Hey chaps (n ladies), it's been a while, hope you're all well.
So I'm talking to BabyB a couple of days ago and she informs me that some mod has taken it upon themselves to deposit our beloved thread in PD! WTF!?
Unfortunately I'm pretty busy so it's taken a few days for me to get here to check things out.
Firstly I'm glad to see that it's been dredged out of PD atleast.
I've read thru the various post/threads on this discussion and gotta admit I'm a little disappointed at some people's reactions. There are complaints that no warning was given, and yet I see Nasty posted a warning in the Tga thread about her intended actions... admittedly I don't know the time frame between the warning being posted and action being taken.
Further to this, it appears noone (with the exception of karen) seems to have really treated the warning seriously. Instead many chose to ignore it or react like kids.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not the biggest fan of a few of the mods here myself. Hitcher's been spouting utter crap since I've been here, and I see nothings changed. I've found he's best just ignored/avoided as he's relatively harmless, just leave him be n let him stroke his ego with that mod hat. As for Nasty, she's a relatively new mod as far as I'm aware and my only dealings with her have been my 1st, and only, infraction and warning 
... I get the image of that fat kid with joe90 glasses and acne that we all picked on at school. She's finally got some power and now it's time for us to pay!
But seriously, the fact remains that they are mods, and we have to respect that. Like it or not this place needs mods or the animals will all run wild (or just run themselves and we can't have that!)... and I can't be fucked doing it, I'd rather have a life. So let's be thankful for them.
Here's a tip, when dealing with mods, reason with them, you need to make them see that it's a good idea to leave the thread as it is. (and try to refrain from calling them names).
This is what I did when Quasi threatened to bin the thread back in 2006. As soon as I saw the warning he posted I pm'ed him. Why pm? Mainly because you avoid having all the idiots fucking shit up as they invariably do in an open forum.... here's the pm I sent him:
Originally Posted by
2much
Hey Brett,
wrt the Tauranga Thursday night thread, I see your point and understand your concern. However please be aware that the thread still serves its purpose, as we have had a number of KB'ers (the real ones that actually ride and show up to events) join up directly because of it.
What I propose is that rather than deleting it, or sending it to PD, i'll edit my first post, warning people that there is no need for them to read the countless pages of drivel that follow. And to either just turn up on the night, or skip to the latest and greatest on the last page.
The thread has become a place for the tga crew and some of our associates to talk among each other without starting up numerous other threads and shit. This has the added benefit of keeping the thread near the top of the pile where it can be found by newcomers as well as show them that thursday nights are still alive and happening.
How bout that mate?
cheers
Mark
So has anyone actually discussed these points civily with Nasty? I'm sure she'll be a fair person if you treat her with some respect... hopefully. Quasi gave us some requirements we had to meet, and we did so. Be aware, he also did explain to me that technically our thread was against the rules, however he'd give us some leeway.
As we're all aware, the Tga Thurs night thread has proven to be a successful formula it's been going for 3 1/2yrs now, and from just 5 or 6 of us the crew has grown to the point where after two yrs away from the scene I only know half of you!
Unfortunately the mods seems to think that strict coherence with the rules is more important than succeeding in KB's original mission.
I was going to plead my case to 'the big boss', but from what I've read the damage is already done... and even if we did succeed it'd only be for another year or so until we had to go thru the whole process again when another newbie mod decides it doesn't conform to the rules. I see Karen's placed a new meeting thread with a link to the original... shame it's already getting buried, but not much we can do about that... unless the mods will make it a sticky maybe? *Cajun?
I will PM Nasty and ask her to change the thread's name back to what it was. I don't see any need for it to have been changed, and this way the newbies will still find it no matter where it is.
That means the only difference is post count/bling. But as I know most of you aren't noobs that give a shit bout that crap anyway so it doesn't matter (except for nodroj but he can go cry on his mummy's apron for all I care).
Chins up fullas, if the crew can survive our pub going bankrupt, and losing our most valued member
when he moved to europe, this ain't gonna matter.
Peace out.
It's just one of those days, where you don't wanna wake up,
everything is fucked, everybody sucks,
You don't really know why but you wanna justify ripping someone's head off
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