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Rule Violation Reports (New forum)

I will give Sean a bare minimum of leeway on that, since I feel it would be unfair to ignore that point entirely. I have seen people making light of him in a few regards, primarily in trying to get them to argue against other users and even making a meme out of his tantrum. Do I think what he is saying is right, not exactly, but to say that there haven't been comments made purely to slight against them for the sake of it isn't unfounded.
Well, that's cause and effect.

literally our first interaction ended in this
(Summary: I had a different opinion than him regarding rivals/friends in 6th generation Pokémon... and he got upset about it... and I reported him)
 
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Well, that's cause and effect.

literally our first interaction ended in this
(Summary: I had a different opinion than him regarding rivals/friends in 6th generation Pokémon... and he got upset about it... and I reported him)
At no point did I say any of this was undeserved nor unprompted. I am merely stating that not all parties have been acting within good Samaritan guidelines.
 
@LIFE_OF_KING and @Detective_Blizzard I deleted the comments in regards to lupin scaling as those weren't on topic for the report

Also guys try not to send too many comments so staff can properly evaluate and don't have to read buts that aren't super relevant to the topic
Completely understandable, honestly don't even know why I was prompted for it here
 
Well, that's cause and effect.

literally our first interaction ended in this
(Summary: I had a different opinion than him regarding rivals/friends in 6th generation Pokémon... and he got upset about it... and I reported him)
By the way, in this thead was discussed a little about banning him for a while then... and then nothing happened...
shouldn't that have at least gone to the tracker (I just checked, it's not there)
 
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At no point did I say any of this was undeserved nor unprompted. I am merely stating that not all parties have been acting within good Samaritan guidelines.
And I understand, what I mean is that even if you don't disrespect him... he'll still respond in the same way for having a different opinion than yours

Note: To avoid disrupting the thread, I'll leave it here unless the topic I mentioned comes up:
By the way, in this thead was discussed a little about banning him for a while then... and then nothing happened...
shouldn't that have at least gone to the tracker (I just checked, it's not there)
 
And I understand, what I mean is that even if you don't disrespect him... he'll still respond in the same way for having a different opinion than yours (and yes, there are other users who do the same, but Sean somehow stands out)
Which I fully understand and agree with (my own reports are evidence of this, as this has been all my interactions with them). Though at this point we should simply let staff review what is here now and make their decisions, as we aren't adding anything new now
 
It's easy to get frustrated, and if people give very obtuse or stubborn takes it's easy to get angry and call them things. In this situation you can stick to calling the points nonsensical rather than speaking against the person though, and Sean does have a record of such behaviour. Intentionally stirring him up is obviously bad behaviour as well though. I'd agree with what's agreed to above.
 
I agree, while Sean is indeed at fault that he does or says things that give him a lot of bad rap, even to the point where a ban is necessary. And it speaks volumes when being banned for 3 or 4 years seems to do little to reform his bad habits. None of those are good reasons to provoke, publicly roast, or bully him; such as the case with Joycap's video. The people actually doing that and shitposting memes and should also be held accountable. "Bullying the bullies" is still considered bullying and unironically turns them into even bigger jerks.

I basically agree with other staff that he should be banned, which the request is for a "Short ban." And likewise, there may be others who should either be strictly warned and/or possibly also banned though I'm quite positive some of the things Sean is accusing people of is grossly exaggerated. So far, I only know of Joycap being a quoted example of someone whose bait is indeed an issue. Not sure if someone linking the Reddit post from Rhashad97 is relevant to the topic.
 
Never mind, I managed to track it down.
It is indeed rather aggressive. Probably warranting some kind of warning for @Joycap as well.

Saying I should be ‘held accountable’ for a meme makes you sound like the British nanny state. The entire point of said meme was a case of ‘mate, this is what you sound like’, and if he doesn’t want to take anything away from that, that’s his prerogative, not mine.

Also, I didn’t archive that myself, more so the hosting site I used only allowed me to keep it up for 2 days without a user. I wanted to log in with my YT acc, but that wanted to ask for phone verification, and I really didn’t feel like doing that. So, may I ask where you managed to find another copy?
 
I mean, Sean does this too? He's constantly trying to instigate responses at me and calling me 'evil' or berating baout how i ignore him (im literally being asked to)

Im not getting properly into this cause idc about ban decision, but it gets to a point on how many times ppl are going to allow Sean to rile up and say whatever he wants, over what i see as a pure delusion when it comes to this whole anti-Digimon, and his decade-long wars in the Ash vs Tai comment sections (its literal 3 days before that DB reaches a decade old and he's still there saying instigative stuff). It feels like theres nothing you can do to have a civil conversation with him if you're not 100% agreeing with his law, and if you disagree with him, you are simply 'lying' and an 'enemy of Pokemon'. His entire outlook at these things is what has earnt him this reputation

Its a community wiki so theres bound to be wide disagreements, but it feels like Sean's takes also just get completely outlandish to lolcow territories, which dont help.
To clarify. I was not referring to you when I mentioned people instigating him. Also, I remain in agreement that Sean's actions deserve reprimand- in this case, in the form of a ban.

However. There exist users who appear to drive a form of joy from his "crashing out", and in the relevant thread appear intent to poke and prod at him until he does it again. That shit sucks and negates any hope, however distant, of an improvement in behavior.

People should stop ******* with Sean. People should report Sean when he gets antagonistic himself. These are my views.

Saying I should be ‘held accountable’ for a meme makes you sound like the British nanny state. The entire point of said meme was a case of ‘mate, this is what you sound like’, and if he doesn’t want to take anything away from that, that’s his prerogative, not mine.

Also, I didn’t archive that myself, more so the hosting site I used only allowed me to keep it up for 2 days without a user. I wanted to log in with my YT acc, but that wanted to ask for phone verification, and I really didn’t feel like doing that. So, may I ask where you managed to find another copy?
I don't think I'd support a warning for just that video (though your broader activity may warrant it, if this is a consistent trend); however, I feel it appropriate that it often falls to us to serve as the nannies of the user base, when the children of the schoolyard find themselves incapable of behaving. We're not a government. We are a series of volunteers running a service. If people misbehave, by way of running foul of our rules, then it falls to us to deal with the childish bullshit. Rest assured, this entire situation is childish bullshit. Up to and including your video, deserving of rebuke or not.
 
For now, given the long track record on Sean's plate of this behavior, including several events in recent memory, I'm going to recommend a two-month ban. I will revisit the thread in question and determine if other particular actions are advisable in my opinion.
 
I don't see how that particular comment seems harnful in itself. 🙏
I was mostly reffering on how he's keeping to complain about "how Pokémon is keeping to be mistreated by the evil Death Battle staff", which is exactly why he's being in trouble in the first place, so I saw that as just him keeping to stir the pot.
 
I was mostly reffering on how he's keeping to complain about "how Pokémon is keeping to be mistreated by the evil Death Battle staff", which is exactly why he's being in trouble in the first place, so I saw that as just him keeping to stir the pot.
How on Earth does that "stir the pot"? If anyone did that it was you.
 
Looking through his past posts i do see quite alot of insenstivity and bitterness in his comments along with unfounded accousations like;

Called @TheHyperGuy mentally ill

Says TheHyperGuy should leave the tensura discussion thread just because the latter has a different view of the scaling

Says again here that TheHyperGuy should be blocked from the discussion thread and calls him an "ignorant pest"

Tells Loetkolben to "go cry in the corner" after the latter said he wouldnt be discussing with him anymore

Says that my vote shouldn't count and accuses me of being biased for no reason or base whatsover.
https://vsbattles.com/threads/tense...-ken-discussion-thread-20.107731/post-7422762

https://vsbattles.com/threads/tense...-ken-discussion-thread-20.107731/post-7422776

I think consistency of such behaviour do atleast deserve a strict warning.
@Napoleonic01 case i think is still on hold. So far I and @FinePoint agreed on strict warning.
 
The 1 month for Sean is agreeable to me.
Thank you for helping out. Should anybody else receive a warning or ban for provoking him? 🙏
I thought that the video from Joycap deserved a warning, but Bambu disagreed. I don't remember if anyone else commented on that.
Saying I should be ‘held accountable’ for a meme makes you sound like the British nanny state. The entire point of said meme was a case of ‘mate, this is what you sound like’, and if he doesn’t want to take anything away from that, that’s his prerogative, not mine.

Also, I didn’t archive that myself, more so the hosting site I used only allowed me to keep it up for 2 days without a user. I wanted to log in with my YT acc, but that wanted to ask for phone verification, and I really didn’t feel like doing that. So, may I ask where you managed to find another copy?
Meme or not, we shouldn't compare other users to 'diddlers' and a slew of other insults, especially if they didn't agree to it/during an actual conflict.

As for the video, I'll just say that when anything is uploaded to the internet it takes quite a while for its footprint to fully dissipate even after it's deleted.

Edit: It appears I may have misunderstood the point of the video at first. If it was meant to be from Sean's perspective, and was just pointing out how he sounded aggressive, then it probably doesn't deserve a warning by itself. Of course we can wait for Joycap to clarify too.
 
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Edit: It appears I may have misunderstood the point of the video at first. If it was meant to be from Sean's perspective, and was just pointing out how he sounded aggressive, then it probably doesn't deserve a warning by itself. Of course we can wait for Joycap to clarify too.
Sure, let's go with this

It was one of those text-to-speech (? A lot of this gets confused with AI gen these days) memes. Specifically this one:

 
I'll begrudgingly step in, given Ant's reduced availability. I'm not pleased about it.
On this note, formally reporting @Vzearr for poor behavior in this thread. Initially wasn't so bad, eventually began instigating verse supporters with direct insults, ignored two general staff comments (first Random, then myself) to stop drama-baiting. He responded to mine directly with further toxicity (comment has been deleted, admins can of course view it). Recommending a warning for now, but I have a feeling in my gut that this is one of those wounds that will not be allowed to scab over and heal.
 
Sorry but what? You literally let other people instigate toxicity but when it came to it all you got angry at me only, and I mean only me. You're quite literally an insecure biased staff member that I will be making an in depth report over. That'll go nowhere because vsbw is a Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Authoritarianism, site with very few actually unbiased staff members.

I'll take a warning, or even a ban for this comment, but god let me be I will do everything in my power to make sure YOU bambu, are exposed for who you hid to be.
 
Sorry but what? You literally let other people instigate toxicity but when it came to it all you got angry at me only, and I mean only me. You're quite literally an insecure biased staff member that I will be making an in depth report over. That'll go nowhere because vsbw is a Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, Authoritarianism, site with very few actually unbiased staff members.

I'll take a warning, or even a ban for this comment, but god let me be I will do everything in my power to make sure YOU bambu, are exposed for who you hid to be.
This is where Random said to knock it off.

This is where you continued to be toxic.

The single (1) other vaguely derisive thing was posted in response to you, continuing to be toxic (which I deleted, also referenceable by other staff, though it was not in any way deserving of formal reprimand).

You only received a reprimand when, after a second warning, because you ignored the first, you doubled down on being toxic.

I don't know what your beef is with One Piece, and I don't care. This isn't an oligarchy or a kleptocracy or an authoritarian regime. It's a volunteer website and you're a bully. Take whatever hill you want to die on and go.
 
On this note, formally reporting @Vzearr for poor behavior in this thread. Initially wasn't so bad, eventually began instigating verse supporters with direct insults, ignored two general staff comments (first Random, then myself) to stop drama-baiting. He responded to mine directly with further toxicity (comment has been deleted, admins can of course view it). Recommending a warning for now, but I have a feeling in my gut that this is one of those wounds that will not be allowed to scab over and heal.
Damn it... My experience with Vzearr has been positive, and he has been helping new staff out.

There's no question he's instigating in that thread though. I'd support a warning, but I don't think he should be banned.
Sorry but what? You literally let other people instigate toxicity but when it came to it all you got angry at me only, and I mean only me.
Vzearr, please stop this. I do agree there were others instigating, that's why my comment was addressed to everyone, but honestly, you were the one being most aggressive and instigating the most.
 
Why would I presuppose this was directed at me when I quite literally thought my comments were fine considering other comments made in the past and had no action taken upon them by. You. Bambu.

So, this is a non problem.
This is such a non problem when I see much more toxic comments that go unwarned or even unreplied to. Stop making it out to make me seem like the "bad guy".

You quite literally ignored ANOTHER toxic comment directed at ME and not a whole fandom just to try get me in trouble.

You bambu, have shown much more toxic replies than this. Lock in.
you only received a reprimand when, after a second warning, because you ignored the first, you doubled down on being toxic.
Was never warned first, do not lie.
I don't know what your beef is with One Piece,
Don't have any beef with it, just dislike the supporters culture of blatant toxicity and much more.
It's a volunteer website and you're a bully.
Ironic bambu, you're the real bully.

You use your authority to openly express personal disdain, shame people with degrading metaphors, and frame your continued presence as a “mercy,” which shifts moderation from rule based enforcement into personal humiliation for other.

Stop it bambu.
Vzearr, please stop this. I do agree there were others instigating, that's why my comment was addressed to everyone, but honestly, you were the one being most aggressive and instigating the most.
Okay.
 
Why would I presuppose this was directed at me when I quite literally thought my comments were fine considering other comments made in the past and had no action taken upon them by. You. Bambu.

So, this is a non problem.
Whether you assume your comments are fine or not falls to you. They were not, and I suspect you have the ability to understand that- you have certainly applied similar standards to others as a staff member. But I cannot force you to understand the basic morals at play, and how they fall against our most fundamental rules of politeness.

This is such a non problem when I see much more toxic comments that go unwarned or even unreplied to. Stop making it out to make me seem like the "bad guy".

You quite literally ignored ANOTHER toxic comment directed at ME and not a whole fandom just to try get me in trouble.

You bambu, have shown much more toxic replies than this. Lock in.
No, you haven't. Nobody else was toxic after Random's comment, save you, and someone responding to you. As mentioned.

Don't have any beef with it, just dislike the supporters culture of blatant toxicity and much more.
I don't care. You act as though you do and mention problems with them, I don't care what you think, just how you act.

Ironic bambu, you're the real bully.

You use your authority to openly express personal disdain, shame people with degrading metaphors, and frame your continued presence as a “mercy,” which shifts moderation from rule based enforcement into personal humiliation for other.

Stop it bambu.
I'm not even sure how to dissect this one.

It is my role to deal with troublesome users. You are being troublesome. You frame this treatment as an 'embarrassment' and a 'shame' but you will not improve upon it.

As this response, too, has succumbed to base toxicity and hollow accusations, I'm going to threadban you for one day. Ideally this will mean the report is able to pass by, and you will not prolong the issue with these efforts to have the last word. I do not wish to see this matter worsened beyond the point of a warning. I think you just need time to think.
 
Recommending a warning for now, but I have a feeling in my gut that this is one of those wounds that will not be allowed to scab over and heal.
See, after reading everything, I don't. Because we are falling back again and again to the same patterns here. Vzearr has shown so much insistency that they have changed, pushed and pushed and pushed despite told that they just needed to be patient. But when push came to shove, they went back to the same behavior. Now they even, using their words, "challenge position" in an attempt to "exposed where someone hids".

Those aren't simple reactionary comments to me. Those aren't the words of someone that just needs a warning to properly get the memo. That's someone that seriously needs to start evaluating themselves and their behavior, that when practically everyone is telling them they're messing up, they deflect and shift blame. And we are not their therapists to keep holding on to the hope that they will listen. That they need to do themselves.

I refuse to keep giving the benefit of the doubt here. I would support a straight ban, of the absolute least a month.

I will not comment again on this. Just close this by saying that whatever decision staff comes to at this point, it is what it is, I support it.
 
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