++ [ originally posted by ET_vampireuk ] ++
You guys really take things far too seriously, it's not healthy. Martin is a extremely busy person in real life and has a lot to tend to. Your site will be up and running still regardless of if Martin pops in to say hello which he will eventually do.
You have to understand; this site has been around for 5 years under the care of an owner who has put a considerable amount of time and money into it. Everyone was a bit nervous when it was revealed that the new owner was somebody who:
a) hadn't written a single post in the forum
b) only started following Juventus very recently.
As you can imagine, the whole community is a bit edgy at the moment, especially since Mr Nathell has yet to grace us with his presence. So you have to understand that despite the fact that nobody believed that Martin was planning to screw this site over, your unexpected appearance (whoever you are) along with the material in your posts was hardly the most appropriate thing in the situation.
In any case, I apologise if I acted too rashly in banning you; we've had a lot of incidents over the years of people creating accounts just to stir trouble and annoy everyone, and you have to admit that it wouldn't have been difficult to draw the conclusion that you were doing the same thing.
++ [ originally posted by ET_vampireuk ] ++
Ignore the banter over and Emutalk because thats all it is, we like to poke fun at people. The "threats" were in fact attempts at light hearted humour which are just ruined when you have to explain that.
In that case I'm glad. If you knew anything about this place, you'd know that we take poking fun at people to extremes... to the extent, in fact, that people break down and leave the forums for indefinite periods of time
++ [ originally posted by ET_vampireuk ] ++
Anyway Martin is a extremely friendly, and in some cases too friendly person. So you have nothing to worry about regarding this site.
That's good to hear. If you happen to be in contact with him, could you politely ask him to get his ass down here just to relieve some tension!?
Couldn't hurt to tell us a bit about yourself either; how you found the site, what Martin has said about it, which sites you're a staff member of etc.