I mean as a whole, what happened with hootie?

I hope this ban doesn't have negative mojo consequences for the World Series, kind of like the CoMo ban except in reverse

Some one give me cliff notes of what happened here

The thread title says it all

Then read the first few pages.

Hootie bet everyone's money on Alex Smith and got banned.

Here's my attempt at a brief synopsis (but don't guarantee this to be 100% accurate):

1. Hootie notices that the people winning big on Fanduel are submitting a large number of varied lineups rather than just doing 1-2 per week and suggests to the forum that a bunch of guys pool their money and cooperate on their picks. 50 guys pitch in $100 each to join.
2. Rather than take their time to develop a real strategy, Hootie kind of went all LLEEEROOOYYYY JEEENNNNKINS the first week and lost 2/3rds of what they started with.
3. At some point, other members get pissed that Hootie's just doing it all rather than cooperating and boot him out of a leadership role. He also broke some sort of rule that everyone agreed upon from the beginning about not submitting lineups outside the group.
4. Hootie posts this thread in the Lounge to complain about it. Somewhere in here, Hootie is also a dick to Flopnuts to the point that he gets banned for the 5719th time. There was some other drama here involving the same crap he was banned for years ago, but it's all a bit fuzzy what really went down.

The end.

Is he permabanned or just banned while everyone cools off?

Not sure on that one.

Permapermabanned, worse than the previous 4 permabans.

Wow.

Thanks for the info.

From the input I've received from other mods, this is it.

I almost feel like an ass now. I was actually the one that lifted his ban the last time. I have all the PM's he and I exchanged as well. Maybe I'll post them sometime. He swore to me that the only thing he'd ever talk about was sports, he wouldn't get into personal issues with other members of become "that guy" with the attitude and such. He apologized to me for the crap he pulled so many years ago with me and others and I truly thought he was a changed person.

I kinda think he was, actually. He brings a lot to CP and I know he loves it here. This place is a huge part of his life. I'd wager thousands of dollars saying that he was logged on here more than anyone else since reinstatement.

I like Hootie, I do. He just doesn't know when to shut it off I guess. I'm staying out of it now and I guaran-damn-tee I won't be the one to bring him back.



This is actually very true. He's burned all bridges this time I think.

I tried a few times to reason with him and really thought we were getting somewhere on the Fanduel experiment then BOOM,it was seriously like trying to do a project with Sybil.

:-)

As to the third item, Hootie not cooperating was just a minor annoyance compared to everything else. The main cause that led to the meltdown was that Hootie had received some free entries into the big tournament and said he was going to play them, which violated our #1 rule that your own picks can't compete against or mirror the group's picks in the same tourney. A rule that he himself came up with and he himself demanded. So he was called out on it and instead of having a discussion, he absolutely melted down. It was spectacular. Hootie gonna Hootie.

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