BItmetv forums - just plain wrong !

[Polarbear]

valid point, walkman79, but what drives torrent site staff nuts is when some idiot gets himself banned, instead of coming to irc help channel and asking why, and then asking for a second chance, they either go out and try to get a new invite and/or come here and start badmouthing the site. If you want to badmouth a site or it's staff or it's content, WTF DO YOU WANT BACK IN?

many other forums don't get any complaints here because those places allow flaming, porn, foul language in their forums, etc, but bmtv does not allow this in their forums, and they police those restrictions heavily because their goal is not to be some 1337, awesome pre-time torrent tracker, their stated goal is to be a family-friendly site, where someone who wants to ask a question about something like "little house on the prairie" or "pokemon" isn't going to get 5 posts calling him a fag.

I like their forums for what they are, a place where you're not going to be attacked by other members for your forum posts. You may get some light teasing, but RARELY do you see any flaming of one member by another.

As for staff's behavior in the forums, what you WILL see are the worst of the idiots being told that they are idiots. You Will sometimes see minor 1 day warnings issued to people who spam, go offtopic, etc. If you want to argue with staff in the forums, they'll spank your ass out of there, or disable your forum posting ability without banning you from the site. If it was my site, I'd do the same thing.

finally, what i get sick of at all torrent sites are members who NEVER post in the forums, and then their first post in 2 years there is to bitch about something. That guy is likely to get hammered worse than someone who has hundreds of previous forum posts, and may have posted the exact same comment. That's they way it is pretty much everywhere in life, if the only time you ever talk to someone is to complain or attack them, they're going to think you're a shithead, and probably treat you accordingly.

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good post.

i'm really annoyed by all those people bashing bitmetv in public. they tell us what's wrong about the forum, how the mods suck, how p2l they are etc. if it's about their own accounts and the disguise of anonymity is gone they won't dare to say one bad word anymore.

you are all great when it comes to bashing. strangely enough i haven't seen a single person who said i'm going to delete my account because i dislike bitmetv staff and the way they run the site. if i see somebody doing this i'm going to show him my personal respect.

reality is, people get banned because they can't behave on the site. then they flame and complain a little here. when they're done and got enough "yeah they're the worst", "+1", "my friend was banned for nothin as well" replies, they look for another account.

[bblogs]

Can anyone produce a/some direct quotes from BTMV forums where a member was banned unfairly...?

[invadercat]

Can anyone produce a/some direct quotes from BTMV forums where a member was banned unfairly...?

google tequilavip, go through the search results... and you will see IRC logs, forums quotes and more taken directly from BMTV

valid point, walkman79, but what drives torrent site staff nuts is when some idiot gets himself banned, instead of coming to irc help channel and asking why, and then asking for a second chance, they either go out and try to get a new invite and/or come here and start badmouthing the site. If you want to badmouth a site or it's staff or it's content, WTF DO YOU WANT BACK IN?

many other forums don't get any complaints here because those places allow flaming, porn, foul language in their forums, etc, but bmtv does not allow this in their forums, and they police those restrictions heavily because their goal is not to be some 1337, awesome pre-time torrent tracker, their stated goal is to be a family-friendly site, where someone who wants to ask a question about something like "little house on the prairie" or "pokemon" isn't going to get 5 posts calling him a fag.

I like their forums for what they are, a place where you're not going to be attacked by other members for your forum posts. You may get some light teasing, but RARELY do you see any flaming of one member by another.

As for staff's behavior in the forums, what you WILL see are the worst of the idiots being told that they are idiots. You Will sometimes see minor 1 day warnings issued to people who spam, go offtopic, etc. If you want to argue with staff in the forums, they'll spank your ass out of there, or disable your forum posting ability without banning you from the site. If it was my site, I'd do the same thing.

finally, what i get sick of at all torrent sites are members who NEVER post in the forums, and then their first post in 2 years there is to bitch about something. That guy is likely to get hammered worse than someone who has hundreds of previous forum posts, and may have posted the exact same comment. That's they way it is pretty much everywhere in life, if the only time you ever talk to someone is to complain or attack them, they're going to think you're a shithead, and probably treat you accordingly.

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good post.

i'm really annoyed by all those people bashing bitmetv in public. they tell us what's wrong about the forum, how the mods suck, how p2l they are etc. if it's about their own accounts and the disguise of anonymity is gone they won't dare to say one bad word anymore.

you are all great when it comes to bashing. strangely enough i haven't seen a single person who said i'm going to delete my account because i dislike bitmetv staff and the way they run the site. if i see somebody doing this i'm going to show him my personal respect.

reality is, people get banned because they can't behave on the site. then they flame and complain a little here. when they're done and got enough "yeah they're the worst", "+1", "my friend was banned for nothin as well" replies, they look for another account.

do you ever wonder why they bash BMTV so much than the others sites out there...?

[Polarbear]

do you ever wonder why they bash BMTV so much than the others sites out there...?

because everybody knows it's the best tv site.

don't get it? well, nevermind.

[soulreaper]

Can anyone produce a/some direct quotes from BTMV forums

Here's a few from their most active mod, tequilavip(also called tvip):-

His "about me"- "If you were issued a warning, do not PM me to complain, apologize or explain, unless the warning was issued totally in error. PM'ing for any of these reasons will be considered spam, and result in an extended warning or ban. "

Someone created a thread in the help section and this was tvip's response:- " you can fix this by not spamming the help forum with questions that are easy to answer in the FAQ."

"for the record, most of us HATE it when new members bitch about the site. you've been here 4 days, and already have made total ass out of yourself and the person who invited you. I doubt you'll last here long. "



There was even a poll conducted whose topic was " How do you feel about tequilavip?"

Saradon(forum mod) had this to say in that polls thread- "I really miss the days when tvip would post in under 5 minutes to tell a noob what an idoit they were and then leave the thread in place for everyone else to see. Those were the days when you could tell just from reading the post that a tvip bitch slap was right around the corner."

I have no clue what an "idoit" is.

When someone made a thread merely enquiring about their freeleech policy, tvip's response was:- "People who want things for free are the problem with the world today"

That pretty much sums up tvip and bitmetv.

[grimms]

I agree bitmetv could sometime be a hate love relationship with the staff and how they can act sometimes. Sometimes they way they are valid other times, not so much. Overall bitmetv is the best tv torrent site on the web like polarbear stated previously.

[ar1n4mu]

I have been looking for any good post written by tequilavip, but I can't find anything good, just threats and bashing. He probably does a good job banning cheaters but he definitely sucks on the forums.

Taken from the Frorum Rules of BMTV:

Staff understand that not all members have seed-boxes and appreciate every bit of upload that members give to others, however the "definition" of a good member is one that participates and is an active member of the BitMeTV community. It is the members that jump in to try to help a new member asking questions or a member trying to untangle a technical puzzle, the member that participates in the various contests, that posts thank you notes in torrents that he / she downloaded, these are what Staff consider to be "good" members.

Taken from BMTV Forum:

beatmaster
Sure we got the Interweb, the rest of the world has Scotland to thank for the following inventions & discoveries & all we ask in return is our flag be included on website country lists

tequilavip
sorry, scotts are discriminated against here. you smell funny.

Even if it was joke it wasn't funny at all.

Taken from BMTV Forum Rules:

You should assume that there is at least one member of every possible shade, stripe or background of any political affiliation, race, religious denomination / beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, ability or disability you can think of. Any comment, discussion, debate or argument that in any way denigrates (STAFF discretion) any other member in any way, directly or indirectly, may result in a warning or immediate loss of your account.

So, is that the behavior you expect from a staff member?

As I said, I was looking for some advise or help he has given out but I haven't been able to find something good. This is one of his threats but perhaps he consider it an advise

chrdw862
In fact,I will change my ISP next month,but my friend told me that if you changed your IP,you would be banned,so I want to be sure of it .If I change my IP and I am banned,why am I downloading/uploading now?
I only download/upload after I know the answer clearly.

BAiT
don't worry chrdw862, we're all sitting here watching you, waiting for you to screw up :whistle:

tequilavip
big brother is watching ;-)

Well, the guy was banned later.

[djkamikaze]

do you ever wonder why they bash BMTV so much than the others sites out there...?

because they actually police their forums. many of the people bitching are in reality people with a grudge because they got banned for lots of things.

Well, the guy was banned later.

acutally, I don't think he was "banned" I think he was disabled for inactivity, all you need to do is click on his username to see that pretty clearly: total downloaded: 3.42 kB (0.02 kB/Day) ;-)

It's easy to smear a site or it's staff when you quote out of context. I just read that scotland forum thread you quoted, ar1n4mu, and the entire thread is good-natured humor and teasing about scotland, IMO. basically it reads like a thread where people are having fun with each other about their home countries. the person who originally opened the thread even posted this pic to tease canadians:

and several others. I suggest you either get yourself a funny-bone or get off the interwebz, ar1n4mu. I think that thread is a great example of how fun their forums can be!

[walkman79]

I've just posted on that thread, the guy seems to be fine with the joke. I personally don't like jokes about nationality though

[Ghostbusters]

[quote=Polarbear;2901536]

where someone who wants to ask a question about something like "little house on the prairie" or "pokemon" isn't going to get 5 posts calling him a fag.

lolololol...

because they actually police their forums. many of the people bitching are in reality people with a grudge because they got banned for lots of things.

Well, the guy was banned later.

acutally, I don't think he was "banned" I think he was disabled for inactivity, all you need to do is click on his username to see that pretty clearly: total downloaded: 3.42 kB (0.02 kB/Day) ;-)

It's easy to smear a site or it's staff when you quote out of context. I just read that scotland forum thread you quoted, ar1n4mu, and the entire thread is good-natured humor and teasing about scotland, IMO. basically it reads like a thread where people are having fun with each other about their home countries. the person who originally opened the thread even posted this pic to tease canadians:

and several others. I suggest you either get yourself a funny-bone or get off the interwebz, ar1n4mu. I think that thread is a great example of how fun their forums can be!

That's my thread & I posted that pick...