[Resolved] Received a 1 month ban from the Soccer Forum for writing "3-3. Oh ya!"

It's not baiting and trolling. To call it trolling is disingenuous, if you want to see real trolling, for example, you should visit the BBC's Football comments sections. I don't like Man United, that's obvious. I support any team that plays them. I'm civil in my posts, I don't make things personal(unlike many of the people on there). United supporters celebrated wildly when they won against Wolves and some in a not so pleasant manner. It's double standards.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with writing "3-3. Oh ya!" Man United are average at the moment, that's not my fault(or problem). And being bad, gives me continual opportunity to be on the right side of results and I mean Continually. What I see are a load of sensitive(there's a better and more apt word for it) United fans that can't handle it. DM_7 gave me the previous warning, for another innocuous comment.

They've been contradictory in my dealings with them in PM's. Speaking of which, when I came back to the site, I seen that they had posted a comment in the General Premier League thread in bold, telling people that it was exactly that, the General Premier League thread and if people can't handle a bit of banter, then maybe they shouldn't visit the thread. I'm only sorry I didn't take a screenshot of it, and I was going to PM them about it, but sure it would have been a waste of time anyway. It's not the Man United thread, it's the GENERAL thread, I should be free to enjoy goals, incidents and results regardless of who's playing.

I'm going to lay out my posts that have resulted in the warnings that you alluded to in an earlier post. This is for everyone to see, and posterity, the garbage that goes on on this site. I think many are well aware, it's why the site is going downhill. And I seen the comment as well from a member who posted as much earlier here before it was deleted.

That's not me censoring the language now. That's how it appeared. I criticised both teams. But, no, I'm baiting and trolling United fans specifically. 🙄 And United did go on to lose that match against Copenhagen by the way. One of so many losses this season.

2 week ban for this outrageous post below.

And now a 1 month ban for possibly one of the worst, most offensive posts ever typed on this site.

In a Premier League GENERAL thread. But apparently Man United fans aren't allowed read ANYTHING even remotely negative as "Oh ya!". Or maybe it was the "3-3" that was the culprit. SMH. You can't celebrate a team getting an equaliser in an entertaining game in the 95th minute and what looked like securing a point?

I'm expecting an imminent 6 month ban from the rugby forum for my repeated baiting and trolling. Maybe the mods haven't gotten the memo just yet.

It depends on who the admin is? How many Admins are there? I've experience with 2 of them. They're the real lunatics of this asylum in my opinion(it's an expression of speech, in case I get accused of calling people names). If it's Ten of Swords, I'm not interested. And if it's Beasty, I'm definitely not interested. He's one of the biggest problems with this site. Ye all stick together, and nobody is ever going to disturb the hive.

No, who are the Admins, for clarity, if nothing else?

And who is above the Admins? There's people on this site that have no business being in a position of power. Again, this is my opinion. I'm not alluding to yourself, btw.

I clarified my comment above before this post. I don't know if you seen the edit, because I know how this site works. And on cue... I wasn't disappointed.

Or do I have to clarify further it's a play on an expression?

It's been 2 months since my unfair ban. I'm not going to repeat myself. People can read what's above. If an admin would like to do the right thing and rescind them, that would be great, but I won't hold my breath.

I've asked a couple of times for access to the Soccer Forum. The ban was for a month, and as I say it's now 2 months since the ban. I've gotten no response, I don't know if others similarly haven't either.

Just a couple of examples of posts I took from the first page. It's so true and what I've said before.

I was told previously by DM_7 that it's a manual process and I have to ask for access through the thread I posted above.

I don't know what you want me to say, I've made my case throughout this thread. I've been around long enough to know this Dispute Resolution forum is a complete shambles. The point about the 2 posts I referenced earlier today is that I'm not alone in thinking this. Mods all stick together. Do you(plural) think we can't see this? Moderation on this site from some people is a joke. It's partly to blame for driving people away from this site.

I can give numerous examples of my own experience here down the years where I've gotten ridiculous warnings, and in one case, thread banned for a single comment stating something that's a scientific fact. But you're not allowed do that on here though, because some might find it offensive, which I wasn't aware of.

The warning in question here, is complete OTT. A month ban for an innocuous comment. SMH. I made half a dozen similar comments in quick succession in the rugby forum and nobody said anything. I applied 3 weeks after the ban ended, because I don't know if I can put up with this nonsense much longer. It's a week later and I've had no response on the Soccer Access thread. There's supposed to be mods monitoring and engaging in it.

New Premier League, same old story with the mods. The Community Shield was on yesterday, I switched it on when it went to penalties. After it was over I made a couple of comments in the new Premier League season thread as there was no dedicated Community Shield thread, absolutely nothing in the comments. However, at 8PM I got a PM from Necro saying I've been banned for 3 months for baiting for this comment.

It's an entirely fair comment. I told the mod it was a ridiculous warning, there was no abuse, no arguing, no animosity in the thread, let alone the post. I said I would be appealing it, and their opening response was "Appeal away."

I explained why the comment was fair and accurate, but they weren't interested.

Just like the poster said, "That game told us nothing really.

There is the odd time it acts as a barometer for where the teams are at. I didn't get that sense at all today."

So too was the FA Cup final not a true barometer of where both teams were at. The FA Cup final meant everything to Man United, it was their only means of qualifying for Europe. Ten Hag was fighting for his job. Make no mistake, he was gone had they lost. And by extension, some of the players.

Whereas Man City were already qualified for the Champions League months ago. Pep wasn't going to lose his job. Man City won the Premiership on the last day of the season. Then less than a week later, after heavy celebrations no doubt, they had to play the FA Cup final. You could see some of the City players had already checked out mentally and physically in the final and weren't at it, subs at half-time, De Bruyne didn't even last 60 minutes and was absolutely awful.

This was the same Man City team that had won their last 9 PL games in a row, were unbeaten in their last 23 matches. Their last defeat was a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa in early December 2023. So yes it wasn't a true barometer of where both teams were at, and tell me, what's so unfair about the comment? It's such a nonsense and vague warning, "baiting" that is. You could construe almost anything as baiting if you wanted.

Edit: Just for comparisons sake, Man United's form for their last 9 PL games was won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.