Is it happening again?

[Toko]

So, you mean "a few Blazer fans Vs the vast majority of Laker fans"?

Dave Chapel got nothing on you

 

[DaRizzle]

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[Natebishop3]

I'm not meaning to include everybody, but I don't want to name names either because that doesn't really elicit positive responses.

We all name names on here, what else is new?

 

[LOTBfan]

I believe the issue is that they are jealous that our shopping bag fan apparel is not available yet in their area... seems to me there may be an untapped market for yellow paper underpants.

 

[RoyToy]

I don't have a problem with any posters really, besides MIXUM of course. That just gets old.

But if a fan of another team is just here trying to troll like Toko is usually trying to do, then she should probably just leave since she is adding nothing to the board.

 

[J_Ray]

Evidently the underage, clueless self-important "moderators" who are deliberately trolling and baiting posters in this forum have no clue at all that this was the EXACT kind of behavior that lead most of the members posting here to flee BBF and set up camp at SportsTwo. Deju Vu is right. I mean it's incredible that juvenile Laker "moderators" are once again deliberately trolling and baiting posters in the Blazer forum. One of them was even dumb enough to admit he was doing it on purpose, enjoyed it and planned to do it more often.

Well, as they say, those too stupid to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. They may think it's funny, but you certainly have to question both their intelligence and their motivation.

This forum is by FAR the only NBA team forum on SportsTwo that's worth a shit. All the other ones are irrelevant As I type this, there are 56 people viewing the Blazers forum. All 29 other NBA team forums on SportsTwo currently have a grand total of 10 combined viewers. That's right, the Blazers forum here is over 5 times more popular than all other team forums combined. So, is their motivation simple petty jealously that this forum is wildly popular while their own team's forum is a virtual ghost town? Or, are they actually dumb enough to think if they manage to destroy this forum they somehow "win"?

The site owners here are pretty laid back, but I have to wonder how they would feel if some of their moderators managed to destroy the one NBA team forum here that generates vastly more page views, and therefore, vastly more ad revenue, than all the other NBA team forums combined. Did they not learn anything from what happened at BBF? Did they really spend all the time, energy and money to set up this site and get it running, only to have a couple idiots they appointed as moderators chase away the members of the only NBA team forum here that's generating any revenue for them? If so, I have one thing to say: "The business model is broken".

BNM

Well all the other forums would be better if everyone explored other forums, making threads in them rather than having tons of OT threads. Like I understand having your Blazer lounge with regular life OT stuff, but there's threads about Odom being suspended & Kidd only having 1 assist in the 1st half of a game in the Blazer forum. There's a reason everyone is @ the Blazer forum, it's because there's no one else posting @ other places. You can't attract people to join a forum if there's only activity in a few forums. You only gain more people if the whole site is going full throttle. Not all fans are complete douchebags like some guys that have come in here.

 

[anonymous gambler]

I'm gonna have to jump in here.


Why are you guys so protective of 'your forum'? Its not yours, its the site's. And from personal experience, its like you guys take offense to every non-Blazer fan coming here and daring to have an opinion that isn't pro-Blazers on that particular matter, no matter how valid or well thought out it may be. What is the point of just gossiping to each other all day about how good Jerryd Bayless is, instead of engaging in actual debates with fans of other teams?


Just sayin'.

I'd say the forum belongs to us as members- the location may change, but the same core of posters forms the blazer board community. I'm just happy to be a minor member!

 

[BasX]

Join my march madness pool?

 

[THE HCP]

Anyone notice how MIXUM hasn't been heard from lately?

 

[DaRizzle]

Join my march madness pool?

advertising whore

 

[julius]

Anyone notice how MIXUM hasn't been heard from lately?

hard to notice what one cannot see.

 

[BasX]

advertising whore

its postive though

 

[Sug]

War, good God, what is it good for.

 

[LOTBfan]

I've picked uconn for 6 years straight, and i am sticking to it. i plan to see thabeet playing for sacramento or the clippers next year as the #1 pick.

 

[julius]

War, good God, what is it good for.

Sometimes land. But mostly, financial gain for those who are the "winners".

 

[Natebishop3]

hard to notice what one cannot see.

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[Minstrel]

*tries to count how many times he has come in here with perfectly valid but not necessarily pro-blazer opinions, and been chased out by the troll-hounds*

Come on, JE, be more honest than that. You've been involved in plenty of civil debates here, civil on both sides. All the major fights I've seen you in, you've been just as hostile/combative as anyone who was attacking you. Sometimes you have a "Fuck the homers, I'm going to tell them off" attitude, rather than just making your points civilly.

So, yes, you've been a target, but you've also been provocative plenty of times.

More generally, it's very hard to sort out effects on this forum. It's hard to disentangle "forum xenophobia" from the number of people who come here with chips on their shoulders, already annoyed about how Blazers fans discuss more than just the Blazers here, don't go elsewhere on the site or "are treated differently" due to size.

Personally, I'd love to see fans from all forums come here to debate civilly and be treated with respect.

 

[LOTBfan]

We are fairly certain it is not good for children and other living things though

 

[Nikolokolus]

Anyone notice how MIXUM hasn't been heard from lately?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! It might hear you -- I think it's in the walls.

 

[LOTBfan]

More generally, it's very hard to sort out effects on this forum. It's hard to disentangle "forum xenophobia" from the number of people who come here with chips on their shoulders, already annoyed about how Blazers fans discuss more than just the Blazers here, don't go elsewhere on the forum or "are treated differently" due to size.

are you saying we are fat?

 

[Minstrel]

are you saying we are fat?

I actually thought about editing it to say "size of fanbase" but enough time had passed that I was worried I'd get an "Edited" message. I hate those...uglify otherwise-pristine posts.

 

[LOTBfan]

lol

 

[Minstrel]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! It might hear you -- I think it's in the walls.

Actually, MIXUM was me all along. That's how he always seems to follow the community.

 

[BasX]

I like you guys. <3.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Well all the other forums would be better if everyone explored other forums, making threads in them rather than having tons of OT threads. Like I understand having your Blazer lounge with regular life OT stuff, but there's threads about Odom being suspended & Kidd only having 1 assist in the 1st half of a game in the Blazer forum. There's a reason everyone is @ the Blazer forum, it's because there's no one else posting @ other places. You can't attract people to join a forum if there's only activity in a few forums. You only gain more people if the whole site is going full throttle. Not all fans are complete douchebags like some guys that have come in here.

So, how exactly do "moderators" coming here and deliberately baiting, trolling and insulting other posters improve this site?

If you'll kindly re-read my post, you'll see that I never once complained about (or even mentioned) any problems with posters from other forums coming here and disagreeing or participating in the discussions. They are welcome, and even encouraged, to do so. Come on in. No problem with that at all.

My entire post was specific to the rule breaking behavior of multiple "moderators" whose job it is to help enforce the very rules they were breaking. And, that that EXACT same behavior led to the near total destruction of the Blazers forum on BBF (and is why most of us moved to SportsTwo). I can't imagine the owners and admins here would be dumb enough to allow that to happen - especially since they saw what this behavior by trolling Laker "moderators" did to the Blazer forum on BBF. It's not just stupid behavior, it's bad business.

BNM

 

[Minstrel]

I like you guys. <3.

Portland forum + BasX = LOVE

 

[BasX]

Fuckin Boxxy. Sorry about my thread earlier.

 

[number 10]

I'd say the forum belongs to us as members- the location may change, but the same core of posters forms the blazer board community. I'm just happy to be a minor member!

agreed, the forum is "ours." That's not to say that I don't appreciate the efforts of Denny Crane, but we can easily move somewhere else.

There's a reason everyone is @ the Blazer forum, it's because there's no one else posting @ other places. You can't attract people to join a forum if there's only activity in a few forums. You only gain more people if the whole site is going full throttle. Not all fans are complete douchebags like some guys that have come in here.

Well just look at all the wonderful reasons I've been given to explore other forums. Besides, I want to chat with Blazer fans. We have a wide enough community here that there's plenty of discussion without things getting boring. You're also under the impression that I give a fuck about the website as a whole. I don't. This Blazer community is the only reason I'm here, S2, while nice, offers nothing a million other websites can't offer.

also - what I tried to post in the last thread

For what it's worth, this is a PUBLIC FORUM. Anyone can post anywhere. I wasn't necessarily trying to make a point with that post, more of a joke if anything (ya know, hence the smiley afterwards).

I got that it was a joke, but it's a touchy area, and there's definitely an element of tribalism involved. I still think that it's disrespectful for you to exercise mod powers when we have plenty of good, community selected moderators already.

And I'm not going to disagree that some of the immaturity was totally uncalled for, but so was your guys' fans coming in to the Laker forum and gloating about your win the other night.

But hey, double standards are cool I guess.

Again, I don't give a fuck about the other forums here, I want to talk with Blazer fans. The only time I ever venture is to laugh (while lurking) at another team's forum in crisis mode. Any Blazer fans out of line in another team's forums should be dealt with by that forum's moderators.

I would tend to disagree with the latter part of your post here pal. I don't recall the last time I was treated "well" in this forum. Anytime I come in here to voice my opinion, someone is attacking me. Whether it be KingSpeed or someone else, I'm getting attacked almost always.

Precisely why I don't go to other teams' forums....

 

[LOTBfan]

yeah we got heart

 

[maxiep]

I mean seriously, does no one realize that neither side will budge on this Ariza/Rudy thing? Its going to go on forever. You guys are going to shit chickens and say that the Lakers are classless thugs and Ariza deserves to be hit by a bus, then the Laker fans are going to shit chickens and point out evidence that Ariza didn't intend to injure, and then you will shit chickens again, and so on... what does anyone expect to gain out of this bullshit?

A lot of shit chickens?