MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: A church choir in Washington decided it was a good idea to sing together in a church during a pandemic. Guess what happened next.

> > It's not you moving the thread that annoys me, it's people telling me I can't talk
> > about covid in the loony bin.
> >
> > I outrank (the hell out of) everyone still around. Roc and KC are gone, and also if
> > you didn't know Roc gave the site rights to Rick.
>
> Read my post again... I know Roc and KC are gone, and that Rick owns the site. But in
> heart, this is still their site, as it has remained practically unchanged in the
> whole time that Rick has owned it. And though some old-timers have gone, and some new
> new new batch have arrived, it's still the same basic community.

The only people who ever outranked me are Roc, KC and Twisty, and they are all gone. I bought, installed, and paid a coder to customize this forum. I'm the first user. I run the show. MT and DU work is there too.

> If by outrank, you mean most posts, sure, you rank the hell out of everyone. Dumping
> Union? Definitely important, and greatly appreciated. Keeping things running since
> Twisty's departure? Very grateful that you stepped up to the responsibility for it.
>
> That you have free reign, and can post whatever you want, just because you are you,
> no... not one person signed up for this forum has those privileges.

I created The War Room. I made it. I can delete it.

> Read posts again, for what the people are trying to convey. Not saying "You can't do
> that." Saying "Please, we REALLY don't want to see that stuff here. We come here to
> get away from that stuff. Please respect our wishes, also."

We can lock or delete threads.

> If you want to do it, then do it. But do it, knowing that you are going to frustrate
> and aggravate a bunch of people and push them away, just because you want to vent.
> And if you're okay with that, then so be it. And as said before, if you get rid of
> the War Room, and that stuff makes its way up to the Loony Bin, then expect the same
> but exponentially.
>
> And lastly, if by outrank, you've been here the longest... you've been here less than
> 61 hours longer than me on the new forums, and that's only because it took two days
> since new forum inception for you guys to send out invites. If we're talking ever...
> I was on the old forums thirteen months before you. Celebrated my 20th anniversary
> being involved with MAME last December: 12/02/99 04:10 PM
>
> Not that that means anything.

I literally created these forums and pretty sure I'm the one that gave you your power here? I don't remember.