I also tried to see the spat between the admin, mod and diosabbathfan and noticed that the general discussion forum had disappearred.
The whole exchange must have looked really bad to hide the whole forum like that.
What was the topic that this altercation errupted from? Just curious as to what this now banned member decided to make their stand over.
What did they say and who did they list as fans who no longer enjoyed the OFFICIAL board? I wonder if all their posts were deleted as I tried to search for the poster name and nothing came up.
And if that banned fan is reading this, they are more than welcome to bring their opinions here.
Niji may be realizing that with this board now on the scene and the DuMB out there that the private sector is better equipped and more fully capable of providing an enjoyable online Dio experience. They can shut down their forum and not have to deal with all the shenanigans they have had to put up with over the years.
It can't even be fun for HM having to wade through the mountain of spammers who join to get to the odd new Dio fan every now and again.
DioSabbathFan made an observation that Devin, a Mod, was abusing fans and getting away with it, still, after so long. Devin exploded, then deleted their posts. The rest occured in the Moderators thread in a section I dont remember...LOL The other altercation was in the poll about whether seal slaughtery was justified.
If I remember correctly, HM was asked why the great DIO fans that once frequented the board no longer come around and post like they used to. Some of the names were Tapio, Diozine Ken, DanSilverstorm, Genady, JoeyNiji, Joefromredondo, Isabeaux (an honorable mention), Scot Clayton, and a few others. He said they do. DIOSabbathFan said basically that he/she was not blind, except by HM's multiple HUGE sig banners, and that those fans had long left. HM had no good answer. There was some mention of how having too many Moderators there was "too many cooks spoil the soup" or something like that. It was quite funny.
The other altercation occured after the Mod Rhonda attacked DioSabbathFan for voting that seal slaughtering was justified. Rhonda made some ridiculous comparison, slaughtering seals to slaughtering humans, and DioSabbathFan said she was idiotic. HM posted some huge quote from some Soceity For Humane beastiality or something, and DioSabbathFan told him to grow some balls and use his own words instead of quoting a "Soceity." HM claimed there's no such thing as any animal species becoming over populated. DioSabbathFan said they do become overpopulated and that there were both natural and manmade population checks. (makes sense) HM sent the DioSabbathFan packing after saying he wasnt going to stand for Rhonda being attacked. There was no attack on her other than DSF called the spade a spade.
The whole thing again was HM and the Mods not being able to handle an opposing opinion. They start some ridiculous poll about Seal Slaughtering, then when someone doesn't agree with their campaign, they axe them. Rhonda and Hm were both taunting, rude to the fan but of course they can because they sit on the Dio board throne....yeah right.
Same ol sh*it, different day! That was the jist of it in a nutshell. Talk about a bunch of pussified, weak-minded individuals who have to blot a person out because they lack the ability to stand by and defend their unsound judgments.
One thing I read posted by Devin was that supposedly Niji has asked that they delete any questions involving the personal lives of DIO members and discourage the discussion thereof. What is the issue they have about fans asking DIO's age, whether he and Wendy are still married, etc...Weird.
Long ago, like back in '99-'00, there used to be a fan who would post on the old version "Dio Chat" about how he "knew" that Ronnie was gay and he even eluded to some sexual encounter with him. In fact, it was a good friend of TeRRy's who has AIDS, and back then the people who ran the DIO Chat didn't delete that stuff. Hell another one of TeRRy's gay friends, his name was "Dave," he would post real scramble-brained like TeRRy does, speaking of sex, satanism, enjoying anal fist sex with men after Dio shows, etc...They didn't delete that stuff either.
What gives? When did the breaking point come, if it did? Makes me wonder how much is Niji and how much is the Fan-Made-Admin Syndrome.
DioSabbathFan made an observation that Devin, a Mod, was abusing fans and getting away with it, still, after so long. Devin exploded, then deleted their posts. The rest occured in the Moderators thread in a section I dont remember...LOL The other altercation was in the poll about whether seal slaughtery was justified.
If I remember correctly, HM was asked why the great DIO fans that once frequented the board no longer come around and post like they used to. Some of the names were Tapio, Diozine Ken, DanSilverstorm, Genady, JoeyNiji, Joefromredondo, Isabeaux (an honorable mention), Scot Clayton, and a few others.
Sounds like the usual way someone gets banned over there. And I was wondering about HM's new seal slaughter banner.
One thing I read posted by Devin was that supposedly Niji has asked that they delete any questions involving the personal lives of DIO members and discourage the discussion thereof.
Long ago, like back in '99-'00, there used to be a fan who would post on the old version "Dio Chat" about how he "knew" that Ronnie was gay and he even eluded to some sexual encounter with him. In fact, it was a good friend of TeRRy's who has AIDS, and back then the people who ran the DIO Chat didn't delete that stuff. Hell another one of TeRRy's gay friends, his name was "Dave," he would post real scramble-brained like TeRRy does, speaking of sex, satanism, enjoying anal fist sex with men after Dio shows, etc...They didn't delete that stuff either.
Well it is Niji's board and if they don't want personal info of band members discussed it is their prerogative. They likely have concerns about over zealous fans.
As for Terry and his freinds, what you state definitely explains why Terry posts in that manner on alt.music.dio still to this day.
Are we totally sure HM can't GATE anyone from The DaMB? Just testing the waters a bit...
The wereo is the Unprecedented.
I don't think he has that ability, Scott.
THAT's a relief. Awlthough I'm sure he'd like to. The wereo is the Unexpected and an example of my divine Intervention, art. The wereo is the Beyond Belief.