We finally Died to Removal - #BlatherGate [10]

[Col. Khaddafi]

Though Kaitscralt lost all hope in the site once FOS left, you guys where all he had left on the internet, guy just lost all hope afterwards and left.

[Col. Khaddafi]

I think the mods are now auto banning people based on where you post.

Come on, don't tell me diestoremoval dot com is an internet site mainstream MTG reddit keeps tabs on, that would be hilarious.

[NightArcher]

More like other subreddits, which is technically against a rule that is never enforced.

[Stardust]

This site is about 4yo and we have still to ban our first member.

I still believe that Harkius was banned. You guys may tell me otherwise, but, you know, corruption, etc.

[Blackhound]

This site is about 4yo and we have still to ban our first member.

I still believe that Harkius was banned. You guys may tell me otherwise, but, you know, corruption, etc.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HztAWVUO1Zo

[Sir Sapphire the 3rd]

More like other subreddits, which is technically against a rule that is never enforced.

This is what I meant.
BUT
If it was me posting here that got me banned I laugh my fucking ass off and say I made out on that fucking trade off.

[Sene]

I feel a level of sadness that I didn't expect when I go back to Salvation. It doesn't feel like the same place that it had once been, the place that had helped shaped what I became in my local magic community. Salvation's community gave me a different outlook on a lot of things and it feels like a large part of the community aspect is just gone.
A couple of weeks ago I was asked what would I change if I could go back 10 years. While it was just an innocuous question at the time, it made me remember that was the time that I had just joined salvation, when I was just starting college, when I started making some of the friends that are a large part of what my life is now. Going through depression changed my personality in a way I can't quite articulate, I don't know what mindset I had necessarily back then, so I would change a great many things about what I did, I wouldn't have shied away from confrontation and eventually quit through dissatisfaction and apathy.

I don't really have a point here. I'm just rambling.

The biggest factor is almost assuredly the internet in general moving away from traditional forums and into newer forms of social media, reddit, twitch etc. People who used to post in strategy forums on mtgs might get their daily dose of mtg by screwing around in the chat of popular twitch chats or whatever, and people who would post on mtgs primarily for the social aspect of it do it elsewhere. Leadership issues and the new site (the curse business) have clearly exacerbated this, and you need a critical amount of posters to keep a forum like that going, so it doesn't take that many leaving until it just doesn't work anymore. That's where the site is now, so sally is dead and has been for quite a while.



personally, I overall don't really miss it. Not exactly a time in my life I'm very proud of, and arguing with random people on the internet is something I'm done with, thanks.

[Sene]

clearly it also doesn't help that mtgs is no longer especially relevant when it comes to news and rumors.

[NightArcher]

personally, I overall don't really miss it. Not exactly a time in my life I'm very proud of, and arguing with random people on the internet is something I'm done with, thanks.

I'm not exactly proud of my time on mtgs either, but it was important to me. I also didn't really understand the context of my role on staff at the time. One of my strongest held beliefs is individual freedom and I was part of something that promoted censorship. I will say it definately helped me grow as a person, especially being able to reflect on it after leaving.

Arguing with random strangers on the internet also gave me a strange source of entertainment. I think mtgs instilled in me a desire to read about drama, as long as I can keep it at arm's length. Maybe not a net positive there, but everyone has their quirks.

[iamabadman]

where am i going to go for bad edh decks though?

[NightArcher]

I'm pretty sure there's an edh reddit

[Alex]

I feel a level of sadness that I didn't expect when I go back to Salvation. It doesn't feel like the same place that it had once been, the place that had helped shaped what I became in my local magic community. Salvation's community gave me a different outlook on a lot of things and it feels like a large part of the community aspect is just gone.
A couple of weeks ago I was asked what would I change if I could go back 10 years. While it was just an innocuous question at the time, it made me remember that was the time that I had just joined salvation, when I was just starting college, when I started making some of the friends that are a large part of what my life is now. Going through depression changed my personality in a way I can't quite articulate, I don't know what mindset I had necessarily back then, so I would change a great many things about what I did, I wouldn't have shied away from confrontation and eventually quit through dissatisfaction and apathy.

I don't really have a point here. I'm just rambling.

The biggest factor is almost assuredly the internet in general moving away from traditional forums and into newer forms of social media, reddit, twitch etc. People who used to post in strategy forums on mtgs might get their daily dose of mtg by screwing around in the chat of popular twitch chats or whatever, and people who would post on mtgs primarily for the social aspect of it do it elsewhere. Leadership issues and the new site (the curse business) have clearly exacerbated this, and you need a critical amount of posters to keep a forum like that going, so it doesn't take that many leaving until it just doesn't work anymore. That's where the site is now, so sally is dead and has been for quite a while.



personally, I overall don't really miss it. Not exactly a time in my life I'm very proud of, and arguing with random people on the internet is something I'm done with, thanks.

He says, as he literally does the thing.

[NightArcher]

Actually no, we've met face-to-face. I don't qualify as a random people on the internet anymore, thanks.

[Sene]

He says, as he literally does the thing.

[Sir Sapphire the 3rd]

Its funny. I dont regret my time on MTGS just regret some of the people I was in groups with. Met some chill as fuck people, a few great friends, and the desire to Never fucking mod a forum ever again.

[Stardust]

... and the desire to Never fucking mod a forum ever again.

A desire I share, and part of the reason I don't give mods such a hard time. They're all just trying to do the best they can for a bunch of ungrateful assholes to have a place to shat.

[Stardust]

Hmm... I'm not gonna change that typo.

Hurray for moderators, who put up with bullshit for the greater good!

[Stardust]

Hey, wait a second, aren't I a mod on this forum!? Shit, fucking hypocrites.

[NightArcher]

I thought you were a stardust of this forum.

[admin]

He is he leader of The Stardusts group

[Stardust]

I'm somethin' alright. A one-man group with admin rights for some reason related to clocks.

[Col. Khaddafi]

I liked the Gutter on MTGS

[NightArcher]

I can't really comment on such things because

also lol, internet is serious business

[Col. Khaddafi]

That's a pretty long stroll down the memory lane, eh

[Col. Khaddafi]

I'm somethin' alright. A one-man group with admin rights for some reason related to clocks.

I thought it was related to cocks?

[Col. Khaddafi]

If there was someone that used to get mad about the internet, that would have been definitely him, epic ragequit.

Still miss Cock King though, he could be a fun guy to hang around when not amd or suspicious about stuff on the internet.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Btw, its cool that we can still have a nice and relaxed chat around here although this site has beed dead for years.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Its like that filthy tavern in the seedy underbelly of the town that should have closed for years and where the service is awful but you still go there because you're used to meet the other scum of the Earth that still hangs around, and you've grown to be quite fond of the place.

[NightArcher]

That's a pretty long stroll down the memory lane, eh

Yeah, it is, but I thought it would be funny to bring up because that's one of the things I think about most when I remember the gutter.

[Col. Khaddafi]

In all honesty I should have writen "also lol, internet is srs bsns" for better accuracy

[Sir Sapphire the 3rd]

... and the desire to Never fucking mod a forum ever again.

A desire I share, and part of the reason I don't give mods such a hard time. They're all just trying to do the best they can for a bunch of ungrateful assholes to have a place to shat.

I dont give mods shit when all they do is just try to keep peace and staff middle and follow basic rules. The ones who go out of the way to fuck with people they disagree with. Fuck them.

[Sir Sapphire the 3rd]

Btw, its cool that we can still have a nice and relaxed chat around here although this site has beed dead for years.

I consider this the chill as fuck bar down the street.
No one gives a fuck
Everyone shit talks each other then laugh
And just want to sit back, relax, and laugh on how fucked other people made themselves.

[Alex]

not even mad

[Stardust]

Still miss Cock King though, he could be a fun guy to hang around when not amd or suspicious about stuff on the internet.

Ha, yeah, he was a dick.

[Stardust]

I was talking about the site timer though.

Scumbag: Hey! We've got this cool site timer! You can be an admin now so you can use it for your mafia games.
Stardust: Uh, okay, but I don't think we'll actually use the timer.
Scumbag: Whatev's, you can still be an admin for some reason.

[Col. Khaddafi]

I guess I was secretly hoping you'd delete everyone's posts from this dump and save me further embarrassment.

You know, as you are the unofficial leader of the5th column of this site

[Stardust]

If I knew shit about how to use a computer, I would have done that ages ago.

No, I won't save you now, Scumbag. You've made your bed, now you can sleep it in along with all the other rancid filth of this world. Enjoy the end times. You've earned it far more than you know.

[Col. Khaddafi]

So you're just another guy who is incompetent not only at undermining your adversaries, but also at the basics of management of an internet forum?

No wonder they made you a mod at MTGS

[Blackhound]

I’m still waiting for stardust to process my admission into the stardust’s group.

[Blackhound]

It’s been like a year now.