So last week was my two year vinesary on Comicvine, yay me. Over that time I racked up nearly 40,000 points, over 2,000 posts, over 80 blog posts, almost 250 followers, over 2,200 images, 12 lists, quest level 32, I helped with fan fics and round tables as well. Not to mention I was Community star a while back. I thought I had a very productive time on the site.
On the days leading up to my two year mark I was being harassed in the forums however. A user blew up over a comment that I made and it quickly became a personal attack. When I finally saw this, I was shocked that not a single person came to my defense. So I defended myself. This lead to a public fight. I chose to move the fight out of the public forums and into a pm. By this time, users that I never met came to my defense. Eventually the pm had stopped and I was done.
Then finally a mod got involved in the forum and told us both to stop. I was already done so I left the forum completely. The other user however continued to harass other users, including the ones that had come to my defense. These users also retaliated against the angry outbursts. This lead the user with the problem to ask to have her account dropped. This lead to her being called out as spouting hate in other pms. She then said that I was harassing her. The mod said that I went behind his/her back after s/he told us to stop. This isn’t the case, but I was banned that day, on my Vinersary, without a chance to defend myself. What I think made it worse is that the mod was just telling everyone that came to my defense to drop it.
Two years I have been on the site, I tried to be one of the better users, but it is clear to me that I have no place here. If someone that would qualify as a n00b has the power to get me banned, it seems that my two years of loyal service means nothing.
So I think it is time that I give up entirely on Comicvine. As another user said before he left, he got to emotionally tied to the site and to be told that his contributions were worthless put him to far over. I think I share this sentiment now. I put so much into the site and to receive not even a small amount of respect back seems ridiculous to me. So I am leaving the Vine now. Unless I get an apology from someone about what had happened around the time of my ban, I don’t think I shall return.

This is what i wrote the other day. I still think I should post this but now say that because of G-Man, who asked me why I was leaving after a tweet, my feelings may have shifted. Part of the problem was that no one was listening to my side and I thought I was unfairly treated. But for G-Man to actually take an interest made a world of difference.

As of right now I do not know what is going on with the status on my "temporary" ban, if I was allowed to state my case and could still be banned or if it is all behind me. Depending on that, I may still leave the site.

But again, I would like to say thank You to Tony for his help and care.