Originally Posted by
midiwall
Originally Posted by
Cebby
Funny thing is, they complain about all the drama over there, then they turn around and bring it to our doorstep.
Jeez Mike, I showed up to clear up the drama that was started HERE by TJ. That resulted in him making continued threats of bodily harm to me.
TJ was venting. The drama started and spiralled quickly when you engaged him. Do I have a problem with that? No - I think it was very healthy for everyone to understand what's going on overthere.
What Bodily Harm? C'mon. Give me an example, I'm not sifting through 16 pages of TJ's ramblings. People say all sorts of stuff when they vent. Hell, look at your fearless
leader over there. He makes hypothetical threats to anyone who looks at his "rig" wrong. The casket, the numchucks, the unfired AR-15.
Your tone just continues to drive the point home - YT is so hellbent on applying the letter of the law, that they've taken the helpful personal touch out of that place. Hell, I still get people PM'ing me for advice over there since they know I don't post.
Originally Posted by
midiwall
Originally Posted by
Cebby
I do hope Mark returns to read your own words about the bumper. Seems he was getting conflicting information from somewhere.
Look back a few pages... Steve asked me to comment on the screenshot that Andy posted, and I did. I agree that Corey was given the bumper - _as a promotional tool and payment for a photo shoot_. I don't see anything wrong with that, it happens all the time.
I must have missed that - sorry. Let's all agree that none of us have a problem with Corey getting a free bumper and lift, OK? It's been beaten to death.
The issue is about how he intends to stick the members with the server bill rather than go back on his "word" about the vendor advertising being free. Same thing with the contributing members - once a contributing member always a contributing member, can't go back on my "word" he'd say. Guess what - the content was good enough to justify annual member fees in exchange for them to have all the features.
Sponsoring membership was set up annually and Contributing had the choice of recurring or one-time (I know since I was the one who set it all up). The sponsoring membership level was intended for vendors - but was never pushed that way while he solicited people to have a free vendor banner on the site. Hell he arbitrarily made himself a sponsoring member because he has access to the admin functions of the software. When called on it, he lumbered back under his rock and removed himself (or maybe Chris did, who knows for sure). It's a classic case of too much power - one little detail was forgotten, that with power comes responsibility. He has the ego trip part of it down - just look at his title over there. I fear that he'll never understand the obligation he has to the membership who built that place. He's just the caretaker, the members are the real stars of the show.