Punching bags
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NWP Punching Bag is a special rank and avatar given to members who are repeatedly bashed by the majority of the site. The presence of this ranking actually serves to allow nwp to remain relatively uncensored. Applying the bag is one method of reining in unchecked douchitude without an outright ban. Ideally, once a member realizes that he is so hated that he has become the equivalent of a prison bitch, they will either leave or change their ways. In practice, this has rarely happened, but the punching bag avatar does serve to alert other members that they can either ignore or ridicule anything the bag has to say.
The idea of the punching bag rank and avatar began during a rash of amazing self-pwnage by various members of NWP in Late February and early March 2006. This culminated with felon posting a thread on March 6, 2006 demanding the insitution of the special title. [1]
In that thread, felon suggested a list of potential baggees, and several avatars:
After just over two hours of debate, and 187_HoMiCiDe once again proving that he was unable to avoid or cope with NWP's incessant abuse, Micon declared him the first ever NWP Punching Bag. The avatar chosen was one that Speedz99 had suggested, which is still in use today. At that time, Micon also granted bagging powers to all members of the administrative staff.
Although 187 had stated that the prospect of receiving the bag did not bother him, the next morning he went on one of his many episodes of forum tilt, and demanded an appeal.
fuck that this is a fucking outrage
i'm not fucking associating myself with this fucking punching bag.
if just becuase a fucking few nerds who rule this fucking forum have all this "political nwp power" they can slap this hsit on me fuck them
fuck them that's fucking retarded and i dont want this fucking thing on my name it is RETARDED
SOLE APPEAL THIS TO MICON!!
and Felon, I hope you fucking get aids.
but then when i seen a litlte fucking kid hitting a bag under my name it pissed me off.
I basically am pissed because i donno who did this, and i dont know who has the power to do this but it's fukcing LAME
this probly made felons day, POSSIBLY his life...
I want to KILL felon and i'm not fucking joking, he's a peice of shit low life no good mother fucker and I hope nothing but the worste for him AND HIS FAMILY.[2]
187 has since repeatedly begged for the removal of the Punching Bag, and has created several embarrassing polls about the subject. Despite his whining, he is still a Punching Bag, and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, unless a unique rank such as "Legendary Bag" is created for him.
Less than two weeks later on March 17, a now-forgotten tard named Sycokilla became NWP's second Punching Bag. He reacted violently and promised to rejoin with a new account.
you cocksucking mother fucking faggots. i'll kick all your mother fucking gay asses.[3]
The next day, soccertease became NWP's third Punching Bag. Unlike the first two, coccer took the decision calmly. This lead felon to observe:
i will give soccer credit in one area....he has taken his 1st team all-douche selection in stride...now the punching bag avavatr....never has someone reached these milestones so quickly and accepted the fact that they are a douche and a punching bag so well..who knows this could lead to a recovery...either way pretty amazing to recieve these honors in such quick fashion...but then again.....one word: CANADIAN[4]
Soccertease has since redeemed himself and become a fairly normal forum member. He was unbagged on December 2, 2006, and is one of the few true Punching Bag success stories.
On March 21, 2006, Empiremaker2 and cashballer23 both joined the NWP Punching Bag ranks.[5] By distancing himself from his former butt buddy, cashballer has since lost the bag and become, if not a respected member, at least a tolerated one. Empiremaker was briefly debagged later, but the rank was reawarded and to date he has retained his bag status due to his unrepentant douchedom. Empiremaker has a dupe account, MiamiPhreak. That account is also bagged.
On March 26, 2006, Charder30, a previous holder of the NWP Scammer rank, became the sixth NWP Punching Bag. At that time, there was some debate about the issue of bagdom. Several people expressed their views that there were too many bags, and the effect of the avatar was being diluted. Others argued that the bag was not a perfect fit for Charder. There was a proposal to create the first unique ranking for him, the NWP Loser.[6] In the end, after a poll in which nearly 80% of nwp's membership voted in favor of bagdom, Sole awarded him the Punching Bag rank.
Perhaps because of the controversy surrounding his bagging, Charder had his bag removed and was placed on probation by Sole on March 30. Sole at this time expressed some discomfort with being the agent of NWP's wishes. There was a great deal of discussion about the validity of bagging polls, but on April 3, 2006, after much consideration, Charder was rebagged, and soccertease was banned. After repeatedly whining for removal of his bag, Charder earned the unique rank of NWP Mega Bag, including his own custom avatar. This has since been removed. After a roller coaster ride of bagdom, Charder is another of the bag's success stories, and is now a respected member of NWP.
On March 30, 2006, ActionDave became the seventh NWP Punching Bag. At the time, there was a poll heavily in favor of his banning, and some members suggested that and NWP CockGobbler rank would be more appropriate. ActionDave currently holds the NWP Stalker rank.
On April 9, 2006, following an evening of drunken douchebaggery, SofaKingGood became the eighth NWP Punching Bag, a truly impressive accomplishment since he had joined the site barely a month earlier. The next morning, he admitted his wrongdoing:[7]
I just reread all the threads fron last night
Was sfdrunk,/raging/retarded
god damn, I feel like an idiot
I so deserve this punching bag
didnt even remember 90% of that shit
my bad, NWP
Despite his apology, he was stuck with the bag for some time.
Following one of the longer naps in NWP history, WOWnhURgood made a limited return in mid March of 2006. He received the Punching Bag avatar at some time between then and April 14, but it is impossible to know the exact date due to the infrequency of his posts since that time. Had the Punching Bag rank existed before the beginning of his nap, it is likely that he would have been an earlier recipient. He still has the avatar at the time of this writing.
On April 27, 2006 scottyno became the tenth NWP Punching Bag. Although perhaps not as deserving as some of the other bags, Scotty had been getting picked on for some time about his alleged virginity. EmpireMaker had been gaining some favor and posted a poll asking that his bag be removed and awarded to Scotty, and although EM retained his Punching Bag status for several more days, Scotty was designated as one as well.
Shortly thereafter, young MikeLikeWhoaa broke all bag speed records. He joined on April 17, 2006, and by May 2, he already had received NWP Punching Bag status. The exact date of his bagging is so far unknown, because of the sheer volume of his posting at that time. Mike later on received the title of NWP Scammer and a lifetime ban.
By this time, eleven Punching Bags had been handed out in less than two months. It was certainly true that the rank and avatar had lost their uniqueness. Some members had complained that because of the shared avatars, they could no longer distinguish which bag was posting in a given thread, and tended to lump all of the bags together. Others were bothered by the number of threads that were dedicated just to the idea of bagging a particular member.
The Punching Bag distribution barely slowed however. On May 8, 2006, Believer82 quickly went from pro to bag to banned, because every one of his posts were bragging about his poker accomplishments. This went relatively unnoticed by the masses.
On June 3, 2006, in conjunction with NWP Radio, Micon announced a "Lose Your Avatar" tournament. It was won by last-straw, who did not hold a special ranking. He was given the option of removing an avatar from someone else, and was allowed to retain that privilege for future use if needed. To date, he has not used this power.
On June 8, 2006, i-did-a-poopy posted a poll asking whether DCal_Zone should receive the Punching Bag rank. Perhaps because of a recent thread in which DCal had stubbornly refused to believe that TJ Cloutier was a craps degenerate and a series of embarrassing photoshops, the poll was a landslide, and he was quickly bagged. DCal continues to be a douche and a Punching Bag to this day.
On June 10, new member digitz received the Punching Bag rank after only a handful of posts. Nobody was quite sure why, but he still retains the title. His bagging possibly had something to do with an weak and ineffective attempt to be awarded the NWP Hater rank.
On July 7, 2006, dual received the bag only three days after joining nwp. However, it was quickly apparent that this was the douchebag formerly known as you_have_dual_genitalia, who had "lost his password." An astute mod had seen through this transparent ruse to escape pwnage and rapidly applied the Punching Bag. dual posted on that account until December of 2006, and then began using his previous account again, and was quickly bagged again. you_have_dual_genitalia is still active to this day, and is still an NWP Punching Bag.
On July 19, 2006, d0nator was victimized by another landslide poll in favor of his bagging. However, in contrast to his usual quick action in accordance with the wishes of the people, Sole promised to "deal with this later." On July 25, Sole explained that he had been extremely busy and was finally ready to take care of some administrative duties. He bagged d0nator and executed a rare bag/ban combo on short lived asshole IHaveASmallPenisDante. d0nator is still a HOF-worthy bag.
On or about August 12, 2006 former Neverbeg member and suspected underager Raida6 was bagged. Among the reasons given was an embarrassing poll he made about which member of Team NWP was the sexiest.[8] Raida lasted a couple more weeks before quietly disappearing.
On August 17, 2006, following one of many reefer-crazed posts, it appears that Shipdachips became a Punching Bag.[9] This information may not be accurate, as there are many threads calling for his bagging at later dates, including one on February 23, 2007 in which Sole promises to place him on double secret probation. It seems fairly certain that shipdachips was a Punching Bag at some point, and he has since been debagged, but the dates have not yet been verified.
On September 20, 2006, Spork was given the bag for no apparent reason. If anything, Spork had been handing out far more pwnage than he was receiving. Macon_Marc admitted to issuing the Punching Bag avatar in one of his earliest abuses of administrative power:
lil
I slapped him with it before I went to bed last night just for fun. Spork I believe you are the one that takes this place entirely too seriously. I was gonna take it off tonight but I'll leave it for a while since you went on tilt and acted like an eight year old girl that didn't get her pony for her birthday.
WAFFLE
Despite some arguments to the contrary, Longshanks received the bag shortly after the gaming bill passed in early October of 2006. His numerous political arguments had culminated in his guaranteeing that it would not pass, no doubt because of inside information from his numerous secret sources. Shanks was unbagged on December 2, 2006, along with soccertease.
On October 31, 2006, legendary retard THEKING65 joined NWP after being banned from totalbluff.com. Bagging was called for within minutes, and administered the next day by Hockey0536, in a celebration of his new administrative privileges. King is still bagged, but rarely if ever posts.
On November 18, 2006, after the single most lopsided bagging poll in NWP history, notorious troll zoloft received the Punching Bag rank. This repulsive yeti not only gaffled her own sister's picture for an avatar and ranted incessantly about Rex Grossman, but seemed to persist in thinking that she was actually smarter than the rest of NWP. This sort of delusional thinking is unfurtunately all too common among our most hardcore Punching Bags.
All we need now is twoplustwo. A bag is like porno for this queer. I am smart. The bag is like throwing in the towel. You bring it up because you have no other choice. I speak the truth. I am smarter than anyone else that posts on here.[10]
At around this time, Rollinx420 was also awarded a well-deserved Punching Bag, for a rare combination of bragging, stupidity, and self-pwnership. That has subsequently been removed and replaced with the NWP All Time Losingest Sports Better avatar.
On Christmas Day, 2006, new member TopDollar decided to start posting. He was bagged up that same day as a result of his asinine introductory thread.[11]
On February 3, 2007, fuhoser became a NWP Punching bag shortly after commenting unfavorably on Erin Micon. Although he maintained that he was targeted unfairly, most observers agreed that his baggage had been a long time coming. According to Micon:
no shit... seems like fuhoser has been shooting off recently and obv when you make fun of my wife that can easily be the straw that broke the camel's toe.
I mean, of course u r allowed to fuck with me, but if you are douching up threads AND fucking with me? bagmediately[12]
Hoser has since had his Punching Bag rank removed, and now holds the unique NWP Heroin User rank.
On April 12, 2007, former Neverbeg member Calgore made a feeble attack on felon. He failed to own anything except the bag, which he is still in possession of.[13]
In early June of 2007, TeamRazor became a Punching Bag following a vicious attack on Micon when Bryan had sought stakes for the WSOP[14]. Although the always controversial Scotsman had been called out as a potential baggee on numerous occasions in the past, popular opinion was almost unanimous that the avatar was unwarranted in this case. He has since been unbagged.
At around the same time, Razor's fellow Eurodonk twoplustwo was also bagged. Many people were of the opinion that while Razor did not deserve the ranking, it was long overdue for our midget friend[15]. Twoplustwo held onto the Punching Bag for only a short time before he was outed as a scammer and received the unique NWP Height-Challenged Scammer rank and avatar.
On June 25, 2007, s-inator received the bag in what was was rumored to be a vindictive move by Macon Marc. Whatever the reason, he has since gone on a remarkable forum tilt spree, essentially guaranteeing that he will remain bagged for a long time to come. Several users commented on this phenomenon.
Threebet: S-inator, you use to be a solid poster. WTF happened? I guess this is a prime example of what kind of damage getting the bag can do to people. Mentally scarred for life, meltdown of epic proportions.
Anytime: I have no idea who the fuck you are but I'm sure you acted normal until you got the bag now you're a hating little fuck who suffers from a clear case of post-bag syndrome. Fag
Other current or past punching bags--if you are reading this, please ship any information about the circumstances of these baggings:
lewfather (past-now single worst person)
Azzclown (current)
JewDonk (Mega Bag)
