Hi there Y'all!!
NO WONDER!!!
OMIGAWD!!!
No wonder my ears had been burning so often these past few days!
Its’ a week-end and YES, I HAVE now succumbed ….again… to the pull of the bull…shit! And hope that the Mods and you guys do NOT mind too much my returning to JUST fully explain. First, many thanks to all those guys who’ve contacted me through various means to wish me well/ some of your suggestions to at least check what all has been discussed about SEAJ!! LOL! I am very flattered/grateful for all those kind words so expressed…and actually quite flabbergasted that such a small matter as my being banned would give rise to all this back and forth! Amazing!! But check what all has been discussed about SEAJ is exactly what I had just done and….Oh MY!!
OK, I guess I DO owe it to some of you to fully explain my actions/motivation; I hope that you all do NOT mind that once and for all, I write this FOND farewell to you all. It would be a bit inappropriate for me to use the Cantonese phraseology “Good Coming, Good Going” seeing as my “arrival” here had not quite been all that stellar! But I hope that I can convey/that you all will understand that I do want my ending here to be harmonious AND beneficial to this board - which I do truly care a lot about.
First of all, my MAIN reason for having done what I had done, had just simply been that I felt that I was spending way, WAY too much time on this board; to my own chagrin when I realized that such participation had actually turned into a VERY BAD AND ACTUAL addiction. I was spending too much time on this board, time which I should have/will now use for other more important and meaningful matters in my life. I had quite a while ago decided that it’s imperative that I MUST stay away – but sadly, all previous attempts on my part to just slowly wean myself off just did NOT work; Like I said, the pull of the Bull…shit here had always been too great a temptation and I figured that once and for all, I just REALLY needed to be banned to successfully stay away. And this is where I feel I do owe it to some of you to explain now, as my departure had been quite sudden and unexplained.
I will confirm that all that Twice has outlined is precisely what had happened, and my hats off to him for always being the great Mod that he is. He is NOT the bad guy! And it’s actually the discussions I have had with him and the other Mods that made me understand the future direction of the board and had given me the impetus to go ahead and “Just Do It” (hey – it’s really not that easy to commit suicide let me tell you all!! LOL!! But commit suicide I did and Twice rightly banned me as a consequence). Such discussions had made me realize that the “new direction/rules” for the forum has made this place NOT what I would like to still be a part of and is NOT where I would still be able to enjoy the fun and games that I had been on here for in days past - thus giving rise to my last actions on the board. And I certainly can understand that Twice would want to see the last of me prior to him stepping down as a Mod; he certainly would NOT want to have me as his lasting legacy on his term as a Mod here!! Perfectly understandable as per the explanation he posted up to say Good Bye! Oh Well!!
Having said that though, I don’t think his work is quite finished yet as I see that he still also need to rid the board of other disruptive members – say the guy who’s on here practically to ONLY wait to pounce on each and every errant/misguided post to denigrate the OP, the various obvious ass-lickers, those still here with their own agenda etc etc – just the usual list of riff-raffs on every board!! LOL!
I have nothing against Admin wanting to re-formulate the forum to better serve his aims etc (More power/Good for him!!) – but what I concluded is that the new rules will severely restrict participation of the board to ONLY those whose participation will be for the SOLE benefit of the advertisers on the DB (News to you SEAJ – that is PRECISELY the reason for this forum!! Jeez!!). Anyway, I see that the under the new rules/direction of the forum, there is hardly any way for a newbie to rise up through the ranks UNLESS he is actively reporting on sessions. But IMHO, some of the best conversations/meaningful/informative discussions had been from those who are NOT just into reporting on sessions; after all, actual sessions/reports of such cannot occupy one’s whole time (where’s the fun and games in THAT?) and it had always been GREAT and refreshing to just get on this board and…idly chat.
It is of course understandable that Admin would want to restrict Idle Chit-Chats which does not directly address his advertisers’ needs, but doing so will severely restrict my ability to just have fun and games on the board …for such chit chats will most likely/ invariably mainly be participated only by senior members who no longer need/care anymore about posting credits being accumulated or not. And these Seniors – heck, I’ve said just about anything under the sun in my previous postings – what fun would it be just to re-hash tired old stories with a small (and most likely growing smaller) bunch of seniors who probably will also just be re-hashing their old stories/theories/opinions! And of course, I am also VERY tired with the petty sniping and sour grapes that my detractors are always so fond of enunciating!
When I did post up reports, It was when there WAS something worthy/notable/unusual to report and not just a Penthouse type tale that is practically de-rigeur on this board!! (And phoooey on those who still maintain that I did not post up reports. I DID post up reports…quite a lot actually!!). And I just cannot allow myself to now become a mere tool/pawn for other’s purposes/aims and to just meekly “do up reports” just to be able to stay on this forum. Nah!! Besides the reports I did write up previously, the rest/majority of the time I spent here WAS chatting and relishing the spirit of camaraderie that IMHO is now going to be minimized as a result of the non-crediting of anything but reports.
How appropriate to name that thread “Talk is Cheap” – actually worthless on this board now! At least I doubt that there would be much interest from newbies to participate in discussions in the chat sections, knowing full well that he is NOT going to rack up any posting credits. And BTW – the new rules – has it/will it give rise to more - or less - just bullshit reports to rack up the points? I’m really wondering!!
As to inferences that I am a disruptive influence on this board, yes, I WILL readily admit that, many times, that had actually been the end result of my perhaps/probably misguided efforts to errr…. make the forum GREATER STLL!. I have no interest to discredit anybody except when IN MY MIND he is being of disservice to the forum. Apologies if sometimes my sight/target identifying had sometimes been a bit off, but please do note that I do NOT suffer fools gladly and as such, I certainly will not just back away when confronted. Yeah yeah yeah, all good and well but what about the end result - you probably are saying right now! But if you will KINDLY notice/recall, I had always mostly reacted/retaliate only when first being trespassed on (Good way to put it huh? LOL!!).
And I will also add that on quite a few occasions, I had been requested to do such battles for and on behalf of those who were not able to do such battles themselves (and I think most of you will get my meaning!!). It has never been my intention to just be disruptive on the board, and on this point, I DO disagree with Twice that I just cannot help myself. I CAN help myself – but I will choose each and every time to instead defend myself/own principles when crossed, no matter what the end result would be.
Right is right, wrong is wrong. Sorry – but hell – don’t worry, no more - as I am now banned anyway!! LOL!
And BTW – all my previous bleatings about the “Special” status (ouch!) accorded to the Idle Chat thread to be the only thread to NOT be allowed posting credits (which of course really grated on Twice) – at least I see that he’d done right now and NOT allow posting credits for other idle banters/general section equally.
EQUAL TREATMENT…Yeh, Yeh, Yeh!!
But….not really what I was hoping for as being THE solution – No? Sigh….!
But me-thinks all that have transpired will at least once and for all vindicate all the bros who had participated on the Idle chat thread; vindication from all the unspoken accusations about the implied dastardly deeds we had supposedly been deemed to have committed…and were thus punished for!!
But that I AM considered to be disruptive to the board is just all the more reason for me to want to stop participating - for I have nothing but good feelings for this board and certainly do NOT want to be the cause of it being further curtailed. And IMHO, this is very likely the future direction of this board as I think that Admin do NOT see that chit chats, fun and games etc is of much use for his purposes of the forum. And of course I have never been shy to express precisely what I think – which in this matter would only serve to piss Admin off all the more!
For those who will still want to participate on this forum – good on you and my best wishes to Y’all; and please do NOT let whatever I had written above to influence you one way or the other. Like I said, in my case it’s just that I need to stay away from the pull of the bull…shit here!! Ahhh…such a strong pull!
Thank you all for reading this and for having been a “good mate” to me during my sojourn here – I do appreciate it a LOT! And as for those who hates me (GOD – how many of you ARE there??!!), please just ignore this posting - for I certainly will not come back on to address your usual trash and vitriol!
Fare thee well bros!
SEAJ
Recent Ratings
Tuffbod
24-9-2012 09:48 Acceptance +3
Take care SEAJ Sifu!
bigswingingdik
20-9-2012 06:24 Acceptance +2
Best of luck to you. Maybe I'll bump into you in cp. You're not really sw ...
scootermonger
19-9-2012 01:00 Acceptance +4
+1000k's =) haha. keep in touch ol pal.
bohica
18-9-2012 01:18 Acceptance +1
SEAJ - U will be missed!!
devilgodspeed
16-9-2012 22:15 Acceptance +1
Farewell my friend.
wander
15-9-2012 18:21 Acceptance +1
Aiyaa!!! And on and on and on.
chelu
15-9-2012 12:03 Acceptance +1
Its been a real slice ;-)