Posts by Alex Cook

You’re really the last person on this earth who gets to complain about anything—honestly, by any logic, you should’ve been hit with a permanent ban ages ago, which, by the way, is already in the works.

Man, you can't even get through a single sentence without getting a headache if you're logged in under a handle like that.

ass

What a bunch of "constructive" geniuses and deep thinkers we have here! 🙏

Absolute bottom-feeders...

Hey, Gary Palmer8. Sorry it took me forever to get back to you—my phone’s been acting up, my real life has been absolutely slammed lately (seriously, #moderatorsarehuman too, #freeAlex Cook), and before I knew it, two weeks had just vanished...

I'm gonna ask rustydrifter10 to lift your ban from the basketball subforum, but I need a few things from you first—keep the whining to a minimum, try not to jump into—or heaven forbid, start—pointless arguments, and we can all just move on happily. Seems like pretty low bars to clear, right? 🤷

Just so we're clear, lifting a partial ban means you'll be under the microscope for a bit. If it looks like nothing has changed in how you carry yourself or how you talk to the other users here, that ban could come right back without any warning...

Anyway, that's about it. Welcome back, and let's hope this is the last time we have to deal with this whole situation... 🙂

Before we dive into any actual heavy lifting here, I just want to clear one thing up—is this appeal basically a request to lift a partial ban, or are we just talking about an appeal against some standard moderation bullshit?

Man, everything being talked about on this board is just top-tier lately... seriously, nothing but hits

Best,
Alex Cook

silvergardener6 said:It isn't silvergardener6, it’s silvergardener6. With a period. I suppose a period might technically count as a character. 🤷

I recall someone else here having David Foster6 and wanting to change just that specific part, but I think someone already claimed that.

I don't think it's possible.
A period can only be used for initials, I guess; it shouldn't really serve as the sole distinguishing factor from an existing username or one that's already taken.

I don't know, maybe try adding a space? Like N OD, or just N OD... something like that?

Ashley Wells35 said:The soccer thread got locked because they claimed our discussion about what we learned from this World Cup was just too stupid.
I don't get why that's considered "stupid" when the mainstream media is all over it... whereas some other threads—like that one about the Greeks—are apparently considered high intellect? 😕

The problem is this thing is basically begging to turn into a mindless list of stats—just a glorified checklist—which, let’s be real, hasn't been any fun to read since the group stage wrapped up... especially for those random outsiders who just drop in whenever they feel like it.

Oh, the news is covering it? Great. That’s just a perfect excuse for you to go revive your own heavily visited thread about the exact same mess. 👍

the whole point of the thread was actually pretty deep and reflective, plus it had some funny commentary from users, which was the goal. I’m asking the mods to please unlock it, because I’m genuinely interested in seeing more people's takes on the World Cup. 🙂

If you want more "observations" from the community regarding the World Cup, you can find them—heaven help us—by scrolling through the massive PDF archives from before, during, and after the games.

Look, I'll admit there's a chance my 5:45 AM wake-up call didn't sit well and maybe I'm being a bit too abrasive. If that's the case, I'll leave it to one of the other guys to unlock the thread if they think it's worth it... personally, though, kill me now, I still don't see the point.

Jason Williams5 on the right

Whatever you do, don't accidentally read that first post... it's bad news

Nathan Moore6 said:I bet the mods have unlimited capacity

Sure, you can think that... 🤣

But yeah, way back when I was lurking more than actually posting on this forum, even as a regular user, my inbox limit was 1,000 messages. And wouldn't you know it—it was running on vBulletin too. 🙂

Knowing Andrew, he’ll probably jump in and give us the green light on this... so by tomorrow, we'll be able to spam each other with endless President messages just because we feel like it. Honestly, we'll do it just out of pure spite since we finally can.

Every single ☕
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We’re still hashing things out in the discussions, so just hang tight for a bit... 😁

Us "evil" moderators, right?

Ugh, here I go again being the bad guy—why the hell is this thread still open?

What’s the deal, man? Are the ads on this forum actually alright... I mean, they look flashy and all, but...

It’s gonna be a flag, heh heh...

Patrick Wright2 said:Man, look at this guy, Alex Cook, just pulling strings to snag Prem through some backroom deal instead of putting it out for a public tender. 🙂

While some folks are heading down to Dubai, I’m more than happy to jump in and help out if there's any workload being divvied up.

Let's just call it what it is—paying back old favors.

We seriously need to ditch all those alphanumeric characters and just crank up the emoji count per post to at least 5250...

Is Penny glitching out again, or is it just my settings messing with everything and blocking them?