Okay Ballard, when you made your first apology, I genuinely believed that you were sorry and gave you a chance. I believe you have said some very nice things to me and to others, which was nice.
However, giving an apology and a few glowing compliments, no matter how genuine they may be, does not give you carte blanche to rag on other users in such a way. Insulting Blom when the dude has done nothing to you, or calling Marlee an ugly ducking, is just unnecessary. And the amount of profanity you've been throwing around is getting kind of excessive, don't you think?
We all have "bad days," Ballard, but if you're having a bad day and feeling mean, don't take it out on other people. It may not seem this way because we're just words on a screen, but we DO count as "other people." And c'mon... Marlee is thirteen; no one wants to be called ugly at ANY age but thirteen is a difficult age in terms of self-image.
Please, find something else you can do to channel any frustrations you may have, instead of boppin' around the boards and tearing everyone a new hole with your insults. It's not cool, it doesn't intimidate us, it just disrupts this board - which was created for FUN.

Wow, thanks a lot Ballard. I really appreciate it (if that's really what you want to do). Seeing as Tyralesus has been missing, and panel hasnt been posted/completed? Im not sure if the judges will allow it. For the record, I never had a negative image of you, I just think you have trouble communicating in a less abrasive manner. You can be critical and still be polite. If you really feel your done with the competition I'd love to accept your offer.

lol...

Wow, ballard, that was actually really nice and mature. I think we all sometimes attacked you in an unfair fashion instead of calmly stating our grievances. I would say that this changes things and that you should stay in the competition, but i know that you would eventually run into more catfights and it would be a vicious cycle. One thing i do disagree with is your statement about profanity. I swear like a sailor.  im in college, no one yells at us for cursing. But i know when it is inapprioriate to use certain words. Such as around younger people, no matter how accustomed they are i still think it's in bad taste. I dont curse around my grandparents or police officers.

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this lol pretty much sums it up

I, for one, still do not forgive you.

Call it "blunt and honest" all you want, calling a little girl ugly when you KNOW she has self image issues is completely uncalled for, no matter what the level of drama is.

she never said it to you, she's stated it a few times in conversation. i guess if you didn't read what anyone else said you wouldn't know.

Ballard, if you say you didn't see where I said that, I believe you.

I think the changes to the wiki page were uncalled for, but I see where they were coming from.

I think it's very honorable of you to step down and let Connan enter.

who changed the wikipage btw?

Dunno. I have my guess, but I won't post it cause if it's wrong I'll end up accusing someone and I'd end up hurting someone's feelings.

i understand how someone could get angry and lash out like that, but i thought the bit about his mom was way too far. idk.

Seriously, whoever edited that onto the Wikipedia, shame on you. You took it too far.

I think somebody edited the page twice because I don't remember seeing the bit about his mom when I checked earlier today.

It looks back to normal now. Which one of you changed it?

Certainly wasn't me, I've been doing laundry all day!!