HUZZAH! Banned from Rentech.com!

[J. M. Pescado]

And in other news, I seem to have been banned from Rentech.com as of right now. The reasons for this are completely unknown. Ladies and gentlemen, we are at war.

[Ancient Sim]

Hmmm ... I think I know the site you mean, but there actually is a site rentech.com.  Can't see any reason to ban anybody from that, looks very boring to me.

[jrd]

See, some people don't know about the rule "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer".
Not that I see any reason to call Pescado an enemy (grumpy jerks are a lot of fun).

[J. M. Pescado]

See, some people don't know about the rule "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer".

I prefer the version which goes "keep your friends at a suitable distance to avoid a clusterfuck, and your enemies in a blender". Because when Charlie dances the foxtrot, you don't wanna be the one caught wearing a dress.

Not that I see any reason to call Pescado an enemy (grumpy jerks are a lot of fun).

Well, I wasn't the one who started the entire enemy thing. *I* wanted to get along, but, alas, things weren't to be. Oh, well.

[LordHellscream]

last time i saw a group of modders from mts2 followed u to join the "v" site, then the second later u got banned from there and made your own site.
come on, tell us whats going on!
its probably none of my business but i know im not the only curious one here.

[J. M. Pescado]

Well, to be honest, damned if I know. The entire MTS2 debacle never went this far. They never actually banned me from the site itself, only the chat channel. The Rentech thing completely baffles me. If you see anything, you tell me. As far as I can tell, Rentech is insane, and maybe MTS2 was right after all.

[ZephyrZodiac]

What on earth have you done to offend a website that belongs to a Solar Energy company?   Bought a Windmill?

[J. M. Pescado]

Oh, a comedian, eh?

[ZephyrZodiac]

Thought that was obvious!

[dawnkeeper]

War! WAR! *prepares newly dried out flame-thrower* Mwahahahahaha!!!!

Burninate Renech!!!! *trips over flame-thrower and almost burns down the neighborhood daycare, almost unleashing mass hysteria* Lol!! 

[Trubble]

I thought they'd just deleted your account... (although that was founded on expectant speculation and that alone).

You're still famous over there though - people are still scared of you ripping their lips off, even though you're not there.

[Brynne]

Well, to be honest, damned if I know. The entire MTS2 debacle never went this far. They never actually banned me from the site itself, only the chat channel. The Rentech thing completely baffles me. If you see anything, you tell me. As far as I can tell, Rentech is insane, and maybe MTS2 was right after all.

Maybe you got too many anti-reps from the *millions* of bbs-crossover brats with a grudge.

[kathy]

Poor Pescado is simply misundersood.

[LK]

Huh.

It seems like people ban you because of the dumbest things.  Perhaps an aversion to fish?

[Venusy]

In light of this, maybe we should change the Daily Idiot from dealing with this site, to instead deal with the various idiocies of this site, this site, and maybe this new offshoot of MTS2.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I'll bet the folks who banned you still rely on your hacks, though! 

[LK]

In light of this, maybe we should change the Daily Idiot from dealing with this site, to instead deal with the various idiocies of this site, this site, and maybe this new offshoot of MTS2.

Fine with me.  I'm game.

[Oddysey]

I'm still trying to sort this out. Not quite sure what's going on, but it looks to me like a classic case of "smart people who have no social skills and thus inadvertantly tick each other off and have no clue how to deal with it." If it is, then I am no longer the world master of this phenomenae. I once quit my roleplaying group and didn't see my four best friends ever for six months, for reasons that are still somewhat unclear to me. I figured them out well enough to be able to resolve the bulk of the problems, however, and am now happily roleplaying with them again. Or I would be, if we were actually roleplaying. Been spending the last two months trying to get a Star Wars campaign started. Not my first choice for a setting, but I'm working on it.

Anyhow . . . it sounds like Rentech was annoyed by Pescado's intention to move (if it is true that he was planning to move before this started) and Pescado took it as a personal insult. That's probably farther from what actually happened than Jupiter is from Cygnus 5, but it is the impression I get, so if it's erroneous I'd appreciate someone correcting me.

And since when are we only allowed to have one Daily Idiot? Maybe we should have a Daily Idiot: BBS and a Daily Idiot: Variousimmers and a Daily Idiot: MTS2. You know, sort of like how Survivor names its various seasons.

[Inge]

It doesn't say Pescado is banned on his messages and he still has a green reputation.

[J. M. Pescado]

It doesn't say Pescado is banned on his messages and he still has a green reputation.

Well, sure, if you want to ignore the jarring inconsistencies of A: Not being able to see any of the creator forums, B: Not being able to look at my own user profile, and C: Having now logged out (which fixes A), not being able to log back in. The disposable login I bounced off of Vietnam worked fine, though. Whazzat tell you? It says that not only has Rentech banned me, but Rentech is obviously not proud enough of the act to fess up to it.

Anyhow . . . it sounds like Rentech was annoyed by Pescado's intention to move (if it is true that he was planning to move before this started) and Pescado took it as a personal insult. That's probably farther from what actually happened than Jupiter is from Cygnus 5, but it is the impression I get, so if it's erroneous I'd appreciate someone correcting me.

Are you kidding? I don't take very much as a personal insult. Rentech has started the entire mess. *I* was willing to continue getting along with Rentech, but Rentech appears to be completely unwilling to even consider that. She's obviously willing to cut off her own nose out of spite.

[CynicalChick]

The only sin in the MTS2 chat was making the newbies cry.. and I'm not really sure that was a bad thing.

Rennie makes me nervous on many levels. She's playing the "I'm a banned victim" when, in truth, she isn't banned. But I guess stretching the truth is part of playing the martyr.

I really haven't enjoyed watching all these site wars go on. I don't see why it matters who goes where and associates with who. I thought I had left that behind when i entered jr. high. And i don't see why it ever mattered where we got our answers from as long as we got them. Maybe we need a "no childish outbursts hack" for the users, not the characters.

[LK]

I am pleased to report that in our ongoing war, I have managed to slam both Delphy (remember him??) and rentechd at our little...BBS party (at today's Idiot thread).  Join the fun!

[SimMoon]

I was gone for 3 weeks and suddenly Pescado's gone! Can't I have a darned vacation without a Drama Queen stumping his/her toe on her golden vanity and tossing the baby out with the bath water? Seriously; J.M. is a free agent. I see all the Creators PAINFULLY doing all the modding for FREE! Now why would it bother Rentech or MTS2's Delphy where he went or why he left? Why do they care? Where is the GRATITUDE? Do you think its going to bother Rentech when they find out Eric has a site of his own now? I wonder if they will ban him next. The INSiminator site? And just how much control are ALL these people who run the forums and pay NOTHING, WANT from the contributing Modders? Well, the view I have says they want more than they have a right to have!

Sorry for blowing some steam but everytime I went into chat on MTS2 the only peron who treated me like last year's yard waste was Delphy. Well, I may not want to climb inside the Sims like Delphy does but I don't treat people like objects that I can download or delete either.

                                                            If you woke up breathing, congratulations!
                                                                     You get another chance.
                                                                               SimMoon

[J. M. Pescado]

The only sin in the MTS2 chat was making the newbies cry.. and I'm not really sure that was a bad thing.

Technically, at last check, I'm still banned from the MTS2 chat for expressing my concern of the suspiciously large number of people being banned. Delphy mysteriously took offense at this and, wonder of wonders, barged into the #grah channel to close it down and ban me from the chat, thus sort of illustrating my point.

He then proceeded to later go ahead and establish the Hall of Shame, which was my idea in the first place, thus lending clarity to why people were being banned. Strangely, I seemed to stumble across fewer people being banned after that....

[Akharra]

Why do I get the feeling that this is a case of not-so-professional jelousy? Apparently those less awsome than you don't like being less awsome. It is easier for them  to ban you  and pretend to be awesome than it is to improve themselves into actually being awsome.