After all, if you were really ignoring me then how would you know I've continued to respond to your post?

Maybe he’s not ignoring other people, and he sees their responses to you?

Using the “ignore” feature only affects the messages written by the target themselves, not any quotes from others.

After all, if you were really ignoring me then how would you know I've continued to respond to your post?

Maybe he’s not ignoring other people, and he sees their responses to you?

Using the “ignore” feature only affects the messages written by the target themselves, not any quotes from others.

Yes.

And, when you ignore someone, you still see that they've posted, just not what -- it shows a link that says "so and so posted, would you like to read it anyway?"

When their posts continue to follow yours immediately, over and over, and eventually on other threads, it's something of a pattern...

IMO, if you’re going to leave a community, the best thing to do is to just silently leave. Anything else is most likely to be more counterproductive than anything.

If you want to make some commentary on the community before you leave, then the other thing to do would be to post a message saying “So long, and thanks for all the fish!” At least, some people would get the joke, and no one else should care.

Personally I stay away from a thread if it looks like it's turning into an argument, whatever it's about! I like the threads where people are posting positive stuff about their games... Especially the ones where I can nick an idea or two ) And there are plenty of those on here to keep me coming back for more!

I've always found KnasserII to have a massive ego and to be a giant know-it-all who could never accept that he was wrong, and would drag threads out into arguments with whomever was disagreeing with him.

That being said, he did have a unique opinion that did constructively contribute to the forums. As with all people there was a mix of good and bad, and unfortunately it will probably be the bad that people remember, especially when you broadcast your own departure with a thread attacking the forum and all its users.

After all, if you were really ignoring me then how would you know I've continued to respond to your post?

Maybe he’s not ignoring other people, and he sees their responses to you?

Using the “ignore” feature only affects the messages written by the target themselves, not any quotes from others.

Yes.

And, when you ignore someone, you still see that they've posted, just not what -- it shows a link that says "so and so posted, would you like to read it anyway?"

When their posts continue to follow yours immediately, over and over, and eventually on other threads, it's something of a pattern...

I get how the ignore function works. I added the to show that I was posting in jest. But my point still holds, if he were truly ignoring me he would. He wouldn't be talking about how much he has me on ignore or how suspicous it looks for my post to follow his, even though not all the ones that follow his are actually direct at him. Nor would he brag on and on and on about how he has me on ignore. And he wouldn't continue to refute arguments I've made in different threads in other threads. So he talks a big game about wanting to ignore me, but if he were really ignoring me he'd move on and stop talking about me.

I continue to respond to him because I know it gets at him even if he isn't reading what I type. It makes me laugh every time I see him respond about it. It is extremely funny and fun to do.

I'm not pretending I'm a good person. I know I've done my share of "bad" stuff in threads. But he makes it too easy to pass up.

Do you really think that deliberate trolling is appreciated on a board like this? I've appreciated some of your contributions to discussions, but posts like this make me dubious. Have you ever thought that goading people on for your own amusement might be counter-productive to the enjoyment of everyone else around you -- not just one person?

I don't mean to come across as condescending, but it's an incredibly juvenile attitude to hold against people who are all here for a shared goal and objective.

I'm not pretending I'm a good person. I know I've done my share of "bad" stuff in threads. But he makes it too easy to pass up.

Do you really think that deliberate trolling is appreciated on a board like this? I've appreciated some of your contributions to discussions, but posts like this make me dubious. Have you ever thought that goading people on for your own amusement might be counter-productive to the enjoyment of everyone else around you -- not just one person?

I don't mean to come across as condescending, but it's an incredibly juvenile attitude to hold against people who are all here for a shared goal and objective.

If you'll notice I'm only goading him in this thread. This is a thread about how we are all bad people. If you look at my recent post in most other threads I'm not goading anyone anywhere. So in the long run, no I don't see it as counter productive because I don't see this as a productive thread where I should be on my best behavior.

But to be fair he tosses as many punches at me as I toss at him. As I initially stated, if he really wanted to ignore me and was really done with me he wouldn't be talking about having me on ignore all the time, he wouldn't still be refuting arguments I make in other threads, he wouldn't still be referencing my points in order to make a counter point in a completely unrelated thread. Since I'm not even remotely pretending that I'm always on my good behavior I don't see why the expectation is for me to behave myself.

Edit: Besides one of his issues is that I post right after him. Am I really supposed to wait till someone else post in order to not set him off because I responded to the thread in general?

Another option we have as level-headed forum-goers is to report abusive posts and help police our own community to make it better. There's a Report link right next to the quote buttons at the bottom of every post.

It would be nice to think that we could all be civil humans.

I continue to respond to him because I know it gets at him even if he isn't reading what I type. It makes me laugh every time I see him respond about it. It is extremely funny and fun to do.

I'm not pretending I'm a good person. I know I've done my share of "bad" stuff in threads. But he makes it too easy to pass up.

I had hoped you were better than that

If I decide to take another year's sabbatical, and anyone asks why, I will point them at this thread.

I continue to respond to him because I know it gets at him even if he isn't reading what I type. It makes me laugh every time I see him respond about it. It is extremely funny and fun to do.

I'm not pretending I'm a good person. I know I've done my share of "bad" stuff in threads. But he makes it too easy to pass up.

I had hoped you were better than that

If I decide to take another year's sabbatical, and anyone asks why, I will point them at this thread.

I am not. And I'm ok with that.

Well, one interesting thing about these sorts of threads, if the person leaving ever decides to return, they can get a pretty good idea of what some folks thought of them at the time.

I've no opinion on the OP one way or the other. I do think it was a little too prima-donna to start a whole thread announcing he was leaving, but I'd think that about anyone that started up a similar thread. My thought is that if you're going to depart, simply stop visiting the forums in question and go wherever it is you decide to go to get your fandom-fix.

...is this a cunning plan to get us to import alcohol to Finnland?

Errr, that song is german, did I miss anything?

The undying desire for alcohol and parties. So, nothing much

The undying desire for alcohol and parties. So, nothing much

Ah yes! Until the bitter end!

Korn! Bier! Schnaps und Wein!

And a party in the cannabis field...

When you think about it, the amount of songs about booze and drugs we have here is...uncanny. And telltale <.<

This is a thread about how we are all bad people.

The solution to this is simple: don't be bad people.

I am not. And I'm ok with that.

Noted.

This is a thread about how we are all bad people.

The solution to this is simple: don't be bad people.

We're all bad people.

I am not. And I'm ok with that.

Noted.

Seriously would you rather I put on this dog and pony show where I act like I'm not a person who has in some threads been just as bad? There are a lot of people I respect in some discussions and despises in others. And from how most people argue here, I think it goes both ways most of the time.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some angel. But I'm also not going to feel bad about some words on a screen to a forum for a game.

The solution to this is simple: don't be bad people.

We're all bad people.

You might be, but I'm certainly not and I know of others around here who are not either.

Sorry Tom. You rule BTW!

The solution to this is simple: don't be bad people.

We're all bad people.

You might be, but I'm certainly not and I know of others around here who are not either.

Moses 8. 21 And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse1 the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

What I want to say by tthis is: We all have the evil within us, we have to make a choice in life. Glad you made the choice to not be a bad person Desslok!

The solution to this is simple: don't be bad people.

We're all bad people.

You might be, but I'm certainly not and I know of others around here who are not either.

All right, if it makes you feel better I'm bad and you're good. Granted I don't inherently believe that people are all good or all bad, but sure. Does it honestly matter though? Nothing is going to change after this thread. The people who feel they are the good guys here are going to post about being good. By the end of this week this thread will be on page 2. And we'll be back to business as usual.

Does it really make much of a difference if we establish who the "good" posters are? This is all a big show to shame bad posters and make good posters feel good. Only, I don't happen to care if I'm a bad poster. I know I've been bad. I know I've been good too. And I know I'll continue to be both. And I'm not going to pretend to be anything other than me so that people can feel good about themselves on a game forum.

I'm not going to pretend I'm some angel.

Angels are boring, at this point I'd settle for just some basic human decency.

There's this thing called the Tragedy of the Commons. If you can't reign yourself in, with the feeble excuse of "I was bad before, so what the heck", then you become the embodiment of the phenomenon.