Question for the Users of MMANews.com

[Tick]

Originally Posted by Donny77

Last edited by The Sundance Kid : Yesterday at 08:48 PM.

There ya go sundance, throwing your power around again!

[2mcgrath]

Originally Posted by Tick

There ya go sundance, throwing your power around again!

you need to smack him around abit with a trout lol

[baba]

Originally Posted by BigBanda

It's just that some of us long time members like myself or Legend for instance came on these boards when it was a small and calm community.

I think he hit it on the head. Tick also makes a great point that the news has gotten stale. And the onlything worse than stale news perhaps are the sherdog refugees who argue the same mindless points over and over....i.e.


--Why should Randy fulfill a contract...contracts get broken everyday. Thats stupid that he should have to fulfill his obligations.

--Everything the UFC does sucks and kills MMA, and we can't wait for it to die.

-- Fedor is a God and will never be beaten.

etc etc.

When I first joined, the community was small, had its share of asswipes --especially in the Pride vs. UFC Cold War, but the site was informative, and full of lucid arguments and great information. I learned more here about MMA as a whole in my first 3 months than I ever thought I would, and often times it was from people I didn't even agree with.

Now it just feels very different. I don't care how many times atj-lucko screams that Randy was right to dishonor his contract.... he offers no substance, so its an idiotic point. I don't care how many people have built alters to Fedor, he's a man and can be beaten (if he fights) just like anyone. All the screaming in the world doesn't change that.

I don't come here as often as I once did either because the "good ole days" of teaching and learning are long gone. Attracting garbage flies and parasites is an unfortunate side effect of popularity. Unfortunately, the idiots wear away at the informed, and over time you see a complete demographic change ala sherdog which has basically been reduced to the intellectual level of a junior high cafeteria.

[atj-lucko]

Originally Posted by baba

I think he hit it on the head. Tick also makes a great point that the news has gotten stale. And the onlything worse than stale news perhaps are the sherdog refugees who argue the same mindless points over and over....i.e.


--Why should Randy fulfill a contract...contracts get broken everyday. Thats stupid that he should have to fulfill his obligations.

--Everything the UFC does sucks and kills MMA, and we can't wait for it to die.

-- Fedor is a God and will never be beaten.

etc etc.

When I first joined, the community was small, had its share of asswipes --especially in the Pride vs. UFC Cold War, but the site was informative, and full of lucid arguments and great information. I learned more here about MMA as a whole in my first 3 months than I ever thought I would, and often times it was from people I didn't even agree with.

Now it just feels very different. I don't care how many times atj-lucko screams that Randy was right to dishonor his contract.... he offers no substance, so its an idiotic point. I don't care how many people have built alters to Fedor, he's a man and can be beaten (if he fights) just like anyone. All the screaming in the world doesn't change that.

I don't come here as often as I once did either because the "good ole days" of teaching and learning are long gone. Attracting garbage flies and parasites is an unfortunate side effect of popularity. Unfortunately, the idiots wear away at the informed, and over time you see a complete demographic change ala sherdog which has basically been reduced to the intellectual level of a junior high cafeteria.

Nice swipe at me, if you don't like the forum anymore then bye...

Your opinion isn't the only one that matters baba!!, why then have a open discussion forum if your right and everyone else is wrong?

Yes I said "contracts get broken everyday" and Randy doesn't have to full fill it.
I wonder how many people be bashing Tim Sylvia if he did the same thing, say right after the last fight he had with AA, how many people would be saying "No way Sylvia must full fill his contract", people here be happy as pigs in shit if Sylvia was leaving because of contract disrupt.
Its only because it was Randy Couture and you think he owns you, he doesn't get over it!!!


The problem with sherdog is that there are too many members its like trying to have a civil discussion in a stadium filled with 50,000 people, I can't be done. It's not because there aren't smart people over there, its just the only way you get attention over there is to say something stupid.

This forum is still small enough and we have allot of smart hardcore MMA fans.

This is a great forum 5 Stars...

[baba]

Originally Posted by atj-lucko

Nice swipe at me, if you don't like the forum anymore then bye...

Your opinion isn't the only one that matters baba!!, why then have a open discussion forum if your right and everyone else is wrong?

Yes I said "contracts get broken everyday" and Randy doesn't have to full fill it.
I wonder how many people be bashing Tim Sylvia if he did the same thing, say right after the last fight he had with AA, how many people would be saying "No way Sylvia must full fill his contract", people here be happy as pigs in shit if Sylvia was leaving because of contract disrupt.
Its only because it was Randy Couture and you think he owns you, he doesn't get over it!!!


The problem with sherdog is that there are too many members its like trying to have a civil discussion in a stadium filled with 50,000 people, I can't be done. It's not because there aren't smart people over there, its just the only way you get attention over there is to say something stupid.

This forum is still small enough and we have allot of smart hardcore MMA fans.

This is a great forum 5 Stars...

You are as constant as the North Star. And still a complete and utter retard. Try reading the post before you shoot off your mouth. Its not about everyone agreeing -- if you understood english, you would have noted the part where I mentioned "I learned more here about MMA as a whole in my first 3 months than I ever thought I would, and often times it was from people I didn't even agree with. "

And as always your contract analogy is completely ignorant. Its not the who, its the what. This has been said over and over ...... alas an explanation is wasted on you. We get that you have no ethics, principles, or intelligence you douche, so just ignore my posts as I try to do yours.

[Ramma]

Take it to the PMs fellas. This thread is not for that type of discussion.

[atj-lucko]

Originally Posted by baba

You are as constant as the North Star. And still a complete and utter retard. Try reading the post before you shoot off your mouth. Its not about everyone agreeing -- if you understood english, you would have noted the part where I mentioned "I learned more here about MMA as a whole in my first 3 months than I ever thought I would, and often times it was from people I didn't even agree with. "

And as always your contract analogy is completely ignorant. Its not the who, its the what. This has been said over and over ...... alas an explanation is wasted on you. We get that you have no ethics, principles, or intelligence you douche, so just ignore my posts as I try to do yours.

So in 3 months you have learned allot? well stick around and maybe in the next 10 years you will get to where I am at.

The Sylvia thing is a great example, you only care if the fighter your bashing is a fighter that you have interest in.
My point you wouldn't have cared if Sylvia left, so that means contracts agreements only matter when its a fighter you think owns you something cause your a fan.

Brock Lesner broke his contract with WWE.. so what?, thats what I meant by contracts are broken all the time, but you don't seemed capable of understanding that.

Originally Posted by Ramma

Take it to the PMs fellas. This thread is not for that type of discussion.

Agree, I will say no more.

But in my opinion this forum rules...

[DonFrye]

I still love this place.

I think the Mods do a spectacular job when it needs done and sort of "let it go" once in a while like a good MMA ref when some things need hashed out.

I like most of the members.

I like the rep system.

I like the Politics and Religion forum.

The thing is, some people say the older guys have elitist attitudes and such or that some of the old dogs only speak to each other etc. That's fine. Get out there, get your name known, and become a contributing member. Not 2 days ago, I read a post where someone bashed Warchief for posting too many articles. Are you kidding? THE SITE IS MMANEWS. If you don't care, why the hell did you read the post, read the responses, then post in it so that it stayed at the top of the forum???

I think the place has grown and we have had some pains here and there. Great. The sport has grown also. It's had some pains as well. As long as there is good conversation, respect, and actual debate here, I'll be playing along.

Thanks for the time I've had on this board. And that goes for everyone.

[fedor]

This forum is great. I have been a member for a while, but as you can see I don't have a lot of posts. This is due to three things.

1. My job...

2. Back when I first joined, I would post here and there, and the "Gods" that had infinite rep would just talk to each other, and completetly ignore all other posters. So basically you are just posting for......yourself.

3. Some of these Infinite rep gurus would not debate or even say anything to you just because you have less than a 1000 rep, or less than 1,000 posts. So, in their infinite wisdom "they know" you have no idea what you are talking about.

I have been deployed to a vacation location where I get more free time, and have been posting a lot more. Hope you guys won't ignore us "trolls/noobs" LOL

[twankydawg]

Originally Posted by Donny77

Because there is TOO many mods,and some like tothrow their little bit weight around here sometimes . When i first came on here before the site was reconstucted, there was one mod and that was it. I can see that there needs to be more than one but there is way way way too many here. Posters dont like coming on here to talk mma and have all there shit deleted by a power hungry mod. Not saying that all are like that but it happens a lot. To me the purpose for a mod is to keep the forums clean and flowing and relevant.

And on the rep issue, its kinda juvenile in some regaurds, but i dont mind it anymore. I like the fact that the site can keep leaches coming on here and going strait to the pics and vids without contributing.

Also, i forget who posted it but they made a really good point and ill rep them for it lol, but ya when i first started coming on there wasnt as many posters and you pretty knew everybody on here. Now theres just so many posters its like every post is just the same

j/k

Only thing I find that has changed is the quality of people on here, you got people admitting they haven't seen someone fight but turn around and say they don't see why they are so good. I just try to overlook alot of the posts until i see someone I know, otherwise, most of the posts are a waste of time where they state the obvious or they show a lack of having a well thought out opinion.