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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga.org site announcements => Topic started by: on September 01, 2004, 06:41:45 PM
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Doomy is back in the guise of "Retrogeek", using yet another anonymous IP proxy. I have temporarily banned the entire 24.21.x.x B-class IP range until he gets the hint. I realize this is harsh and will affect some innocents, but I know of no other way.
Doommaster, when you receive this, you should understand and accept that your presence is no longer wanted or desired here on Amiga.org
To the users of Amiga.org, please do not interact with this individual, and for God's sake, never give him your money via e-bay. I've got a dozen reports from users here at Amiga.org that Doommaster (and his many alter-ego names) has ripped off.
To those who've pointed out his newest account, thanks to those who pointed him out, and I beg you each to continue to do so. Doomy is not welcomed here any longer, I just wish he'd either get the hint, or get serious psychological help.
Wayne
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I sometimes think that Doomy is not a real person, but a malicious script which keeps resurfacing every once in a while. :-o
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Told ya he'd be back.. I hope banning that range won't affect to many other users. Won't switching proxy's be enough for him to return ? Seems like even drastic measures won't keep him away.
I sometimes think that Doomy is not a real person, but a malicious script which keeps resurfacing every once in a while.
That would be one hell of a script.. I guess lots of people would love to have that..
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@x56h34
What was that rap?
"Yo yo yo this dude's a disasta,
yeah that's right its the DoomMasta!"
??
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http://www.goats.com/archive/000420.html?info=on
:-)
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before I open that, it isn't rude is it?
I've got a family sitting nearby....
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:lol:
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"Yo yo yo this dude's a disasta,yeah that's right its the DoomMasta!"
LOL!!!
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Not rude, but quite funny. :-)
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@x56h34
I sometimes think that Doomy is not a real person,
Why do you say that?
but a malicious script which keeps resurfacing every once in a while
How does a malicious script which keeps resurfacing every once in a while make you feel?
;-) :-P
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@Cyberus:
Yeah, it went something like that. I think that you got the essence of it right, at least. :-)
I also had another one:
"The 1200, failure! Changed it for a scoota!"
"I'm keepin' my 2000, professional computa!"
:-)
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It was just the word 'goats' in the domain name.
heh, I'd be SERIOUSLY worried if it had 'goatse' in the domain name though :-o
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With respect, for once, can we please stay on topic? (not intended to you mikeymike).
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http://www.atari-forum.com/ftopic3710.html&highlight=doommaster
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Can the 24.21.xx.xx IP people still read Amiga.org so that if they are innocently banned, they'll know why? (Not that I think there will be any innocently banned.)
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No, unfortunately. I am hoping that if anyone knows someone who might be affected you might pass along both accept my apologies and my hopes that they understand the reasons why this has quickly become our only choice.
edit: essentially, this indicates a problem, in that Comcast's entire Oregon subnet (24.21.x.x) is affected. I would presume that's pretty much most people in the Northwest, but time will tell. We HAVE to either come up with a way to secure this asshole, or we have to shut down altogether, because of the inability to run securely. Not a prospect I want, but I can't sit and babysit the site daily against this sick {bleep} for not getting the mental help he needs.
(Sorry, I'm feeling a little too honest).
Wayne
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Is banning all you can do ? Afterall, he's unwanted on several other forums (amigaworld, amd the Atari forum linked in a previous post) and ripped off several users maybe something else can be done ?
Where's that International Amiga scammer hit squad when you really need them ;-)
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Who is this Doommaster guy?
What has he done besides ripping people off?
(that's bad enough of course)
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- The advocacy of piracy
- insulting other users
- being a general pest
- outright harrassment of other users
- abusing the PM system
- ripping off of Amiga.org (and apparently now many users from other sites, including Atari sites) users via e-bay and other direct means.
need I go on?
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Where's that International Amiga scammer hit squad when you really need them ;-)
I'd volunteer TjLaZer and myself to drive down and beat him up or something, but I’m afraid to drive to Oregon. They don’t let you pump your own gas in that state, and I’m not gonna let those gas-station “workers” touch my car again!
It amazes me how somebody can be so stupid that they mess up closing the gas-cap on a car?
Hey, you don’t think that’s where Doommy works, do you?
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I have been waiting for this to happen. Thanks Wayne !
doommaster burned me nearly a year ago for a pile of zorro boards and I never did get my a1200. He claimed he never got the boards, said his dog ate em or something. I for one say good riddence to doommaster ! Happy days for A.org !
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Seriously, if you want something back from somebody here in the USA, here's what you can try:
Explain the situation to a private investigator and ask for thier advice.
Sound simple? The catch is that this service can run $100-$200+ easily.
PIs still really exist here, and they are very effective at property recovery within the boundries of the law. If you have a good case, it could be as simple as a PI showing up at the guy's home or place of work, and in front of his coworkers asking to speak with him about about the property dispiute. People *really* don't like this type of confrontation/exposure in front of family or coworkers.
PIs tend to be retired police, so they have a very no-nonsense and slightly menacing demeanor, and they know the law well.
Somebody like this:
http://www.hensoninvestigations.com/About_Me.html (http://www.hensoninvestigations.com/About_Me.html)
...and he takes PayPal. How easy is that!
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Has any of the moderators tried contacting his ISP, with copies of harrasing posts, and the information regarding his multilple IP bans and theft from community members? Maybe they can do something...while I realize it's not likely, seems like it'd be worth a try anyway.
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Using an anonymous IP proxy makes it difficult to point a finger, but yes, I am in contact with Comcast regarding this situation and logs have been exchanged.
Wayne
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My Amiga's been out of action for a few days, so I missed whatever was Doomy's final straw. However, under his BoingBoss alter ego, I had the impression he was trying to be a good boy. Obviously, I was wrong, but as BoingBoss he certainly appeared knowledgeable and helpful in the posts I read. I guess he's something of a schizophrenic... BoingBoss good boy, DoomMaster bad boy.
As one of a dozen AOrg members scammed out of 2,000 Euros and more by Binder, I sympathise with Doomy's victims and applaud the action now taken against him.
As for Gadd...anyone turned on by Mr Sheen needs help.
JaXanim
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@ JaX
Yeah, I know what you mean, I feel a bit sad that he's gone. But then, irritating a few other posters is one thing, ripping people off is another...
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Wow this guy sure is a class act scammer. Good thing I drove down to pick up that A600 I won from eBay. Otherwise I might of been out $180 in cash... "I never got the Money Order, sorry." Or "I mailed it out, it must of been lost"
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How does one recognize this guy on Ebay and is there some sort of Doommaster history/faq on Amiga.org? I'm not up to speed on Doommaster lore...
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$180 for an A600?
Geez, are they rare over there in the US?
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I doubt any Amiga is rarer here (maybe the CD32 and the 3000/4000T?)
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Sorry, got off topic...
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Yes they cost more here, apparently we Yanks are filthy rich and like to overbid on eBay. ;) All the boxed 600HDs sell far over $100 on eBay all the time.
It was advertised as mint in box, it did come in a box, though a little beat up, and the unit kinda worked. The HD was DOA, but I swapped in my spare 2GB HD in it and got it to work. The 600HD itself was ok except for the broken clips and the sound distorsion I am having. Over all I am happy with it, but I did pay a little much for it.
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And yet here we swat 'em like 'roaches :-D
ok, maybe not /that/ common, but not far off ...
Ahem, perhaps a unified Amiga/Atari alliance is needed! A Faq or list of known EBay usernames to treat with care might be of use in the future.
JaX - he was behaving ok, then just went back to his worst again.
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Good to see him being dealt with so firmly. Rules are rules. Whilst undoubtedly an idiot and very much an undesirable, I find myself very grudgingly (ie. not really) admiring his tenacity. His behaviour is so very intriguing.
Second sentence above is supposed to refer to Doomy rather than myself! Re-reading shows it to be somewhat ambiguous.
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I say report him to the FBI (copyright infringement) and the US Postal Inspection Service (mail fraud). No one likes to be a snitch . . . but blantantly selling copies of copyrighted material to unsuspecting customers is a far cry from copyright infringement bordering on fair use (i.e. making a copy of a 20 year old game from a defunct publisher for a friend).
EDIT: Speaking of copyright infringement, just pretend you can't see the trademarked Sega Swirl in my avatar.
Trev
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(http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/b/p/bpd132/Pictures/web/Newman.jpg)
You guys run along now. Doomy may be a while...suspition of mail fraud.
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TjLaZer wrote:
Yes they cost more here, apparently we Yanks are filthy rich and like to overbid on eBay. ;)
:lol:
Says who?
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Trev wrote:
EDIT: Speaking of copyright infringement, just pretend you can't see the trademarked Sega Swirl in my avatar.
Trev
Since I really enjoy the Dreamcast, will do! :-D
But yea, too bad all that side had to get banned. But even though, if a normal user wants to use A.org again, cant they give you their set of IP range and allow them to pass through? I am not brilliant with networking, but just was some suggestion.
Yea, i didnt like the fact he was selling pirated copies on ebay, thats like the people at Yahoo! auctions selling copied Dreamcast games for bundles of moneys.
Give me time, and we can gather a team of people and drive up to his house and visit with him. :-D Hope he has military strength, because we will own him like there is no more Amiga 2000. :-D :-) :lol:
Heres another rap.
I got on ebay and bought Amiga OS
I realized it was copied, so i started to stress.
I drove to oregon and stepped out my car
When i found doommaster, I then punched him hard."
He started to cry, and yelled 'military style'
I then laughed and told him "Your nothing but a pile."
Hhashahaah, sorry guys, no hard feelings, just wanted to pitch in my cheesy lyrics. :-)
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@yogisumo
Well, he operates on a somewhat different (he'd probably say higher) plane than the rest of us. He knows his stuff Amiga-wise and when he was a good boy (alter ego 'BoingBoss' usually) he was very informative on Amiga historic stuff.
He always, but always, defines Amigas as 'computers' as if nobody around here knows what an A4000, A2000, A1200 or an A500 is. I believe he owns several classic 'Amiga computers', particularly those fitted with 'military grade' chips. If anyone ever mentions military grade chips on the net, Doomy will be involved.
He apparently dabbles a good deal on eBay, seemingly selling stuff, pirating and ripping people off in equal measure.
Once you've read a few of his posts, his style is very recognisable and he's got a brilliant way of getting up your nose without trying. Many people (me included) enjoyed reading his posts and if he could have managed to stay within the rules, he'd probably have become an even bigger AOrg legend than he is.
As it is, he seems to have a nasty streak which completely negates all the foregoing. If you can find any of his old posts, they'll show what I mean. However, if there's no record left to read, you'll have to wait till he pops up again. And believe me, he will pop up again.
Cheers,
JaX
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@ JaX
You forgot the "You do NOT know what you're talking about ! :roll: :-D" kinda sentences.
Anyway, Doommaster, Amiga2000king (IIRC), Boingboss, RetroGeek and every other alter ego he has had, had the same posting style and most of them have a similar attitude towards other members opinion and telling everybody how great he (thinks he) is. Just look them up in the member list and read his posts.
A good thread that shows Doomy style posting was the recent battery thread by DanDude here (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6673).
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Well, let's stop lending to his self-imported legendry here. I openly admit that he WAS trying to be good as Boingboss, but the longer it went on, he started to slip back into his apparent real persona.
He's not a legend. He's certainly not even worth the 38 messages so far. He's just a guy who apparently suffers from one or more sociopathic issues which prevent him from living within the rules of any given site.
I won't however feel bad for trying to give him the benefit of doubt. If anything, I feel bad for those who fell prey to his ebay practices, as though I didn't scream "ALWAYS BE CAREFUL" loud enough.
I'm just sad that situations like this exist, because it gives all Amiga users (as a whole) a proverbial black eye. Sadly, not all Amiga-scene scam artists operate solely on eBay as we've seen at the self-imported highest levels of this community.
Wayne
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Sorry for all the posts Wayne. Guess it's a slow news day.
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I don't mind the posts. "It's good to talk about your problems" :)
I was just making the point that we could be "egging him on" by making his banning out to be such an important thing that he simply "must" be a legend.
Wayne
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Well, let's stop lending to his self-imported legendry here.
Not self-imported perse. He did have a certain charm, I can see why some people liked his post and believed he was funny. Sometimes he was.
I openly admit that he WAS trying to be good as Boingboss, but the longer it went on, he started to slip back into his apparent real persona.
Hmpf. He was just trying to fool us all. Again.
He's not a legend. He's certainly not even worth the 38 messages so far. He's just a guy who apparently suffers from one or more sociopathic issues which prevent him from living within the rules of any given site.
These sociopathic issues also causes other people to fall for his charm and scams. I doubt a list of scammers is ever going to be put up (to much legal trouble I think) but I do think we need to warn people if we can.
Let's hope RetroGeek was the last we've seen from him. He had his second, third, and fourth change.
I'll stop posting here now. At least try to. (Used to stay away froom Doom threads..After I tried to warn him when he first posted here as Doommaster that his posting style was not going to help him.. Silly me..)
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Is this him http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4858 i feel sorry for them if it is.
This one is him maybe they should be warned http://eab.abime.net/member.php?s=f65d28fd75865de55cba9bf47bdef9ae&u=3402
ive sent a mail to the other amiga site warning them and posted them the details of why he is banned .
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Don't know about the first one, but the second one is definatly him.
Ed King
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It's so sad it had to come to this. I wanted to give BoingBoss a chance and not let judgement be clouded by his past conduct here, but I guess if the moderators have just cause to shut him down for abuse - and are responsible enough to take action against him for ripping off other AOrg members then I'm grateful to them.
That a self proclaimed Amiga expert asked a great deal of elemental questions was quite startling though....
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Do you mean elementary?
Elemental would be physics, chemistry, or the study of mystical spirits (maybe) ...
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@ amigamad
The first guy states his location as Illinois
But we all know Doomy is from Oregon :-)
@ Wayne
Apologies for my part in dragging this on, it wasn't my intention to 'martyr' him :lol:
But I always back the underdog, and always gave him the benefit of the doubt and fought on his side, including the first time before he was originally banned - many people attacked him simply because he was DoomMaster, rather than because he'd done anything to upset them; That kind of 'kids in the playground' mentality, where some kid gets picked on because he gets picked on, if you know what I mean. So I always felt the need to stand up for him, and do now to an extent, for some reason :-?
Recently he offered some useful advice to people, believe it or not, and I thought his picture of the A500 tower conversion was cool.
Ripping off EdKing wasn't really on though, and shooting himself in the foot in a public forum such as this.
Anyway, I shan't say any more on the matter, other than its a shame he couldn't have behaved.
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Good news.
In fact, that's the best news I've read in quite some time.
I just hope that if there is a next time (I hope not), that people won't give him the positive attention that he gets.
Some here seem to worship him. There isn't much worse than people treating him like anything greater than a complete POS.
And that's all he is.
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iamaboringperson wrote:
I just hope that if there is a next time (I hope not), that people won't give him the positive attention that he gets.
Take "positive" out of that statement. He should be ignored like we all try to ignore chavs :-)
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If you've been ripped off by anyone, contact your local police dept. with all the details and documentation plus items recieved. Also, If you know that the person has defrauded others, mention that with as much detail as you can. Assuming you have the other party's address, try to contact their local law enforcement about the issue you have with them. If there was anything send through the U.S Postal Service, you can file a complain with them here (https://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm). If the transaction was across state lines, you may also wish to file a complaint with the Fedral Trade Commision. You can do that here (https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01). Another thing is contacting the State Attorney General's Office of the person's state of residence. If you've used a payment service like Paypal, Western Union, a Credit Card, etc. try contacting them. YMMV.
Basically, explore all avenues of complaint. It will increase you chance of action on you complaint. You might not get any or all of you money back, but the other party will probably be penalized or at least stopped in further efforts to defraud.
Almost forgot... If you know of any other that have been defrauded by the same individual or company, contact them and encourage them to take action. More reported instances of fraud will also increase a chance of action on you complaint.
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Hello people.
Seems like we at the EAB have been struck by this "virus" as well, as noted before in this very thread.
The guy has started to make offers to sell crap on many threads, and I think a warning to the users should be issued.
If any of you also visit the EAB and could post in the Marketplace section about DoomMaster's "track record", it'd be much apreciated. Wouldn't be right, I think, for me or any of the mods to post anything. (thanks for warning RCK, our site admin, about this)
Best regards,
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I see over on the other board he claims that his A500 "Tower of Power" now has a custom-made CPU slot with an 060, 128mb of RAM,and a PIV gfx card!
:roflmao:
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Hoya!
Too bad there is no "Net Police", so to speak, which would surf the Net, localise people like that and watch them.
The Net is a free place, indeed, but also a dangerous one.
/me thinks M$ would be glad to have DM with them...
Be funky
M A D
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Yikes! :-o
Just read his posts in this thread, he is not welcomed back
here when they ban him on abime aswell:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=162143#post162143 (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=162143#post162143)
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After reading a bit and talking with bandis i get this ugly feeling doommaster = ryan of merlancia "fame" :-D.
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I doubt it. Doomy is much older, lives in Oregon and sells stuff on ebay under a different nick.
In fact, there's a pic in the gallery of him in the early 80s with a C64 rig. Whereas that Merlancia guy would have been in nappies ['diapers' for the Yanks] then.
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Cyberus wrote:
I doubt it. Doomy is much older, lives in Oregon and sells stuff on ebay under a different nick.
In fact, there's a pic in the gallery of him in the early 80s with a C64 rig. Whereas that Merlancia guy would have been in nappies ['diapers' for the Yanks] then.
Ok, Doomy is his dad then :-P
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This is some funny crap, check towards the end of this thread...
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=6938&highlight=DoomMaster
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:roflmao:
And Akira counters with some great comments...:lol:
I think your real problem with these machines is that somehow you got stuck with an A500, and feeling jealous of those with newer machines, you decided to grab a nice A500, stick it in an ugly arse PC-style case, and put some expansions in it (which are nothing to call home for, actually), and pretend to be mega hardcore and so super cool.
Welcome to the real world. The Amiga 1200 is a much better platform than your "Tower of Power"... hahaha, the name gives it up isn't it?
Why isn't there a 'pissing myself laughing' smiley? :lol:
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Whoops, I did forget about doomy for awhile there. :-)
Yet there he goes about some high quality stuff again... Sad...
Should we all gather and all drive to his house? :-D
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Does anyone mind if we close this thread? We're giving him far too much attention.
:-)
Wayne
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NO!!! Do not. It brings us lads great amusement.. lol We need all that we can get apparently. ;)
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Hello, and sorry for bringing this up again, I did not know it would be bothersome to anyone.
I'm glad, however, that you were at least slightly amused with my comments. How you like my Cereal Box of Power? haha
Hey, I like this place, will try to stick around.
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@akira
Meh, I think someone from here said talking to Doomy is like talking to a wall.... :-)
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I'm glad, however, that you were at least slightly amused with my comments. How you like my Cereal Box of Power? haha
That had me in tears :lol: and I'm still laughing :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Maybe he's found some stealth "Millitary Grade" ISP or IP provider
LOLOLOLOL LMAO
Sorry Couldn't resist this post..
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Head of Bollock Operations
Now THATS funny! :lol:
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This thread links to the EAB thread, and the EAB thread links to this thread. People might get stuck in an endless loop!
(I think it's my fault actually, but don't tell anybody!)
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@ Wayne
No, I think because Boing Boss gave us all a hard time here, he deserves to see us laughing at his expense, without being able to reply....
060 and PIV in Amiga 500 'Tower of Power'
Ha!! He wishes. Even a sun-bleached dog turd has more truth and sincerity in it than Boing Boss and his military spec, flagship, super powerful Japanese-inspired, German-assembled, high quality 'phantom' personal computers...
Class 4 engineer, eh? How about Class 9 bullsh1tter?
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Looking back on all the crap doomy piled onto this and other forums, I must admit, I really do feel sorry for him. I mean, he must either have one extraordinarily boring life, or he has some form of serious mental illness, quite frankly, the behaviour he exibits, is similar to that of a person with Schizophrenia. Paranoid, delusional, plus the apparent split personality. He is probably still living in his parents basement and the mysterious "spenceranne" is probably his mother, or a transexual lover :-P (sorry, that was below the belt). I know he upset quite a few people (me included) and I know he openly ripped people off, but at the end of the day, I can't help but feel some form of sympathy for a person who lives such a pathetic existence. Anyway, thats how I feel about the whole DoomMaster saga.
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That thread with Akira and Doomy is hilarious...
No amount of :lol:, :roflmao: or :laughing: could do it justice :-D
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The Doom Master was good entertainment around here. I say since everyone knows his reputation not why not let him stick around just for all the content and spice he brings. This place will lose something without him.
Vincent: Can you please change you avatar? It is disturbing to me. If it means a lot to you I will understand.
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@BukkY:
Omg Doommaster again??? How the... :-? :-o
Movie quote:
".....I see doommasters......" :-P
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BukkY wrote:
Vincent: Can you please change you avatar? It is disturbing to me. If it means a lot to you I will understand.
I was actually thinking about changing it last night, but I couldn't decide what to change it to.
I'll probably get it changed in a day or two :-)
--Edit--
Consider it done :-)
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Vincent,
Thanks for changing your avatar. I wouldn't have asked you too but it really bothered me for some reason. It was so bad that I would quickly scroll down till it was gone and miss anything you or anyone around you wrote.
So does anyone else here miss the Doommaster?
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Vincent wrote:
BukkY wrote:
Vincent: Can you please change you avatar? It is disturbing to me. If it means a lot to you I will understand.
I was actually thinking about changing it last night, but I couldn't decide what to change it to.
I'll probably get it changed in a day or two :-)
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Consider it done :-)
Aww, I thought the Richard James avatar was quite cool.
Bukky: Can you please change your avatar? The atari logos in your avatar are disturbing to me.... (jk)
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ermm . . it is possible to know, who the "bleep" is those Richard James?
. . . just for curiosity :-)
Cheers
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Framiga wrote:
ermm . . it is possible to know, who the "bleep" is those Richard James?
To be discussed in this thread (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11580) so not to go too far off topic :-)
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Thanks amigamad for posting the link to his posts at the english amiga boards. That some good stuff, Wonder how long he will last there. He is already gotten on the bad side of one of the mods "Ikira" and it seems he's being as "controversial" as ever.
http://eab.abime.net/member.php?s=f65d28fd75865de55cba9bf47bdef9ae&u=3402 :lol:
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That reminds me of the... Cereal Mouse... It's a song in Spastic Ink's new CD,
Ink Compatible. Extremely technical progressive metal for any computer geek! I love it. Songs like "A.C.R.O.N.Y.M." (A Chaotic Realization Of Nothing Yet Misunderstood) RULE! :-)
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Wonder how long he will last there. He is already gotten on the bad side of one of the mods "Ikira" and it seems he's being as "controversial" as ever.
I guess some people are born theiving and lying idiots.must have had bad parents . :-)
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@BukkY
I actually miss the great DoomMaster. He was a riot! I just wouldn't mail him a Money Order! :laughing: