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Post by Leonard Harkless on Dec 18, 2010 20:11:01 GMT -5
He had good points.Why you no go to worlds?No money in it.Winning 800 bucks means more to some then winning a gold medal at worlds.This sport is about passion but to some it is just a way to get paid.Some won't pull in a open tourny because if they lose they might fall in the rankings and not be next in line for the big money supermatch. Some times you "new" armwrestlers slay me. You have the gall to criticize how our elite spends their money on our sport. We all make decisions on which events to pull and how many. If you were going to pull 12 times a year at events, which is a lot, and you could have those 12 events be pro events..........then why take away a pro event and do an event without money? Especially when you are at a point in your armwrestling life, when you have done everything and have nothing to prove to yourself or others. There is more to decisions made than meets the eye. Grumbling in private is way different than publicly. JMO
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Dec 18, 2010 22:06:08 GMT -5
John didn't even have to respond. Yet he did out of courtesy. I thought it was very disrespectful towards the single best armwrestler to ever walk this planet. He wasn't just a normal somebody to question his reasons for pulling this or that, anybody else I woulda said was fair game except John.
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Post by Johnny Edwards on Dec 18, 2010 22:06:48 GMT -5
I don't think he is what made John leave the board though. Maybe John just needs a break for awhile and he really deserves one.
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Post by Dan Benoit on Dec 18, 2010 22:23:22 GMT -5
I would like to apolgize for my ignorant comments that I forced u guys to read. Honestly I was just stirring the pot on macs level....I havent had that much fun crackin jokes on someone since highschool. I really am sorry though. I really dont agree though that we should have let him talk smack that long. If the director wants to delete me, that sucks, all I was tryin to do is stand up for the Babe Ruth of AWing. To all of macs friends that posted, Im sorry.
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Post by Justin Kaufman on Dec 18, 2010 22:24:47 GMT -5
Mac is kind of an idiot but some of his rambings were funny and some were disrespectful. You say he was voicing his opinion but when someone came on to disagree with him the insults would start!!! His is the prime reason I don't read most of the posts on Arm TV but thats my choice.
And by the way I believe one person has/ was banned from this board for life and that was Allen Hester, who as far as I can remember never said half the crap that Mac, Phil Bauer, Ty K and many others have said!!! Bring Allen back at least 99% of what he said was intelligent!!!
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Post by chrislydman on Dec 18, 2010 22:27:09 GMT -5
Bring Back Allen!!!!!!!
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Post by Chris Kaufman on Dec 19, 2010 0:37:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Cocchi on Dec 19, 2010 0:58:44 GMT -5
Yeah BRING HIM BACK!! he actually had something intresting to talk about. Hell, he got John to post more on here then anyone else has. That got to speak for something. last i heard John deleted his account on this forum. not sure, but my point was mac gets people to talk.
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Post by Guy Lasorsa on Dec 19, 2010 7:14:57 GMT -5
Mac is kind of an idiot but some of his rambings were funny and some were disrespectful. You say he was voicing his opinion but when someone came on to disagree with him the insults would start!!! His is the prime reason I don't read most of the posts on Arm TV but thats my choice. And by the way I believe one person has/ was banned from this board for life and that was Allen Hester, who as far as I can remember never said half the crap that Mac, Phil Bauer, Ty K and many others have said!!! Bring Allen back at least 99% of what he said was intelligent!!! I forgot about Allen. His comments were of a different nature though. Question Did Allen after some time passed ever asked to comeback on ? the admin isnt going to wake up one day and do it without some sort of words.
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Post by Nancy Hester on Dec 19, 2010 10:33:10 GMT -5
Thank Y'all for wanting Allen back. Kurt banned Allen and I asked then for him to reconsider. He said "no". I asked based on my own credibilty to please un-ban Allen. He said "no". I told Kurt at the time I would not "trash" or "belittle" his decision or him, I never have. I also told Kurt, Allen would not use my profile to post and he never has.
Allen feels as if he was never given the chance to argue his defense and Kurt even said he never read/watched the post(s) in question(that resulted in his life long ban). Allen has not asked to be UN-Banned. He feels there is no reason to ask to come back to a place that would throw him under the bus and never check to see if he was road kill ! He misses the banter he had with many good friends on the board.
I do not believe I have broken any of my promises to Kurt by discussing this now. I disagreed with Kurt at the time as I still do. Allen and I were both original members of the message board and always highly supported Kurt's efforts in creating a fun place to come and chat with friends. It was the best thing that happened to armwrestling at the time.
Thanks,
Nancy
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Post by enginterzi on Dec 19, 2010 11:16:40 GMT -5
last i heard John deleted his account on this forum. not sure, but my point was mac gets people to talk. i understand,and my point was that Mac caused John to delete his account on this board.
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Post by Mark "The Giant Slayer" vieira on Dec 19, 2010 11:58:05 GMT -5
Trained with Kurt today. He said bill cox is in charge of moderation of the board, including banning and unbanning of members. Maybe Allen would be allowed back on a probationary basis? Kurt doesn't seem to care either way.
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Post by Ed "Bam" Moehle on Dec 19, 2010 16:16:42 GMT -5
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Post by Hungry Hippo on Dec 19, 2010 16:25:43 GMT -5
5 pages of should we or shouldnt we bring mac telle back 5 pages to long. LOL
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Post by John Wilson on Dec 19, 2010 20:39:43 GMT -5
not sure, but my point was mac gets people to talk. So does water boarding I hear. Priceless! Water boarding is more fun, though. Allen Hester is one of the greatest friends I have ever made through this sport. I wasn't on the board when Allen got banned, so I cannot comment on that at all. I can say that the man is one of the most intelligent, thoughtful people I have ever met in my life. Allen and Nancy will be lifelong friends for me. I personally would like to hear Allen's perspective on this board.
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