Truth, where is Eurytus?

[Chocksaway]

mmmm

[phyz]

Probably here under a different name..

[bbobeckyj]

he/she was banned

[ToughGuy]

Do many people get banned on this forum.
the Mods do seem friendly enough, even if i did get a shot across the bows

who was Eurytus

[mac_d]

Eury was a long time poster and pretty much earned the title of king of stats. (That was Eury wasn't it... I'm not confusing people am I?

I think some friendly banter in the religious thread escalated to the point where it was not so friendly and the mods, after several warnings, took definitive action.

However, that is a crude and possibly inaccurate overview of the situation.

Edit for spelling.

[Laura23]

He was banned because he was an argumentative member who never knew when to stop. He was blatently offensive and he got away with it far too often. He should have went far sooner IMO.

[j man]

Probably here under a different name..

I think we'd notice if he was.

He could be unbelievably frustrating at times, but the guy had some serious F1 knowledge.

[P-F1 Mod]

To answer this simply, he is probably trying to find an IP address we haven't banned him on. At the moment I count five we knew of.

Some of you will also recall the random appearance of a P-F1 Mod2 account [an old account that somehow evaded us when we replaced the previous team] which was Eurytus' first effort to fight back; and General Zod, a name a lot of our Finnish fans will recognise from other forums where they were harassed by what turned out to be the same person.

If a very argumentative, annoyingly articulate and stubborn member pops up, likely in the religion thread, keep an eye on him. If he starts throwing around the term 'strawman', I'd advise reporting him.

But of course, I can't possibly comment on who that might be

[Jezick]

He was banned because he was an argumentative member who never knew when to stop. He was blatently offensive and he got away with it far too often. He should have went far sooner IMO.

As always, a very accurate assessment by Laura and to mac_d, DOLIMITE might have something to say about the 'king of stats' title

[fatsi]

Probably here under a different name..

In the New Members thread, someone joined yesterday under the name "I Drink Your Milkshake" - which Eury had in his header bar under his F1 Champ status.

But I'm sure this is just a coincidence

[Alienturnedhuman]

It is a shame that he didn't know where to draw the line, when he stopped debating the point and started taking on the poster, because when he was on task he made excellent contributions to the forum, and entering a discussion against him really made you focus your argument as he would punish you for glib statements or inaccuracies.

Losing that part of him is a loss to the forum, however, as others have said, he could get very abusive towards members, did not know where to draw the line, did not know when to back down and could not (or maybe would not) tell the difference between someone who wasn't interested in debating an issue at the same level of seriousness as he was. Losing that part of him is not a loss to the forum, and when push came to shove this is just an Internet forum where people come to enjoy themselves and as a result there was going to come a day where he was going to step over the line. However, I was surprised how quickly it all happened, however once he started giving both of his barrels to the mods (which, as a result of his blinkered vision, couldn't see the opposing point of view) he was on a hiding to nothing.

I remember only once where I entered a discussion and he disagree with me and it soon turned nasty, because he refused to listen what I had said and instead focused on one aspect where I had used a term that was technically incorrect (although I had deliberately used the term to make my description better understood by someone not intimately knowledgeably with the subject matter) he refused to let the point go, claiming I knew nothing and every I had said was wrong, and later in the thread said "oh no, not you again" when I countered something else he agreed with. (neither were F1 matters either, it was to do with High Definition... And I was right on both things I was saying!) ...I got off lightly, but I also remember seeing people where he tenaciously pursued them across threads.

It's a shame, because he did raise good points, make strong cases and was the perfect foe (providing he stayed on task) if you had an opposing point of view and really wanted to test yourself. However, it is not good for the forum to have someone who used that arguing ability to attack forum members and when it became clear that would never change (at the end of the day, he turned on all the mods in the moderater feedback thread) it was impossible for him to hang around.

[RoadPilgrim]

He was an articulate forum member who possibly suffered from little man syndrome. We have plenty of articulate and knowledgeable contributors here and as such I'm glad to see the back of somebody who was not interested in debating a point, but in asserting their unmerited authority and righteousness.

[AndyPerry]

So, if I understand this correctly, he's on a permanent ban?

He could be a great contribution to this forum when he felt like it, but once his Napoleon complex kicked in, there was just one thing to do....

[minchy]

As others have said, Eury did give great posts and was usually the voice of correctness on the F1 topics. But when it came to off topic, he could never take a joke and was ALWAYS right (as alien said in an above post) even if he wasn't. As Laura said before, he got into an argument with the mods and couldn't let it lie, he had his opinion and couldn't see the other side of the argument and when that other side is the way the mods run the place, its' probably best to at least try!

He was a bit too argumentative and did put down a lot a forumers, myself only once in the aforementioned 'religion' thread, albeit using perfect grammar and non-offensive language. Personally, I won't miss him as he could really kill a thread he got his teeth into as no one else could then give their opinion without having him tear their post apart.

A bit upset he wasn't banned a couple of week later, simply because I'd put forward an argument to him (in the religion thread) which he had on numerous just chosen not to respond to and I really wanted to see what he had to say.

[Siao7]

The one thing that I really found frustrating was that he was never wrong in his mind. NEVER. If he was found wrong in a thread, when he was truly cornered by someone more knowledgeable than him, he would simply dismiss it and not reply any more. He was unable to comprehend it somehow.

I also found that his favourite game was also to scold the newbies, maybe others will agree too. When I first got here, I replied to a thread that Hamilton got some bad publicity partly through his own fault (a few statements he had made at the time etc.). God I got torn apart by him (my username didn't help either I guess), how did I dare say something that he disagreed with?

Sad thing is that while he has lots of knowledge (he knew everything about every subject), he did lose credit with this stubborn behaviour; being a smart alec is not something that I admire in a person.

I do miss his posts though. He certainly had some good traits and ethics. It is a shame because he does have a great deal of F1 knowledge that will be missed

[Johnston]

If a very argumentative, annoyingly articulate and stubborn member pops up, likely in the religion thread, keep an eye on him. If he starts throwing around the term 'strawman', I'd advise reporting him.

You could always add it to the swear filter.

Have it change "Strawman" to "I have a little willy" or something.

[vikz22]

If a very argumentative, annoyingly articulate and stubborn member pops up, likely in the religion thread, keep an eye on him. If he starts throwing around the term 'strawman', I'd advise reporting him.

You could always add it to the swear filter.

Have it change "Strawman" to "I have a little willy" or something.

[Juggles]

I think the forum is weakened by losing him. Clearly shot himself in the foot when he turned his (substantial) ire on the mods but the reason I stopped bothering with an old F1 forum I used to browse is because it lost a few senior members who were part of the furniture. The quality of the average post dropped noticeably. Hopefully PF1 has enough high class posters to take the hit because I really enjoy the knowledge contained in this forum community as a whole.

P.S. I don't know the whole situation but my gut feeling is that some people need to be a bit less sensitive.

[minchy]

I think the forum is weakened by losing him. Clearly shot himself in the foot when he turned his (substantial) ire on the mods but the reason I stopped bothering with an old F1 forum I used to browse is because it lost a few senior members who were part of the furniture. The quality of the average post dropped noticeably. Hopefully PF1 has enough high class posters to take the hit because I really enjoy the knowledge contained in this forum community as a whole.

P.S. I don't know the whole situation but my gut feeling is that some people need to be a bit less sensitive.

I think the problem was, Eury needed to be a bit more sensitive! I never felt the reason to report one of his posts, I'm lucky enough to be able to brush off the odd insult to my knowledge or opinion. However, he did make it quite clear in his writing style that if you were wrong you were stupid. This is a forum where people go to relax and enjoy themselves, not be insulted. All he needed to to do was not be as argumentative and alter his style of writing, if you weren't used to it, it could easily offend.

[KooTeePee]

I'm glad this topic was raised because it's something which needed to be discussed in more detail but obviously nearer the time it was difficult because everyone was a bit more wary immediately after the event.

Anybody who witnessed the offending posts I don't think would disagree with the mods decision. He crossed the line of decency frequently, but there's an even bigger, bolder line that no member of the forum (let alone one so senior) should ever cross, and that it threatening the mods. Not just arguing, but threatening.

I couldn't really believe what I was seeing, as many people have said Eury had his good side and I enjoyed reading a lot of his posts, but I had gotten on his wrong side before and knew how that felt so I guess I can see why many would be happy to see the back of him. If only he had grown up a bit and just took things a little easier, he could have been an exceptional poster. As it was, he just devolved into an argumentative toe-rag who spent all his time telling everyone else they were wrong and he was right, no matter what, and in hindsight it was all too clear that this would be the outcome. A lesson for us all, I think.

[Johnston]

I think the forum is weakened by losing him. Clearly shot himself in the foot when he turned his (substantial) ire on the mods but the reason I stopped bothering with an old F1 forum I used to browse is because it lost a few senior members who were part of the furniture. The quality of the average post dropped noticeably. Hopefully PF1 has enough high class posters to take the hit because I really enjoy the knowledge contained in this forum community as a whole.

P.S. I don't know the whole situation but my gut feeling is that some people need to be a bit less sensitive.

I think the problem was, Eury needed to be a bit more sensitive! I never felt the reason to report one of his posts, I'm lucky enough to be able to brush off the odd insult to my knowledge or opinion. However, he did make it quite clear in his writing style that if you were wrong you were stupid. This is a forum where people go to relax and enjoy themselves, not be insulted. All he needed to to do was not be as argumentative and alter his style of writing, if you weren't used to it, it could easily offend.

Basically he could give it but not take it.

Pretty sure he was the one that reported me to get a Temp Ban for a few days.

[Sarhan]

I cant believe some people miss that guy. IMO his last performance was an attempt to destroy the forum through challenging the mods and crating an atmosphere for people to leave. Not to mention he was the most arrogant and rudest person I ever discussed with on the web. Good riddance.

[dizlexik]

As others have said, Eury did give great posts and was usually the voice of correctness on the F1 topics. But when it came to off topic, he could never take a joke and was ALWAYS right (as alien said in an above post) even if he wasn't. As Laura said before, he got into an argument with the mods and couldn't let it lie, he had his opinion and couldn't see the other side of the argument and when that other side is the way the mods run the place, its' probably best to at least try!

He was a bit too argumentative and did put down a lot a forumers, myself only once in the aforementioned 'religion' thread, albeit using perfect grammar and non-offensive language. Personally, I won't miss him as he could really kill a thread he got his teeth into as no one else could then give their opinion without having him tear their post apart.

A bit upset he wasn't banned a couple of week later, simply because I'd put forward an argument to him (in the religion thread) which he had on numerous just chosen not to respond to and I really wanted to see what he had to say.

I actually proved him wrong but it was very hard. It was about McLaren spygate. He said that it wasn't serious espionage that it didn't even went into court. I proved that it was in court. He said that there wasn't any case. I proved that there was case etc. Few posts later I said that I already proved that it was serious crime and I don't need to answer his question anymore. He finally shut up.


There are still many quality posters here. I don't mind whether he is banned or not.

[Arry_2k]

I have to echo a lot of the comments above.

His knowledge and recall of (most) events was excellent and he would often raise some decent points. But, to me at least, he undermined all of this by being aloof, argumentative and often rude. Tbh, i don't have the time to argue with people here so generally tried to avoid him and any discussion (read argument) he was involved in.

Some people wonder why he lasted on here so long. All I can say is it was a remarkable coincidence that his post rate dropped significantly after the mod team changed over.

Some of you will also recall the random appearance of a P-F1 Mod2 account [an old account that somehow evaded us when we replaced the previous team] which was Eurytus' first effort to fight back

Whilst we have lost some of knowledge and insight that Eury brought to the table, the forum is an overall better place without him.

[SilverPower]

I think the OP wanted to know if Eurytus has been banned, and PF1-Mod has answered the question.

I don't think it is fair to pile it on when he has no way of fighting back. Please don't think I am one of his minions/friends/apologist or what have you, I just don't find it kosher to beat up on him, that's all.

[Sarhan]

Please don't think I am one of his minions/friends/apologist

Bearing in mind your posts in the old mod feedback thread you certainly aren't any of those

[Big Arti]

Eury was a long time poster and pretty much earned the title of king of stats. (That was Eury wasn't it... I'm not confusing people am I?

I think some friendly banter in the religious thread escalated to the point where it was not so friendly and the mods, after several warnings, took definitive action.

However, that is a crude and possibly inaccurate overview of the situation.

Edit for spelling.

That would be Dolomite I think - king of stats

[mcdo]

I think the OP wanted to know if Eurytus has been banned, and PF1-Mod has answered the question.

I don't think it is fair to pile it on when he has no way of fighting back. Please don't think I am one of his minions/friends/apologist or what have you, I just don't find it kosher to beat up on him, that's all.

I just want to post one image and I've said all that I want to say.

Anytime I saw his name, I always imagined Eurytus was this guy:



OK I'm done beating up on him now

[P-F1 Mod]

Probably here under a different name..

In the New Members thread, someone joined yesterday under the name "I Drink Your Milkshake" - which Eury had in his header bar under his F1 Champ status.

But I'm sure this is just a coincidence

Keeping an eye on that.

[P-F1 Mod]

I think the OP wanted to know if Eurytus has been banned, and PF1-Mod has answered the question.

I don't think it is fair to pile it on when he has no way of fighting back. Please don't think I am one of his minions/friends/apologist or what have you, I just don't find it kosher to beat up on him, that's all.

Agreed, and for that reason I am locking this thread.