New Rules
by Rev Halofan on Mar 16, 2010 4:43 PM PDT
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TOPICS: The Angels and Baseball are the topics. Be cool and nobody gets hurt.
ATTITUDE: OPTIMISTIC? Don't bully others into cheering along. PESSIMISTIC? Bitch once, then offer a solution. Don’t bitch twice, it’s alright.
STATS: Assume we are skeptical. Extravagant claims require extra-precise proof. If you use the word "luck" it means you believe in magic and faeries, not that there is anything wrong with that. Please explain or link to a simple definition of any stat more complex than OPS.
COMMUNITY CONDUCT: Disagreement and intelligent critiques are welcome. Criticism is not censorship - your opinion is always allowed, but so is everyone's opinion of your opinion. There are ladies and children here on occasion, so keep it PG-13. You may use the F-word once a month maximum. No T&A pictures ever - No exceptions.
COMMERCE: No Ticket Sales.
GAME THREADS: No posting pictures, animated gifs, etcetera in game threads. No requesting new game threads. No links to pirate feeds.
FANPOST/FANSHOT: This blog draws heavy high-traffic, so you are obligated to use good grammar and write about interesting topics. Try to impress us. We offer sophisticated posting tools, so learn these tools. FanShots are for quick links and news with little commentary. FanPosts are deeper analysis, investigations and detailed, passionate commentary. Your FanPost/FanShot Headlines MUST convey the Subject. Redundant, ambiguous and amateurish FanPosts get erased without warning, or worse, mocked in the comments by the community.
HOW TO GET BANNED: Martyrs and Hostile posters get banned fastest. Halos Heaven is like Vegas and our goodwill is like your casino chips - if you gamble away your chips you don't get them back, they're gone from the table and you're gone from the casino.
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So did anything change from the old ones?
Those of us wanting to roleplay an occassional pirate lost…
But otherwise, seems the same?
Yea they seem to be the same but he expanded on them which in itself is good I think..
I don’t really see what could be banworthy about the following that should be in the guidlines
No requesting new game threads
I mean maybe you wont make a new one and one is all there will be IDK. But sometimes they get slow and someone asks if we can get a new one. You could say no or ignore them I guess but is it ban worthy or warning worthy rev? just curious cause if not it probably doesn’t HAVE to be in there but thats just a thought.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It gets annoying.
Simple as that. Rev and the other moderators can tell when a new thread is needed, and don’t need to be reminded about it every time someone else thinks a new one is needed. Just be patient, if a new thread is needed, it will appear.
Sooo ready for the season to start! Go Angels!
Well I just look at it this way and this is why I say it.
There are times when the mods are not paying attention and are intwined in a game and you are at like 800 comments. You do at that point probably need a new thread and I would think it would be ok to ask if you are going to make one or not. I just don’t see it as grounds for banning and think saying a person can or can not ask a question is a little overboard, or overkill if you ask me.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I just look at it this way
if you want to talk overkill it is the requests for a new thread that are frickin’ overkill
I admit to not knowing how bad it gets here.
I am relating it to what I know best as a person on football open threads. Usually we don’t get 20 people asking but only 1 and sometimes 2 or 3. (Rev I hope your realize I am asking an giving my opinion from outside this blog as I have never been part of a regular season open thread yet). Not trying to come across as anything more than help by giving it from the perspective of what I see, based on where I have been which may not always apply on this blogs open threads or other places.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem is that people make silly assed requests for new threads
for such reasons as wanting to force a change of fortune during a game.
For example, “Oh my god, Lackey, not another double?! Rev, this is getting to be a really bad run of bad luck. WE NEED A NEW GAME THREAD!”
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Yea that is just posters being stupid. I have never seen that before on any other place.
I assumed if it was because of amount of comments it wasn’t a big deal but now I see here it has been much more than that.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
OH MAN, is my female-never-forget-anything brain gonna remember this thread
to throw in some people’s faces later this season.
fun fun fun!!
Don't lookit me.
I am more infamous for refusing to leave the current game thread and follow the crowd to anything new. i will lurk and post in the old game thread for another inning or two, just to piss of the mods. Drives them nutz.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
I don't see how
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Stick around and watch. Some nights it's so easy it's not even sporting.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
I rest my case.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
yea we normally use the last thread of a game to just make our thread to discuss whatever.
not sure why it is annoying unless they only want it to be about the game or something but ill be around more this year
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Oops. No. A misunderstanding here.
What I meant is that in the middle of the game, when the mod creates a new thread and calls everyone to jump over, I stay behind. The game is still going, and everyone ALMOST else has moved over and is posting in the new thread. I once noticed that there will be a few people slow on the uptake. So every once in a while I stick around and egg them on.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Oh ok I understand.
yea we have people that are very slow in moving over and normally lose a few in the jump. still say Ill be around more hopefully this year :).
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Whoosh. That one flew right over me.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Minor editorial nit-picking:
No matter how much effort you put into these, they can and will be erased if they do NOT meet our standards of being cool and good-looking.
~Till the Halo burns out...
was just going to point that out
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
If HH is like vegas...
does that make Lookout Landing like laughlin?
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
The Rangers are an Indian Casino, one of those sleazy ones under a tent.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
If Lone Star Ball were a gambling establishment, it'd look more like this...
"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine."
by Quad Fin Rider on Mar 16, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
More like...
((had to get in a quick picture for the picture cops))
Wait, so if we ever play Pittsburgh, we're not allowed to link to their SBN game thread?
:rimshot:
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Mar 16, 2010 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
And does that rule include
International Talk Like A Pirate Day when Sept. 19 rolls around?
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
+1
Too many rules are confusing. Too few and you get the cries of, ‘I didn’t know…"
And besides, you can’t write a specific rule for every possible outcome or you end up with the friggin’ Federal Register.
These work for me…
add the disclaimer: Subject to interpretation
Then you just read these few like you would with the MLB rulebook
The Rev is Crew Chief on this site. So in the we should all abide by what he rules, or by whomever is in charge of the site at that time.
Amen
Maybe a suggestion for newbies: hang around and respond to posts for a while to get a feel for what stories NEED to be posted and which ones are just clutter.
RIP Nick Adenhart
Yeah, have we discussed adding a mandatory waiting period recently?
Could cut down on the number of “OMGTHEOFFSEASONLULZ” and “GRANDERSON?” and “TIX HERE!” type posts (which we admittedly haven’t gotten in quite some time). Or at the very least something whereby the rules are definitely shown to the newbies as they sign up, kind of like a TOS (maybe it’s already like this and I didn’t notice that it changed sometime in the past 4 years).
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
WHAT ABOUT GRANDERSON?
IS HE AVAILABLE
ok im done I promise.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
$500 million for 10 years?
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Short changing Granderson?
you best watch yourself son.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Is Vlad still Available?
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
sweeten your deal son...
im ready to include any 1 of the hawaiian islands
IT COULD HAPPEN
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Mar 16, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we force Halowood to read this before he makes anymore posts?
by righteous halo on Mar 16, 2010 7:55 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Day 2 - Halowood Fanpost Watch 2010!!!!
“Some are worried where Halowood has disappeared too. No new post in 2 days. Reports have it that he may have been scared off by player haters. We will keep you up to date with any further ‘Halowood Fanpost watch 2010’”
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 16, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Awesome keep it up lol
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This is definitely win.
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
great story...
compelling… and RICH
IT COULD HAPPEN
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Mar 16, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a sighting
He actually posted again last night, but it was pulled. It was a typical Halowood effort. He was asking whether we thought that the Angels Farm system developed prospects according to quality or “bulk.” I am not even sure how you would develop prospects in bulk. Go to Costco and buy a 12 pack of power hitting left fielders? Come to think of it, maybe that’s why we have so many players in our system with similar skill-sets to Maicer Izturis and Erick Aybar. Eddie Bane went to Costco for a twelve pack of Maicer. Could Halowood have been close to breaking a story?
Long and short of it, Halowood’s post was pulled faster that you could say “, ambiguous and amateurish”
by righteous halo on Mar 17, 2010 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
next time
get a picture for evidence.
TMZ is paying big money
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Ironically...
I get that I look like that guy all the time. not the Fantana version (I WISH), the normal boring version.
I can't believe you A-holes are still talking about me....
At least you’re talking about something though. I do wish that it would be more Angel-centric. But that’s the whole point of my posts.
And why would I have to read these before posting again? Did I break any of them? You’re entitled to your opinion and my opinion of your opinion is that was just stupid.
You know you've made it when. . .
I’d urge you to take it in good natured fun.
You can also see this as something of a complement. You are earning a place in the lexicon of HH.
As in. . .“Boy, did you see that post! He pulled a Halowood”
or. . .“That was a Halowood if I ever saw one.”
or. . .“On a Halowood scale of 1-10. One being only mildly annoying and ten being absolutely useless and redundant, that post was a 7.5”
by righteous halo on Mar 17, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Addition:
“I went totally Halowood this week”
“your so Halowood not like Comm Nate” (Good poster compared to Bad Poster)
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 17, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
WAY OVER RATED
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Yes I will cybor with you
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
by PhiSlamma on Mar 17, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
OH GOD REPLY FAIL
wrong post, window, and application.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
by PhiSlamma on Mar 17, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Funniest.Post.Ever.
+69
"Precious in the sight of the Lord, is the death of His Saints." - Psalm 116:15 Rest In Peace, Nick.
I still say that the game thread restrictions be amended to:
No posting pictures or animated gifs in game threads.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
How about only T&A in game trands
trick the wife.
Possible scenario:
Me: “it is only the HH game trend”
Wife: “but i saw tits?”
Me: “It was joke”
Wife: “are you Lying?”
Me: “No”
W: “why you lying”
M: “B****, sit the F*** down and take a chill Pill”
W: “no sex for 3 weeks”
M: “I will take care of my self then, God damn B****”
W: (slap)
Maybe that is a great rule
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Umm No
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
i think a rock star once said
that rules are made to be broken. but in HH that gets you the ban hammer.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
avatar = .gif
Therefore, since we all have avatars, by your logic nobody is allowed to post in game threads.
I typed “animated” for a reason.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
actually
SBN posts your avatar in the thread, you don’t.
by Rev Halofan on Mar 16, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Which must explain why we don't kick out SBNation for posting picture ads in our game threads.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
You should have known ...
Not trying to challenge you, but it is only another format. Not a type of. And yes, if you collect enough of them together then you could animate them.
Dude, I am totally having fun here.
The avatar comments (back to you and Rev) are jokes.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Be Humble.
Assume that you are NOT the most knowledgeable Angels blogger ever.
Captain, there are doubt's...
But what if you are?
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Oh that's funny
I didn’t even read it that way so I missed the chance to take it as a compliment. I guess I’m distracted because I’m watching Twilight right now.
Captain, there are doubt's...
Sorry Twilight
Are you going to start posting about which you would pick?
A) Edward
B) Jacob
Hard choice, both dreamy, but do i want to be bit?
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
I support Cedric Diggory.
The real Hogwarts champion!
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 16, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That mugel
yes i am racist but i heard that Granderson is still available
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 16, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
From what I just saw
I think Edward Cullen would probably be the greatest centerfielder of all time. And I don’t believe he is under contract with anyone right now.
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 16, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
you must not have seen the greatness that is my
keg!
Oh ya
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 16, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
What's a "moo-gull"?
I know what a Muggle is…
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
I gave him the benefit if the doubt.
He has a lot on his plate right now.
Captain, there are doubt's...
Johnsamo: the Ultimate Hostile Martyr
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Well this obviously does not apply to CKOD
(bring it, you silly man you)
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Answer a few questions
And your admired by PhiSlamma.
And only PhiSlamma
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Does this post violate the Rules?
The rules about posting on topics that have already been discussed.
Rev explain yourself
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
+4
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Halos! Halos! Yeah!
Especially Rev!
RIP Nick Adenhart.
"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5
Please focus on the topic
What ever it maybe
unless it is about an available player that rhymes with Anderson.
(Phi your line next)
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 16, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
No Granderson
(oops blew it)
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 16, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I understand the Granderson meme.
I’m slow.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
by misterjonez on Mar 17, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably not, if I am reading this thread correctly.
But that just makes it more funny. The original meme may have just mutated into a whole new double-entendre.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
That's pretty funny.
There happens to be a pretty hilarious divide between the typical internet Halo fan and the typical internet Mariner fan. Halo fans tend to be happy to a hysterical extreme, and Mariner fans tend to be more like depressed teenager angst bottled up and given an internet connection. Maybe the weather is the cause?
In any case, that’s probably why we don’t get each other’s memes too often.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
To help you out...
the ORIGINAL Granderson meme is based on what happened here on HH the day that it become public knowledge that Detroit was putting Curtis Granderson up on the trade block. We had something like one fanshot and 4 fanposts all in the same 24 hour window, all talking about the exact same subject. So we started to mock the latter Granderson contribution by feigning surprise. It stuck, and took on a life of its own.
So the orginal Granderson meme here is feigned shock that he is available and that we might have a chance to get him.
Now, your mutation is adding to the lore. Congrats, and thanks!
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
This all reminds me of chaos theory
There is a unique sense of order in all this madness: the confluence of non-sequitur uniquely perculating throughout the system, making the most sense to the long term system integraters. Most of us have beconme inherently postmodern just in our struggle to understand our cultural milieu, of which this site is a microcosm, albeit a really freaking funny one.
Now I’ll return to failing to reply correctly
Thank you. I almost did not recognize you there.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
i can dig these reglas
baller
Aybar is a nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
by princeton11loveshalos on Mar 17, 2010 1:42 AM PDT reply actions
Excellent, politics and religion back on the agenda...
….now let me tell you all about the UK National Health Service and how it led me to reject God…
I see red people
One more rule should be:
Make sure you spell check and have an English professor proof read your post before you make it because if the rev doesn’t like what you are saying, rather than comment on the content of your post, he will mock your typos and spelling errors.
I am a fair weather fan so the Angels better win!
“Proofread” is one word.
The “Rev” should be capitalized as it is a proper noun.
There should be a comma before “because.”
Also, the content of your post sucks with its unwarranted hyperbole and limp sarcasm.
And since the Rev is one of the principle typo-sinners here...
…I’m pretty sure he won’t give a toss
I see red people
And he's a writer.
Wrap your brain around that!
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 17, 2010 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Seem well thought out
Not being a regular, I’m curious what would be the meaning of “martyr” as used in the rules?
Hostility Abound is what they will point you to I don't have the link though
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The Hostility Abounds ref reminds me, Rev, you forgot one...
No Blogwhoring
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
Speaking of Blogwhoring
You should visit my new blog
Everything you will ever need to about Angels Baseball
It is super badass
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
Raaddad as been on a very bad reply roll
this week
FATHER OF A WONDERFUL SON VLADIMIR
Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 17, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
ACTUALLY
I am going to ban REPLY FAIL too … think about it… you are an incompetent who cannot learn the most basic format of the conversation here and/or you have FRED FLINTSTONE computer and connection incompatible with our state of the art site here and when you fuck up miserably you make a whole “woe is me” post to pathetically announce in public that you have in fact shit your pants.
was this an ironical reply fail?
i am confused.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
I take it you don't find the 50 push-ups
a satisfactory penance? (Sothball’s idea)
Seriously, I do apologize and vow to correct my incompetence in this area or I will stop posting.
You're close to veering into the Land of the Internet Martyrs (rule #8?).
Just quit making an issue of it every time. If you screw up, Higz (and others) will remind you.
And upgrade to a computer that was built this century. Then all will be groovy.
that is a good point
“reply fail” is the cousin of “oh woe is me poor suffering misunderstood fan with the true vision of what wins baseball games…”
I thought it was just a apology for an admitted mistake.
What’s the big deal?
Captain, there are doubt's...
the big deal is not fixing the problem
and then using “oh sorry” as an excuse for ineptitude. Everyone else on this blog makes the effort to help make it coherent and easy to follow, so there’s no excuse.
I didn't say it was an excuse. No one said it was an excuse.
I said it was an apology. Are those no longer accepted?
Captain, there are doubt's...
the just never seem that way
actually they are good in one sense – they make other readers feel like they are not so crazy.
It's actually easier to notice and skip over REPLY FAIL
rather than have to read something like, “Sorry, that’s post was meant to be a reply to blah, blah, blah…”
IMO
Captain, there are doubt's...
Are you serious
First off he isn’t the first and will be no where near the last to have a “reply fail” and it isn’t always a matter of not pressing it this blog and every other has issues at times and it happens. If you started to ban people or something for it you would have major issues especially if they can’t do anything about it. You wouldn’t have any fans here if you banned everyone with a “reply fail”.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You missed the point.
We’re all human, we all make errors. By going on a damn apology tour with every screw up, you preempt our opportunity to mock your error and dish out some internet noogies. And that’s irritating!
I agree about you shouldn't apologize after each one.
I just thought you were saying ban them for doing it which I thought was just dumb.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No he didn't miss the point, & "internet noogies" are one thing (and that's very funny, btw)
derogatory insulting demeaning and basically infantile language is another. I’m not sure what that is all about, but it’s not professional, helpful or funny. That’s what’s great about the study of drama and literature; you see how arrogant egotistic individuals who have no self-awareness of their human failings meet their demise through their folly, as if their kharma finally catches up with them. Sophocles and Shakespeare were particularly insightful on this issue.
Anyway, I will now go back to being a silent participant for awhile, do something about this computer and the reply problem, etc.,—unless I’m banned, in which case, it’s been fun mostly, and also a little weird. But such is life. Thanks for chatting and joking.
by Raaddad on Mar 17, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Was that meant for sothball?
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
no--definitely not you or he
I really dig reading both your comments and responding on occasion. It’s really just my fault obviously in terms of the reply deal, but I guess I don’t think i deserve what I’m hearing for a number of reasons: one being that I have posted some very popular posts since I started and I spent a lot of time on them and they were well received. I can understand where the reply problem outweighs that, but I still think we can be more respectful and considerate of each other. I certainly am with the hundreds of people i help in my job every year. But I suppose it’s ridiculous to expect that from everyone, I know. But there you go…
by Raaddad on Mar 17, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sigh. Dude, you are too serious for the moment.
That was a reply joke.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
However he is 100% correct
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Martyrdom.
Tailor-made-to-order example.
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Reply fail
It’s still OK to point and laugh at the person who shat his pants by posting REPLY FAIL, right?
Guilty as charged.
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 17, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
As the obvious target of this
I accept my responsibility, and won’t do it again — except to spc7 and MYSPACOBAR
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
public lamenting one's status as a misunderstood outcast
in order to maximize sympathy for one’s cause that has not drawn acclaim or support.
Search upwards for "Hostility Abounds!"
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
You have to like my posting
because my parents bought me a Lexus instead of a BMW.
I just dont even know what to do in life anymore.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
the rules work
Anyone who’s been here for a few seasons knows this. It’s a reliance upon personal responsibility that most of us uphold, and therefore we have, in my opinion, a good balance of thoughtful, mature discussion and reactionary, passionate outbursts. This is a FAN site, and as such I think we have plenty of room to express all the feelings and argue all the details within the context of these rules.
by yeswecan on Mar 17, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am beginning to wonder...
Is it possible to create a single post that violates all of the rules at once? And, if so, could there be some artistic opportunities at play?
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
You'd have to blogwhore and reply fail at the same time.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
And everything else.
So, yeah, the bar is high. But is it unattainably high?
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
test it then I dare you lol
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, really.
The risk of attaining perfection is the perfect certainty of an eternal ban.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Yep, very much the case. Even failing but trying may earn that eternal ban.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah yes, true danger.
One MUST assume that one WILL get banned. So one MUST hit a grand slam. The post MUST be perfectly vile across every violation. Anything less would be ban AND fail. And, once banned, there is no opportunity for redemption. One would forever be known for the failure.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
But
You could also be known as the perfect YES PERFECT example of what true failure looks like so no one else will make the mistake.
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by TheAngelsColts on Mar 17, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think so
You couldn’t violate “No Pictures In A Game Thread” and “No Uninteresting Fanposts” simultaneously. They are mutually exclusive.
Captain, there are doubt's...
Not true.
Create your own game thread as a fanpost. There have actually been times in the past when there were no mods around at the start of a game and one of us regulars launched the initial game thread as a fanpost. You just gotta make sure that your initial posting includes a picture. A T&A animated gif, in fact.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
So here it is
Make a decent comment in a game thread that 1 or 2 people reply to. Your reply to them is to start your own game thread in the Fanpost section. The content of your post would be a picture of a naked girl taking a poop and the comment that this is how we treat you. You would continue by whining that we didn’t Rec your original post a bunch of times and then link to your concert ticket swapping blog which you claim is 10 times better according to some obscure irrelevant demographic. Swear repeatedly.
I think this would violate all the categories in one way or another.
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 18, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
You probably have change from a concert ticket swapping blog
to copyright ingringing swapping blog, so that you violate the “no link to pirate sites” rule. And you probably have to repeat the contents of your post multiple times to catch the duplicate fanpost rule that red points out below.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Yeah
I said concert tickets specifically to avoid having anything to do with sports in general and baseball/Angels in particular. The duplicate thing is tricky because I think the spirit of this task is that it would be 1 posting that would violate all the rules. If duplication is to be considered a ban-able offense then the 1 posting constraint my not be possible.
Captain, there are doubt's...
Post a fanpost violating everything except the dupe rule
And then post an EXACT duplicate fanpost.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
From what I saw (I joined as he left so I only looked back on a couple weeks of posts)
johnsamo had zero artistic values.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
It was beautiful in a mushroom-cloud sort of way.
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 18, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
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