Hohoho, banned from Yahoo! circuitbending group...

[electoyd]

it's all got messy, bit of a shame really as there is some folk there that want to talk about circuits (not many left admittedly!) but they dont get a look in as there is so much earbashing going on.

[angrydroid]

Well... I'll probably get banned from the yahoo group (that doesn't actually discuss bending circuits much due to the personality disorder of the moderator) for this but nothing much has changed. Zoinky is just a contentious person. It's still going on. Doesn't really affect me in any manner because there are much better forums out there and I've never been a big fan of yahoo one way or the other. The only thing I really worry about is that the yahoo circuit-bending group probably will serve as a bit of a trojan horse to the general bending community by attracting beginners and then discouraging them or scaring them away.

[Circuitbenders]

I rather enjoyed his response to you pointing him to an auction on ebay for an omnichord. Watching zoinky turn something that innocent into a paranoid schizophrenics nightmare  in two simple responses was certainly something impressive to behold! 

[noiseybeast]

I have one thing to say.

Sock Puppets.

Funniest thing ever.

[noiseybeast]

I think this person took it a bit too far, but it's interesting to read.

[Circuitbenders]

It also seems that according to zoinky Gordonjcp on this forum is actually one and the same as angrydroid, which is interesting as one of them posts from the UK and the other from the US! Thats dedication for you!

arrrghhh, this is like some kind of car crash soap opera. Its horrible to behold but i'm addicted!

Thanks for taking the time to read this zoinky or jeremy or whatever your real name is, you're doing a better job promoting this forum than i ever could! 

[electoyd]

to be honest i think only zoinky is taking things to far, people have tried to discuss circuit bending but they get steam rolled over by paranoid rants and generally slagged off for being 'sockpuppets'.  If he has posted stuff like this in the past threatening to beat up others it is only right people know about it.  He likes to wind people up and get a reaction, and he gets a reaction so he keeps doing it.  I thought the omnichord rant did sum up whats going on over there, there is no humour only bad vibes, from zoinkys side anyway.  Gordon jcp you featured in two of his lastest ranting emails that i just got this morning, he was saying what an asset you had been to his forum   eh well not quite.

[angrydroid]

For the record, I am me and not GordonJcp... whomever that is. But he ain't me.

But yes, noisybeast, wasn't this an interesting development? I have subsequently been quietly banned overnight.

Here's a summary with links for anybody interested... I think I am done with Yahoo groups.

http://www.tonews.com/thread/1415493/alt/usenet/stalker/jeremy_tolsma_auk_alert_stalker_kook_idiot_lameass_flaccidphalluscom_flaccid_phallus_vancouver_bc_canada.html

http://alt.nntp2http.com/usenet/stalker/2009/01/d8037f018820e51e35ac17f10681b909.html

He further made these connections here:

A bit of clarification.

zoinky420 often uses an email chevdo@...

not too many chevdo around

I googled zoinky420 + chevdo to come up with certain pieces of roland hardware that both sockpuppets post as having.

Also, overlapping language patterns, fear of being mocked combined with paranoia + a tendency to insult people who don't agree with him/them.

A bit more searching and we get jeremy tolsma is chevdo and that he lives in Vancouver, not hollywood. He's got quite the reputation, no wonder he changed his handle.

We also get that he's been a known troll for at least a decade.

Definitely disturbed if you go by his posts as chevdo + zoinky.

Dangerous character. If you're a paraplegic with no cane.

Harmless but lonely.

Jeremy, we're here to help."

Really. What am I supposed to make out of all of this? Honestly, as I said, I am done with yahoo groups. I'm looking for a sense of community and like-minded individuals who want to discuss music and electronics and circuit-bending... not engage in some sort of obsessive-compulsive performance art.

[Gordonjcp]

electoyd - care to forward them on to me?  My email address is probably correct in my profile here, but if it isn't it shouldn't be hard to find.

[jamiewoody]

I just got banned from that group.

Zoinky insists that all humans are constantly zapping things with static electricity.  That's how touch bends work, and bigger still, that's how Theremins work.

I don't get his brain.

not trying to argue, just trying to learn. a body contact still works, even if i discharge static from my body first. explain?

[electoyd]

gordon passed them to the email on your profile, cheers

[noiseybeast]

not trying to argue, just trying to learn. a body contact still works, even if i discharge static from my body first. explain?

That was the question I had.  He's just insane.

Could someone post the latest news here?

My lurker account got banned for no reason.

[Gordonjcp]

Jamie - I could explain in either this thread or a separate thread.  Probably the latter, to avoid thread-hijacking ;-)

(EDIT by Admin- heres Gordons new thread: http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1669.0.html )

[noiseybeast]

What is the newest posting on the forum?

[Circuitbenders]

The excitment is all over for now i'm afraid, i'm sure it'll flare up again soon though.