The Most Trivial Ban of All Time
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Wait, what the fuck?
You'd think it couldn't get any more trivial than banning a group of users for calling on the fictional Earth-saving powers of Captain Planet. But it can, and it did.
Eleo, after making 400 posts, was banned from Gamingforce Forums on March 12, 2006.
Why?
After making a controversial Sewers thread (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1572) declaring his war against other high postcount users and boasting about his strong abilities to evade bans at every turn, Face got upset and declared that the first member to reach 400 posts would get banned.
Eleo, unamused by the musings of the musical Frenchman, went on to make not only 400 posts but 401 posts.
Subsequently, he was banned until another user made 400 posts.
LOL
Indeed.
Fjordor, Eleo's primary opponent in the postcount wars (grrr) refused to make his 400th post, even though inching closer and closer to it as he mocked Eleo by declaring he would hold off, just to lengthen Eleo's ban.
End
The ban ended within six hours when Fyodor finally made 400 posts. An anonymous staff member unbanned Eleo immediately.
Anti-climactically, Fjordor was rather apologetic toward the entire situation.
Traces of drama bubbled to the surface of the forums soon after Eleo was unbanned.
Both Eleo and Fjordor are permanently banned for breaking real rules unrelated to postcount.
Related links
- Postcount wars grrr (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1572) - The thread that sparked off the ban.
- Banlist (2006)
