@FMF - He wanted to draw those he saw as the best among the more prolific General Forum posters away from the forum
At the time the club was formed, I was not considered a prolific poster in the GF,
and I was considered a controversial poster in the debates, yet I was invited to join and have enjoyed it ever since.
If GoaD had such motives as to why he opened the Ghost Chamber as you say, it is still his prerogative, and I must tell you, it's great being in a forum where 2/3's of the threads do not always end with a VR snipe at someone. The man is constantly arguing no matter the thread he is in. Who needs it?
So much for that.
And it did surprise me to see you and dive get out of there, but I did not know of the history to it all.
@earl-of-trumps saidGood for you if you like it. But that wasn't the issue I was addressing. I was just clearing up any doubt about how setting up that club was a deliberate snub to Very Rusty, which you don't seem to be denying.
If GoaD had such motives as to why he opened the Ghost Chamber as you say, it is still his prerogative, and I must tell you, it's great being in a forum where 2/3's of the threads do not always end with a VR snipe at someone. The man is constantly arguing no matter the thread he is in.
Another reason why I did not join was because you were a member and I see you as one of posters that helps make the Debates Forum a poisonous cesspool.
@earl-of-trumps saidWhere is it you thought I "got out of"?
And it did surprise me to see you and dive get out of there, but I did not know of the history to it all.
@earl-of-trumps saidWell, be that as it may. But I didn't say he wanted to draw only those he saw as the best among the more prolific General Forum posters away from the forum.
@FMF - He wanted to draw those he saw as the best among the more prolific General Forum posters away from the forum
At the time the club was formed, I was not considered a prolific poster in the GF, and I was considered a controversial poster in the debates, yet I was invited to join and have enjoyed it ever since.
@suzianne saidIt is precisely one of the main reasons the club was formed, Ghost of a Duke told me so himself.
For someone who claims another poster is "spinning stories", this seems spun out of pure fantasy, probably driven by your scorn for the club and its members, since you're no longer a member yourself.
There are only a handful of members in there for whom I have a low regard. Most are just the normal crew in here.
@earl-of-trumps saidNot in the slightest, it is exactly the key reason Ghost of a Duke told me he was setting up the club. I’m sure it has expanded beyond that purpose, but I assure you I was told that was one of the key reasons.
@divegeester - No but Very Rusty is yours.
You created a club for the purpose of ostracising him by trying to gut the general forum of the key contributors and drag conversation away from it. You then proceeded to relentlessly target him.
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dive... surely you jest 🤔
You do see how Ghost of a Duke is with Very Rusty don’t you...
@earl-of-trumps saidYour point 1 - I agree completely.
If GoaD had such motives as to why he opened the Ghost Chamber as you say, it is still his prerogative, and I must tell you, it's great being in a forum where 2/3's of the threads do not always end with a VR snipe at someone. The man is constantly arguing no matter the thread he is in. Who needs it?
Your point 2 - I also agree completely. VR’s posting volume can become a blight on threads and I’ve clashed with him majorly once over it in the last 12 months or so. Rest of the time I ignore his posts as they are largely void of content which I find interesting. So yes, these is a dynamic to this debate.
The Ghost Chamber was not for me; some interesting threads but way too cliquey for me and being the type of poster I am (direct, argumentative and challenging etc) it was best that I left. In a way I left out of respect for the fact that it is a private club and one needs to abide by the culture or rules of that club. I couldn’t.
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@divegeester saidCertainly one of the key reasons I created the Chamber was to have a refuge from the inane postings of Rusty in every thread in the GF where good threads were routinely trashed. (And still are). To equate this with being an anti-Rusty club though is a nonsense. Beyond a few initial jokes about having hounds posted to keep him out, he has barely been mentioned over the last year.
Not in the slightest, it is exactly the key reason Ghost of a Duke told me he was setting up the club. I’m sure it has expanded beyond that purpose, but I assure you I was told that was one of the key reasons.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidAnd yet you and Suzianne follow him around the general forum goading him on. Given your claim that you want a “refuge” from his posting, why do you do that?
Certainly one of the key reasons I created the Chamber was to have a refuge from the inane postings of Rusty in every thread in the GF where good threads were routinely trashed. (And still are). To equate this with being an anti-Rusty club though is a nonsense. Beyond a few initial jokes about having hounds posted to keep him out, he has barely been mentioned over the last year.
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@divegeester saidHow does that apply to Kelly?
I refer you to my post above.
For years he refused to reply to you directly and yet you routinely replied to his posts. How was Kelly 'not' your legitimate target, clearly someone who didn't want to engage with you?
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@divegeester saidHe posts in every thread. You may have noticed.
And yet you and Suzianne follow him around the general forum goading him on. Given your claim that you want a “refuge” from his posting, why do you do that?
Whether I spoil threads with my posts aside, many General Forum threads are now arguably trashed - not just by Very Rusty's copious inane posting - but also by Suzianne's and Ghost of Duke's copious and inane posting in service of the day in day out bullying of Very Rusty, sometimes matching his posts at a ratio of 2:1 or, when others are piling on, even 3:1.
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@fmf saidYou bring a special brand of toxicity to a thread.
Whether I spoil threads with my posts aside, many General Forum threads are now arguably trashed - not just by Very Rusty's copious inane posting - but also by Suzianne's and Ghost of Duke's copious and inane posting in service of the day in day out bullying of Very Rusty, sometimes matching his posts at a ratio of 2:1 or, when others are piling on, even 3:1.
Should bottle it and take it on the road.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI’ve no idea. I’ve taken the time and trouble to explain to you how it doesn’t apply to sonship, when we both know, it doesn’t apply to sonship. But I indulged your intellectual dishonesty anyway.
How does that apply to Kelly?
For years he refused to reply to you directly and yet you routinely replied to his posts. How was Kelly 'not' your legitimate target, clearly someone who didn't want to engage with you?
Are you going to run through the entire list of people in the spirituality forum in a vain jazz-handed attempt at countermeasures...or will you own up to why you started you club and how, ever since, you and your team of weak-minded douchbags have hounded Very Rusty simply for the fact that he is there to be hounded. No debate, no intellectual discourse of any sort.
As I said earlier, perhaps you were bullied at school, but as an intelligent adult you really should have grown past that baggage now.