I still check in now and then.
The hard feelings are understandable. I had a job to do and I did it.
I'll admit I got overly hard handed sometimes. I also got rid of a lot of a holes.
The mods and admins here now do a fantastic job. I back them 100%
Well maybe except Barry.:lol1: J/K Brother. You know I love you. :beer:
Just wanted to say Hi to everyone and I'm still alive and kicking.. :beer:
PS: Good to see you're doing well Jimmy.:rockon:
Hey Brother, good to see you.
Heavy handed? Well sometimes we miss that and need it.
Bottom line people, There is a job to do here and sometimes it requires someone to be the bad guy. LL didn't mind being the bad guy.
I bet ya 99% of those banned and bitching deserved it.
You would not believe some of the PMs we get from people who are mad they broke the rules and got an infraction or just disagreed with something we've done.
Our rules are simple and written in black and white.
Hell, I've been cursed lower than a dog. The difference is LL didn't put up with as much as some of us do. It is all personality and how we choose to deal with things.
People have no idea what goes on behind the scenes or what it takes to keep up with a site this large.
All of us have hate threads, LL, Adam, Myself and even Bruce has one believe it or not.
I have several. Aggrivating at times but I learned to let it roll off.
I also learned NEVER to join another site to defend myself.
Hell, I Had one recently that I really didn't care about until he brought my wife and kids into it. It was totally out of line and I never expected somone to say something like that about my family who has nothing to do with this site.
Then he lied about what I said in an email to him.
Everyone thought I should have banned him for that. Maybe I should have but I didn't and he is still here.
The reason butt hurt people go bitch elsewhere is because they can. Other sites allow it. Some even get off so to speak seeing SVTP or the staff bashed.
You won't see it here because we don't like board/forum wars and/or we don't want to see other staffs bashed as we know all too well what they go through.
Very rare is a negitive thread about another site left up.
We all handle things differently and LL just didn't put up with crap. I don't blame him and sometimes wish I was more like him.
We still keep in touch, mainly by phone and if anyone ever took the time to get to know him they would know what a great person he really is. If they don't take the time then their loss as far as I see it.