Originally posted by The Chess Express
I vote for both stang and marauder to be ousted from the forum.

Stang for spamming, marauder for everything else.

Originally posted by no1marauder
Start a thread; it's been done before.

Let's say I get five e-mails about a diverse array of topics:

-Buy Cialis
-Get Viagra, half off!
-Got Rolex?
-NEED ASSISTANCE URGENT PLEASE HELP
-Re: In moderation not done wakingly

They're all obviously spam, despite the 'diversity' of topics. Diversity is a lousy standard by which to gauge spam. Spam is characterized simply by a deluge of messages that nobody wants.

Most of STANG's posts fall into this category; even those on his side of the issue end up arguing against his banning rather than actually posting in support of his issues, or they try (and fail) to get him to change his approach. As if his annoying repetitive catch phrases aren't bad enough, he uses other attention-whoring tactics like titling threads with lots of arrows () and ALL CAPS.

I don't have a problem with what he posts. But his habit of posting something, then refusing to respond when the debate gets going is irritating.

It is the equivalent of starting an open invite and then deleting the game after two moves. Every time.

Dealing with STANG calls for self-discipline. I ignore any thread he starts. If he starts spamming other threads, he can be banned...

Originally posted by no1marauder
Is a pain in the ass the same as a spammer?

I think the Clan page idea is a good one, BTW. Why don't you go for it; I haven't even bothered to read anything on the Clan page since my return. That might at least wake people up.

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Marauder: " I haven't even bothered to read anything on the Clan page since my return."

Ahaa !

Originally posted by no1marauder
(Shrug) My clan is inactive and I have no intention of joining any other clans to play games at this point. Why would I visit the Clan Forum? I don't visit the Posers and Puzzles forum, the Meet Opponents forum, the Developers forum, etc. etc. because they don't have anything that interests me. Neither does the Clan forum anymore.