Regarding the NBA threads, I think we’re heading down a rabbit hole that isn't exactly looking good... Look, I respect my colleagues here, really, but if we’re going to just turn a blind eye to one or—God forbid—both eyes when people start whining and being miserable, then we might as well just lock everything down into a single PDF or hand the mod keys over to Vex next thing you know. I wouldn't even bother drawing parallels to the Premier League, because honestly, both sides over there have their heads stuck in the sand—just pure, infantile stubbornness most of the time. I felt like I needed to throw the word "mostly" into this post... suck it. ☕
As for the NBA threads, at least those of you who actually post regularly and have the capacity to look at things objectively know they aren't exactly easy to love. Not in this current state. At least not for someone sitting on the outside of all that clan-like banter—you know, guys like Robert Torres, HNT, Valencia—and anyone else who isn't part of the "inner circle" on that topic but still tries to stir the pot in the PDF.
I stepped up as a mod about 8 or 9 months ago... took me a while to really get my head around how it all works. I'll admit, before that, I only read the NBA stuff maybe three times a year, and that was an "if" scenario. And yeah, back in the early days, totally unaccustomed to this kind of discourse, I definitely acted like a bull in a china shop more than once. Could I have handled things differently? Probably. Why didn't I? Well, fear, mostly—it's safer to just sanction everything so nobody can point a finger and claim you're playing favorites or doing it wrong. Though, I gotta say, eight months ago, the NBA threads were a straight-up circus of global proportions, with Carlos—aka CR—and Ajmonaprid leading the charge. Once those two finally got their portions, things settled into a slightly calmer tone, though the chaos would erupt again whenever, by some miracle, Ajmonaprid showed up with his clones. 🙂 From that perspective, I know exactly what it's like to be in the line of fire like the paper and Anthony Jackson2 are now, and I can't blame people if they go overboard sometimes.
The PDF has changed... everything changes, I guess. A new crop of kids has arrived. Asking for the "good old days" to come back🙂 doesn't make much sense, because it’s just not possible anymore. Even the people who were heavy hitters back then are basically just coasting along now, right, David Anderson72? 🙂 There aren't many high-quality debaters left, and losing them would be a total disaster.
About that betting thread—analoggull4, if it’s going to be formatted like the one over in the Fans section, then no, absolutely not happening.
As for the NBA threads, at least those of you who actually post regularly and have the capacity to look at things objectively know they aren't exactly easy to love. Not in this current state. At least not for someone sitting on the outside of all that clan-like banter—you know, guys like Robert Torres, HNT, Valencia—and anyone else who isn't part of the "inner circle" on that topic but still tries to stir the pot in the PDF.
I stepped up as a mod about 8 or 9 months ago... took me a while to really get my head around how it all works. I'll admit, before that, I only read the NBA stuff maybe three times a year, and that was an "if" scenario. And yeah, back in the early days, totally unaccustomed to this kind of discourse, I definitely acted like a bull in a china shop more than once. Could I have handled things differently? Probably. Why didn't I? Well, fear, mostly—it's safer to just sanction everything so nobody can point a finger and claim you're playing favorites or doing it wrong. Though, I gotta say, eight months ago, the NBA threads were a straight-up circus of global proportions, with Carlos—aka CR—and Ajmonaprid leading the charge. Once those two finally got their portions, things settled into a slightly calmer tone, though the chaos would erupt again whenever, by some miracle, Ajmonaprid showed up with his clones. 🙂 From that perspective, I know exactly what it's like to be in the line of fire like the paper and Anthony Jackson2 are now, and I can't blame people if they go overboard sometimes.
The PDF has changed... everything changes, I guess. A new crop of kids has arrived. Asking for the "good old days" to come back🙂 doesn't make much sense, because it’s just not possible anymore. Even the people who were heavy hitters back then are basically just coasting along now, right, David Anderson72? 🙂 There aren't many high-quality debaters left, and losing them would be a total disaster.
About that betting thread—analoggull4, if it’s going to be formatted like the one over in the Fans section, then no, absolutely not happening.