Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-233706-20150624014033/@comment-1267828-20150702095206

TheChickenLawyer wrote:

before i go: how much is this site (wikia) worth? cus if me or 1 of my parents wins the lottery i'm buying this site & shutting it down & i'll braudcast why i did to the whoe world! You make the assumption that it must be bought if presented with money. Firstly, projects like this are often government funded and non-profit, meaning they get to do all of this essentially for free by providing a service. You'd have to buy out every single donor and then force the site to sell, and even then no company, non-profit or otherwise, MUST sell just because someone flashes some bills in their face.

Take for example Blizzard Entertainment, who wish to do a World of Warcraft movie. Uwe Boll put a bid in the pot that was supposedly far larger than most studios are willing to give since Blizzard demands high amounts of creative control on the project. Uwe Boll was willing to give them this control, but Blizzard also knows his awful track record with films. Thus, even though he was high on the list and maybe even winning the contest for the contract, they outright said, and I quote "Especially not to you."

Your comment lends to the constant misunderstanding of how a capitalist economy works. You don't just own it because you have money. If I held the patent to an item you wanted, and you were the only person interested and I had no other options, I could still say "No, I won't sell it." You could spend your life sabotaging me at every turn: killing sponsors or partner deals by paying them off or falsifying information against me so they cut and run, purchasing deals before I could get them to assure I don't have any openings in certain big-name stores, and even spreading false rumors about my product to the public just to assure nobody will buy. Even after all of that, if you came to me with a trillion dollars and I still said no, you can't just have it by virtue of having a trillion dollars.

Besides, it would be an unparalled and petty waste to throw an entire fortune away that could allow you to live comfortably on a stupid grudge with a faceless corporation whose only crime is that people pressed a ban button and don't let you edit there. Let's pretend you got even a billion dollars (which is extremely high for a lottery). Firstly, anywhere from 25-40% of it is going straight to the IRS for government taxes (which is completely unavoidable since the taxes are automatically docked from the money upon receiving it), and secondly, many times these mass lottery amounts are sent in annuity payments. You're telling me you'd win a mass amount of money, do nothing productive for either society or yourself, and spend it all on one angry moment against a website that banned you and nothing else? Pardon me, but that's like dropping a cement truck on a person because they said "Hey, I got places to go, no time to talk! Out of my way!" I'd hate to see what would happen if someone actually did something that had ramifications like scuffed your car or pushed you over, the retribution would be akin to a laser satellite from a science fiction film.

Finally, if your ban was so unjust and they refuse to listen, just have a community discussion regarding the admin behaviors. While I cannot personally see anything wrong with what was written, it's possible you said things in chat, that certain messages were deleted that I can't find, and that this isn't a fluke with one bad admin. For all intents and purposes we can't see everything you two ever said. Maybe you did do something so bad it's worthy of a year ban, or maybe you're right and someone overreacted, or maybe you both overreacted somehow.

Before I go, I want you to seriously sit back and think about everything you posted. I cannot disagree that if your ban is unjust, that you have a right to be angry, but you're planning on buying wikia out and releases rap tracks for the sole purpose of dissing the admins; That's your plan. Your plan is to completely shut down a multi-national website housing data on virtually anything you could possibly think of which inconveniences nearl-literally every person on this planet that has a computer and internet access, and to spend all of your artistic talent and effort on making hate music not for the purpose of releasing your anger (which music is an absolutely fantastic way to do that and I mean it) but rather entirely to smear them on a website they can't find you on. Seriously sit back and think about how much better you'll look if you're just the bigger man/woman in the situation by taking the calm and rational route. Sitting back, folding your arms, and saying to your monitor "Oh no you garbage admin, you won't get a rise out of me. I'm gonna play this calm and smart. You guys can be petty, but I'm going to be a champ and sit here with a smile." Then you look like the better person.