...to DCosta?

I knew who it was - but I thought someone had listened to my plea post some time back?

well, for those who don't know, ...maybe new to this side, and are scratchin their head what all the fuss was about...  

just take a peek at those two banned members posts
http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=582012&pg=1#599884

where Wodin is responding to himself and brain f#*& the Community as "Jessi the female Wargamer" ...just to put a little more volley behind his wishes to be seen implemented in a future patch, for a game, that he had pirated at that time (http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=581960 ....no re-buy listed in HPS records at 23.12.11) and also dared to mail his complains to the developer as 'Jessi' to cover up his theft as Wodin

don't mix it up whis his third account as 'Somme', which he got granted by Adim as a replacement for 'wodin' not as supplement, cause he felt a little uncomfortably with his old name... but that's another story...
[size= x-small](some flight-simmer had found out, that Wodin had whined so long and heartbraking to their community, that some philanthropist overthere gift him a whole TrackIR!... which he then tried to cash-in at the Wargamer private sales, days later... well, iirc that true philanthropist said later in their sim-forum: "gift is gift, and i dont care" ...so why should anyone else at WG bother, including me)

Umm good lord. Sounds like this person has some serious mental health issues.

Well it seems from what Mike_GER says that my plea was in fact not listened to, he wasn't given dispensation to have a new ID to post under and indeed created a new one of his own accord.

I don't think he has "serious mental health issues" Seytan. He just liked being here and things went south. Once they started going south, they headed south rapidly.

He did seem to care what other people thought of him and his posts though (even though I know he said on numerous occasions he didn't care) - and I think that may have been part of his demise initially. It was certainly one of the reasons why we seemed to not get on. Much of a likeness in our attitudes I thought.

I don't agree with people posting under a different alias and it just breeds mistrust of new members. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth - though I understand at the time why he did it.

As I asked in my post some time ago - he should've just bit the bullet and stayed as Wodin. Nothing comes from trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes except mistrust.

I haven't logged in to Matrix Games in nearly 3 months now - for a couple of reasons - one of which was we seemed to antagonise each other. So I hope he's not in self destruct over there and is just being "him". 

Shame. When he was on form he had some good links and feedback - although sadly that was lacking up to his original ban here.

not defending the multiple personalities but in the end he was right on one point - its all in a name - he pretty much ruined it for himself as wodin, fkd it up with Jessie and Somme but then stayed low as DCosta, and made good posts again.

Over at grogheads as another name (!) but telling people he was DCosta here MikeGer even welcomed him, so the grief and dislike with someone is only attached to their username and as Dcosta even his staunchest foes liked him without knowing he was Wodin - his point all along, although its now gone down the s******

That's only partly correct ACG - it does go hand in hand with the way you post and DCostas posts were significantly less argumentative or self concious (the rating thing in posts - remember?)

Bully for signing in as a different user and making a point about how people dislike "the login" is what is is - but in actual fact all he's done is make people suspicious - and it doesn't even prove the point anyway - because the beef is with what and how you post - not the login. So if you change login AND the way you post, then yep - you may fool some people - but that's really all you've achieved.

If Wodin had signed up here as DCosta and posted the very same way he did as Wodin, he'd have more than likely the same responses. Certainly from me the way he was posting because my beef wasn't with Wodin - it was with some of his posts.

I knew all along who he was. It didn't take a brain surgeon - though I probably had more of an incling because I saw the signs in DCoastas posts. Wodin's "prints" were all over DCosta's posts - and he signed up a few days after.

I didn't call him because I thought he was given a reprieve.

I might add that Wodin and I had a small history of "knowing" each other on Matrix Games and here and it was only more recently up to his ban that we seemed to not get on and simply anagonise each other.

Dcosta is a friend of mine. What others think, IMO, is what others think. He and I have had many a long conversation and his words, along with many of you here at WG, helped me get through a pretty rough patch in life recently. Granted, no human is a perfect specimen, but I harbor zero ill will towards the man.

I do have to agree with JD on the issue of people using multiple names on this one site. It doesn indeed create mistrust among those who have been here for a bit about new members actually being old *^$&@&#@.  But, this being the internets, it is what it is I guess.

wholeheartedly agree - i like you knew it was him, it was quite obvious, again im not defending the multiple people, just stating that in isolation, from Wodins point of view, people who didnt like Wodin or had grown acrimonious toward him seemed to get on perfectly well with DCosta - and hell take some 'victory' points from that.

As it happens he went to Grogheads as Wodin, fkd up on Matrix with a silly arguement about Jarhead, thought better of it and then rejoined at Grogheads under a new name but admitting to being DCosta - i PMd him and said he go insane with all this - guy just needs a home on the internet but i think hes found it at matrix anyway

Originally Posted By undercovergeek (17 MAY 2012 3:58am)

...guy just needs a home on the internet but i think hes found it at matrix anyway

FWIW I totally agree and hope he has.

I said before when the ratings incident was kicking off that he should just ignore it. So what someone posted negative ratings? I told him then that people who matter will see his posts for what they were and wouldn't give a crap about the ratings. Alas - he let it get to him and then it all went bad.

Originally Posted By undercovergeek (17 MAY 2012 3:17am)

he was DCosta here MikeGer even welcomed him,

just for the record

...Yip, i slightly remembered 'DCosta' from here (even so i spend not sooo much time here, mostly at Grogs now) ...so why not a friendly Hello including beer mugs with Pilsner @Grogs :-) 

(I usually have a "Tit for Tat strategy" and always start with a friendly move on first encounter and give the benefit of the daubt.  

I have neither time nor interest to 'investigate' if someone likes to role-play a different persons including new good behavior  - just to maybe thrown their mask later to go for their big "hahahah, i fooled all here"-attention they may get their lousy kick from.

IHMO: you cant role-play for long. The true character shines through sooner or later, ...and you will to befoul the new name, like the other)     

...of course 'Wodin' had an 'Wodin'-account at Grogs too (so double account again ;-) ) ... and i simply ignored his 'Wodin' Character over there!

Let's not forget this whole wild thread that he started at matrix...first he is complaining about people who start threads to troll due to a feud or vendetta.  Then he attacks me for some bizarre reason, accuses me of being a poor choice for a mod and having a conflict of interest and states he would never want to be a mod.  Then he comes here as Dcosta and actually asks to be a mod!!!  Wild wild stuff...

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3101889

http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=583315

Meanwhile. when he signed up at grogheads with, again, multiple user accounts, I implored certain persons to be nice, respect him and give him a chance.  He rewards me by posting disparaging things about me in the matrix forums.

And...he just can't leave well enough alone.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3568683/3/Purchasing_Iron_Front.html

If this isn't OCD, I don't know what is.

His quote...lol! I stand by my first comment in this thread. This fellow has issues. Anyway im sure he will seek help eventually.

mmm...oh well.

What's done is done. Hopefully he just stops and gets on as Wodin.

Laughing that you pulled the wool over fellow posters eyes may give you a buzz, but it will NOT help people take you seriously and just make them damned careful how they act around you.

As for not caring what other people think - clearly that isn't the case.

I myself do care what fellow internet users think of me - because it really IS me. Some people might think it's incredibly sad that I care what a bunch of faceless people think of me - but the reason I do care is because it IS me...I'm not someone else on here...just me. So my internet persona is an extension of me...and that's how I always try to post.

you mean 'grumpy, scottish F1 fan' isnt a pretense?

Yeah - that's me too

I am a grumpy so and so - if my wife was even remotely into forums/the internet/wargaming she would tell you exactly that. And I have most definitely made posts I'm pretty ashamed of now.

I wear my heart on my sleeve...not always a great thing ;-)

A lot of people "have issues" .  The internet venue seems to really bring that out.

I have often thought of asking my psychiatrist to analyse some of the characters

I see and interact with on the various fora.  Patterns do emerge rapidly.

cheers

Originally Posted By danlongman (17 MAY 2012 9:34am)

A lot of people "have issues" .  The internet venue seems to really bring that out.

I have often thought of asking my psychiatrist to analyse some of the characters

I see and interact with on the various fora.  Patterns do emerge rapidly.

cheers

I could use a look-see!

Please let me know what your pysch finds out if I am so lucky for you invest your money and time into me.

Most particularily, I have been haunted by the same demon for years.

This in itself is not so strange; methinks beginning to like Him is...

JLMK.

Nick

"Sometimes mods on forums have an air of self importance."

Sometimes? 

I remember getting banned over at 3000ad.com years ago because I had the gaul to call Derek on how could he be about 'a gamer for gamers' when he declared he was using Starforce in his next release. (gasp!)

He promptly called me stupid-head and banned me.

Too much GD drama.

For the record, had I caught on that DCosta was in fact Wodin, I would have banned him immediately. Once you are banned, coming back onto this site under another alias while you are in fact still banned is grounds for immediate perma-banning via IP address. Most often, a banned poster gives themselves away quickly and gets rebanned. DCosta managed to disguise certain aspects of his behavior which led to the original banning and got away with it longer than he should have. Try as we might, not every single post gets read here every day by moderators.

Nonetheless, banned means banned. It's not something that we do lightly as moderators, it usually follows numerous warnings on bad behavior and perhaps short time outs. Our purpose here is to discuss wargames and items of interest to our readership. If someone is banned, it generally happens only after their behavior has significantly affected other posters use and enjoyment of our forums.

^I found this at the front desk at H.Q.

Whomever sent this to me I would kindly ask the mods to be get to the bottom of it.

This is tasteless!