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tipmoose

bakaduin
Thanks for trying to keep things calm in the HoF thread. You've certainly been a voice of reason this week. I know Bari gets a little agitated over Rad but I hope you see why.

You're welcome. I don't mean to come off as prickish with my views here, but since you asked, I figure I should tell you. I think Bari has a lot of personal emotion and a lot of himself tied up in The Pub and it often keeps him from viewing things objectively. I think he's young and fiery and has trouble keeping that under control. I think he views Rad as a threat to The Pub and to The Pubsters. And I think Bari takes it upon himself to defend both without stopping to think if they NEED defending.

The problem, from my perspective, is that Rad's not really a threat to anyone or anything. He can only do what Growl, Shane, and you let him do. (Ed: KissyKissy) He has a history here that's true. But not all of the things he's believed to have been responsible for have been his doing.

I don't pretend to know all the details and drama associated with his exit from GC, and don't really care to. Its none of my business. My goal in all of this is to have a happy, well functioning pub where everyone's welcome, where each of us can find something to enjoy and not feel bullied or pressured. As I've said before I would like to see some of the babe thread rules relaxed just a bit...but I understand that's above your pay grade. Heck, I'd like to see some of the folks who've been given a vacation get a second chance. But I know that's unlikely. (Ed: Had to get that in there...)

My take on the whole warm fuzzy stuff, in case you're interested, is that Vanders, Flip, Luver etc had their opinion on what the Pub was supposed to be. They posted lots of threads, and put work into molding the Pub to their liking. The threads they started were active and popular and so they thought that supported their view of how things should be run.

Others were less happy with that view and wanted things to be more like they were a year or two ago. I fell into this later category. I like a relaxed, goofball Pub where one liners and innuendo are fast and furious. I think some of the older pubsters saw the rules changes when we left scout and attributed them to posters instead of site policy. That led to animosity as they saw their old pub being softened and taken away from them. Some of them decided to fight back and take on the new folks. Predictably they got banned. That didn't help matters of course, as it got more old timers fired up. (Ed: Trying to soften the anti-BA sentiment a little. One small baby step at a time...)

I viewed the creation of the HoF as a step back towards what the Pub used to be. That's one of the reasons why I supported it. I didn't really care what the explanation was. I was just happy it happened. And so, that's why I'm working so hard to keep the peace. I want this to work and I want some semblance of the old Pub back. (Ed: And if the old pub comes back, maybe more of the old pubsters will come back with it? Who knows.)

Sorry for wasting so much of your time with my ramblings. But I figured I'd let you know. Feel free to forward this note to the other admins if you wish.

wasn't the TCU thing right after matt baited and banned me? Or am I confusing those times? Good lord, I've crammed an inordinate amount of information into my brain.

Well at least Bari and Baka don't ask for your phone number and call you up drunk and flirt. Ick.

Well at least Bari and Baka don't ask for your phone number and call you up drunk and flirt. Ick.

Oh dear lord....*shudder*

Matt wanted phonesex with the wimmins, Tip.