I don't think it was much of a spectacle at all, he made a topic saying he's leaving and that was it, which is something he absolutely should have done since he was an important moderator. He could have gone on a huge tirade about all the issues that led him to leave but instead opted to be brief and to the point and then he split.

No, instead he made a bunch of threads as a joke that related to other existing threads, then made his leaving one

Edit: just realized this isn't Urbans thread and that has somehow carried into here.

He started at least three passive aggressive joke threads as a clear middle finger to the site in general. That's pretty obvious attention-seeking behavior.

Well I guess that's a fair interpretation, I just thought they were hilarious

Though if a regular member posted them, they'd be a guaranteed lock.

Those were born outta frustration with a few things on this board.
It was more look at what our lounge has become. I reckon, that's an informed reckon too.

Ki is correct also.But he did it then dipped.

Plenty of people get frustrated with the site, and when they throw a tantrum everyone rolls their eyes.

And about your high horse on changing the tone of the Lounge or whatever. You do everything we do, as much, if not more, than we do. You get in just as many ****storms and post just as many inane comments, so complaining about the Lounge is complaining about yourself.

dude, that wasn't my opinion.

I was making an in formed guess as to why he spammed.

Guys, can we forget about Urban? Or at least discuss him in his own farewell thread or something.

Oriphiel, times have certainly been hard before. You mention the Boo Boo incident. The thing is, I had already made a similar suggestion to the one I've made in this thread by the time the Boo Boo episode happened. So what you're describing is not exactly a golden age. It was a time when the problems I've brought up already existed and now they've been allowed to mature for a bunch more years. It has not, on the whole, led to any kind of improvement. On the contrary. I see less of just about everything (contributing members, community participation, reviews, contests, compilations, etc) except inane bickering which seems to be going strong still.

I think had my suggestions been implemented back then, the Boo Boo incident might not have happened. Or it would have been much smaller in scale and just maybe he would've been around today. I was never really happy with the permban and the situation should not have been allowed to escalate the way it did. Possibly a better system could have prevented it. The same goes for other kinds of dramatic blowouts in the past.


I get why mods would be against it because what I suggest requires work and dedication to a new game plan. I have a harder time seeing why the average user would be against it. I don't think it would cramp your style as much as you fear it will. A little cramped, yes, but possibly you'd also reap the benefits.