Yep we're buddies, have been since long before I banned him and still are. However this is of little difference to me personally... he can post in my private forums and I barely find the time to read those let alone the public ones. I speak as a user of the forum back when I was a mod and had time to read through a large portion of the threads.If he wasn't able to stop attacking the mods when you were one (and you are/were friends if I'm not mistaken), then why would he do any differently now? I believe allowing him back would just cause further grief to the mods, who already get enough of that IMO.
It seems there are more than a few people who think he'd just get himself banned again. So it would ultimately be a temporary solution to the not enough content and content accuracy problems of the FFXI forum. A more permanent and stable solution to that problem has to exist.
Why would he do differently now? There's no guarantee he would. It's a second chance and if he chooses to fuck it up, he's well aware of the consequences. Make em even steeper - ban him completely even from private forums if he bizzy's up the second chance. A permanent and stable solution doesn't exist when you're dealing with proverbial ex-con's... it's not like we can send him to Internet Forum Rehab and monitor his progress to see if he's showing interest in returning to the community. It's up to the mods to decide if they want to offer that second chance.
You know it. Fuck that dude. I've got a fuse the size of Audino's wang (ok maybe not that small) and he lit it about 17 times.There is a difference I saw between you and Meeze. 1 -- Meeze was handled by CmdrFly, perhaps Cmdr puts up with less BS.
Then again I'm not nearly as homoerotic as you Arc. Therefore, due to your preference of man-penis over woman-penis, you inherently are more of a pussy.
*gets banned*
Heh... some of them have asked for a lot more than that. Man oh man was that a good read.They surely could. I know a few banned members that could present sufficient evidence to be returned to the site that I know I personally don't want to see back. Neolink is one, Kinkerbelle could definitely give a decent argument. Peregrine would give a great argument. Some of them have already asked that we reconsider and given reasons as to why we should unban them.
Miros is absolutely right, Murphy's Law exists everywhere and I would not have to deal with the flood of BS that would come from other pinks screaming for the same treatment. So even though I was a centrifugal force in his banning, my words are not scripture.
QCDN's mods & admins represent a community, not a clique of teenage girls who want to exclude the ugly one. Being selective about who gets unbanned has it's obvious side effects. What are they going to tell other pinks wanting back if Meeze gets raised access? "We don't like you, go away"? Sure this site is just one drop in the Internet ocean but that doesn't mean we can ignore ethics and fair treatment. I do agree that other banned users are of a very different breed when it comes to their actions & personality but many topics - this being one of em - seem very cut & dry until you're in staff shoes.