Warning
by Dave on Nov 19, 2008 12:02 AM PST
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PrintThe second half of the Gameday Thread tonight was full of profanity, disguised profanity, and general crapulence. Like many of you, my computer slows down when having to traverse the fully mature Gameday Threads. The tech people are working on it but for the early part of the season it's just something we have to live with. The upshot is that I spent over half an hour trying to clean up the thread before I decided just to nuke it. Some longer-term members have been suspended as a result and some shorter-term members have been banned outright.
Let me spell this out:
--No profanity on this site. It doesn't matter what you thought the refs did. No profanity on this site, period.
--That means you may not talk about what comes out of a cow's rear end. You may not say anything about copulation with parents. You may not use graphic terms for body parts.
--There's no disguised profanity on this site either. I have let some "effins" and "f'ins" go by because they've been occasional but that's evidently been my mistake as they're picking up. They add nothing concrete, not even meaningful emphasis, to your statements and they are a violation of site rules. Just stop.
--You may not compare anything that happens in a sporting event to the forcible violation of a woman's body.
--In all things, err on the side of courtesy and civility in public discourse.
If you cannot manage this, you will not remain here.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
ALSO: Do not post any pictures or graphics in the Gameday Threads other than Timbo with the boxscore, which is serving a community purpose.
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Everyone go to NBA.com and vote for your allstars!!
Just going to keep reminding you all every chance I get.. ;)
Vote once per day
How about
if you remind us once a day, instead of in every thread?
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
LOL
marginally better, I suppose.
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
agreed!
The ironic had worn off and I was getting tired of seeing that!
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
Wow
Sounds like I missed a huge party… Where everyone was throwing up!
"Hightide was the only "Yes" vote" - parkinglotj
Joel Freeland=Stud
Thanks, Dave
Too bad people had to be banned. There’s been a little more of this stuff going on. I wonder if the short term members even realized you were serious about the rule….
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
Thank You, Dave
Appreciate your action …
"I began to imagine as always at my left side just out of range of sight, a brazen winged beast which I associated with laughing, ecstatic destruction." William Butler Yeats
Sorry Dave,
We’ll try to do a better job of policing ourselves better. On the other hand though, I think it’d be kind of jerkish for me to chew people out for swearing in threads, it just doesn’t feel right.
i generally
just try to point out where people aren’t being cool. I, think, i avoid any actual chew outs.
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
Just flag it!
And if it’s a new poster, maybe they need a link to the Site Conversation Rules thread.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Nov 19, 2008 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Say what?
Thats Turrible Dave.
Time For The Spanish Guard To Step Up
by TheGreatDane17 on Nov 19, 2008 12:30 AM PST reply actions
That's a great picture
In actuality someone just to the left of the shot is fixing to toss a Milk Dud at him.
—Dave
by Dave on Nov 19, 2008 1:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, i WAS not clean watching the game
I’m not blaming what I saw on the Ref’s though. We had a game plan that worked and then moved away from that in favor of Bayless and Oden minutes.
I love that Oden got some nice stats, but we were KILLING that game with Pryz in there and DIED with Oden. I know Oden needs some time, and so I’m being patient, but I also want the wins and I’m okay with Oden only playing 20 minutes a game. Until he’s in better shape, against teams like golden… i think Pryz is just the better match-up.
Also… quit feeding Oden… let it come to him naturally darn it!!!
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
I am with you on this Dave
The lame potty mouths should start a site targeting the lame potty mouth market with mommy or daddys money,or maybe they could get a job,I dont really care as long as they do it some place else but dont do it here
by southern oregon on Nov 19, 2008 12:32 AM PST reply actions
Hopefully...
Oden flexes his muscles as moderator of the painted area and bans Rose from the rim next game.
What's the rule on fans from the team we are playing commenting in the thread?
The guy over here from Golden State wasn’t bad really, it’s just annoying to see him trashing Oden after getting block by Turiaf and stuff like that. Plus, I just feel like during heated games like that it could get ugly between the fanbases. And it’s just weird seeing someone saying Marrow for threeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! in the middle of our Blazer thread.
I’m completely supportive of clamping down on the language. I was as mad as anyone and I didn’t resort to swearing. The same can be said for many, many other BE folk with prezofdeath leading the way. Just can’t let the few people who go overboard bring down the fine work being done around here.
WWKPD?
The trolling was a killer tonight
I’m not sure who started what where, but it became obvious some of the GSW folks came over to rile people up.
It would be nice to either have an ignore function, or a mod online during game night threads to nip swearing/trolling in the bud (I’m sure there’s got to be an old-timer or two who’d be up for the challenge, so Dave doesn’t go nuts on it)
I was on the GSoM board (not posting)
he was begging people to come take over the BE thread. The GSoM folks were disinterested. He was an annoyance over there as well
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Nov 19, 2008 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Yah
If I could have surgically removed the offensive stuff I just would have left it at that, but because of the slowness I was forced to bring down the whole thread to avoid having to spend another hour on it. Thus the warning.
As far as fans of other teams, my first instinct is to respond to whatever they cheer on about their team with a hearty :::golf clap:::
After about six of those in response they’ll probably get the message. If I’m around I can help moderate but often I can’t participate in Gameday Threads so all I can do is clean up afterwards.
—Dave
that's actually a rather brilliant idea
I’ll take it to heart next time. I love getting smart alecky with people looking for trouble.
Perhaps also
if everyone flags the potty mouth stuff from opposing fans, Dave can just flip through the flags and clean up that….
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
I don't think the trolling was the tipping point
First of all, I counted only one guy from Golden State of Mind posting a lot and maybe one or two with just a comment. I once posted a reminder to keep things with our little GSM troll civil as a reply to him, and reminded him that he is a guest here, simply because I also like to comment in other sites game day threads and suppose that’s everyones freedom (in my case I do it with teams that I also like, not to stir things up). Didn’t work too well, but I didn’t find that his posts a la “Morrrooooowwwwwww”, “Buike!!!”, “Turiaf denies Oden” and not wanting to trade our big three for Morrow were really offensive.
Sounds like mostly silly childish stuff
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
Why let that bother you.
Once you realize he’s a fan of the other team, you should figure he’s going to be rooting against our guys.
Reminds me of back when the movie Tora Tora Tora first came out. There was this Asian family sitting a few rows in front of us. Everytime the movie showed a US ship getting bombed they would cheer and yell Banzai. At first I was a bit ticked off (almost used the p-word, but Dave’s warning is ringing in my head), but then I thought that it took a fair amount of courage (or stupidity) to do that. Later, when I thought back on it, I thought it was funny as all get out. (Dave’s warning at work again.)
hakkaa päälle !
Thanks Dave
Tonights thread was just not a safe haven for a fan. lol.
Also thanks for pointing out that Timbo’s boxscores are ok, I think I scolded him once
:P
"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath
"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave
by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 19, 2008 12:53 AM PST reply actions
There has always been a Timbo exception
for that. I think it’s valuable to have a boxscore in front of you in the thread.
—Dave
Now I feel like a pink elephant walking into an AA meeting.
Thanks again Dave…
"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath
"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave
by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 19, 2008 12:59 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure I'm familiar with that expression
Is it a joke? “Why’d the pink elephant walk into the AA meeting”
“because he told Timbo to stop posting the box score”
Hysterical laughter ensues.
I think dumbo saw pink elephants when he was drunk...
Not sure what it means though.
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
Always
in this case means Dave instituted it a couple weeks ago, I think.
That’s the problem with the younger generation, no sense of the span of history.
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
"Always"
being in the context of the rule about pictures and graphics. That has only stood since the season started. But as long as it had stood there has always been a Timbo Boxscore exception.
—Dave
Did I just get bug-squished?
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
Anyone else
who avoided the thread for the things Dave mentioned, curious about whom the suspendees are?
"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath
"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave
by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 19, 2008 1:02 AM PST reply actions
Do we have to put out a weekly injury report
like in the NFL?
by Bust a Bucket on Nov 19, 2008 1:45 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, that would be kind of fun.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Nov 19, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed. SBN 1.0 had a much better basketball game thread setup.
2.0 is great for baseball gamethreads, but when the action is frantic, you can’t really follow a gamethread as well.
54!
Try watching a chat at Justin.tv like I did for the last playoffs
This is easy compared to that. Though there you don’t get info messages that someone posted (you can just scroll up and don’t see the action if you want to), and the mods can give guys a ten minute timeout (mostly for link spamming), which helps to keep things in order. But I still prefer the SBN system by far over anything, especially the ESPN boards.
why would you READ that chat
I swear my IQ drops 200 points just glimpsing that chat out of the corner of my eye!
Greg Oden, where posters happen.
I have the thread still open, should I search?
Just kidding. But there is quite some swearing of the not so concealed kind.
ME!!!
after I seen a big pile of dog poo get posted…“I was like, uh ohhhh, I better get out of here before I go and do something dumb!”,
I’m pretty proud of that decision :)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
yeah,
I feel guilty about that part though, I think I should have laid into that flag button, but…..being a recently unbanned soul, I couldn’t condem another to that fate,…….it get’s really lonely not being able to converse with you fine people…given my co workers …are….normal people.
I still can’t post from work but just being able to drop a Ha HA Ha!! that was funny after I get home, …..is liberating…
BEING BANNED SUCKS!!!! so don’t get banned and encorage as many people as you can to actually READ the rules……kinda like the second you reconize someone as a new poster….link it, throw a copy at em,….just make sure they read them…..and if they wanna act like a pin head after that, it’s alllllll on them….
I say that becuase I didn’t read the rules and was on a year exodus for it.
anyway, climbing off my soap box/or big pile of poo which ever way you wanna look at it. :)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
I think it wouldn't help yesterday
The people in that thread were enraged. They would just tell people where to stick those rules.
but if I were the one to throw the rules at them....
then I wouldn’t feel guilty for them getting banned, (I’m strange like that)
dunno why but I’m pretty sure I’d feel alot better about the banning of others, if they were in fact warned with the rules….cuz after I was banned, I went and read the rules….and felt like a stupid sheep cuz had I read them beforehand….given they’re so clearly written, and emphasised the important parts…..I maybe wouldn’t have been banned….
that’s all I mean I think?… :)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Yeah
But then there are some people where it’s best to give them the rope to hang themselves, because you know it’s coming sooner or later.
lol...you mean the guy's that DIDN'T
read the rules….you’re a bad bad bad boy tom….
I think that’s why I dig your style….shameless… ;) with as much respect as I throw down to hobobobo. (scale of 1-10 10 being dave, and one being,…well…lol….uhhhhh….me? yeah that’ll do) I peg you at a strong 7.
given your terrible ambassador job….I’m disapointed tom ;) ya could have made nine had you put your heart into it.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
I have been going to the gameday thread
To get the stream link from Magnum or one of the other tech heros,many thanks tech heads,and fliping back and forth with the game thread,last nite I had to blow it off and was glad to see Dave get down on some of the rules dont apply to me cause im so special clowns
by southern oregon on Nov 19, 2008 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
I know a couple that would be MORE than happy to
take your place
:)
"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson
I know for a fact SBN moderators can ban themselves.
Graham at Lookout Landing tested it out one time, and he had to ask one of the other moderators to unban him.
54!
That's hilarious
The most amazing thing about my amazing ego is I have amazingly little about which to be egotistical.
The pick and roll this year will emphasize "roll" followed by "dunk", followed by the wailings and lamentations of your women.
Good stuff
I was thinking about the language on the thread, and wondering if the site was going downhill. Way to break out the hammer. Totally warranted.
Reminds me of last year
When we had a particular call that didn’t go our way and the fan base became quite irate. It was followed by a great post from Dave (as usual) that allowed the fan base to debate how officials do or don’t affect the game and how we as fans should react. Dave, maybe you should resurrect that post verbatim (to save yourself some time). I know this won’t be the last time this happens!
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
Much appreciated Dave
I saw that last night and was wondering what you were going to do.
I’m glad our team has another game tonight and can’t stew about this one very long.
"Greg Oden is the strongest guy in the NBA" - Channing Frye.
Looks like I'm glad I missed seeing the game...
… and bummed at missing the Game Thread.
hakkaa päälle !
I guess the
R-word comments to get out of line a bit. Not actually a funny topic after all.
Maybe there are alternatives a la fiddlesticks?
Maybe “the refs had their way with us”?
Or, “ugh, the kiss of the zebra”
or “why do they keep whistling while my heart is breaking?”
or “Those l*ker lovin son-of-a-Donaghee’s!”
Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in San Antonio
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
by HurraKane212 on Nov 19, 2008 7:09 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
I have sat in on a few gameday threads on other SB Nation sites that are routinely filled with curse words. I have never participated in one in BE because of my fear that I would let one go.
When Rudy’s jersey was grabbed at the end of the game, I was letting them fly at the TV until my very pregnant wife told me to shut up…. so, again, glad I wasn’t in here. The “Hack-A-G.O.” was painful to watch as well.
We did get robbed, but then again we have nobody to blame but ourselves for playing into GS’s style of play for much of the game. When you leave the game so close like that then you leave too much room for randomness and subjectivity.
MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)
by The Cactus Leaguer on Nov 19, 2008 8:40 AM PST reply actions
Question
How do people manage to post prolifically during a game and still pay attention to everything going on on the court?
lickety-brindle
by Billy Ray Bates on Nov 19, 2008 8:47 AM PST reply actions
This question
will get you flagged so fast.
"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath
"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave
by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 19, 2008 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
I saw some of the comments last night and thought it was despicable! If you can not express yourself using the million or so words in the English language without using profanity, maybe you should go back to grammar school. Using profanity shows the rest of the world your lack of creativity.
Last nights thread
was pretty bad, luckily for me I was to busy watching the game to partake. I did notice some f bombs being dropped and was hoping someone would say something. This is a site for everyone afterall and we should leave the foul language off the boards. Thanks guys for running such a great site. J
G.O. for R.O.Y.
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Dave! I did good!!! :) No cursing :)
no posting either but yeah no cursing!!!!! :)
Sophia
"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson
This game was obviously rigged.
We played like the inhabitants of a baby’s diaper but that “foul” on Rudy at the end was absurdy wrong.
Sophia
"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson
i figured you would put an end to the tom-foolery
as much as i love youtube, i hate the comments because it brings out the 12 year old in everyone, i’m glad that these rules exist because it keeps intelligent people coming here. Morrow for R.O.Y.! (half kidding)
Thanks Dave!
I have a hard enough time finding a moment in my day to even toss a comment or two into the ring for non-gameday posts, but trying to divide my time between watching a game, screaming at my tv, AND then trying to post? Doesn’t work very well.
Maybe that’s why all the quick cheap shots/vulgarity creeps up every now and then- it’s just quicker and easier to toss out some garbage and a few f-bombs then to actually think a moment and have to disengage from the game.
Either way, thanks for maintaining a site worth sharing with others.
This is a start
But beyond the profanity lies a very terrible signal-to-noise ratio in the gameday threads. I’d actually rather read some profanity than read 10-15 posts of “OMG!!!!!!!!!!!” and “!!!!!!!” every time something happens.
Every other part of the site makes this one of the best fan sites in the association but those Gameday threads have turned into a scrap heap. Combine that with the slow load times when it approaches the 1000-reply mark and it’s just not worth checking anymore. Get rid of the junk posts and add some in-game true discussion and I’m back. I want to discuss plays, adjustments, player performances, etc. in real-time — not read a chat room script.
create a fanshot for that during the game
the Gameday thread is pretty much only there for people to do exactly what you have a problem with. If you create a fanshot where people can talk more about the flow of the game, and more about in game decisions. I am sure that other people will join the conversation.
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
Game threads were NEVER like you imagine they were -- check the archives and prove me wrong!
Get rid of the junk posts and add some in-game true discussion and I’m back. I want to discuss plays, adjustments, player performances, etc. in real-time — not read a chat room script.
"Sergio is clearly the MJ of 3rd string point guards!" —Mortimer Pritchard
Announcement of Support
No one here needs me to utter this but I wanted to make a gesture of support for Dave.
I happen to be a guy who lives and breathes and works every day with a fair bit of profanity. I curse all the time at my computer, friends, and particularly at sporting events.
But I see this site as sort of like visiting someone else’s house. We play by his rules. It really is that simple. It’s not about disagreeing or freedom of expression but a gesture of outright courtesy. I deeply appreciate the work Dave puts in and actually rather resent other people making it hard on him by not following the rules no matter what.
You don’t bring ham to a party celebrating Hanukah. You don’t curse on Blazers Edge.
And that’s just it.
Buck Williams for the hall of fame
Thank you for regulating
I swear like a sailor in the real world, but I do my best to keep it clean on this site, and i appreciate that others do as well.
I’m sorry the thread had to go, but I understand your reasoning and i applaud you for staying true to the sites nature dave.
"Why would we lie to ourselves dude?"
"Be excellent to each other."
"All we are is dust in the wind, dude."
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K."
The Wisdom of Bill S Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan
by GreatOden'sRaven on Nov 19, 2008 10:33 AM PST reply actions
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