DraftPlanet is not closed.

Draft discussion is now encouraged in the Lounge. This format has been followed in the past and fell by the wayside.

We've had a discussion within this thread and reached a partial compromise. I don't know exactly what it looks like but I have a general idea of what I think would be positive for ChiefsPlanet. I'm looking to regular participants in DraftPlanet and The Lounge to help fill in the blanks with their own cool ideas.

The following is not yet etched in stone. There's a lot of pertinent discussion throughout the thread.
DraftPlanet will remain open until one week after the Combine. Draft gurus will be encouraged to start and/or ask for threads to be moved to the Lounge. We want to encourage football discussion in the Lounge and we hope Draftnits will seek to share their knowledge with the GenPop. Finally, DraftPlanet will remain open year around but new threads will be moderated by Draft moderators and moved to the Lounge or kept in DraftPlanet based on a yet-to-be determined criteria which is up for discussion.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Right now, I think there's a perception that draft talk isn't welcome in the Lounge.

Okay - how about this?

A stickied "Official Draft Mega Thread" at the top of the Lounge?

The masses will hit that up, and for deeper convo, they can head to DP.

Should any big draft news break (Clowney's 40, If someone is injured), let's not shun a person for posting it in the lounge. It's news, so **** you for bitching - especially if they are complaining about reposts when it was buried in a huge thread.

Side note- In fact - why not make "Repost Policing" an infraction, should someone throw stones at a thread starter for bringing it out to a dedicated thread?

[saphojunkie]

The only real trouble is that Blackbob has been able to hide out pretty successfully in Draftplanet. Out in the open, he might not have a prayer.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

The only real trouble is that Blackbob has been able to hide out pretty successfully in Draftplanet. Out in the open, he might not have a prayer.

Is that really him (OS)?

If so, how do you know?

Originally Posted by Dante84

Okay - how about this?

A stickied "Official Draft Mega Thread" at the top of the Lounge?

Isn't that what we did last year? I don't know how well that worked. I don't think I really clicked in it. Stickies tend to get overlooked unless they are high interest material. A sticky about Jovan Belcher's murder suicide was heavily trafficked that Saturday, for instance.

Side note- In fact - why not make "Repost Policing" an infraction, should someone throw stones at a thread starter for bringing it out to a dedicated thread?

I agree if the person is a frequent violator but reposts are usually innocent gaffs and often because the first thread starter chose a poor title. I don't think reposts are a huge problem here any longer.

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

The only real trouble is that Blackbob has been able to hide out pretty successfully in Draftplanet. Out in the open, he might not have a prayer.

That's a positive, isn't it? I like it when people figure it out and blend into the community eventually.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by Dante84

Is that really him (OS)?

If so, how do you know?

Educated guess. No one shows up on Chiefsplanet and immediately heads to a subforum, posting with that level of familiarity. And the general "When I go to the tape" regurgitation of talking heads.

That's my only complaint with the draft talk, is everyone doing their best Mike Mayock "He looks like a 4.6 guy on tape, so the 4.65 is a little disappointing."

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by Phobia

That's a positive, isn't it? I like it when people figure it out and blend into the community eventually.

Totally.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Isn't that what we did last year? I don't know how well that worked. I don't think I really clicked in it. Stickies tend to get overlooked unless they are high interest material. A sticky about Jovan Belcher's murder suicide was heavily trafficked that Saturday, for instance.


I agree if the person is a frequent violator but reposts are usually innocent gaffs and often because the first thread starter chose a poor title. I don't think reposts are a huge problem here any longer.

General reposts are funny, and deserve to get piled on.

The ones where it is annoying, is when a person posts news, and then someone attacks the OP for not seeing the story buried inside of a megathread.

Okay, then how about a non-stickied Draft Megathread? ***official*** and everything. It should get some play, after staying on the first page for a few days. I bet it would catch.

Trying to find a middle ground to keep DP thriving.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Isn't that what we did last year? I don't know how well that worked. I don't think I really clicked in it. Stickies tend to get overlooked unless they are high interest material. A sticky about Jovan Belcher's murder suicide was heavily trafficked that Saturday, for instance.

I don't think alot of people like Mega threads. They feel like their voice gets lost on page 63 out of 158.


Personally. I don't have any issues with draft threads in the main forum from January to April/May each year.
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[Dante84]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

Educated guess. No one shows up on Chiefsplanet and immediately heads to a subforum, posting with that level of familiarity. And the general "When I go to the tape" regurgitation of talking heads.

That's my only complaint with the draft talk, is everyone doing their best Mike Mayock "He looks like a 4.6 guy on tape, so the 4.65 is a little disappointing."

Hey man, that's the nerdy shit we live for, and we would get crucified for it in the lounge.

That's exactly the reason why you're seeing the resistance from the locals.

It's nerdy, we know and own it. We just don't want to get bullied until we stop posting stuff in general, which would then nullify the purpose of the entire exercise - to educate the masses.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I don't think alot of people like Mega threads. They feel like their voice gets lost on page 63 out of 158.


Personally. I don't have any issues with draft threads in the main forum from January to April/May each year.
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Agreed! People who get pissy can eat a dick.

[Mr. Laz]

The CP draft experts are just going to have to deal with having all the peasants interfere with their Mensa group for a few draft months.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

The CP draft experts are just going to have to deal with having all the peasants interfere with their Mensa group for a few draft months.

Again - that's not the thought process.

Its more of a haven or retreat, if you will, to prevent the "drafturbator" bullshit, where everyone bitches at eachother instead of talking about the draft.

No reason the draft convos cant happen in the lounge, and dp still exist.

[Donger]

Okay, I'll admit that I don't know the history.

DraftPlanet was created because there were too many threads at one point in the Lounge about the draft, not unlike why DC was created?

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Phobia

If we do something like this, it's designed to make the Lounge better. I hear the concerns of draftniks lima charlie. Therefore, there would be an understanding that general debauchery in legitimate draft threads would be unwelcomed at the risk of being banned from that thread. That's not to say people can't make a joke when warranted. But douchebaggery would be discouraged - ala prayer threads.

Can we make this any more complex? You started out with an excellent idea (re-merging draft talk into the Lounge). Compromising to let some hardcore draft threads stay in the Draft forum didn't seem necessary to me, particularly with our ability to filter with thread prefixes, but I get that you're trying to keep people happy so, fine. But I don't get why Direckshun and a few other apparently sensitive draft dweebs need special protection from the meanies that the rest of us have to deal with on a daily basis. Draft threads have nothing in common with prayer threads and they don't deserve debauchery free status, IMO. That's just asking for moderator-related trouble and unnecessary drama.