Since there's been 234233 threads about this, i will make an official statement.
the threads are removed because Ji removed the content from them. no use in having a sticky with "Edit by loco honkey" as the body.
Ji decided on his own that he would stop coming to the board do to issues with other members. He asked me to ban certain members or that he will leave. I'm not playing favorites, and i'm not going to ban someone from the board because of personal differences that one may have with another. More so, I'm not one to take an ultumatum. One gets banned from the board for breaking the rules. So be it, he stopped coming. A few days later, he had gone through and removed all his "real" posts by editing them to nothing. After that, I disabled his account to prevent futher disruptions that he may cause. Who knows... might've started posting porn and shit.. All his tech shit was gone anyway, so it was time to simply diable/ban him.
After that, personal drama ensued between him and I, and we are no longer speaking, nor probably will ever again. Am I hurt? No, I'm more pissed off that someone can be like this over such a thing as the internet. I've spent a weekend at his house. His mother cooked a lot of us from the northeast dinner. He came down for the weekend to help me get my car together back in may. I western unioned him $200 bucks when he was coming back from oregon so that he could grab a hotel a couple nights. That's what friends do for each other. He was appreciative of it- and in return, he gave me the weekend of his back on the sol. It was given back. Again, a thing friends do. It was never about the money between us. I just want to make that clear. $200 bucks to me is petty cash to spend on someone in need of a hand. Ever see the movie pay it forward? I did a good dead- he returned the favor. Again, it's what friends do.
On the other hand, it's what friends don't do that brought with it the whole situation. He put me in a position that i didnt want to be in. Kept pushing at it, and finially gave me the ultimatum. No big deal, i thought. So he won't be posting anymore. Thats fine. But, he took it to the next level. It made a situation that WASN'T between me and him a situation about me and him. the rest is history.
The thing with ji, was that you either loved him for his arrogance and attitude, or you hated him for his arrogance and his attitude.
Be that as it may, His posts are gone, the threads are gone, and if you missed them, you're more than welcome to contact him off the board.
But, chances are he blocked everyone from aim and wouldn't respond to your e-mail anyway.
It's time to simply move forward and forget the past. One member can't break us. We're stronger than that.
I'm going to leave the thread open to replies, as i'm sure others may have comments to make. So be it. Just keep it constructive or it will be re-closed and the topic will not be discussed again.
I'm sure at some point, ji will be reading this. And To you, my old friend, i simply have to say that it's a shame that it came down to that.
oh blah die, oh blah da, life goes mother fucking on