Question on ban announcements

[Daemon]

I’ve never forgiven them slapping me with ‘Serial Offender’ despite only having earned ten days of bans in my six prior years

tbf it's probably deliberately generic and a good thing that it's inconsistently applied. forum atmosphere is my favourite.

Exhibit A of effective moderation through liberal interpretation

 

[GIMH]

Exhibit A of effective moderation through liberal interpretation

This is unacceptable posting, pack it in

 

[sledger]

haha, a reason will be made up if no obvious grounds for punishment can be identified anyway, so I don't pay much attention to all that fluff

if Jimmy or one of the peons want you banned they'll bend over backwards to find some slapdash justification

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Will Burgey ask for an extension now England have won?

 

[fredfertang]

haha, a reason will be made up if no obvious grounds for punishment can be identified anyway, so I don't pay much attention to all that fluff

if Jimmy or one of the peons want you banned they'll bend over backwards to find some slapdash justification

Displaying a touch of paranoia there sledger

 

[sledger]

The police returned a stolen bicycle to me the other day, I hope it isn't bugged

 

[GIMH]

As Lord Protector of CW I have recommended bans for the following posters:

Thierry Henry - bitter, aggressive, unpleasant and quite frankly I’m still aggrieved about him saying I lied about my height
Neil Pickup - unacceptable failure to post in the match thread
Superkingdave - see above
Richard - for saying wickets don’t make a difference in ODIs
Fusion - his lack of moderator presence has blighted the whole tournament

 

[sledger]

Hang on, I won't tolerate lies about TH.

So it's just as well that this post checks out.

 

[andmark]

Richard - for saying wickets don’t make a difference in ODIs

Wait, did that really happen?

 

[sledger]

yes

 

[GIMH]

Wait, did that really happen?

Repeatedly over a period of seven years or however long it was he posted here, yes

 

[morgieb]

Essentially his argument was that economical bowling negates the need for wickets. Which I guess makes sense in a bubble? Completely bizarre assertion if you think about it in reality though, as wickets is far by the best way of keeping the run rate down. Especially given that risks come off a lot easier now.

 

[marc71178]

Didn’t he basically call Prosper Utseya the best bowler ever?

 

[Uppercut]

Didn’t he basically call Prosper Utseya the best bowler ever?

IIRC Gavin Larsen was in his top 5.

 

[andmark]

If it wasn't Richard it'd be unbelievable.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I’m sure he thought Mark Ealham was England’s greatest ODI bowler.

 

[Burgey]

Will Burgey ask for an extension now England have won?

I'm many things mate, but a non-fronter after a loss ain't one of them (had too much practice lately)

 

[GIMH]

& plenty more to come in the next two months

 

[Burgey]

Australia 3-1. Very bullish about this series. Our batting is weak but yours is worse, which is hilarious.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

When people are getting banned for insults, lack of respect or trolling, or whatever else it maybe, are they generally just having a laugh or do they genuinely lose control and can't help themselves and actually mean the insults etc?