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It seems some of you are confused about why Drago had actions taken on his account. Here is an email he sent me and my reply. The reason I'm posting it is because people have been increasingly rude on MMB lately and there will be consequences for those who continue.



xxxxxxxx writes:



So I'm suspended because I am more liberal with my language and don't bother to hide my dislike for people?



That's very lame. You're just proving my post right. Edited for content and neutered. I have to be a good boy now so you don't ban me? That's lame. That one post has seen a lot of traffic in the last few minutes. Funny. Not even a quarter of the people I know are online right now. A few of them won't reply to it because they're afraid of you banning them. That's fine. I understand their fear of you. Irrational people are hard to deal with. I assure you, I'm one of the worst. You're pretty bad yourself though. Anyway, I'll stop wasting your time and get down to it. Either ban me or un-suspend me. This in-between shit is just gonna piss me off. I like the forums. I think they're laid out pretty well, and are an interesting place to screw around and bullshit. I'm sorry I'm not politically correct enough for you. I'll see what I can do about "editing my content"... perhaps. You can post this up on your forums if you want, I don't care.



Mud is an awesome world. I enjoy passing time there.. and have a lot of very loyal friends there. Anyway, I have pressing needs on my attention. I'll be around if you wish to respond via Email.



-Drago



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My response

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It's a shame when people put on a tough guy act over the internet because they know they won't be called on to back up what they say. I don't care how great you are in PVP or how many followers you have on the internet. You seem to miss the point. If you are not going to have common courtesy and respect for other members of MMB, then you will be banned. The only reason you aren't banned right now is because I like to give people second chances.



I'm glad you like MMB but you should realize if you are looking for a place to be rude and disrespectful, MMB is not, has never been and never will be the place for that. There's no discrimination here. I don't know you and you don't know me. All I know about you was learned through your conduct on MMB.



That being said, how am I being irrational? Because I won't let you come in and run your mouth all over the place? Open your eyes. A majority of sites on the internet won't even put up with half the BS that you have tried nor will they give you a second chance.



Why act sociable and civilized in real life and then act like a badass on the internet? Do you need it to boost your self esteem? Or do you act like a badass in real life? If so, then a ban would be justified - we don't need or want people who are here to cause trouble.



If you think rules and common respect for others are "lame", then leave and continue your search for the ultimate flame site. It may be hard to find, but I'm sure there is one out there.



No one should be afraid to post on MMB. The only people who should be afraid are those who KNOW they are there to cause trouble. If you are implying that about your "friends", then they probably should stay away.



As I've said before, I keep personal issues and administration/moderation issues separate.



Now I don't know if you will read the whole thing, but let me make this simple for you to understand: Excessive rudeness will not be tolerated. Consequences for rudeness will be decided upon by administrators and moderators. Those are the terms of usage for MMB and they are not subject to debate.

xxxxxxx writes:

I read the entire thing and I still think it's bullshit. I lost my ability to post there because I swear too much? That's what your post says and my "suspension" says. I express myself with a lot of profanity.. especially when I am agitated.



As to the reference to my "friends" .... some of them are your friends too. They're all afraid of losing their ability to post on MMB though and won't say shit to you because of it. I think that's stupid. I shouldn't be afraid of losing my ability to talk just because I'm not afraid to talk shit to you.



As to the way I act in my own "real life".. well, I act the way I want to. I gain friends pretty easily, so I must not be too much of an asshole. Hell, I have a shitload of friends in MUD.. I guess they don't see the inner asshole the same way you do. I'm sorry if you dislike me. I still don't see how this justifies revoking my ability to speak my mind.



Anyway. It's your shit, do whatever you want. You will anyway.



Oh.. One more thing. I hate PVP. The reason I have so many friends in MUD is because I spend 75% of my time helping them. So.. find my inner asshole there.



Have fun, Aragon.



-Drago





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REPLY:







It's obvious you don't understand where i'm coming from. So i'm not wasting any more of my time explaining it again. Also, please let me know which of my friends you are referring to that are "afraid" to post.



There's no need to discuss this on AIM. We've beat the issue to death. I've put the second chance offer on the table. You can take it or not. Simple as that.

I know Drago is reading this so:



To him and everyone else: There's no more need to discuss this.



There is a difference between speaking your mind and pure flat out rudeness.



Nothing else to say.

xxxxxxxx writes:



Invisigod won't say shit to you about me for whatever reason, even though I think he's a pretty cool guy and generally get along with him and believe that he likes me.. wether or not that's misguided.. I can't tell. I do have the #1,2,3 chars on his board though. Platinum said something, and you told him not to post when he's drunk. A few other people won't say anything because of the shit this has gotten. The only reason I got any attention at all is because I'm not afraid of you. I suppose it's too much to ask you to set aside your ego for a minute and realize that. Anyway. As I said. It's your shit. Do what you wish. If you do let me back, I will continue to be the person I am. If you find that means you need to ban me, well so be it. I generally don't bother with posting anything on there anyway unless there is a valid reason for it. I still don't see how you are now saying that I was suspended for my "asshole" personality... when my suspension even still says "This lamer cannot post without profanity and is not allowed to post here." or whatever. But hey, that's your issue. Not mine. Anyway.



-Drago







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reply:



Hah. Shows how misguided you are. Do you not understand rules? "asshole" personalities are not welcome! How many times and in how many different ways does this need to be said?!



Plat - he told me himself he was high last night and was just spewing out gibberish.



Invisigod - He thinks I don't like him. Yet I made him the lead moderator last. Wow I have a big ego.



Issue closed. Unless you come back with a different attitude and stance, I won't waste my time with anymore replies to you.

I express myself with a lot of profanity.. especially when I am agitated.





Ok, I just had to point this out to everyone, incase it was missed in all this irrate bantering...



This board is a FAMILY board. Which means excessive profanity cannot be tolerated...if some do-gooder parent came along and saw his/her kid viewing this site, and then saw a post with a whole wad of profanity (usually more than three words in a paragraph can be constituted as alot), things would not go over well.



It's just best to keep profanity to a minimum whenever possible.





Also, on a side note...it has been said (and often) that resorting to profanity shows how much the speaker has in lacking of intelligence and vocabulary.

I would recommend reading a page per day of the dictionary, it could prove very fruitful.