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Baj i've changed my mind, and would you please consider me as a mod for the mainboard, but if i get it give me an extra new login and don't let it be known so my reputation doesn't preceed me. I think I could do a good job because poachers make the best gamekeepers and i've made shed loads of mistakes to draw upon and I wouldn't be card happy either but rather have a word and sort it. Give me a chance for a month or less and i'll give it a go. Mods like Ponty and St Landrew and Exit2 and Stevegrant are how everyone should aspire to be like and if I get the job i will start watching grandprixs, start collecting train numbers, do a podcast on billy, and get my hair cut like Steve. In essence i will take the best from the bestest and become almost as godlike as you baj. VOTE DUNE.

 

P.S Flattery does get you everywhere, so I will also read books about ghosts so we send each other PM's about spooky things.

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Baj i've changed my mind, and would you please consider me as a mod for the mainboard, but if i get it give me an extra new login and don't let it be known so my reputation doesn't preceed me. I think I could do a good job because poachers make the best gamekeepers and i've made shed loads of mistakes to draw upon and I wouldn't be card happy either but rather have a word and sort it. Give me a chance for a month or less and i'll give it a go. Mods like Ponty and St Landrew and Exit2 and Stevegrant are how everyone should aspire to be like and if I get the job i will start watching grandprixs, start collecting train numbers, do a podcast on billy, and get my hair cut like Steve. In essence i will take the best from the bestest and become almost as godlike as you baj. VOTE DUNE.

 

P.S Flattery does get you everywhere, so I will also read books about ghosts so we send each other PM's about spooky things.

 

 

 

I wish the £10 assisted passage to Australia was still available! Oh hang on. They have the internet there now! Sod that, I will just have to get the electric cut off.

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Of course we've got the i'net here. It makes life 'downunder' bearable. Saintsweb is my (and Eric's and many others) only link to what other fans really think/say/feel on a regular basis. Through accidents of work/ marriage/ expellation etc, we can't discuss the real serious issues with workmates/ blokes down the pub, etc. I love saintsweb. Quick - hit me for $5 while i'm still pis#ed, but you need to fix the 'can't accept gmail' thing!

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Forum: a meeting or assembly for the open discussion of subjects of public interest...

 

(meeting, arena, assembly, discussion, debate...)

 

Collins English Dictionary 1983.

 

Discuss...

 

:)

Rubbish. Collins is a cvnt. And a troll. FACT. He's a Lowe/Sturrock/Hoddle/Branfoot/Redcrapp/McMenemy/Victorian/Pinacle/Orange Duo/Wilde luvvie. END OF.

 

And he thinks that MLT is an acronym for Multi-Lingual Thesaurus.

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From an overseas point of view, everything seems the same. I like this forum, it's the only one I regularly look at. I don't know any details about the 'velvet revolution' that took place, but I think all of the ex-mods and admins were very intelligent and erudite people, as are Baj and stevegrant. Maybe that's the problem?

 

One thing I do remember is that when I first looked at the equivalent of 'The Muppet Show' (was it called Banter?), I found it terribly subversive and exciting. Now, either my expectations of forums have changed, or it is has become less so. In any case, good work to those who want to showcase this club, personally I'm effkin depressed about the mediocre aspirations we now have (x points to playoffs to championship etc, we beat Tranmere, woohoo! Darlington are our peers.

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chrisobee

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So is there going to be a new mods announcement ??

 

Whats going on ?

 

Why arent i a mod ?

 

Where is deppo & 1976 child ?

 

Who knows what is going on !? I'm only on here because of the Pompey saga, otherwise I stay away. Deppo has been banned for a while, probably for being an irritating little oik though he has never been as offensive as some who remain on here. 1976child is a real mystery as I can't ever recall him being abusive and he seems to have been banned only recently. On that basis I can only assume whatever he said has been deleted ?

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Who knows what is going on !? I'm only on here because of the Pompey saga, otherwise I stay away. Deppo has been banned for a while, probably for being an irritating little oik though he has never been as offensive as some who remain on here. 1976child is a real mystery as I can't ever recall him being abusive and he seems to have been banned only recently. On that basis I can only assume whatever he said has been deleted ?

 

1976_child was trolling for quite some time. There were two threads he started in the last couple of days that ended up with him getting a weeks ban.

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1976_child was trolling for quite some time. There were two threads he started in the last couple of days that ended up with him getting a weeks ban.

 

Fair enough, that was the only thing that came to mind. Hopefully he will learn, as I said I don't recall him ever being abusive.

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What about Deppo ?? I actually quite enjoyed reading his posts, was it a case of banning him to appease the Daily Mail mob ??

 

I think it was more a question of him being a constant pain in the ass ! That said I got on fine with him so hopefully just a temporary ban ? Again, another poster who I never found abusive.

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So is there going to be a new mods announcement ??

 

Whats going on ?

 

Why arent i a mod ?

 

Where is deppo & 1976 child ?

 

And you bestest mate Turkish. Shame because his threads were always entertaining.

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Saint_clark

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I thought it was time for a fresh start? Since we're still bickering with each other, Mods' are either non-existent or clearly not happy and those who run the site are nowhere to be seen. I'd hardly call it fresh.

 

I can't speak for the others, but I was at the game. Living in Weymouth I leave at 12 and don't get back till...well, now.

I'm assuming you're referring to other threads btw, as I can't see any bickering in here.

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I can't speak for the others, but I was at the game. Living in Weymouth I leave at 12 and don't get back till...well, now.

I'm assuming you're referring to other threads btw, as I can't see any bickering in here.

 

Yeah not this one, but as always decent threads are descending into drivel far too quickly. You can't ban all the idiots so please, and this isn't aimed at you personally but is a general comment, start moderating. Start removing posts, giving public warnings, doing whatever you need to moderate posts rather than just ban anyone who looks like trouble.

 

Just look at the Jason Punch thread... how on earth are the last few posts still there, considering they are just bickering between two kids.

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Hadn't even checked that thread yet - thanks for pointing it out.

Can people try to use the report button even when it does seem a petty argument, as it is pretty impossible to keep track of every post on every thread.

 

What exactly is wrong with that thread? The mainboard has really become dull of late and is really slow compared to how it was. If you're not careful all the humour will be gone soon.

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What exactly is wrong with that thread? The mainboard has really become dull of late and is really slow compared to how it was. If you're not careful all the humour will be gone soon.

 

Humour is fine. No idea why Deppo was banned, you'd have to ask Baj or Steve, but I had no problem with him at all.

It's not there now, but in the Puncheon thread there were a couple of unnecessary digs that I took out which weren't intended to be funny at all - they were just intended to insult. No need for it.

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I was using him as an example. I found some of his posts quite funny and I don't think he ever descended into the childish squabbling a lot of people on here seem to.

My point was that the latter is what we're trying to stamp out, not the former.

 

Do you think that will increase the number of people posting?

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More lenience on the humorous posts and cutting out the pathetic little arguments? I certainly think so, given that it's what the majority of people have complained about the past few months.

 

But is fair for me to say that the "majority of people that have complained" are in fact the minority?

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But is fair for me to say that the "majority of people that have complained" are in fact the minority?

 

When compared to the amount of people signed up to this site, any collection of people would be in the minority.

Not sure what you're trying to say though. You think this site is better for having threads decline into name calling? If people want a forum where they can call each other w*nkers and tell them to f*ck off, i'm sure there are plenty out there. This isn't one of them. It's possible to talk to someone who has a differing opinion without insulting them.

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When compared to the amount of people signed up to this site, any collection of people would be in the minority.

Not sure what you're trying to say though. You think this site is better for having threads decline into name calling? If people want a forum where they can call each other w*nkers and tell them to f*ck off, i'm sure there are plenty out there. This isn't one of them. It's possible to talk to someone who has a differing opinion without insulting them.

 

There's far more subtle and gratifying ways to tell people to **** off (notice i didn't break the rules and attempt to by-pass the swear filter ;) ) than by telling them to **** off.

 

As it goes I did occassionally find the little spats entertaining - SOG V Alpine, Stu v NickG etc, but didn't follow them religiously. If I found their rants boring I just ignored them, but imho they did add something occasionally for entertainment value. I just fear that without these little cameo performances this place will become pretty boring. Time will tell.

 

As to the point I was making it was simple. Most people weren't complaining and if there was a poll that asked something like "do you think the old mods did a good job?" (which is the crux of the whole debate) I think most people would've voted that they were happy with them and how they went about things.

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You may have found them entertaining, but it was extremely tedious for a lot of people from what I remember. Almost every thread for most of last season was taken over by people arguing and invalidating their points by using petty insults.

And with regards to your main point, again I saw things differently. There was even a thread which reached a good number of pages asking the mods to look at the way the place is being run.

As for the swear filter, I always use asterisks no matter what website i'm on, it's just habit now.

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You may have found them entertaining, but it was extremely tedious for a lot of people from what I remember. Almost every thread for most of last season was taken over by people arguing and invalidating their points by using petty insults.

And with regards to your main point, again I saw things differently. There was even a thread which reached a good number of pages asking the mods to look at the way the place is being run.

As for the swear filter, I always use asterisks no matter what website i'm on, it's just habit now.

 

Thankyou. I have no further questions.

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More lenience on the humorous posts and cutting out the pathetic little arguments? I certainly think so, given that it's what the majority of people have complained about the past few months.

 

Sums it up perfectly for me. No harm in taking the **** out of each other, having a laugh and a bit of banter. But when posts turn to simply throwing digs at each other, it gets boring very quickly.

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Humour is fine. No idea why Deppo was banned, you'd have to ask Baj or Steve, but I had no problem with him at all.

It's not there now, but in the Puncheon thread there were a couple of unnecessary digs that I took out which weren't intended to be funny at all - they were just intended to insult. No need for it.

 

I pay good money to have my say on here and I don't appreciate the likes of you censoring or removing my posts, I stand by every word that I wrote. You Sir can rest assured that I treat your petty threats of infractions with all the contempt they deserve. The day I allow a insult to pass on here without without exercising my right of reply will be the day I leave this forum. For your information I have tried my utmost in the interests of forum harmony to reach a amicable agreement with the member concerned -we have a long 'history' you might say.

 

Firstly I tried ignoring him in the hope that he would get the message that I didn't want to 'talk' to him anymore after he repeatedly misrepresented what I had said and then refused to issue the apology I was due - needless to say that didn't work.

 

Then I proposed (via the PM system) that we both formally agreed to stop commenting on each others posts in future (I have found a similar arrangement to work satisfactorily with someone else I find hard to tolerate) He refused to agree with this entirely reasonable proposal.I don't know what else you expect me to do?

 

If NickG (or anybody else) wants to take 'pop' at me then they can take their best shot - but if they (or you) are laboring under the illusion that I'm not going to respond in kind then they need to take a reality check.

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S_C, you need to develop a mod's lofty sigh of resignation rather than engage. Otherwise you'll always get the Saintsweb very own First Amendment thrown at you. ^^

 

Maybe so, but I think that if I allow people to contradict me without making my own case then it seems like i'm admitting i'm wrong.

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Humour is fine. No idea why Deppo was banned, you'd have to ask Baj or Steve, but I had no problem with him at all.

It's not there now, but in the Puncheon thread there were a couple of unnecessary digs that I took out which weren't intended to be funny at all - they were just intended to insult. No need for it.

 

So are you going to be the figure-head for the un-ban Deppo campaign? Come on Saint_Clark, you can do it!

 

U-BD!

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