Hear, hear Shane!!! TRU DAT!!!!

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Coming soon: 'JoeSpecialOps'

I love the pack ...infact I have 36 of them.

First off I’d like to thank all of you for your participation in this little endeavor. Now I’m sure all of you are wondering what would posses me to do this. Well it was to prove a point…. Don’t worry I’m not going to renege on my offer. I’m not going to tarnish my honor doing that.
What I’m going to say will probably get me banned, but I’ve been really disgusted with this site. Some of you really have some big ones. Problem is you either don’t realize you’re doing this or you just don’t care. I find it really sad that after posting this all of the sudden I was Mister Popular. Funny how one single photo got tons of replies yet one I posted days prior pretty much went unnoticed. This wasn’t an attempt to get a photo noticed by the way. It was to point out that there are other members of this site who put a 110% into the photos they do or contribute to this site in some small fashion. Yet the ones who get all the praise and gratitude seems to be the same people i.e. Ender, Outrider, Lordraven, Stormer, Toneguns…The list goes on. As far as I’m concerned you guys are moderators just with out the title. You’ve all developed your own little clique. Judging by the replies on this post you all pretty much look out for either yourselves or each other. I remember a couple posts on this site that refers to us as family and friends…. Not really the case here. A good example is wishing Happy Birthday to members. Is it really that hard to list everyone’s Birthday for the month? No it only took me a few minutes out of my time to wish everyone Happy Birthday. People it’s the little things in life that go a long way. By that I mean make a positive comment about someone’s photo not some jerk off comment that certain members like to make. Reply to an IM when you get one and yes I really do thinks that’s rude to ignore someone like that and more so now seeing a few members who have done it now what something free. There are countless ways we can help each other on this site and get that Family feel we claim we have here. However some of us get blown off because we don’t fit into the clique. Yet it’s these same clique members throwing their hands up saying “give it to me”



Okay now on to the winners….
This decision wasn’t easy, but I will say this… Moderators you were excluded from the beginning sorry I’ve been to way too many sites where the moderator benefits from having built a site. (My nice way of putting it) I however have never been that lucky the last site I created ended up, being “destroyed” because a certain person decided to screw me on a trade. So when I stood up for myself I ended up with a lot of bad publicity towards my site, suspended from another and banned from another. Funny part on that was later on he was caught bid shilling on Ebay. Yet he’s still a respected member of the Joe community… go figure.
Jay I hate to say it, but you almost had it. The problem was the comment about Karma. Dude you don’t decide when you deserve Karma it decides when you deserve it. Giving up seats on the bus and subway to elderly people and pregnant women that’s called being a gentleman.


Yorktownjoe

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General Jones

Congratulations Gentleman you’ve all proven to be great assets to this site. IM me on yahoo so we can discuss who gets what.

If you got a problem with me, you come to me, you don't rant about it in the site. When I said we were like a family, I seriously meant it. Then, I get ham stringed cause I'm friendly with everyone on this site. Thanks alot. I don't even care about not "winning" I never wanted it anyways, I've been too lucky on this site and had good deals with good people. I'm pissed about being "too popular" by some standards.

No. Giving up seats on the bus and subway to elderly people and pregnant people when you are fine is called being a gentleman.
Giving up your seat when your feet are malformed and your knees are problematic and both are hurting from a hard day of work, that's called being selfless.

Either way, congratulations to the winners.

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Uhm, I don't remember you being that popular. This THREAD was popular. Hey, give something rare or expensive away, people are gonna be interested. FACT of life...GROW up. And yes, at first I said I Wanted them, but then I thought of my friends. Sorry...I didn't know looking out for my friends was being "disgusting" maybe if you helped out a few people or looked out for someone's intrest instead of being all "BOO HOO!" becuase no one payed attention to your photo, maybe people would pay more attention to you! I've had a few pictures I worked my ass of making that people barely commented on. I just suck it up and post more and try to get better!




WRONG! This is not a "Happy Birthday" site, nor is it MySpace where you get 10,000 friends. If you spent more time contributing "joe" stuff and quit worrying about being liked or watched out for, maybe someone would pay attention! Do I look out for my fellow Joe Fans? Yes! And they look out for me. I have NEVER turned anyone down for ANYTHING! Ask. Ask anyone who asked me for anything! I have given stuff for free.....not because I need friends, but because there are people out there who aren't as financially as well off as I am ,and they, too LOVE GI Joe! I work my ass off here with reviews, tutorials and dios.....how much have you contributed? I made friends with Outrider and Sonneilon because they encouraged me and asked me for NOTHING! Things that go a long way is CONTRIBUTING and encouraging. I could have said a lot of bad things about a lot of crappy pics, but if I don't have anything good to say, I DON'T SAY IT! Why? Because of "nobody likes me" crybabies like you! God forbid I offend someone who bases the worth of his life on his "popularity" on a site where full grown men post pictures of toys!




When have I never returned a PM? When have I ever said anything bad about a pic? I may have gave a little corrective criticism, but only maybe once have I trashed a pic, and you KNOW that pic had to have issues! So, what? You post a pic or two and we're supposed to praise you and exhault you? When did you EVER TRY to fit into the clique? There is no clique....only those who participate and those who sit it out and whine that they aren't popular! It does have a family feel here. Just because you choose to be the quiet cousin in the corner and not participate doesn't mean you're not part of the family. It just means you just CHOOSE not to make yourself noticed! So don't blame us because we're active and you CHOOSE to sit in a corner and stew because you're not the center of attention!


I don't mind getting crap flung at me, I'm a big boy and I can take it as well as dish it out, but how dare you throw mud at Outrider, Lordraven, Stormer, Toneguns. How about doing what they do, and if you have a problem with someone, act like a gentlemen and an adult and confront them in PM's, not hide in the corner feeling sorry for yourself and then come out blasting the ones who put out here?? And if they don't PM you back, do what I do....say "F*** em, if they're too good, I don't need them!"

I may get banned for this, but this is a CHEAP LOW blow by someone childish.



And I'm making sure I offer it to everyone so the ones who speak up the most and don't hide in the shadows like me, I can sling mud at!



Go figure! You ended up screwed when you tried to make your own, "Join me and be my friend site". Did you ever think maybe you are just socially inept and most of it is because you're blaming it on everyone else?





The only thing I can agree on. Congrads you guys. You guys are swell, and deserve it (no sarcasm intended) BT did make a good choice on who to give the stuff to.




Then why stay? IF you're so much more superior......LEAVE!!!!

Admins.....If you wanna ban me for my reply, all I can say is, it was well worth it to defend my fellow Joe fans and friends I have made on this site!

This whole thing has me totally baffled. BT, because you mentioned me specifically, I take it you must have a problem with me. I always considered you amongst the better contributors to this site, and I have always enjoyed your work. I may not have commented on every picture you have ever posted, but I don't do that for anyone, because being on dial-up, I don't have the time. I think you'll also find that I have never dumped on your pics (or anyone's for that matter). Like Frank, if I don't have a positive comment to make, I'll shut up. I also answer every p.m. I receive, simply because I believe in being courteous and respectful to others.
And as for being part of a clique, you've lost me on that one, too. I just post my pics, and whatever happens, happens. I don't collude with anyone. Sometimes I get a lot of replies, and sometimes only a few and sometimes even none, it's the same for everyone. I have no control over who does or doesn't reply, nor do I seek any.
There are people here who I have become friends with, because they are good people, not because of what they can give me or how good their pictures are.
At the end of it all, I'm saddened and mystified that you feel this way.

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I actually have only three cobra figures, Storm Shadow, Destro, and Firefly (which was graciously given to me by Lord Raven), I wouldn't mind having one or two.

Thanks,

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"...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him."
- General Ulysses S. Grant

Ahem. Let's cut to the crap right now.

Alan's been punked. He's felt he's been punked. He's whining about either himself or others not getting enough love for the photos they submit. Guess what, this has been brought up by other members. ToneGuns has stated, "I don't understand how a photo can get over 100 looks but nobody says anything." I've wondered the same thing. Hell, I threw down a dio and it's gotten 3 replies. I'm usually used to 7-10 and NONE ever respond from the JBL. (But it's a harder sell over there)

The Happy B-day threads. I'll admit that it's usually a popularity thing but in the end, most people really don't care. I suppose I could figure out a way to wish people Happy B-days and if it makes this place feel more like a community, I will.

The IM Issue. We're talking Instant Messaging, not PMs, right? Uhmmmmmm, let's see. A bunch of us use MSN and I know I ain't ever talked to you. I know I've tried talking to a few people, never seems to get far w/ some folk. WHich is fine. I do talk to Shane and Luis and Kevin and Craig and Prudential from time to time. You can call it a clique if you want. If you were on MSN at the right hours, you'd talk to 'em too. *shrug*

As for mods being excluded, you should have stated that at the beginning. I was offering the stands so the 'winner' could have a FULL set. I would have sent them the 'official' Hasbro stands that I have absolutely NO USE for! I have no problems w/ mods be excluded, that's cool. BUT FOR ANYONE RUNNING A 'CONTEST', STATE THE RULES!!!

The clique issue. Yes there is one. Or two. Or 12. Alan, if you had MSN, you'd be talking to Shane, Luis, Kevin, Pru, etc on a more regular basis. I try to step back and just let people do their own thing. But understand this too, if you piss one of them off (or vice versa), neither end up talking to each other. Some people are more sensitive than others here about things. I'll admit it, I do talk to those guys and a lot of times, it's bouncing ideas off 'em or we're griping about our love life. And Craig. I don't think he'd say he's part of the clique. He's helped me out many times w/ my dios, that doesn't make US a clique. Know this, I've witnessed other cliques of the JD out there.

And let's get this straight. You aren't popular because of this thread. As Frank pointed out, the subject matter is what is popular.

I'll discuss things w/ GenScar. But I'll tell you what. If you feel that is necessary to leave cuz things disgust you, feel free to leave. It's the nature of the world wide web, websites and 'communities'. If you feel that you should be banned, we can accomodate that too. I'm sorry that you feel the way you do and this is how things turned out.

BUT. Playing a popularity contest, purposely choosing who would win and then griping about things, that's not the way to go about it. Next time, take the crap to those responsible, please. Including me. And Scar. And Hammerfel. And DieselboyM.

This thread will remain open. Please play nice.