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Title: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Clickey on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:13:25: Used to be on this board 24/7. Did he get banned or just disappear?
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: foxer on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:19:14: He left, I think. Made a huge wiki and got somehow removed/deleted. I could be wrong but I think that is a short version.

He moderates r/mechanicalkeyboards now.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Novus on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:23:08: What happened to searching
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: wlhlm on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:34:30: Ripster got banned here and all his content got removed (including the wiki edits). His own explanation (https://imgur.com/a/KuSG5). He now is moderator of /r/MechanicalKeyboards (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/).
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:09:02: Ripster got banned. Then he asked the moderators to remove all his content here.
He was on Deskthority for a while but got himself banned there too ... Too small board for his ego, I guess.
Then he moved to Reddit and started spewing dirt about GH and DT over there.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: paicrai on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:22:28: heres a short summary of ripster
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/522498210_b2a45eb896.jpg)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:50:25: Quote from: paicrai on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:22:28
heres an short summary of ripster
Show Image
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/522498210_b2a45eb896.jpg)

couldn't be more accurate
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: whentheclouds on Mon, 23 February 2015, 07:03:33: Quote from: Clickey on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:13:25
Used to be on this board 24/7
and still is
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Ngt on Mon, 23 February 2015, 08:42:56: Quote from: paicrai on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:22:28
heres a short summary of ripster
Show Image
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/522498210_b2a45eb896.jpg)

haha nice use of that picture. I never knew this guy but the imgur link sent above makes me think it is not nice guy to know.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 23 February 2015, 08:49:46: Quote from: paicrai on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:22:28
heres a short summary of ripster
Show Image
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/522498210_b2a45eb896.jpg)

Pretty much. Also managed to get himself banned at DT and OCN and I'm sure a myriad of other places.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 23 February 2015, 08:50:29: there are like 25 other threads on this
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 23 February 2015, 11:26:54: Quote from: whentheclouds on Mon, 23 February 2015, 07:03:33
Quote from: Clickey on Mon, 23 February 2015, 05:13:25
Used to be on this board 24/7
and still is

yup, he even linked this thread in his subreddit
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: katushkin on Mon, 23 February 2015, 12:23:02: Quote from: hwood34 on Mon, 23 February 2015, 08:50:29
there are like 25 other threads on this

But, tbf, none of those threads give a true explanation. They all are just 25 iterations of "He wrote the wiki, he was an *******, got banned, now talks ****".

So you have to accept that people coming over from there want to know what happened. Especially when his answers are even more vague.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 23 February 2015, 12:26:03: I think the he did a lot of research, he became an ******* and threw tantrums, got banned, then got banned everywhere else explanation is all the conversation really needs. Digging deeper into it only brings up more drama from the past. Drama deserves to stay in the past. Giving it more attention does no one any good, it only strokes the ego of a crazy person with a cult following.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: katushkin on Mon, 23 February 2015, 12:41:54: Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 23 February 2015, 12:26:03
I think the he did a lot of research, he became an ******* and threw tantrums, got banned, then got banned everywhere else explanation is all the conversation really needs. Digging deeper into it only brings up more drama from the past. Drama deserves to stay in the past. Giving it more attention does no one any good, it only strokes the ego of a crazy person with a cult following.

You're right. I would say there should probably be a stickied post, but that would only fuel it more.

I guess we have to accept that there will always be threads like this.

Why can't we just all get along?
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 23 February 2015, 13:28:29: I have seen the same phenomenon on other boards as well. A user contributes a lot of useful stuff, is funny and is well liked. Then his ego blows up and he starts believing that the normal forum rules don't apply to him. So when moderators start telling him off, he throws a tantrum, and the situation only gets worse.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: byker on Mon, 23 February 2015, 15:29:03: Quote from: Findecanor on Mon, 23 February 2015, 13:28:29
I have seen the same phenomenon on other boards as well. A user contributes a lot of useful stuff, is funny and is well liked. Then his ego blows up and he starts believing that the normal forum rules don't apply to him. So when moderators start telling him off, he throws a tantrum, and the situation only gets worse.

I think the number of websites he has been banned from speaks for itself.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 23 February 2015, 15:38:30: Search just a little bit before making any topic people. I mean 3 seconds and you would have found ripster info up to your eyeballs.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 23 February 2015, 19:45:32: :facepalm:
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 23 February 2015, 20:18:13: Quote from: paicrai on Mon, 23 February 2015, 06:22:28
heres a short summary of ripster
Show Image
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/522498210_b2a45eb896.jpg)

(http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/am-i-out-of-touch-no-its-the-children-who-are-wrong.jpg)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Michael on Mon, 23 February 2015, 20:21:12: ripster is just a big ole' huggable teddy bear :-*
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 23 February 2015, 20:46:36: Quote from: Bro Caps on Mon, 23 February 2015, 20:21:12
ripster is just a big ole' huggable teddy bear :-*

(http://k36.kn3.net/01A05D909.gif)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 23 February 2015, 21:04:21: I am still waiting on the definitive answer on whether it was Ripster who rootwormed this forum a couple of years ago.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 23 February 2015, 21:06:07: Quote from: YoungMichael88 on Mon, 23 February 2015, 15:38:30
Search just a little bit before making any topic people. I mean 3 seconds and you would have found ripster info up to your eyeballs.
qft
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Ngt on Tue, 24 February 2015, 03:10:57: Quote from: fohat.digs on Mon, 23 February 2015, 21:04:21
I am still waiting on the definitive answer on whether it was Ripster who rootwormed this forum a couple of years ago.

Well I guess we'll never know.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:02:34: He's still around. I paid him a couple Lego style keycaps to cut my lawn last Saturday. AND he showed me REAL keyboard science stuff. We had a grand old time.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: phoenix1234 on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:11:29: Quote from: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:02:34
He's still around. I paid him a couple Lego style keycaps to cut my lawn last Saturday. AND he showed me REAL keyboard science stuff. We had a grand old time.

(http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/I-dont-believe-you.gif)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:12:32: Would you believe I think of Him fondly?
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: phoenix1234 on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:16:22: Quote from: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:12:32
Would you believe I think of Him fondly?
(http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/ewis1.gif)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:19:10: Quote from: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:12:32
Would you believe I think of Him while fondling?

[attachimg=1]
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 24 February 2015, 10:05:26: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:19:10
Quote from: Input Nirvana on Tue, 24 February 2015, 09:12:32
Would you believe I think of Him while fondling?

(Attachment Link)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30: The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: C5Allroad on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:11:27: There was a thread on this... Not long ago.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: wlhlm on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:21:39: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

That's a different subreddit. /r/Ripster is not /r/MechanicalKeyboards. (Are you actually banned on /r/MK?)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Joey Quinn on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:25:03: Quote from: wlhlm on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:21:39
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

That's a different subreddit. /r/Ripster in not /r/MechanicalKeyboards. (Are you banned on /r/MK?)

Does it really matter? I feel like informing reddit of Ripsetr's bull**** in general will help stop all this crap. Yes he knows a lot about keyboards but he is a cocky *******.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: wlhlm on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:32:05: Quote from: Joey Quinn on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:25:03
Quote from: wlhlm on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:21:39
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

That's a different subreddit. /r/Ripster in not /r/MechanicalKeyboards. (Are you banned on /r/MK?)

Does it really matter? I feel like informing reddit of Ripsetr's bull**** in general will help stop all this crap. Yes he knows a lot about keyboards but he is a cocky *******.

Ok, I checked the second link in jdcarpe's screenshot and it totally is about (https://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2dsz1r/geekwhack_bans_all_dissenters_i_only_ban_bots/) only banning bots on /r/Ripster. So no confusion here.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: osi on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:32:36: ripster is butthurt for life
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Schwizzle on Wed, 25 February 2015, 17:49:46: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

I'm u/topshelfgenericpizza. That was a **** move by him.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 25 February 2015, 19:03:14: So, I will ask the obligatory question that I ask every few months:

Does anybody know, definitively, whether it was Ripster who rootwormed this forum a couple of years ago?
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 19:43:40: Quote from: Schwizzle on Wed, 25 February 2015, 17:49:46
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

I'm u/topshelfgenericpizza. That was a **** move by him.

He can't have the truth known at reddit, or else his whole sob story becomes just what it is, a lie.

FWIW, it's my understanding that he threatened the Geekhack admins and owner(s) with legal action if they DID NOT remove his content.

So, every time he cries about how we deleted all his wikis, he only has himself to blame for that.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Ngt on Wed, 25 February 2015, 21:09:38: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 11:00:30
The truth is out there.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripster/comments/2wwiqz/boy_i_sure_do_get_banned_a_lot/)

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/tlhYhvL.jpg)

I can't believe my eyes.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 27 February 2015, 00:00:48: Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 25 February 2015, 19:03:14
So, I will ask the obligatory question that I ask every few months:

Does anybody know, definitively, whether it was Ripster who rootwormed this forum a couple of years ago?

There is a connection that was made pointing to Ribbed-4-Her-Pleasure being directly/indirectly responsible/involved. I'm not one of the sec. guys that did the tracework and therefore only know it secondhand. Several ip addresses and a physical location was isolated...those 2 items combined with known information indicates a strong form of knowledge/involvement. Hats off to making a big wave though! In retrospect it's funny. Our little virtual world doesn't exist without a power plug. Perspective.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 27 February 2015, 00:16:40: It's amazing how much impact he still has here, even after all this time.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Ngt on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:08:50: Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 27 February 2015, 00:16:40
It's amazing how much impact he still has here, even after all this time.

Well because people are still asking question about him hence he'll never be forgotten. That's no crime though you always want to know what happen before you arrived in any community.

Perhaps when nobody talks about him anymore he comes back on one of his fresh account to get the discussion going again.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: jdcarpe on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:27:15: Quote from: Ngt on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:08:50
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 27 February 2015, 00:16:40
It's amazing how much impact he still has here, even after all this time.

Well because people are still asking question about him hence he'll never be forgotten. That's no crime though you always want to know what happen before you arrived in any community.

Perhaps when nobody talks about him anymore he comes back on one of his fresh account to get the discussion going again.

Or, maybe he will die in a freak accident. Who knows?
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Ngt on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:30:42: Quote from: jdcarpe on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:27:15
Quote from: Ngt on Fri, 27 February 2015, 08:08:50
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 27 February 2015, 00:16:40
It's amazing how much impact he still has here, even after all this time.

Well because people are still asking question about him hence he'll never be forgotten. That's no crime though you always want to know what happen before you arrived in any community.

Perhaps when nobody talks about him anymore he comes back on one of his fresh account to get the discussion going again.

Or, maybe he will die in a freak accident. Who knows?

Well it is not a good thing to think about someone's death no matter what sick actions he has done in the past. I just hope he'll get what he deserves considering the actions he does in his life.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: jamster on Fri, 27 February 2015, 09:32:25: I've only been on this board for 2 months and even I've figured out the story from general scanning. Seems a bit tacky and self-defeating to have this stuff keep coming up.
Title: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: saturnotaku on Sat, 28 February 2015, 08:02:40: Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 19:43:40

FWIW, it's my understanding that he threatened the Geekhack admins and owner(s) with legal action if they DID NOT remove his content.

Yet he has no trouble stealing wiki-style content from here.

Check out the list of keyboards he posted here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/appleosx_keyboards

Look familiar?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63028.0

Yeah. Maybe I'll post on reddit telling him to either credit me or take it down.
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 28 February 2015, 08:22:30: Quote from: saturnotaku on Sat, 28 February 2015, 08:02:40
Maybe I'll post on reddit telling him

"Never butt heads with a butt-head"
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: Korth on Sat, 28 February 2015, 09:11:22: More Ripster Keyboard Troll talk, damn. It just won't end.

(http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Not_65693a_3035499.jpg)
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: wlhlm on Sat, 28 February 2015, 09:39:29: Quote from: saturnotaku on Sat, 28 February 2015, 08:02:40
Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 25 February 2015, 19:43:40

FWIW, it's my understanding that he threatened the Geekhack admins and owner(s) with legal action if they DID NOT remove his content.

Yet he has no trouble stealing wiki-style content from here.

Check out the list of keyboards he posted here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/appleosx_keyboards

Look familiar?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63028.0

Yeah. Maybe I'll post on reddit telling him to either credit me or take it down.
I just added proper attribution, your list is pretty good!
Title: Re: What happened to Ripster?
Post by: saturnotaku on Sat, 28 February 2015, 10:01:14: Quote from: wlhlm on Sat, 28 February 2015, 09:39:29
I just added proper attribution, your list is pretty good!

Much obliged. Let's see if he notices and takes that down.