Hoganstand.Com

DCUlad

You ever post on it ?

Have to say, I'm a big shtar on it myself, but the site layout is quite poor.

It's got some fantastic contributers though. The wit and banter would never be replicated here.

Orizio

'Wit' is an overstatement. Full of clueless contributors.

dcr22B

Orizio wrote: »

'Wit' is an overstatement. Full of clueless contributors.

Not often that you and I agree on something.

It's got the greatest amount of WUMs that you're ever likely to come across and very little in the way of meaningful contributions.

Clareman

Folks,

We all have thoughts on how other sites run and the contributions of their members to those sites, etc. etc. but I don't think boards is the place to discuss other forums, if you have a problem with the other site, either ignore it or bring it up on their site, I don't want to start an inter-domain slagging match, after all we're all just interested in GAA after all

Diabhal Beag

I joined it during the weeks before Galway-Tipp last year in hurling. Actully found the posters to be very nice and helpful to me as a n00b over there but there was a bit of bickering between some of the older members.

I prefer using this forum because its more convenient and more fun stuff like prediction threads etc.

So all in all I like both although I'm a lurker over there.

mayo.mick

I do post on it myself sometimes, but there's too many troll's and childish posters on it. A lot of the genuine, long term posters have left it, which is a shame, there used to be great debates on it years ago.

DCUlad

Orizio wrote: »

'Wit' is an overstatement. Full of clueless contributors.

I tend not to agree. Comparing the Boards GAA threads and Hoganstand, it apperars there is more knowledge, wit, banter on HS.

Here it seems to be people just agreeing with each other all the time.

I'll agree with the few that said HS has too many children on it. But i think it's worth listening to the childer for the amount of greats.

Numerious former posters on HS have left alright. They can now be found at gaatipster.ie
It's got a very limited amount of posters, but the ones on it are fantastic.
By far the best GAA board for debate by a country mile.
Advise any of youse to check it out.

Orizio

DCUlad wrote: »

I tend not to agree. Comparing the Boards GAA threads and Hoganstand, it apperars there is more knowledge, wit, banter on HS.

Here it seems to be people just agreeing with each other all the time.

I'll agree with the few that said HS has too many children on it. But i think it's worth listening to the childer for the amount of greats.

Numerious former posters on HS have left alright. They can now be found at gaatipster.ie
It's got a very limited amount of posters, but the ones on it are fantastic.
By far the best GAA board for debate by a country mile.
Advise any of youse to check it out.

I wasn't comparing here to HS - generally the best GAA websites tend to be the county ones, like rebelgaa, res dubs, premierview etc.

Paracore

no full of know it alls

blackbelt

I see there was a clever "whodunnit" whereby Ballboy from Mayo disappeared only to come back as Liathroidboy also from Mayo.

The site is great in general but the forum...well enough said.

flahavaj

Nothing will ever bayte upthedeise in its heyday. Lord I did some blagguarding on that site.:pac:

JP09

HS can be good/funny sometimes after big matches for the different opinions (good, bad and funny!)
wit can get very sarcastic on it tho!

rpurfield

i generally only stick to the meath page but i find while youll get info and some good debate they let blatant wumming go on.there was something being said about our club on it one day and i posted up a fact to rubbish whatever it was saying id got it off an executive member,the post wouldve stopped a load of rubbish being spouted but the mods there pulled it!

mayo.mick

rpurfield wrote: »

i generally only stick to the meath page but i find while youll get info and some good debate they let blatant wumming go on.there was something being said about our club on it one day and i posted up a fact to rubbish whatever it was saying id got it off an executive member,the post wouldve stopped a load of rubbish being spouted but the mods there pulled it!

I wonder why the mods allow so much trolling/wumming on the site?

jujamax

hoganstand always full of juvinile comments.
gaaboards or this one are the only ones i look up

Stevecw

I look at it regularly, post on it sometimes. I stick to my own co forum tho, and even on that we get idiots from neighbouring co's posting there stirring up crap. Don't get why the mods there can't stop that.

Gaaboard is actually pretty good too, even if most of posters are from Ulster or Mayo/Sligo it seems!!

Daysha

I'm not a fan of the forum and probably never will be, but in terms of its news content it's absolutely second to none.

Wingman2010

blackbelt wrote: »

I see there was a clever "whodunnit" whereby Ballboy from Mayo disappeared only to come back as Liathroidboy also from Mayo.

The site is great in general but the forum...well enough said.

Yes I remeember him! He got banned me thinks as ballboy! I think that was not longer after Hoganstand posted an article on the 1st of April about the GAA poaching aussie players; it was lengendary seeing him getting caught out :rolleyes:

Browney7

7. The average age of posters on that Forum. The quality of trolls on it is akin to the Billy Goats Gruff.

aDeener

DCUlad wrote: »

I tend not to agree. Comparing the Boards GAA threads and Hoganstand, it apperars there is more knowledge, wit, banter on HS.

Here it seems to be people just agreeing with each other all the time.

I'll agree with the few that said HS has too many children on it. But i think it's worth listening to the childer for the amount of greats.

Numerious former posters on HS have left alright. They can now be found at gaatipster.ie
It's got a very limited amount of posters, but the ones on it are fantastic.
By far the best GAA board for debate by a country mile.
Advise any of youse to check it out.

hehehehehe

DCUlad

aDeener wrote: »

hehehehehe

Ok, good point.

But I would argue that I am more of a HS man, so i have an argumentative side in me.

Like in fairness, the volume of posts here on this is pathetic.
There is little interesting discussion, mainly because the stereotypical boards poster (a nerd) does not do GAA.

In terms of HS, whats your favourite, least favourite user people?

Also in relation to bans, I can confirm that I myself have being banned from HS. This did not deter me, as the following day I set up a new user name and have being posting since.

aDeener

DCUlad wrote: »

Ok, good point.

But I would argue that I am more of a HS man, so i have an argumentative side in me.

Like in fairness, the volume of posts here on this is pathetic.
There is little interesting discussion, mainly because the stereotypical boards poster (a nerd) does not do GAA.

In terms of HS, whats your favourite, least favourite user people?

Also in relation to bans, I can confirm that I myself have being banned from HS. This did not deter me, as the following day I set up a new user name and have being posting since.

i don't read the forums just the news section so i cant really comment, but the seldom time i do look through them it tends to be juvenile nonsense that is posted.

gaaboard and an fear rua would be where id be reading for interesting discussion

There can be some great threads but a lot of bickering and childishness in the debates.

A lot of the former best contributors to the site and some of the best current contributors have moved on to GaaTipster, you have to sign up to access all the content but it's a fantastic site for quality discussion.

Sugarfree

KeepTheFaith wrote: »

There can be some great threads but a lot of bickering and childishness in the debates.

A lot of the former best contributors to the site and some of the best current contributors have moved on to GaaTipster, you have to sign up to access all the content but it's a fantastic site for quality discussion.

Hoganstand isnt great but then either is Gaatispter a good majority of the posters are teenagers and the other contributors arent great at all anfearrua is another one I advoid. Gaaboard is a good one but the best GAA site for me is www.mayogaablog.com

Scallion 'ater

Where is hoganstand.com gone? I can't access it anymore.

hurling_lad

Stevecw wrote: »

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Gaaboard is actually pretty good too, even if most of posters are from Ulster or Mayo/Sligo it seems!!

Hadn't looked at that site in ages and a glance at the front page reminds me why it's been so long: 234 posts in the Mayo v Down thread and 35 posts in the Cork v Kerry thread.

They seem to have the same interest in any football happening south of Laois as they would have in American football. Bizarre.

WesternZulu

Anyone go onto An Fear Rua?

I think that it's very good...well far ahead of hoganstand anyway!

Sugarfree

Sugarfree wrote: »

Hoganstand isnt great but then either is Gaatispter a good majority of the posters are teenagers and the other contributors arent great at all anfearrua is another one I advoid. Gaaboard is a good one but the best GAA site for me is www.mayogaablog.com

GaaTipster is mostly teenagers? I don't think so now, it's mostly the older Hoganstand Posters that post there. Gaaboard is very good too for club discussion especially.

Sugarfree

KeepTheFaith wrote: »

GaaTipster is mostly teenagers? I don't think so now, it's mostly the older Hoganstand Posters that post there. Gaaboard is very good too for club discussion especially.

Its a poor poor website, and from just having another quick look there is about five or six regular users. Poor discussion and yes the majority of them seem to be teenagers.

yew_tree

We aren't all gobeens on HS you know....some good posters but you will always have a few that ruins it for everyone.

namloc1980

The thing that annoys me the most about hoganstand.com is that the forum closes at 10pm. With work and a small baby it's usually late at night by the time I can get some time on the net but the forum is closed by then so it's a pain. Also seems to be a lot of trolls on there just looking to stir it up. Don't like to layout/format of the forum either.

gormdubhgorm

I had a thread on hoganstand asking was the censorship excessive on it (surprisingly it was posted)
But after 1 day the thread was removed!!
While the thread was up many posters agreed with me. Some pointed out how many times a post has to be edited before it is posted. Most of the time for innocuous stuff.
No matter what people think of the mods on boards.ie, they always give a warning/explain why a post must be edited.
The hoganstand website mods rarely engage with posters. And this is the one advantage boards.ie should take advantage of. Because the hoganstand site is in danger of suffocating itself and frustrating posters. I feel that boards has the potential to supercede hoganstand.com if a niche GAA boards website is created. And it is given a "GAA style".

Dirty Dingus McGee

It's a pretty poor forum.

It lacks a proper quote function.It seems you can't say a player is sh1te or it won't get posted.They give no reason why your post is not allowed up on the site.

Also it has this ridiculous time restriction on posting.Fair enough if they want to moderate everything but surely you could post in it's closed time and the comment could sit their overnight and then appear on the forum the next day.

The same posters derail threads constantly with petty bickering.

bkqwerty

It's not a great forum, full of teenagers and messers.

As a GAA forum I always liked anfearrua the best

rebel girl 15

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I had a thread on hoganstand asking was the censorship excessive on it (surprisingly it was posted)
But after 1 day the thread was removed!!
While the thread was up many posters agreed with me. Some pointed out how many times a post has to be edited before it is posted. Most of the time for innocuous stuff.
No matter what people think of the mods on boards.ie, they always give a warning/explain why a post must be edited.
The hoganstand website mods rarely engage with posters. And this is the one advantage boards.ie should take advantage of. Because the hoganstand site is in danger of suffocating itself and frustrating posters. I feel that boards has the potential to supercede hoganstand.com if a niche GAA boards website is created. And it is given a "GAA style".

Watcha mean a GAA style?? PM me if you want, I'd be interested to know your view on it

Bonniedog

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Watcha mean a GAA style?? PM me if you want, I'd be interested to know your view on it

Whinging to the ref, for example, is not part of the ethos

gormdubhgorm

Bonniedog wrote: »

Whinging to the ref, for example, is not part of the ethos

Whereas whinging on local radio about the ref after two mins of play "harsh decision there, the ref is not having a good game today, giving a lot of decisions to them"
Or the best one I always remember as a Dub listening to local radio at a match the opening line was (way outside the m50 in waterford) "The traaaactors are paaarked the haaaay is saaaved and it's timmme to huuurl!!!!"