A few qualifiers:
*This is not a rant, it’s a question.
*I thought long and hard about starting this thread or addressing it in the original thread. It was ‘You started a pit thread over this?’ vs ‘You’re hi-jacking this thread’. I honestly did what I thought was right.
*This might not seem like it’s any of my business, but given my involvement in the “WG, what’s your damage?” thread, I thought I’d address it.
Esirix, everybody knows what a clever guy you are. I think you’ve proven it again. In this thread about that prick Bossk is, you say:
But later in that same post you say:
Do you have some un-resolved issues with warmgun? Do you feel you didn’t get the chance to really lay into him? Because it seems like you are baiting him here. Oh, it’s subtle (you “stuck up” for him first), but it’s there.
Or are you unhappy that the banning didn’t stick? You take a back-handed swipe at the guy knowing he’s on thin ice as it is. Why not just say, "Bossk, what’s your damage without back-referencing warmgun?
He even defends you in the “Ass-Kisser-of-Year-Award” thread:
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Did that bother you?
If you have a problem with him, call him out again. Keep it above the table.
Or if you are going to snipe, at lest remove the silencer.
::Neurotik looks around as people gather for the anticipated fight, gets weird feeling of deja vu, wonders if Esprix will take his sweet time again, shrugs::
To me, the phrase “as I did with warmgun” indicates the following:
His thread re: warmgun was a question/challenge to explain ones’ actions/posts. At the end of the prior thread, there was peace made, so his posting to this other poster is, interpretively -
hey, I wondered about this other person and we were able to hash it out, so, I’ll give you the same opportunity.
:::chirp chirp:;; what, no flowers?
OK, I’ll take a seat by jarbaby and have a black russian and some baked brie, thank you.
Well, Darkcool, it’s a classy thing to ask for clarification about something, rather than immediately assume the worst. It’s a good attitude to have, I think.
Anyway, for the record, I read 'Sprix’s comment as “Hey, you seem to have a problem. What is it?”, using the example of his thread to Warmgun to illustrate that point.
Well, pretty much as written, I guess. I mean, I didn’t read anything hostile into it.
jarbaby, Neurotik, unless I miss my guess, you’re gonna be disappointed. I don’t think this is going to be much of a party. I don’t think Esprix will flame darkcool for what I perceive to be a simple misunderstanding.
But again, I could be wrong…
What the heck, mind if I join ya? A pint of ale, my good man, and would it kill you to lay out a basket of peanuts?
I guess the thing that got me asking was, out of all the people Esprix has called out he could illustrate with, why choose the one who not only just got back from being banned (and therefore is probably more vulnurable) but who had just taken up for him as well. Or if there really is a truce between them, why not ‘illustrate’ with someone who he is still not all that sweet on?
But the point is, because of that thread (despite the banning matter) he and warmgun worked everything out. It was a perfect illustration of a poster perceiving a problem, calling the other poster out, and them both hashing out the issue until it was resolved. It was a recent thread, so Esprix could assume that it was still fresh in everyones’ minds. I didn’t take it as a slam at all. It was an innocent example of Esprix’s forthrightness.
Well, If I’m wrong, I apologize to Esprix. warmgun may not be the most loved poster on the boards, but I wouldn’t put him in the same class as Bossk. And even if I am wrong, I would call mentioning them in the same breath “forthright”.
Not that I have anything against Esprix.
I’m with SPOOFE - it’s not like he marched in and said “Hey ESPRIX! What the fuck are you talking about?”. A nice OP, and with any luck Esprix will address it in the manner it was given. No need for popcorn and chips. There was once a blip between warmgun and Esprix, but it’s all been sorted out now. I think Esprix was merely saying “I gave him a chance to explain himself, and now I give you the same chance”. That’s all, no biggie.
darkcool, by “forthright” I meant that Esprix conducts himself here in an open and honest manner. Your OP accused Esprix of baiting and taking a backhanded swipe at warmgun. I’m saying that’s not how Esprix operates. If he’s got a problem with someone, he lets them know about it in no uncertain terms.
( Saunters in from the ‘Ok, Bossk, you asked for it thread’…looks around…)
Oh this is the final straw! Have a thread that concerns me and don’t even invite me!!! Well, I never…
And, and…I find from the aforementioned thread that Esprix has made Devil May Care a member of The Clique[sup]tm[/sup]!:
( Pleading to the sky) Is there no God??? [sub]Well, ok, maybe there’s not - but you get the idea.[/sub]
[Calvin]
Kicks checkerboard sending checkers flying. Stomps off. (gray cloud<with lightning>above head.
[/Calvin]
Seriously, thanks, DK for the concern. But I’m sure Esprix mean’t no harm. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until I hear otherwise.
Steven
