UNBAN Swish!

[thufir]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BDA went to Phinny and seems most the Swish haters were them. I never had an issue with BDA and questioned the fervor of Swish's crusade against them, but I think he was just looking to defend the interests of smaller guilds. Whether you are with him in that crusade or not, he's always been helpful to new and existing players, giving advice on gameplay and tech, etc.

it's not just that, maskedmelon. there was the fry bread crusade. you don't mind that because you were convinced by it. baler doesn't mind that because he was convinced by that too.

but there was a time for years where every.single.thread he posted was "try red" in some way. I distinctly remember some video he posted where it was a big ol advertisement for red, even said on top "this is why people play red!!" or some bullshit, and then he disingenuously claimed he wasn't trying to advertise for red - to the point that he *deleted that caption on the video* after he got called out on it.

he has a history of trying to elude responsibility for his actions, deny that they occurred, and then flip things by being his "detractors" unfairly accusing him, while he only had the best interests of the server all along - a tactic shared by baler's defense efforts here.

if he was really interested in helping the little guy, he'd do that instead of trying to push his hobby horses.

his advice is also generally terrible, and was all the more so because he spent a lot of time giving advice about blue while not playing on it, but that's more or less besides the point.

in the end, someone who takes every opportunity to push their agenda is no better than a paid pop up advertisement, and equally annoying. I use ignore, but the damage he does to threads by people who respond to him remains.