A note from Millie

[Ravvenn]

Well, I don't read every post here - I go off of what I see and what I'm told. While you may be an exception along with our popular users who would easily have their lack of presence noticed - many bans went under the radar for much less. I'm sure one of the 'followers' can find an old example, I've been using the search feature all day to make sure I don't unban someone who actually deserved to be banned, so I'm not up for checking. There were more more bad things done than good after I actually took the time to check. I probably should have used better wording to say "in some cases" or something, so for that I will apologize.

I can say the same thing as you, I wasn't banned either. I don't know, dude. I've tried to think long and hard (a little pun there) about what triggered all of it and I can't come up with anything. In some cases people don't realize there were friendships established offline, parties attended, etc. I won't sabotage my friendships in order to maintain some bizarre internet celebrity status. I guess others have no problems doing so. I am positive Millie did a lot of good things here, no-one in their right mind would debate that. He just decided to randomly pick whoever he wanted to and get rid of them.

Regardless, I've stooped pretty low here and I'm going to step out of it now. Digging into it doesn't make me any better and in some cases, I think it makes me worse. I'm hoping we can keep things going uphill from now and I'll probably be on the hunt for someone to 'manage' the Screenshot Forum as I'm not really fond of doing that myself (sorry). Edit: Nevermind, apparently he wasn't the one moderating that anyway!

I have to agree. Millie contributed nothing positive to the community, because in the background, he was part of the downward spiral. Who knows what else he might be responsible for with dummy accounts?

I think he did, actually. Millie was one of the most intelligent posters we've had. While he may be completely insane, it doesn't mean he did not contribute a LOT to these forums. He's a hell of a lot smarter than I am. I don't think his dummy accounts were checked on, and he has way too many IP addresses for me to be sure I got every account of his. I doubt he's plotting our deaths or anything, so I'm not going out of my way to push him out of here. To be honest, I'd like him to just make a new identity and go back to posting like he did when having normal discussions.

[Astrocreep]

yeah i didnt mind Millie as a poster when he didnt have a knife to my throat so i watched every thing i said and never reffered to him as a he instead of a she. i refused to do that becuase i fucking knew he was a guy and i dont play that RP shit. if you're a dude then you're a dude. simple as that. i ended up referring to millie by name never as a certain gender. as in "ill have to ask Millie later becuase Millie would know about Millies plans."

[Arakkis]

Originally Posted by FoghornDeadhorn

Those quotes are not from me; I do not resort to base vulgarity.

Guffaw! Indeed not my fine dandy! Now may we come to an accordance on the pineapple overture?

[Zarcath]

Originally Posted by Arakkis

Guffaw! Indeed not my fine dandy! Now may we come to an accordance on the pineapple overture?

I'm your huckleberry

[DisgruntledOrangatang]

How many pages will this go before we can call it hall of fame material?

[James]

As soon as we get Etoille's story.

[Arakkis]

Thanks Ravvenn, that was very generous. I don't envy your job at all and think that whatever suck- that is to say, responsible, goal oriented person you guys get to mod SS may be driven just as insane.

I have made a career here on FoH of going against the mob mentality that too often occurs and my internets have clearly suffered the fallout. However, if more people would stop and think before getting caught up in the mad rush to agree with everyone else, I think the post quality would greatly improve.

Astrocreep: I have been too confused by this thread to ever use a pronoun to describe Millie again.

[OhSeven]

Time to break out a slightly modified oldie for Arakkis and Duppin.

[FoghornDeadhorn]

I don't think it makes you worse, Ravvenn; we needed to see that. Many of us have been hatefully tip-toeing around the issue for too long. I agree with most of what you said, though. Millie was, indeed, a major positive contributor to the boards, and I totally understood the position that "board management" was in. It's unfortunate that it had to end like this rather than end by Millie agreeing to stop being a psycho, but that might have been asking too much.

Millie had so much invested in this whole mangina thing by the time the Hoofshots thing settled down that there really was no going back. It ended up being pretty lose-lose.

Millie did a lot of dirty shit as a mod and a lot of good posters suffered for it. He also did a lot of good work, and I think few in this thread would honestly debate that. In the end, the boards won't be much different when he's gone; people have this shit out of their systems now, I think. I know a mod or two who are still hovering over the button when the "Post Reported" bat signal lights up.

[Arakkis]

Originally Posted by OhSeven

Time to break out a slightly modified oldie for Arakkis and Duppin.

Yep, I do it all for the boypussy.

[Dis]

Rav - You havent lowered yourself, you just uncovered a hidden truth. Being truthful is never lowering yourself or others. Hopefully you dont walk away from this thread thinking that.

Honestly this whole thread is just bizarre. Really beyond my comprehension or understanding why someone would go to such depths to roleplay someone or some gender. Personally, as a poster on these I have known for quite sometime that Millie's gender is a big nono subject and a must to be avoided at all costs lest a banning might happen.

I enjoy these boards, and sometimes contributing in a meaningful manner to jeapordize that right. Having been on the wait list to be able to post, and lurking these boards many years before my register date (Having learned of these board from MithMarrNews board from Ut). I thought Millie's moderation as of late was getting out of hand, going back to the Arb incident, but in fear of retribution, I just kept my mouth shut.

There were a couple of times I felt like I was towing a line in a couple of threads where Millie was involved, and in the end, thought the better to just plain shut up to avoid something unnecessary from happening. I honestly pondered what it would take for the other mods to get involved, the only thing I could come up with is:

The day s/he bans a FOH member, is the day of reckoning for Millie

It happened, looks like my personal musing was right.

In the end, the board gains a GREAT thread, this is HoF worthy IMO. And it still has great mods, and posters. Texas represents itself well on this board, per usual. Nothing wrong with that.

[Zhakran]

Yeah, you can honestly count me as one of many who, while never angering or even directly talking to Millie, hated to have to tred so carefully around any mention of the fact that he was a psycho batshit insane mangina.

I out right avoided any conversation on the forums where he participated and out right avoided any threads about or involving him, because I also don't "play along" with the whole BS facade. I never once angered him, because I knew I'd be banned, but it was fucking annoying to have that hanging over my head.

Good riddance.

PS - Millie, seek help. I've followed this whole drama, from the shadows, and seen basically everything go down. Just either get the operation and disappear from the internet entirely, or have a long, hard look at your actions and ask yourself, "Did I really just pretend to be a girl for 4 years and fabricate legal actions against people for harassing a non-existant person?"

Though I despised almost everything you wrote, it's clear you have some basic intelligence and reasoning skills, so maybe you can figure out where the crazy is and come around to being a normal human again.

[Braen]

makes you wish you could read the 1000s PMs he probably made/received to see if he was cybering any well known posters...

[Hatorade]

Originally Posted by Braen

makes you wish you could read the 2000+ PMs he made/received to see if he was cybering any well known posters...

We need someone to come forward with that as proof, you will get a bunch of +internets as we laugh at you. Do it for the good of this thread.

[Dis]

Please