Forum Ettiquette

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Smitty

I still carry copies of his Myths writeup in my bag to hand out to people on occasion, it is outstanding.

Thank you. I put a lot of hard work, and I continue to put a lot of hard work, into that list. Wait? I'm being told ... What? Who? Hey Smitty. It was me, not BktBallRef.

[rockyroad]

Anyone else remember the squirrel image that would pop up every now and then??? Ahhhhh, those were the days.

Needs to be some room for fun and games on here, without going to far into ridiculousness.

Seems to me that the moderators are doing a fairly good job of, well, moderating things around here. If something is annoying to you and the mods don't jump on it? Don't read it.

And as someone else posted...there are a lot more annoying things to me than the jokes and pics one person posts. There are several regulars on here who 1) flat out lie about other posters, or 2) take their points into the realm of assininity by refusing to back down from their stand even when it is refuted by rule, case, interp, etc...and instead going to the weary "in my area" argument.

C'est la vie.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Anyone else remember the squirrel image that would pop up every now and then??? Ahhhhh, those were the days. C'est la vie.

Speaking of which, whatever happened to the annual off topic baseball thread. My Red Sox are having a great year and I need a place to brag about them.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Not that I have a vote, per se, but I'm completely fine with the way things are currently running.

And I think imposing a limit on how many times one could post on a thread in an hour would be detrimental, and probably more annoying than having to wait 30 seconds between searches. When there's a good discussion, and I have input/insight/opinions/perspective I'd like to share, I want to be able to do so immediately if I so choose after seeing the reply email pop up in my inbox.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Ahhhhh, those were the days.

Those were also the days when some Forum members would bully others, and name calling was a common thing. I actually just "observed" this Forum for several months, before I decided to join, and post, because I was actually afraid that some would try to bully me if my opinion didn't quite agree with their opinion. I am not a type of person that likes to get involved with a lot of name calling. Since then the moderators have done a great job of cleaning up that negative aspect of the Forum. Last week JRutledge, and I, had a heated debate and not once did either JRutledge, or myself, resort to name calling. Keep up the good work moderators (except Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., who spends most of his time on the water polo forum).

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Thank you. I put a lot of hard work, and I continue to put a lot of hard work, into that list. Wait? I'm being told ... What? Who? Hey Smitty. It was me, not BktBallRef.

Ah, no it wasn't. I wrote a series of articles called "Dispelling the Myth" before you even knew this forum existed.

Google Dispelling the Myth Tony Haire and you'll find them. They've been published on several different sites.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Ah, no it wasn't. I wrote a series of articles called "Dispelling the Myth" before you even knew this forum existed.

BktBallRef: I apologize, and stand corrected. I thought that he was referring to something valuable that was posted on the Forum in regard to myths, so I immediately thought of "my" list. Was your series ever posted on the Forum? If not, it should be. I only read the "over the back" article, and it was excellent. I will read the others over the weekend.

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Thank you. I put a lot of hard work, and I continue to put a lot of hard work, into that list. Wait? I'm being told ... What? Who? Hey Smitty. It was me, not BktBallRef.

Not yours. Tony's. He wrote up an excellent paper on certain myths that was very different from yours.

[tjones1]

I usually take a break from the forum during my off season (summer). But, it would be nice for things to stay on topic. Although I do understand that it may be difficult during the off season since we don't have many plays and you can only hash out the new rules so much. I do admit that I like to have a little fun and go off topic sometimes but there has to be a line somewhere.

Either way, it's good to be back and gearing up for another season.