THE RETURN OF LORD WOLFGANG KRAUSER-YES OR NO?

It seems many evens around, and on the neo geo bbs, have brought back life to LWK. It is now up to every one here, to voice your opinion, on whether or not you would like to see his return.
It's very simple, just put a yes or no. All votes counted, and wanted.

Just for your info I am not him.

I vote yes.....

No.

His neverending spam won't be missed by me at all. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

Good riddance to him. <IMG SRC="smilies/makeface.gif" border="0">

I really think things here have been much better since his departure. Anyone else agree?

Up to Shawn entirely. I don't think he did anything to deserve permanent banning, but he would have to clean up his act. He can be nice. <IMG SRC="smilies/loco.gif" border="0">

Give him a second chance?? I say yes.

Cho

Depends. How many times should we allow a person to get suspended for the same crap before making it permanent? If they refuse to change, forever returning to the behavior that got them suspended, should we give them unlimited chances?

Without doubt, he can be impossible! But he can also be a nice guy, and he is great entertainment!
I'd like to see him back, but I'd hope he can "moderate" himself, just a little!

I vote yes!
C'mon everyone! even those of you who dont like him must admit, you love to hate him!

Originally posted by chohan:
<STRONG>Give him a second chance?? I say yes.

Cho</STRONG>

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Who in the hell said its a SECOND Chance?!

Its more like his third or fourth (or fifth if you count his tenure at the old ON.com).

No way, no thanks. 3 strikes and you should be out for a while...

Originally posted by Metal Slug:
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even those of you who dont like him must admit, you love to hate him!</STRONG>

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I don't, I really am quite happy he isn't here. I wish he'd take up something else and just vanish. Dion was fun to hate. LWK is an asshole. Like chris mullins.

LWK was one of my best friends here. So you bet I'd like to see him come back.

Originally posted by Bobak:
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I don't, I really am quite happy he isn't here. I wish he'd take up something else and just vanish. Dion was fun to hate. LWK is an asshole. Like chris mullins.</STRONG>

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Hey BOBAK!
Don't mince your words! are you trying to say that you really dont like him? (he,he)

I think everyone took it all a lot more seriously than he did! I always got the impression that he was only messing about half the time, and was suprised to have everyone get so pissed off with him.

Humour is a very subjective thing, my opinion is that Krauser has a highly developed, if a little awful sense of humour, and while I agree that he wanted to wind people up, I dont think he expected people to "really" hate him.
It seemed to me that the whole "LWK vs The rest of the World" thing, was quite good natured for a while, then suddenly turned a bit nasty!
I think this caught a lot of people by suprise, possibly including Krauser!
Clearly everyone involved in those "exchanges" share a measure of responsibility for the outcome, with Krauser having perhaps the largest SINGLE share of that blame. But my point is, hes not the only person who "Helped" it get out of hand!
Yeah, he did do some stupid things! and I dont even know if he would want to be part of OUR community anymore? But it would be nice if we could find a place for him, after all, not all his contributions have been negative.
Can even you (Bobak) say that you have never enjoyed an exchange with him?
I dont think hes a "Dion" I dont think hes some sinister 5th column, working for our destruction.
If everyone took him less seriously, and if he'd just chill out a bit, everything would be great!

What really disturbs me, is that the people who "hate" him the most, are some of the people that I have the most respect for! You and Biomotor, for a start! Can't either of you find some middle ground here?

Gotta say thumbs down to this thread. I don't really think LWK wants to come back, from having spoken to him.
This thread was started by a member of this community, not by LWK, so I don't see a good reason for him being bashed. If you guys want him back, should probably contact him and/or Shawn about it, not post this publicly. LWK is usually available on ICQ at 113192196, if you'd like to speak with him.
Personally, I'd almost rather not see him come back, as he'll be roasted heavily I'm sure.

I vote yes.

If God can forgive us why can't we forgive another human being?

Just let it be.....let it be.

Originally posted by Metal Slug:
<STRONG>Can't either of you find some middle ground here?</STRONG>

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There is no middle ground for LWK. He expects the world to change to suit him. He pointed out to me in one of our conversations that I spent too much time on the Forums correcting people. Instead of taking constructive criticism as a personal attack, I thought about it, and realised he was right. From that point on, I spent more time trying to help out people on the site. I realised that there could be improvement on my part, so I changed my ways in that respect.

LWK, on the other hand, tries to start anew, but always seems to revert back to his old self. I have lost track of how many times he has been suspended and allowed back. He seems to be incapable of change, sometimes.

I will admit, a lot of the time, he does not communicate especially well in his Posts. On ICQ, though, he manages to convey his thoughts and points quite clearly. If Posting LWK and ICQ LWK could merge their aspects, things would be different. I do not feel like cleaning more than one Spam-A-Thon per customer, though, and it is my understanding that this latest suspension came after several suspicious new accounts were generated, presumably for the purpose of spamming the boards.

Meaby it is his fourth chace but I think he should have learned his lesson by now. Howlong is he banned by now?? A week?? or even more... It gave him time to think... Everybody makes mistakes in his/her live. One more chace for him thats all I(we) ask...

Cho

The more of bobaks post I read the more I like him! LWK can go bye bye!

<IMG SRC="smilies/redface.gif" border="0"> i don't forgive him because i don't think he did anything wrong that should make us forgive him.
i still think the guy was cool and would like to see him back.

Like kyoisthekof said, this post wasnt started by LWK. He cannot post, so how could he start it?? He has asked me to do this for him. He did not want to come back to a place he was not wanted.
So, this was posted for him.

I'm glad I do not have to trudge through is clutter anymore. He never harmed me, but he was a very negative influence on many.

He does not belong here. You could argue that he made things interesting, but it would not be a very good argument.

NAY!

This might be a somewhat selfish decision on my part, but I vote yes to LWK's return because I personally never had a problem or a run-in with him. Is that saying he didn't make problems for the board? Not at all, because if I was a mod, and had to clean up some of his threads or whatever, I may think differently about my vote.

Like Biomotor, I too have noticed a big difference between LWK's posts and how he conducts himself in (in my case since I don't have ICQ) the chat room. If he could possibly post more like how he chats, I couldn't see anybody having a gripe with him. Maybe try to get all his thoughts and ideas about a particular thread across in one post or two, I couldn't see anybody having a problem with that.

Also, like it's been pointed out, LWK has done a lot of positive things for the community. Could anybody in good concious just throw all of his good deeds out the window and pretend none of it happened? I should hope not. For some proof of this stuff, just look at the reviews section of this site. Right then and there, he's contributed more to NG.com than I know I ever have.

If he wants back, I say let him come back. However, to the people doubting his credibility, let it ALL ride on this chance. But, and this is a big one, I do say ignore what he does in the War Room. I know he outright attacked Bobak in a thread that got deleted a couple of times, but so what? That's what the War Room is for, talking shit and throwing mud. But like I say, just one final chance if Shawn and the rest of you wouldn't mind...

Thanks...

*straightened out some grammar*

[ June 04, 2001: Message edited by: Lou Gojira ]

I say let his ass come back. Hell, if you can't HANDLE what he says then just ignore it. All I hear is "I don't like so and so" around here. FUCK, it's supposed to be a FREE forum for those who like the Neo-Geo!

How many of you people work at a job with people uou can't tolerate? Do you go outta your way to get them fired or do you just do your job and try to avoid them?

Bring back LWK!
Bring back Lord_Wolfgang_Krauser!
BRING BACK FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
Or go to Dion's forum, where nobody's feelings will get hurt you pansies!

-Professor Mayhem

I vote yay.

lwk made this place more interseting and less lame.Message boards need strong interesting personalties and charecters to be fun.I say why not.Let him come back.

LWK was a character thats for sure. I say bring him back, anyone who hates Telegames UK can't be that bad surely?

Ever since LWK has been banned, our boards have become a much more peaceful place. I personally enjoy the boards far more now that he is gone. My stress levels have dropped, the email & icq complaints have ceased, the sun is bright and the birds are chirping.

LWK has not contacted me since the day he flooded the forums with flames with his many user accounts. He didn’t even contact me the day that he was banned. He knows that he should be banned, and he realizes that he has used up every chance he has been given. Besides, he’s too busy moderating his own forums with NeoLord, and he is now a part of Orochinagi’s new bbs. I would prefer he pester any other bbs but this one.