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| Separate by Network and a Redzone combined thread |
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African AIDS cum posted:Just went to take the dogs out and i'm now 300 posts behind and i'll just have to call Eddie Lacey a fat piece of trash to myself Shout it loud and proud to everyone
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Oct 12, 2014 20:30
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Its impossible to follow any single game with the big thread. I want to talk to people that are watching the same thing as me.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:31
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People are talking about MMORPGs and stuff in there, I don't think the forum should cater to them personally they should use IRC or something I don't know
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Oct 12, 2014 20:36
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African AIDS cum posted:People are talking about MMORPGs and stuff in there, I don't think the forum should cater to them personally they should use IRC or something I don't know uh but gdts are for posting white noise not football duh
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Oct 12, 2014 20:48
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Mrit posted:uh but gdts are for posting white noise not football posting white noise in a single thread the best way to watch a game
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Oct 12, 2014 20:48
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Another 1 PM GDT where I managed to read almost every single post and have conversations, but apparently I'm the only one in history to be able to do it because it's impossible, utterly impossible, to read words and keep up This was perfect and thanks again for doing it, Kalli Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 20:52
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Chris James 2 posted:Another 1 PM GDT where I managed to read almost every single post and have conversations, but apparently I'm the only one in history to be able to do it because it's impossible, utterly impossible, to read words and keep up Seriously i must be superhuman if i can have a conversation in this thread
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Oct 12, 2014 21:07
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I mean yeah you can mash F5 constantly instead of watching the game, but sifting through a bunch of whitenoise to find posts about the game I'm actually watching is annoying.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:12
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Borsche69 posted:I mean yeah you can mash F5 constantly instead of watching the game, but sifting through a bunch of whitenoise to find posts about the game I'm actually watching is annoying. So post somewhere else then?
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Oct 12, 2014 21:32
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Huh Borsche and African AIDS Cum complaining about stupid poo poo who would have guessed. Big threads are the way to go.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:40
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FAT SLAMPIG posted:So post somewhere else then? See, like, if you want to just spam a bunch of whitenoise LOL and Oh My God, I don't see a good reason why you can't just do that on IRC or twitter. Like those programs are specifically for that crap.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:40
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TubeStank posted:Huh Borsche and African AIDS Cum complaining about stupid poo poo who would have guessed. You realize that the majority currently is in favor of split threads, right?
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Oct 12, 2014 21:40
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TubeStank posted:Huh Borsche and African AIDS Cum complaining about stupid poo poo who would have guessed. I am with this post.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:41
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Borsche69 posted:You realize that the majority currently is in favor of split threads, right? And it's been bouncing back and forth for the past few weeks.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:42
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I have no problem with people wanting to post useless garbage about chicken nuggets or mmorpgs or gender politics like in todays GDT but making people who would rather just post about football have to deal with that too is imo unfair.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:44
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TubeStank posted:And it's been bouncing back and forth for the past few weeks. One Single GDT took the lead for the first time ever on like monday, and it held it for exactly one day.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:48
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Borsche69 posted:See, like, if you want to just spam a bunch of whitenoise LOL and Oh My God, I don't see a good reason why you can't just do that on IRC or twitter. Like those programs are specifically for that crap. Give me a single example of a post that was just LOl or Oh My God.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:53
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Probably Magic posted:Give me a single example of a post that was just LOl or Oh My God. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671437&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=82 this whole page is full of that. Yeah this is at the end of the Dolphins-Packers game, so there's not a lot of games going on then. But really its just the fact that it goes through the whole thread. Weening out the posts for the games that I am actually watching is impossible, especially if I walk away, or watch the game. If you just wanted a post that was specifically "just LOl or Oh My God" then here's one by itself http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671437&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=84#post436158216 I mean I have no idea what your argument is. Everyone knows that these kinds of posts take up the majority of the GDTs.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:00
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Fine, I stand corrected, but at the same time, I don't see how the split threads did much to change that. The thread really didn't move along that fast, and the thing about white noise posts is you can just scroll through them really quickly without putting in a bunch of effort reading. I don't really see the difference between doing that for one page and doing it for two, which is about the difference I see it making.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:03
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One great thread just had a tie game can all the losers please stop posting now? We were rewarded for bringing it back.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:03
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The Dave posted:One great thread just had a tie game can all the losers please stop posting now? We were rewarded for bringing it back. An appropriate way to end considering this poll, honestly.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:04
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The One Big Thread caused a tie game in the National Football League.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:07
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African AIDS cum posted:I have no problem with people wanting to post useless garbage about chicken nuggets or mmorpgs or gender politics like in todays GDT but making people who would rather just post about football have to deal with that too is imo unfair. Maybe find some real friends and watch and talk about your game with them? I dunno
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Oct 12, 2014 22:15
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One big thread made the Dolphins have one of those games where they play well and lose in the worst way possible. I hate football as much as I ever have. Things are back to normal. Thanks one big thread!
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Oct 12, 2014 22:17
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Probably Magic posted:Fine, I stand corrected, but at the same time, I don't see how the split threads did much to change that. The thread really didn't move along that fast, and the thing about white noise posts is you can just scroll through them really quickly without putting in a bunch of effort reading. I don't really see the difference between doing that for one page and doing it for two, which is about the difference I see it making. Well, like I said, the fact that the threads moved slower, and that the content was sifted into two threads, made it easier to poke through the content-less posting and posting about other games in order to read posts about the game that you, specifically are watching. I, personally, noticed in a couple of the CBS threads actual conversations taking place (for the Ravens games). I can't speak for the threads as a whole since I barely read the FOX thread, and never paid much attention to other games in the thread (unless they were cool like the Steelers losing to the Bucs), but I felt like the slower pace made it so that people didn't think that posting was like pissing in the ocean and that they could post a contribution. I don't have a big problem with whitenoise Lols or whatever, a thread without that probably doesn't have a lot of emotion. But right now it feels like that's all the One Big Thread is.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:19
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The Dave posted:One great thread just had a tie game can all the losers please stop posting now? We were rewarded for bringing it back. ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:The One Big Thread caused a tie game in the National Football League. Ties are insanely dumb, and for praising them you must both be brutally tortured until you beg for death.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:20
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Edit: I take it back, I will just wait to be killed tonight during PHI/NYG.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:25
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posting volume is the same but i preferred two threads.
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Oct 12, 2014 22:51
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Leave it one thread, it was good today. You cant complain about people posting pages and pages of LOL and OMG then also complain that you cant read the thread when you take your dogs out because there are too many pages. You just said you dont want to read that anyway.
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Oct 12, 2014 23:40
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African AIDS cum posted:I have no problem with people wanting to post useless garbage about chicken nuggets or mmorpgs or gender politics like in todays GDT but making people who would rather just post about football have to deal with that too is imo unfair. African AIDS cum posted:Just went to take the dogs out and i'm now 300 posts behind and i'll just have to call Eddie Lacey a fat piece of trash to myself Borsche69 posted:If you just wanted a post that was specifically "just LOl or Oh My God" then here's one by itself http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671437&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=84#post436158216 I mean I have no idea what your argument is. Everyone knows that these kinds of posts take up the majority of the GDTs. Borsche69 posted:See, like, if you want to just spam a bunch of whitenoise LOL and Oh My God, I don't see a good reason why you can't just do that on IRC or twitter. Like those programs are specifically for that crap. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Oct 13, 2014 |
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Oct 13, 2014 00:48
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Split threads and Red Zone thread were great. One monster thread is bad. If you want to talk about every game, the Red Zone thread is right there for you under the split. If you want to talk about a single game under the monster system, you just don't have an option. The vote is obviously close, the option that provides a little bit of everything for everyone is the way to go.
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Oct 13, 2014 00:56
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Athanatos posted:Leave it one thread, it was good today. Uhh what? There are other posts I want to read. Not all posts in that thread are whitenoise, its just a ridiculously large percentage that makes it difficult to ignore when attempting to read posts that are about the game I'm watching.
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Oct 13, 2014 00:59
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Josh Lyman posted:These posts do not take up a majority of the GDTs. Not even close. I completely disagree.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:00
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Borsche69 posted:Uhh what? There are other posts I want to read. Not all posts in that thread are whitenoise, its just a ridiculously large percentage that makes it difficult to ignore when attempting to read posts that are about the game I'm watching. Then maybe GDTs are not for you. Aftermath threads are pretty on point and have some really good breakdowns.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:04
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FuriousxGeorge posted:Split threads and Red Zone thread were great. One monster thread is bad. If you want to talk about every game, the Red Zone thread is right there for you under the split. If you want to talk about a single game under the monster system, you just don't have an option. The vote is obviously close, the option that provides a little bit of everything for everyone is the way to go. Except, in practice, the Red Zone thread died because nobody wants to post without the people in the Fox and CBS threads.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:05
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Athanatos posted:Then maybe GDTs are not for you. Aftermath threads are pretty on point and have some really good breakdowns. I enjoyed the CBS split threads where I could talk to other Ravens posters during the game, and then also the posters of the other team that week.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:07
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Borsche69 posted:I enjoyed the CBS split threads where I could talk to other Ravens posters during the game, and then also the posters of the other team that week. Think of it this way. If you go to a sports bar on a Saturday or Sunday, it might be a little more difficult to have conversations amongst your friends compared to watching at home, but it's still very doable. Because we don't have enough posters in TFF to support split threads, you're effectively asking everyone to stay out of the sports bar when the whole point is to experience the atmosphere and excitement of being around other fans.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:17
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Josh Lyman posted:You can still do this in a megathread. The primary effect of split threads is not that it makes having localized conversations a little easier. The primary effect is that TFF becomes a cluster of 4 person conversations, and the lack of a sense of community discourages participation. Considering the split threads last week got more posts than the combined thread this week, I don't think it discouraged participation.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:23
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Josh Lyman posted:You can still do this in a megathread. The primary effect of split threads is not that it makes having localized conversations a little easier. The primary effect is that TFF becomes a cluster of 4 person conversations, and the lack of a sense of community discourages participation. So your argument is that having all your posts drowned out in a storm of posts about other games, is a sense of community? The atmosphere and excitement? Of a thread getting spammed in a forum? Are you loving kidding me?
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Oct 13, 2014 01:24
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Borsche69 posted:So your argument is that having all your posts drowned out in a storm of posts about other games, is a sense of community? The atmosphere and excitement? Of a thread getting spammed in a forum? Are you loving kidding me? Been working pretty well forming the community for the past 10 years or so V  VNo one is going to convince the other side they are right or wrong. We are just spinning our tires with the same poo poo.
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