Quote Originally Posted by bigpoppapuff
ooops...forgot about SDVM....he happens to be friend of mine...one of many who i invited here...and yes,he was ganged up on.....we need to stop this gang mentality or we're doomed to failure....taking a step back before attacking might be the answer...we'll easily be able to sort out the asshats.....and the new guys don't need to impress the FOGS....if i'm not making sense here...then maybe i don't belong here...
Just my 2 cents (you'll have to do the exchange to USD). I think you are definately right in some ways... as a newb who has managed to avoid any initial controversy and also received great advice on here I might have a slightly different perspective than those of you who have been on here longer. I think there is more of a tendancy to go straight to very aggressive attacks on some newbs, some of which maybe just made an honest mistake. In PartagasGuy's case, however, he really went on a rampage insulting anyone and anything without provocation in some cases, not to mention changing what he was saying to curry opinion. Maybe there needs to be a big "Before you post" kind of a thing for newbs. Let them know what the advertising forum is for, let them know some do's n don'ts and make it part of signing up so they have NO excuse for not knowing. Maybe its already there and I missed it, or read it and filed it away so correct me if I am wrong please. Sometimes we take these things for granted because we are "too close to the paper", not everyone is internet and message board saavy.

For the record, despite NEVER seeing a public apology from PartagasGuy I still voted only for 30 days. I figure, that in 30 days if he is genuine then there won't be further troubles, or he will go away because he isn't getting the attention he craves for 30 days. Time will tell....

-W.