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I remember when Bill got banned.

ClearSights wrote:

Sort of. Much of the info (complaints/restrictions) is hard to dig out. But, you had one suspension.
It was on 30-Jan-2013. For, "multiple accounts: ClearSights TheLordsEye".
It was resolved quickly, you said "My apologizes. I will obey the site rules in the future, I am sorry."
and I let you back on. Seems like a slap on the wrist sort of thing for trolling.

Looking around and bit more, it seems that TheLordsEye made a post that was insulting and anti-gay.
"You guys are all inconsiderate ignorant asssholes if you believe that homosexuality is ok. Follow me if you want to open your eyes.... https://twitter.com/GodHatesFags" You were trolling people with it and it worked, lots of complaints. It was in the forum not chat.

ryanflucas wrote:

I never got banned over that. I got reprimanded for carrying on about it. But I’d like to think we’ve moved on.

benstylus wrote:
Wait... What? Was it an April fool's joke?

Once they bring the death camps back the hate will return.

bring back Donlad, make gametz great again!

No no. Death camps was Obama administration. I barely escaped.

There has been a huge decline in activity over the years I have been a member. I'm going on almost 20 years. We've lost some great members, those who have moved on and those who have passed away unfortunately (RIP). We used to have a pretty active group of people that would play Xbox Live daily together, that's one thing I miss the most. Sublime, BoB, and I got some random girl to flash us with her husband behind her. Xbox Live Uno was amazing lmao.

I really appreciate Bill for keeping GTZ running regardless of the significant decline over the years.

Cyco2oo4 wrote:


I agree with this! He is a good dude for doing so!🤗

Thanks.

The decline freaked me out at first (many years ago). I assumed the site would die, then it didn't. Listening to people who are still here, most seem to want to keep it going. So, I've been trying to adjust to that. My goal these days is to keep it going as long as I can.

I've backed off somewhat, not putting a lot of work into it or expecting much from it. I've cut costs to some degree as well. I think I can do it without much stress. I'm not that busy otherwise, so it's something to do. It's mostly automated and easy, but there are sometimes little crises that make me question what I'm doing. It's hard to say how long it will last, but the end doesn't seem imminent to me.

It's nice having a place to chat that isn't run by a corporation focused on selling data to advertisers.

bill wrote:

I just signed in for the first time in like 5 years. But the number of loan post back when was crazy.

Hopefully the site has gone from quantity to quality. Hopefully, the users who came here simply to try to make a quick buck by making lowball offers and trying to resell what they got cheap have moved on. Ditto for those who were here just see how many other users they could piss off. I would like to believe that those who remain are more likely to treat other users with respect and contribute to the sense of community.

Bring back Chat!

(I know Discord is there, but this chat was much easier to make deals on!)

Jeff wrote:

Or move the whole site to Discord.

Chat had essentially died on its own. Sure, I took it down after people kept fighting and such, but it was a very small group (part of why it didn't seem worth keeping it). The reality is that people hadn't been using it for years. Most of the time, chat was empty or just a few people.

As far as I know, Discord is similar (not a lot of active chatting). It still has value, but it's not like how it was. There were some good times here in chat when it was quite popular in the evenings and deals were easy to make, but that was a long time ago.

bill wrote:


I love you, never change.

bill wrote:

I know it's silly, and most of us haven't been around in forever, but you created a small pocket for us nincompoops to dwell in at 3am before the internet was what it is today. Obviously you have to do what's right financially for you and yours, but I hope you keep this site up. It'd truly be missed if it was gone.

Anytime I open my web browser, mobile or desktop, gametz is the first recommendation as it's my most frequented site. I can't imagine an internet without GTZ.

This topic has prompted me to purchase another year of sub-time, thanks bill

I can't really take credit, I just keep the lights on. You all make it a place worth coming back to.

TBRANIK wrote:
Gotsta have that gold card icon

I’m on my bi-yearly check-in, so I’m barely active.

GameTZ will never be fully removed from my life. Even if it’s just saying hey to everyone before vanishing into the oblivion again.

Hey!

Man I just love my Gametz fam!🤗 like family we squabble sometimes but in the end most of the time we work it out with each other! (trades or otherwise) I know if there is a mess up I try to make it right on my end😃

Love GTZ.

Thanks bill.

I use to cause bill stress. But I also identified (and shared with bill so it was fixed) some simple URL hacking on the site over the years, so I figure it evens out.

You used to be able to get into anyone’s trade data via URL hacking, for instance.