Enthusiast ban list is real
Put your website back up already. We're discussing an actual serious topic here.
-CO
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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.
*** This post was edited by CoastaPlaya 10/14/2003 4:02:52 PM ***
Not because of what happened or because of the people, but because I can have a lot more fun with people I like and shorter lines during regular park hours.
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If I was part of a coaster, I would be an upstop pad on an Arrow Mine Train.
MAGNUM HAD MY BABY!
Honestly I would think we all have better things to do.
And PreservationTool: Didn't we laugh you off the site once already? Back for more?
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
Blogs, photo albums - CampusFish
What time does the water show start?
On the issue of the ban list. Its good that clubs now know whos banned. Maybe we will see some change,
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Hi.....whats your name again?
Tenchi-online.com Theme park photos and more. Your new home for the Jeff Siebert fanpage
But on-topic - as far as ways to enforce this list beyond posting "the list" and trying to have ticket sales people and security recognize these people, what about blocks on credit cards and personal checks? There would obviously still be ways around (i.e. - paying cash) but pehaps a new policy that if you're paying cash, you still have to give your name ... for uh, research purposes ... yea ...
I don't know, it seems like quite the task to enforce this list, but I think its a wonderful idea to start getting back at these people. There also needs to be a renewed commitment among park employees too. A month ago, me and my three friends had to practically scream at a Dragster employee to get him to handle a situation of line cutting. He just didn't want to be bothered, and was expressing much more desire to sit and sulk about the fact that he still had another four or five hours of work to go. If park employees got as incensed (sp?) about these activities as most enthusiasts and semi-enthusiasts (my title for those who aren't on message boards and such ... ) get, there would be a lot less of a problem. A public "undressing" by a park-op can be just as effective as having your name posted at the front gate as banned from the park.
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Brett
Resident Launch Whore
2003: (new) SFMM, KBF, PGA, SFMW, PKD, SFGAdv, Dorney (old) CP [17], KP [5], SFWoA [7], Hershey [2] ... What a summer!
PKIEMPSOB said:
Some people just don't know when to give up. He already caused 1 sucide do we need another?
Dood, NO unnecessary offense intended here at all, but you musta fell and busted your dome about 8 times to make a statement like that. I'm laughing my rear off as we speak.
You think that he honestly is directly the cause of the girl dying? She in all likelihood had know clue who he was. I couldn't care less about your personal vendetta, but the idea that you think we're a bunch of lemmings who follow blindly and ritualistically commit suicide because a guy and his fiance have a website is insulting.
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-Brian, who enjoys long walks on the beach, wooden coasters, avoiding being called a "jobber" while keeping it real in the 9Quad.
*** This post was edited by Homey G. 10/14/2003 4:51:05 PM ***
I bought a new car in June and didn't put new ACE stickers on it. I usually only wear coaster-related attire when I'm *not* at a park anyway. Makes more sense that way.
I'd vote against posting the lists (plural -- each park's gotta have their own)... The shaming aspect of it would be pretty damn funny, yeah, but thinking about it a bit differently.... Some of these people are breaking rules just for attention. Posting their name everywhere just gives them more attention, so why reward 'em and give 'em what they want?
Besides, it'd just create a bunch of new flamewars about those people. Trolls arguing about trolls. That'd be a mess. Kinda like RRC. :)
Funny mugshots tho, yeah. Someone needs to send that to Lowtax.
(edit: bad html)
*** This post was edited by bit0mike 10/14/2003 4:55:44 PM ***
CoastaPlaya said:
Starting to get the picture?-CO
No, not really. Because a buyout probably costs the park profits. I mean, if I had the money, I could buyout a park for me and my friends for a day and that would cost the park money.
Enthusiasts on the other hand pay for parks to stay open a little longer after they have made their major profits. Breaking even is just fine when you take into consideration that we asked them to stay open a little longer after park hours purpously so they could still make a majority of their profits to make their wallets happy. We as enthusiasts do understand that they need to make money, so we ask them for time after they make the most money.
About this stuff about parks realizing they don't have to do this anymore, if they ever thought they had to let us have events then they were pretty stupid in my opinion.(Ooooo, that'll be about another two pages of flame posts) We, well atleast I, never expected them to give us events, because, as Blitzjade said, the only good event are SRM and PPP. The rest are just bland and flavorless like school lunch pizza.
If parks ever thought that we expected them to give us events and ever thought they had to then I'm sorry for being a part of a group that even has people that might have given off that attitude.
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I know you hate me.
*** This post was edited by BiCoastalKid 10/14/2003 4:55:07 PM ***
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- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson
BiCoastalKid said:
The rest are just bland and flavorless like school lunch pizza.
Clearly an opinion. Those rectangular pizzas are all I miss about grade school.
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-Brian, who enjoys long walks on the beach, wooden coasters, avoiding being called a "jobber" while keeping it real in the 9Quad.
Thanks for showing (at least me) a different perspective about this.
I keep forgetting about the "attention" thing. Maybe publishing this list isn't a good idea after all. After all a troll, especially a *psychotroll* only feeds on attention.
Cool Hybrid BTW. ;-) I wouldn't tarnish it with any stickers anyway. :-)
-Tina
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Gimme speed, height, airtime and plenty of LAUNCH!!!
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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
Hot stuff.
1) It might give pause to someone considering the same moronic move.
2) It makes it more clear to the community what moronic moves people have been willing to make in the past.
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http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~bnoble/
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"AHHH!! Oh wait, we didnt drop yet"
*** This post was edited by Blitzjade 10/14/2003 5:41:08 PM ***
You pay $50. You got an event. You ride a roller coaster. You're a pompous, arrogant ass and you unfasten your seatbelt and you loosen your lapbar and, oops, you get hurt.
You sue the park for $10M. You lose because you're an ass, but the park spent $5000 in legal fees.
Again, I'm not sure I understand that correlation between paying for an event and getting banned for being an idiot.
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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
Hot stuff.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gift
Note the first definition: gift (gft)
n. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
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I know you hate me.
Believe me when I say a park doesn't want to loose a customer, However if a person is irresponsible enough to risk their safety or the safety of others, Then a park should and would most likely rather loose that customer by banning them rather than have a incident.
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Charles Nungester.
It's official Lesourdsville Lake is closed for 2003
The "gift" is #3! Gifts do not always mean "Free". The gift is that for a fee we are treated to the park for a day with special treatment.
My girlfriend is a wordsmith also!
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Jeff said:
Who cares who is on the list.
Several people here evidently do.
I'm not into libel here, and neither are the parks.
Naming people who are on a specific list is not, as far as I know, libel. Though I'm not a lawyer...
Regards,
Richard
http://www.bannister.org/coasters/
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