[john]

Mystic flat out banned me from his forums... I don't know if it's permanent or not. It was in the News forum in his thread about "Premium Members" can post pics. To be a premium member, you have to buy from his store.

I posted under the nick jdp that I can go here and post pics without being a premium member, and that I can just link to tinyrc from his. I said that will help solve his bandwidth problem. Well, I guess that went up his patootie sideways.

I checked the forums a few hours later, and guess what, I'm banned! And, he deleted my post, and he posted 3 replies in that thread whining about this and that, and his $300 bandwidth bill. Hey, sorry man, but that's how it goes. If it's too much money either find a way to recoup it, or pull the site until the end of the month (when handwidth is reset) or, if your bill is $300, just get a different hosting plan. He, as a web designer, ought to know better.

Needless to say, I think it's dumb. And, in light of your story, I think it's a bit on the hypocritical side. Don't attack other users... well don't attack the admin either, he gets upset and dare I say irrational. He attacked me pretty hard for mentioning a competitor.

While I'm venting, what's the problem with pics over 400 px? I've seen people post tons of them there, and I don't konw how it screws up the board. And what's with the sig limit? 4 lines or less? get over it.

The way I see it is that these boards are about enthusiasts wanting to share mods and tips related to the cars. Pics help out a lot when explaining mods, but if he doesn't want pics on his board, then fine, I'll go elsewhere. I'm all about sharing info on how I did stuff, and I'm certainly interested in knowing how other people do stuff too. And to do that, you pretty much need pics.

I don't know. I'll check his site again maybe in a few days to see if he un-bans me, but I'm starting to think that I don't even want to get involved in his vision of a community.