle in my reply to you in that thread. My original post was something a lot more direct - something like "Stop being such a jerk", but I re-wrote it before I posted. I thought the final version was quite tame. I had hoped you would pay attention. Would it have had more impact if I had just said "stop acting like a brat?"
Adam