I don't think nba-gaf is making a great case to reopen that thread.
NBA All Star Game 2014
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I don't think nba-gaf is making a great case to reopen that thread.
neither that post nor its original were made by nba-gaf regulars.
iamshadowlark
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Yeah, uh what?
lawlohwhat
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hey now!
BeautifulMemory
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How did wade look? Didn't see him in the highlights except standing around...he was in the game right?
Psychological Intellect
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Well, he played. Made his layups and a jumper. Didn't play much.
But the important thing is that the drop foot thing doesn't seem to be much of an issue. Hopefully he plays well tonight.
IrishNinja
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true, but this mess & its fallout didn't affect NBA gaf alone.
it absolutely was, and this place is worse off for it.
i absolutely agree
Gucci Messiah
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Doesn't matter, the continued mocking doesn't help. If people want the regular thread back open then the community probably has to prove it can control itself, I think the staff made that clear.
I'm not a fool, just because my name isn't being used doesn't mean everyone has no idea who these joke posts refer to. I've had to put up with being called a bitch, snitch, pussy and everything in-between since the lock, mainly from people falsely blaming me for the NBA thread fallout. I'm not the one who got anyone banned, certain users did that to themselves through their comments and actions once a moderator asked everyone to be a little more civil.
I've been patient letting people vent but it's starting to get tiresome browsing threads, some not even in OT, and seeing certain members insult me. If you want to write ignorant or mean spirited things about a poster do it outside of this forum.
eh, that post came from Gaf-Hop. I am pretty sure they don't even know who you are. I wouldn't worry about it.
GremlinFool
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I think at some point you just have to close your browser and go interact with some real people.
The reactions from nba-gaf doesn't help imo.
IrishNinja
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pretty sure the (remaining) mods can decide these things for themselves.
what?
It is a silly ass story (games of thrones based I belive) used to describe a thread on a videogame message board being locked.
I can see why people would laugh at it...nothing out of the ordinary.
That post was mine. So if people are going to get angry or offended over it, lay it at my feet not filler's.
I don't know anything about gucci. I don't know if he is good or bad or should be vilified or championed. I don't care about gucci. I have never even read an entire post from gucci. But whether he likes it or not, he is at the center of all this and if the story is going to be told, he is going to be a part of it.
And for the record, the boyking is not referring to gucci.
It was a post made in a completely different thread that was also heavily affected by what happened in the nba thread through fallout. I wrote it to entertain the group of people with whom I have mainly interacted with on this site for the last 5 years. That group includes blackace, whom I have met in person, hung out with, and consider a good man. I simply wanted to stand up for him and give him my support in a unique and humorous way.
I don't know anything about gucci. I don't know if he is good or bad or should be vilified or championed. I don't care about gucci. I have never even read an entire post from gucci. But whether he likes it or not, he is at the center of all this and if the story is going to be told, he is going to be a part of it.
And for the record, the boyking is not referring to gucci.
It was a post made in a completely different thread that was also heavily affected by what happened in the nba thread through fallout. I wrote it to entertain the group of people with whom I have mainly interacted with on this site for the last 5 years. That group includes blackace, whom I have met in person, hung out with, and consider a good man. I simply wanted to stand up for him and give him my support in a unique and humorous way.
GremlinFool
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The point is that this has a completely chilling and stifling effect on normal discourse. How is this the best outcome for anyone involved? I likely won't venture much into the NBA thread anymore knowing that the slightest ribbing will be returned with (one-sided) admonishment.
At some point, it's fucking sports. You can take about stats until you're blue in the face, but rooting for a professional sports team has always boiled down to hating other people irrationally and indiscriminately simply because they prefer another team. I don't think I've ever had a conversation about sports in person in my life that didn't have the cursing density of Pulp Fiction. That's what discussing sports is all about. It's all had in good fun. Once that tacit, mutual, and typically intuitive understanding is broken, there's nothing more that needs to be said.
I'd rather not say much more, since I understand my account is probably at stake (chilling). I don't even post too frequently in the NBA thread, but that's really how I feel.
At some point, it's fucking sports. You can take about stats until you're blue in the face, but rooting for a professional sports team has always boiled down to hating other people irrationally and indiscriminately simply because they prefer another team. I don't think I've ever had a conversation about sports in person in my life that didn't have the cursing density of Pulp Fiction. That's what discussing sports is all about. It's all had in good fun. Once that tacit, mutual, and typically intuitive understanding is broken, there's nothing more that needs to be said.
I'd rather not say much more, since I understand my account is probably at stake (chilling). I don't even post too frequently in the NBA thread, but that's really how I feel.
Gucci Messiah
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I have a job. I have a girlfriend. I have pets. I have friends outside of GAF. I come here to relax and have fun, not get taunted over some internet drama. Saying 'close the browser and interact with some real people' is a weak response to the issue at hand, doesn't solve the problem, and is exactly the kind of dismissive attitude that caused fallout in the first place.
BCT and GH are obviously lurking in here so I'll say this one last time: Please stop with the petty insults, everyone is capable of reading what you say in your OTs. If you want to have an insulated bash sesh do it in your IRC or whatever other means of communication you have because I'm getting tired of seeing it leak out of community. There's a difference between friendly ribbing and posting in an inflammatory manner. I don't have a problem with the former but being constantly ripped on by people who obviously don't like you, especially after you ask them to stop, gets old.
I get that you're mad a user was demodded but I had nothing to do with that. I understand that you're upset some of your buddies got banned but I didn't make them post inflammatory remarks after an admin entered the thread and asked people to be civil. Please stop blaming me for things that were clearly beyond my control.
None of you know the full details of went down, I've seen so many false rumors flying around that it's starting to get ridiculous. Once again, I invite anyone to PM me if they want to engage in a civil dialogue or ask questions.
Future PhaZe
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You made at least half the shit sandwich you ate but you gonna act blameless in all of this?
I'm not gonna front like you didn't take a ribbing but it got to the point where it seemed like you were basically baiting people into calling you out.
You'd think nbagaf was Florida the way you instigated a situation and then started catching bodies when shit got too real.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Gucci, like the others should have in the thread, did you ever think you could have just simply put the people that you felt were attacking you on ignore? They clearly didn't like you and you them, all of you should have done that.
Plenty of people on this forum over the 13+ years I have been posting on the various forms of GAF and anyone who simply finally got on my last nerve or would upset me too much I would simply add to ignore and I continued posting with people I got along with.
I'm not sure why you and the guys who got banned just didn't click the ignore button.
This is not an attack on anyone or the moderation. I just don't get why people (grown men in the case) can't choose to click ignore if stuff is getting way out of hand for them or annoying them.
Now I can't rant about these awful Parsons for Rondo rumors. I despise Clutchfans and I'm stuck reading it now
Plenty of people on this forum over the 13+ years I have been posting on the various forms of GAF and anyone who simply finally got on my last nerve or would upset me too much I would simply add to ignore and I continued posting with people I got along with.
I'm not sure why you and the guys who got banned just didn't click the ignore button.
This is not an attack on anyone or the moderation. I just don't get why people (grown men in the case) can't choose to click ignore if stuff is getting way out of hand for them or annoying them.
Now I can't rant about these awful Parsons for Rondo rumors. I despise Clutchfans and I'm stuck reading it now
Gucci Messiah
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Dude you can sit here and try to blame me all you want but the fact of the matter is that I didn't make people melt down to a simple admin request. I didn't PM begging for bans, all I wanted was for reilo to be privately asked to chill out towards me in the thread. Instead staff came in and publicly asked for everyone to behave a little more civil, which wasn't a big deal, and all hell broke loose. I'm not the one who made your buds post inflammatory remarks AFTER somebody came in and said to play nice, they dug their own graves. I didn't get Blackace demodded either, that was a decision made by the owner so the rumors that I'm manipulating moderators behind the scenes can stop, they aren't idiots and I don't have any influence on GAF.
I didn't instigate this situation. I may have escalated it, but I didn't start the fire. If asking a moderator to privately ask ONE user to lay off after repeatedly asking the same thing myself didn't work is 'catching bodies' then I guess you're right.
I do 95% of posting from my phone, GAF mobile does not allow you to use the ignore feature as far as I know, you have to do that from a computer. Still, why is that my fault? Why can't users who have an issue put me on ignore? There's a few in the NBA thread who did and I never had a problem with them or was bothered by it.
Using ignore doesn't completely solve the issue though when you have 'fuck gucci messiah' in the OP of the thread.
MorisUkunRasik
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The ASG is over. Let this thread fade away already.
iamshadowlark
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I think there was some misunderstanding about what was happening. I think duckroll presented his/her self alright at first by simply coming in to tell us to play nice. People mistook it as a Mod getting ready to come down on the thread again, which, is understandable IMO considering what happened last time we got shook down. Then they simply started to plead their case and bring to light all the transgressions prior to this cry for help from "Gucci" and demonstrate how he played a part in creating this aura of hostility some posters have against him and that it wasn't just some gang bullying.
Then the fuckery started. Duckroll started saying things like(paraphrased)," well it doesn't matter what he said before" and "thanks for acting like children guys" before he supposedly closed the thread. I think thats BS. I've been banned for less on gaming side just for grouping whole groups of gaffers together and saying generally harmless things(i.e PC-Gaf). With reasons literally reading like "don't group members of gaf together to talk about them". Which exactly is what this is.
There's quite a few different regulars who took no part in that discussion that are forced to live with these consequences. I've seen plenty of threads turn into "graveyards" with mass bannings and get left open. Most of the people involved have been punished/banned yet the whole thread is closed so EvilLore or whoever can "determine the viability of NBA-Gaf". Is that fair?
I know his forum, his rules but still....You can't preach fairness and not live it
blame space
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what's this thread about
TheSadRanger
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RobotChant
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The league should just incorporate the dunk contest into the All-Star game itself. Dudes already trying their best to show off, might as well crown a winner. It could give reasons for players to actually play some defense and stop a dunk from happening.
Unfortunate as it is, I can see why some community threads get into trouble. Threads can be too comfortable and fellow posters fill pages with personal grievances/in-jokes instead of discussing the topic at hand- too much discussion about each other. I guess that is one of the downsides of the lakers being such a miserable, shitty team, built for a tank this year. Not much to fill the dead air.
If the Dunk contest was incorporated into the All-Star game, you'd get all the big names involved with something at stake. Maybe even add in some type of defense award. That way guys who aren't flashy scorers can get some recognition and some playing time.
Unfortunate as it is, I can see why some community threads get into trouble. Threads can be too comfortable and fellow posters fill pages with personal grievances/in-jokes instead of discussing the topic at hand- too much discussion about each other. I guess that is one of the downsides of the lakers being such a miserable, shitty team, built for a tank this year. Not much to fill the dead air.
If the Dunk contest was incorporated into the All-Star game, you'd get all the big names involved with something at stake. Maybe even add in some type of defense award. That way guys who aren't flashy scorers can get some recognition and some playing time.
Except you know, that isn't what happened there this time. Just a lot of Billy Joel going on.
But it happens most times than not. Which is why I support the idea behind closing it
i honestly can't remember the last time that happened.
Maybe when MVP was making all those ridiculous claims about Jordan?
But isnt that like going into an xbox thread on gaming side and saying how the xbox didnt have any good games in its day and its overrated?
That thread sometimes had to police itself.. if you were a troll , you were going to get called out for being a troll.
Red Blaster
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the cavs' season has been so bad that it closed nba-gaf
Alligatorjandro
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Future PhaZe
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I'm not blaming you for how the overlords decided to deal with the issue. When administration gets involved they gonna do what they do. I'll just say it's fair to say that all parties involved could have handled things a lot better.
It can indeed be overbearing at times for unfamiliar folks, but I hadn't seen anything quite like that in a long time to be honest. Inflammatory posts have been made by many who are plenty acquainted with the characters there but let's not forget this was a two way street.
I still can't get over that Zep, Scooter, Dy, and Reilo got banned, as well as Blackace being demodded. I probably forgot others...though Reilo was basically asking for it, can't defend him after his "LOL" posts.
And this is all started because somebody who claims that random internet posts doesn't affect him got broken after being called a stank ass.
I agree with this, I just wish Zep didn't get a permanent ban, and that blackace didn't lose his modding, I think Ninja and Dy will be back but it still sucks they got banned.
LegendofJoe
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I just sent a long pm to EvilLore asking for the community thread to be reopened. I hope he listens because it would be a real shame for it to go away.
You not gonna have sport thread without someone calling out short-sighted comment like calling future lottery pick "Hasheem Tabheet 2.0" after just watching short youtube vid, shit that happened all the time with all video-game trailer thread in this forum.. its two-way gate.
Lol good one mate.
All Star games do suck. It would be more fun to watch individual skills competitions (like the 3 pt contest) where players go head to head. Shit, I would rather watch John Wall race a healthy Westbrook with the basketballAnyone else there like me who thinks that All Star games suck?
I also think playing knockout would be amazing
I fell asleep and missed the second half because the first was too boring. I would miss LIL KYRIE winning MVP.
Four game winning streak.
Hottest team in the league. #assets #neocavs
They really need to come up with something to make it more competitive. Instead of an all star game, have a 1v1 or 2v2 tournament. No one wants to get styled on then.
Four game winning streak.
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They really need to come up with something to make it more competitive. Instead of an all star game, have a 1v1 or 2v2 tournament. No one wants to get styled on then.
entremet
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No one cares about the NBA until May anyway, so don't worry.
It's funny that all this was started by the poster who came into those threads immediately flinging insults, welching on bets he made and calling people clowns :lol
I never interacted with him since all of his posts were mostly inflammatory nonsense, but I must admit it takes some balls to then go to a moderator or two or three and complain about someone returning the favor after instigating the mudslinging for months.
Just to compare those previous posts to the ones in this thread getting emotional over a made up story comparing message board drama to Game of Thrones is hilarious.
I never interacted with him since all of his posts were mostly inflammatory nonsense, but I must admit it takes some balls to then go to a moderator or two or three and complain about someone returning the favor after instigating the mudslinging for months.
Just to compare those previous posts to the ones in this thread getting emotional over a made up story comparing message board drama to Game of Thrones is hilarious.
CherryWoodFuton
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First time posting on Best-Gaf was a little hard because I was like "Heat-age woot woot!" when Lebron and Bosh just joined that team so of course I got shit from people but for the most part if you don't act like a horses ass/troll/spew batshit insane opinions the community treated you fairly....
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Honestly Konex over the years could have too.
Konex can't even talking about his love of the Backstreet boys without getting slammed.
At first I didn't recall Gucci ever really flinging anything at me but I vaguely remembered a Neo Cav slinging shit at me in the offseason, couldn't really remember who
All it took was a google search of "MCXC Pioneer ph33nix" to bring up old posts of him calling me the dumbest poster many times on GAF during a Cleveland sucks discussion, as well as him constantly bringing up "popeye's girl"
Guess I should have taken severe offense and threatened to report to the mods
They are the same person.
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