It's really funny you mention that; the only other forum I'm a member of is closed, and consists of 30 friends who have been in contact for about 10 years. Now, this forum as it stands now is not like that, but it kind of is, as well. I mean, there's more than a few of us who have been in contact since the mid 90's, when we were a mailing list... and I think it's mostly them who count among the ones dissatisfied with the discourse here; those who came from O-Live or some other modern forum environment are fine with it. And yes, I did try to gather them up and put them in their own forum, and it kind of worked for a while, but some dumbass let MIXUM find it and it all basically collapsed in on itself.
I understand your point, and I can't really disagree. Right now, a lot of us are going through the equivalent of an extended period of mourning. The frustration, anger, and denial are interfering with reasonable discussion. At some point, most of us will reach acceptance - and things will get better. On a personal note, I can understand why some people find my posting style too blunt and sarcastic. Sarcasm and (attempted) humor are my way of coping. I will make an effort to be more diplomatic.
Those were some fun and informative threads. This board is fun when posters can give opinions supported by data, and then be challenged on those opinions with something more than 'u r so stoopid' or 'Fuck Brandon Roy'. I notice that I authored some lengthy posts in those threads, and was even the originator of one of the threads. I understand your point about putting forth the effort to research and then writing a long post with hyperlinks to specific data, only to have some snarky one-liner as a response, and seeing the thread devolve from the point forward. I've experienced it, and I've surely been guilty of it, but that just seems to be the way things go when a poster's personality is more important than the opinion being brought forth. It's much easier to find a target (Choo Choo/Ass Clown/Miller (my target)/Aldridge/Brandon Fucking Roy/Nic/kpee/Vulcans/Comcast/Durant) and obsess over it and over it and over it and over it and...
Totally understand; I'm as sarcastic as they come IRL. I tend to overuse smiley faces to counter my sarcasm online... I totally lean on the and emoticons to make sure people know I'm just being a joker.
Not once have I bitched and whined about not drafting Paul, Durant, firing KP, hiring Cho....yada yada yada. However, I feel strongly towards the fact that a huge reason we aren't tough as a team has to do with how soft Aldridge is. Also, I occasionally I bring up that McMillan is not a good coach. But, I hardly beat the dead horse on those things (ok maybe Aldridge). To say I'm as guilty as anyone though, is just wrong.
Most people just don't have time to read lengthy posts, in my experience. Ideally we'd have brief AND cogent/interesting/effective posts, but that's a tough thing. Who was it that said, "I'd have written less, but I lacked the time?" Ed O.
I used to NEVER use them, just as a matter of principle. In the last few years, though, as I've chatted more and as I've tried to be more effective communicating what I'm thinking and feeling (rather than just what I'm thinking) I kinda go overboard on the smilies, too. Ed O.
Lincoln, I believe. It's true the length is a deterrent, but I feel like I only get one post to present my full thoughts on a subject without mitigation; if I split those up or didn't show the analysis, the post would be discounted for being poorly thought out. Basically, you can't win around here.
http://sportstwo.com/threads/172268...le-Rebounder?p=2442037&viewfull=1#post2442037 Or was this sarcasm without a smiley? BTW, I realize that post was pretty reasonable... I'm teasing you. Now, however, I'll take back my guilty as anyone... might as well.
I've been thinking about my post from a few days ago and decided I owed you an apology. I wanted to do it publicly rather than through a PM. Sometimes I cross the line and am a complete dick. I apologize. We're all fans in our own way.
Classy, dude, seriously. Also, I'd like to retract just about everything I said. I'll be in line for a lifeboat if you need me.
Thank you. We all get frustrated and need to vent sometimes. It only bothered me because I do respect your opinion. I'm sorry as well. As I said above, I *do* understand that my posting style can grate on people - and I will make an effort to tone it down.
