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Footballguy
Outside of bashing the bejesus out of Jets94, did the Yellow board seem more civil?I know that I post alot less analysis and comments now days, and in a way I could make a case that it just hasn't seem worth it to get into detail.I remember hugely insightful conversations with the likes of cracker, ham, MoP, even Jets. I just don't feel the same way as much anymore. Unless it is a dynasty style thread, I find myself not making the same effort I used to.Is this true, or is it as Shick! says, just fond remembrance?Is the bashing now really any less than the pile on Jets94? :rotflmao:This Poll brought to you by the good people at Bueno
See what happens when other mesage boards go premium service?I've been here since Cheatsheets.com. Maybe I do remember the "old days" a bit fondly, but I've noticed something about my habits here:1. I rarely finish reading a thread because they all break down into name calling.2. I don't post as much as I used to, mainly because a lot of the time, someone else has already made my point.3. I find it harder and harder to separate the wheat from the chaff. Pollution by dilution would describe the boards some days.Frankly I blame the Huddle :half-joke: When the Huddle message boards went pay, this Board exploded as those who woud not pay went elsewhere.I too would like to see a return to the days when there were just a few thousand of us registered and the board was mainly VBD geeks, and we actually argued statistics without getting ridiculed. I haven't seen a good discussion of standard deviation yet this year! Frankly though, that isn't going to happen.I personally think Joe made a mistake when he left his highest cost item (the message boards) out of the premium service. It sounds like now, maybe he's beginning to rethink that decision. Personally, I hope he is.Something for you post-padders and flamers to consider.....Edited to add a thought: I wonder how many of the original 1500 or so (old board numbers) are still here, and if they are, how many have stopped posting with the frequency they did in the past.
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That said, I am not without the occasional indulgence in quick and pointless remarks berating others for lacking even second grade spelling and grammar. But, come on folks! then/thanto/tooDillion? Fischer?
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However, part of my posting less in the Shark Pool is because a lot of good topical threads on the old board with the mods have now been replaced by articles. People talk about the articles in general, but for the most part you don't have the same quality discussions that were there before the articles came out.With that said, most of my legitimate postings in the Shark Pool occur preseason discussing drafting theories player analysis, and dynamic vbd. During the season there's not much to say. I don't ask others how to run my team, and really don't care about others' teams.Once we're in the offseason I'll talk about salary cap issues, another favorite topic of mine. Right now there's just not much to say.There's only so much I can take of people saying how they called their shot on certain players, what they need on Monday night, are trades collusion, and inane polls.Also it's like anything else when something is small and becomes big. On the yellow board we were a tight knit group as there was so few of us for most of the time there. This created more of a sense of togetherness of us against the world and getting the edge in fantasy football. As the group has grown, the tight knit group sees people they've known get flamed, so they'll flame back on the new guy.Also, so many of the older posters get tired of noobs not reading simple instructions and posting topics in the right forum. Many people don't know that originally the old board only had one forum, and eventually it had to be split. Essentially the entire board debated this process. We decided that it was in the best interest of the board to split everything up since good topics were being buried within 20 minutes. So when the old timers see crap put in the Shark Pool, we know how quickly good topics can be lost amoung the morass of crap. The fact that many people new to these boards don't appreciate this makes me feel that the new people don't care.Also, when questions are asked by a noob and I answer, very rarely will I get a thanks. Common courtesy is all I ask. This lack of it makes me less inclined to answer questions.So that's my reason.
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