Aren't the derailments and long back and forth arguments also the fault of those that continually quote and engage him over and over?
Yes but who is in all of them?
Again tomorrow he will be back, he is AP forums joke of the year apparently or atleast it seems so since nothing has happened yet.
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Yes but who is in all of them?
The person they quote and reply to?
That damn chapter can't come soon enough.
I like how the name of this chapter perfectly fits to the issue. If you read a 50 page long discussion with Darth under a "Long-Cherished Desire"-line, any mod can give in…
Darth is banned? That's too bad, he was one of the few members on this board who isn't a part of the One Piece circle-jerk, I'll miss his critical posts, even if I disagreed with some of them.
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I wonder if Darth would complain about a Marine Manga from a Marines (Luffy type) perspective because the Marines were the protagonists and given the hype and screen time?
You wouldn't know that One Piece is a Pirate Manga told from the protagonists (Pirate) perspective….of course they will be the focus
Darth is banned? That's too bad, he was one of the few members on this board who isn't a part of the One Piece circle-jerk, I'll miss his critical posts, even if I disagreed with some of them.
Eh, I'd say this board is fairly good when it comes to balancing critical posts and excited posts. If you want One Piece circlejerk central go to the One Piece subreddit. Any slightly critical post or opinion that goes against the norm is downvoted to oblivion there.
Eh, I'd say this board is fairly good when it comes to balancing critical posts and excited posts. If you want One Piece circlejerk central go to the One Piece subreddit. Any slightly critical post or opinion that goes against the norm is downvoted to oblivion there.
Try going to the Bleach subreddit.. How they can still praise it is beyond me.
reddit is trash anyway
Saying Darth is one of the only non-circle jerking OP fans around here is not true. At all.
Dressrosa in particular has been gathering equal parts praise, indifference and hate. Each week, you have a number of posters saying they're excited for the upcoming fight, and the exact same that'll say "I don't care anymore, just get done with it already".
Darth was (¿still is?) just the poster child of all these complaints cause he participated in these weekly crusades of Darth vs. the World (not Dio's, mind you) without fail for the past 5-6 months, but that doesn't mean he was the only one showing dislike for current One Piece.
I bet Darth's smiling right now wherever he is, touched by the kind words everyone has to offer. For the rest he's readying his magma fist.
Honestly, I'm a little worried what Luffy vs Dofla is going to look like.
Considering how turn based the fighting in this chapter was. But Oda has to be aware of that as well.
I bet Darth's smiling right now wherever he is, touched by the kind words everyone has to offer. For the rest he's readying his magma fist.
Smiling or not I think he should look at this situation and learn from it.
If its april fools - great idea from mods - he was getting really arrogant and hellbent on complaining lately more than ever before. Unability to talk back to all comments on him in his usual way and brushing off is kind of cool.
So if he was banned so discussion on him can start he should take a good look not only at people that dislike him or like him but on idea of picking him for todays ban. And take that as warning and a lesson as well as good joke on forum.
I admit that seeing him banned made me laugh a bit. Though tomorrow with new chapter he will be most likely back and complaining at stuff for many many pages.
Admitting Darth does not reappear, I will probably miss him. He had sometimes interesting points in his arguments. Although I do think his quality as a poster decreased little by little. Pretty normal considering how many time he had to face MK or CDF on arguments while fending with other posters. It was only a matter of time until that manage to overcome the polite tone of his firsts posts and make him be more harsh and overcritical in his posting. He still hold his cool head longer than I would have expected.
Yep, I'll miss him.
If he doesn't come back, I'll just have to increase the volume of my complaints, so people that kept complaining about him can't relax.
If he doesn't come back, I'll just have to increase the volume of my complaints, so people that kept complaining about him can't relax.
Thanks, thats really comforting 
LOL. Was worried to see Darth getting banned. But now Kirk too? It's obviously an April Fools joke.
Calling it now. Dragon's powers from Loguetown and Gray Terminal were not the result of some Devil Fruit. It was CoC.
Enzeru and Razh, what happened to you? Touched by the Sugar Plum Fairy?
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Thanks, thats really comforting
Just hope the following chapters are so good I have absolutely nothing to be negative about.
LOL. Was worried to see Darth getting banned. But now Kirk too? It's obviously an April Fools joke.
Is it?
Maybe those bans not actually being only April Fools bans is the joke. They were up for a ban for some time, but AP decided to save it for April Fools to fool us.
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@Bartholemew:
Enzeru and Razh, what happened to you? Touched by the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Lol, didn't realize Enzeru had fallen into depravity as well.
If he doesn't come back, I'll just have to increase the volume of my complaints, so people that kept complaining about him can't relax.
You can't replace him, Razh. Nobody can… except maybe Akainu himself.
@Bartholemew:
Enzeru and Razh, what happened to you? Touched by the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Well look at that. Must've been April Fool's magic.
Kirk too 
Would never dream to… I'd just try to carry my share of the load.
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It's gonna require a whole squad of haters to live up to Darth's legacy. But maybe that will lead to the forum becoming more critical, worst case scenario, more cynical.
It's gonna require a whole squad of haters to live up to Darth's legacy. But maybe that will lead to the forum becoming more critical, worst case scenario, more cynical.
AP's next Darth - soon on CBS
Though I'd also settle for an academy training potential li'l Darths.
Darth will not be returning tomorrow. His banning is not an April Fools joke and is something long deserved. He's gotten plenty of talkings to and warnings from a multitude of staffers.
It's not his opinion that was the problem, but the attitude behind it.
If it were an April Fools joke we would have played with it more.
Spring cleaning on this day is a long standing tradition going back several years now where we get rid of problematic posters who just haven't quite done one specific outrageous thing that calls for banning, but never the less have been terrible for months.
16 chars of Hello :)
Darth will not be returning tomorrow. His banning is not an April Fools joke and is something long deserved. He's gotten plenty of talkings to and warnings from a multitude of staffers.
It's not his opinion that was the problem, but the attitude behind it.
If it were an April Fools joke we would have played with it more.
Spring cleaning on this day is a long standing tradition going back several years now where we get rid of problematic posters who just haven't quite done one specific outrageous thing that calls for banning, but never the less have been terrible for months.
And thus a new dawn rises on AP forum's Manga section.
Run, all you terrible posters. Run and crawl under whatever rock you can, the culling has only just begun.
16 charss of lol
So Cyan was right about Almost Legendary stuff
AP's next Darth - soon on CBS
Though I'd also settle for an academy training potential li'l Darths.
Maybe it should be another category for this year's AP awards?
Darth will not be returning tomorrow. His banning is not an April Fools joke and is something long deserved. He's gotten plenty of talkings to and warnings from a multitude of staffers.
It's not his opinion that was the problem, but the attitude behind it.
If it were an April Fools joke we would have played with it more.
Spring cleaning on this day is a long standing tradition going back several years now where we get rid of problematic posters who just haven't quite done one specific outrageous thing that calls for banning, but never the less have been terrible for months.
Well, I guess that confirms it. I'm curious to see how the forums turn out from here.
Well, I guess that confirms it. I'm curious to see how the forums turn out from here.
It's the beginning of the end…of interesting conversations.
Gonna give ya the D.!
Darth will not be returning tomorrow. His banning is not an April Fools joke and is something long deserved. He's gotten plenty of talkings to and warnings from a multitude of staffers.
It's not his opinion that was the problem, but the attitude behind it.
If it were an April Fools joke we would have played with it more.
Spring cleaning on this day is a long standing tradition going back several years now where we get rid of problematic posters who just haven't quite done one specific outrageous thing that calls for banning, but never the less have been terrible for months.
hahaha, good joke
I'm sorry, but there's no sympathy from me Darth had it coming to him. his constant nagging and nitpicking every freaking chapter was annoying. I put him on my ignore list but it really doesn't matter because everyone is constantly responding/arguing with him that it's like he's not even ignored. I also didn't like his condescending tone if your argument wasn't up to his elite standards. The guy argued for the sake of arguing, being critical is one thing and I can respect that, but I swear he actively tried to find things to argue or nitpick about. In my opinion he was a cancer in this forum and good riddance he's gone.
Kirk, Magi and Amol are also gone now.
Seriously, not an April Fools joke.
Just ask SAMURAI FLEX aka SAMURAI DIAPER.
@The:
It's the beginning of the end…of interesting conversations.
Interesting conversations.
"Well this chapter sucks." "Well I liked this because this and this!" " No but you are wrong your point of view is wrong, your logical thinking is wrong, your theories all suck." every week or "well I like this chapter but I hated this, this, this, this and this was stupid!" = chapter sucked basicly.
So interesting conversations are just disagreeing with everyone constantly? even when people prove you wrong? you dont see anyone saying anything to Daz and other members that have disliked chapters recently or disliked things about chapters recently.
Nice to know its not a joke and I guess sorry for saying it was and causing confusion.
I must say that Robzilla seemed to have the most interaction with him that I saw of all the mods and had far more patience with him than I would have.
Yup every week I would look at it and be like, "how can he do it?" haha.
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@The:
It's the beginning of the end…of interesting conversations.
It will be fine, no one poster is bigger than the forum itself, the conversations flow quite well without him he just tended to take the thread over as if his opinion was law and everyone else's were not worthy… bit like Akainu himself I guess. :)
He may not have intended to come across that way but that was the end result and as various mods have said he had plenty of warnings.
I must say that Robzilla seemed to have the most interaction with him that I saw of all the mods and had far more patience with him than I would have.
Other past April 1 bans that were not jokes.
tupadre97
Foxy the silver fox
Стрелок
strelok
kenjitr
Yonkou#3
kisame !!!
Juju14
looking_at_you
Sammsy
Sabo
Lord Zeb
kaba kaba fruit
Spokispike
roronoa3000
Chopperman
Miniluffy
Zyordius
h3h3h3
Muah
and of course Almost Legendary, who was explicitly banned on March 31 just so everyone would know it wasn't a joke.
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Other past April 1 bans that were not jokes.
tupadre97
Foxy the silver fox
Стрелок
strelok
kenjitr
Yonkou#3
kisame !!!
Juju14
looking_at_you
Sammsy
Sabo
Lord Zeb
kaba kaba fruit
Spokispike
roronoa3000
Bucephalus
Chopperman
Miniluffy
Zyordius
h3h3h3
Muahand of course Almost Legendary, who was explicitly banned on March 31 just so everyone would know it wasn't a joke.
Of all of them Foxy is the one I remember, no one was surprised when he got the banhammer.
Interesting conversations.
"Well this chapter sucks." "Well I liked this because this and this!" " No but you are wrong your point of view is wrong, your logical thinking is wrong, your theories all suck." every week or "well I like this chapter but I hated this, this, this, this and this was stupid!" = chapter sucked basicly.
So interesting conversations are just disagreeing with everyone constantly? even when people prove you wrong? you dont see anyone saying anything to Daz and other members that have disliked chapters recently or disliked things about chapters recently.
Nice to know its not a joke and I guess sorry for saying it was and causing confusion.
Ah my mistake. What I meant was interesting to me. I always found darth arguing to be entertaining to read, and if I'm being completely honest I was impressed by his intelligence, or at least perceived intelligence.
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I'm still trying to convince myself that it's not the end of the world
So magi is gone too? I'll miss the avatar at the very least.
Other past April 1 bans that were not jokes.
tupadre97
Foxy the silver fox
Стрелок
strelok
kenjitr
Yonkou#3
kisame !!!
Juju14
looking_at_you
Sammsy
Sabo
Lord Zeb
kaba kaba fruit
Spokispike
roronoa3000
Chopperman
Miniluffy
Zyordius
h3h3h3
Muahand of course Almost Legendary, who was explicitly banned on March 31 just so everyone would know it wasn't a joke.
I remember Foxy and his admirals, Sterlok from "everyone is sabo" and the Samourai duo, but somehow i never noticed Chopperman being gone.
Darth's idea of constructive criticism was constantly whinging on the same nitpicks and blowing them way out of proportion over and over.
You had the chapter two weeks ago where Law "died" (which we knew was not going to stick) and he kept harping on it over and over how it sucked because the end of the chapter relied on a degree of concern for Law and how there was no tension (never mind how well presented the scene was or even god forbid looking at the rest of the chapter) and Oda is awful for ending his chapter like that and therefore the entire chapter sucks and has no redeeming value and this arc sucks because Oda still hasn't explained what Fujitora is doing and yadda yadda yadda, rinse and repeat every goddamn chapter.
There's a reason we don't single out other posters who give negative comments because they give balanced, constructive critcisms where they're clearly looking for something postive and want to like the series and when they complain, it's usually about something different or told from a different perspective. Darth's "constructive" criticism felt like a guy who would hate a chapter no matter what, that he would look for something minor and petty to blow out of proportion and any positive comments he made were very few and felt more like he randomly chose them to try and present the image that he was fair and balanced instead of the nitpicky belly acher that he was.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, good riddance!
So magi is gone too? I'll miss the avatar at the very least.
I remember Foxy and his admirals, Sterlok from "everyone is sabo" and the Samourai duo, but somehow i never noticed Chopperman being gone.
"everyone is sabo" Priceless! Rofl
Zephos/Monkey King always acts way more like an asshole and yet he hasn't been banned for years…
So stop using the "attitude" B.S excuse please.
You're just banning people that you don't like
