Did we scare off icysk8r?

[MetalJunkie]

He hasn't posted since the 8th and hasn't been active since the 14th. Could it be due to that bosk shoop (which was awesome)?

[TheVoxyn]

He already left before that. Check his post history, he made some farewell post in the chat thread.

[MasterShakezula]

Who's this icysk8r guy?

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

One of the forum punching bags.

[MasterShakezula]

One of the forum punching bags.

Oh, kinda like Numb3rs?

Man, I sure am glad not to be one.

I do wonder what exactly is my role...

[robwebster]

One of the forum punching bags.

Oh, kinda like Numb3rs?

Man, I sure am glad not to be one.

I do wonder what exactly is my role...

Monkey butler.

[MasterShakezula]

One of the forum punching bags.

Oh, kinda like Numb3rs?

Man, I sure am glad not to be one.

I do wonder what exactly is my role...

Monkey butler.

Here's yer martini.  You told me you prefer them shaken, so I stirred the fuck out of it.

[YtseBitsySpider]

Good.
Now drink your own urine.

[MasterShakezula]

Good.
Now drink your own urine.

Honestly, it didn't turn out too badly. 

The urine. 

The martini was ruined.

Which is kind of why I had to drink the urine.

[King Postwhore]

Internet bullies, real life pussies.

[YtseBitsySpider]

I blame facebook.

[MasterShakezula]

Internet bullies, real life pussies.

So, was he like a troll or something like that?

[Perpetual Change]

He's the CEO of his own company now. So I guess he's busy.

[robwebster]

Good.
Now drink your own urine.

I shouldn't have laughed at this, but I did.

Good.
Now drink your own urine.

Honestly, it didn't turn out too badly. 

The urine. 

The martini was ruined.

Which is kind of why I had to drink the urine.

I shouldn't have laughed at this, but I did.

However, both pale in comparison to...

He's the CEO of his own company now. So I guess he's busy.

I really shouldn't have laughed at this, but... you get the picture. 

[King Postwhore]

Internet bullies, real life pussies.

So, was he like a troll or something like that?

No.  He's just an annoying young kid that's all but instead of annoying him, people attacked him.  Listen, I had my differences with his idea that pedophiles was a sexual choice, (Yes I lost it on that one) but he did take too much crap here.

[wolfking]

Didn't people make fun of him and/or his girlfriend or something and he went on a rage and said he was never coming back?  I could be totally incorrect.

[sonatafanica]

he lacked the confidence to deal with criticism about him and his global corporation here.


but why he left is a mystery


style

[MasterShakezula]

But what was his company, and what did they peddle?

I'll guess it was some sort of vanity music video studio.

[Jamesman42]

I'm actually totally unsure what's going on with all of this. It seemed like I never saw him posting way before he "left."

[MasterShakezula]

I'm actually totally unsure what's going on with all of this. It seemed like I never saw him posting way before he "left."

The same boat as yours.  Is the one I'm in.

[Jamesman42]

If this boat's'a rockin' don't come a'knockin'

[skydivingninja]

Didn't people make fun of him and/or his girlfriend or something and he went on a rage and said he was never coming back?  I could be totally incorrect.

This did happen, then he realized that it wasn't meant to be malicious at all.  Also that girlfriend broke up with him after only a week and a half or something.  So he came back, became the CEO of his own magic company that has since been turned into a self-help forum that uses magic and magicians as a theme, and then left.  He didn't really post much before he left anyways, and when he did it was usually about BEDECEIVED.

[Sigz]

Hey guys, I don't think I'm going to post here anymore.  This isn't meant to be a cry-baby post or attention-whore post or anything like that.  Just an information post.  I'm not asking for pity or anything, just want to let you guys know why you probably won't see me around here anymore.

I have very high aspirations when it comes to my company.  I have expressed these and run with them, and everyone has been very supportive except for the majority of the people who spoke to me from these forums.  I've tried to just let it go, but it seems like any time I talk to anyone from these forums or share my ideas with them, a negative cloud is thrown over my head.  I think a lot of people here need to seriously check their attitudes and what makes them happy in life, because while I got some constructive feedback, a lot of things said (especially on facebook from members) were not constructive, and were actually quite hurtful.  Like I said, I've tried to just ignore it, but it's getting increasingly hard to post on a forum where I once found acceptance and happiness, only to leave less happy that when i came in.  You could say I'm taking it to seriously, but that's fine.  You could say I'm taking myself too seriously, and you might be right.  I DO take myself seriously.  I take myself seriously, and I take my company seriously, and I don't see why that is such a hard concept to grasp. 

I'm not angry at anyone.  I just don't like the negative atmosphere anymore.  Maybe I'll post again when I feel this forum can benefit me, but for now it's doing nothing but ruining any good mood I have.

Thanks,
Collin

[Kosmo]

I was going to make a stupid joke about him doing a disappearing magic trick but I don't know how to do the YEEEEAAAHH smilie so it would be POINTLESS. damnit

[Jamesman42]

[MasterShakezula]

Well, as Geddy Lee said, "If I could wave my magic wand I'd set everybody free from icysk8r ."



Well, there's the magic trick joke for Kosmo.

[Dr. DTVT]

I had no problem with him, other than the spamming of BeDeceived.  I would welcome his return.

[Summers]

I always thought people were way too harsh on him, seemed to be just cause he's younger.  Did even get like bullying sometimes.

[Dublagent66]

Beavis:  "I always thought there was something wrong with him."
Butthead:  "Yeah, huh huh.....he had a lot of problems, huh huh."
Beavis:  "He used to hit me too."

[Chino]

I miss Icy

[MasterShakezula]

I miss Icy

I never got to meet him, but I would have liked to.  Maybe. 

[robwebster]

The thing I'll really miss about icy is probably how effortlessly he amazed and fascinated every person he encountered, and he fit in so perfectly no matter who he approached.

No - silly jokes aside, I do wish him all the best, and every success with his, er, company, but it's like... right, I know image is everything, and I get that, but the image he's trying to project is so at odds with the reality of what he's doing that, regretfully, I'd have to say that it just comes across as really insincere and corny. Self-aggrandising terms like "CEO" don't exactly help, and are so far detached from reality that they only actually emphasise the fact that he's just a kid with a couple of card tricks. He did get a lot of flak, but I do understand why, and to an extent you've got to admit that he did make his own luck.

Still! He's got a lot more facebook fans than I do, so you know. I'm sure there is someone who'd want to win a signed photo of him. I'm not sure who - maybe someone who's making a voodoo doll? - but more power to him, and the best of luck with all future ventures.

[XJDenton]

Forgive me, but what does his company do?

[El Barto]

Noticed he wasn't posting, but didn't know he had left.  Assumed it was just normal summer, teenager stuff.  That's unfortunate.  I certainly remember when he first showed up and the animosity he received was well deserved.  Christ, he was obnoxious.  But he turned things around pretty quickly and,  at least I thought,  turned into a pretty good contributor.  Just goes to show that a reputation can be a bitch of a thing to shake off, and that's quite a shame.  Yeah,  he shoulda had a thicker skin,  but people also should have gotten over his first few weeks.

[robwebster]

Forgive me, but what does his company do?

I think it does wiggly movements with its fingers and goes "whooooo!"

Noticed he wasn't posting, but didn't know he had left.  Assumed it was just normal summer, teenager stuff.  That's unfortunate.  I certainly remember when he first showed up and the animosity he received was well deserved.  Christ, he was obnoxious.  But he turned things around pretty quickly and,  at least I thought,  turned into a pretty good contributor.  Just goes to show that a reputation can be a bitch of a thing to shake off, and that's quite a shame.  Yeah,  he shoulda had a thicker skin,  but people also should have gotten over his first few weeks.

I think this, too, is incredibly fair. There's an element of six of one and half a dozen of the other. I think it's everyone's fault. Yes, he was a bit of a muppet, but he wasn't malicious at all, and he shaped up pretty quickly. Monumentally quickly, in fact. Not perfectly, but improved a lot.

I hope we've all learnt an important lesson here. Specifically, that first impressions...

...can be deceiving.