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Soccer Forum - Please dont close it

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    #182
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    ecksor fears soccer.

    rolf
    comment of the year, anyone?

    Flogen


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    #183
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Originally posted by Bungalow Bill
    ecksor fears soccer.

    I can see that you're quite the Internet Detective. Nice analysis of the situation too. What I can't figure out is how some of the Soccer posters are able to get through the entire process of switching on a computer, connecting to the Internet, logging onto boards ...


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    #184
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Originally posted by Bungalow Bill
    Closing the Soccer forum is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen on Boards.
    If people fight on it so the fock what!
    Its only a bloody internet forum, mods need to seriously cop on.
    Its one of the most popular boards and mods are being totally retarded on this one.

    ecksor fears soccer.

    Behaving like that only adds reason to their actions


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    #185
    Big Ears
    Registered Users Posts: 8,968 ✭✭✭Big Ears


    Originally posted by Bungalow Bill
    Closing the Soccer forum is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen on Boards.
    If people fight on it so the fock what!
    Its only a bloody internet forum, mods need to seriously cop on.
    Its one of the most popular boards and mods are being totally retarded on this one.

    ecksor fears soccer.

    If theres tons of fighting on the forum proper debates/discussions will never come around instead people will be saying things like ur a ****ing idiot to think he's any good etc,etc .

    Im glad to hear what Devore has posted and lets hope with get back a discussionative ( prob not a word ) and non flaming forum .


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    #186
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Em...Hi...

    I didn't realise there was a discussion on this. I PMed one of the Mods of the forum, I can't remember who it was, and I'm sorry if I annoyed you at all.

    I don't know if I am one of the "Problem Posters" from the soccer forum. I don't think I incite flame wars, and I think I put my views forward in a balanced and rational way.

    I do think that something needs to be addresses though. While personal abuse is not to be tolerated ( I experienced it myself in the soccer forum ), there is a certain level of "abuse" to be expected in a soccer forum all the same. The nature of supporting any sports team is that it is tribal in nature. Supporters of TeamA like it when TeamB have some sort of failure, be it the loss of one game, or whatever. It is natural for SupportersOf TeamA to indulge in a little slagging. I don't think this was the problem.

    I miss the soccer forum, I know I only joined boards.ie relatively recently, but it's only because I only recently became unemployed and got a new job where I have internet access.

    The soccer forum helped me through my unemployed days, and it also is one of the forums where I post during my day in my new boring job.

    Please bring it back, in whatever form it needs to be in.


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    #187
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Sigs should be disabled in the Soccer forum TBH

    They incite flamewars and such


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    #188
    The Muppet
    Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Originally posted by Bungalow Bill
    Closing the Soccer forum is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen on Boards.

    Is that including all of the 2 months you have been here.
    If the changes eradicates the problem of One user with multiple accounts on the soccer forum it will be a welcome development.


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    #189
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Originally posted by The Muppet
    Is that including all of the 2 months you have been here.

    Newbie Bashing is a crime;)


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    #190
    paddyduff
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭paddyduff


    This is a complete joke. I got banned for a week for telling some bloke called ronaldo7 i'd love to rip his head off his shoulders or words to that effect... one moment of boards madness (totally let myself down and have since served my penance) now i discover he's responsible for all this... I want to do more than rip his head off now!! Oooh sorry, am i banned again??? Just ban him and reopen the forum!! Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. Actually I have no problems with the saps that type rubbish. I just ignore them normally! Hey another great solution there... just IGNORE the morons!! But then again.. if someone slags my mammy and i'm in the mood for slagging their mammy... what's the big deal??? like so what?! - Suggestion - open a mammy slagging forum!! that way we can have a 'take it outside' scenario whenever things get out of hand... I'd love to meet these people who get so distressed that they feel the need to report it to mods!! "Boohoo, some guy said a bold word and hurt my feelings"... Like what the fock is that all about?? And I'd love to meet these mods who shut down forums as a result!! - "Hmmm, lets investigate this serious matter of social disturbance as we strive to make the world a better place" Just open it again and let everyone slag each other if they want... from my experience, for the most part, things aren't that bad that it needs to be shut down. Football brings banter amongs fans, banter is a bit of craic and if the Irish can't have a bit of craic anymore we're all f u c k e d!


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    #191
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Originally posted by The Muppet

    If the changes eradicates the problem of One user with multiple accounts on the soccer forum it will be a welcome development.

    or also when it eliminates flamebaters from the forum.


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    #192
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    But then again.. if someone slags my mammy and i'm in the mood for slagging their mammy... what's the big deal??? like so what?! - Suggestion - open a mammy slagging forum!!

    This thread is a real eye-opener I have to say.


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    #193
    DapperGent
    Registered Users Posts: 4,838 ✭✭✭DapperGent


    Originally posted by The Muppet
    If the changes eradicates the problem of One user with multiple accounts on the soccer forum it will be a welcome development.
    Jesus. Do you not even realise that you're one of the main reasons for the unmitigated heap of steaming shite the soccer forum has turned into?

    A little self-knowledge is a dangerous thing I guess. Especially for the small of mind.


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    #194
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Originally posted by DapperGent
    Jesus. Do you not even realise that you're one of the main reasons for the unmitigated heap of steaming shite the soccer forum has turned into?

    A little self-knowledge is a dangerous thing I guess. Especially for the small of mind.

    I think he blissfully ignores the fact that he has a champions league spot in the premier league of soccer trolls and muppets.


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    #195
    BKtje
    Registered Users Posts: 8,043 ✭✭✭BKtje


    Found this thread today and its already littered with overflow from the soccer forum.
    If some posters can't keep it civil when requesting the forum back then i dunno why they'd ever give us our beloved soccer forum back/

    That said, im delighted to hear that the soccer forum will return shortly. Im surprised with how much i've actually missed parts of it although recently, as a lot of people have said, its gotten a bit on the pants side. Was difficult to wade through the muck to get to the debates.

    I appreciate the increased in strictness that was recently applied in the forum but i believe it could have been even stricter as i (along with most posters) feel that there was too much off topic and personal insults flying about. You had to watch very carefully what you wrote or you could get pulled in before you knew it.

    Im glad that these steps have been taken to bring it back to (hopefully anyway) what it once was and i thank the admins/mods for their hardwork.


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    #196
    Draupnir
    Registered Users Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Draupnir


    If the rules implemented on the soccer board where implemented here, then shouldnt certain people be banned for constantly insulting other users? The Muppet is taking a lot of stick around here.


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    #197
    The Muppet
    Registered Users Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Originally posted by syke
    I think he blissfully ignores the fact that he has a champions league spot in the premier league of soccer trolls and muppets.

    One mans troll/flamebait is another mans opinion. Some people would want to grow up and recognise that.


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    #198
    Villain
    Registered Users Posts: 15,944 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Originally posted by Draupnir
    If the rules implemented on the soccer board where implemented here, then shouldnt certain people be banned for constantly insulting other users? The Muppet is taking a lot of stick around here.

    This is the feedback forum, I think thats a little different from the soccer forum.


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    #199
    Mercury_Tilt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭Mercury_Tilt


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    #200
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I prefer to take the pulse before I cut a man's arm off.


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    #201
    Doodee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭Doodee


    ill mod it ............


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    #202
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    i love it when the **** hits the fan then certain posters scatter , others get on their high horse and have a holier than thou attitude to the whole thing pointing fingers without actually questioning thier own inputs into such muppetry

    maybe we can open an apology fourm for that or do we have one already called prison :)


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    #203
    Draupnir
    Registered Users Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Draupnir


    Ive apologised a couple of times for getting myself banned and adding to the muppetry as its known. Personally, I didnt really think it was offensive but Ive since realised that my personal brand of humour doesnt translate to well via text. Im more than prepared to bear this in mind when posting in future.

    I just think there is a certain amount of double standards going on in certain circumstances but basically, I think its time to move on from this BS and those of us who have been involved should maybe cop on a bit and think before we type.

    I also reckon some people shouldnt get involved in stuff they arent involved in, just to throw their hat in the ring and declare that they are anti muppetry. Then the slag off the so called "muppets" and in effect, cause the same problems that the original "muppets" did.

    Thats my 2 cents, hopefully the soccer forum is reopened and I hope Im granted access. I slipped up but as I said, I didnt understand the obvious sensitivities of internet communities.


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    #204
    BKtje
    Registered Users Posts: 8,043 ✭✭✭BKtje


    now i promised myself i wouldnt do this but hypocracy is not something i like
    by Jank
    holier than thou attitude to the whole thing pointing fingers without actually questioning thier own inputs into such muppetry

    That is all


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    #205
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    B-K, I suspect it might be a case of irony, not hypocracy :)


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    #206
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    maybe its just honesty

    http://muppet.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=1468517#post1468517

    havent been warned or banned since, so that must tell ya something,

    also havent been blaming anybody for the muppetry except ourselves ie soccer forum users


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    #207
    NightStrike
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭NightStrike


    Firstly, I'd like to say well done to the mods for sorting this out. It is appreciated even if we don't all post it.

    I think the proposals Dev mentioned will work. Its obvious a lot of the problems have been with rival supporters etc but the league/cups are winding down now so competition is pretty much non-existent and the summer months will give it time to settle down and work so that by the start of the new season we should all be adjusted fingers crossed.

    I know there'll be Euro 2004 to discuss and new signings also in the summer but they shouldn't cause too much hassle.


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    #208
    Dustaz
    Registered Users Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Dustaz


    Originally posted by The Muppet
    One mans troll/flamebait is another mans opinion. Some people would want to grow up and recognise that.


    Really?


    Nice sig.


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    #209
    Bungalow Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Bungalow Bill


    All I was saying is that the arguing on the soccer forum may be a little more heated than it is on the Bird Watching forum and a little leniancy should be allowed. Trying to change the passionate nature of soccer fans is pointless and creating a police state style forum will simply blow. Why people cannot just ignore it if someone is insulting someone else I do not know.

    Why shut it down?? This is a power-freak attack on soccer fans. If you don't like, don't use it.


    ecksor fears soccer


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    #210
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Have you actually read this thread?


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    #211
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Erm, what does "ecksor fears soccer" even mean?


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