Banning Of Cougar Was A Little Harsh

[shari91]

I'm just a chick who mainly hangs out in the tennis forum nowadays so I'm sure this suggestion will be completely ignored by the Mods but:

Can you please post your standards for what is deemed bannable and the SET punishments for each offense so all of us know what we're dealing with here? Zero or 1 day for threats of murder and 10 days for this seems a bit off to me at first glance but if we could see that these punishments are part of your operating ethos and are standardised, then I'm sure it would make situations like this much easier to understand. Even if we didn't still agree in the end, at least we'd be able to respect it.

Because to me, right about now, all of this seems like decisions are being made erratically and the length of time one poster gets for an offense sure doesn't seem to correlate to what another poster may, or may not even receive.

And I would be posting this regardless of whom the poster in question was although I admit Cougar is one of my favourites here, both for his baseball thread and what he contributes to PT all around.

[MBENZ]

This is a perfect example of"DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER".Lots of posters bring shit over from other forums and nothings said,I think the subject here is what prompted this rediculous punishment.

[jjgold]

Soprano use to book bets and only got warnings

SBR has no competition and no link was provided

Cougar showed SBR respect by not putting up link

He should be back today

[wal66]

Shari, there are some rules but as we have seen in the past the rules are arbitrarily enforced at best. On top of that the rules are interpreted as well so one moderator may see nothing wrong and then another comes along and decides that's wrong.

Linking a thread from another site draws the attention of mod and a poster like Coug's gets 10 days. Another poster can mask blatant racism and everything is cool. Yet another poster can call a woman anything in the book and it too gets ignored. Threats of violence against other posters can be a day or two of banning or simply ignored as well.

I have spoke about the inconsistent enforcement of the rules many times and it has repeatedly been said that rules are but a mere baseline and left up to the judgment of the mods. The problem with such a practice is that the mods are human and like any of us here are subject to personal influences.

This sucks for Coug’s. It sucks for those of us who are friends of Coug’s and appreciate his brand of posting. It sucks more though for SBR as a whole because it makes clear that regardless of the promotions the contest and even some of the content SBR is no better than all the other forums out there when it comes to poster relations. It’s a slap in the face to those of us that claim that SBR is the best forum on the net.

I have my issues with certain posters and I don’t always agree with how certain things are around here but I have carried the flag and defended SBR at other sites in the past and probably will in the future but with case by case arbitrary personal decision rules enforcement it often makes me look naïve in doing so.

[jjgold]

Who did the banning??

Lets hear an explanation at least

[gryfyn1]

[Brock Landers]

SBR is just flexing a bit of muscle

the jew is using the black as muscle against you..

[Brock Landers]

Who did the banning?? Lets hear an explanation at least

yes JJ, lets...

Give us the scoop on SBR Mod mayhem in a video

[obamaismyuncle]

Total BULLSHIT, HE GOES, I GO, JJ GOES

later...

[obamaismyuncle]

totally fukked up, Cougar Bait and myself are top 10 posters here and have each been banned in the last 3 days. WHO THE FUK IS PULLING THE STRINGS HERE??

You 2 are not top 30 posters here, let's take a poll.

[obamaismyuncle]

he told me it was for this

http://forum.sbrforum.com/private-zone/563853-illini-bread-wants-smash-your-face.html

10 days

Incredible bullshit

Hopefully you follow your boyfriend out the door..

[Brock Landers]

Obama, we have both been either posters of the month of top 15 every month for a long time, YOU on the other hand, are totally worthless and forgettable.

Salud

[DrStale]

Jesus Christ, the ego on Brock to turn a thread about someone else getting banned into one where he talks multiple times about what a great poster he is.

Cougar getting banned is ridiculous. He even avoided posting a link because he thought it might be against the rules, and he gets 10 days? For posting a few sentences from another forum? What is going through the head of the mod that decided this? Unreal.

Man up and admit your mistake SBR, do the right thing.

[obamaismyuncle]

Obama, we have both been either posters of the month of top 15 every month for a long time, YOU on the other hand, are totally worthless and forgettable.

Salud

Poster of the month on a gambling forum is completely worthless. You are a complete idiot. You put out every fuking detail of your life on a gambling forum and then wonder why shit happens to you. You will soon be chucked like your gay little boyfriend, CougarBait.

[hhsilver]

..........

Another poster can mask blatant racism and everything is cool. ......

Just one little thing about your long and astute post: Do you think the word "display" could appropriately replace the word "mask"?

[pavyracer]

Wal great post!

When the chain of command is bypassed bad things happen to an army.

[OmgUrMom]

disturbing developments in forumville...

[jjgold]

Some say at SBR office Cougar will never make another post at SBR and others say he will be back tomorrow. He is talk of corporate office today. The are 3 factions vying for control of SBR. It is fukkin crazy.

[Patrick McIrish]

Cougar getting banned is ridiculous. He even avoided posting a link because he thought it might be against the rules, and he gets 10 days? For posting a few sentences from another forum? What is going through the head of the mod that decided this? Unreal.

Man up and admit your mistake SBR, do the right thing.

Excellent post. Yeah I'm not even sure what Cougar did? He tried to give someone a heads up about a beatdown he might recieve in the future and he got banned for it? He wasn't the one threatening anyone, he was just quoting what someone else said. Why would he get 10 days for that? Dude is solid, he should be appreciated by the forum, not made out to be a jackass and sent to the sidelines over this like some 8 year old kid.

Hate to say it but I've seen big forums with a lot of momentum take this same path over and over again. I don't know if it's cockiness or just bad decision making but the brass starts to overmoderate the forum and it pisses off your regular posters. I have never seen Cougar as a troublemaker, to send him away over this is telling him directly that the forum doesn't give a damn about him or where he posts. This place is doing great and setting the new standard, these kind of decisions will be sending you back to the middle of the pack if you aren't careful.

[Flying Dutchman]

Summer doldrums shit...come Fall all this will be over.

...tossing Cougar is a bit harsh, tho. One the other hand, if we are being capricious, banning folks like obama seems good sport.

[pavyracer]

I thought you have to get 3 infractions. And then on the third you get banned for 24 hrs. How can someone go from no infractions to 10 day ban without a warning?

[obamaismyuncle]

Summer doldrums shit...come Fall all this will be over.

...tossing Cougar is a bit harsh, tho. One the other hand, if we are being capricious, banning folks like obama seems good sport.

Obama is bigger than SBR..

[THE PROFIT]

I thought you have to get 3 infractions. And then on the third you get banned for 24 hrs. How can someone go from no infractions to 10 day ban without a warning?

yeah, & for not really breaking any rules???

There's something going on here we don't know about!

Obama, you are a solid poster and I like you, but you have to give Coug & Brock their dues, we are all important to the forum, us PT guys! Those 2 may be worthless as on a boar hog, but they are an important cog in the wheel that is SBR!

Brock, Im not saying you're worthless, just saying even if you were

you do air too much of your personal life on this forum though, I made that statement when I first joined a long time ago! Like why does everyone know you lost a ton gambling, borrowed the money from your dad, & are delivering pizzas to pay it back.

[Pecos Bill]

Stop whining. I was banned for 4 months!

[OmgUrMom]

hahah the great pecos bills weighs in!

[jjgold]

This is steamrolling into damage control for SBR.

It could go down as worst banning of all time.

[obamaismyuncle]

I think the banning was right on..the dude was tryin' to stir up trouble. We do not put up with that shit here.

[wal66]

I can't truly say what I want to say until after the World Cup is over and I get everyone their points back. I can't risk lifetime ban while holding peoples points in my account. That said though I will speak on this once everyone has their points back. Probably gat a ban myself but I'm a big boy.

[maersksealand]

Are you sure he's banned ?

[wal66]

He woke me up at 1 AM with a text saying he was banned. I didn't really care much at that hour since I WAS FRIGGIN ASLEEP but onceI woke this morning I did care about it and turns out it is true.

For the record I don't care enough about any of you to be awaken from a sound sleep unless you are in serious physical harm.

If it is a con then it is a con that will cost me my SBR privledges after the World Cup is over.

[Ryangene]

sure do have alot of crying @ss people around here.

[shari91]

Are you sure he's banned ?

He's 100% banned - no tricks happening here.

With that being said, he realizes SBR is not a matter of life or death and is doing just fine today although he still seems somewhat disappointed by all of this.

Wally - be good!! College football will be here soon enough. I've come to realise that sometimes it's better to be right and be silent on here than to open one's mouth in a completely fruitless effort.

[wal66]

Shari, if I get banned I will still make my college football available to my friends. I can easily email it out to them. I like SBR and want to stay here but not SBR the site, SBR the family. There is a very distinct difference in the two.

[OmgUrMom]

isn't it only a 10 day ban? if so, what's the big deal?

[pavyracer]

isn't it only a 10 day ban? if so, what's the big deal?

It will cost him 70 points minimum. You should know better being a points whore.