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Title: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: thesupergeek on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:18:22: So, I came here a few days back from reddit when there was a slow day on mechanicalkeyboards. You may have heard of /u/ripster55, who (apparently) was b& from this forum a while back. I was just wondering what the strong dislike between these two forums is. I just want to hang out and talk about keyboards, not inter-site gossip. I would like to know what Ripster did to get banned though, and why all this gossip is happening. Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:22:33: Rip who? Never heard of him.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: thesupergeek on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:23:04: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:22:33
Rip who? Never heard of him.

It may be a very one sided hate. He is a little odd.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:24:19: Here we go again. Another ripster-hate thread...
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:24:36: He h8s GH because he put alot of work into GH.. writing informationals.

and when he was banned, that was kinda hard for him.. so the only way to ease his sorrow, is by toughening up on the side of hatred... it's his way of balancing himself when something that meant a great deal to him was lost..
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:11:08: This comes up not infrequently. The short answer is that, despite being a central community figure and producing a lot of valuable wiki content, he became a huge problem due to incessant personal attacks and spam, so he was banned. Note he was also banned from deskthority and r/keyboards (and at least one other hardware forum, IIRC). He spent a _lot_ of time and effort on the forum, and was upset that he couldn't do whatever he wanted.

There was a lot of discussion about it recently here:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58563

Here's an older thread that I found while searching for the one above:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33526
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:15:47: He just couldn't take losing the Troll Poll back in 2010, so he went off the deep end.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:19:14: Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:15:47
He just couldn't take losing the Troll Poll back in 2010, so he went off the deep end.

Didn't you win that poll?

Quote from: thesupergeek on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:23:04
He is a little odd.

QFT
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:32:28: Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:19:14
Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:15:47
He just couldn't take losing the Troll Poll back in 2010, so he went off the deep end.

Didn't you win that poll?

Yes I did. I won, he lost. And that principle applies to many aspects of life. And my secret to winning? I just simply use Windows 98.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: iri on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:41:26: I ****ed his wife.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:41:58: Quote from: iri on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:41:26
I ****ed his wife.

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Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: MTManiac on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:45:38: Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:32:28
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:19:14
Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:15:47
He just couldn't take losing the Troll Poll back in 2010, so he went off the deep end.

Didn't you win that poll?

Yes I did. I won, he lost. And that principle applies to many aspects of life. And my secret to winning? I just simply use Windows 98.

98 or 98SE?
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Wildcard on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:47:52: If this was an online dating website, I'd imagine Ripsters profile would list his status as "it's complicated". While I was here during and after people seem to forget that the issues Rip experienced were not unique to just GH, but also DT and several other sites. He even was banned from /r/keyboards before starting his new sub.

Just remember, you can be the most talented person in the world but if you're unable or unwilling to work with others, regardless of who's right or wrong, you're gonna have a bad time.

Edit: Also it's hard to read the context on an online forum, which I've found myself victim to several times. In my mind I've manufactured things that probably weren't there, and vise versa.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: eth0s on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:48:07: Quote from: thesupergeek on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:18:22
So, I came here a few days back from reddit when there was a slow day on mechanicalkeyboards. You may have heard of /u/ripster55, who (apparently) was b& from this forum a while back. I was just wondering what the strong dislike between these two forums is. I just want to hang out and talk about keyboards, not inter-site gossip. I would like to know what Ripster did to get banned though, and why all this gossip is happening. Thanks in advance!

I don't think anybody here dislikes /r/mechanicalkeyboards. As for /u/ripster55, maybe some GH'er's dislike him, but most just don't care enough about him to have an opinion. For me personally, it was his racist posts that were troubling. His personal attacks and spam were also bad, ofc. It should be noted that the ban of ripster was not capricious, he was warned repeatedly, and given several temp bans, before he received his final ban. So, it's not like he made one rude post and was banned for life.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:19:15: Yeah, can we just pin one of these threads so we don't get these all the time?
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: daerid on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:33:28: I miss the old Ripster, back before he cracked. Good guy with great info.
Title: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:50:16: he's a loser and a dweeb
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 22 July 2014, 14:18:11: Quote from: paicrai on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:50:16
he's a loser and a dweeb

Nailed it in one, sir.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 22 July 2014, 14:26:14: He is/was all of these things.

I feel lucky that I was able to learn as much as I did from him, and we owe him a very large debt of gratitude. I doubt that I was more than a third of the way through his wikis by the time of the meltdown.

But when he went septic, it was just bizarre and there was no reason for it.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: skcheng on Tue, 22 July 2014, 14:39:30: I liked Rippy. He was always good to me .....
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:27:40: Every thread that mentions him gives him more life.

Every post that references him adds another star to his firmament.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:29:56: He actually loves us. Why do you think he gives us all that free promotion? We've had more new members join since /r/mechanicalkeyboards started than ever. Thank you based ripster god!
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Puddsy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:30:17: He's the reason I'm here

and he's also a ****head.

Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:29:56
He actually loves us. Why do you think he gives us all that free promotion? We've had more new members join since /r/mechanicalkeyboards started than ever. Thank you based ripster god!

Kappa
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Malphas on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:34:26: Quote from: jdcarpe on Tue, 22 July 2014, 14:18:11
Quote from: paicrai on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:50:16
he's a loser and a dweeb

Nailed it in one, sir.

Bingo. I got a good laugh out of Ripster from time to time, but he was also a hypersensitive loser on the flip side.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:40:55: Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:27:40
Every thread that mentions him gives him more life.

Every post that references him adds another star to his firmament.

Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:29:56
He actually loves us. Why do you think he gives us all that free promotion? We've had more new members join since /r/mechanicalkeyboards started than ever. Thank you based ripster god!

Quoted for truth and lulz. 99% of the energy expended in this "feud" is generated by rip personally.

Ping!
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: P3TC0CK on Tue, 22 July 2014, 17:50:44: I post on GH, /r/MK, and DA in that order of activity when it comes to tech related things. GH and Reddit are just different formats for different types of media. You can't really get a long term project documented and going on reddit without it being spammy. It's a place for spontaneous and short conversations and interactions.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:51:35: Quote from: hwood34 on Tue, 22 July 2014, 13:19:15
Yeah, can we just pin one of these threads so we don't get these all the time?

That would only serve to fuel his ego further.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24: Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Beca on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:01:03: Quote from: thesupergeek on Tue, 22 July 2014, 10:18:22
I just want to hang out and talk about keyboards, not inter-site gossip.
wat. this whole thread is about inter-site gossip. in fact, a simple google search would have given you the answer :blank:
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06: Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:16:49: Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?
well tp4 i have some bad news and some bad news...
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:22:32: Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?

I may be sad, but I'm NOT an old bastard...
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:28:08: Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:22:32
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?

I may be sad, but I'm NOT an old bastard...

I may be an old bastard, but I'm not sad.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:28:44: Quote from: MTManiac on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:45:38
Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:32:28
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:19:14
Quote from: microsoft windows on Tue, 22 July 2014, 12:15:47
He just couldn't take losing the Troll Poll back in 2010, so he went off the deep end.

Didn't you win that poll?

Yes I did. I won, he lost. And that principle applies to many aspects of life. And my secret to winning? I just simply use Windows 98.

98 or 98SE?

They'll both do. I personally prefer 98SE myself though.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:30:46: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:28:08
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:22:32
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?

I may be sad, but I'm NOT an old bastard...

I may be an old bastard, but I'm not sad.

Touché
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:31:29: I am an old bastard, sometimes sad, but rarely mean-spirited.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:32:15: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:28:08
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:22:32
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?

I may be sad, but I'm NOT an old bastard...

I may be an old bastard, but I'm not sad.

And I'm an indifferent mid-20 year old. Stop trying to force me into your ideals, tp4.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: iri on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:44:06: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:28:08
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 23 July 2014, 08:22:32
Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 July 2014, 22:33:06
Quote from: bueller on Tue, 22 July 2014, 21:55:24
Sad old bastard with nothing better to do.

you mean like ALL of us?

I may be sad, but I'm NOT an old bastard...

I may be an old bastard, but I'm not sad.
i am neither
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Dyslexic on Wed, 23 July 2014, 11:44:06: I don't think it's fair to say that the "community" (and I use that term loosely) hates the website, most of the "Geekwhack" comments are made out of ignorance because they see a few circlejerkers (including ripster himself) using it regularly in the threads. I've just started calling people out when they link to Geekhack threads while using the word Geekwhack because more often than not they're giving backhanded praise to something this community has accomplished (e.g., the thread the other day about the production shots of the toxic caps where OP edited his use of the term geekwhack out of his post after I called him on his ****). I'm not even that active on this website, but I'm sick of seeing people from r/mech use the term geekwhack while begging people to sell them brobots and clacks. Kind of a joke.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: paicrai on Wed, 23 July 2014, 12:42:17: rip thinks his **** don't stink
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 23 July 2014, 13:28:45: I expected him to make his own forum, like /KL did, but I think he went to reddit because reddit has more people.

I just wish he'd quit spreading misinformation (about cherry white / green switches, for example) that I have to then correct.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:38:26: correcting him is half the fun lol
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:42:50: Quote from: TacticalStache on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:38:26
is half the fun

Problem is, there has been no "fun" and "ripster" in the same sentence since about 2012.
Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 24 July 2014, 21:00:59: Quote from: TacticalStache on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:38:26
correcting him is half the fun lol

Yes it is.

More
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Title: Re: Why does ripster55 and the /r/mechanicalkeyboards community hate you?
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 24 July 2014, 21:24:53: Ripster's a loser.