I also liked TWOP a lot but I was shocked that my account was suspended for spreading positive energy instead of negative energy. Although I guess people whose internet lives revolve around posting nasty comments about children they’ve never met are already at the bottom of the gene pool.

I get that they don’t want the board to descend into madness as a mess like MediaDomain has, but they are too far to the other end of the spectrum.

Mars and Bayless are the worst but hardly the only ones. And what makes me truly angry is that they are so ARBITRARY about everything they do. Applies to whoever they want, when they feel like it.

I think it’s time to find – or establish – competition so that TWOP can slink into irrelevance.

In fact, using the word “attitude” was (I thought) a NICER way of referring to the blatant hostility being expressed by other posters than using the words “blatant hostility” but what do I know?

The funniest thing about TWoP is that here’s a site that will let its posters cuss like sailors on topics without blinking an eye, but will ban those same posters for “lack of manners” for daring to ask why someone holds a certain opinion.

Go figure.

You have to take my word that I’m one of the least “trollish” people out there. I never get in fights. I don’t insult people. If I break rules, they’re petty ones and unintentional, and I never make the same mistake again if its been pointed out to me.

But TWoP and its “leaders” are evil. Petty tinpot power-mad snide uncompromising lazy and often outright rude. They “see” attitude in posters which is often manufactured out of whole cloth, or often don’t even bother with that pretense and simply manufacture “strikes” against people for obscure “rules” hidden DEEP within 15-20 page long “Ask the Admin” topics.

For example, I was recently banned for mentioning the contents of a Promo in a show topic. NOWHERE was this indicated as a rule, not in their 15 page “Ask” topic, nor in the FAQ for the forum, nor in the FAQ for the whole board. There WAS a “Promo discussion” topic, but nowhere in THAT topic either was a statement that Promos could ONLY be discussed (or apparently even MENTIONED) there. My email to the Admin (I don’t recall if it was TWOP Mars or TWOP Bayliss) was polite and to the point, but I was told “You should have known better”. That was it.

They’ve done that innumerable times with me. Usually the SAME two people, Twop Mars and Twop Bayliss. MINOR nitpicky rules which always appear to be forum specific and very badly documented. Over I think 4 accounts I’ve had there I’ve been “tweaked” for 18 or 19 REALLY minor things, given massive attitude if I politely asked for clarification or further instruction, and as a result been tossed out on my ass, usually with a final VERY snide note in the admin panel which pops up. I’ve rarely been more insulted for less cause so often in my life.

The most ridiculous excuse used by them appears to be this “board on board” stuff, which they basically use however they want. I got tweaked for the phrase “you guys”. I am NOT kidding. “You guys” meant I was breaking some sacred board on board rule.

However, having seen Jacob’s picture on MySpace, I can understand why someone like him is relegated to the power he gets from being a dictator at a message board. The guy does NOT get any. Seriously.