I haven’t been on here until a few days ago for a while, and have noticed a few comments about TJ and others – what happened? Have they all been banned or something? Was there the mother of all bustups? (Genuinely not trolling)? There does seem a lot less, erm, arguing.

Have they all been banned or something

yep. For ever in some cases.

All been banned.

Not really the mother of all bust ups, just the mother of all PMT moments from the ban-hammer wielders…

Don’t mention the modding!

Lots of bans handed out. TJ permanently so.

zokes says something stupid 😆

Don’t mention the modding!

Bradley Wiggins?

Uh, OK. Thanks. It’s very different somehow without them, but I don’t miss the incessant arguing over every point.

I thought I missed a 50 Megaton argument over Maggie Thatcher’s cat wearing a helmet or something!!

I don’t miss the incessant arguing over every point.

Oh yes you do!

the site owners, for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, decided that that some of the louder voices and more social elements needed to be culled as they believed that it was putting new members off joining the forum.

Opinion is split on whether this was actually necessary, proportionate and whether its made a positive difference.

PMSL!

TJ’s last post seemed relatively innocuous given what had previously passed, but he had been warned enough. Really not sure at all about the others…

The funniest thing is that apparently TJ and Fred have been smashing lumps into each other on facebook!

Was there the mother of all bustups?

No, not really.

just the mother of all PMT moments from the ban-hammer wielders…

PMSL that is very funny!

Wwaswas – Oh no I don’t!

TJ et al haven’t gone anywhere they’re still furiously bashing the bejeebus out of their keyboards in response to most of the chat threads on here.
What’s happened is STW have installed a killfile on everyone else’s account, meaning they [the banned ones] don’t know the rest of the members can’t see their posts so they happily continue to argue between themselves. Win, win

I’d heard they’d all died from the cat aids (the bad type) and had all gone to live in a big trail centre in welsh Wales.
Is this not true?? 😥

No idea what’s happened to him but I miss chewkw 🙁

I feel better of a Friday having not been dragged down by all the petty arguments during the week, think the forum is loads better for it… obviously not for those who come here just for the arguments 😉

No idea what’s happened to him but I miss chewkw

I think Dear Leader caught up with him and deservedly crushed him like the maggot he was destined to become.

It does seem a better place now. Well done Mods.

Have you not read the “Lance, have we done him yet” thread?
Or the Vuelta thread? Hours of fun.

Yeah just note that reasoned discussion has to now be replaced by “What blah for this blah”. From what I can see, you are not allowed to discuss anything topical from that there news or such 😀

17,686 facebook fans, no where near as many forum contributers, yet every day a post would turn into an argument featuring the same “big hitters”.

No loss IMo.

MT beat me to it…. there is plenty of dark reading material left.

At least it’s clean now.

I’d heard they’d all died from the cat aids (the bad type) and had all gone to live in a big trail centre in welsh Wales.

No no no, that wasn’t what I was told, I was told they’d all been eaten by an enormous mutant stargoat.

FWIW Meehaja +1

Changes have been for the better, imo; i did notice on twatter that one of ‘them’ was threatening legal input if their posting history wasn’t deleted. It kind of dispells the myth that they are great bloke in real life and only tools on here.