DraftPlanet/CasinoPlanet: A Proposal

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

I don't know if this is even remotely considered a request for input.

I've been giving my ****ing input on this topic until I started getting neg rep and a mod openly pondered taking my thread starting priviledges away.

This is a football forum. SUPPORT A DRAFT FORUM by putting it at the top.

I get it, though. We don't really have a mod on CP that gives two shits in draft threads, so the issue doesn't get the voice it deserves.

No big whoop. I take my draft conversation to other boards that actually care about it. Just wish this forum would get the **** on board with it.

This thread is a request for input.

There will be a permanent sub-forum for the draft, fantasy football, and gambling threads. Two of those are primarily Sept-Jan, and one is primarily Jan-April. The mock draft folks will basically have the forum to themselves from Jan through July, then from Aug-Jan, instead of having a month's worth of threads on the first page, there might be two weeks worth of threads..... and there will be prefixes.

What's the problem?

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

This thread is a request for input.

There will be a permanent sub-forum for the draft, fantasy football, and gambling threads. Two of those are primarily Sept-Jan, and one is primarily Jan-April. The mock draft folks will basically have the forum to themselves from Jan through July, then from Aug-Jan, instead of having a month's worth of threads on the first page, there might be two weeks worth of threads..... and there will be prefixes.

What's the problem?

1. I hate prefixes.

2. If you remotely cared about the draft, you'd understand it to be a year round venture.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

1. I hate prefixes.

2. If you remotely cared about the draft, you'd understand it to be a year round venture.

It takes 2 seconds to set the prefix, and you can probably bookmark it so you would never have to see the casino prefixes. There might be a user-level hack where we could hide certain prefixes for a certain user, but I'd have to look into that.

Personally, I think football sub-forums on a football board are ridiculous... and while I care about the draft, I don't care for all the speculation and mocks. I care about discussing needs and prospects, but don't care to speculate about the same small group of players for several months leading up to the draft. However, I do think the amount of mock drafts and 'who should I start' can be a bit much, so I understand why there's a separate forum.

And sure, it's something worth talking about pretty much year round... the first page of Draft Planet basically goes back to the beginning of November. If we combined the two right now, it would basically push everything from DraftPlanet off the first page that was before 12/25, but the first post on the 2nd page would be from 12/20, then 12/15.

For CasinoPlanet, there were two threads posted between 2/24/11 and 8/4. There are 8 pages from August until now, where DraftPlanet has 2 between 5/29/11 and now. That's almost no overlap. If you're there everyday or even once a week, I'd think you would never have to click the 2nd page or use prefixes to catch all new replies in the combined forum. The biggest overlap will probably be Dec/Jan.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It takes 2 seconds to set the prefix, and you can probably bookmark it so you would never have to see the casino prefixes. There might be a user-level hack where we could hide certain prefixes for a certain user, but I'd have to look into that.

Personally, I think football sub-forums on a football board are ridiculous... and while I care about the draft, I don't care for all the speculation and mocks. I care about discussing needs and prospects, but don't care to speculate about the same small group of players for several months leading up to the draft. However, I do think the amount of mock drafts and 'who should I start' can be a bit much, so I understand why there's a separate forum.

And sure, it's something worth talking about pretty much year round... the first page of Draft Planet basically goes back to the beginning of November. If we combined the two right now, it would basically push everything from DraftPlanet off the first page that was before 12/25, but the first post on the 2nd page would be from 12/20, then 12/15.

For CasinoPlanet, there were two threads posted between 2/24/11 and 8/4. There are 8 pages from August until now, where DraftPlanet has 2 between 5/29/11 and now. That's almost no overlap. If you're there everyday or even once a week, I'd think you would never have to click the 2nd page or use prefixes to catch all new replies in the combined forum. The biggest overlap will probably be Dec/Jan.

Once again.

I started a mock draft thread. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.

It consolidates all the mocks and allows for draft conversation to flow freely.

Then a mod moved it.

To an unrelated forum.

Why would you do that, then continually bring up these bullshit complaints? Shall I dig it up from Casino Planet?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Once again.

I started a mock draft thread. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.

It consolidates all the mocks and allows for draft conversation to flow freely.

Then a mod moved it.

To an unrelated forum.

Why would you do that, then continually bring up these bullshit complaints? Shall I dig it up from Casino Planet?

Apologies, my uplink to the modbrain must have been offline that day. While we strive to have the same knowledge and opinions 100% of the time, there are hiccups from time to time.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Apologies, my uplink to the modbrain must have been offline that day. While we strive to have the same knowledge and opinions 100% of the time, there are hiccups from time to time.

Understood.

I am working really hard to drop the subject. I keep becoming That Guy on this subject even though I sincerely don't want to be.

Dropping it. I am dropping it.

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Once again.

I started a mock draft thread. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.

It consolidates all the mocks and allows for draft conversation to flow freely.

Then a mod moved it.

To an unrelated forum.

Why would you do that, then continually bring up these bullshit complaints? Shall I dig it up from Casino Planet?

You needn't dig it up. I believe a mod could have made a mistake. It's entirely possible. Did you contact a mod at that time or have you just let this fester ever since then?

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Phobia

You needn't dig it up. I believe a mod could have made a mistake. It's entirely possible. Did you contact a mod at that time or have you just let this fester ever since then?

It was a thread started for the EXACT purpose that you guys have been complaining about throughout this thread.

I put in to a mod to have the thread title changed. Which it was, and then this anonyous mod who won't admit to it in this thread took it upon himself to move it to an unrelated forum. The thread was moved, for absolutely zero reason.

It's possible this was an error... in the same way it's possible food will accidentally end up in my stomach around breakfast time. But it's also entierly possible that a mod moved it as a middle finger. CP mods have done worse for less.

I don't remember submitting a complaint, why should I? It was a clear middle finger. I can piss and moan about it, or I can move on. I moved on.

Then this thread came along, and mods complain ad nauseum about those darned mock draft threads, if only somebody would do something about them............