PSA on ripster

[byker]

Hello everyone,

Ever since ripster was banned, he has repeatedly rejoined geekhack, using new accounts. The mod team ban these accounts once we notice them. This game of cat and mouse has been going for the past 4 years since ripster was banned. After banning a few of his accounts today, we wanted to share this information with you, in case you are wondering why these accounts may be gone.

Below are the accounts that we have banned:
crickclackman
vanwinkey
tronbeaver
BrewCaps
MeltingTeeth
Huxley2500
Herothereu
CaplockJack
Homenubbie

<3 GH mod team

[HoffmanMyster]

<3

[jwaz]

 

[SpAmRaY]

What about the rest of them?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

[Firebolt1914]

lol

[hashbaz]

What about the rest of them?

You know what to do

(report them)

[romevi]

HE WAS TRONBEAVER?!

[FLFisherman]

Was the original title too biased?

[romevi]

How can you even tell it was him?

[FLFisherman]

How can you even tell it was him?

Mods can tell from IP address. Everyone else can tell by the trolling and how he types.

[hashbaz]

Was the original title too biased?

More like a joke in the mod chat that got taken too far...

[romevi]

How can you even tell it was him?

Mods can tell from IP address. Everyone else can tell by the trolling and how he types.

I see.

As I look at the profiles of the names and see their comment history, I realize I recognize most of them and remember the comments. Wow.

[bcredbottle]

Weird thing is they're not all troll posts. It's like he just wanted to be a part of geekhack again.

[naasfu]

haha i remember a lot of those users.

Title credits go to hoff.

"Ripster" isn't capitalized. 

[byker]

haha i remember a lot of those users.

Title credits go to hoff.

"Ripster" isn't capitalized. 

Sorry, that was the old title that hoff thought up! 

[naasfu]

haha i remember a lot of those users.

Title credits go to hoff.

"Ripster" isn't capitalized. 

Sorry, that was the old title that hoff thought up! 

haha that's what i thought.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=75672.25;

[ika]

Weird thing is they're not all troll posts. It's like he just wanted to be a part of geekhack again.

this is hilarious in a sad sort of way

[OTD]

BrewCaps is ripster?

[romevi]

Weird thing is they're not all troll posts. It's like he just wanted to be a part of geekhack again.

this is hilarious in a sad sort of way

Sucks, but the ban is permanent, and he brought it upon himself. His pooping on gh over at Reddit doesn't help either.

[whmeltonjr]

Pretty sad honestly. 4 years and the dude can't let go. Oh well. Goodnight sweet prince.

[demik]

Looks like I survived this time OuO

[FLFisherman]

Looks like I survived this time OuO

The ultimate Ripster alt.

[hashbaz]

Looks like I survived this time OuO

banned

[Le7iathan]

Pretty sad honestly. 4 years and the dude can't let go. Oh well. Goodnight sweet prince.

I guess I can see where he came from. I was immature and got banned from a certain gaming forum 5 or so years ago, and I wanted to revisit the site for nostalgic purposes since the community was cool, but a permaban is perma :/

(In case anyone wants to know why I got banned, I got exposed as a cheater, I was trying to make it seem like I was more leet than I actually was.)

[trizkut]

Pretty sad honestly. 4 years and the dude can't let go. Oh well. Goodnight sweet prince.

I guess I can see where he came from. I was immature and got banned from a certain gaming forum 5 or so years ago, and I wanted to revisit the site for nostalgic purposes since the community was cool, but a permaban is perma :/

(In case anyone wants to know why I got banned, I got exposed as a cheater, I was trying to make it seem like I was more leet than I actually was.)

He didn't just get banned from GH.  He got banned from DT, OCN, and other subreddits as well.

[HoffmanMyster]

Pretty sad honestly. 4 years and the dude can't let go. Oh well. Goodnight sweet prince.

I guess I can see where he came from. I was immature and got banned from a certain gaming forum 5 or so years ago, and I wanted to revisit the site for nostalgic purposes since the community was cool, but a permaban is perma :/

(In case anyone wants to know why I got banned, I got exposed as a cheater, I was trying to make it seem like I was more leet than I actually was.)

This isn't a simple childish ****-up, but I understand where you're coming from.

[Le7iathan]

Pretty sad honestly. 4 years and the dude can't let go. Oh well. Goodnight sweet prince.

I guess I can see where he came from. I was immature and got banned from a certain gaming forum 5 or so years ago, and I wanted to revisit the site for nostalgic purposes since the community was cool, but a permaban is perma :/

(In case anyone wants to know why I got banned, I got exposed as a cheater, I was trying to make it seem like I was more leet than I actually was.)

He didn't just get banned from GH.  He got banned from DT, OCN, and other subreddits as well.

Tru, tru. He has some good info at times, but I read up on some of the stuff that happened and saw he can get a little extreme at times.

[demik]

If only it took you guys a year to ban moose and Kirk instead of so instantly 

#freemoose
#freekirk
#free🐝

[deductivemonkee]

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

[hashbaz]

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69136
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65642
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63878
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62057
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34805
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29777

[demik]

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

Nice try ripster, you know what you did.

[Giorgio]

Reddit forum, by software and by design, isn't made for great, long discussions. Most of the talks end up being among two people, lost in an hidden child discussion hidden beneath layers of obfuscation.
Furthermore, when expressing a clear and honest opinion, you may be worried about down votes.
I can see why he comes back here, because on gh he can find thoughts deep as a well sculpted scoop.

[jerue]

Who am I supposed to go to now when I need help about whether or not to get a novatouch?

[whmeltonjr]

What are the odds all these comments are by ripster talking to himself? https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/47lwv1/ripster_chronicles/

[Michael]

I told you ripster loves us here. I guess 99k subscribers isn't enough for him to get over us.

[deductivemonkee]

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

Nice try ripster, you know what you did.

ripster wouldn't have bothered with getting a gb order shipped to canada.

[deductivemonkee]

keep looking. https://www.reddit.com/r/keyboardcirclejerk/comments/47lyio/whew_for_a_while_there_i_thought_they_banned_all/

[romevi]

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

Nice try ripster, you know what you did.

ripster wouldn't have bothered with getting a gb order shipped to canada.

That's a really big feat just to cover yourself up.

[Hexterdude]

Soo i maybe the only ignorant one here but what exactly did ripster do to warrant a permaban on multiple sites?

[HoffmanMyster]

Soo i maybe the only ignorant one here but what exactly did ripster do to warrant a permaban on multiple sites?

Ignorance is fine, but I do recommend reading the posts in the thread. 

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69136
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65642
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63878
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62057
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34805
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29777

[bcredbottle]

Soo i maybe the only ignorant one here but what exactly did ripster do to warrant a permaban on multiple sites?

You'll never get a straight answer. People just say that he was an *******, which is accurate, but not very descriptive.

Here they explain that iMav chose not to reveal the details of why he was banned:

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526

[HoffmanMyster]

Soo i maybe the only ignorant one here but what exactly did ripster do to warrant a permaban on multiple sites?

You'll never get a straight answer. People just say that he was an *******, which is accurate, but not very descriptive.

Here they explain that iMav chose not to reveal the details of why he was banned:

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526

Very relevant quote from that thread:

something you need to keep in perspective though... he was allowed to remain active after exploiting the forums multiple times, against multiple users.  he was allowed to continue breaking the wikis after numerous warnings.  through all of this, iMav was vocal about what was going on.  iMav has been fairly transparent about managing these forums, yet he's chosen not to share anything as to why ripstard was banned.

that alone speaks volumes.

[FLFisherman]

Soo i maybe the only ignorant one here but what exactly did ripster do to warrant a permaban on multiple sites?

Ignorance is fine, but I do recommend reading the posts in the thread. 

what did ripster do? or is that taboo to talk about?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69136
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65642
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63878
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62057
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34805
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=29777

I read them all. Every topic just says that the question has been asked and to ask elsewhere.

Any answers given are vague.

[Fire Brand]

WTF I thought the whole ripster is making new accounts was a joke, well uhh good work mods

[HoffmanMyster]

Any answers given are vague.

Intentionally so.

Very relevant quote from that thread:

something you need to keep in perspective though... he was allowed to remain active after exploiting the forums multiple times, against multiple users.  he was allowed to continue breaking the wikis after numerous warnings.  through all of this, iMav was vocal about what was going on.  iMav has been fairly transparent about managing these forums, yet he's chosen not to share anything as to why ripstard was banned.

that alone speaks volumes.

Some things don't need to be shared with everyone in the world.  If he did something that iMav wasn't willing to share, I assure you it's pretty severe.  Maybe just leave it at that?

This isn't some big conspiracy that's been going on for 4 years.

[bcredbottle]

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[FLFisherman]

Any answers given are vague.

Intentionally so.

Very relevant quote from that thread:

something you need to keep in perspective though... he was allowed to remain active after exploiting the forums multiple times, against multiple users.  he was allowed to continue breaking the wikis after numerous warnings.  through all of this, iMav was vocal about what was going on.  iMav has been fairly transparent about managing these forums, yet he's chosen not to share anything as to why ripstard was banned.

that alone speaks volumes.

Some things don't need to be shared with everyone in the world.  If he did something that iMav wasn't willing to share, I assure you it's pretty severe.  Maybe just leave it at that?

This isn't some big conspiracy that's been going on for 4 years.

Good points. I suppose we know enough. Thanks for your work!

[hashbaz]

I read them all. Every topic just says that the question has been asked and to ask elsewhere.

Any answers given are vague.

I will say as someone who was around at the time but not yet part of the moderation staff, that he made the forum a miserable place to be. ****posting in basically every thread, provoking the mods, attacking people. He went off the deep end and he deserved to be banned. He was also banned from Deskthority and /r/keyboards around the same time.

iMav has chosen not to disclose all the details, but he deserved what he got in any case, just from what was visible publicly.

[FLFisherman]

I read them all. Every topic just says that the question has been asked and to ask elsewhere.

Any answers given are vague.

I will say as someone who was around at the time but not yet part of the moderation staff, that he made the forum a miserable place to be. ****posting in basically every thread, provoking the mods, attacking people. He went off the deep end and he deserved to be banned. He was also banned from Deskthority and /r/keyboards around the same time.

iMav has chosen not to disclose all the details, but he deserved what he got in any case, just from what was visible publicly.

Thank you for the explanation. It's a "you had to have seen it to know" sort of thing, is what I'm coming to find.