oojason

Really liked that - nicely done 😃

^ eeek! I feel for you man.

Obviously not my collection, thought it may be of interest in here:-

‘Rancho Obi-Wan: This man spent years building the largest ‘Star Wars’ collection in the world’…

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/News/rancho-obi-wan-man-spent-20-years-building/story?id=58695191

^ with video of collection & interview too
 

ray_afraid said:

Tobar said:

Kathleen Kennedy just confirmed to me Boba Fett movie is 100% dead, 100% focusing on THE MANDALORIAN #StarWars

— (@ErickWeber) October 26, 2018

So, no Boba Fett movie, but a Boba Fett TV show instead?

Well, more of a Mandalorian tv show than it actually being Boba 😉

I’m still hopeful a few years down the line they’ll start doing ‘straight to blu ray’ type Star Wars releases - or one off 90 mins SW specials (especially if Disney are pushing forward their own streaming service).

Something with a vibe like this below - a 90 min spaghetti western type Boba-centred film would do for me…

Though comics and books will likely have to suffice for now…
 

Z Nation…

Trashy & tongue-in-cheek zombie goodness - not afraid to poke fun at itself and other similar series too - give heartfelt homages where due - and even four seasons of low-budget silliness on… still fun 😃

https://www.syfy.com/znation

Very nicely done 😃

I’ve added a few of your fan edit videos to the ‘Misc’ section of the SW Fan Edit Index thread - let me know if I’ve overlooked / forgot any and I’ll add them too.
 

dahmage said:

Warbler, i didn’t read most of that, but i do see some of your comments at the end, and i agree and echo them.

Warbler said:

There has been no twisted re-interpretations on my part at all. Honest mistakes? Yes. Willful deceit? no.

With you assuming I am this terrible person and believing that I am trying to deceive everyone and making false claims and what not, I guess there is not much more to discuss.

It is very sad that this has occurred, oojason. Very sad. I wish I knew how to fix this, but I don’t. You are going to believe what you want about me no matter what I say and do. It is clear to me that our biases against each other are affecting our views and memories of what happen. If you weren’t so intent on believing that I am sort sort of terrible lying deceiving scumbag, maybe we could fix this. But we can’t. Very sad.

There has been a lot of broad stroke painting of various user’s intentions going on as part of the sh!t-fest lately, and it saddens me as well.

users are doing it against Jay / oojason, and oojason and Jay are doing it against users. It is a sad state.

time to remember that everyone on this site (well, other than the bots) are humans, and for the most part we want to be here and want to be part of the community.

All of this painting people as terrible and saying we are better off without them is not good.

Unfortunately when you are basically being lied about whilst being misled, then are asked for help from the same person and give them that help - only to be criticised and further misled… it eventually has an effect. There are many lengthy from PMs to me from Warbler starting off along the lines of ‘I am only asking for info’ before descending into an attack or dig because he didn’t like or agree with the info provided - or just wasn’t being upfront and truthful about his intentions? As well as snarky / snide posts afterwards.

Yet, after all this I was still answering Warb’s queries - even after my time a mod here finished… though after this latest incident, along with those comments about collipso’s open letter, I’m done with him; yet am quite sure Warb will carry on painting me in a negative light, along with him being misunderstood or forgetful, which he has done for quite some time until challenged and the fuller picture is presented. I don’t think Warb is a terrible or bad person - though do think he deceives people and has an agenda to not be found at fault when people call him out on incidents.

Meh. Life’s too short for continually indulging people like that (referring to my 1st paragraph here) - even online on a quality Star Wars website such as this. It’s better to challenge those one-eyed revisionist points made about you to give people a wider more accurate picture - wish your ‘accuser’ (for want of a better word) well, and then ignore him.

Handman said:

I agree with dahmage above. I had thought we had just about moved on and learned from our mistakes, but my posts here have been left unaddressed as the situation here remains the same. It’s really unfortunate and makes me sad.

Sorry mate, this is the ‘Warbler takes yet another pop at Jay, oojason and mods thread’. It didn’t start off like that - yet somehow descended into having digs at the above after a few posts. Huh - a bit of deja vu there. I’m sorry if your posts have got lost in amongst that - maybe a new thread for what you have to say would be better suited?

Though to be honest… I’d rather just move on and forwards - yet feel free to send me a PM if you have any queries or would like to discuss any issues.

Edit 14/12…
 

Firstly, thanks to Warbler for removing the name-calling content and also editing his initial post content to a more cordial tone - I hadn’t noticed his edits as they were made after his last post in here below.
 

Warbler said:

You have corrected a few inaccuracies and brought up relevant info to the subject at hand that I had forgotten. But I give my word I never set out to intentionally deceive anyone. Your treatment of this shows what I mean when I say that you assume the worst about intentions. I admit that I have forgotten some important details which you have brought up? It is possible that it have forgotten things due to memory bias I don’t know. What I do know that I never intentionally tried to deceive or paint a false picture of what occurred. I don’t do that, despite what you might want to believe. For forgetting and failing to include important details, I apologize. Again it was not intentional.

Warbler said:

With you assuming I am this terrible person and believing that I am trying to deceive everyone and making false claims and what not, I guess there is not much more to discuss.

It is very sad that this has occurred, oojason. Very sad. I wish I knew how to fix this, but I don’t. You are going to believe what you want about me no matter what I say and do. It is clear to me that our biases against each other are affecting our views and memories of what happen. If you weren’t so intent on believing that I am sort sort of terrible lying deceiving scumbag, maybe we could fix this. But we can’t. Very sad.

There is no fixing required as such - and no bias on my part. I’ve merely highlighted the ‘fuller picture’ (Warb himself admitting he’d somehow ‘forgotten’ and ‘failed to include important details’ to those parts which would have gave balance, accuracy and truth to many of his previous one-eyed statements and misleading re-interpretations). It probably just required Warb stop making these (and more) persistently revisionist claims - as well as the continued snide and snarky comments about me (or mod’s decisions) openly on the forums. Followed by repeated PMs asking for info or assistance - before making pops and digs when I didn’t agree with what he wanted to happen, or with what he was saying / requesting etc… followed by more barbs, and seemingly PMs too. Then rinse and repeat.

Re the quote from Warbler above - Warb makes reference in both lines that he believes I think him some sort of ‘terrible person’ and ‘If you weren’t so intent on believing that I am sort sort of terrible lying deceiving scumbag’… As stated before, even before his later edits to his post, I already posted I don’t believe that - let alone the intent to think such a thing - yet for some reason my saying so is ignored. Again, it seems a narrative is being built that doesn’t exist (other than seemingly in Warb’s own mind).

In the absense of any other info or reasons offered other than he had ‘forgotten’ - and also admitted ‘failing to include important details’ in many of his repeated reinterpretations - which near-on all appear to attempt to portray himself as unfairly treated - or me (and the mods) in a negative light… I came to the conclusion Warb was seemingly attempting to deceive people by doing this. Given Warb’s persistent issues and attitudes to / about me stated above… there seems to be no other logical determination to reach.

Now that I’ve ‘corrected’ and ‘brought up relevant info’ to some of Warb’s continued one-eyed revisionist statements… my work here is done - and there seems little point in going around and around with someone who doesn’t know how to fix a problem of his own creation (maybe it’s the ‘memory bias’?) - not that there was ever much fixing required.
 

Warb is 100% right when he says this is all ‘very sad’.

As stated previously - I wish him well for the future.

Ps - As someone else has questioned in a PM (and I have no answer for it either)… it seems there was no issue when Zion announced that Moth3r had been made a mod - yet for whatever reason it is a problem when Silverwook did so for me last year. Again, I don’t think it’s really been an issue - other than for anyone who wants to try and continue to make it one.

‘Teaser! | LEGO Star Wars: All Stars | Disney XD’

Specials coming Saturday November 10th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vNXYyxUFhQ
 

‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ review – Peter Jackson’s electrifying journey into the first world war trenches…

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/16/they-shall-not-grow-old-review-first-world-war-peter-jackson?

^ with 1 minute video.

Really hope the BBC or other free national tv channel snaps this up and shows it soon.
 

Not me, though love the humour of it…

^ you make them rather than buy them - a bit like the old airfix models etc? Very nice work - and they look great 😃

‘Star Wars TIE silencer wheelchair costume conquers Halloween’:-

‘A young boy has turned to the Dark Side as his wheelchair is transformed into Kylo Ren’s deadly spaceship’

https://www.cnet.com/news/star-wars-tie-silencer-wheelchair-costume-conquers-halloween/

(^ with video and more pics)
 

some sweet detailed art 😃
 

‘A Star Wars Fan in Columbus, Ohio Builds a 17 Foot AT-AT Imperial Walker in His Front Yard For Halloween’…

https://laughingsquid.com/at-at-imperial-walker-front-yard-halloween-decoration/

‘ODYSSEY: A Star Wars Story (2018 Fan Film)’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IvGpStmbOM& - a 12 minute video at the MAV Films, LLC youtube channel.

More info at www.Odyssey-film.com

^ really enjoyed watching that - can see the hard work, skills and dedication that went into it. I hope they do more…

Looking forward to seeing the ‘WHY WE FIGHT: A Star Wars Story’ when it is released too.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/christopherrowe/why-we-fight-a-star-wars-story : https://twitter.com/whywefight_film

^ some info, snippets and updates there as well.
 

ebay has them spring up from time to time mate:-

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Darkman-II-The-Return-Of-Durant-Behind-The-Scenes-Rare-VHS-New-Sealed-1985-/221389823015

^ new and sealed too 😃
 

These guys may be able to point you in the right direction mate:-

https://starwarsprequelappreciationsociety.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-clone-wars-decoded/
 

It may also be worth trying similar sites to theirs as well - good luck with it 😃
 

I don’t agree with league sports being played outside the boundaries of the country it is meant to represent/contain (maybe as the NFL is a franchise rather than a meritocracy like so many other sports it is more acceptable?)… though fair play to the UK crowds for the recent games at Wembley:-

‘NFL London 2018: Record Wembley crowd shows sport’s growing popularity in the UK’…

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/national-football-league/nfl-2018-standings-football-games-uk-wembley-news-a8606896.html
 

‘Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro wins presidential vote – as it happened’… (Brazil)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/28/brazil-election-2018-second-round-of-voting-closes-as-bolsonaro-eyes-the-presidency-live

‘Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds’…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds
 

Lemsip - insidious stuff - bloody man-flu!

Wow, that’s some impressive work - I thought I wouldn’t be interested in seeing another Ep III Edit again - though am glad to be proven wrong once more 😃

DuracellEnergizer said:

Warbler said:

oojason said:

For banning someone who posted up an image regarding paedophilia, bestiality and religious intolerance (and IIRC was also racist?), and who also kicked off at the mods and then re-posted the offending image - I’ve no qualms about my actions there.

Just so everyone knows what oojason is referring to here. It image in question was one of a westboro baptists protester, holding up offensive signs. I was not posting it condone, or agree with what they do or condone or approve of paedophilia, bestiality, religious intolerance, racism, or homophobia. I think the westbor baptists are the scum of the earth. I absolutely hate what they do. oojason knowing me as long as he did, should known that would not approve of those things or the westboro baptists. I posted the pic to show that not all peaceful protesters are good people. I thought I had made that clear in the initial post. I thought, if the post was read in the contexts of the posts that had come before and with the accompanying text with the pic, that my reasons and intentions were clear. But turned out it was not. I made more clear my reason for posting the pic later on, but it was not done fast enough to suit oojason.

Oojason’s referring to Haseo and the image which got him banned.

Spot on, Duracell.

Warbler said:

As I recall the problem was only one mobile devices. On desktops, it looked fine. Then again, people are using mobile devices a lot these days. However, as I recall, my sig had been unchanged for a while(multiple months), without anyone complaining to me and that includes moderators.

No, members here had voiced displeasure at having to scroll past many consecutive posts made by yourself (or near-on consecutive posts seemingly in the Politics thread) in which the size of your signature took up half a page (so I think it likely they were referring to viewing the site on desktops) - often containing one word or one-line replies / answers - in each post - making them apparently ‘difficult’ to find and read.

IIRC Members were also asking mods for clarification on rules in a bid to reduce the size of some other member’s signatures too (and for their own signatures) - which was also done; along with an issue re the photobucket image hosting company around that time too - of which an error on photobucket’s part resulted in some members’ signatures on here being ‘blown up’ to disproportionate sizes - or previously having large ‘photobucket wants $100’s from you to be able to 3rd party image link to’ type adverts in place of member signatures on here - a month or so earlier.

Anyway, back to your signature…

which can also be viewed here:-

http://web.archive.org/web/20171021172019/http://originaltrilogy.com:80/topic/Politics-2-Electric-Boogaloo/id/53003/page/488
 

Additionally, what made that situation personal, was the fact the in that sig was tribute to my father who had passed away about year before oojason complained about my sig.

For whatever reason, you forget to mention that both SilverWook and myself made mock-up alternative signatures for you - containing the same images and text in a more acceptable sized signatures (inkeeping with the rules). You declined them both (and further offers of adjustments/changes you may have preferred) which is fair enough - yet you also stated around the time you were considering changing your signature regardless - to something not relating to your deceased father.
 

(^ the image host is seemingly making them appear a little larger than originally done)

All I know I that I was making my sigh posts just like I had always done and then suddenly when oojason became a moderator, it became problem. In any event, I think we all have to agree I do it a lot less these days.

A few members had issues with your repeated ‘sigh only’ posts over a reasonable amount of time (as an example - http://web.archive.org/web/20171029004630/http://originaltrilogy.com:80/topic/Politics-2-Electric-Boogaloo/id/53003/page/498 - a post by you in October '17 in which you sighed 9 times in a row as replies to other member’s posts - followed by another sigh later on on the same page.)

Maybe when you state that ‘and then oojason suddenly became a moderator, it became a problem’ you meant that I was merely the mod who dealt with members’ continuing issues on your ‘sigh only’ posts at the time - web.archive.org/web/20171206053456/http://originaltrilogy.com:80/topic/Politics-2-Electric-Boogaloo/id/53003/page/556 (December, '17).

It seems my intent behind it to try and help you make your oft-valued points to others here (that was also explained at the time in a bid to try and cut down on misunderstandings to when you had previously posed ‘sighs’ and members would get the wrong end of the stick by you meant or what you were referring to - resulting in your original point being lost, forgotten or ignored. In a bid to improve the flow and understanding of the point you were making you were asked give an explanation along with when you sighed)… is (and was) lost on you. I think it’s also worth noting you didn’t seemingly have an issue with being asked to give an explanation alongside your ‘sighs’ until some time later.
 

Just so everyone knows what oojason is referring to here. It image in question was one of a westboro baptists protester, holding up offensive signs. I was not posting it condone, or agree with what they do or condone or approve of paedophilia, bestiality, religious intolerance, racism, or homophobia. I think the westbor baptists are the scum of the earth. I absolutely hate what they do. oojason knowing me as long as he did, should known that would not approve of those things or the westboro baptists. I posted the pic to show that not all peaceful protesters are good people. I thought I had made that clear in the initial post. I thought, if the post was read in the contexts of the posts that had come before and with the accompanying text with the pic, that my reasons and intentions were clear. But turned out it was not. I made more clear my reason for posting the pic later on, but it was not done fast enough to suit oojason.

No, it wasn’t what I was referring to (DuracellEnergizer is correct with his post on the matter) - it was referencing Haseo’s image containing paedophilia, bestiality and religious intolerance (and IIRC was also racist). Haseo also described the image himself as ‘vile in nature’. I received some criticism for banning him for the incident - that’s fair enough if people disagreed. Yet I’d have still done exactly the same if such noxious images had again been posted on here.

As for the facts of the situation surrounding your 2-day cool-off period (and later 1 week temp-ban, later shortened to 3/4 days) I refer you to your own ‘A Statement from Warbler’ thread, here - link - and maybe give some time and consideration to what actually occurred at the time; and also to my two reply posts addressing your issues and queries - along with hyperbolic statements back then by yourself - just to refresh your consistently failing & selective memory of events.
 

I don’t know why that would baffle you. We(regular forums) have no idea what you do and do not discuss in private.

Admins and moderators talk with each often about many issues on site - which is likely the case on many websites & forums. It goes someway to having more consistent moderation throughout the forum - which is a positive thing - as you have previously stated here, yes? (just a rhetorical question - do not feel the need to answer).
 

It may well have been. But I say again neither he nor I ever seriously wanted Jay to kill himself.

Well, that’s obviously fine and okay to say (and love it and find it beautiful) such things if you don’t seriously mean them…

(^ I shall await Jay’s inclusion of a working sarcasm emoticon for the forum, hopefully in the near future, to insert here)
 

It was not intended to be one-eyed. But you clearly had the ability to correct any inaccuracies that I had made.

It’d be more factual to say ‘you continue to correct many of my inaccuracies, false claims and my problems with moderator duties/decisions I don’t agree with’, yes?

You’ve made some of these (and more) false accusations & statements before - also previously rebuffed, and evidenced with facts too… yet here we are again… me refuting your somewhat one-eyed revisionist claims at best. Willfully deceiving and seemingly part of some sort of agenda at worst.

I can’t speak for Jay & The Mods - though am not surprised if they choose not to engage with someone who throws baseless & revisionist accusations (and possible agenda) at them, as you have done in here, on the open forums, in PM threads, and elsewhere too - over time. Though maybe they’re just busy modding.
 

I won’t be engaging with you in any further discussion - even in here - which has been only to correct your distorted claims. For whatever reason it is apparent you are trying to deceive and manipulate people into trying to believe your fictitious view… along with your likely forthcoming posts in here furthering your attempts to achieve just that… I hope others in here also see your false and inaccurate claims for just what they are… I’m no longer going to be a part of these twisted re-interpretations on your part.
 

As stated before… I wish you well for the future, Warbler - though I hope it is away from here, for both the good of the site - and also yourself. Good luck.

Am off for a couple/few weeks - gonna spend some time watching footy, walking the dog, and spending more time with Mrs ooj.

Warbler said:

I was keeping that inside me for along time and then came a tipping point. Jay making oojason a moderator(btw, Jay should have made that announcement, not Silverwook, announcing new mods is a job for the admin).

Does it really matter who made the announcement? Whether it was Jay, SilverWook or Anchorhead? Either way the announcement made - and it was clear & concise. It also appeared across the top of every section of the site - and no-one else seemingly had an issue with it, that I recall.

In my opinion, that just did not work. Part of that is colored by how it started. I was in a bad mod one weekend in late September of 2017 and had gone a bit too far in posting in the politics thread. Up to that time the rules, at least in the off topic were not being enforced all that strictly. If the politics threads were visible I could point to posts made within weeks of that September that clearly violated the rules and yet no one had done anything about them. It was clear that the rules were not being enforced strictly. Then I made the posts in September of 2017 and oojason stepped in. I didn’t even realize he had been made a moderator. We got into an argument and I got temp banned(at the time I didn’t realize whether the ban was temp or perm because I didn’t realize it was oojason that banned me).

IIRC within a day it was explained to you (via email) that it was a 2 day cool-off period - issued by me. At the time I apologised to you for not realising a banned member on the site could not read the PM sent to you informing you of my decision to reluctantly give you that cooling-off period - and why.

It shortly became clear that oojason was very strictly enforcing the rules. The problem is, until after I got banned, no one had given any warning that the rules were now going to be more strictly enforced. Another thing was that I got temp banned before anything had been done to the likes of Darth Id, General Frevious, and Jediuze(I forget how it is spelled and I can’t see the politic thread to get the right spelling) which were clearly trolls and had behaved much worse than I did. This was a tipping off point for me. It made me think there was a double standard going on. It just further cemented my anger. But I again tried to more on from it.

I disagree with that, somewhat. As stated to you before the rules are there to help make this place a civil one. It’s not a strict application of those rules I undertook - just more of a case of trying to make an effort for that to happen more (be civil with each other), and in doing so making this place more welcoming and a more enjoyable place to be.

Then oojason went nitpicking in the offtopic section and punished people for ridiculous things. He was ruining the fun for a lot of people. I think oojason did a terrible job, I am not the only one that thinks so. It didn’t help that we did not know whether Jay ordered that the rules be more strictly enforced or whether oojason had taken it upon himself to do so.

I think the paragraph posted by me above applies here too - with that asking people to stop telling each other to ‘fuck off’ isn’t a great look for the forum, nor is it very welcoming for new or other members. As explained at the time - it can also lead to misunderstandings and ructions even when said in jest.

If you’re referring to you being asked to reduce the size of your signature… it was a little on the large size, Warb. It took up nearly half the page. Given your liking to reply to each issue/post with an individual post by yourself there were often occasions where members were scrolling through your multiple replies - often searching for one word or one-line answers between. When members asked us to reduce the signature size, we then asked you to reduce it.

If you’re referring to me asking you to stop with the ‘sigh only’ posts - that was also explained at the time in a bid to try and cut down on misunderstandings to when you had previously posed ‘sighs’ and members would get the wrong end of the stick by you meant or what you were referring to - resulting in your original point being lost, forgotten or ignored. In a bid to improve the flow and understanding of the point you were making you were asked give an explanation along with when you sighed. (Other members were asked to stop with the ‘hahahaha’ type posts too - both part of a bid to improve the quality and flow of discussion).

For banning someone who posted up an image regarding paedophilia, bestiality and religious intolerance (and IIRC was also racist?), and who also kicked off at the mods and then re-posted the offending image - I’ve no qualms about my actions there.

Asking for members in the-then Off Topic section to be a little more civil to each other, and trying to improve the flow and quality of posts made… isn’t really nitpicking in my book - nor do I believe it is ‘punishing people for ridiculous things’.

This, and more, was explained to members who had voiced concerns in a Group PM and were under the mistaken impression there were new rules in play (or changes made to them). After Jay and I replied to their concerns highlighting this and answering various questions we didn’t hear anything back - so I imagine those concerns were eased. (kudos to Handman for representing those issues to us, and doing a top job in doing so.)

I felt that he treated me like he was so much better than I and like I was some sort of terrible and despicable person who needed to be taught how to behave by him. He always assumed the worse about my intentions. That even further cemented my anger.

I’m sorry you feel that way - though am at somewhat of a loss on how you came to that conclusion - and am quite surprised by it. The many PMs to me asking for my opinion / thoughts / information / assistance usually started off well - before you often made digs or attacked me in them for not agreeing with you, or not taking the course of action you wish to happen. I’m aware you think I use your words against you and you don’t appreciate it - though if I quote your words back to you it’s only in a bid to address & cover the points made by yourself. Personally I think you’re being a little hyperbolic in your above statement ‘He always assumed the worse about my intentions.’ - and I try to never assume anyone’s intentions before reading what they actually have to say.

That you think I did a terrible job saddens me - though that is your opinion - and you’re most welcome to it.
 

Warbler said:

2. Inconsistent moderation. Let us face it, how Silverwook moderates compared to how oojason did is night and day. They are entirely different. That is a problem. Moderation, no matter who is doing it needs to be consistent. It is not fair that whether someone is punished for something and/or what the punishment is, depends on who is doing the moderating. Tell your moderators how you want and expect the forum to be moderated and make sure they are all moderating it the same. This would also help in making clear how you expect people to behave.

Yes, we’re different people, though as stated before by the other mods, and Jay, we are not a hive mind. I’ll freely admit I’m the ‘worst’ mod on here and made a fair few mistakes - though it’s a high bar on here (and both love and respect SilverWook, Anchorhead, Zion, Moth3r & Jay and the way they handle(d) things, their commitment and dedication to the site.

That you believe that Jay didn’t converse with us on issues is baffling to me - or that we actually often talked issues through before acting on them at times baffles me too.

I think maybe some people ignore the 1st paragraph in the Rules thread:-

‘Interesting and productive discourse lies in the reasonable space between protecting delicate flowers from the slightest offense and promoting a crude free-for-all. We aim to provide an open and lively discussion forum while keeping things civil, hence the following rules.’

Be civil, be cool & welcoming - that’s pretty much it in how I believe Jay seemingly would like members to ‘behave’ here. Doesn’t seem a bad idea to me, that - seems many agree too given that we’re still here 15 years on, and still going strong.

As for your earlier statement in which…

Warbler said:

But why did I react the way I did? Anger. Anger at what has gone on here for years. I have been a forum member here for 15 years. For a large percentage of that, I have felt like dirt under Jay’s feet. I realize I share part of the blame. I know some it goes back to my actions during what I have always called the great forum schism(now I guess it is the first forum schism) back in 2006 with the situation involving Dayv and fanedit.com(now fanedit.org). I do regret some of how I acted and some of what I said. I believe I have said that before. I also deeply regret the times I trolled on here. I admit it was childish and stupid and I am embarrassed about doing so. I do believe that even though I have tried to move on from both, I don’t think Jay has never been able to truly forgive me and it has caused animosity between us for years. But it is not just that.

It has do with years of Jay acting like he preferred the Trolls over legitimate forum members. It used to be trolls could get away with murder on here. I have been the victim of bullying and personal attacks from trolls, with Jay and his mods doing nothing. Finally, they started moderating the off topic section, but my anger at having to put up with the trolls for years while Jay and the mods did nothing, remained. To me at the time I thought all Jay and the mods should do is just perm ban the trolls and leave off topic otherwise un-moderated. I think I now realize it’s a little more complicated than that. I also felt and still feel that Jay has never appreciated the special place that off topic became(note, I did not say perfect). To my point of view, he has always had disdain for the off topic section and consequently, we(those post most often in off topic) have felt like Jay’s dirty ugly step children. That fed into the animosity and my anger. There were also multiple PMs to you and other mods that went unanswered. That too fed into my anger.

Just a quick one, here. I believe you are wrong on how you believe Jay sees you. Despite you publishing private email conversations on the site, harassing me after you were asked to stop contacting me (and on other occasions since - quite ironic given your approval of Rule 6 in the Rules thread), and then giving quite a one-eyed opinion of what had occurred at the time in your ‘Warbler’s Statement’ thread… I’ll let you know Jay was person who asked me to reduce your ‘week off’ for doing so to just a few days, and that he generally speaks well of you in the Admin section. Jay also had no problem with you using the site to start up ‘Warbler’s Place 2 - PM Boogaloo’ type PM threads - despite you not posting on the open forum. And if I may be blunt here, had no problem with you going off a little huffy and announcing you were doing so (IIRC because despite asking me to take action vs three members you believed had done you wrong, yet you refused to explain what they had actually done to you on at least three occasions, before telling me to go ask them what they had done to you. A little help and information was that was being asked Warb - to try and understand why you were apparently upset).

Jay has also gone to significant efforts to reform the Off Topic for the better - giving members here what they they long wished for - a place to discuss media, film, tv, music, art, politics, religion, sport, life etc in a place outside of the old Off Topic section - yet still contain that (now Cantina) section - where members are more free to goofball & mess around - and is more freely moderated than other sections of the site.
 

Also, your claim that multiple PM to the mods went unanswered is not true - I’ve answered every single one of your many PMs to me (bar your last PM reply to me). You may not have liked or agreed with the content - though they were all answered, and I believe engaged with - and given the same respect, thought, care and attention that I gave to everyone else. The reason why I haven’t responded to your last PM reply is that I no longer wish to spend any more time and effort here discussing issues with you when you state that collipso’s open letter (containing ‘go drive yourself into a tree’) is ‘it was a thing of beauty’ and that ‘you loved the open letter’.

My time spent here is limited (though it certainly may not seem like it of late! 😃) due to changes in personal circumstances mean I stepped down as moderator here (something which can take a lot out of a person). Regardless of Jay being involved in a car accident years ago - or whether collipso knew of that or not… it was out of order and a disgusting thing for him to say to anyone (basically to go kill yourself). I’ve nothing further to say to either of you - and will likely only converse with you in the future to correct and give balance to some of your oft repeated one-eyed and sometimes revisionist recollections of previous events here.

Honestly, I never thought there’d be day where I believed this site would be a better place without you - though given your continuing & selective views of me and others (as well as aggressive attitude to me in your PMs), your obvious and clear frustrations with the site & how it’s run, the anger which has manifested itself within you over that time - and also your recent comments & claims - I no longer believe that to be the case.

I wish you well for the future, Warb - though I hope it is away from here, for both the good of the site - and also yourself.
 

^ I’d so watch a Peanuts special with Dr Who theme 😃
 

Monty Python and The Holy Grail for me (as best), though haven’t seen it for a few years now - may have to give that a re-watch.

As worst… ‘Debbie Does Dishes’ - not the sequel / parody I was expecting… (turns out they were not referring to the US town of Dishes).
 

Yes. I am extremely comfortable. No. I will not tell you how this happened.