Do GBAtemp admins ever abuse their power?

[WiiUBricker]

Yeah I can confirm Costello abuses his evil power to brainwash us to join his GBAtemp sect.

 

[Depravo]

I abuse my power by correcting all my typos in the shout box.

 

[Minox]

Only when it's really really funny.

 

[Flame]

few times. thats my I'm a just normal member now.


all i did was send my nudes to the email of female members... if thats a crime. why am i paying for child support?

 

[DeadlyFoez]

From my personal experience I would say no. I have been quite the huge asshole on this site and the staff have been extremely lenient and forgiving to me even though a majority of them absolutely hate me. I really should have been perma banned quite a long time ago. Hell, I have even gone off on the staff, including costello, and for some strange reason I am still here. I don't know why they haven't kicked me out for good yet. I have been banned from places for doing far less than what I have done here.

All in all, the staff here are great people.

 

[FAST6191]

I abuse my power by correcting all my typos in the shout box.

I once tried correcting the typos for everybody in the user submitted news section.
Made for a somewhat civil discourse.

 

[Duo8]

I got banned once for spoiling a lootcrate for p1ngpong I think.

 

[T-hug]

Only that one time when Costello locked me in the basement.

 

[pastaconsumer]

So there was this one time at band camp, yeah? p1ngpong challenged me to some ping pong. I lost. He whispered in my ear "I beg you don't cry."
He the smeared popcorn butter on me and locked me in some bloke's trunk for the night. Good times, right?

EDIT: To answer your question, no they don't lmoe.

 

[Deleted User]

As far as I've seen GBAtemp admins are not only handsome, but quite lenient when it comes to warning or banning someone. But have there ever been instances where a user was punished because an admin was feeling pissed off or just wanted to have some fun? If I were an admin I'd do that from time to time.

It took me until now to realise that an admin abused his power by editing my post.

 

[Deleted User]

This post is golden. :'D

 

[Byokugen]

They read our messages, and trade info on cfw with Nintendo! I have a source that states the following : Gba mods sell our secrets to the Russians! We all knew that but were afraid to ask
Joking aside, i don't think they do. Maybe it would be great if we got am option to ask why some ban happened, other than that, it's fine
I had an account here a long time ago, had some problems with members, but hey, they are all banned now

 

[brickmii82]

This entire thread should illustrate just how chill the staff is here. You asked if they've abused power before and they tease each other on the topic. I have seen plenty of forums where simply mentioning this would've gotten you on someone's bad side, if they don't outright ban you. These folks laugh about it.

 

[vinstage]

This went from a serious question to a meme,
I hope this answers your question somewhat? The site isn't a bad place.

 

[Deleted User]

LMAO, sometimes I feel the mods don't do their job properly, but not for being over-agressive or abusive. Like the fact they seemed to be completely oblivious to the reregging rule when it came down to me. :3

 

[hobbledehoy899]

If they do, we have no way to know because we aren't allowed to ask about their decisions and the banned person can't tell their story.

So the answer is undoubtedly yes.

 

[migles]

This went from a serious question to a meme,

that's mods power working...
if a member complains, everyone will make fun of said member, he will be turned into a meme and in a few days later everything goes back to normal..
turning members complains into memes, more effective than censor them ;O;

 

[ComeTurismO]

Happened to me once; was walking down the street after picking up a cup of coffee; found a loonie on the floor and picked it up and was on my way home. Suddenly, a GBAtemp mod came out of nowhere and told me to give it to him or else he will ban me here. I did as he asked but then he took my wallet and now I'm sad.

 

[stomp_442]

I saw a thread here once where 3 or 4 members were bashing each other and the one member that gets banned wasn't a regular here at the temp but had a name in the hacking community. The rest of the members that post here quite a bit on a daily basis didn't get banned. I detected a bit of favoritism on the mods part since all the members should have received the same punishment.

 

[jt_1258]

If they do, we have no way to know because we aren't allowed to ask about their decisions and the banned person can't tell their story.

that feels like the only rule I don't really agree with, seems pretty shitty if some dude gets banned under a misunderstanding :/