adywan said:

You've just got to include  this one:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/STAR-WARS-EPISODE-III-THE-CLONE-WARS-RECLONED-EDITION/topic/10880/

I hadn't seen that one since I rarely go to the Fan Edit portion of this great forum. Awesome meltdown for sure!! What I don't understand is why was this "Darth Venal" fella banned?

Bait? Not interested.

Just walking a tightrope here lately myself.

I guess i went all Romon Prodo on the tread masters arse about his traits.

I need to get back to constructve again now though.

That was an excellent burst of delusion. I also enjoyed his comeback grab for sympathy: "I HAVE FUCKEN CANCER!!!"

But ultimately, ignoring them is not always the most entertaining path to take.

At first I thought this thread was kind of dumb, but now I see it was kind of a fun idea. I hereby nominate Fink as OT.com's official chronicler. Feel free to add it to your description you cultist wacko.

EDIT: Of minor note, does anyone else find the greyed out text for banned members to be really annoying and hard to read? I like the idea of pointing out that they have been banned, but you really have to strain to read them, or highlight the text to make it easier.

Jay said:

The whole transparency thing may be a horrible idea. Feel free to let me know :)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Banned-users-posts-unreadable-in-Firefox/topic/10928/

TV's Frink said:

I never quite figured that out.  He was being kind of rude and arrogant, but that usually isn't enough to get the job done.  I recall suggesting a thread for the mods to let us know why people get banned, but nothing ever came of it.

Well, I can see why there isn't a thread for that sole purpose. What I think would be better is a little notation next to the username or perhaps under the signature area something to the effect of "User banned for trolling", "User banned for rudeness", "User banned for abusing other forum members", etc. etc.

I don't know if this qualifies as a meltdown per se, as it never really gets off the ground: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/And-on-the-8th-day-God-created-socks-that-wont-stay-up-mosquitos-Taco-Bell-and-Letterboxed-DVDs-It-was-not-good/post/244141/#TopicPost244141

ferris209 said:

TV's Frink said:

I never quite figured that out.  He was being kind of rude and arrogant, but that usually isn't enough to get the job done.  I recall suggesting a thread for the mods to let us know why people get banned, but nothing ever came of it.

Well, I can see why there isn't a thread for that sole purpose. What I think would be better is a little notation next to the username or perhaps under the signature area something to the effect of "User banned for trolling", "User banned for rudeness", "User banned for abusing other forum members", etc. etc.

 User shot in the back by Buford Tannen, over a matter of eighty dollars.

Ooh, I want to be that guy!

Here's another classic:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/My-First-YAGE/topic/7123/

Related:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/A-Date-Which-Will-Live-in-Infamy/topic/7095/

Oh yeah, I remember that dumb queefer with the YAGE bullshit thing. What a sad person... but man, we had a lot of fun on her/his dime. Didn't even know what the hell a YAGE was until that thread. Definitely one of those things I could have gone through life never knowing.

Man, that thread brings back memories. I really miss WESHALLPRESERVE, that kid was really cool.

Despite Obi Jeewhyen's bizarre departure, he was usually a great poster on the SW forum. His penchant for the word "frelling" never grew on me, I'll admit.

Warbler said:

Ferris, I think what you might be afraid of in a thread for telling why people were banned is that fights could break out in it.    If that is so, I have a simple solution: set the thread up so only the mods can post in it.   If the regular members can't post in the thread,  we can't fight in there.

Makes sense. Cool!