Who banned Clarkmeister?

[MEbenhoe]

He was banned permanently. Note says "Nasty comments concerning Hal" and there isn't any note as to who did it.

[entertainme]

Mason

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Mason

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I'm curious what Clarkmeister has against this "fat blind Hal" person (his words, don't ban me plz). He's not afraid to dole out insults, but he's usually got something behind it.

Also, it's not like he's a friend of mine or anything, we get into arguments all the time (usually about golf or how the 1993 Phoenix Suns were clearly >>>>>>> 1993 Chicago Bulls) but he's super sharp and wins more of them than I care to admit. Whoops, I just did.

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... or how the 1993 Phoenix Suns were clearly >>>>>>> 1993 Chicago Bulls)

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Which side of the debate do you take, tuq? This is like the most important question i've ever asked on 2p2.

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... or how the 1993 Phoenix Suns were clearly >>>>>>> 1993 Chicago Bulls)

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Which side of the debate do you take, tuq? This is like the most important question i've ever asked on 2p2.

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Well you're from Chicago so there's no way you're gonna agree with me, but anyway here goes.

The Suns were a better team than the Bulls that year. The better team doesn't always win. They won the most games in the regular season, but that's not my only argument. Danny Ainge, who played for the Blazers team that lost to the Bulls the previous year said (paraphrasing) "this one hurts more because last year Chicago was the better team. This year we were."

The Suns were Finals noobs, whereas the Bulls were two-time defending champions who had hardened playoff skillz from tangling with the Pistons prior to that. So the Suns put up no fight in going down 0-2, both games at home.

Then they woke up and in their three games in Chicago won game three in triple overtime, barely lost game four (MJ went for something like 55 that game) and then took game five pretty easily.

Speaking of Ainge, he pretty much cost the Suns the series when, for reasons that will forever elude me, he decide to double team Horace Grant, leaving Paxson open for the dagger three when the Suns were up two. It's not just that Horace Grant making a two would merely tie the game and give the Suns the last shot, it was that Horace Grant had made one freaking shot in games five and six combined.

So in those last four games the Suns were 2-2, 2-1 on the road, and both losses were in the last minute.

Granted, that was possibly the weakest of the Bulls championship teams. 1998 where they also narrowly escaped (that time to the Jazz) was pretty weak too.

Clarkmeister argues that had MJ not retired they would have run off eight straight. I say no way, his taking time off and coming back motivated and giving guys like Pippen a taste of life without him is a huge reason they won the last three titles.

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... or how the 1993 Phoenix Suns were clearly >>>>>>> 1993 Chicago Bulls)

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Which side of the debate do you take, tuq? This is like the most important question i've ever asked on 2p2.

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Well you're from Chicago so there's no way you're gonna agree with me, but anyway here goes.

The Suns were a better team than the Bulls that year. The better team doesn't always win. They won the most games in the regular season, but that's not my only argument. Danny Ainge, who played for the Blazers team that lost to the Bulls the previous year said (paraphrasing) "this one hurts more because last year Chicago was the better team. This year we were."

The Suns were Finals noobs, whereas the Bulls were two-time defending champions who had hardened playoff skillz from tangling with the Pistons prior to that. So the Suns put up no fight in going down 0-2, both games at home.

Then they woke up and in their three games in Chicago won game three in triple overtime, barely lost game four (MJ went for something like 55 that game) and then took game five pretty easily.

Speaking of Ainge, he pretty much cost the Suns the series when, for reasons that will forever elude me, he decide to double team Horace Grant, leaving Paxson open for the dagger three when the Suns were up two. It's not just that Horace Grant making a two would merely tie the game and give the Suns the last shot, it was that Horace Grant had made one freaking shot in games five and six combined.

So in those last four games the Suns were 2-2, 2-1 on the road, and both losses were in the last minute.

Granted, that was possibly the weakest of the Bulls championship teams. 1998 where they also narrowly escaped (that time to the Jazz) was pretty weak too.

Clarkmeister argues that had MJ not retired they would have run off eight straight. I say no way, his taking time off and coming back motivated and giving guys like Pippen a taste of life without him is a huge reason they won the last three titles.

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YEEESSSS AND IT COUNTS


Tux for mod, ban clarkmeister.



I totally agree. Sure I liked the bulls, they were sick, but i've never rooted for a team just because I lived there and i've never really understood the appeal. My favorite player of all time is isiah thomas, to give you an idea of how it was growing up, sports fan-wise. People have became genuinely angry at me for rooting on the pistons way back in the 'jordan rules' era. Even recently, in BBV, I was explaining how Jordan was overrated and some people became downright furious. Lol.

[tuq]

Banning Clarkmeister is almost as LOL as banning El Diablo.

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Banning Clarkmeister is almost as LOL as banning El Diablo.

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agreed, I see the reason now, but no way that should be permanent. I think a one or two day punishment at most is enough for someone I'd rate as one of the 5 best all-around posters to ever post on this site.

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Wow wowowowowowwowow.

For what it's worth, I think that while what Clark said is a bit distasteful, that's hardly perma ban level given the type of discipline we usually hand out. If that was NVG it would be a delete post/2 day ban at worst.

[entertainme]

My assumption is that Clarkmeister would be best advised to deal with Mason directly on the subject. Perhaps an apology is in order?