These days they would probably let you register and post. To prove how magnanimous they are.

And then quietly ban you and make it seem as if you just lost interest.

How did I know that Paul couldn't back up his claims?

JB banned Rodrigo Baeza for proving the Chief wrong about Kirby selling 17,000 copies/month of Captain America.

Who's the coward, Paul?

Hardly. It seems to me that it's only harped upon by certain detractors. If JB truly made this comment "often" "really often" then they should be easy enough to find. Right?
I'm thinking that this is just another case of the detractors blowing something JB-related out of proportion. Sad.

Wow. Even JB himself would never make such a transgression. Amazing the amount of thoughtlessness with your presumption.

See, that's why Pally is so amusing. He has the gall to call anyone a coward for reading the Byrne site but not posting there, but when he's clearly refuted he just ignores it and moves on to other attacks.

Then, even after being called out for never providing proofs to back up his assertions (which almost always involve reading Byrne's mind to ascertain his motives, after which he throws out little farts of outrage about how everyone else is pretending to be a mind reader), Pally continues to demand that everyone else provide chapter and verse. The funny thing about that, of course, is that when folks do so Pally ignores it and moves on to the next unsubstantiated attack.

Sure he's a troll, but he's damned good at it (except of course for being so predictable and unimaginative). Plus you have to give the little guy credit for both tenacity and for not deleting every post of his that proved him to be both wrong and wrong headed.

Do you guys have lives?

Alex-

Seeing as how you're posting this at 5:21 AM eastern time or 2:21 western time, and therefore have been spending your time reading this thread at this hour, and per the question you've asked, it's clear that on some level you've been pondering the ways in which one spends their life and time. Whenever anyone posts this question on any message board they spend time at, it's not just an indication that they're wondering why other people spend their time posting and reading there, really there's an underlying question that's on their minds about their own use of energy and time. You do need to make sure, though, that you avoid using deflection as it might keep you from applying any answers you might find to your own life and, let's face it, that's where your concerns should and hopefully do really lie.

Ask yourself; is my job fulfilling, are my personal relationships meaningful, why do I brand myself as Badpenny for an e-mail name and am I satisfied with my spiritual pursuits and journey? Hopefully this will help with those feelings that cause you to wonder about the nature of other people and how they spend their lives, and refocus them to a place where you are in a position to make a positive difference where you actually can; in your own life.

I don't know you in these concerns or in any others you might hold, but it's not mete nor neccessary that I do so; it's just important that you come to actually know the answers to these questions and find a way, no matter how good they currently are or aren't, to improve them.

Good luck on your impending inner journey and the best of the holiday seasons to you.

IJ

Um, they are easy to find. Why are you claiming they aren't?

Cowardice?

Why would anyone join a forum where there are restrictions on your conversations?

Lurking at the Byrne clubhouse is like watching your grown neighbor have a teaparty with his dolly in his back yard. Yeah, you know you shouldn't watch but it's hard to turn away.

By the same token, Old Balls openly admits to lurking at various message boards (especially DCcomics.com. In the aboutcomics.com podcast, he also said he would go into chat rooms under 'fake names') only to retreat to byrnerobotics.com and complain about it there.

I guess Pally just called his Chief a coward.