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personal attacks, derogatory terms & other random B.S.
alright folks, here's the deal. after some recent posts on this site (& others), i figured i'd make a public notice here to make sure it is seen. as mentioned in another post, various forms of personal attacks will not be tollerated on this site. Everyone has their right to free speach and all that, but I really can't stand reading about other people's fights so I'm putting one of the few rules into place on this forum. I don't like rules either, but I figure I'll jump on this one before it starts up anywhere else. So far, this site has been great; people have respected each other for the most part and kept their business to themselves. A few things have come up lately that caught my attention, thus bringing this rule into affect. After thinking about it, this isn't really a rule after all. This is more of a warning. If the personal attacks between 2 specific members continue, both of them will be banned from the site. If other members of the site start up this garbage on this forum, either the forum will be taken down or possibly the entire site. I don't want to take down the site, but I don't have the time or energy to deal with this crap. I've put in a lot of time on this site (as well as many of the members contributing different bits of info over the years), so it would be a shame to have to take it down. But that's where I stand. If you want to continue to bicker back and forth at each other, please do it privately or go to another forum. And if anyone else feels the need, don't do it here. That's it. Feel free to post your thoughts here or contact me privately.
You know my feelings on this one Nate, so thanks for stepping up. Right, here goes. I'm kinda new to the AC/DC forums through being slow on the PC front, not however, slow on being an AC/DC fan. I am 36 years old, (first saw them '82) and occassionally have my 10yr old kid (first saw them '01) read thru some of the sites with me. I don't want to have to explain to him the language and content contained in some of the personal spats/ comments that appear on some of the non-moderated site forums (most, if not all of you will know which ones they are), and I don't want to start doing it here. I've found this forum to be one of, if not the best one out here for relaxed yet sensible topics and moderation, and I really don't want to log on to find posts from people who should know better, airing their dirty laundry for the benefit of others to read. Please take a minute and think about it, or do it privately or at one of the less intelligent forums as Nate has suggested. There's a line between decency and just plain ****waving for personal gratification. I don't want to offend anyone with this post, but some of the homophobic, racist, and general schoolkid mentality posts, infuriate me and really go against the grain of my being. This site and all the decent people on it, I hope, will take a raincheck and rise above. Thanks Nate, sorry for the rant but it's been twisting me all day. Chill guys and gals, peace y'all.
Nate, Please take 24 hours to chill out before doing anything drastic, especially if you are not feeling well. You have worked too long and too hard on this site to just pull the plug. Besides, what would I do without acdc-bootlegs.com? It is the first website in the world I check out every day. The vast majority of the people here are outstanding posters and traders. Remember what Angus did at Phoenix in 2000. Just oust the bad guys and keep playing. Kenn
All I can say is, I hope this doesn't go as far as the pull down of acdc-bootlegs.com and acdc-videos.com, since I can guess that if one goes, the other goes with it. I have a sneaking suspicion I know "the two members" that Nate is talking about. And Nate, the mudtossing is very intense, since two of the forums I've been on (not this one) have the mud tossing posts. To cheaply put AC/DC song titles into a line for them two: Go Down to Sin City, don't Kick each other In The Teeth Again, and Have A Drink On Me.
fair call BigNate i can inform everyone that I am the person involved in the mud-slinging and the rubbish that is happening. firstly i want to apologise for Nate for spilling my battles into this respectable site and all that rubbish. I also apologise to all the members of this site for the contents that have been shown lately that have language not acceptable for this site. i take full responsiblity for the events that have resulted in members feeling disappointed. secondly, nate can you check if you got my PM thanks i accept the warning you have given me and will make sure it never happens again! and travis....let's put it better.....let's just all enjoy AC/DC as we always do!
hey fudge, thanks for writing. I've also ready your PM and replied.
Thanks Nate for the post. Thanks flying fudge for stepping up to the plate and stopping the nonsense and apologizing about your posts. I am in agreement with dailydose. This is the first website that I check and I check it everyday. It is also my all-time favorite website and I go to quite a bit of sites daily. I enjoy passing along AC/DC info. to the Riff Raff whenever possible in the forum and sharing my bootlegs on the hub. The same way others were kind enough to originally share bootlegs with me (Nate included of course). Of course we cannot forget the other true heroes who are sneaking in audio and video recorders and making available the bootlegs that AC/DC worshippers crave. This site has always been the most informative as far as the venue listing info. and it is the greatest resource concerning AC/DC bootleg information. I am just glad that I happened to find this site one day when trying to get AC/DC bootleg information on the internet. Nate, you are doing a great job and I hope you are feeling better. I know that you have had a rough year since the Riff Raff has read about your personal losses so hopefully EVERYONE takes those type of real life issues in mind and drop all the petty worthless quarrels.
Hey fudge, that right there took a lot of guts, and about the last line of my above post, it was a joke, but please, don't get Kicked in the teeth again by the other (currently unnamed) party. The last line of your post is true, this site was made so that the true AC/DC fans could come and enjoy the band in only a way that a true fan could. For your coming out like that and admitting to and apologizing for the mud tossing, I can't hold anything against you. Unlike that aformentioned second party, which will remain nameless until he (or she, you never know...) comes forth and faces the music so to speak.
Yeah fudge, Big Balls. Props to you for squarin' up to the Riff Raff and for answering yer pm. Thanks man.
hate to disappoint everyone,but i already apologized to nate on msn days b4 he said anything on here. & as far as the rest of you, sorry guys,except to 2 certain people.
Good on you Nate, Please whatever happens don't shut the site down, you've worked to hard to see it happen.
...............This site has always been the most informative as far as the venue listing info. and it is the greatest resource concerning AC/DC bootleg information. I am just glad that I happened to find this site one day when trying to get AC/DC bootleg information on the internet. Nate, you are doing a great job and I hope you are feeling better. I know that you have had a rough year since the Riff Raff has read about your personal losses so hopefully EVERYONE takes those type of real life issues in mind and drop all the petty worthless quarrels. couldn't have said it better myself.
As long as this "feud" is gonna be "semi active", I do not feel as though ACDC-FANS.net is very fan friendly. Thank you thank you very much, now tell the security where to go!
no comment on this...I guess it's easier to feud in writing than in person. thanks for the apology nightprowler. and thanks for all the work nate does.