Thug the Bunny 21 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I joined WRX around 2013 and it was great. I met many good folks and played some rounds with WRXers from my area. But, the mods became more and more censoring, especially with 'political' or 'religious' statements. They cowtoe to their sponsors too much and that leads to suppression of their members. I once posted a thread about 'we should never forget 9/11', and got banned temporarily. Everyone there is pretty gunshy of saying something even slightly provoking or controversial. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 10,272 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/7/2021 at 6:08 PM, Thug the Bunny said: I joined WRX around 2013 and it was great. I met many good folks and played some rounds with WRXers from my area. But, the mods became more and more censoring, especially with 'political' or 'religious' statements. They cowtoe to their sponsors too much and that leads to suppression of their members. I once posted a thread about 'we should never forget 9/11', and got banned temporarily. Everyone there is pretty gunshy of saying something even slightly provoking or controversial. Hey Old Buddy glad to hear from you over here----- It is a lot different than WRX for sure--- I think you will be a great addition over here. Trust me guys this fellow is Funny funny and he is like me calls it like he sees it 6 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 4 thru 9 Mac Muirfield TT black label R-- PW Hogan Starburst 50* --- SW Cleveland 588 56*--- LW Cleveland 588 60*--- Putter Stock 1972 Ping Anser- Bag Old School Burton plain non advertisement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Golfer 129 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Besides, Tiger, you also have to worship Monte. Nothing wrong with him. Good guy with fresh ideas. But, the obsession is a little weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyBobby_PR 9,536 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, NC Golfer said: Besides, Tiger, you also have to worship Monte. Nothing wrong with him. Good guy with fresh ideas. But, the obsession is a little weird. I don’t think there’s any obsession with Monte as you infer. Monte happens to be a great teacher with great and easy to understand content. He also participates a lot on the forum and helps people for free by doing it as well as sharing information. Dan Carraher aka iteach is another example of someone who used to participate and help a lot. The membership there just shows the gratitude for their participation on the forum and for the amount of members they both helped. in case you hadn’t noticed there’s several on here including myself who reference Monte and his teaching. So it’s not just a wrx thing 2 Quote Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4 Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60 Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1 Ball: Titleist Prov1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russtopherb 9,634 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said: in case you hadn’t noticed there’s several on here including myself who reference Monte and his teaching. So it’s not just a wrx thing Yup. Monte has a huge following on YouTube and now Instagram, yes he posts a lot a WRX but like you noted, he offers a lot of free help and tips. Hard to complain about that. I'm very happy I found Monte through WRX when I was on there years ago - a lot of what he recommends lines up with what my former pro had me working on. Now that he's no longer teaching (got out of the golf industry entirely) I have all of Monte's videos that help reinforce a lot of things I was working on in person. 2 Quote In my carry bag: Mavrik Max 10.5* R Flex Evenflow RipTide Hy-Wood Launcher 5h D200 6i-PW CBX 54* & 58* #10 e12 Contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug the Bunny 21 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 16 hours ago, BIG STU said: Hey Old Buddy glad to hear from you over here----- It is a lot different than WRX for sure--- I think you will be a great addition over here. Trust me guys this fellow is Funny funny and he is like me calls it like he sees it Stu! Great to see ya! Yup, I got banned from wrx. Guess why? In some thread I said something like, 'I was about to say something, but I won't because I don't want to get banned', and they banned me for that comment. I picked up my clubs for the first time in 3 yrs recently and went to the range a couple times and to my amazement I hit the ball really well. Flushing 4 irons of grass!?!? I think it's that well known re-honeymoon phase after not playing for a while. Anyways, I figured I would get on a forum if I'm gonna be playing again. Good to be here! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonSal 565 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) On 9/7/2021 at 6:08 PM, Thug the Bunny said: I joined WRX around 2013 and it was great. I met many good folks and played some rounds with WRXers from my area. But, the mods became more and more censoring, especially with 'political' or 'religious' statements. They cowtoe to their sponsors too much and that leads to suppression of their members. I once posted a thread about 'we should never forget 9/11', and got banned temporarily. Everyone there is pretty gunshy of saying something even slightly provoking or controversial. Hackers' Paradise is at least as bad for the very same reasons. Edited September 11, 2021 by BostonSal 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfspy_CG2 32,560 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Thug the Bunny said: Stu! Great to see ya! Yup, I got banned from wrx. Guess why? In some thread I said something like, 'I was about to say something, but I won't because I don't want to get banned', and they banned me for that comment. I picked up my clubs for the first time in 3 yrs recently and went to the range a couple times and to my amazement I hit the ball really well. Flushing 4 irons of grass!?!? I think it's that well known re-honeymoon phase after not playing for a while. Anyways, I figured I would get on a forum if I'm gonna be playing again. Good to be here! Reminds me of the Jim Valvano story. Coach V to ref: “Tommy can you T me up for what I’m thinking” ref Tommy: “No Jim, I can’t.” Valvano: “Good, I think that was a horse Sh$&@ call” Ref—calls T VAlvano: “I knew couldn’t trust you” 1 5 Quote TSi1 Aldila Ascent 40G shaft TSi2 18 FW with GD AD IZ 6 Shaft TSi1 20 and 23 degree hybrids Aldila Ascent Shafts R T300 5-P Tensei R flex shaft 1/4 long SM8 48F/54/58 D Grinds Tyne 4 ProV1X Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 10,272 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 1:37 PM, BostonSal said: Hackers' Paradise is at least as bad for the very same reasons. So was the GEA and I got banned over there---- I used to do some course reviews for a local site here. I played a course on the North end and I did a fair but unfavorable review. Well one of GEAs mods was local here and friends of the owner. Basically I said something not political or anything racial etc. but got banned. But the GEA folded some time ago Good Riddence as far as I am concerned. In fact that Mod is on WRX now but not a Mod. Know who he is now and I saw him a while back he darn near broke his back trying to avoid me 4 2 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 4 thru 9 Mac Muirfield TT black label R-- PW Hogan Starburst 50* --- SW Cleveland 588 56*--- LW Cleveland 588 60*--- Putter Stock 1972 Ping Anser- Bag Old School Burton plain non advertisement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 10,272 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 1:23 PM, Thug the Bunny said: Stu! Great to see ya! Yup, I got banned from wrx. Guess why? In some thread I said something like, 'I was about to say something, but I won't because I don't want to get banned', and they banned me for that comment. I picked up my clubs for the first time in 3 yrs recently and went to the range a couple times and to my amazement I hit the ball really well. Flushing 4 irons of grass!?!? I think it's that well known re-honeymoon phase after not playing for a while. Anyways, I figured I would get on a forum if I'm gonna be playing again. Good to be here! Glad ( again) you are here. As you brouse you will recognize some folks from the old WRX days on here. Actually I was a member here before I was on WRX--- 4 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 4 thru 9 Mac Muirfield TT black label R-- PW Hogan Starburst 50* --- SW Cleveland 588 56*--- LW Cleveland 588 60*--- Putter Stock 1972 Ping Anser- Bag Old School Burton plain non advertisement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMookie 17,306 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 2:39 PM, Golfspy_CG2 said: Reminds me of the Jim Valvano story. Coach V to ref: “Tommy can you T me up for what I’m thinking” ref Tommy: “No Jim, I can’t.” Valvano: “Good, I think that was a horse Sh$&@ call” Ref—calls T VAlvano: “I knew couldn’t trust you” Knight did the same thing! I did it too after reading about Knight, but I said, “I think you’re the worst ref in the State!” Its a guaranteed T and it can be done mildly to get the fans and players up in arms, never hearing what was said. 1 Quote Driver: King F9 Speedback/Epic Max LS, Xphlexxx Busa 2 Liquid, XX stiff, 45” Fwy: Epic Speed 4w, MMT 80X Hybrid: X2 Hot Pro, 20*, Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 105X Irons: TR20 Tour P 4-10, Modus 130 stiff, +1” Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 All but putter have Lamkin ST+2 Hybrid Calibrate midsize built to oversize +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisag 18,498 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 19 minutes ago, BIG STU said: Basically I said something not political or anything racial etc. but got banned. But the GEA folded some time ago Good Riddence as far as I am concerned. ... Amen brother! You might remember I got banned for reviewing a set of "custom made" muscle back iron for Blade Golf. Turns out not custom made at all, just ordered blank from a catalog and had a grind house do the grinding and plating. "Blade Golf" was basically a computer in a house. Irons had an amazing amount of mistakes and when I reported it the forum owner banned me. What was worse is he posted several lies that the owner off Blade golf told him and without ever asking me he just posted them as facts. The very worst being I paid PUD for the irons and tRichard from Blade reported I said I would change my review and give him a good review if he gave me the irons for free. Just made that up out of nowhere. Good riddance indeed. 7 Quote Driver: LTDx 10.5* ... LinQ M40X 6F3 Fairway: SIM2 Max 15/16.5/18* ... Tensei Raw Blue 65R Utility: UDi 18* ... Even Flow Black 85R DHy 19* ... Diamana Ltd 65R Sim Hybrid 22* ... Diamana Ltd 75R Irons: 5-Pw Forged Tec ... Steelfiber i80R Wedges: MG3 50*/MG3 58* LB ... Steelfiber i95R Putter: Hunting Beach Soft 11S 33.5" Ball: Maxfli Tour '22/TP5x '21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bens197 12,328 Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 27 minutes ago, chisag said: ... Amen brother! You might remember I got banned for reviewing a set of "custom made" muscle back iron for Blade Golf. Turns out not custom made at all, just ordered blank from a catalog and had a grind house do the grinding and plating. "Blade Golf" was basically a computer in a house. Irons had an amazing amount of mistakes and when I reported it the forum owner banned me. What was worse is he posted several lies that the owner off Blade golf told him and without ever asking me he just posted them as facts. The very worst being I paid PUD for the irons and tRichard from Blade reported I said I would change my review and give him a good review if he gave me the irons for free. Just made that up out of nowhere. Good riddance indeed. These stories make me wonder if anyone here ever lived through BombSquadGolf. At the time it was the only one around but BigHitter really was a heck of a salesman...Right when Matrix Ozik was a thing and this guy couldn't help himself promoting these things. He also was the biggest self-licking ice cream cone in the business at the time if that's possible. It's always nice to know I chose the correct forum and site to belong to. Still feels good. 10 1 Quote Titleist TSI3 LAGolf DJ 65 5 TaylorMade SIM2 3 wood Fujilkura Ventus Blue 7-X Mizuno HMB MP20 3i Nippon Modus 3 120S Mizuno Pro 223 4-P Nippon Modus 3 115X Vokey SM8 50, SM9 54 & 60 Nippon Modus 3 120s Scotty Cameron Phantom X 11.5 Srixon Z-Star XV Divide Official 1/12 testers for 2022 L.A.B. Golf Putters Western, NY 5.8 Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes 6,755 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, bens197 said: the biggest self-licking ice cream cone stealing this, thanks. 4 5 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil 25,131 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 41 minutes ago, bens197 said: These stories make me wonder if anyone here ever lived through BombSquadGolf. I have been on most of the golf forums that have existed including BombSquad. 1 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* set to 16.5* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 816H1 19* set at 18* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 5-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54-10S 588 58-12 Putter: Auditions ongoing Backups: 6330, TM-180, Milled Collection RSX 2, Bellum Winmore 787, mFGP2, Directed Force 2.1 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU 10,272 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 7 hours ago, chisag said: ... Amen brother! You might remember I got banned for reviewing a set of "custom made" muscle back iron for Blade Golf. Turns out not custom made at all, just ordered blank from a catalog and had a grind house do the grinding and plating. "Blade Golf" was basically a computer in a house. Irons had an amazing amount of mistakes and when I reported it the forum owner banned me. What was worse is he posted several lies that the owner off Blade golf told him and without ever asking me he just posted them as facts. The very worst being I paid PUD for the irons and tRichard from Blade reported I said I would change my review and give him a good review if he gave me the irons for free. Just made that up out of nowhere. Good riddance indeed. Well at least I am in good company---- There is another guy I know on WRX he is mostly like me posts in the Classic Threads ( I think he may be here too) he got banned from GEA--- I chalk it up with an experience 30 years ago. We did not live at the beach yet but were visiting. Got thrown out of the NASCAR Speedpark here. I was about half lit and got to racing Go Karts with a group of Shriners out of Tennessee. We got to beating and banging too much and got thrown out, I told them I had been thrown out of better places with worse people. Come to find out that group was staying at the same motel as we were and the party rolled on in the pool area and parking lot to the crack of dawn. Yep one of my biggest honors Getting thrown out of a theme park with the Shriners-- Yeah the GEA ranks right up there with that 9 Quote Driver ---- Honma G1_X Stock tuned Honma R shaft---- 3 wood TM V-Steel Aldila 65G R Flex 15*--- 7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Force 65 R flex 21*---- 9 wood TM V-Steel stock MAS Stiff shaft 24*--- Irons 4 thru 9 Mac Muirfield TT black label R-- PW Hogan Starburst 50* --- SW Cleveland 588 56*--- LW Cleveland 588 60*--- Putter Stock 1972 Ping Anser- Bag Old School Burton plain non advertisement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRJyzr 1,241 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, chisag said: ... Amen brother! You might remember I got banned for reviewing a set of "custom made" muscle back iron for Blade Golf. Turns out not custom made at all, just ordered blank from a catalog and had a grind house do the grinding and plating. "Blade Golf" was basically a computer in a house. Irons had an amazing amount of mistakes and when I reported it the forum owner banned me. What was worse is he posted several lies that the owner off Blade golf told him and without ever asking me he just posted them as facts. The very worst being I paid PUD for the irons and tRichard from Blade reported I said I would change my review and give him a good review if he gave me the irons for free. Just made that up out of nowhere. Good riddance indeed. I remember that scheiststurm... man, I'm old. LOL After your dragging through the mud, I don't remember there being any sign that things were possibly different than they were initially presented, other than you being reinstated on the forum. Yeah, he could have handled that better. Unrelated comment... came home from golf over weekend, turned on the TV. Oh look, it's The Dark Knight. And look, there's Brother Chisag on the screen! Timing Edited September 13, 2021 by NRJyzr 4 Quote Driver: TM Original One 11.5* set to 11*, Aldila NV75 X, 43.5" -or- SpeedZone, HZRDUS Black 75 6.5, 43.5" 3w: Cobra King LTD, RIP Beta 90, 42" -or- Stage 2 Tour, NV105 X, 42.5" 2h or 3h: TaylorMade Stage 2 Tour, Aldila NV105 S -or- RIP Alpha 105 S Irons: 3-PW Mizuno MP37, Recoil Proto 125 F4 (reshaft in progress, slowly); 1i & 3-PW Golden Ram TW276, NV105 S; 2-PW Golden Ram TW282, RIP Tour 115 R GW: Dynacraft Dual Milled CNC 52*, Steelfiber 125 S; Scratch 8620 DS 53*, Steelfiber 125 S SW: Ram TG-898 56*, DGX ss2x; Ram Tom Watson 55*, DGX ss2x; Wilson Staff PMP 58*, DGS; PM Grind 19 58*, stock shaft Putter: Snake Eyes Viper Tour Sv1, 34"; Ping Scottsdale TR Craz-E, 35"; Cleveland Huntington Beach 1, 35" Ball: Wilson Staff Duo Professional, Bridgestone Tour B-RXS, Callaway Chrome Soft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes 6,755 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 what a relevant thread, because i just got a 7 day suspension from WRX 3 1 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlow206 10,699 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: what a relevant thread, because i just got a 7 day suspension from WRX LOL, what did you do? 1 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 11/13/2021 Driver: TSi 2 - Autoflex Fairway Woods: TSi2 3 wood, 5 wood - Aldila Ascent 60 S Irons: T300 5 to SW - LAGP AXS Red 85 Stiff double soft stepped Wedges: K-grind 2.0 58 wedge - Xcaliber RT Spin Wedge 100 Putter: SIK DW Armlock - LAGP 180 armlock shaft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes 6,755 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, dlow206 said: LOL, what did you do? some guy was claiming that KT tape came out with the newest and greatest pain relieving cure. i told him it was snake oil and if he believed it worked then i had a bridge to sell him. i thought i did it respectfully, and even posted studies, but apparently they didn’t agree. i went on to tell him that the FDA also approved quaaludes and flame retardant in soft drinks. maybe that was it. 2 7 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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