Because <certain> people who take him too seriously keep biting. Deltaslim wised up, because he realized the futility of it.
Then it is also stands to reason to stop seriously taking people who take Alex seriously.
As bad as it looks like today, it doesn't hold a candle to what happened a few years ago here, and even more so earlier than that in livebands, where someone really threatened Alex with bodily harm. Sabihan ba naman na aabangan siya sa kalye papunta sa shop ng isang luthier. While admittedly fun to talk about by those with no love for the man, it was totally uncalled for. So, I can see where Joric is coming from when he thought the man had mellowed a bit.
I never took him seriously here in PhilMusic, despite all the arguments I had with him, many of which I prolonged on purpose so I can collect more
material (veteran members will know what I'm talking about). It was fun for a time. The only side effect that I couldn't accept was that my name had become intertwined with his in the forum. I didn't feel I hit a low point when I read what his defenders had to say about me, but when the hecklers and the fence sitters started to closely associate him with me. Like, pag bumanat na naman si oasgomez (his first nick), may gatungero na babanat ng
nasan na si Al? I hated that. So, I decided to stop.
Joric took a different path a bit later (which led to the duel thing), but the same lesson was learned.
Maybe GC should have a primer on fm55 so that the relatively newer members don't bite his bait.
It's easier to just ban him again. It's ridiculous to make such an accommodation for a troll even by current standards here, unless siya yung may ari ng forum.
