The Adrian show is over

[Leon]

The Adrian show is over. He is banned, threads locked, now back to cards...
Max says so and so be it!!

[ullmandds]

I'll drink to that...what a freak?!?!

[Sean1125]

I just read those threads.... Jeez....

[batsballsbases]

BYE BYE Can you say pencil whipped!

[christopher.herman]

Thank you, Leon.

[autograf]

We knew he would eventually Dorskind-Chao-BringdaNoise himself..................

[Leon]

Originally Posted by autograf

We knew he would eventually Dorskind-Chao-BringdaNoise himself..................

It always happens doesn't it? They start off pissing a few members off, I try to see the good in them, they keep ranting and pissing more people off. Then all of the sudden (well, not really all of the sudden....) they go off the deep end. Then threads get locked, they get banned and we go back to talking cards until the next one.

[Jay Wolt]

Glad we are back to cards instead of personal attacks

[h2oya311]

I'm not a big fan of censorship, but enough was enough!!

[Mark]

Thanks moderator, that was getting pretty immoderate.

[Paul S]

Oh well, easy come not so easy go. What a rip!

[gnaz01]

Honus Agrees, let's talk cards!!!

[yanksfan09]

Thank you, Leon.

[cyseymour]

Bravo. Like others said, enough was enough.

[Big Six]

Will anyone ever post 1,000 time in less than three months??? Will we ever allow someone to try...

Me thinks, not...

Good riddance...

[Bocabirdman]

Eventually, you stop feeling bad for the goldfish and just pull the handle.

Do we need to put an ad on Craig's list to fill his position?

[oldcardboard]

Adrian needs to sit in the back and not raise his hand...EVER! The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, that is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak.

[the 'stache]

Thank you, Leon.

[brob28]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Eventually, you stop feeling bad for the goldfish and just pull the handle.

Do we need to put an ad on Craig's list to fill his position?

Now that is a good one I'm going to have to start using!

[Danny Smith]

Thank you so much.

[Tao_Moko]

This forum has some very intelligent people and some very undisciplined people too. I would really question which one of those I am if I got caught up with Adrian to the degree of repeated slander. He was hard to take but how hard is it really to ignore him. There will be another fill his shoes and I'm hoping for a more disciplined forum when that occurs.

Lessons Learned:

1. Respect others on the forum
2. Reserve posts for when I have something worth saying
3. Stop responding to pot stirrers as soon as an issue is identified

I hope to see a main board full of the research and card images that are important to our hobby.

E

[joeadcock]

Leon

Nice weather down in Florida now. Should check it out.
Tarpon Spring and Clearwater beaches are hopping.

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by oldcardboard

Adrian needs to sit in the back and not raise his hand...EVER! The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, that is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak.

I just might borrow this for my tag line. Brilliant I say!!! Brilliant!!

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

He was hard to take but how hard is it really to ignore him.

Agreed. I don't think I ever posted in any of his threads. I made it a point not to. If you ignore people like that (attention whores), they eventually go away.

That said, thank you, Leon, for booting him.

There sure has been a lot of drama on the board in the last several months from Andrew to Andrian and some in between, but this is still the greatest bb card chat board on the web.

[VoodooChild]

Both Adrian and I introduced ourselves to the Board on the same day. This is my 13th post! I never responded to any of his posts, but they were amusing at first and killed alot of down time for me at work. It got old fast though and went over the top last night. Thanks Leon.

- Jason

[oldcardboard]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

I just might borrow this for my tag line. Brilliant I say!!! Brilliant!!

Andrew, go for it!

Edit: spelled Andy, no disrespect intended.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I have a lot of reading to do, now if only my damn coffee would brew quicker

[barrysloate]

As I believe Jay M. said, Adrian should take a hike somewhere, get some fresh air, stay off the computer for awhile, maybe even put his baseball cards away for the time being. He can always get back to them. But the worst aspects of his OCD were rearing their ugly head here, and he needs to make a change.

[KCRfan1]

Thanks Leon!

Back to cards.......

[auggiedoggy]

And now for something completely different - baseball cards!

[Ease]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

As I believe Jay M. said, Adrian should take a hike somewhere, get some fresh air, stay off the computer for awhile, maybe even put his baseball cards away for the time being. He can always get back to them. But the worst aspects of his OCD were rearing their ugly head here, and he needs to make a change.

Big +1. We all knew he'd either burn out or calm down. Maybe now he can relax a bit and someday come back to card collecting in a better mind state.

[Hankphenom]

But what really happened in Zone 91?

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by VoodooChild

Both Adrian and I introduced ourselves to the Board on the same day. This is my 13th post! I never responded to any of his posts, but they were amusing at first and killed alot of down time for me at work. It got old fast though and went over the top last night. Thanks Leon.

- Jason

Great post, great card, great avatar! Now that's what the board should be about!!

[DeanH3]

[QUOTE=Big Six;1148636]Will anyone ever post 1,000 time in less than three months??? Will we ever allow someone to try...

Maybe we need an official Net54 "Zone91" award akin to the Cy Young award. Like Cy's 511 wins, this one will stand the test of time.

"It's better to burn out, than fade away!"

[bobbyw8469]

One thing I am thankful for on this board that seems to be lacking across the street is the absence of alts/trolls. Certain banned members over there just seem to create new ID's and they are off to the races again, just trying to cause trouble. That doesn't seem to happen over here (knock on wood).

[t206blogcom]

Thank you Leon for being fair and giving him a shot, but an even bigger thank you for his removal. Enough was enough.

Looks like Zimmermann was 'sick' of it as well.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

One thing I am thankful for on this board that seems to be lacking across the street is the absence of alts/trolls. Certain banned members over there just seem to create new ID's and they are off to the races again, just trying to cause trouble. That doesn't seem to happen over here (knock on wood).

Oh, it can happen over here. Not that often because they get weeded out rather quickly. Sometimes it's a vigilante. Ergo, always look both ways before crossing the street. Here's my Young port. Postem'/Smokem' if you gottem':

[EvilKing00]

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I am truly disgusted and disturbed after what I had read in the other thread about the best way to sell T206's. I think that there has to be more strict policies about being leniant giving 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th, and 5th chances. While I am glad he is gone, I hated seeing this forum going into an interesting tangent. And I feel unless something more is in place, I'm really concerned about we may be losing some valuable members who's knowledge here is priceless, like we did on the auto side (and losing Jim was aweful).

That being said, I do have to say, Bill, I admit the hell out of you. I don't know how managed to just brush that off with those asanine remarks, but you have earned so much respect from me (not that I didn't have respect for you before). And I'm sorry about all of what what said, completely out of line.

I hope your health is getting better, and glad you are still finding happiness in your life.

Cheers my friend,

Brent

[Bocabirdman]

Who is this Adrian that everyone keeps talking about?

[kmac32]

I never like Mulligans in golf, why would I like them here? LOL

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Who is this Adrian that everyone keeps talking about?

I don't know. But Craig offered to take the deep six internet Net54 purge plunge with him until the end of July. Now that this He Who's Name We Dare Not Speak is gone, I hope that Craig will surface earlier.

[jhs5120]

I don't get why everyone decided to pick on him. I found his posts more than pleasant.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

I am truly disgusted and disturbed after what I had read in the other thread about the best way to sell T206's. I think that there has to be more strict policies about being leniant giving 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th, and 5th chances. While I am glad he is gone, I hated seeing this forum going into an interesting tangent. And I feel unless something more is in place, I'm really concerned about we may be losing some valuable members who's knowledge here is priceless, like we did on the auto side (and losing Jim was aweful).

That being said, I do have to say, Bill, I admit the hell out of you. I don't know how managed to just brush that off with those asanine remarks, but you have earned so much respect from me (not that I didn't have respect for you before). And I'm sorry about all of what what said, completely out of line.

I hope your health is getting better, and glad you are still finding happiness in your life.

Cheers my friend,

Brent

Same mode of operation as always and it will continue to be that way. If anyone doesn't like it there is a door below. I don't like to see anyone at all leave. It sucks. That being said I always wish those that leave the very best. We have had 73 new member registrants this month so far. If we lost a few people, well, ya' can't make everyone happy. I am sure of that. I will continue to be overly lenient because I think banning anyone is a drastic thing and should be avoided if at all possible. I am sure there are as many opinions of how to run the board as there are members. I have always tried to be fair and look out for the welfare of the board. At the end of the day that is all I and the other mods can do. Many will agree and many will disagree. It's America .

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by Leon

Same mode of operation as always and it will continue to be that way. If anyone doesn't like it there is a door below. I don't like to see anyone at all leave. It sucks. That being said I always wish those that leave the very best. We have had 73 new member registrants this month so far. If we lost a few people, well, ya' can't make everyone happy. I am sure of that. I will continue to be overly lenient because I think banning anyone is a drastic thing and should be avoided if at all possible. I am sure there are as many opinions of how to run the board as there are members. I have always tried to be fair and look out for the welfare of the board. At the end of the day that is all I and the other mods can do. Many will agree and many will disagree. It's America .

looks like that door is for going in...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

looks like that door is for going in...

It definitely goes both ways. I really do hate to see anyone say they are leaving the forum but what am I supposed to do? Every time someone says that I should change the way I think? I would be crazier than ...(no I won't say it).

[Buythatcard]

Hopefully this board can get back to what it was suppose to be in the first place.

I have seen too much bashing going on here and it gets old after awhile.

Why don't we just have a thread for people to bash each other? Leave all the other threads to people who want to talk about cards.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies

I am truly disgusted and disturbed after what I had read in the other thread

I'm with you Brent, I was nearly livid after finishing last night's threads. That was some of the most hateful, distasteful, disgraceful, disgusting BS I've ever read.. at least for someone willing to permanently and publicly sign their name to it (too bad you couldn't edit quickly enough, eh Adrian?). This guy annoyed me, so I mostly just tried to ignore and not post in his threads. Those words last night could not be ignored. In my mind there is NO WAY he is a good guy who just has had some problems. Anyone who has it in them to say those things to another person is not a good guy... and further, anyone who broadcasts their misfortune(s) daily to justify crap behavior, or seek attention and sympathy from others, loses just about any empathy and/or sympathy I may have had otherwise.

Being bi-polar, OCD, depressed, or other is not excuse to do what you want, however and whenever you want... and this guy used his mental illness (whatever it was) as an excuse for everything. There are a handful of people in my life who in adulthood have been diagnosed as bi-polar, manic depressive, etc... even a very good friend, since passed away, who was diagnosed after college with schizophrenia, and not one of them brandished their problems daily in order to justify any crappy thing they ever did or said. They for the most part work(worked) to live day by day and keep plugging away at life in spite of their problems.

That said, here's some cards-

E121 Babe Ruth.jpgT202 Tinker Evers Chance.jpg
1959 Menko Doyusha Sadaharu Oh.jpgE95 Ty Cobb N54 Cy's Cards.jpg
iPhone pictures backed up July 26 867.jpg

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

I don't get why everyone decided to pick on him. I found his posts more than pleasant.

He sure was an exuberant fella...a lot of energy with a lot of baggage. Adrian sure had his problems, but I too, am confused why so many people decided to bring him down when there was no need to. I know he had his issues and people called him out on that...which they should have, but I believe some people could not let that go and decided to bring that attitude in every thread he started.

I think the Adrian experience revealed something ugly about some of the members here. That being said, Adrian let people get to him and in the end it got ugly...real ugly. Thanks for stepping in Leon and hopefully getting things back to normal around here.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by auggiedoggy

And now for something completely different - baseball cards!

Do I detect a faint wet sheet transfer on that Tenny?