No, he just posted the same exact drivel over and over and over again. Perfect candidate for the Ignore button.This is why it's unfortunate if it's true Blue Curtain is gone...and that's obviously not going to be a popular opinion.
He may have had an obvious agenda, but he didn't post anything that was really inflammatory and he never used personal attacks. That's more than I can say for the people responding to him sometimes.
I'd rather have one or two guys like that rather than for this place to turn into a big Pollyanna circle jerk.
Is not, stupid.I don't use the ignore button simply because, quite frankly, it's fun to argue now and then.
No, he just posted the same exact drivel over and over and over again. Perfect candidate for the Ignore button.
Maybe, but I think I'll survive it.Whatever floats your boat I guess. A dissenting opinion makes things more interesting once in a while.
If you put him on ignore, you also miss classics like his "court size" post or his prediction that there will be a lot of disappointed Syracuse fans after the "break the record" game vs nova.
For those who use the "ignore" feature I would ask: is this how we as a society should treat those with whom we disagree? By "silencing" them?
I'd rather have one or two guys like that rather than for this place to turn into a big Pollyanna circle jerk.
All I'm taking from this is that you felt STUNG by BEES.Ill be honest, Im a newer type and a very lighthearted guy. I Love Cuse hoops and like to have some fun banter as well. Ive already been banned for 3 days by the bees guy for no apparent reason and I felt a little stung by this.
There seems to be a bit of a "get off my lawn" aspect by some here. If that becomes the prevailing sentiment, I feel you will see some great posters leave or simply lurk.
I think you post a lot of funny stuff.i feel responsible for a lot of this. If it pleases the court, i will retire.
Well said.Or maybe after 15 years people decide they want to do something else.
I post at two forums - this one and anandtech.com. I used to post at more, but 1) My time became more valuable the older I got, 2) talking (doesn't matter what it is) gets boring, 3) I get upset at myself at times for spending hours in front of a computer screen.
Sometimes losing people has nothing to do with the board climate.
and iggythat's what winning 30 games every year will do to a "fan" like Blue Curtain.
Jim, you're a Marine. You can do anything you want.I'll be the first to admit a lot of this is my fault. This board has been part of my life for close to 18 years. The first search I ever did on the internet was Syracuse Basketball and found the old AOL Board. At that time I did not know one poster on this board. Since then I have many life long friends I have met via the boards here. I have gone on Vacation with posters. I have had Trips and game tickets purchased for me by Board fun raisers for me. I am one grateful and Blessed Man.
In the beginning everything was straight Sports talk. Know one really knew anyone but by their screen names. As technology grew so did the boards. We started to have SyracuseFan,com Tailgates at every home and away Football and Basketball games. We had Big East Tournament blarney rock parties. We had a four day drink fests in New Orleans in 2003 and in Atlanta in April. We have Facebook and Twitter were posters communicate together on a daily basis. All these events have created long and lasting friend ships amongst many posters. This is were you get the inside jokes and certain posters ragging on one another. It's all in good and fun expect to the posters who have no clue what the others are talking about. This has become more common place over the last two years.
We used to have a Pay board were it would strictly be Sports and nothing else. We no longer have that. So now you get everyone together on a few forms that range in age from teenagers to folks in their 80's. This is obviously going to create some generational issues. A half naked lady done in good taste may be appealing to me but will always offend someone.
We have an OT Board a Joke board and several other. But lets face it the basketball Board is the hub of SyracuseFan.Com. Its the most popular board year round except for maybe in Aug and Sept. So your going to get some of the more non desirable stuff on the most used board.
How do we change it I don't know? Maybe bring back a pay board for the Hard Corps sports discussions only. I really don't know.
Thank you sir. But if my shenanigans are keeping others from enjoying this board I will stop.I think you post a lot of funny stuff.
It's probably because I'm getting old but Harrison, your post is a mild version of a type of post that annoys me. In this case, you've accused me (indirectly) of copping out and acting like a 5 year-old. I don't think that was necessary. I realize such things are common (and obviously many times much more severe) on the Internet but I've avoided places where that's the case. This has historically been my refuge.Personally, I find that the use, or even existence, of an "ignore" feature is a cop-out. It's like putting your hands over your ears and yelling "LA LA LA - I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" like some 5 year old would do. Sure, if a poster gets consistently personally offensive without provocation, the mods should deal with it. We should all get the chance to fight back a bit. But the freedom to swing your fist ends fairly close to the tip of my nose.
For those who use the "ignore" feature I would ask: is this how we as a society should treat those with whom we disagree? By "silencing" them?
ahemThank you sir. But if my shenanigans are keeping others from enjoying this board I will stop.