GoodJudge wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 12:22 am
I never associated BT with Michelish etc. BT claimed several times that he's not in the US (possibly "not in North America"), though of course there's no way to check. But the day Michelish was banned, someone (can't recall who) posted "I bet he's still here on another account", to which someone else (who I do remember but won't name) replied "That would be correct". I've always assumed that was his alt. Of course he could still have multiple accounts and personas, but that's rather sad for a 50- or 60- something.
The most pathetic approach is when they make multiple accounts for the purposes of being friendly with one and then a jerk with another. It's happened to me several times in the past and is probably happening now--I can be certain somebody I think is a cool guy is also behind one of these troll accounts. I guess it's a pretty thrilling feeling but not much of a social experiment. If you act nice to someone, they're nice back? And if you insult them, they don't like you? Weird to spend that amount of energy just to make that point.
Anyway, that's neither here nor there. BT/mich/PI has a clean slate with me if he wants it. He won't take it, but it's there. There's no other path, other than mutually assured destruction.
When I see a 10-15 year old account return from the dead just to start turboposting in the exact same manner, I'll block them as a show of good faith on my end.
But in case I've been unclear about this, I'm not interested in 2005 Sludge rules anymore. I'm not going to stand here like a Buckingham Palace guard while deranged rednecks threaten my safety and the safety of my family. I'm not going to put all that at risk to save face in front of VinnieVanMalmsteen. So there's preparation on that end. My gf had an unfortunate road rage incident with a similarly crazed redneck so we're especially uninterested in indulging this shit.
Overreaction? Hopefully! But again, I'd rather be a laughingstock on Metal Sludge than caught lacking in this regard. No-brainer.
And I think the general consensus among my haters is that I'm thin-skinned and paranoid, so what difference does it make?
tl;dr It's over for me if it's over for him. If it's not, we can cross that bridge when we get to it.