javy knows my name

Also, Sir Charles needs to stick to NBA. Goodness gracious he's bad at this.

[expletive]. That was fun.

OH MY GOD HOLY [expletive] GUYS

Why would an article saying Philly fans suck appeal to Philly fans? Oh man I laughed so hard

That's much better. And I really like the winner of this game to beat UNC.

Marquette really doesn't look like we belong here.

HERE WE GO

This Texas-Arizona game feels like an elite 8 matchup. Some great early ones already

Lebron's been all over TV imb already used that joke I have him blocked. lmao

Yeah, I don't believe that at all. What does he say? "Uhh, nope, we missed that one"

He's long, but he's not that long

My bracket's done. I'm rooting for abject chaos. [expletive] chalk absolutely killed me this year.

Apparently, teams are just turning off their [expletive] brains when there are less than 10 seconds left on the clock. And, this phenomenon is not limited to just the players. How the [expletive] do both announcers miss the incredibly obvious two point attempt at the end of the game?! I was literally screaming at them when they were contemplating the goal tend. Also, I called that there was another second or so left on the clock. What a pathetic display by everyone. That's two games where each team is seemingly trying to lose the game. I had the upset pick, and UW should have won that game, and I'm pissed.

Man I wish Gus were calling this game. It's great, anyway, but man.

Wow, and without Richmond

If Marquette shoots the ball like they did tonight, they beat anybody. Xavier's better than I thought.

Fixed for Chicago Fixed for America

Awesome.

There really is no reason to attack someone personally because you don't like their opinion. Way back when I first joined at NSBB, the #1 rule was "attack the argument, not the poster" but somewhere along the way that fell by the wayside. You know, the same could be said for someone who engages in personal attacks--- if you really feel that negatively about what is said, either put the poster on ignore or find someplace else to post. That works both ways. From my vantage point, it seems that more often that not, when someone like Mojo cuts down a foolish post, he does it scathingly but without a personal attack. But the original posted gets all vulnerable and defensive, and THEY tend to be the ones who make it personal. Case in point - one poster offered an opinion that the majority disagreed with, and the most vocal of them hurt his feelings (without getting personal). This person lashed out and started calling people jerks and elitists and sheep and now the thread has gone to hell. While I don't disagree that things like what you've stated do happen, you can't deny that a lot of times an unpopular opinion is met with either a personal attack or some sort of snide comment aimed at someone (but does not name anyone in particular) that's sort of an "under the radar" personal attack. Nope, I can't deny that. But I do believe that my scenario above happens more often than not.

Word. In fact, a lot of that snarkiness drives away people who really had nothing of value to contribute, anyway.

There really is no reason to attack someone personally because you don't like their opinion. Way back when I first joined at NSBB, the #1 rule was "attack the argument, not the poster" but somewhere along the way that fell by the wayside. You know, the same could be said for someone who engages in personal attacks--- if you really feel that negatively about what is said, either put the poster on ignore or find someplace else to post. That works both ways. From my vantage point, it seems that more often that not, when someone like Mojo cuts down a foolish post, he does it scathingly but without a personal attack. But the original poster gets all vulnerable and defensive, and HE tends to be the one who makes it personal. Case in point - one poster offered an opinion that the majority disagreed with, and the most vocal of them hurt his feelings (without getting personal). This person lashed out and started calling people jerks and elitists and sheep and now the thread has gone to hell.

Wish I could have watched that one. Elite 8 team gone

Well that really has nothing to do with the discussion. um, there were like 3 posts critiquing his comments to the investigator. Yes critiquing him for being a blatant liar about the weather. Then you created some exaggerated nonsense that doesn't even fit. you're not making any sense. Your face doesn't make sense

I think what should really be taken from this whole thing is, if you're going to espouse uninformed baseball opinions on a really progressive message board, you need to grow a thicker skin or find more like-minded people. I think it's really funny when people get flamed for espousing unpopular opinions in the face of solid evidence to the contrary and then complain about the "message board bullies." If you're going to be annoying and consistently contrarian, you need to either get used to being made fun of (a la Kyle and Erik) or leave.

I wasn't excited about Buzz' hire a few years ago, but I'd be pretty bummed if he left. Why would he leave for Arkansas, though?