FireZ

Really? I doubt they deal with so much daily that would make them murder-suicide... that's the stupidest thing I've heard and I hope you aren't serious. There's a difference between being rude sometimes and always. FireZ is rude always nowadays. I remember when he wasn't as rude and I wonder what changed him. He's a cool guy I'm sure but he's gotta be a little more polite.

 

Maybe I should say, his opinions where they were inappropriate? How about that mister semantics?

If he wanted to address that I'm a whiny bitch he could have brought it to the regular user feedback forum.

Oh wait, they don't have that.

Read the above.

That incident has nothing to do with why I go after you. It's because I think you're a prick and a terrible mod.

Okey lol

Never run a business bud lol. Showing respect to undesirables only makes you look like the better person.

 

There's always different ways to deal with something, but the people that are in a position to be critical of FireZ are few and far between.

And about the murder-suicide thing, yeah I'm serious. Up until recently, I was a head administrator on a forum/RSPS that is nowhere as busy as Sythe, and even with that community base I noticed a lot of negative changes in my attitude towards the ungrateful (so, ultimately, undeserving) people that I was helping every single day. Was I noticeably harsher? Yes. Was I noticeably more irritable? Yes.

I don't blame myself, I blame the immaturity of the community and their inability to govern their own actions even on the TINIEST things. So, after seeing how much work that FireZ has put in to this site, to this forum, this community, I can understand why he could be getting a bit short, or a bit rude, or WHATEVER you want to say about it.

If I had put in all the time, and done all the work, that FireZ has done for this site, and I got this kind of shit, I would murder-suicide.

 

I've never really liked fireZ and always thought he seemed a bit douchy in his posts (even prior to him being on staff), but I think most of the examples you guys are using are unfair / taken out of context.

It seems like the user didn't know why they were banned and he was simply pointing out things that could have possibly led to the ban. He was just being blunt and doing his job.

It was in the spam forum and he was quoting another user who had previously said that. I think it's pretty obvious his comment was sarcastic.

Looking at the thread other staff members had the same general attitude towards the situation. Doesn't necessarily make it right, however it's also not fair to single him out.


Overall I don't see a problem with the way he handles things. He can be a bit blunt or harsh at times but he's just doing his job and isn't afraid to get blood on his hands while doing it.

 

You should blame yourself, if this is your opinion, then you were a terrible admin, and I hope no admin is like you.

If you don't like the community, then leave. This isn't a whose dick is bigger contest, it's a forum, if you can help the community, then stay as staff, if you think everyone on the forum is an idiot, then don't.

 

Hard to...take...Syed...seriously.

There's positives and negatives to every community; obviously if something is bothering you so badly that you can no longer remain positive, you need to make a change. I did that, first by bumping myself from Head Administrator to Administrator, and then eventually just bowing out entirely.

Now, that isn't to say that FireZ should have to do that, because he shouldn't. Instead the critics should put a different perspective in their books. If after doing that they still can't stop criticizing, they need to then move onto eating a dick.

In the end, doing the right thing and copping criticism for it is better than doing nothing at all.

 

Whoever is justifying Firez's overall rude and unprofessional attitude on this forum from "the amount of x scammers he has to put up with" or other shit like that is fucking retarded. You don't see other admins, although n4n0 can show this at times too, doing this.

And I find it funny how mods that treat the community with respect, such as Superman and Roary, have minimal (if not no) issues whatsoever with anyone. Some mods need to start seriously consider following their examples.

 

I agree he can come off as abrasive and caustic at times, but anyone who has the dedication to stick around as long as he has and contribute that many posts to a forum gets a good amount of leeway. I'm not saying post count has a direct correlation to quality, as I've already lauded you for your intelligence in the past Nero.

I agree with your points Nero, and principles on respect and the ideology behind that.

As for FireZ, I'm not terribly involved in the community, I only recently just became more active. On a forum you're going to have a ton of different personalities and temperaments, if FireZ chooses to be blunt, I can't really blame him.

Professionalism towards scammers and stuff like that poses multifaceted problems. I don't disagree with anything you've said Nero, and I do think a little more politeness on FireZ's part won't kill anyone...however I do not blame him for his attitude. I can honestly not put myself in his shoes, so I cannot fully comprehend the way he feels + why he wants to deliver his messages in this way.

 

It's all about the post count mates.

However I do agree that FireZ has made some immature posts recently.

PS: Hi Sillymonkey

 

Lol. I know on the biggest forum I was a part of, I think with 13 or 14 thousand posts from 2005-2012 until it got hacked..I could get away with more than the average joe I suppose.

I would find myself getting more aggressive towards users as well. But I chalk that up to me being in Middle/High School at the time and not being all that mature or bright. :nuts:

 

It's ironic, because I remember when FireZ began and everyone just loved the "hammered" posts and many a spam forum thread was created praising his actions.

 

I think it would be an accurate statement to say a majority of people liked Finn at first? Liked Spyike at first? But their attitude changed, almost as if they felt they were better than everyone else? FireZ is similiar to an extext, but there is somethin you have to remember..

Have you ever watched the show Judge Judy? She can be a down right ignorant bitch. Who cares though? She gets the job done, and after watching her show every single day for atleast 7 years, I must say she is an amazing judge.



My point is, put on your big boy pants, and get over it. Maybe don't look at ban appeals and pardons? They don't concern you a majority of the time anyways.

Prior to becoming an admin, I'm sure he was recieving the most modlogs, and I don't just mean moderating actions, but the appeal section was as clean as a whistle, and now what? There are dozens of threads at any given time.

Maybe instead of scrutinizing JT for doing more than he has to, you should pick on the rest for not doing enough. Atleast he actually looked at the thread in question and replied. Whether or not he read it? Who knows. How often do you see SMR or Verts post on appeals and pardons compared to FireZ? I'm not saying they don't or should, but maybe just when I happen to look, that is what I see.

We can't see what he is doing behind the scenes, but I'm sure he is fulfilling what is needed, otherwise he would be demoted.

Don't really care who values my opinion or if this comment is deleted, but you should take the "foot long horse shoe dildo" out of Richard's ass and stick it right up yours.

~Scout

ps- eat a dick richard.

 

Judge Judy is not a real judge.

 

She is a real judge. Appointed in 82.

 

She was a real judge at one point in time, she now runs a scripted television program that is decided before it is even recorded. She is an arbitrator. There is a huge difference. So the comparison isn't even close. She is rude for ratings. No judge is going to be as crass or rude as she is, as they have to follow certain conduct rules themselves. You never see a real judge flying off the handle like she does. Essentially comparing FireZ to Judge Judy is erroneous.

The argument isn't for maturity, he can be as immature as he pleases in the spam forum. It isn't for doing his job or not doing his job, it is all for professionalism. If we have someone like him in power his inability to handle matters professionally is a poor reflection on the decision makers on this forum. There is no excuse for the way he acts. 'Getting the job done' and 'dealing with thousands of scammers' is irrelevant, because there are other mods/admins who do the exact same thing with a wholly more professional attitude. It isn't a viable excuse.

 

Agreed, he seems very malicious in his hatred for people, I do not know what his technical side of the admin role is, but he is not the type of user I would let run my site and be a role model & leader of.
Give him the chop, or force him to change his behavior, some of the posts in the High Pardon section are down right rude, and from my years of trolling on here I know various individuals with fair cases that are simply being ignored and shut up, because FireZ doesn't like them, or perhaps sees them as a threat.

 

My apologies for the double post, (don't perm ban me pl0x) but I generally agree with this post. Its the Finniscool, BootyLove, etc.. sagas all over... GAIN RANK by banhammering, suck up, do some mod work, get more rank, suck some more... then Think they own the site & turn it into a communist state with no freedom of speech and no fair hearings. Check out reports section, heaps of total newbies getting banned for stupid things, if anything it just turns them off the site entirely, NO WONDER THE SITE IS DYING, we don't need FireZ' like behavior putting off even more members.

 

I've seen FireZ gone from good to bad.
In the early days, his actions were literally good or rather profressional being part of the Staff Team when he was a Global Mod back then if I remembered correctly. But at 1 point of time, he started to show unprofessional attitude like quoted by many people in the previous posts, rudeness, lack of respect etc to the user of Sythe.Org.

Just my view of him. For sure I know, if FireZ doesn't like that someone, he will always will not like him and keep veto-ing and etc when that someone goes for a pardon or dispute.
But maybe he has his reasons for doing this We won't know.

 

I've never had a problem with FireZ, nor his attitude. I don't see how everyone has a problem with it. If anything I find his 'hardass' attitude funny at times. I agree he can be rude at times but honestly I've yet to read a post off him that I would raise concern about.

 

This. Also if people seem to think that he is, think what you would do if you were in his position, he has had to so many things already through what he does that sometimes he changes, like everyone should change, you can't expect everybody to stay the same and sometimes being a "hardass" is what people need and can cause good things.