[quote]The problem is, AH seems to be opposed to it :-\ and he and madey probably around for 90% of the thread's spam.[/quote]

Hah! How the hell am I supposed to respond to a claim like that?

I'm not even going to bother to defend my actions in either community thread, and I'm certainly not going to accept that Madey and I account to 90% of the spam in this thread. I'm not going to turn this back into a he-said/she said, but when the person accusing me of such things has more than 100 posts than me ITT, I sincerely doubt that all those posts are constructive, lengthy, etc.

Now, there is a reason why I like coming here. One of the reasons is because I genuinely care about how [most] everyone is doing. That's part of "living" in such a community, so that's fine.

That said, I do agree with Riva, and I've agreed about this since before this new thread came to fruition. My frustrations certainly took centerstage in the old thread numerous times. The last post that Ray cited, about me leaving the thread, was not on account of that political discussion. Yeah, I was infuriated that I made an extremely long post in reply and it got ignored, but I was talking to Jason about the deteriorating state of the thread to begin with (I'll show you the log, if you are going to be all Sherlock Holmes on me), so really, citing that as evidence against me is just, well, faulty. What was the general topic I discussed in those posts? Spam. The right people got the message I was trying to convey, but then there's others who misinterpret what I say to use it as support for an unfounded argument to begin with. Personally, why one would dig through the old thread to look for posts like that, only to see that they don't help strengthen their point, is well beyond me. Let's dedicate the next few pages of spam to find out.

Yeah, I argue with people. I'm one of the most difficult people you guys would ever meet in real life, just because that's how I roll. By saying that I'm "immature" or whatever poorly-used adjective was thrown at me to describe my actions in the threads... isn't it obvious as to why I act like I do on MX? It gets a rise out of people, and they'll stop at nothing to see me falter in some way. Well, it doesn't happen.

Anyone who speaks to me over AIM/MSN knows that I do not write things even remotely close to what I do in the argument stages of this thread. There's even a user who asks me for their permission to talk, and that's not right, man. If I'm online and active, you have the right to assume that I'm open to talking to you. I just don't see why someone feels they have to do that. Is it because I'm at university? Nah, more than half of the regulars ITT have graduated from high school or are in their senior year of high school. The one exception that springs to mind that I respect is Efilnikufesin (not the sadist kid, etc.), but I seriously don't see him as a junior high kid, I see him as being sixteen or seventeen years old.

So really, all this arguing with me is petty considering who brought me into this in the first place and because of the context that it's in. If you're going to sift through old posts waiting for me to misstep somewhere, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.

I'm done.

Just to clear it out, I'm a junior in high school :) What the hell happened when I was gone, what's all this drama about now, dude?

language is fun...
how about...

le principe de mal a fait la chair
désirer dans l'ouverture violente
l'asile torturé d'âme
déchirer le voile de la grâce
le ciel déchiré en pièces
le tableau fleurit blanc n'a jamais convenu mon pallette

[QUOTE=ICB]Just to clear it out, I'm a junior in high school :) What the hell happened when I was gone, what's all this drama about now, dude?[/QUOTE]

In a nutshell, there was an argument in the old thread where everyone involved in the dispute tried to sound like they were better than everyone else.

/thought you were a senior... well, you're soon to be one, anyway

EDIT: I have to prepare to teach the class in a few hours, so I'm going to head out.

Enjoy the day.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]language is fun...
how about...

le principe de mal a fait la chair
désirer dans l'ouverture violente
l'asile torturé d'âme
déchirer le voile de la grâce
le ciel déchiré en pièces
le tableau fleurit blanc n'a jamais convenu mon pallette[/QUOTE]

How about no :lol: I'm sorry, I've got three things I'm doing right now: Research on Ernest Hemingway for English, posting on MX, and looking up guitar lessons online.

[QUOTE=Jom]Now, there is a reason why I like coming here. One of the reasons is because I genuinely care about how [most] everyone is doing. That's part of "living" in such a community, so that's fine.[/QUOTE]

I really believe that, dude. You do a lot for this community on R&M, man. You've actually made me feel a lot better about myself because I felt like s[COLOR=White]h[/COLOR]it when my parents were treating me like it. That might be a weird thing to say to someone I know only through the internet, but I consider you a good friend, man. And I know that if you ever bitch somebody out about the context of their posts, it's because you're trying to help them out. Which, in retrospect is what we all are doing whenever we flame a "n00b". I too post on these forums not only because I'm interested in talking to other musicians, but because I've developed a type of bond with you fu[COLOR=White]c[/COLOR]kers.

[QUOTE=Jom]In a nutshell, there was an argument in the old thread where everyone involved in the dispute tried to sound like they were better than everyone else.[/QUOTE]

When the hell does that NOT happen?

[QUOTE=Jom]/thought you were a senior... well, you're soon to be one, anyway[/QUOTE]

Eh...I'm optimistic :lol:

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]In a nutshell, there was an argument in the old thread where everyone involved in the dispute tried to sound like they were better than everyone else.

/thought you were a senior... well, you're soon to be one, anyway[/QUOTE]
I did no such thing :(

Life Advice: If you ever have the chance to burn soil, don't. It smells [I]horrible[/I] and it sticks to your clothes.

[QUOTE=munky_magik]I did no such thing :([/QUOTE]

That's because you weren't part of it :cool:

Okay, I seriously have to leave now. Take care, all.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]That's because you weren't part of it :cool:

Okay, I seriously have to leave now. Take care, all.[/QUOTE]

Godda[COLOR=White]m[/COLOR]n, leave dude. Get the fu[COLOR=White]c[/COLOR]k out! :lol: Have a good time.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]In a nutshell, there was an argument in the old thread where everyone involved in the dispute tried to sound like they were better than everyone else.

/thought you were a senior... well, you're soon to be one, anyway

EDIT: I have to prepare to teach the class in a few hours, so I'm going to head out.

Enjoy the day.[/QUOTE]
I was involved :(. If by involved you mean apologising for something I said to Cain a while back and discussing it with Jason on MSN

Ah, let's forget about whatever arguement took place for now. It's a new day, a new page. And eventually, a new avatar for me.

It was this morning (England time)

Don't just ignore everything that's been said about the thread in favour of carrying on the thread as it was before. What would be the point?

[QUOTE=ICB]Ah, let's forget about whatever arguement took place for now. It's a new day, a new page. And eventually, a new avatar for me.[/QUOTE]

You're a new avatar!

There goes the spamfree philosophy.

[QUOTE=Superpeer]There goes the spamfree philosophy.[/QUOTE]

Sorry Jelle :upset: I'll stop.

[QUOTE=AntiHero3314]Hah! How the hell am I supposed to respond to a claim like that?
...
I'm done.[/QUOTE]

Don't get me wrong here. I'm not trying to place all the blame on you and absolve myself completely. You should be flattered, really, I'm painting you as the "leader", the architect.

Because I'm not sure why, but I will often just follow the crowd. I will sometimes just follow the example of someone else. Why? God knows why. I should be more self-confident, but I'm not. I'm a wreck, it's like I have two different sides of me pulling me apart at the seams here, and I can't commit to either one so I generally just don't action about it and just do what everyone else is doing. Do I lke it? Of course not, but sometimes that's just what happens.

Maybe I'm just manic-depressive.

It's been a few months but I really need a smoke right now.

Hi. Sorry about the non-posting, ive been on The Matrix Online.

This has been a slow day, man. It's time for state testing...good thing it has no impact on me.

[color=lime][size=200]OMG teh 5,000![/size][/color]

The Matrix has you...

Spam++

Ban++

[QUOTE=ICB]This has been a slow day, man. It's time for state testing...good thing it has no impact on me.

[color=lime][size=200]OMG teh 5,000![/size][/color][/QUOTE]
[B][SIZE=7]
[COLOR=Plum]good work sir![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

Wow, are these all the posts that were posted all the time I wasn't here? Crazy.

Trying not to spam.... Not working.

Spam sucks.

Seriously guys, stop it.

Hello everyone. I'll attempt to make this post not spam-o-rific.. So how are all of you? I myself am doing well. If all goes as planned, i might finally have a girlfriend after being single since September. I'm doing decent in school this this 9 weeks for once.. and my bass playing seems to be improving rapidly.

If this is spam.. sorry Jelle.

Hello, everyone.

I'll address Eitri first: congratulations on those pieces coming together. A significant other must be a nice thing after being single for a number of months, any improvement in school deserves a necessary congratulations, and any increase in bassplaying skill also deserves a congratulatory message.

Hello to everyone else.

Congrats on 5,000, ICB.

So I prepared my lecture for the class today, went downtown, and found out that I was to go first. Kind of intimidating, but it was alright.

I printed out lecture notes for people (remember the search for that one comic? That's what I needed it for... supplemental material to go with the lesson), handed it out, and finished right at ten minutes on the dot. That meant I didn't get penalized (:cool:[font=])[/font], and I got positive feedback. I got a 4.0 on it. Yessss.

I also got my lesson plan back. Another 4.0. Yessss.

Needless to say, I was relieved that that is over with. Now, it's just time to prepare my diversity presentation for tomorrow morning, write up a review for classics, and then start preparing for the writing finals for history and classics. The classics paper is going to me a bitch because I need to do incredibly well on it in order to 3.0 the class, which is what I need in order to be exempted from a whole bunch of general education classes.

I also am going to write another Sputnik review tonight, even though one person commented on my last one :(

[QUOTE=Jom]Congrats on 5,000, ICB.[/QUOTE]

Cheers, buddy.

5,000 posts of pure quality.

Well, 4,789 anyway :lol:

Testing's over for today, I'm so glad.

'Sup thread?

Got home from school at 1-ish. God I love minimum days.

hah, on minumum days, I get out at 11:47. Boo-ya. Speaking of which...


Seacrest out. Have a good evening all.

:wave:

Hey :wave:

Well, I got out at 12 but decided to roam the Los Alamitos High School area with my friends for a bit before catching a bus home.

I was really hoping that bitch got banned

Howdy fellas, and cheers to a three day weekend. Way to go on the lecture Jom, glad it went smoothly. What is this Sputnik you speak of by the way? Anyway, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, and Hypocrisy are only a day away. I'm quite stoked. Anyone else see(ing) them?

Sputnik's the site where you review CD's now. It's part of the Mxtabs family.

CJ: I've seen Dark Tranquillity with Kreator


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This would be the best job ever, if only I lived in LA. :(

[QUOTE=cjborton]Howdy fellas, and cheers to a three day weekend. Way to go on the lecture Jom, glad it went smoothly. What is this Sputnik you speak of by the way? Anyway, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, and Hypocrisy are only a day away. I'm quite stoked. Anyone else see(ing) them?[/QUOTE]

Malcolm basically got it right.

[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/[/url]

Just login with your same username and password as you would do on MX.

Jeremy has been working hard in implementing it with the MX community, but there is an obvious lacking of any community spirit there. A lot of members are [successfully] boycotting it, and it has taken a lot of bumps and bruises in its BETA stage. Jeremy recently modded Med and Damrod as Sputnik-only mods, and for good reason, because there has been an influx of absolutely horrible reviews.

[QUOTE=MalcolmYoungRock]'Sup thread?

Got home from school at 1-ish. God I love minimum days.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Gates]
Hey :wave:[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Malcolm]
Well, I got out at 12 but decided to roam the Los Alamitos High School area with my friends for a bit before catching a bus home.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Darwin]
I was really hoping that bitch got banned.[/QUOTE]

Do you guys not read anything that you don't post yourself?

(that's at some of you more than others, obviously :))

[QUOTE=cjborton]
Howdy fellas, and cheers to a three day weekend. Way to go on the lecture Jom, glad it went smoothly. What is this Sputnik you speak of by the way? Anyway, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, and Hypocrisy are only a day away. I'm quite stoked. Anyone else see(ing) them?[/QUOTE]

I thought you were on kind of early :) Sputnik is [url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com[/url], the CD Reviews site that replaced my beloved forum :( (there's also a shortcut to it on the toolbar at the top of the forum pages). And I think Superpeer has seen at least one, maybe a couple of those bands, so he should be able to say something. I've seen a video of live Hypocrisy, and they looked pretty good.

Recent (I think) yousendits from me;

[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29L9X182BFR9J2OH45LZK27D6M]Silverginger 5 - Sonic Shake[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=14GA133HF5YTR2YYIQZDR6VSGX]Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SPRAMXLJOVVK1J464JXN85J0E]Silverginger 5 - Anyway But Maybe[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0LROLLOYSO5191GYLYJTG3M7XA]SIlverginger 5 - Church of the Brokenhearted[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3UM0E8V0BUMUQ2XKG9GR0PTNS9]Silverginger 5 - Walk Like a Motherfuċker[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06QLO5R43JLPB3EYBMIFMC5JJ6]Clam Abuse - Message to Geri[/url] (yes, that Geri)
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1R37H3PBJJCPL1NEDDUH39WJZU]Clam Abuse - Unlucky in Love[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0BL865OE5L33K2563QJTY8YT5Y]Clam Abuse - Sunday Driving on a Thursday Afternoon[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31OTQL6EVQ0XX1MPAP8O2O9B4J]Clam Abuse - Barney Sings the Blues[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0UIH9VIA34DWU0ALEB5CXUYPSR]Clam Abuse - I Think I Love You (Clint and Andy's Fully Abused Guitar mix)[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=09H62FXBYVKQW1D7IKANL29Y7S]The Wildhearts - Everlone[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3TXMKCMTFMZE030OE3CZF9AD47]The Wildhearts - Lovesh¡t[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2YBXJF9QP0I3J1H0WYC1ZLEGZH]The Wildhearts - My Baby is a Headfuċk[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SH6MYTCMVSNF06GLMTAPHLTNY]The Wildhearts - Love U 'til I Don't[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FPHM5BUT1MDC0HVTRUZ7XE3AL]The Wildhearts - I Wanna Go Where the People Go[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2YBIVARIIOHSH3M7FZTJNWEION]The Wildhearts - Just in Lust[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XA7Y5N0D0G0Q0J9RJL2YC6PP6]The Wildhearts - Baby Strange/Nita Nitro[/url] (the one leads into the other)
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=38QAPNRZZNHO63POU2MUBEAV24]The Wildhearts - Turning American[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2D7NKGHYBTZPS2FLSV0O6Y08CU]The Wildhearts - Nothing Ever Changes But The Shoes[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QE5AQC2MXUTE11JR82F32SN3D]The Wildhearts - Weekend (5 Long Days)[/url]
[url=http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3PG8Y179R98O51ITS18LQANM6L]The Wildhearts - Show a Little Emotion[/url]
[url=http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3QN2WNT3TUAQN0A5Z35BFTVPP9]boyhitscar - The Rebirth[/url]
[url=http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3ME8NH5LJOI9F0BC29J3W6R12D]boyhitscar - Lovecore (Welcome to)[/url]
[url=http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AVWZNJV5PJZG2DGWIFHZ0OJGQ]boyhitscar - Going to India[/url]
[url=http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34WU9D6Q6R3KI3OW77O652A0L9]boyhitscar - Benkei[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2OLYBK3R8QAGA2BSWV3XX0P7LR]Interpol - Next Exit[/url]
[url=http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25TPK9GRTLZ680AEHLP0XN19S9]Interpol - Not Even Jail[/url]
[url=http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=33T77VN4LMLYG1T0NMFN6ENZV9]Backyard Babies - Star War[/url]
[url=http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GGM6BZULEAPD2TFO1PETBZUOM]Super$hit 666 - Star War Jr.[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3AIPJ2Y9F09VS38NNUQ75BFYYE]Super$hit 666 - Fast One[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RU6QX6BWB14E3R8643PF7ETK7]Super$hit 666 - You Smell Canadian[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3O3WA2UMTD44W0E5T3F0MKAPM8]Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was[/url]
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=22DYPH430Z0G93TIVBNOGNITIH]The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold[/url]
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=33SX443G6BAPP2PVUDN0SB6DQW]The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1KO1CBFJ7R3YV16VMDUPJAJBPL]North - Through Fire[/url]
[url=http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3EQH6ILXEJGO516FE7K5RI8LOM]North - Untitled[/url]
[url=http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=22XFHH1J12DVO0DLZ8WJYZ6FIN]Fantomas - Page 29 (live, video)[/url]

I don't know how are still active, but they might as well not go to waste.

I thought we were trying not to spam guys? This page fails so bad at it :-/

Don't you hate it when you think someone's looking at you, but they're actually looking at someone behind you? That's such a bad way to go :( Anyways, I'm going to try and finish my lab early for once so that I can go to karate for the first time in two months this weekend. See you all later.

Hello everyone. Say hello to a car-accident victim!

Hello. What happened?

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]
Don't you hate it when you think someone's looking at you, but they're actually looking at someone behind you? That's such a bad way to go :( [/QUOTE]

I know what you mean, but it hasn't happened in a while. Now I tend to just look, and not worry about whether who/whatever I'm looking at is looking back.