Mod. Notice A reminder of the rules of this board

[Quinz]

A lot of posts have needed to be deleted in the last few days and weeks. I'm not sure why this is happening, but I suspect it's astrological. There were warnings but they weren't heeded by some, so here we are.

If you haven't read the rules of the board thread, you might want to do that. If you can't be bothered and would like me to highlight two important rules that seem to be being skirted around, then you're in luck.

2. Be constructive. If you want to discuss a negative or controversial topic, discuss it rationally and look at how the problem can be sensibly solved.

3. Show respect. No matter how inaccurate or misguided another fan's opinion may be, there's a right way and a wrong way to express your disagreement. If you disagree with someone, make your case with logic and fact, and then let others decide the merits of your argument - "discuss the topic, not the poster". Snide comments and a holier-than-thou demeanour are also unwelcome here. There is, however, a fine line between “inaccurate or misguided” and “stupid”. Don't expect rule 3 to protect you from the fallout when you have posted something that is plainly idiotic

There is no ban on discussing controversial topics, but if you only want to vent incoherently and inconsistently, you can expect to be called out by other posters. That is not against the rules, and responding to that with personal insults is a good way to end up with a board ban.

The moderators of the board try to maintain a fairly hands off approach to letting posters sort their differences out, but it seems in the last month too many have been resorting to personal insults and off topic thread derailing. Please don't do that, I've already bemoaned the time that takes away from my embarrassing hobbies in another thread.

There are three steps to perfectly balanced harmony on the board
1. Report posts that break board rules. If it's an obvious troll, just let the post slide. You don't have to respond to everything.
2. Understand that particular during and immediately post game emotions are higher. Match threads are relatively free for overexpression, but this does not give a pass to insulting or harassing behaviour to other posters.
3. If you can't respond constructively, don't respond. If a poster is so mind numbingly irritating and off putting, you can always use the ignore poster function and you'll be blissfully protected from any future ramblings. But you can't ignore mods (or at least you couldn't?), so tough luck on that.

Thank you,

The Mods.

 

[avishka5]

 

[Patron]

Reserved for Rule #4, "Guilty until proven innocent."

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

You don't have to respond to everything.

Yes we do.

 

[pantskyle]

I propose no rules moving forward.

 

[Truckosaurus]

I propose no rules moving forward.

 

[lmach]

absolute trash tonight and you all know it

 

[kranky al]

Are we allowed to post asstulips if we lose?

 

[Quinz]

Are we allowed to post asstulips if we lose?

No idea what that means, so I'm going to say... no.

 

[kranky al]

No idea what that means, so I'm going to say... no.

Fascist

 

[Quinz]

And, I shouldn't have to point this out, but people don't seem to be getting the message STILL..

No poster pile ons, I do realise that you think it's mostly banter and jokes, but there's a real thin line when it doesn't seem like the poster being targeted is in on the joke. No more warnings on this, just let people do what they do. If you don't like it, ignore it and move on.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

This board has rules ?

 

[matt_bas]

A lot of posts have needed to be deleted in the last few days and weeks. I'm not sure why this is happening, but I suspect it's astrological. There were warnings but they weren't heeded by some, so here we are.

If you haven't read the rules of the board thread, you might want to do that. If you can't be bothered and would like me to highlight two important rules that seem to be being skirted around, then you're in luck.





There is no ban on discussing controversial topics, but if you only want to vent incoherently and inconsistently, you can expect to be called out by other posters. That is not against the rules, and responding to that with personal insults is a good way to end up with a board ban.

The moderators of the board try to maintain a fairly hands off approach to letting posters sort their differences out, but it seems in the last month too many have been resorting to personal insults and off topic thread derailing. Please don't do that, I've already bemoaned the time that takes away from my embarrassing hobbies in another thread.

There are three steps to perfectly balanced harmony on the board
1. Report posts that break board rules. If it's an obvious troll, just let the post slide. You don't have to respond to everything.
2. Understand that particular during and immediately post game emotions are higher. Match threads are relatively free for overexpression, but this does not give a pass to insulting or harassing behaviour to other posters.
3. If you can't respond constructively, don't respond. If a poster is so mind numbingly irritating and off putting, you can always use the ignore poster function and you'll be blissfully protected from any future ramblings. But you can't ignore mods (or at least you couldn't?), so tough luck on that.

Thank you,

The Mods.

Just some quality updates for everyone.

Gee Venables has some skills. He mainly jogged laps before spending the last half hour or so on set shots - curled a few beauties from behind the boundary line at the end for a bit of fun. Hardly saw him miss a kick.
- What interested me the most was that McGovern split his time between the defenders and the forwards, could be seeing a swingman role in 2018. He was his usual dominant self down back in some match simulation drills before going head-to-head with Mackenzie in a forward role.
- Bayok is very fast - Cripps was in most of the drills with him and couldn't keep up.
- Nelson is pale as buggery and still doesn't really have the body shape you'd expect of an AFL player.
- There was a big bloke who pulled up next to me and I could have sworn it was Suma, but I'm sure I was wrong...
- Masto was the player picked to kick the goal at the end today and nailed it. Celebrations were huge.
- No sign of Cole, Parto or Hill. Couldn't tell you why.
- Sheed kicked on his right foot for 80% of the session, I reckon. Nice to see players working on their non-preferred so readily.
- Mitchell looked a class above the other midfielders bar Priddis. Just knew how to find the footy and wouldn't miss a target all session. Shuey was very quiet and seemed to be taking direction from Mitchell. Doesn't bode well for his captaincy credentials, maybe he doesn't want the gig?
- Duggan looked on and was hitting targets left and right. Set for a huge 2018.
- Giles went up against Vardy in the ruck contests and I'd say that Giles has the inside running at the moment.
- Won't say too much about it in case I was just reading too much into it, but Rioli looked as though he'd enjoyed the Christmas break a bit too much. A few of the coaches pulled him aside and they were having quite an animated conversation before Rioli was sent to do laps for the rest of the session. Good news for Le Cras, I suppose.
- A lot of running work again, clearly a focus even in the heat.
- Petrie looked like he was doing a great job 'coaching' the younger forwards in between the drills. Darling in particular seemed to be following him around.