chris1969
Footballguy
First let me say that there is a tremendous amount of info in the forum threads, but sorting through it is a job when it's at it's best.
This is by far one of the worst weeks I've seen since I've been here and although it's only been about a year and a half, I pretty much lurk here every day. It started with a thread from a guy that got fired from his job and vented about it in here. Then the guys ex-boss came in and vented about it in here. Everything that both people said was under the guise of whether this website was worth spending your money on and that is Shark worthy I think, but instead of giving specifics of why exactly it's a good or bad site, both guys took the low road and aired their dirty laundry in public. This was the first time that I have actually used the report function. Not because this thread was any different from any other week, I've seen just as bad usually once a week. What made me do it this week is that I just got fed up sifting through crap the last couple of weeks. They happened to post that last thread that sent me over the edge.
The next thread that got me was a pre-season thread that somebody dug up by LHucks. The guy made a lot of predictions that didn't come true, and some tool dug it up for the sole purpose of telling him that his predictions sucked. I could have overlooked that easily and also could overlook a few
posts by a few guys, but I had to keep checking that post and wading through the crap of the 50 disciples of captain hindsight, just to see if LHucks posts more info about why he made his choices. You see I looked at his predictions the same way I did before the season started. I really don't care what he predicts. Most people make grandiose posts for emphasis. What I care about is why!!!! That's why most of the FBG content appeals to me. The guys that are paid, post a lot of info about why they think what they think. I pretty much have my own ratings and I'll adjust those depending on a lot of the "why" statements that I hear from other people. If I agree, I'll adjust my perceived rating, but If I disagree, I'll adjust my perceived ADP. I gave up on checking, but I think LHucks was afraid to go back in there and defend himself. I can't blame him, I've got shot down a few times while trying to add content to the sight. After all those attacks, it's probably easier for him to let the thread die then to argue with 50 different guys the next few weeks.
The next thing was that somebody posted the week 9 waiver wire thread before the games even started. Enough stooges posted in that thread that after already wading through crap, I decided that I'm not even gonna check the thread this week. It used to be that I was happy to wade through 2/3rds crap to get to 1/3rd insight, but lately it's been 7/8 crap to get to 1/8 insight.
The last thing that got me was yesterday's after game threads. The whole first page was either a Patriots thread or a Brown's thread. Don't get me wrong, I'm more than happy to see a bunch of Brown's threads in here. We are finally getting some love in the shark pool, but not only is it the same thread over and over again (What's going on in the QB spot?) but it's about 2 weeks behind what Brown's posters were talking about before. The Pat's 2 threads were ("Are they the greatest ever?" or "Are they the Antichrist?")
Listen, I don't mind a joke in a thread, or mind sarcasm, or mind anybody with a different opinion. What I do mind is the guy that posts a useless emoticon, a guy that repeats the last post again or 2 homers that just argue because they are homers. I honestly think the WSIS threads and the WSIPU threads should be in the shark pool because I can skip over those if I want based on thread titles. It's the tools that pad the thread with useless posts that piss me off more than anything. If everybody thought before they hit that reply button about whether they added useful content or added more useless drivel, then the shark pool would be in a better place. Also the guys that correct grammar, semantics, and punctuation can keep those comments to the daily conversations that they have with their cat Mr Peepers, and the guys that post the "You are not an expert!" posts can concentrate on other things, like moving out of their Mom and Dad's basement.
The only posts that tend to offend me are the posts from people that are too easily offended.
I'm done now, and hope that somebody posts a :lock: and somebody else reports me, because this thread doesn't belong in the Shark Pool.
This is by far one of the worst weeks I've seen since I've been here and although it's only been about a year and a half, I pretty much lurk here every day. It started with a thread from a guy that got fired from his job and vented about it in here. Then the guys ex-boss came in and vented about it in here. Everything that both people said was under the guise of whether this website was worth spending your money on and that is Shark worthy I think, but instead of giving specifics of why exactly it's a good or bad site, both guys took the low road and aired their dirty laundry in public. This was the first time that I have actually used the report function. Not because this thread was any different from any other week, I've seen just as bad usually once a week. What made me do it this week is that I just got fed up sifting through crap the last couple of weeks. They happened to post that last thread that sent me over the edge.
The next thread that got me was a pre-season thread that somebody dug up by LHucks. The guy made a lot of predictions that didn't come true, and some tool dug it up for the sole purpose of telling him that his predictions sucked. I could have overlooked that easily and also could overlook a few
posts by a few guys, but I had to keep checking that post and wading through the crap of the 50 disciples of captain hindsight, just to see if LHucks posts more info about why he made his choices. You see I looked at his predictions the same way I did before the season started. I really don't care what he predicts. Most people make grandiose posts for emphasis. What I care about is why!!!! That's why most of the FBG content appeals to me. The guys that are paid, post a lot of info about why they think what they think. I pretty much have my own ratings and I'll adjust those depending on a lot of the "why" statements that I hear from other people. If I agree, I'll adjust my perceived rating, but If I disagree, I'll adjust my perceived ADP. I gave up on checking, but I think LHucks was afraid to go back in there and defend himself. I can't blame him, I've got shot down a few times while trying to add content to the sight. After all those attacks, it's probably easier for him to let the thread die then to argue with 50 different guys the next few weeks.The next thing was that somebody posted the week 9 waiver wire thread before the games even started. Enough stooges posted in that thread that after already wading through crap, I decided that I'm not even gonna check the thread this week. It used to be that I was happy to wade through 2/3rds crap to get to 1/3rd insight, but lately it's been 7/8 crap to get to 1/8 insight.
The last thing that got me was yesterday's after game threads. The whole first page was either a Patriots thread or a Brown's thread. Don't get me wrong, I'm more than happy to see a bunch of Brown's threads in here. We are finally getting some love in the shark pool, but not only is it the same thread over and over again (What's going on in the QB spot?) but it's about 2 weeks behind what Brown's posters were talking about before. The Pat's 2 threads were ("Are they the greatest ever?" or "Are they the Antichrist?")
Listen, I don't mind a joke in a thread, or mind sarcasm, or mind anybody with a different opinion. What I do mind is the guy that posts a useless emoticon, a guy that repeats the last post again or 2 homers that just argue because they are homers. I honestly think the WSIS threads and the WSIPU threads should be in the shark pool because I can skip over those if I want based on thread titles. It's the tools that pad the thread with useless posts that piss me off more than anything. If everybody thought before they hit that reply button about whether they added useful content or added more useless drivel, then the shark pool would be in a better place. Also the guys that correct grammar, semantics, and punctuation can keep those comments to the daily conversations that they have with their cat Mr Peepers, and the guys that post the "You are not an expert!" posts can concentrate on other things, like moving out of their Mom and Dad's basement.
The only posts that tend to offend me are the posts from people that are too easily offended.
I'm done now, and hope that somebody posts a :lock: and somebody else reports me, because this thread doesn't belong in the Shark Pool.
posts by a few guys, but I had to keep checking that post and wading through the crap of the 50 disciples of captain hindsight, just to see if LHucks posts more info about why he made his choices. You see I looked at his predictions the same way I did before the season started. I really don't care what he predicts. Most people make grandiose posts for emphasis. What I care about is why!!!! That's why most of the FBG content appeals to me. The guys that are paid, post a lot of info about why they think what they think. I pretty much have my own ratings and I'll adjust those depending on a lot of the "why" statements that I hear from other people. If I agree, I'll adjust my perceived rating, but If I disagree, I'll adjust my perceived ADP. I gave up on checking, but I think LHucks was afraid to go back in there and defend himself. I can't blame him, I've got shot down a few times while trying to add content to the sight. After all those attacks, it's probably easier for him to let the thread die then to argue with 50 different guys the next few weeks.The next thing was that somebody posted the week 9 waiver wire thread before the games even started. Enough stooges posted in that thread that after already wading through crap, I decided that I'm not even gonna check the thread this week. It used to be that I was happy to wade through 2/3rds crap to get to 1/3rd insight, but lately it's been 7/8 crap to get to 1/8 insight. The last thing that got me was yesterday's after game threads. The whole first page was either a Patriots thread or a Brown's thread. Don't get me wrong, I'm more than happy to see a bunch of Brown's threads in here. We are finally getting some love in the shark pool, but not only is it the same thread over and over again (What's going on in the QB spot?) but it's about 2 weeks behind what Brown's posters were talking about before. The Pat's 2 threads were ("Are they the greatest ever?" or "Are they the Antichrist?")Listen, I don't mind a joke in a thread, or mind sarcasm, or mind anybody with a different opinion. What I do mind is the guy that posts a useless emoticon, a guy that repeats the last post again or 2 homers that just argue because they are homers. I honestly think the WSIS threads and the WSIPU threads should be in the shark pool because I can skip over those if I want based on thread titles. It's the tools that pad the thread with useless posts that piss me off more than anything. If everybody thought before they hit that reply button about whether they added useful content or added more useless drivel, then the shark pool would be in a better place. Also the guys that correct grammar, semantics, and punctuation can keep those comments to the daily conversations that they have with their cat Mr Peepers, and the guys that post the "You are not an expert!" posts can concentrate on other things, like moving out of their Mom and Dad's basemenThe only posts that tend to offend me are the posts from people that are too easily offended.I'm done now, and hope that somebody posts a :lock: and somebody else reports me, because this thread doesn't belong in the Shark Pool.
That's why the good posters stay away during the season...a bunch of girls butthurt by their home team's loss or because their fantasy teams are losing...all objectivity goes out the window.
