Sportsssssss banter/arguments

[Kardan]

Banter is fine in the sports forum, but then you get people who always take it a bit too far. I think the sports forum is the most poorly moderated section on the forum, which is saying something since the RuneScape and Spam forum used to be the worst ones.

And when I say 'sports' forum, I mean the football threads, there the only ones that seem to have problems, it's because of all the bloody rivalry that people can't calm down about

[adaym]

And when I say 'sports' forum, I mean the football threads, there the only ones that seem to have problems, it's because of all the bloody rivalry that people can't calm down about

hi, first of all thank you for your opinion but to be fair, it's a crap one. football is all about rivalries - infact, most sport is. that's what makes sport interesting and if you were a fan of any sport you would know

[Hecktix]

Banter is fine in the sports forum, but then you get people who always take it a bit too far. I think the sports forum is the most poorly moderated section on the forum, which is saying something since the RuneScape and Spam forum used to be the worst ones.

And when I say 'sports' forum, I mean the football threads, there the only ones that seem to have problems, it's because of all the bloody rivalry that people can't calm down about

Spam is very good at the moment. Sports is hard to moderate. We cant really win tbh because if we use impartial mods who arent into sport we get told we dont know what we're doing yet if we use mods who are into sport they get accused of being bias to their team? What can we do?

[Jack.Lfc]

Thats why i should be sports mod.

[Kardan]

hi, first of all thank you for your opinion but to be fair, it's a crap one. football is all about rivalries - infact, most sport is. that's what makes sport interesting and if you were a fan of any sport you would know

Rivalries is fine as long as it's banter, but when you get people accusing each other of this and that and at each others throats then it's a different matter

And I like how you have accused me of not being a fan of sports and such, that's how arguments start to brew in threads in the sports section, people accuse each other of this and that and it just builds up

And for your information, I am a fan of a sport, which has a rather close rivalry at the moment

And @ invincible: Yes, Spam is very good at the moment, I was just saying Spam used to be dreadful, then it was RuneScape now it's Sports... *Cough* Football *Cough*. And as for what you can do, I just think it's not strict enough personally, but you're right - the mods are pretty much in a lose lose suituation.

[Immenseman]

I'd be much happier to see Jack and Adam as sports moderators. They wouldn't be biased because they are respected members of the sports forum and are two of the most active users. Other sports users myself included, lBlue etc would be bias.

If the right people were picked that would be fine too. However, that makes far too much sense.

[adaym]

In which case you should know that banter exists in sports and it happens ALL the time. For examplar, I call ger a sheep ****ger. that's banter cos he's from wales and supports cardiff etc. I call jake a southern farmer cos he's southern and lives on a farm but that's banter. i get called a yorkshire inbred with 8 fingers but idc cos' it's banter.

b-a-n-t-e-r. ho hey.

in response to jake's post - i don't want to be a moderator because A) i have a terrible record. that's about it.

[Kardan]

In which case you should know that banter exists in sports and it happens ALL the time. For examplar, I call ger a sheep ****ger. that's banter cos he's from wales and supports cardiff etc. I call jake a southern farmer cos he's southern and lives on a farm but that's banter. i get called a yorkshire inbred with 8 fingers but idc cos' it's banter.

b-a-n-t-e-r. ho hey.

Yes, but just because it doesn't offend one person, doesn't mean it won't offend anyone else. And tbf, with football, anything would count as banter considering the sorts of things that are said in football stadiums anyway.

[Hecktix]

Jake: you are right but its hard to find people.

Adam: also right however what kardan said is also right. Person A could make a comment about a particular team which person B may not find offensive yet person C may be very offended. Some people are more personal about their football teams.

Kardan: you are looking at this the way we look at it, glad to see we arent alone. Not sure on the need to be stricter thing though.

I'd be much happier to see Jack and Adam as sports moderators. They wouldn't be biased because they are respected members of the sports forum and are two of the most active users. Other sports users myself included, lBlue etc would be bias.

If the right people were picked that would be fine too. However, that makes far too much sense.

In which case you should know that banter exists in sports and it happens ALL the time. For examplar, I call ger a sheep ****ger. that's banter cos he's from wales and supports cardiff etc. I call jake a southern farmer cos he's southern and lives on a farm but that's banter. i get called a yorkshire inbred with 8 fingers but idc cos' it's banter.

b-a-n-t-e-r. ho hey.

in response to jake's post - i don't want to be a moderator because A) i have a terrible record. that's about it.

Yes, but just because it doesn't offend one person, doesn't mean it won't offend anyone else. And tbf, with football, anything would count as banter considering the sorts of things that are said in football stadiums anyway.

[adaym]

Person C is an idiot and shouldn't get involved.