ripster wrote:...
It's this kind of thin skinned ****/WebWit/sixty bickering that slows down the WEST as some Chinese Nerd threatens my #1 Keyboard Expert On The Erde status.

7bit wrote:No bickering on this site.

TexasFlood wrote:Ripster doesn't seem to think it was a disaster or a tragedy.
He's taking it well. Still ripster, slightly paranoid maybe, but still ripster.

djuzah wrote:No, he's always complaining. Now he only has one subject he can bitch about. Doesn't mean he isn't taking it well.

ripster wrote:LAST thing the world needs is a MediaWiki here, a GH Wiki there, and a RipsterGuide Somewhere Else.

It's this kind of thin skinned iMav/WebWit/sixty bickering that slows down the WEST as some Chinese Nerd threatens my #1 Keyboard Expert On The Erde status.

Djuzuh wrote:It's Djuzuh*

ripster wrote:Except when I'm tempbanned.

keyboardlover wrote:I didn't notice much chatter there when I was a member.

Nor much of anything else. Pretty boring actually. That's why I voluntarily left.

I HAVE noticed that the crowd there is much surlier than the crowd here.

sixty wrote:

pita wrote:Too bad KeyboardLover is banned from this site. Or it would have been fun.

KeyboardLover was not banned. KeyboardLover ASKED to have his account removed/locked, which I did. He later asked me to unlock it again, which I did not.

My goal is to put a copy of the Kinesis wiki I've been generating for the last couple years. I renamed it (which is causing some problems), and I don't have any time to work on the stupid cleaning up/reformatting of it. I don't know if I change the name back if that will fix it? I tried to copy the content to a new wiki named Everything Kinesis...but the formatting is totally jacked and attachments are missing. Sooo... I'm not certain what to do. Uberben had thought about jumping in a collaborative venture, but I haven't heard from him lately.

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ppl goto DT, when GH is down, otherwise it's the same 10 ppl talking to each other, sounds like a circle jerk.

didjamatic wrote:I have been more entertained, annoyed and informed by Ripster's posts than any other member.

Will this be the end or a new beginning?

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keyboardlover wrote:I agree that he spammed a lot. He even once nuked my account and Harrison's which was pretty bad. I actually was overall liking his attitude the last few months better than, say, a year or two ago. But I'm sure he pissed off the wrong people.

What can I say, I sort of had a love/hate relationship but part of me will definitely miss him.

However, ultimately I plan to:



R.I.P. Ripster

laffindude wrote:If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine." < This is what I expected.

1391401 wrote:Nevar forget

input nirvana wrote:I'm not happy with that outcome. Bottom line: Newbies and such are the losers. Why?: 3 years ago when I found GH, it was because I wanted to cut a Kinesis Advantage into 2 halves. I found GH because someone posted that same question and it never got answered. I scoured everywhere...the information DID NOT EXIST IN ANY FORM. So I decided to make GH home, use the resources GH had to offer. I asked, begged, pleaded, spent tons of time forming 'relationships', and eventually compiled enough info about:

Plastics cutting/filing/brightening/welding, soldering/desoldering, key switches, key caps types/plastics/profiles, legend types/fonts, leds, usb/ps2, Ping!, controllers, matrix, hot chicks with keyboards, key dampening, purchasing sources for anything, ergonomic issues, misc. keyboard related items too numerous to mention, almost at the point of learning programming custom controllers (not the hard stuff, just the project stuff), I've bought and sold a few input devices to try and discover neat stuff, I'm currently shipping/forwarding keyboards to Europe for some peeps on Deskthority, I may have helped a couple peeps with RSI issues, and I've met a few really, really neat peeps that one day may even cross over into the FRIEND zone....the list goes on...

Yea, my contact with Ripster was on the minimal side, because he's not ergo. But how much of what I listed above was Ripster made/influenced/assisted? A LOT. When I sent him a PM, he answered it to the best of his ability. Say anything you want, but his ability is HIGH. I am one of the few people that never tossed in on the #1 Keyboard Expert on the Planet...because I thought it was funnier to NOT be a source.

In my opinion, the strength of GH is weakened, but at least a few peeps on the forum won't get into spats or feelings hurt. I never got involved with a Ripster-related spat, so I know it can be done easily. Took no effort on my part, and I've had some presence on the forum for a while. Takes two to tango. The only issues I ever had were with 2-3 buttholes that tried using me as a punching bag. We all saw how nasty I got, so let's not go there again.

Input Nirvana OUT!

hashbaz wrote:I'll miss ripster. Too bad it had to come to this.

HolidaySHRIMP wrote:R.I.P. ripster bro.

He made a comment on my very first post that made me laugh and didn't scare me away. He also wrote useful and/or entertaining articles.

I'll miss my broski. No homo all bromo.

thegunner100 wrote:Posted this in the other thread, but I guess I'll post it here as well:

I've been here for less than a year, but GH is definately gonna be different without ripster... in a bad way. I've come to learn about and love keyboards because of all the articles that he has put up. Not only that, but he also had random comments/articles that were off-topic but entertaining/educational.

R.I.P.ster :hug:

squarebox wrote:RIP to one of the last few good souls in GH.

dirge wrote:Could someone run a remembrance keycap group buy?

RIP
Ripster

In helvetica and correct kerning?

didjamatic wrote:What have you personally contributed here? How many people have you helped? The Johnny come lately band wagon hopping mob nonsense make you look and sound like a tool.
Ripster did tick some people off but helped more than he hindered. Threatening to reveal someone's mailing address should be an infraction and if you did so, should be a permaban, if it's not in the forum rules it should be. That's far worse than any of the other so-called infractions that are being enforced with an unlubed iron fist around here.

inlikeflynn wrote:well this sucks. I tend to try and stay out of the ongoing GH controversy, but this is too F'ing stupid.

What sort of positive outcome is there for GH by banning/losing yet another senior member with the wealth of knowledge he has?
The only reason seems to be to keep the young newbie members happy and make things all nice and safe like school these days. Meaning no jokes, no teasing, no off-topic, no fun, & we cannot just have a single #1 keyboard expert on the planet...we all must be keyboard experts in our own and unique way as we must be fair to all

WTF :mad2:

I've been here since late 2010, which is longer than the vast majority of people posting these days. So I''ve seen the various incarnations of Ripster and sadly Ripster of 2010 was his best days before the complainers started to move in. Heck even most of Ripster and KL's fighting back in the day was good for a laugh even. So if they are putting their differences behind them to stand up to the new rules that should be quite the sign of a problem with the site's direction?

So what really is the problem with the pre-banned may2012 Ripster?
-He went back to being helpful and posting proper direct links and not just "its in my sig" messages on every post
-He no longer tells jokes outside his sub-forum
-He doesn't go off-topic too much outside his sub-forum
-He does challenge the mod's and new rules put in place. But is that really a bad thing when we don't have well defined rules and consistent moderation taking place? Seemingly the only reason for any of these changes is to please the young newbies who need everything all nice and safe. I'd rather have Ripster here than real trolls like tp4tissue, or whatever the heck his name is. All that guy did was troll and cause problems on purpose and contributed nothing to GH

When the top 3 US/Europe keyboard experts (ripster/webwit/sixty) have now all left GH either by choice or by force shouldn't that be a sign a problem with the direction GH is taking?

thankfully this post is in KL's subforum so it might exist for longer then 15 seconds.....I'm sure i'll be put in time out now to though

RiffRaff wrote:Yeah it was a tragedy...

I doubt this is the end of Ripster on GH.

I think UCB said it best, everybody needs to cool out.

Granted he posted a lot, but I know everyone in this thread at one point or another got a chuckle off of his posts.

didjamatic wrote:"DT is where all the spammers go."? Are you serious?

Actually the trend is this: DT is where the people go who have done the most mods, have the largest keyboard collections and the most knowledge to offer others seeking it. Yes, it comes with chatter because you only talk strictly about switches caps and layouts so much before you want to inject some variety and fun into discussions. If all you want is reference material go read white papers.

o2dazone wrote:Ripster (along with Sandy55 and a few others) were one of the few contributors who added something more to this forum than the run in the mill clickclack dickwaving. R.I.P.ster

clickclack wrote:I agree, even when people are waving my member, I agree.
R.I.Pster

clickclack wrote:I thought geekhack was interesting but it was ripster who got me to join. My avatar was an inspired tribute to him as well when I joined.
R.I.P.ster

itlnstln wrote:What a ****ing disaster...

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29724-Wassup!

clickclack wrote:I thought geekhack was interesting but it was ripster who got me to join. My avatar was an inspired tribute to him as well when I joined.
R.I.P.ster

iMav wrote:Even I have my limits. Let's leave it at that.

Awful wrote:Webwit was always the #1 expert anyway.

Lanx wrote:ppl goto DT, when GH is down, otherwise it's the same 10 ppl talking to each other, sounds like a circle jerk.

ripster wrote:I get annoyed by my posts too.

input nirvana wrote:Hmmm....I'm still thinking abot Texasfloods female circle jerk....but I don't think it would still be called a circle "jerk"....