The Smiley Smile Message Board

Clearly it's obvious that no one who is banned permanently will be unbanned, whether we like it or not. For one reason or another, these people do deserve to be banned.

But all those who were banned also contributed positively on the board, and those positive contributions should not be forgotten either. I say for one day a year, we remember those who are forever gone from this forum and are never to return and remember them for the good times and not the bad times that led to their permanent bans. People like Oldsurferdude, I.Spaceman, EthanJames, Ghost/Nobody/SocoldIgoburr, Newguy562, Vintagemusic, BergenWhitesMoustache, Thomasogg, Rob McCabe, etc.

With the bannings and the occasional negativity on this board by virtually everyone every once in a while, it's important to remember:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMEiggGt9hg

On a whole, pleasant people indeed. They were nice additions to this place, all of them.



Oh, um...he was just...different.


Right, Newguy...what enthusiasm...



...

Well obviously those are the reasons why these people are permanently banned. And virtually none of them deserves to return.
But all of them one way or another surely contributed positively to the forum as well, and I was thinking just one day a year we remember those who will never return for the good times, the positive contributions, instead of the negatives which ultimately got them banned. It's certainly better than petitions for permanently banned members to return. There are a few perma-banned people remembered fondly, best example being Oldsurferdude.

You know, you can remember these people in your own mind, in your own way without having to post about them in a thread. I haven't thought about or missed a one of them. You must be totally bored with this place to bring this up again.

Not really. I just think it's a good idea.
There are plenty of people who want certain banned members back, but they have to realize that's never going to happen.
So instead, one day a year to remember the positive contributions of those banned seems appropriate. Something like April 1st would be a good idea  :lol

Also, just because you don't miss any of them doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way

Most of these people were annoying as hell and don't need to be honored.

I'm opposed. The less said about these not-soon-enough-departed former members, the better.

I'm not really sure I understand what the goal of this is.

We're supposed to get together once a year and talk about people who were banned?
Is that the goal? Cuz we're already doing that.

It's really meant for one day a year we remember good times and positive contributions of all those who are no longer with us on this forum.
You can talk about them if you want, but you don't have to if you don't want to

That makes no sense.

I mean like One Day A Year to remember those who are no longer members, which are the permanently banned ones. None of them are obviously coming back, and a few of them are remembered fondly, so I thought it would be a good idea to petition for one day a year to remember and/or even talk about those banned about their positive contributions instead of the negative which got them banned. It can be any day of they year, and that day can be an official day to remember on this forum.

I'm sorry if you don't understand, I'm trying to explain the best way I can

I don't know these people or what they did - undecided

I don't think Summerinparadise.flac is banned, just doesn't come here anymore. So we could still get another "Does Mike Love believe in Ghosts?", "Mike Love stole my bike" thread.

 :rock

Why was Ghost actually banned? it was originally his posts that made me love and join this bored.

Yup.

I can't think of very many positive contributions from any of those listed other than Ethan with his photos, to be honest. Sure, some were humorous (like OSD), but I agree with most here.

I'm not entirely sure either, but that's mainly because he was long gone, long long gone before I joined this forum.
One things for sure, he's never coming back.


Both OSD and I.Spaceman contributed positively throughout their time here, with their informative posts, and the occasional humour. Which is mainly why so many people remember them fondly, especially the former.

Ghost/Nobody/SoColdIGoBurr had a lot of great contributions, and many humorous ones...I remember many nights where it felt like my ribs were broken because I was laughing so hard at his posts :lol

Good times were had. But obviously the bad outweighed the good. I hope he comes back someday.

OSD when on topic had great things to say, but otherwise couldn't hold his tongue when necessary. I. spaceman seemed like a ticking time bomb. While he had some great things to contribute, he could go off the rails at the drop of a hat. He was one scary dude.

Agreed with I.Spaceman. He turned out to be a complete psychopath at the end, and he wasn't very nice to people he disliked, and that's an understatement!
But I guess since he did have great things to contribute, some of the members around here have given some of the things he did the benefit of the doubt.

Was it Spaceman who had the feud with Bubbly Waves, calling him an asshat? That was entertaining. Definitely glad he's gone though.

Sounds like I really missed out with ghost. I guess I just missed him, since I started posting early 2013.

Same.
I'm not sure if I.Spaceman had a feud with Bubbly Waves. I know he had a feud with quite a few people though, including Newguy562 and to an extent, EthanJames.
I say probably ask Bubbly if he had a feud with I.Spaceman, It would be interesting to find out!  ;D

No, it wasn't I.Spaceman who I had the fight with. We were never on the board at the same time, for better or worse.

I had a fight about David Bowie with Jason, who then changed his name to Convenient Target for Asshats.  :P
I think he's still sorta around.

I don't get this thread at all. If something like this were to happen why not make it a day to remember those members (and other fans who are familiar to many here) who are no longer with us and have made nothing but positive contributions. Guys like Les Chan, Greg Larson, Bob Hanes, Derek Bill, Jeffrey Glenn and I'm sure there are many more.

Good point. But I think that should be an entirely separate day.
I still think my idea's a good idea because it's a day where you remember the positive contributions of all those who are permanently banned, instead of the negative that got them banned. Granted the negative outweigh the positive in most cases, but still their positive contributions certainly don't deserve to be forgotten

This thread is pointless. "Opposed".

Why do you think it's pointless?

In favor. Only to reminisce about Ghost/Nobody/Socoldigoburr. Forget the rest. This guy was gold. A place like this where members sometimes takes themselves and others waaaaaay too serious needs a little comedy to loosen things up. Ghost, if you're out there, I love you, man!

Sorry, you just conveniently picked their worst contributions, which isn't summation to any of these characters. Also, what's bad about being enthusiastic? Unlike Surfer, Newguy at least made effort to communicate with other posters, he didn't just randomly make a thread & disappear for whatever time, then again come up with another weird idea. I surely can't believe all the "hate" he's got from people because in reality, all the "haters" still made their way to post in his threads, answer his questions & such.

As regards ghost, I recall Jay (Diaphanous Moiety) saying that he shared PMs with the guy; during one of them they discussed Louis Wain's eccentric cat pictures. I seriously doubt Jay would deal with trolls, let alone exchange private messages. So rab & Mr. Shrubber were sorta on the money praising him.

I think that the fact these people are permanently banned is remembrance enough... for them as would like to remember. The rest of us would just as soon forget and not be reminded.

John Bradford....

Andrew G. Doe, actually.

I. Spaceman is Ian, right?  Doesnt he have his own board and a recently published work on the Beachboys?

Or am I totally confused?

Nope, same dude.

What's his recently published work?

i think we should have A Day to Celebrate Surfer instead

I can't believe you remembered that!  :lol Yeah, Ghost was an interesting person. But I agree with with whoever said that he just couldn't keep quiet when asked/warned. Basically, Ghost was his own worst enemy.